Hey! Big shout out to Nobody has no body and bluedayssilvernights for reviewing. LY (love you). That's right, I'm manipulating to get reviews by doing shout outs (Caine would be proud!). BTW, in the UK, we say Maths. Sorry any Math loving Americans. I'll shut up now. Bye!

Erin's POV

Erin looked at herself in the full mirror in her room. It was her second day at Coates, her first day with classes, and she was making sure that her uniform looked neat and tidy. She didn't wear a uniform at her last school, so this was a whole new experience. Her uniform was a navy skirt, blazer, jumper and a navy and gold striped tie. She looked really smart in the mirror, but also terrified.

"Bathroom's free," Diana interrupted Erin's thoughts. Diana had spent the last half an hour in the bathroom doing her make-up and hair. She had gone in looking naturally beautiful and came out stunning. Erin couldn't deny that she was jealous of her, yet what could she do? She didn't even know how to do anything with her hair other than brush it, and the thought of using make-up terrified her. "Make-up messes up your skin," is what Erin told herself.

After Erin used the bathroom she made sure that she had everything in her bag for the nineteenth time that morning. Erin made her way to the cafeteria for breakfast. She lined up to get her food. There was everything under the sun on offer. Pastries, fruit, twenty types of cereal, sausages, eggs, bacon, pancakes. Erin decided it best to stick to her routine of tea and toast. Thankfully there was Nutella. Erin needed routine to feel normal and calm, she was weird like that.

Erin found an empty table. She couldn't face trying to make friends before breakfast. She knew that if Diana came in, she would not be welcomed at her table. Erin looked around and saw that there were loads of other people like her, sitting alone and looking around nervously.

The chatter in the room ceased as a tray crashed to the ground. Erin looked around and saw a small boy looking between the tray and a tall boy bearing down on her. The tall boy had shaggy blonde hair that covered his cold steel eyes. He had a look of evil on his face, as well as shark grin. Erin took one look at the boy and a cold shiver ran through her body.

"Leave me alone, please," the small boy pleaded whilst avoiding eye contact. The horrible boy laughed at this. "Hey, you bumped into me. You need to be taught to look where you're going." With one swift action the horrible boy punched the other in the face, with a fist so strong the small boy fell to the ground with a thud.

The whole room was in a stunned silence, which was shattered by the laughing bark of the boy. He stood defiantly over the crumpled mess of the floor. With one last look at his handy work, he sauntered out of the room. Everyone in his path quickly moved. As soon as he went out of the door the whole room returned to their conversations. Erin couldn't believe what she had just seen. How could someone do that, and no one question what he did?

Erin looked at her watch; she had ten minutes before she had to be in her first class, Maths. That was a relief; she liked Maths as she found it easy and fun. She as a typical geek, liking Maths and Science. She drank the last of her tea and took her tray up to the counter. She had been given a map of the school, and she had the feeling it would be invaluable. Coates was massive with three floors of mazes.

Erin eventually found her way to the Maths room. The bell had gone whilst she had been finding her way to the room, so most of her class was standing out side the door. There were clusters of kids chatting to each other. Some looked over and saw Erin, most of who did not look welcoming.

A young man opened the door. "Stand at the back, you're getting a seating plan." There was a universal groan from all the kids. Erin made her way to the back of the room. The teacher stood at the board. "Hello everyone, my name's Mr Jameson. I'm a new teacher and I'll call your name and point you to your seat." Mr Jameson started doing this. It appeared that he was seating his students alphabetically.

"Smyth, Erin." Erin moved to the seat that she was being directed to. She sat down and looked at the kids still waiting to be sat. One of them was going to be sitting beside her. "Soren, Caine." A dark-haired boy moved from where he was leaning up against the wall and walked over to the seat beside Erin. He was tall and lean, with dark brown eyes and perfect cheekbones. Erin tried to make sure that she wasn't blushing at his good looks.

"Hey," he said with one of the nicest smiles Erin had ever seen. "Hey," Erin said back, trying to be as nonchalant as possible. "Diana told me that her new roommate's called Erin, are you the same Erin?" "Yes, I am. Are you friends?" Caine paused, as if thinking about the answer. "We hang out," he finally said.

"She seems nice," Erin said. Caine laughed at this and smiled at her, like she was a three year old who couldn't say a word. "Don't get used to that." Erin was confused about this, why would you say something like that about a friend?

There conversation ended as Mr Jameson started to speak. He told the class everything that they would be doing over the year. He then proceeded to start teaching them. They were starting with algebra, much to Erin's delight. Algebra was the perfect mix of letters and numbers.

They had a double period that morning so they did a lot of work. Erin noticed how Caine didn't bother to pay much attention. They were given an exercise to do. Erin witnessed an annoyed look cross Caine's handsome face. "Need some help?" she asked him.

He looked at her, obviously thinking whether it was worth it to admit being inferior to a little girl. "OK," he said stubbornly. Erin basically had to explain everything that Mr Jameson had said, but eventually Caine got it. "Thanks," he said. "You must think I'm an idiot." "No, no, no," Erin said, perhaps a little bit too much. They both laughed at this.

The bell rang, signalling break time. Everyone immediately got up and rushed out of the door. "See you around," Caine said. "Yeah, bye." As Erin walked to assembly, she thought about how she now had an extra reason to look forward to Maths.