Author's Note: This is a very, very short filler chapter. Sorry! A better chapter later tonight!

Melody, Tom, and Alex sat down at a table for lunch and Melody propped her head against her hand, "This is terrible."

"It'll get better," Alex replied rubbing circles in her back.

Melody sighed and nodded slowly. She knew it was stupid to be scared of bullies but she was. She had been bullied before but Caleb stopped that nonsense. Alex was a second Dan in karate and would protect her for anything and everything. She sighed as their table was called to get their lunch; they all went up together. Alex and Tom got cheeseburgers and Melody grabbed a salad. They paid and sat back down. Melody didn't have any homework but she was tired and wanted to go home. She thought about Caleb being at school back in America and felt a wave of sadness. She wasn't eating so Alex broke through her thoughts, "You okay, Mel?"

"Yeah," Melody replied as a teacher spoke, "Melody Starbright to the office, please!"

Melody sighed and walked to the office where the principal was waiting for her.

"Melody, we're very sorry but we need to switch your schedule. According to your former school records you must finish a foreign language this year," the principal explained.

"Oh, yeah," Melody replied.

"Here's your new schedule," the principal said handing her the paper.

She glanced at it:

1st BLACK World History

2nd GOLD Chemistry

3rd BLACK Spanish 3

4th GOLD English 2

5th BLACK Pre- Calculus

6th GOLD Religious Studies

7th BLACK Health

Study Hall GOLD

Melody gaped at it while walking back to lunch. She crossed her arms across her chest and sat down.

"What's wrong?" Alex asked as she shoved her new schedule at him.

"I have to finish Spanish," Melody huffed.

"Aw, Mel," Alex replied squeezing her side.

Melody threw away her food and went to gather her books as Alex whispered, "Let me know if anyone gives you any crap." Melody nodded and headed off to pre-calculus. She stood at the front of the class and the teacher directed her to a seat. She sat down and waited for the rest of the class. When the entire class was present the teacher began talking about what was expected. Melody listened and put papers in the correct folder. When class was done she exited as quickly as possible. She tried not to talk to anyone and kept her head down making her the perfect person to pick on. Melody managed to get to class before they could pick on her though, and took the seat she was directed. She sat through health listening to the woman talk and was happy when she got to leave. Melody sighed and left the room. She stuffed her books in her locker and grabbed her duffel bag. She jogged the the locker room and changed into her uniform. She locked her locker and headed out to the field. Their coach explained that they could beat this team before making them run laps and warm up. They stretched before running and Melody was quiet. She was always quiet around people she didn't know so she finished her laps and began their dribbling warm ups. Before she knew it it was game time and Alex, Tom, and Jack were in the bleachers. The other team was in position so a girl named Gemma did the coin flip for Melody's team, they won and got start off.

"Woooooo, go Mel!" Alex and Tom whooped making Melody blush while she dribbled the ball and passed it to a teammate.

The game went by super fast and Melody's team won making her beam; she took great pride in winning. Alex picked her up and kissed her cheek making her blush and Tom hugged her quickly.

"Great game," Alex told her as Jack hugged her.

"Lemme grab my duffel and then we can go," Melody told them jogging off into the locker room.

She slung the strap over her shoulder and ran back out to her friends. Alex interlaced their fingers and Jack looked at them, "Why don't we go out for dinner to celebrate your win?"

The three nodded and climbed in Jack's car and Melody sighed. She leaned against Alex and he wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Melody was stressed about many things and she wanted it all to go away. She was tired from her game and hated school; it was just so boring. A week from today she would usually be in New York but not this year. She was in England and she felt terrible. She would just have to do something else to pay her respects. Jack pulled in the restaurant and they all climbed out. They got a booth and the three teens piled on top of each other in one side. They ordered and Melody rubbed her face.

"I'm tired..." Melody murmured.

"You can go to bed when we get home," Jack replied.

Melody sighed and waited for the food. When the food was delivered they ate quickly and then dropped Tom off. Melody went straight to bed after her shower and fell asleep easily.