A/N- Ive changed to chapter titles, because the two different numbers were dirving me insane!

Unexpected guests.

Joe and I stood outside the grand hall while my mom made her speech. I was just looking around and I noticed a sign above the door that read 'English-American'

"Hey Joe – what's that sign?"

"We teach 14 languages so every meal, we speak a different one, so you get practice for the real world. Your mom set it to English - American accents for you, as you haven't learnt any of the languages yet." Joe answered.

"Oh okay."

"…many of you know about Cameron. And I am pleased to say she has come home and will be joining the junior class for her lessons after the break." I heard my mom's voice faintly through the oak doors. This was it. Oh my gosh what if they don't actually like me and mom was just saying that. Before I went into a full freak out mode, Joe turned and gave me a quick hug while saying "Don't worry, they will love you Cam." As though he was reading my thoughts. Weird.

"Let's go" Joe said, giving me a reassuring wink. Okay let's go. Joe pushed open the double doors and strutted to his seat on the teachers table, leaving me shuffling in behind him. Everyone's eyes were on me. Some people started whispering inaudibly. I looked at Joe and mom, and they gesture for me to sit down. I look around for my roommates, and quickly go and sit by them. The stares, however stay fixed on me as I sit.

Zach and three other boys, who I assumed were Grant, Nick and Jonas. They were all sat next to their girlfriends, giving me an idea of who they were before they all introduced themselves. My predictions were correct, obviously. Grant was really muscly, much more so than anyone else. He could easily pose as Brad Pitt's body double and looked like a Greek God. He and Bex looked like the perfect exotic deity couple. Nick was also muscular and had short, dark brown, spikey hair. Jonas is very skinny, and has very thick black hair. They were all attractive, but they had nothing on Zach.

The hall had gone into a quiet chatter, whilst me and my new… well friends I suppose… spoke about my life in America. We were just talking about how I got here, when a girl with long brown hair came and sat next to me.

"My sources tell me that you were with the CIA, but then you were abducted, then you escaped and came here, because a rebel agent who had you, helped you track down your mum."

I take it this is Tina Walters. The hall falls back into silence, and I feel the stared again, waiting for me to answer. I look at Bex, who just gives me an apologetic shrug, as if to say 'get used to it'.

"Abducted, yes." I started, giving Zach a glare from across the table, who just held his hands up in surrender. "He took me to my mom, yes. Other than that, your 'sources' are wrong, I suggest finding new ones. Or, better yet, you just don't have any sources and stop gossiping?" I told her, which caused all the other students snigger. My new friends were all covering their mouths to stop their laughs from escaping.

Tina gave me a glare and walked off back to where she was. Then we couldn't hold our giggles any longer, so we just burst and eventually the laughs became silent. You know when you laugh so much that no noise actually comes out, your chest just hurts as a result, and you've got tears rolling down our faces. Yeah the 8 of us were like that. Even the teachers were trying to contain their fits of laughter.

Once we had calmed down, Zach turned and said "Good one, Gallagher Girl."

"Gallagher Girl?" I asked

"Well, you go to Gallagher now, and you're a girl right?" He reasoned. Right…

"Yes well so is every other girl who goes here."

He opened his mouth to argue when the lights went off, a piercing siren filled the air and a mechanical voice shouted "Code Black. Code Black"