After Jim showed the girls to their rooms, he went up to show Calvin where his room would be. "This is where you'll be staying." He shouted rather loudly, the reason being that there was music blasting from the other side of the door. He knocked twice, but no response. "DELLA ROBBIA! IT'S JIM, OPEN THE DOOR!" Jim shouted over the loud noise. Calvin went up and opened the door (that wasn't locked at all) and he couldn't believe what he saw: A boy around his age wearing ridiculous clothing and even more ridiculous hair, all blonde with a purple faux-hawk down the middle and a purple and blonde rattail dancing to some funk song with the most idiotic dance moves Calvin had ever seen.
"Della Robbia, turn that junk down right now!" Jim said to the kid. "What was that? Hold on, let me turn it down" he said as he turned off his stereo. He then looked at Calvin. "Hey Jim, who's the new kid?" he asked. "Sam, this is Calvin Stern, your new roommate." "Cool." "WHAT?" Calvin shouted. "Oh no! Mr. Morales, if you think I'm rooming in with him-" "Sorry, Cal, my mind's made up, while I'm gone, why don't you two get to know each other a bit more" he said as he left the room. "It's Calvin" he said, he hated to be called "Cal" more than anything; he would only let his family call him that.
"Great" Calvin said "One whole year stuck with this guy as my roommate." "Nice to meet you, I'm Sam Della Robbia." Sam said shaking his hand rapidly. "Now what did you say your name was again?" "I didn't, It's Calvin, Calvin Stern." He said. "Wait, Stern? As in Ulrich Stern?" "Yeah," Calvin responded "Della Robbia, as in Odd Della Robbia?" "The very same." Sam said "Your father and my father were like best friends back in their years at Kadic." "Uh, yeah, I was aware of that, he even used to come over to our house to visit, at least until…" "His passing" Sam finished "I know, I'm used to it." Known to the both of them, Odd Della Robbia had passed away unexpectedly around a year before Calvin had attended Kadic, leaving Sam and his sister at the care of his mother, the vice principal of Kadic. "But enough about that," Sam said "Come on, let me show you around."
"Now" he said "The dormitories are separated into two sections, boys and girls, that's Jim's rule #1 around here: Don't go into the other gender dorms for any reason, especially after curfew." "Okay, got it" Calvin said. "Now, if you follow me" Sam said, sounding more like a tour guide, "I will show you around the main campus." As they walked through the main campus, they were approached by a young woman and a young girl around Calvin's age who looked just like her. "Sam, just what do you think you're doing?" She asked "Nothing, mom" he said "Just showing the new kid around" "Well, make it quick!" she said. The girl had gotten a closer look at Calvin and couldn't believe what she saw. "Stern!?" she shouted, "Samantha?" Calvin said, "Samantha's your sister?" he shouted to Sam. "Unfortunately, yes." he said. Samantha Della Robbia had been one of Calvin's greatest tormenters back when they were in grade school, and by 6th grade, Calvin thought she had been rid of her for good, but now, he was proven wrong. "The name is Sammy," she said "Remember it, Stern, because I'm going to make this school year a living hell for you." She said, and with that she left, along with her mother. "You'd better get used to her, that's Elisabeth Della Robbia, my mother and the vice principal. My grandfather, Jean Pierre Delmas, is the principal here, he's not too bad, just don't get on his bad side." "I'll try to remember that" Calvin said as Sam showed him the rest of the campus.
The tour ended at the school's rec room, where Calvin was admiring everything around him. But then, a young pink-haired girl, roughly a year older than him, had caught his eye. Unknown to him, Sam had been explaining more of the rules "Now, breakfast is at 7:30, lunch is at 12:30, and dinner is at 7:30 pm classes last from 8:00 to 5:30 on Monday thru Friday, on Saturday, it's until 12:30, and on Sunday, no classes, finally, curfew is at 8:30, now any questions?" "Sam, Sam!" he shouted "Who's the pinked-haired fraulein on the couch?" he asked, speaking with a hint of German. "Who? Oh, that's Antea Belpois, she's like one of the most popular girls around here. see, her mother, DJ Aelita Stones, is a world renowned musician, much like my late father." He said. "Why, do you have a thing for her?" he said mockingly. "Shut up, I don't like her like that, besides, if she's popular, she must already have a boyfriend." Calvin exclaimed "Well actually…" he said before he was interrupted by the clacking of 2 billiard balls, and a large amount of cheering. They went over to see what the commotion was about: A tall boy with messy, black hair, and wearing a polo shirt was over at the pool table where he was about to make his next move "All right, eight ball, corner pocket." He said and just like that, the eight ball had gone into that exact pocket, and more cheers came from the crowd. "Who is that?" Calvin had asked. "You're kidding me, right?" Sam responded "I just got here" Calvin said. "That's Dennis Dunbar!" He said, "Who?" Calvin asked. "Uh… only the most popular kid in school, and for good reasons: he's incredibly smart, incredibly athletic, incredibly rich, and he's captain of the soccer team, last year he led the team to 2nd best in the nation, and this year he's aiming for number one." "Well, I wish him luck" Calvin said. "Well, it's getting late," he said looking at the clock, "I think I'm going to head off to bed now." "All right then, I'll catch up with you later," Sam told him "I'm going to stay up and watch one last pool game."