A/N: Should be sleeping, not sleeping, praying no one catches me... Here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I am cranky, tired, and not Ally Carter.

Cammie's POV

I walked over to the table and stood in front of them. No one spoke for a minute and I was just about to leave but then Chase stood up and gave me a hug. I was, to say the least, very, very confused and shocked but I hugged him back, sort of. I just patted his back.

"Thank you!" He said after he pulled back. He was giving me a huge smile.

"Um… You're welcome? Um… For what?" One of the girls spoke up this time.

"Someone needed to put Kayla in her place; everyone was just too scared to do anything. I guess everyone's too intimidated by her. Including us, I'm sad to say. Oh, and I'm Mara."

"What you said was spot on. I think that was the first time the 'queen' was speechless. Here, sit down." Chase said, pointing to an empty chair. I sat down and Chase started introducing me to the others.

"That's Brad," He said pointing to the boy who had dark hair, blue eyes, freckles, and glasses, "He's our tech guy, sort of. He's great with computers." He smiled slightly when Chase said that and said to me, "Nice to meet you. Chase told us what you said to her and that took some guts to do that."

I smiled at him. He reminded me of Jonas, even though I was sure that he would be no match for Jonas.

"Thanks. Is it true that she could get you expelled from here for something you didn't do?" I was curious about that, even though I had nothing to worry about. A stuck up snob was no match for a Gallagher Girl.

"We don't really know. She hasn't gotten anyone expelled, as far as I know. Her mom is a really famous model though, she wasn't lying about that. She's like international. Her name's Lauryn Charles."

"Wow." That was the model that Macey would go on and on about. She was probably on almost every magazine.

"Yeah. That's Keith. He plays on the baseball team. He's their best batter." Keith had ash-blond hair and brown eyes. He colored slightly when Chase said that.

"I wouldn't say that." I smiled at him.

"If you can hit the baseball, you're better than me at least." He smiled up at me.

"Come on Keithy, don't undermine yourself." Keith glared at Chase.

"Don't call me Keithy. Ever." I was taken aback. His attitude had changed so quickly. Chase must have noticed my confused expression.

"Sorry man. I forgot." He nodded and looked away.

"His ex-girlfriend called him that. She cheated on him with one his closest friends, Darren. Well, his ex-friend." He pointed to a tall boy across the room. He was well-built and was staring at Keith with a pleading expression. He looked really regretful to me but I knew that Keith probably wouldn't appreciate me saying that.

"This is Amber, Keith's current girlfriend."

"I have a personality too you know!" She said, mock-glaring at Chase.

"I'm Amber. I like to run. Track and Field. Do you run?" She reminded me of Dee Dee just without all the pink. She was naturally friendly and energetic.

"Actually, I do. I was on the team at my last school. Is it too late for me to try out?" It would be weird if I didn't do any sport or anything and we run a lot at Gallagher.

"Nah, you can come this afternoon and the coach will have you run a bit. It'd be cool if we were on the team together. These girls refused to try out with me." She said looking at the other girls.

"You know I can't run fast. Plus dance is more of my thing." Mara said.

"I know." She said with a sigh.

"This is Charlotte and Hanna. They both swim. Oh and work of advice, if they start talking about a meet or something, get away as fast as you can." Amber said with a smile.

"Hey!" Charlotte said while chucking a grape at her.

"Oh no! I'm being attacked by a grape! The horror!" She said while laughing.

Charlotte just stuck her tongue out at her.

"Either of you got a boyfriend?" I asked them.

"Yep. Brad actually." Charlotte said.

"And don't you forget it!" He said.

"Not me! I'm single and proud!" Hanna said with a laugh.

"How about you?" Hanna asked. I thought about it. Was Zach still technically my boyfriend? I wanted him to be but I had to get rid of my old life completely.

"No, me neither. We broke it off when I moved." Ouch. The words stung but I had to let him go. There was really no way I could still count him as my boyfriend because I didn't plan on going back. I looked over at Chase and saw that he was happy about my answer. I guess he thinks that he has a shot now. He's nice, don't get me wrong, but I don't think I could have a boyfriend now. I mean, they don't even know my real name.

The rest of lunch, we just talked about school and homework and normal things. It felt different but in a good way. I felt, for the first time, normal.

'Maybe this won't be so bad.'

A/N: Well... Good? Bad? Made you want to throw up? (Hope not)

Zach: It's the last one.

Me: Meanie *sticks tongue out*

Zach: Real mature.

Me: Thank you!