lucky
“So she asked you out on a date? Just like that?” Sam asked, the question directed towards her dorm roommate, sitting on her bed with her legs criss-crossed and a pillow clutched to her chest.
“Well, I came up to her and gave her my clover and wished her good luck first, but yeah,” Lena blushed, with a huge grin on her face, “and of course I said yes, I’ve had this huge crush on her for months ever since this class started in September.”
Sam stared at her, mouth gaping open, “y-you.. Gave her your clover? The four leaf clover you’ve had framed for fourteen years, the one your mother gave to you when you were six, the day before she.. You know?”
“Before she drowned? You can say it, you know. And yes, that one. I told her that it’s been my good luck charm for almost fifteen years, and that I noticed how stressed and nervous she had been about the final, so I gave it to her to borrow until the exams are over. And at first she really turned the offer down, because she said it seemed like it was important to me, and I mean it is, but I really like her and didn’t mind. So then she asked me on a coffee date for tomorrow night. She said she’d meet me at the cafe and we can do some revision for the class while getting to know each other. And she told me that she’d bring the clover so I can see that she isn’t mistreating it, and she’s taking care of it. It’s all very sweet, really. Anyways, I was planning on wearing those black ripped jeans I got last week, with the red turtle neck?...” Lena continued to gush to Sam about what she was going to wear, and how sweet Kara was until they eventually fell asleep.
The next afternoon, Lena sat across the rectangular table booth from Kara, they both had coffee (Lena a white mocha latte, Kara a caramel drizzled expresso), and note books and Lena’s text book spread out across the table. Kara regularly wore her glasses, but when Lena sat down and pulled out her reading glasses, Kara was shocked to see her wearing them and obsessed over how cute Lena looked with them on, causing Lena’s face to easily flush. They discussed what part to study before getting down to it, sharing their notes with each other, and then began quizzing each other. As they got to the end of the practice questions, Lena smirked.
“If you get this final question right, you get a prize,” she proposed, which confused Kara
“Well, what’s the prize?”
That was something Lena had not thought about, “I-I don’t know, what do you want?”
“Hmm..” Kara stroked her chin as if she was stroking a long beard to make Lena laugh (which was a success) “how ‘bout our first kiss?”
Lena’s eyebrow raised and the corners of her mouth turned her smirk into a grin, “Deal. What is the total number of electrons present in 18 mL of water?”
Kara’s eyebrows furrowed as she thought about the question, before pulling her note book closer and writing out an equation, which she scratched out. She started again and nodded to herself, before raising the sheet of paper for Lena to inspect what she wrote: 6,02x 1024.
Lena smiled and nodded, “correct again. It appears I owe you something,” Lena chucked as they started to put away their books and study materials
“Well I suppose this clover of yours is truly good luck! You don't have to, if you don’t want to. I’m not gonna force you to kiss me or anything because of a stupid bet,” Kara reassured Lena, not wanting to make it seem like she was pressuring her.
“I know I don’t have to do it.. did it ever occur to you that maybe I want to?” Lena challenged, as she swung her oversized purse looking bag over her shoulder.
“O-oh.. um. Maybe not,” Kara scratched the back of her head with nerves as she carefully put on her backpack. “Walk out with me?” Kara asked, now pointing at the door, to which she received a nod.
When they were walking back to the dorms on compass, Lena’s hand slowly found Kara’s. They both looked up at each other to make sure it was okay, but flushed when they realised they were doing the same thing. Eventually they made it to Lena’s dorm room and stood just by the front door awkwardly, “so um.. I’ll see you in class tomorrow?” Kara started to say, not knowing exactly what to do in this situation. Luckily, Lena pulled her hand away from Kara’s and cupped her cheeks softly, looking Kara up in the eyes for silent permission. When Kara gave a slight nod, Lena leaned forward and pressed their lips together for the first time. And ever since, Kara has been thankful for that Lucky Four Leaf Clover.