Sabine and the Quagmire triplets lived out their days at Prufrock Prep in a dull routine.
Wake up, eat mushy, tasteless breakfast, go to boring classes where they didn't learn anything at all, mushy lunch, more boring classes, mushy dinner, awful violin recital, go to sleep, repeat. Over and over and over again.
This went on for weeks before something vaguely interesting happened. Vice Principal Nero moved them out of the shack and into a broom closet. Sabine and Isadora didn't know why until they stumbled into Mrs. Bass' math class and Mrs. Bass said, "Students, please welcome our newest orphan."
"Another one?" Sabine mumbled. She turned around to see a brown-haired boy with dark rimmed glasses sitting glumly in the back of the classroom. She gave him a sad smile and a small wave, then glanced over at Isadora. Isadora had smiled at the boy as well, but her cheeks were dusted with light red blush.
Sabine smiled again and tried to hold back her giggles. Isadora gave her a confused look and Sabine quietly sang, "Izzie's got a boyfriend."
"Shut up!" Isadora whispered, her blush deepening. "I don't even know his name."
"This new student's name is Klaus Baudelaire," Mrs. Bass said to the class.
"Now you do," Sabine said to Isadora.
"Not helpful, Mrs. Bass," Isadora sighed, shaking her head.
Sabine giggled quietly and then tried to pay attention to class.
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The bell rang, signaling the end of class and the beginning of lunch, and Sabine and Isadora raced out of Mrs. Bass' room as fast as they could.
"I'm so hungry I'll even eat the nasty mush they serve here," Sabine groaned as the girls walked to the cafeteria.
"Me too," Isadora nodded.
They met up with Duncan in the hallway again and chatted a bit about the new student. Apparently, there was a new student in Duncan's class too, and she was also an orphan.
"The new girl in my class seems nice," Duncan said shyly. "Mr. Remora said her name is Violet."
"Well, Isadora has a crush on the new boy in our class," Sabine teased, lightly elbowing Isadora's shoulder.
"Shush! I do not!" Isadora defended herself.
"Why are you blushing then?" Sabine giggled, pointing to her friend's red face.
Duncan narrowed his eyes at his sister. "You are blushing."
Isadora groaned and hid her face in her hands. "No, I'm not! Shut up!"
"Just remember, I have to approve of him before you can date him. It's my job to make sure you don't get a lame boyfriend who hurts you."
"Duncan!" Isadora shrieked in despair. "He's not my boyfriend, and I'm not gonna date him! I haven't even talked to him. The only thing that happened was we smiled at each other."
He gave a slow nod that made it clear he didn't believe her, but he dropped the subject, staying silent as they walked to the cafeteria. Isadora and Sabine kept chatting curiously about the new students, wondering if they should try and reach out to them; see if they wanted to be friends.
They entered the dark, gloomy lunchroom, quietly gathering their plates of slightly green mush before sitting at their normal table. Sabine and Isadora chatted some more, and Duncan contributed to the conversation a bit, too.
Right in the middle of them saying they thought the students must be siblings, since they had the same last name, Isadora fell dead silent. Her gaze landed on the lunchline, and Sabine watched as her eyes lit up and a smile graced her lips.
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