"Back to school again" Alois said yawning.

"Good morning everyone" Ciel said walking into the dining room.

Alois yawned again and Ciel slapped him at the back of his head.

"What was that for?" Alois asked annoyed.

"For playing video games with Luke until three in the morning" Ciel replied.

Sebastian seated her and then stepped back to let her enjoy her breakfast.

"I'm not like you, going to bed at nine" Alois said.

"I don't know about you big bro, but I'm wide awake" Luke said and he giggled when a bit of nutella got on his nose.

"I'll see you all at school then" Sebastian said.

Ciel beckoned him down and then kissed him. Sebastian kissed back and then grabbed Ciel's wrist before her buttery hands could touch his hair.

"Not at the table!" Luke complained and Sebastian pulled away.

Sebastian left the mansion and they all finished up their breakfast. They got into the car with Claude driving. First Luke was dropped off at middle school and then Ciel and Alois were dropped off at the high school.

"What do we have first?" Ciel asked glancing over at Alois's new schedule.

"We have Music, Dance, World History, Geometry and Lunch together" Alois replied as he compared schedules.

"I'm alone in Spanish, Korean, Latin and French" Ciel said.

"No wait, we have French together" Alois said.

"We have too many classes this year" Ciel complained as she folded her blazer and shoved it into her locker.

"At least we don't have Gym" Alois said and Ciel nodded. They headed to homeroom.

"Class we have a new student. His name is Arran Parker and he has just recently transferred from America" Ms. Yvonne said.

"Hi, I'm Arran. Pleased to meet you" He was a brunette but he had a glow to him and a sunny personality.

"You can have the seat behind Ciel. Ciel, raise your hand" Ms. Yvonne said.

Ciel raised her hand and Arran smiled at her as he passed to take his seat. Ciel rolled her eye and continued fidgeting with her iPod to pass the time.

"Hey, I'm Arran" Arran spoke up from behind her.

"Ciel" Ciel replied quietly and Alois stifled a chuckle.

"How old are you?" Arran asked.

"Seventeen" Ciel replied shortly.

The bell rang and they headed to their first class which was Geometry. To Ciel, Math had been easy and Trig been the same. Geometry was going to be a piece of cake. Then Arran entered the room. He handed a paper to the teacher and then the teacher directed him to a seat right behind Ciel.

"Seems like you have a stalker" Alois teased.

"He's more of an annoyance than anything else" Ciel replied rolling her eye.

After Geometry, Ciel headed off to Latin. Since Latin was so ancient and boring, many students opted out of it but Ciel particularly enjoyed it. Latin had a sort of mystery that came with its words. Today's assignment was fairly simple. Write a paragraph about someone you care about. It would have been easy if it hadn't been for Arran Parker who kept annoying Ciel.

"What does blood mean in Latin?"

"Sanguine" Ciel replied.

"And arm?"

"Brachium" Ciel replied.

"And-" "Sir, I'm done. May I please be excused?" Ciel cut him off.

"Of course. I'm sure your Latin has been impeccable as always" Mr. Ace said and Ciel shot out of the classroom like a bat out of hell.

She sighed in relief and then turned around. She saw Arran looking around in the hallways and then walked away quietly. She entered the girl's room and locked herself in a stall. She breathed a sigh of relief and then her phone buzzed. She pulled it out and then smiled when she saw a text from Sebastian.

Want to spend lunch with me?- Sebastian.

Yeah, where?- Ciel.

The reply came back fast.

Bring Alois along. In the Dance class- Sebastian.

Ciel nodded and then tucked her phone back into her pocket. She walked out of the stall and then washed her hands. She checked her hair and eye patch before peeking out to see if Arran was around. Thankfully he wasn't and Ciel was able to enter the Music room without any difficulties. There was no one in so she closed the door and sat down on the piano bench. Her phone buzzed with a text.

C, where are you?- Alois.

In the Music room. Got out of Latin early-Ciel.

The door opened and Ciel smiled when she saw Alois.

"Am I glad to see you! You won't believe the Latin class I had. That stupid Arran kept on bugging me. Can't he see that I can't stand him?" Ciel asked.

"Aww, I think it's cute. He has a little crush on you" Alois teased and Ciel groaned.

"So fucking annoying" Ciel said and Alois laughed.

"I hear swearing. Who pissed you off on the first day?" Sebastian asked opening the door to the music room and closing it behind him.

"The new kid, Arran. He has a crush on our little Ciel" Alois replied.

"I could kill him if you want" Sebastian said with a smirk.

"I'm really considering that option" Ciel replied.

She stood up and then walked over to Sebastian who wrapped his arms automatically around her.

"Not at school" Alois said.

Ciel flipped him the bird and then kissed Sebastian. Alois coughed and then they finally split apart when the bell rang.

"I should just go and prepare for the lesson" Sebastian pecked her lips and then disappeared into his office.

The door to the music opened and some more students walked in. With them was Arran Parker. Ciel groaned and Alois was sent to a fit of chuckles. Arran walked into Sebastian's office and then emerged with Sebastian.

"You can sit behind Amanda" The demon said with a close eyed smile.

"Thanks sir" Arran sat down and Sebastian began the lesson.

"Since the music did a good job during the school musical and their exams, the headmaster has decided for a few selected music students to participate in the upcoming inter school talent competition. The winning school will receive £10000 and the participant will be given £5000 cash prize"

"So how will you determine who should participate?" Lisa asked.

"I will divide all the students according to what instrument they play best. I believe there's categories for violin, piano, cello, flute and guitar as well as vocals. You all will compete against each other to determine one person for each category" Sebastian replied.

"So we'll be competing against seniors?" Alois asked.

"Yes and sophomores and freshmen" Sebastian replied. "So listen for your names. You all total up to fifteen in this classroom so you'll compete between yourselves and then whoever wins in each category will compete against the seniors and so on. You might even be chosen for two categories according to how good you are at playing the instrument"

"I'm betting you'll get piano" Alois said.

"Violin. Lisa, Amanda, Ray, Tamara and Rhiannon. Cello. Alois, Terrence and Ginny. Piano. Ciel, Arran, Kyle and Faith. Flute. Alan, Edward and Ciel. Guitar. Alois, Tamara, Ginny, Michael and Lisa. Male vocals. Arran. Female vocals. Ciel" Sebastian announced.

"So when does it competition thing start?" Ray asked.

"Tomorrow morning. Until then, you can use this time to practice. The music room will be open after school too but I think the seniors will take the room then" Sebastian replied.

"I'll go practice on the guitar" Alois said.

"I'll take the flute then. There are too many people around the piano" Ciel said.

She stood up and then headed over to where Edward and Alan were seated with flutes. Edward gave her a small smile but Alan ignored her. Ciel smiled at Edward and then sat down with her flute.

"You know, I've always noticed you but I've never even said two words to you since you moved here" Edward commented.

"I've always been a loner" Ciel replied.

Ciel began playing her flute by herself while Edward and Alan played a duet between the selves. When Ciel stopped for a break she noticed Alois had transferred to the cello. She stood up and put away her flute. She was heading to the violins when she saw that Arran was waving here over. She sighed and then headed over to him.

"Ciel, do you want a turn with the piano? I'm done" He asked.

"Sure, Arran, thanks" Ciel sat down and Arran dragged a stood over to sit on.

"Um, what are you doing?" Ciel asked.

"Watching you. I heard from Faith that you're really good at playing piano" Arran replied with an innocent grin.

Ciel nodded and then began playing by herself. It was disconcerting that Arran was watching her so closely but then she ignored him and continued practicing.

"Class dismissed!" Sebastian announced after a few minutes.

Arran was the first to run out of the class with a blush on his cheeks.