How coincidental.

Catherine entered the building after him, sad that he hadn't given her his name. But, it was alright; she didn't need it, and she was sure she would find it out eventually. She then looked around, feeling rather small inside this place. There were a lot of people and this place was big... but she did her best not to feel intimidated.

If the little girl had known about how people treated him, she definitely would have put a stop to it. People picking on each other wasn't nice!

She walked into the classroom she was supposed to go to and took a seat toward the front of the room, looking down at the wooden desk.

A group of girls entered the classroom before class began. They were whispering things to each other, and eventually all of them looked at Soahc and laughed. It didn't take a genius to realize that they had been talking about him.

They took their seats, which just so conveniently happened to be next to and behind Catherine.

The teacher entered the classroom and sat at her desk, beginning to take attendance. She blinked when she saw Catherine, but then smiled. "So you're the new student."

The seven-year-old nodded her head. "Yeah. I'm Catherine."

"Last name?"

She blinked. "I don't have a last name."

The teacher didn't seem very pleased to hear that, but added her name to her student list anyway. She would have to talk to her parents or guardian about whether or not she really had a last name.

The group of girls all looked to each other when they heard that. So Catherine was the new student... it seemed they would have to try and make her join them.

One of the girls let out another, rather loud, laugh when Soahc looked away. She whispered something a friend of hers, then poked Catherine, telling her something about the boy that they were all apparently finding funny.

The seven-year-old didn't find it as hilarious, though. "Um... right..." was all she said before turning around. She didn't want to make any enemies on her first day, otherwise she would have really said what she thought.

"Settle down..." the teacher said, eyeing Catherine and the other girls. She then stood up and gave the new student a math workbook. "Alright. Everyone turn to page 56."

Catherine did so and smiled when she saw what it was. Reading was hard for her, but she found mathematics ridiculously easy. She started doing the work without even having to be given instructions, glad that Tiger had taught her this before.

Catherine wound up finishing about a few seconds later than Soahc did. The teacher blinked when she saw that they were the only ones done but smiled. "Well, since you two are the only ones done, exchange answers to see if you got the same thing," she said.

The little girl nodded, though she wasn't entirely sure if that was a good idea. After this morning, she didn't know if he would want to talk to her. Even so, she stood up and walked over to his desk, sitting down next to him. "Hi again," she said.

The group laughed again. "Poor her," one whispered to the other. Catherine heard that and blinked, looking at them. She didn't understand why they were being so mean... but she didn't say anything, not wanting to be the one being made fun of.

Catherine frowned when he threw the book at her. She grabbed her pencil and compared answers, sighing inwardly when she saw that all of his were all different than hers. "Um... do you understand how to do this?" she asked him quietly. She would be more than willing to help him if he didn't.

The girls started doing their work, but a few other kids in the class turned to stare at Catherine and Soahc. "They're cute together," someone whispered.

Catherine's eye twitched. "Shut up," she said, her patience beginning to wane.

The teacher gave the class a look, showing that she wasn't pleased at all with their behavior.