Chapter 3

Chloe and Nicola walked out of their room, in the corridor was around 10 other students all part of the
Eclipse house, one girl, the rest boys.

Each greeted her with a wide smile, a younger boy of around 16 years old, shook Chloe’s hand.

"Hey, I am Ethan, and I love your hair."

Ethan smiled at Chloe "Thanks, so where are you from?"

Chloe asked "The village, but I am boarding in Eclipse, as I haven’t gotten my.....well, I haven’t reached
my full potential yet"

Ethan stated, with a shrug.

The group of Eclipse students walked into the dinning hall, but as they entered, the chatter stopped
instantly, and Chloe felt hundreds of eyes looking at her intently, and a shiver washed over her, as she
saw the scowls on the faces of the girls sat at the Full Moon house table.

"Guess not everyone is pleased to see me"

Chole giggled not at all bothered by their stares.

"Ignore them, come on, lets go to our table"

Nicola sighed out, heading for a long table at the bottom of the room, furthest away from the food
counter.

"Nicola, bring yourself and Chloe over here, you both should hair was long, dark brown and hung in
waves down to his shoulders.Chloe looked at him, he seemed vaguely familiar, but she could not think
where from.



"Oh, Thanks Joshua, but we are with the members of our house"

Nicola answered her face turning a deep red.

"Yeah Josh, we don’t want Eclipse scum sat with us"

Ursula shouted, placing a hand on Joshua’s bicep and narrowing her eyes at Nicole.

Joshua quickly removed his arm from Ursula’s hand, his face frowning, as he continued to look at
Nicola.

"Okay, but are you going to introduce me to the new girl?" Josh asked Nicola.

"Oh yeah, sorry, this is Chloe Hancock, she arrived today, and is my roommate."

Nicola stated "Your roommate? Interesting"

Josh muttered then turned and extended his hand towards Chloe "Nice to meet you Chloe, and
welcome to Crescent Moon Academy, I am Joshua Colton, Head boy, if you need anything, just give
me a shout and I will be happy to help."

Josh smiled.

For all he was extremely attractive, Chloe did not feel any attraction, other than this boy seemed to be
genuinely nice, and her gut was telling her to trust him, and over the years, Chloe had learnt to always
trust her gut, it had never let her down.

"Well, as Uptight Ursula is scared the Eclipse house taint her Chloe smiled up at Josh.

Ursula grimaced, then flicking her hair she turned towards Chloe.

"He doesn’t sit with low life" she announced.



"Actually, these guys are not low life, but valued students, I would count it an honour to sit at their table"

Josh announced, then headed back to where he had been sitting, and grabbing a plate piled high with
food, he walked over to where the Eclipse house sat and took a seat.

Seeing this, the rest of the dining hall, all looked over, wondering what was happening, and the guys
from the Eclipse house all looked slightly stunned by his action.

With a shrug, and a small smile to Nicola, Chloe took a seat, leaving a spare one between her and
Joshua.

"Nicola, please sit here"

Chloe grinned, as Nicola began to shift slightly, her blush even more profound as she took the seat
between Chloe and Josh.

"Hey Nicki, I saw this in the Village gift shop and thought you would like it"

Josh smiled handing a small paper bag over to her.

Chloe rolled her lips, it was as clear as day Josh liked Nicola as much as she liked him, but for some
reason Nicola was too timid to make the move, and Josh was treating her with kid gloves.

"Oh, thank you Josh"

Nicola smiled, taking the bag, and Inside was a frog sat on a lily pad, its eyes wide, and a big grin on its
face, Chloe could not see the attraction, however, Nicola’s face lit up, she absolutely loved the thing.

"Oh wow, it is perfect"

Nicola smiled up at Josh.



Chloe supressed a triumphant giggle when her tummy began to rumble.

"Someone is hungry, you stand in line for the food, there is always plenty to go round"

Josh smiled at Chloe, pointing to the end of the queue of students serving themselves at the large
buffet.

Chloe nodded, then picked up her plate, and turned to Nicola to see if she was going to get food, only
to find Josh piling some of his own food onto her plate, his eyes bright as encouraged her to eat.

Walking over to the back of the line, Chloe passed Uptight Ursula and one of her minions, then stood
behind a 6 foot 2 boy who again looked like he belonged on the cover of GQ magazine.

As she waited patiently, she could hear Ursula complaining to her friend.

"Seriously, he is supposed to be my mate, everyone thinks so, but since that little human tramp turned
up, he hardly gives me the time of day" Ursula complained

"Oh Ursula, just wait and see, he is just being polite, once you hit your 18h birthday you will both feel
the mate bond I am sure" the minion reassured her.

Chloe stood listening, this was weird as anything, why call such a God complex she believed herself to
be above humans? And what is it about Mate, and mate bond, this place really was cultish, Chloe
thought to herself.

"Hey Chloe, what do you fancy to eat?" Ethan asked behind her "Oh, it all looks good, I am not sure"

Chloe smiled at the younger boy.

"I recommend the Haggis with tatties, it is really good"Ethan grinned at her "What sheep’s intestines,
and potatoes, I think I will pass thank you" Chloe shuddered



"Seriously it is amazing, you are missing out" Ethan shrugged

"No, I think I will go for a good old portion of lasagne, with a salad, and leave you to your wired ass,
Scottish food" Chloe laughed out playfully.

"Bet you would like the deep fried mars bar though" Ethan nudge Chloe’s arm

"Hum, not to sure, however, I am willing to try anything that includes chocolate" Chloe laughed.

Then grabbed the battered, deep fried mars bar, and placed it on aside plate to eat after.

Grabbing a bottle of Iron bru at the end of the counter, to embrace the fact she was in Scotland, Chloe
walked back to the table, where she found Josh side eyeing Nicola, as she side eyed him, but neither
of them speaking to each Taking her seat next to Nicola, Chloe decided to get them to converse a little,
and with a smile she turned to Josh and asked him.

"So how old are you, Josh?" she asked

"I turned 18 four months ago" Josh smiled

"So I hear you are the headmasters younger brother" Chloe continued

"Yes, but trust me it doesn’t grant me any favours, if anything I am expected to achieve a lot higher
standard than anyone else" Josh shrugged

"So do you live at the school or the Village?" Chloe continued

"Both, I stay at the school or the Village.Actually, we are having a little get together tonight, just pizza
and films, at my brother’s house, making the most of it before he comes back, why don’t you come
Nicola, and bring Chloe, I can make sure you are back for curfew" Josh asked staring at Nicola, who
looked to embarrassed to answer.



"Yeah, that is a cool Idea, how do we get there?" Chloe answered for her new friend

"Oh, well I have after school training till 6pm, you can get changed and I will take you, meet you both at
the entrance to Full Moon block say 6:30" Josh grinned.

"Okay"

Nicola answered in a small voice.

After they finished the food, Chloe and Nicola headed back to down and squeal manically.

"s**t Chloe, Ursula is going to be pissed off" Nicola said

"Good, nothing I enjoy more than pissing off Queen Bee’s" Chloe shrugged, not caring one little bit.

"What am I going to wear? This is at the headmasters house, apparently it is like a mansion" Nicola ran
to her wardrobe grabbing out her clothes.

"Well, I am not the normal fashion type of girl, as you can see, but it is still summer, and the evening is
hot, so how about this red sundress, it is sexy without looking like you are trying to hard" Chloe grinned
at Nicola.

"Okay, s**t, I need to shower and wash my hair" Nicola stated clearly beginning to panic.

Chloe chuckled, as her friend ran to the bathroom, then turned to her own wardrobe and picking out a
pair of skin tight black ripped jeans, a purple tank top, and a pair of mesh ankle boots, Chloe waited for
Nickola to finish her shower, before heading in herself.

Tonight, Chloe was on a mission, to get Nicola and Josh together, come hell or high and mighty Ursula.


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