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'talking'
/thinking/

Chapter Two

Xander looks at the people standing in his living room, shifting around nervously. All of the teens are glaring at him as if he's something they stepped on and the older man's smile is creeping him out. The teens are looking around scowling and whispering to each other.

"It's nice to meet you Xander," Dumbledor smiles. "These are going to be your room mates for a while. Lucius, Severus, Sirius, Rabstan and Rodulphus." He points to each boy in turn and Xander nods. "Of course as a precaution I need to see where the boys are staying."

"Sure," he mumbles. "Follow me sir."

Dumbledor nods and they follow the nervous muggle down in to the basement. Lucius growls at the living arrangement, seeing the boy flinch. Dumbledor looks over the area with a smile. There are three bunkbed sets made up with navy blue or green sheets.

"Professor you must be joking?" Rabstan growls.

"This is adaquet," he says. "Have fun gentlemen. See you after christmas."

Xander walks Dumbledor out and the five boys stare in horror.

"This is worse then the dungens," Sirius growls.

"I think the dungens had more appeal," Rodulphus comments. "At least there we had room."

"Might as well claim a bed," Severus growls.

"This bloody well sucks," Sirius whines claiming a bottom bunk and setting his bag down.

"I'll have my revenge on that meddlesome old man," Lucius growls tossing his things down. "He'll wish he never tried to mugglefy a Malfoy."

They hear someone coming down the stairs and looks at the boy standing there. He shifts under their heated glares and stares at the floor.

"If you guys are hungry or something I can making you something," Xander says. "There's also soda and juice in the fridge."

"What makes you think we need anything from you?" Lucius asks with his best sneer.

Xander flinches and stares at his shoes as if they're the most interesting thing in the world.

"Aww Luc, I think you hurt him," Sirius teases with a lopsided grin.

"Better not make him cry," Severus huffs. "There's nothing more disgusting then someone crying."

Xander all but runs up the stairs trying to control his emotions. He should have known better then to think theses boys would be different from his classmates or parents. He just couldn't fathom why everyone though of him as a punching bag physically or emotionally. Ever snice Jesse's death he's become so isolated that it's hard to remember what having a friend feels like. He drops on to the couch and prometly falls a sleep.

Sirius meedles with the box contraption trying to figure out how to turn it on. Suddenly noise comes on from it, startling everyone and they all gather around to watch the moving pictures.

"Well, at least muggles have something interesting," Rabstan comments sitting on the couch. "Can you change it?"

Sirius messes with the buttons and the images change and they settle on something with witches. Complaining about all of it. On how wrong the muggles go it. A few hours later a door slams closed followed by yelling. Each teen looks at each other a tad confused before ignoring it. The door opens and Xander appears shifting around nervously. The boy has recently showered and is dressed in baggy shorts and an overly bright shirt with pineapples on it.

"Um....it's time for dinner," he says. "Mom says wash up and come upstairs."

With that he heads upstairs never once looking up at them. After washing up they head upstairs and look at the bruised woman moving around the Kitchen. Xander sits quietly staring at his plate and another large man sits at the table drinking beer and looking over the paper. The man looks up at them before returning to his paper.

"Hello boys," the woman smiles handing out plates. "My name is Jessica and this is my husband Tony."

"Nice to meet you ma'am," Lucius lies through his teeth. "My name is Lucius. These are my friends Severus, Sirius, Rabstan and Rodulphus."

"Bunch of strange names," Tony grunts.

"They're old family names," Rodulphus comments. "Our families are very traditional.

"What kind of school do you go to?" Jessica asks sipping her beer.

"Private," Sirius replies. "Our cooks could learn something from you."

Xander just watches them, wondering if these were the same teens who showed up earlier. He eats quietly keeping an eye on everything. Dinner is quiet and the boys head back downstairs as Xander cleans up.

"Boy," Tony growls coming up behind him.

"Yes sir?" he asks trying not to tremble and failing.

"You better make sure those fucking snobs know the rules or I'm taking it out of your ass," he growls.

"Yes sir," he mumbles.

Xander grunts as he is shoved in to the counter and his dad walks away to grab another beer. He glances over at the closed basement door before returning to the dishes.


Monday at the Highschool....


"So I'll um....show you to the office and you can check in," Xander smiles. "They'll give you your class list and everything you need."

"Why are you so bloody chipper?" Severus snarls. "Getting up at this ungodly hour for damable classes."

Xander just shrugs and walks in to the building. They follow him through the halls, everyone stopping to watch. Lucius walks down the hall as if he owns the place and his friends flank him. Sirius leers at several of the girls, licking his lips suggestively and making them blush.

"Well if it isn't fairy boy," a big jocks says shoving Xander in to a locker.

"Hello Larry," Xander says dryly. "See you've been working out this summer."

"All the better for me to beat your ass in to the dirt," he grins knocking him in to the lockers once more.

Xander groans as his head hits the metal once more and Larry walks off to join a group of jocks.

"You're a complete whimp," Rodulphus comments.

"Whatever Rod," Xander shrugs.

They begin following him once more to the office.

"I already hate this place," Severus grumbles.

"It's not that bad," Xander smiles. "Well I have to get to home room now. The lady at the desk should have everything you need. Don't let principal Synder scare you. See ya!"

With that he disappears in to the crowd of students. They go in to the office. It takes an hour for the woman to find everything and Synder sits them in his office to drill in the rules and swear dententions and explosions before they're sent off to find their class.

The entire school is a buzz with talk of the new guys. The frighteningly stoic twins with dark humor, the flirtaous blue eye devil, the mysterious dark teen and the cold blonde with pericing eyes. By lunch all five teens wish they had their wands so they could hex the whole idiotic population. By then they are glad to see Xander sitting by himself eatting. He seems shocked when they sit with him.

"Um...how's it going?" Xander asks munching on a fry.

"Ready to kill," Rabstan growls.

"That brown hair girl will not stop following me," Lucius snarls. "I'm ready to strangle her."

Xander laughs at that and they glare at him until he becomes quiet. Xander looks at his roomm mates and then over the quad.

"Okay," he sighs. "I'll try to explain the heirarchy to you. The brown hair girl is Cordilla Chase. She rules the school with an iron fist and vicious tongue. The girls around her are her court the Cordetts."

They follow where he is pointing and look at the girl. She really does look like a queen holding court. They snort at that.

"So she's the most popular," Severus comments.

"Yep," he replies. "If you want in she's the woman to make or break you. On the other end of the pole is Larry. He's on like every sports team here and the most popular guy on campass."

"The guy that shoved you is popular?" Sirius asks. "He seemed like a bit of an idiot to me."

"Agreed," Xander sighs. "Then you have the smaller groups that make up the school. Geeks, skatters, the skateboarders, and then the outcasts. Then at the very bottom of the pole is me."

They look at him strangely before looking around at the people. Severus and Rodulphus glare at them and those looking look away quickly. Before any of them can ask any more questions the bell rings. Xander is up and gone before they can blink.

Xander walks behind the group of teens after school, making sure to keep his distance. ALl of them complaining about the day and about idiotic teachers. He can tell Lucius is use to being given whatever he wants and for all to fear him. He could definitely give Cordilla a run for her title at the school.

Rabstan and Rodulphus he couldn't really put in a spot. They had the whole exotic look going for them and the creepy twin thing. Rabstan spoke more then Rodulphus but that seemed normal.

Sirius is nothing but a horn ball flirting with anything he found beautiful, male or female. But there is also the strange calculating look in his blue orbs and a smirk permenately attached to his face like he knew something no one else did.

Then there was Severus who just glared at him. The dark hair teen kind of scared him with those black gaurded eyes that seemed to see everything. Made him feel small and exposed like a child. He couldn't help but feel five years old when that glare was focused totally on him.

"So what is there to do for fun around here?" Sirius asks.

"There's always the Bronze," Xander replies. "It's either that or the movies. Sunnydale is rather boring I'm afraid."

They nod as they head in to the basement through the back door. Xander quietly goes upstairs in case his father is home. He just didn't want to deal with him on top of the pounding he took from the foot ball players after lunch. Sighing he goes in to his room locking the door behind him.

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