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Ana and Christian had been laying some groundwork on repairing their relationship and they had visited Flynn together twice, which Jess saw as good progress.

Ana was still defiantly not sleeping over at Christians, though Jess was more than aware that they were having sex still, disappearing for hours at a time.

Jess had agreed with Christian that she would try, and on Friday she resolutely dressed in the uniform, did her hair and makeup, said goodbye to Harry and got in the car with Sawyer. He was the most relaxed around her and Christian had asked him to keep an eye on the seventeen year old.

Jess had been annoyed at the idea of having a bodyguard follow her around but Christian had pointed out that it was the best school in the state; she wouldn't be the only one.

Sawyer glanced over at the redhead girl sitting awkwardly in the seat next to him 'At least you've only got a few hours today, it was a good idea to start on a Friday, stops you spending the weekend worrying doesn't it?'.

She nodded, exhaling deeply and twiddling her thumbs. Sawyer nudged her jokily as he turned into the School's entrance drive. 'You'll be fine, don't worry. And anyway, if anyone's mean to you I'll beat them up'.

Jess snorted with laughter, feeling slightly more laid back as she looked up at the school.

'Christ Emmanuel' was written in gold letters on the front of the old fashioned red brick building, with stone pillars and impressive steps at the front. There was thousands of children of mixed ages getting out of slick black cars and making their way to the front steps, and Jess could see that probably nearly a quarter of them had a bodyguard flanking them.

She sighed 'This is going to be a long day'

Sawyer laughed and parked the car up 'come on, lets get moving, the longer you sit and mope around, the worse it will be'.

She was grateful for his sense of humour and got out of the car, looking around as they walked to the main entrance.

Jess was glad for once that she had such a good figure, wearing clear tights with her skirt slightly rolled up- not as much as some of the girls around her however- and her impossibly long thin legs, her model-worthy face and figure and her long red hair were already attracting some attention, mostly from the male population of the school.

Sawyer smirked as he guided her towards the main entrance and through the hallway towards the registration area 'looks like you won't have any problem with people ignoring you Jess'.

She threw him a disparaging look and walked into the registry office, where they spent the duration of what would have been her first lesson making her fill in forms, explaining rules and regulations and sorting out her timetable.

When the bell went to signal the end of the first lesson, Jess was sent off to second period English, where Sawyer left her with a quiet 'go on kid, you'll be fine' and she entered the room.

The other twenty or so students were already seated and it was clearly only a few minutes in to the lesson. The teacher was a tall, slim, greying woman in a black pencil skirt and a pink blouse

'You're the new student, correct? Jessica right?'. She nodded and the woman nodded with a faint smile 'I'm Mrs Jenkinson, everyone, this is Jessica Grey, she will be joining us for the rest of the year. She has been home schooled for a while and I would like you all to be welcoming to her'.

Jess scowled slightly at the mention of being home schooled, not thinking that it was really a relevant point to share with everyone. She was also a little bit shocked that Christian had registered her in the school under the surname Grey.

She glanced around and met eyes with a boy who was looking at her, fiddling with his pen and sitting towards the back of the class.

The boy was tall, well built, with blue eyes and dark blonde hair and a wry smile as he looked at her, his hair ruffled, his tie loose and his top button undone.

Jess glanced around slowly for a seat as the teacher continued to speak and he met her eyes and pulled his bag off the empty seat beside him and nodded, indicating that she could sit beside him.

'Now, Jessica, if you want to find a seat, we can get started with the class'. She nodded and slipped into the seat beside him as the blonde teacher started to speak. He smiled at her, speaking quietly

'My name's Caleb'. She smiled back 'Jess'.

They didn't have any more opportunity to talk during the hour and half lesson as everyone was expected to work in silence.

At the end of the lesson the bell went and everyone stood up, suddenly talking and filling the room with noise. Caleb turned to Jess, pulling his bag over his head 'I assume you don't know anyone here right?'.

She shook her head and he smiled again with a slight shrug 'That's fine, come sit with us, I can't think of anything worse than sitting on your own on your first day's lunch'.

They walked together to the lunch hall and Caleb sat down next to her on a long table, where they were joined by about fifteen other students, all happily talking and dropping their bags before going off to get food

Caleb and Jess already had theirs and when everyone sat down again they all seemed far more welcoming than she had been expecting.

She recognised the surnames of quite a few of the people on the table from their parents in newspapers and magazines, and saw one or two blink at the surname 'Grey' but none of them said anything about it.

One of the girls, a tall blonde called Hillary smiled at her

'So, Jess, usually when we have someone new here they have to tell us an interesting fact about themselves, or something we wouldn't know. What's you're fact?'

Jess considered for a second, telling them that her mother had thrown her into care, that her father was thousands of miles away and didn't contact her for months at a time, and that she had been stripping for money not long before were all not exactly 'sharing points'.

Jess looked around awkwardly 'I have a son, he's nearly two'.

Everyone looked surprised but no one looked at her with disgust as she had prepared herself for. Hillary and a girl called Becca started asking questions about Harry, was he walking? Was he talking? What could he say?. They were unashamedly ooing over everything Jess said.

As everyone went back to their conversations in smaller groups, Jess started picking at her lunch, pushing it around the plate with her fork.

Caleb looked up with a grin 'you don't look like you're enjoying that if I'm honest'. She laughed lightly 'No, it's fine, I just...'.

She trailed off and he filled in 'You're nervous still because it's your first day, and you're also missing your son because it's probably the longest you've ever left him without being able to pick up a phone and call him?'. She blinked in surprise but nodded 'good guess'.

He smirked 'I can just read people well. And my sister has a daughter the same age as your boy- I know what it's like'.

Jess smiled, feeling relaxed for the first time in the last 24 hours.

Caleb widely, showing two rows of perfect, straight 'boy next door' white teeth

You'll be fine. Surely the worst of it is over already? Can I have a look at your timetable?'.

She handed it over from her inside pocket and he glanced at it quickly. 'We've got a lot of classes together, I think- yeah we've got the rest of the day together. Stay with me and I'll look after you'.

The bell went to signify the end of lunch and everyone stood, talking and chairs scraping loudly.

Caleb leant over, voice quiet 'some of these people are vultures, I'll keep you away from them, they can be horrible when they sense 'fresh meat', come on, we've got Math next'.

Caleb walked beside Jess, speaking casually about sports and hobbies, with Caleb blushing slightly when Jess asked about the school teams and whether he was interested in them and local and league games.

'Uh…I'm the captain of the football team, and I'm on the basketball team… and I think we've gone to every single Mariners and Seahawks game in the last ten years or more…we're quite into sports in my family'.

Jess couldn't stifle her laugh 'Ah, meeting the captain of the football team on my first day, could there be more of a cliché? At least I'm not a cheerleader'.

Caleb wasn't really thinking before he spoke 'with legs like that you wouldn't have any problem'.

She raised an eyebrow at him in mock annoyance and he looked flustered and awkward 'uh- well- that's not what I meant. I mean, they are incredible legs don't get me wrong, but I-'. Jess cut him off 'It's fine, I'll take it as a compliment shall I?'.

He laughed and neither of them noticed Sawyer watching them from the other side of the crowded hallway, looking relieved that she had made a friend.

Sawyer made the wise decision not to mention to Christian that the first friend his potential adoptive daughter had made happened to be the most attractive and popular boy there, or that he was the son of George McManus, someone from the same circle as the Grey's.

They attended many of the same functions and events and George was as equally insanely wealthy as Christian himself was.

Christian might have liked George, but Sawyer was pretty certain the idea of his foster child and the McManus boy together was one of those 'what he doesn't know won't kill him' situations.

Smirking at the retreating pair- Jess's hair and Caleb's height making them easily visible down the corridor- Sawyer went to sit with one of the other bodyguards he had met during the day, a slim, attractive woman called Melaina who had said she would sit with him in one of the cars whilst the kids were in lessons.

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