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Clarke looks up from one of the millions of boxes in her dorm and glances over at her best friend Raven. She had just let out a loud sigh, yet again, the sighs growing louder by the seconds. She's sprawled out on Clarke's bed, that has yet to have sheets put on it, sighing every couple of minutes. Clarke just rolls her eyes and looks over to her other best friend, Octavia who smirks at the girl.
"Yes, Raven?" Octavia asks, finally taking the bait that Raven had been fishing for, for the last hour that they'd been here. She pulls a shirt out of one of her boxes and smells it. Wrinkling her nose, she tosses it aside before looking back at Raven.
"Oh, nothing." Raven returns with an airy sigh, but the two girls are smart enough to know that isn't the end of the conversation. Though both of them, turn back to unpacking their boxes, just waiting on Raven to continue talking. They know it's coming. "Ugh this isn't fair!" She finally shouts, making Clarke and Octavia smirk at the girl's outburst. They'd been waiting on it all day long. "I can't believe you guys get to be roommates and I get stuck with a random." She says, sitting up on the bed and glaring at her two best friends. "I challenge another rock paper scissors rematch." She says, crossing her arms.
Clarke and Octavia roll their eyes yet again and continue unpacking their things. "Raven, you lost fair and square. Besides, your room is 2 doors down, it's not that big of a deal." Clarke informs her, before tossing her bedsheets at the girl, hitting her in the face. "You know you can come over here whenever you want."
"Obviously. She's already made herself at home." Octavia says, making Clarke chuckle.
"Easy for you to say." She says with a glare, throwing the sheets down on the bed next to her. "What if I get stuck with a psychopath? Or worse, a cheerleader." She says, her eyes widening in horror, making her friends chuckle at her.
"I'm sure it'll be fine." Octavia assures her. "Maybe you should go see if she's there now." She adds, raising a brow.
"Are you trying to get rid of me?" Raven asks, looking offended.
Clarke laughs and shakes her head at the two of them. "If you are going to stay, make yourself useful." Clarke says, nodding her head towards her bed sheets, trying to tell her not to subtly to put them on the bed.
Raven looks down at them and contemplates her options. She could stay and help her best friends unpack or she could go to her room by herself. Or even worse with her new roommate who, with her luck will definitely be some sort of psycho. Though, she really doesn't like making beds, or doing anything really remotely useful. "I think I'll go ahead and face my fate." She says dramatically, standing up from the bed. "This is probably the last time you'll see me." She adds, walking towards the door.
Clarke and Octavia glance over at each other and just shake their heads, small smirks playing on their lips. "So when she kills you in your sleep, can I have your new macbook?" Octavia asks and Clarke burst out laughing.
Raven just mocks her laughter and glares at her, before walking out their door.
"She's so dramatic." Octavia says with a chuckle.
Clarke smiles but shrugs her shoulders. "Maybe, but you know if it was one of us in her spot, we'd probably be acting the same way." She says honestly. She feels bad for Raven, but she's glad that she won and doesn't have to have the random roommate herself. She also knows though, that the girl is being a little dramatic and it'll all probably turn out fine. But moving away from home to come here to Polis University was scary enough. At least now, she has Octavia as a roommate. It reminds her a little of home.
Clarke gets pulled out of her thoughts when her phone beeps in her pocket, and she also hears Octavia's go off from across the room. She pulls her phone out and sees a text from Raven in their group message.
Raven (9:31am) : I was right. Total nut job.
"She's been over there for two minutes." Octavia says, not believing their best friend.
Clarke just laughs and puts her phone back in her pocket, choosing not to respond to the dramatic girl right now. She highly doubts the roommate is that bad. She especially doubt that Raven could make that assumption in under 2 minutes.
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Lexa chews on her bottom lip as she stands in front of her dorm room door. She's yet to go in, and she's probably been standing there for a good two minutes, just staring at the wooden door. Luckily she wasn't carrying a box that was that heavy. When she first approached, she could hear loud music coming from inside, which means her roommate is inside. And that means she's anxious.
"What are you doing?" She hears a voice ask her, making her turn around. She sees her older sister walking down the hallway towards her, a big box in her hand.
Lexa just bites her lip again and glances back towards the door, before looking at her sister once again. Anya gives her a knowing look, as soon as she hears the music coming from inside. She sees her sisters jaw move from side to side, a little quirk she has when she's nervous or upset.
"It's okay. Come on," She says, nodding her head towards the door for Lexa to open it. She gives her an encouraging look, letting her know that she is there with her. Though, it still doesn't give Lexa the courage she needs to open up the door. So, she lets out an exasperated sigh. "Come on, this box is heavy." She says, adjusting her grip a bit on it and grimacing, hoping the girl will feel sorry for her and open it.
Lexa swallows and nods her head. Taking in a deep breath, she reaches out and opens the dorm room door. It swings open and she looks around, but doesn't see anyone. Letting out the breath she'd been holding she lets Anya walk past her and inside to set the box down. Slowly, Lexa makes her way inside, feeling a bit of relief when she sees her roommate isn't in the room.
It startles her a bit when the music is suddenly turned off and silence fills the room. She looks to her right and sees Anya standing on her roommates side of the room with her hand on the speaker that had been playing music. "I don't think she's here, Lex." She tells her. "She just left her music on." She says, and Lexa nods feeling more at ease. "Let's go get the rest of your things."
Lexa lets out another breath and nods her head as Anya puts her arm around her and leads her back out to the car parked out front.
On their third trip back to Lexa's dorm room, Raven is inside the room. Lexa just about drops the box in her hands as she sees the brunette girl standing on her side of the room suddenly. She has her back to them, fiddling with the speaker that had been blasting music previously. It only takes seconds for the music to turn back on, startling the girl all over again.
Raven spins around and is startled herself when she sees the two women now in their dorm. She eyes them both, trying to figure out which is her roommate. She's hoping for the dirty blonde, because she could deal with that, but she doubts it because the other looks younger and they always put freshman with freshman. The also looks like she's about to piss her pants, Raven observes.
"Well, you don't look like a cheerleader." Raven says simply, taking a step towards Lexa. "You're the roommate right?" She asks, looking the girl up and down.
Lexa just nods and swallows hard, her body stiffening more with each step that Raven takes towards her.
"This is Lexa." Anya jumps in, noticing her little sisters distress. "And I'm her older sister Anya." She says, tilting her chin up, trying to intimidate the girl so that she'll stop trying to intimidate Lexa.
Raven turns her attention to the older girl and smirks. "Damn, I was kind of hoping it was you." She says with a cocky smirk, looking Anya up and down.
Anya just rolls her eyes at the girl in front of her. She gives a spare glance to her sister who looks relieved that Raven's attention isn't on her anymore, but she still looks like she's about to pass out any second. "Well, you're stuck with this one." Anya says, making Lexa look up and glare at her. "Come on baby sis, let's finish unpacking you."
Lexa looks back at Raven nervously, who just raises a brow at her, wondering if she's actually going to speak to her. But Lexa just puts her head down and follows her sister out of the room and back to the car out front.
"Anya," Lexa finally speaks up, after walking all the way back down to the car in silence. "I can't do this," she says quietly, fiddling with her fingers in front of her, a nervous habit that she's always had. She watches Anya going through the boxes in the trunk of the car, taking some of them out. "I just want to go back home. I don't-….I can go to the community college there."
Anya turns to her with a sympathetic expression. "Hey, sure you can. You can do this." She says, reaching out and putting her hand on Lexa's arm, trying to comfort her. "You've been dreaming about coming to Polis since you were a little kid." She reminds her, though she knows why Lexa is afraid. And it's nothing to do with the academics. She's always had the best grades and education was always very important to her. She'd been dreaming of coming to Polis ever since Anya could remember.
"She's-…
"A little intimidating, I get it." Anya says knowingly, talking about her new roommate. She didn't bother Anya, but her sister is a different story. "But she seems harmless, alright? This isn't high school anymore. Just keep to yourself and I'm sure that she will do the same. Just focus on your school work." She says, but Lexa doesn't look like she feels any better.
"Why can't I just stay with you, while I go to school? You live 30 minutes away!" She says, growing frustrated, her jaw clenching and unclenching.
Anya sighs and grabs ahold of Lexa's hands that she's violently wringing and twisting around. She separates the girls hands, making Lexa look up at her, their eyes meeting. "Hey, you know the rules. Freshman have to live in the dorms." She tells her softly. "I don't know why, but most colleges are that way." She says with a sad smile. "They want you to have the college experience and show school spirit and all of that crap." She says with a small smirk, knowing her sister won't do any of that either way.
Lexa pulls her hands out of Anya's and walks over to the car. She sits down in the passengers seat and crosses her arms over her chest, hugging herself tightly and rocks slightly. It makes her feel safer.
Letting out a small groan, Anya walks over to her and kneels down so that she's down on her level, even a bit lower than her. She places her hands gently on top of Lexa's thighs and just looks at her. She knew this would be hard and for the past few weeks, she'd been trying to think of things to say that would make this easier on Lexa. But she hadn't really come up with anything. She's basically raised Lexa herself so she knows that there isn't much to do about Lexa's anxiety. She has to eventually calm herself down or just face her fears. Which is almost impossible for her to do.
"Hey, you know you can come stay with me anytime, you feel like this is all too much okay?" She says, making Lexa look up at her. "But, you need to try and do this. It'll be good for you." She says honestly. "You've got to get out in the real world at some point." She says, and Lexa frowns at her.
Lexa knows that her older sister has always protected her from everything her whole life and she knows that she has probably relied too much on the girl. But it doesn't make any of this easier. Anya is right, she's an adult now and she can't hide behind her big sister forever. But she wants to. The real world is scary.
"Come on, let's bring the last of these boxes in. I'll help you unpack and then we can get some dinner. I'll stay with you for a little while, until you feel a little more comfortable here." Anya says, standing back up. She puts her hand out for Lexa to take, and looks at her expectantly. "I'm trying to give you some tough love here, but at the end of the day, you know I'm here for you baby sis." She says with a soft smile.
Lexa sighs but gives Anya a small smile, taking her hand and getting out of the car. "I love you, Anya." She says, leaning into the girl's side.
"Love you too, kid." Anya replies, putting her arm around Lexa. She guides her to the back of the car and then leaves her side to pull a box out of the trunk. "Here, you get the heavy one this time." She says, trying to hand it over to Lexa. However, when she doesn't feel the girl taking the box, she looks up at her.
She notices Lexa's attention completely off of her, and looking just a little past her. She's never seen this look on Lexa's face before. It's odd to her and she can't pick up what it is. She's seen pretty much every emotion on Lexa's face and she's normally good at reading her, but this just confuses her.
She turns around to try and see what has gotten Lexa's attention. Her eyes spot two girls walking through the courtyard right behind her. They haven't noticed the two of them and seem to be caught up whatever conversation they're having. Whatever it is, must be funny because the blonde girl starts laughing pretty hard.
Anya turns back to look at Lexa, and finds her smiling, still looking at the two girls. Still oblivious to the fact that Anya is watching her or trying to get her attention. She's caught up in her own world. And that's when it clicks for Anya. Lexa is attracted to this girl. A big smile appears on Anya's face at the revelation. She's never really known her sister to show interest in anyone. She always kept to herself in school and never even had friends.
"You should go talk to her." Anya says, finally startling Lexa out of her trance.
"What?" Lexa replies, shaking her head and moving her attention back over to Anya. "Who?" She questions, trying to play oblivious.
Anya rolls her eyes and smirks. "The blonde you've been ogling." She responds, glancing back at the two girls who were now standing in line at a food truck in front of the Student Union. She looks back at her sister, who has wide eyes, making her laugh. "You've been caught." She smirks.
"I wasn't-…
"Yes, you were." Anya says, before Lexa can even finish her sentence. "Come on, Lexa. This is what college is about! Getting out there and trying new things! Seriously, this is going to be so good for you, but you have to try and put yourself out there a little bit." She tries convincing her, knowing it's probably hopeless.
Lexa frowns and watches the blonde stranger for a few more moments, before looking down and shaking her head. She takes the box that Anya had been trying to hand her, "I can't." She says simply, before turning to walk inside the dorm. Anya just sighs, but follows her sister without another word. She knows not to push the girl too much. It'll end in a bigger mess.
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The girls finally get the rest of Lexa's things unpacked, thankfully without any word from Raven. She simply sat on her unmade bed, flipping through a magazine while she listened to her music, rather loudly. Though loud music is better than Lexa having to talk to her. At least she was keeping to herself. Even if the music was making her a little anxious. Loud noises tended to do that.
"Alright Lex, how about we go and get something to eat. I'm starving." She comments, standing up from where she had been putting the last of Lexa's books on her bookshelf. Which, actually took forever because Lexa has hundreds of books. She hadn't been able to bring all of them, but she sure as hell brought as many as she could. Anya looks over at Lexa who happens to be staring out the window. She starts to get a little annoyed, just because she's not sure Lexa has been standing there, while Anya does all the work. But then, she notices that look on her face. The same one from earlier.
Anya comes up behind her and glances down and isn't surprised when she sees that the view is of the blonde and her friend from earlier, sitting on a bench, eating their tacos from the food truck.
"I'm in the mood for some tacos. How about you?" She says, nudging the brunette.
Lexa turns to her and glares at her, mumbling something underneath her breath, making Anya chuckle at her.
Raven watches the scene with a confused look on her face, but decides not to ask. She can already tell this girl is weird and she really doesn't want to get involved in the crazy. With a sigh, she puts the magazine on her bed and picks her cell phone up. She sends Clarke and Octavia a quick message asking them where they are and why they aren't responding to her.
"Raven, want to come and grab something to eat with us?" Anya asks, shocking both freshman.
Raven glances over at Lexa and sees the girl staring at her sister with wide eyes. It makes her laugh and almost want to say yes, just to see if she can make her pass out or piss her pants. Maybe both. But again, she's not getting involved in the crazy. "No, I'm going to meet my friends." She says simply, standing up from the bed.
And with that, she's out the door, letting it slam a little in the process behind her.
Anya sees Lexa jump at the noise and watches her carefully to make sure she's okay. She seems startled for sure, but after taking a couple of deep breaths, she seems to calm herself down. Which makes Anya proud. She's definitely come a long way, growing up. When she was younger, the door slamming closed normally sent her into a panic attack.
"But, really tacos kind of sound good. I won't make you talk to the pretty girl." Anya finally speaks up, breaking the silence that had fallen over them since Raven left the room. She gives Lexa a smirk and grabs her keys and walks over to Lexa, grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the dorm room, not letting her protest.
Luckily for Lexa, or maybe unlucky for Lexa, the two girls aren't anywhere to be found by the time her and Anya get down there. Lexa is a little disappointed to say the least, but at the same time, relieved because she won't have to listen to Anya tease her or try and get her to talk to her.
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"I swear to God, you guys! She's a freak show!" Raven complains from her spot at the high table, next to the pool table in the student recreation center. She watches Clarke take her turn and kind of smirks when she misses it. Which just makes Clarke glare at her, as she stands up straight.
"You said she didn't even talk to you. It can't be that bad." Octavia says with a shrug, as she looks to line up her shot. "At least she's not one of those talkative overly perky roommates with OCD and a shit ton of rules, that you see in the movies." She informs her. "Or like trying to force bonding time on you."
Raven just rolls her eyes and puts a finger up. "She could be OCD, that hasn't been determined yet." Raven says matter of fact. "She's weird enough, I wouldn't be surprised if that's another trait of hers."
Clarke groans as Octavia makes her shot in and throws yet another glare at Raven who is cheering Octavia on for some reason. "I thought we were all besties here." Clarke deadpans. "Why are you against me?" She asks, acting offended.
Raven just simply shrugs her shoulders. "I just feel like I should be more mad at you about this whole situation." She says matter of fact.
Clarke scoffs and lets her jaw drop. "What did I do?" She asks, now actually offended. They all figured out the roommate situation fair and square. Octavia had just as much a hand in it as she did. But Clarke always seems to be the one taking the blame for everything.
"I don't know." Raven says with another shrug, that just lets Clarke know that she doesn't even know why either and that she doesn't actually have a reason. And that's all she's giving Clarke.
Clarke just shakes her head and sighs, giving up on it. "Whatever." She breathes out and then gets ready to take her turn, since Octavia missed the second time.
"Her sister was pretty hot though. Hopefully she comes and visits pretty often. I might can deal with the freak if that's the case." She says with her signature cocky smirk.
"Seriously?" Clarke deadpans, only gaining yet another shrug from Raven. But before she can say anything more, she hears a cheer from Octavia, making her turn her attention to the girl. "Seriously?" She asks again, but this time in a perplexed tone as she looks at the table and realizes that Octavia just won the game.
Raven laughs and hops off the stool, taking the pool stick from Clarke, taking her turn against Octavia. "You're going down, Blake."
Clarke just sighs and sits down on the stool that Raven had previously been sitting on, and she watches them start their game. She's hoping for Octavia to win as well, but she won't be as vocal about it like Raven. She can be the bigger person. "So besides the fact that she seems weird because she didn't talk to you, what's wrong with her? Why do you hate her so much? Or does it have nothing to do with her and you're just taking it out on her, because you didn't get to room with one of us?" Clarke asks, folding her arms across her chest, giving Raven a knowing look.
Raven takes her shot and sinks it in, before looking at Clarke, throwing a glare her way. As she walks around to take another shot, she lets out a sigh. "She just gave me a vibe." Raven says simply. "I mean, I just introduced myself and she looked like she was going to shit her pants." She adds, bending down to take another shot. "And her sister had to do all of her talking for her. It was just weird."
"Maybe, she's just nervous, you can be a little intimidating sometimes, Rae," Octavia speaks up, raising a brow at her feisty friend. "And she's a freshman like us, she's probably nervous already without you going in guns loaded."
Clarke nods her head, agreeing and Raven just rolls her eyes at the two. "It wasn't just that. I don't know, she's just weird okay?" She says, growing frustrated. "I don't want to talk about her anymore." She says sharply, letting them know that she's done with the conversation.
Clarke and Octavia both put their hands up, surrendering to the girl and letting her know that the subject is dropped. And finally after 3 turns, Ravens turn is finally over and Octavia steps up to take her shot.
Clarke just sits back and looks around the room, taking it all in. There's quite a bit of students crowding around the building, all doing various things with their own group of friends. She has to admit, the place has a lot to offer and a lot to keep them entertained on down time. Honestly, this college thing doesn't seem like it'll be too shabby.
Glancing out the window, she does a double take, spotting two women walking out in the courtyard. She sits up a bit straighter, getting a better look at the two girls. They're both very attractive, but she thinks one more so than the other. The brunette is just breathtaking. Literally. She's pretty sure she forgot how to breathe for a second.
Her eyes follow them until she can't see them anymore, and almost contemplates getting up and going over to the window, just to watch her a little bit longer. Something about her just draws her to her, like she's a magnet or something. But that'd just be creepy. Plus it would raise questions from Octavia and Raven. Maybe, they seem a little too into their game to even notice what she's doing.
"Clarke?"
Or not.
"What?" Clarke says, shaking her head and looking over at her two best friends, confusion etched in her features. And they have the same looks on their faces.
"We're finished." Octavia says, sounding annoyed. Clarke's pretty sure they'd been trying to get her attention for awhile. But it doesn't seem like it's been long enough for them to finish an entire game. Damn. How long had she been staring. "Are you playing the reigning champion or you done?" Octavia asks with a smirk on her face, obviously proud that she won again. Raven just rolls her eyes and huffs, taking a seat across from Clarke at the table.
"Oh, um, I'm good." Clarke answers, glancing back at the window, hoping the girl would be back, but no such luck. "Lets go see what else they have for us to do." She responds, standing up from her chair.
Octavia and Raven both give her strange looks then look at each other. After a brief, silent conversation, they both dart over to the window, looking outside. "What were you looking at, Griffin?" Raven asks, curiously.
"Or more like who?" Octavia asks with a smirk, looking back at Clarke.
Clarke just rolls her eyes and walks up behind them. "Nobody." She sighs. But they don't believe her and keep looking, trying to guess which person it was that she was looking at. They both start arguing over who it was, Octavia spotting a hot red headed girl and Raven seeing a brunette boy that was apparently 'totally Clarke's type'. Clarke just lets out a groan. "Alright, it was someone but she's not even out there anymore." She admits. "I don't know where she went."
Raven and Octavia just pout and back away from the window, mad that they missed the hottie Clarke was apparently into.
"Oh look, fresh meat." They all suddenly hear, making them turn around to see who was speaking to them. Or even if said person was speaking to them. And it turns out, he had been.
"Bell!" Octavia shouts, running over to her big brother and giving him a hug. He just laughs and hugs her back.
He pulls out of the hug and smirks at her. "Watch it, I don't need people thinking that I hang around with freshman." He jokes, making her shove him playfully. "Why didn't you tell me when you guys got here?" He asks, and then turns his attention to his little sisters best friends. "Hey guys." He greets then looks back at Octavia.
"Sorry bro. We unpacked and then we've just been exploring. This place is great." She says, excitedly. Bellamy just laughs at her excitement. "We're about to go look around some more. Want to be tour guide?" She asks with a smile.
Bellamy looks back at the other two girls and then back at Octavia, contemplating his options. But then he lets out a small chuckle and nods his head. "Of course. I mean, I do know all the cool spots," He says with a smirk. "Let's go." He says, throwing his arm around his little sister and leading them out of the rec room.
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Anya stares at her little sister, sitting across from her, playing with the food on her plate. She keeps side eyeing everyone around her and Anya can tell the amount of people in the room are making her nervous. She's barely said two words since they sat down. Which isn't odd. When Lexa isn't feeling comfortable, she normally closes up inside of herself and doesn't speak.
She'd wanted to get their food togo and go back up to the room, but Anya had basically forced her to sit down in the cafe with her and eat. Anya's not trying to torture her, just trying to force her out of her comfort zone a little. She's worried about leaving her here, but she knows that she has to. Her sister has to learn how to deal with the real world at some point and stop hiding out or hiding behind her. Even if that seems harsh.
"Hey, how about you eat, instead of play with it?" Anya asks, trying to get the girl's attention. But Lexa doesn't look up, or stop pushing rice around with her fork. And she hasn't even touched the taco on her plate. "Lex, look at me." Anya sighs, reaching out and covering the girl's hands with her own. "I'm right here, I'm with you, you're alright." She says in a calming tone. "Just shut everyone else out and focus on me, yeah?"
Lexa swallows and keeps looking at Anya. She wants to let her eyes keep darting around, but she tries really hard to focus on her older sister. It already starts to make her feel more calm. Anya smiles at her and nods her head, before slowly sliding her hands away. Lexa nods back and takes in a deep breath, before she looks back to her food, and actually starts to eat it.
"So…that girl… the blonde one," Anya starts carefully, though there is a hint of a smile on her face. She sees Lexa's hand pause, but she decides it's safe to keep going. "Is that your type?" She asks, watching her little sister carefully, trying to get a read on her. This isn't something they've ever gotten to talk about. Not how most sisters get to sit around and talk about boys or girls. Lexa has never really been the type for that.
"Anya…" Lexa warns, her grip tightening on her fork.
Anya just shrugs her shoulders and gives Lexa an innocent shrug. "I'm just curious." She says honestly. "You know it's normal to have an attraction to people, or to like someone Lexa. It's actually kind of weird, to not. Unless you're asexual or something, which is kind of what I was guessing, which would be okay, if that was the case." she explains. "….but, apparently not?" She tries, hoping for an answer.
"I-…." Lexa starts, but then stops. Her whole face turns red and she starts fiddling with the paper plate with the hand that isn't gripping her fork. "She was… She was really pretty…" she says quietly.
This makes a huge smile form on Anya's face. It was one thing knowing that Lexa was attracted to someone, but actually having her basically admit it was a completely different thing. And even better. It also meant she was finally getting somewhere with her little sister. "Now, we just have to get you prepared to actually talk to the next pretty girl that you see." Anya says with a smirk. She picks up a few pieces of rice and throws it at Lexa, trying to ease the tension that she can see in the other girls whole body.
Lexa relaxes a little bit and rolls her eyes at her sister. "Shut up." She says, throwing rice back at the girl in retaliation.
"Alright, let's stop before we start a whole food fight in this place." She says with a chuckle and Lexa nods in agreement. She can only imagine the chaos that would break out and the anxiety attack, she'd surely get. "How about we get back to your room?" She suggests and she can see the panic that starts to show up in Lexa's face. "I'll stay with you and hang out for awhile, alright? I'm not going anywhere." She assures her sister.
Lexa nods gratefully and stands up with Anya, picking all of their trash up. She follows behind her sister, throwing it away before heading back up to her dorm room. As they walk down the hallway, she takes in a deep breath, preparing herself to see her roommate once again.
Once they get inside, much to Lexa's relief, the girl hadn't returned yet. It's empty once again, except for the music that is still blasting through the speakers. Lexa rolls her eyes and folds her arms across her chest. That speaker is going to get old really fast.
Thankfully, Anya gets it without a word, and turns it off. "Alright, how about we just relax and watch some Netflix or something?" Anya suggests, already making herself comfortable on Lexa's bed and pulling her laptop off the nightstand.
Lexa nods silently and climbs onto the bed next to her older sister. She doesn't even have to ask what they're watching nor take time to debate it. It only takes about 5 seconds, before Anya is playing her favorite TV show for her. As well as her favorite episode. It always makes her feel better. With a smile, Lexa scoots closer and curls into Anya's side.
And that's how they stay for 2 episodes until Anya breaks the silence.
"Hey, I'm going to run down to the bathroom, alright?" Anya says, standing up from the bed, after untangling herself from her little sister. Lexa looks at her like she's crazy and starts to come with her, but Anya stops her. "No, stay here. I'll just be a couple of minutes, alright?" She says, wanting Lexa to experience a few minutes without her there.
Lexa opens her mouth to say something, but closes it again, once Anya raises a brow at her, giving her that big sister look that tells her it's not up for discussion. Lexa just sighs, and turns her attention back to the laptop, knowing she isn't getting out of this one. She looks up and frowns at the door, when she hears it open and close, and realizes she's all alone in her dorm room.
Nervously, she glances around, taking everything in by detail for the first time. She starts to get anxiety, so she presses play on the next episode to try and distract herself until her sister gets back. She's going to have to get used to being away from her anyway. She can't stay with her forever.
A couple of minutes later, the door opens and Lexa lets out a breath of relief looking up at her older sister. Though, when she looks up she realizes that it's not her sister, but her roommate.
She sits up a bit straighter and swallows, watching as the girl walks into the room and over to her side. "Damn, did your hot sister leave?" Raven asks, plopping down on her bed and staring at Lexa.
Lexa just shakes her head in return, chewing on her bottom lip. It's not like she doesn't know that her sister is attractive, she's grown up with her and she's used to everyone liking Anya. But she doesn't like the way Raven is talking or the look she has on her face when she talks about her.
"What, did she turn invisible?" Raven asks, raising a brow at the girl. She was weird, but Raven kind of was having fun messing with her. It was pretty easy.
Lexa clears her throat and shakes her head once again. "Bathroom," she says quietly, her voice a little hoarse, from not using it much today.
"Ah, she speaks," Raven smirks. Before Lexa could think about how to respond to that, or if she even wanted to, the door opens again and her sister walks through. Which makes Lexa relax a little bit. "Oh, there's hot sister." Raven says, eyeing the older girl.
Anya raises a brow, looking at the girl unimpressed and folds her arms across her chest. She gives Raven a look, trying to convey that she didn't have a chance so she should stop wasting her breath with the comments. But Raven in typical behavior just smirks back at her in response.
"Alright, Lex. One more episode then I should get going. It's getting late." Anya says, even though she knows it's going to make the girl start to panic a little. But it's better to give her a warning rather than get up in an hour and just announce that she's leaving. Lexa isn't one for surprises of any kind.
"Aw come on, why don't you just stay the night?" Raven asks, a little too suggestively for either girl's liking.
Anya throws her head back and sighs, trying to debate on if she should say anything. She doesn't like the forward girl, but she doesn't want to make anything worse for her little sister after she leaves her. "You're a little young for me." She decides to go with, though the venom in her voice is obvious.
Raven just smirks and rolls onto her side, propping herself up on her elbow. "Age is just a number. Besides, you can't be that much older than me." She says with a small shrug.
"I'm going not assume that you're 18 since you're a freshman as well." Anya says, and Raven just stares at her, but Anya gets her answer from that. "And I'm 23, sure it's not too many years, but those years make a difference. You're still a child." She responds and Raven just chuckles, rolling onto her back. Thankfully, leaving it at that. But probably only for now.
Or so she thought.
"Alright, well, I'm going to bed. I have an early class in the morning." Raven states, throwing a blanket on her bed, that still hadn't had the sheets put on it. Lexa almost wants to say something about it, because it bugs her, but she decides not to start anything. She just decides to turn her head away and try and ignore it. "Feel free to sneak into my bed after tucking the little one in." Raven says with a smirk, looking at Anya.
"Not happening." Anya says simply, rolling her eyes, not even bothering to look over at the younger girl. "See, I think she likes bugging me more than you." Anya whispers to her little sister, making Lexa just sigh. She doesn't like Raven making comments like that to Anya, but she supposes it's better than being aimed towards her. Though, she's not sure what will happen when her and Raven are alone together for more than a couple of minutes.
Before Raven can drift off into sleep, her phone chimes from her nightstand table. She groans, but rolls over to see who it was, though she's pretty sure she knows because there aren't very many people who would be texting her right now.
O (10:48pm) - Clarke already got asked out! We haven't even been here a day!
Griffin (10:48pm) - It's not a big deal. He told me there was a cool coffee shop that I'd like since I'm an art major. It's not a date.
O (10:49pm) - Yeah right.
Raven shakes her head and chuckles at her two best friends.
Raven (10:49pm) - I wasn't even there, and I can tell you that it's a date, Griffin. Was he cute?
O (11:00pm) - Super hot. In like that cute boyish way.
Griffin (11:00) - It's not a date!
O (11:01pm) - She's still thinking about mystery hottie, she saw earlier outside the rec room.
Griffin (11:01pm) - I am not. And besides, it's not like I'll ever see her again. This campus is huge.
Raven (11:01pm) - You never know.