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"What?" I ask her

"That jersey" she states

I look down at the jersey

"What about it?" I ask. I know it's a bit big but it's not as bad as it looks.

"Turn around" she orders me.

Okay...

I turn around and she gasps.

"What?" I ask sharply

"It's Ethan's jersey. Who gave it to you?"

"He gave it to me. He's my brother" I say

Her jaw practically falls to the floor.

"Your brother?!" She gasps

"Yeah"

She picks her jaw up from the floor and stares at me

"But.. you guys look nothing alike" she finally says

"Can we get going" I press.

"Yeah, just follow me" she says regathering herself

We walk through two metal doors into a large area with nothing but markings and more markings on each other. We walk towards the class of people sitting on the floor listening to the instructor. Some of them look up to us.

"Coach, Mrs. Blight, this is the new student Mia Hayes" Chloe says to her.

She nods her head and motions for us to take a seat on the floor.

"Do you want to be partners?" Chloe asks me.

"What are we playing?"

"Badminton"

"That's okay with me" I say to her and she smiles at me.

The rest of the sports class passes with some stares and whispers. When I return to the locker, Chloe hands me my bag and tells me to keep the shorts. I thank her and spray some deodorant under my arms. I'm not so much of a sports person. I decide to keep Ethan's jersey on, I feel overdressed after Ethan's comment on my clothing.

"What class do you have now?" Chloe asks me.

"I'll check" I say and pull out my timetable. "History" I tell her.

"Oh, me too. I'll take you there" she smiles at me.

Chloe has been far too nice to me after finding out that Ethan was my brother. I'm beginning to suspect that she may have some confessions for him and is using me as a pawn in her game of chess.

We walk with limited conversation between us to the block. There are four rooms in this block; general science, history, literature 1 and literature 2. We walk through the history rooms doors and wait for the teacher. Class goes by silently with some conversation with Chloe. Two of the soccer boys and four basketball players are in my history class but none of them are Ethan, Zayn or the tattooed boy who I haven't seen in a while.

When it's recess, Chloe guides me to a table in the cafeteria and asks me if I'd like anything to eat.

"What do they have" I ask her

"Chicken nuggets, fries, sandwiches, chocolate, you name it" a voice says behind me.

I turn to see Ethan walking towards me.

"What do you want to eat?" He asks me as I raise a brow at him.

This is highly unusual. This is out of Ethan's character. Even his friends are surprised, even though I know Ethan better than them, this is still really surprising.