Chapter 2

Even with Noel's map, Gilbert still found himself unbearably lost.

"Why the hell is this place so damn huge?!" He yelled out loud in frustration.

A few students stared at him with confused faces, but most just made their way around him. He found himself contemplating just skipping his first class. He quickly dismissed that idea though, he defiantly didn't want to get in anymore trouble with his Dad.

He looked at the map again with a sigh.

"I think you are looking at that upside down." A feminine voice said from behind him, making Gil jump a little.

He turned around to face what, in his opinion, had to be one of the most attractive women he had ever seen.

She was fairly tall, with brown hair cascading down her back in dark waves. Her dark green eyes were filled with amusement, and she looked as if she were about to laugh.

Gil glanced down at his map. It was. Indeed, upside down. He felt himself flush a little.

"Haha. It's supposed to be upside down!" Gil replied quickly. "I am practicing my epic upside down reading skills!"

"You were looking pretty lost for someone with such "skills."" The woman replied, emphasizing the words skills with a grin.

"I'm not lost!" Gil replied with a scowl. "I know exactly where I am!"

"Really?" The woman replied, crossing her arms over her chest. "Which building are we outside then?"

"Ummm," Gil began, glancing at his map. "The math and science building?"

The woman laughed. It was a bell like sound, and made Gil's heart skip a beat.

"Come on idióta. You are obviously lost. I'll help you out." She said running a hand through her hair and checking her watch. "Class is going to start soon."

Gil sighed in defeat, then handed her his schedule.

"Ah. You and I have the same homeroom. You're lucky, I can walk you there." She said checking her watch again.

"Well then I will have the prettiest guide in the whole school." Gil replied smoothly, leaning up against the brick building with a grin.

The woman crossed her arms. "For your information I am taken. Also, we are going to be late if we keep standing here talking."

She then turned her heels and started walking away.

Gil couldn't help but feel disappointed. Not that it was surprising that she had a boyfriend. This girl was just his type.

They continued on in silence. Gil couldn't help but stare at her; the way she walked was mesmerizing.

**S&S**

They reached the classroom just as the first bell was ringing.

"Hey," Gil called, catching the woman's arm as she was pulling open the room door.

"We are going to be late for class." She pointed out. "What do you want?"

"I just wanted to say thank you, Miss." Gil grinned as he placed her hand over hers and opening the door.

"My name is Elisabeth," She muttered, removing her hand and brushing past him, into the room.

Gil kept grinning and made his way into the room. There were several tables in the room, occupied with groups of 3-6 students. Gil found himself frowning. He had been hoping for single desks. His eyes found Elizabeth, who was settling at a desk occupied by only two other people.

One had to be Feliciano's brother. There was no way the two weren't related. He had the same sharp Italian features. This guy had darker hair though, and a pissed off look. The other was a, also pissed off looking, dark blonde haired girl.

Gil swiftly made his way to this table. He slipped into one of the empty chairs, causing the others to give him a weird look.

"Who are you, asshole?" The Italian guy asked with a scowl.

"Yeah." The blonde continued for him, messing with a blue headband that was in her hair. "Who invited you to sit here?"

Gil made a pretend shocked face. "Well I figured that I could sit here since Elisabeth and I have become such good friends."

The blonde looked at Elisabeth with suspicion.

"He is just a lost dog who was following me, Natalia." Elisabeth replied, looking through her bag for something. "He is new here this year, obviously."

"I'm Gilbert Beilschmidt." Gil put in as the last bell rang. "I just moved here a few months ago."

"You're Oz's kid," The dark haired male said with a tone of surprised.

"Yeah? How do you know my Dad?" Gil asked also surprised.

Just then one more guy slipped in to the seat beside Gil, out of breath and frightened looking.

"Oh damn I'm late." The guy, a wavy blond haired guy with glasses, muttered.

"Don't worry, Matt." The dark haired guy responded. "The bastard isn't even here yet, and he told me that I would have to do laundry for a week if I missed class."

Gil looked at the dark haired male with confusion.

"Lovino lives with our teacher," The blonde filled Gil in. "Oh and I'm Mathew Williams."

` "He lives with our teacher?" Gil gasped. "Is that even legal?"

"It's complicated you asshole!" Lovino snapped just as, a young looking Hispanic man with bright green eyes walked into the room.

"Do you have something to share with the class Mr. Vargas?" The man said with a smile.

"No you ba-I mean sir." Lovino replied, mumbling curses under his breath.

"Good. Well. Hello class!" The guy said with a smile. "I am Antonio Hernández Carriedo. I will be your Homeroom teacher this year."

"Hi Mr. Carriedo." The class responded weakly.

"Come on kids!" Mr. Carriedo sighed. "Be lively! It's the first day of school! There is only 179 more after this!"

Several kids looked like the were going to cry.

Mr. Carriedo sighed again. "Okay, well. This class is mainly a study period you can use to prepare for your day. As most of you know it's only a half an hour long, so don't waste your time. The seat you are sitting in now is where you are going to sit for the duration of this school quarter, and the people around you, at said table, are your group. So you better get comfy, because these are the people who are going to be your allies this year."

More than a few kids groaned.

"Now, before I let you guys talk to your group, I'll talk about myself. I was born a few towns away from here. My mother was unable to take care of me, so I was placed into foster care. I was in and out of foster homes until I was 17. When I turned 17 I had been working for a couple years, and was able to get emancipated. So I worked hard to where I am today, 23 and teaching you lovely students. " Mr. Carriedo finished with a smile.

"Are you single?" Gil heard a girl yell from the back.

Mr. Carriedo smiled. "Not that it is any business of yours, but I am not available currently."

The girl practically whimpered from her place in the back.

"No other questions?" Mr. Carriedo asked with a tilt of his head. "No? You guys probably want to talk to each other. Well go at it."

There was a collective sigh of relief, and suddenly the room was filled with noise.

"You owe me money," Natalia said, hitting Lovino. "He didn't stutter or botch it once."

"You should have more faith in Tony." Matthew whispered.

"So are you guys all friends?" Gil asked, leaning back in his chair.

"Don't lump me in with these bitches." Lovino scowled, pointing at the two girls.

Natalia rolled her eyes. "What the asshole is trying to say is we are all connected by a mutual hatred for a certain group in this school."

"Group? Why?" Gil asked, pulling chips from his bag and munching on one.

Everyone went silent then, sharing a mutual look.

"What?" Gil asked.

"So. Gilbert. You just moved here. How do you like it so far?" Elisabeth hastily interjected.

"It's okay. I just moved back here actually. I used to live here as a kid." Gil replied.

"I bet Oz is glad to have you around." Lovino cut in. "He's my social worker. He talks about you and your brother all the time."

"I bet." Gil said with an eye roll. "Oh hey! Are you related to Feliciano?"

Lovino blinked in surprise. "How would you know that, you bloody…."

"They are brothers." Elisabeth interceded again. "It's a bit of a rough subject though. They were both in the foster care system, but got placed in different homes. Feli is actually my foster brother.*(1) Might I ask how you know him?"

` "Oh I met him this morning. He kind of swept my brother off his feet." Gil chuckled. "Now that I think about it…..Hey Matthew?"

"Yes?" The blonde male said jumping in his seat a little.

"Is Noel your sister?" Gil asked, eating another chip thoughtfully. "I met her this morning, and she said she had an introverted brother named Matthew."

Natalia started laughing as Matthew turned red.

"Yeah," The shy boy responded. "She's my younger sister."
"She sure is spunky." Gil chuckled.

Matthew shrugged in response.

"What about you Bel?" Gil asked, turning to the blonde female. "Any siblings?"

Nat's eyes narrowed to slits. "None. Both are dead to me. If you bring up the subject of said dead people again, I will not hesitate to rip out those red eyes of yours."

"Wow!" Gil muttered raising his hands up with wide eyes. "Subject forgotten, Lady. What crawled up your skirt and died?"

"I will cut you asshole," Natalia hissed.

Elisabeth looked like she was going to say something, but was interrupted when Mr. Carriedo plopped down in the seat next to her.
"Are we all getting along, my precious students?" He asked with a dashing smile.

"Peachy." Natalia hissed, rising from her chair and exiting the room with annoyance.

"But. But. Class is almost over. She should have asked and waited." Mr. Carriedo pouted sadly.

"You need to be more assertive, you bastard." Lovino sighed, with an eye roll. "Your students are going to walk all over your kind ass."

"Hmmn." Carriedo grinned. "You would know about that subject right?"

Gil raised an eyebrow at the exchange between the two.

"Tony. Go do your job." Elisabeth sighed.

"I was just over here making sure you were making Gilbert here feel welcome." Carriedo pouted.

"Oh they are such a welcoming bunch Sir," Gilbert replied with a grin.

"Have you invited him to the club yet?" Carriedo asked.

"What club?" Gil responded with surprise.

"I wasn't planning on it," Elisabeth responded. "He seems like more the enemies' type anyway.

"Hmmn. I wouldn't judge him so quickly." Carriedo smiled warmly. "He might be exactly what you need."

"What are you guys…" Gil began, but was interrupted by the bell.

"Class dismissed guys!" Carriedo stood and grinned widely. "No homework today, but bring a composition book tomorrow."

Gil watch as his table mates began to rise from their places.

"Is anybody going to explain?" Gil asked with annoyance.

"Bye Gilbert. Don't get lost to your next class." Elisabeth muttered.

"See you Gil. It was very nice to meet you." Mattie waved as he left.

"Bye you asshole," Lovino growled as he exited.

Gil sighed and picked up his own bag. He wondered how many more strange people he could possibly meet.

Authors note:

Haha Hey look. It's an update. *sweatdrop* Those happen sometimes. i have been a little busy lately. Anyways I love Roma (Lovino) and Antonio.I hope to be able to write more of them interacting in the future of the fic. Also, I'm sorry if Natalia is a little OOC. This is mainly because of things that will be explained later (mainly the events going on in my Praying for Daylight fic, which is a prequel to this one)/ *(1) So this fictional town is a little strange. It's basically a town centered around the adoption agency. A lot of the kids going to this school are; In the foster care currently,being fostered in a home, adopted, or come from generations of families that adopt as well as have their own children (which I know doesn't happen often, but whatever *shrugs*). Anyways. It REALLY helps my writing motivation if you review. I really appreciate even constructive criticism. I also don't own anything but Noel and my story line. I hope to see you next time! *T.K. Out*