A/N: 3/5 everyone!

Alexa POV

I didn't even know my foster mum, Daisy, could shout that loudly. When I got home dressed in a Gallagher Girls out fit she was speechless. Then she screamed. Stu just sat there, drinking beer, and shaking his head.

"How could you do this!? It's obserd and crazy!" I shrunk back. "After all we've done for you!" I thought she was going to hit me.

"I can explain." I tried to get a word in but she wouldn't let me.

"You can't be looked after, I mean, what happened to your black hair! And eyes!" I had forgotten about that. I probably looked so different then.

"It's a really long story." I said. She glared fire at me, her eyes blazing. I could almost see steam coming from my ear.

"Enough!" Stu roared. "Don't talk to her like that!" His deep voice boomed, echoing through the four bed roomed house.

"He's right you know." Daisy put her thin hands on her wide hips. "Don't talk to me like that."

"I'm just trying to explain." I started again, annoyed now.

"Now you listen to me." Stu warned.

"No!" I yelled. "You listen to me. You aren't my parents!" I shouldn't have yelled like that. Diary shut her mouth tight and pursed her lips.

"Fine." She held up her hands. "Do what you want."

I felt so guilty. But before I could do anything to take it back there was a loud, quick knock on the door.

Daisy turned and went to answer it. I could make out the voices of Zach and Cammie. Bex and Macey were probably with them, I guessed.

After a minute of her arguing that I wasn't in, Zach got fed up and barged past her. He relaxed when he saw me.

"Are you okay?" I felt to my eyes, I hadn't noticed I was crying. With a nod I wiped my eyes and took a deep breath.

"Fine." I said.

Cammie came next to Zach. "That guy, the one that walked you home." She started. "He knows about us-" I cut her off.

"I know." I said. "He called me Tail Catcher."

"He called me Chameleon." Cammie said worriedly.

"We have to get back to school." Zach said, we both agreed.

"No." Stu stood up. "You aren't going anywhere." I had never liked Stu. I looked to Daisy, she shrugged and stepped aside.

"Walk out that door you don't get to come back." Daisy said. I hugged her, not caring about the way she toppled back.

"I'm so sorry." I left with Zach and Cammie. Bex and Macey were waiting by the end of the long drive.

I heard Daisy start to cry from behind me, but I didn't look back. I wanted to, but I didn't.

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We saw the door of the Gallagher Academy. We also saw Seth, stood at the gate.

"Chameleon, Tail Catcher." He smiled. Zach clenched his fists.

"Seth." He nodded. Seth nodded back.

"Wait, you know each other?" Macey asked, dumbfounded.

"We went to Blackthorne together." Zach said, eyes not leaving the boy by the gate. Seth grinned.

"Good to see you too." He winked at me. I gave him a grim smile and step towards him.

"You know what? I'm sick of the Circle of flaming Cavan." I punched him square on in the jaw. Bex whooped behind me and they quickly climbed over the locked gate. Seth shook his head and felt his jaw.

"Good hit." He commented. I elbowed him in the gut and climbed over the gate to join the other who were running to the open school door. I was last in pushing the doors shut behind me, I was panting hard.

"What was that all about?" Mrs Morgan asked and ran to hug Cammie, though the question was directed at me.

"He's a member of the Circle." I told her, catching my breath and examining my bruised knuckles.

"Alexa-" Zach started.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"I was trying to tell you earlier but there wasn't a good time." He didn't continue.

"Well?" I demanded. What was he keeping from me?

"I mean," He was acting really awkward. "I don't like the guy, but, it's just."

"For the love of God Zach!" I yelled at him. He gulped.

"Seth isn't the Circle, as much as I hate to admit. That's what Joe was going to say when he found you, erm.. But we didn't find Joe in the end." Zach said. I blinked, I hadn't been expecting that.

"If he's not the Circle," Bex said. "Then what is he?" Zach looked at his feet and started ringing his fingers together.

Cammie grumbled something rude to him. "Zach, honestly-" She snapped.

"Okay!" He said loudly and looked at all of us. "Seth is a member of a different group. One that Jonas and Grant are part of as well. Joe told me not to tell you, so don't get mad at me for hiding it. The groups called-"

"The Order of Fortis. Awful name I know, sorry about that." Joe came in, covered in rain and mud. I went and hugged him, catching him by surprise and knocking him off balance as I did. He hugged me back.

"Sorry." I whispered into his drenched coat.

"What is The Order of Four- Something or other?" Macey half demanded half whined.

"Fortis." Liz said from the top of the stairs. "It means brave in Latin. The Order of the Brave." I stepped back and saw dad smiling.

"I came up with it, what do you think?" He asked me.

I grinned. "Neat." Another person walked through the door, clutching his stomach and jaw.

My smile faded. "Sorry." I said, he smiled.

"No problem." Seth winced. I felt back, I shouldn't have done that. "It's my pleasure to be used as a punching bag." That just made the guilt worse.