Chapter Two: The Girl Does Broadway

Hannah walked up the stairs of the girls' dorm and turned right. She had been told she would be rooming with a senior girl by the name of Ivy Natale. She couldn't help but think how Italian the name sounded. She came up to the door of her new room and stopped.

'Should I knock first,' Hannah thought staring at the door, 'It is my room now too.' She decided against barging in and knocked three times. She waited a minute or so listening to the Jonas Brothers SOS playing from the room across the hall before deciding it was safe to enter. Hannah turned the doorknob and slowly opened the door.

The room wasn't very big, yet they had managed to fit two beds, a small dresser and a desk into the room. The beds were up against the wall parallel to the door with the dresser between them. The desk sat at the far end of the room by the only window. The walls were a bland color and the carpet was an ugly shade of pink. The sheets on the bed Hannah assumed would be hers were very generic, they reminded her of hotel sheets. The other bed however was draped in fine linen with a purple down comforter. Above the bed hung a Union Jack while the wall next to the door had posters for Maroon 5, Avril Lavigne, Velvet Underground and Daughty as well as a poster for The Clash's London Calling. There were also several small posters for Broadway musicals. Hannah couldn't help but smile at those.

Just then she heard someone at the door. "For the love of god, TURN THAT CRAP OFF," the girl yelled at the door across from them. Hannah turned to she the girl walk into the room. She had dark brown hair, which was pulled back into a ponytail and green eyes. She was wearing a cheerleading uniform and white tennis shoes.

"You must be my new roommate," The girl said closing the door behind her.

"Yeah, Hannah"

"Ivy Natale," the girl respond, "liking the posters I see."

"Yeah, not liking the music much?"

"Are you kidding me?! Not only is that the most annoying song ever, but they've been playing it 24/7," she moves to the door an opens it, "Maybe if you losers had a decent taste in music I'd like you better!" She slammed the door and turned back to Hannah.

"Yeah, I can't say it's my favorite either." Hannah moved across to her bed and sat down. 'Note to self,' she thought, 'retrive sheets from aunt's house.'

"Soooooooooooo where you from," Ivy asked walking over to the dresser.

"Graham, North Carolina originally, but currently my aunt and I live here well Bullworth Vale that is."

Ivy laughed; she pulled a red cami and a pair of black pajama bottoms from the first drawer. "You mean your aunt lives in Vale. Why do you live with your aunt if you don't mind me asking."

"My parents are gone… car crash when I was four."

"Ooooooh, sorry… didn't mean to pry."

"Oh no, It's fine. I use to be real closed of about it, but now I don't see the point. I've never need anything. My aunt takes good care of me."

Ivy smiled; glad she hadn't upset her new roommate. The last thing she wanted to do was come off as a bitch. "Well I'm going to get a shower. Cheer practice wore me out today."

Hannah liked her new roommate, "Okay, I'm going to meet up with Petey. He said he'd take me on a tour of the school."

"Alrighty, see ya round then," Ivy waved walking out the door. "I'm not playing! Turn it off," Hannah heard her yell. She couldn't help but laugh as she made her own way out of the dorm.

Hannah walked out the door of the dooms to see Petey standing under the archway. "Hey again cutie," she giggled. Petey blushed, she couldn't tell if he liked the new nickname or if it annoyed him. She had also noticed he was kind of shy. He pointed out the boys' dorm across the way, the main school building, and the library. As they circled around he pointed past another archway.

"That way leads down to the preps' hangout, shop and the gym. Further down is the foot ball field and back behind that is the observatory."

"We have an observatory?! Show me!"

"Ah… well… m maybe…"

"Petey doesn't go over that way much," Hannah turned to see Jimmy walking over to join them.

'Oh great, you again," Hannah thought sarcastically. "Hey," she said with a forced smile on her face.

"Hey Jimmy, would you mind walking with us," Petey asked. She couldn't quite get a handle on there relationship. Petey had said that Jimmy was just his friend and nothing more and Jimmy really didn't seem like the type that would even like guys.

"Yeah, I'll walk with ya."

As they walked all the students called out to Jimmy, a few even asked about Hannah. She wondered just how a boy like Jimmy could be so popular. As she was wondering away, she bummed into someone. "Sorry sweetheart." Hannah's eyes widened as she looked up to she just who belonged to such an angelic voice. He had the most beautiful milk chocolate hair and amazing dark brown eyes. He was wearing a leather jacket over his uniform. "s-s-s-sorrry," she stuttered.

Hannah this is Johnny Vincent," Jimmy introduced, "Johnny, this is the new girl Hannah Monroe."

'His the one,' she thought, 'The Danny to my Sandy.'

"Hey there, nice to meet you," Johnny said holding out his hand for hers.

"Hi Johnny," Hannah cooed. She could feel herself start to blush. She must have looked like a complete idiot. "It's nice to meet you too." She shook Johnny's hand gingerly and watched him wave to Jimmy as he walked away.

"Not even here one day and she's already head over heels for the guy," Jimmy laughed. He took her arm and turned her around to face him. "Piece of advice new girl. Every girl in school's got the hots for Johnny, but his only got eyes for one girl."

"And who's that," Hannah asked pulling away from him.

"The school slut, Miss Lola Gold Digger." Hannah turned to see Ivy walking up behind them. "That little tramp has every guy at this school wrapped around her finger. Even my boy Trent."

"You know I made out with him once," Jimmy teased.

"I doubt it would look to good if the 'King of the School' got himself a black eye from a girl."

"Don't be that why Ivy, besides she doesn't have Petey wrapped around her finger."

"Can we please leave me out of this?"

"Moving on," Hannah interrupted, "I'm getting kind of hungry."

"Come on then," Ivy responded, "Let's head to the pizza place in town."

"Can we stop by Dragon's Wing after," Petey asked.

"Nobody wants to go to the stupid comic book store," Jimmy responded.

"I do," Hannah piped up. She put here hands on her hips and looked dead into Jimmy's eyes "Why are you so mean to him? Aren't you his friend or something?"

Jimmy put his hands up in defense as Ivy started laughing. "Watch out Jim," Ivy teased, "looks like new girl may hate you more than Gary."

'Gary,' Hannah thought turning her head from Jimmy to Ivy, 'Gary Who?'