Lauren's POV

I left Will's room reluctantly and walked down the empty corridors to my room. Will was amazing in every way. He was funny, good-looking, kind – even if he was very cocky – and he gave me butterflies in my stomach every time he threw that cocky grin at me. Whenever I was around him I felt like I could be myself, shrug off the 'confident, cool Lauren' cover and be the clumsy, goofy Lauren who loved films like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.

Just as I stopped outside my door, my phone beeped. I always kept it with me just in case Kelly or Annabelle needed to reach me. I checked that no one was around and pulled my phone out of my bra – well, where else was I supposed to keep it since this dress had no pockets.

Saw them in Glasgow – Kel

"Guys! Look!" I burst into the room and held my phone out for them to read the text.

"Really?" Bex took the phone from me as if to see if it was a real text.

"Yes!" I beamed at my friends who smiled back.

The phone beeped again.

Lost them, soz :( - Kel

"Oh..." Our faces fell.

"I'm going to bed." Liz announced after a lot of hugging and comforting each other.

I pulled my dress off, put my old pyjamas on and climbed tiredly into bed. Despite the fact that I was exhausted, I couldn't sleep. When I could hear all my roommates' breathing deepen with sleep, I grabbed a pen and paper from my bedside table and began writing a letter home.

To all my sisters at St Trinians,

I miss you all so much. I miss the Twins blowing things up (especially the shed!) and the Vodka brewing and the parties. I miss England so much, hell, I even miss the rain!

America's very different than England, as you can imagine. The weather is far better for a start! Everyone at Gallagher Academy is very welcoming and they're surprisingly not as prim and proper as I expected! Of course the teachers are very strict and there aren't many parties and even then there's no alcohol! But I'm really enjoying it here and I think all of you would too. Gallagher Academy has a secret that is too dangerous to tell over a letter.

Geeks, this would be your heaven! There are so many gadgets and the academics are outstanding – I'm talking PHD level outstanding. Everyone else, there are kick-ass explosives, stunts and there is a ridiculously fit teacher! I mean, like, it should be illegal for someone that attractive to teach in a girls' school.

I hope all of you are keeping up the school's reputation and hope to see you soon,

Lauren

As I reached for an envelope, the pen dropped down the side of the bed. I sighed and reached to get it. I grabbed the torch and shone it on the floor. What was that? There was something on the floor. I got out of bed and tried to shift the bed without making a sound. It was a good thing my friends were such heavy sleepers! It looked like a square. It was very discrete. I traced the grooves of the square curiously. Hang on a minute... was it a trap door? Well, this is a spy school, I thought. I tried pulling the wood, no such luck. Why wasn't it moving! I began to get very frustrated. "I am not leaving without finding out how to open this thing." I whispered to myself. Bex murmured in her sleep. After what felt like hours (but was actually probably ten minutes), I sighed in defeat and slumped against the wall. "How do you open?" I murmured and absentmindedly picked at a knot in the wood. To my shock, surprise and delight, the knot slid to the side and the door swung open revealing a dark, dusty, stone tunnel.

With a small squeak of happiness, I grabbed a torch, an old jumper and sifted through my luggage until I found my battered, old trainers at the bottom of my suitcase and dropped into the tunnel. It was freezing in there! Spiders scuttled around my feet and I coughed when I breathed some dust into my lungs. I shivered again due to the cold, brushed cobwebs out of the way and followed the tunnel. It was a good thing I'm not scared of mice or spiders because the place was crawling with them!

It was only when I looked up after a while I noticed there were doors in the ceiling and on the floor. I decided to open the nearest one to me which happened to be once in the ceiling. I undid the bolt in the little door and hoisted myself up so I could peer in. It was a room. Not just a room, it was the boys' room! I felt my cheeks flush with embarrassment. I quickly dropped down as quietly as I could and locked the hatch again. "So...this tunnel leads to every room in the building?" I wondered aloud. A grin spread across my face. This place was just full of surprises!

The cold was getting unbearable so I practically ran back to my room. Thankfully, I'd left the trapdoor open so I didn't get lost. I used my elbows to pull myself out of the damp, dusty, spider-infested tunnel and shook cobwebs off before climbing back into bed.