Friends
Lena packed up quickly a minute before the bell rang, stuffing everything in her backpack. The clock struck 12 and a bell rang out through the air. She watched as Kara got up and walked off, followed by her cheerleader friends.
‘Well, that was that’ Lena wasn't sure why she felt a little disappointed, Kara was probably just nice to everyone.
‘And you get your hopes up again. Stupid’ The brunette scolded herself for even thinking that anyone would want to be her friend. What a ridiculous idea right?
The classroom was now empty and she snapped back to reality, swinging her backpack over her shoulders and silently exiting the class without giving much acknowledgement to the teacher who sat at his desk staring at his computer. Lena looked down at the floor as she made her way to the cafeteria. This probably wasn't the wisest choice she realized as she bumped straight into a girl. Lena fell to the ground, her books scattering all over the floor, her backpack broke her fall but only by a little. She looked up to find three girls staring down at her, all three girls had brown hair that was tied up in a ponytail and they wore a cheerleaders outfit. The ‘main’ cheerleaders brown eyes glared down at Lena with a disgusted look on her face.
“Luthor” she practically spat the name out. She knew the girls would be trouble but she wasn't very intimidated, she was a Luthor and Luthors aren't afraid.
“You should've stayed at that other pretty little boarding school of yours” one of them spoke up.
“No one likes you and you have no friends, who would want to be friends with a freak like you?” The girl at the front sneered as Lena composed herself enough to pick up her books. The obnoxious trio snickered, their high pitched laughter filling the air.
“I would” The three girls froze and turned quietly to meet the voice. Kara stood with her hands on her hips as she sauntered over next to Lena and helped her with the scattered books.
“She is most certainly not a freak and I suggest you refrain from bothering Lena ever again or I'll be sure to give away your positions on the team, am I clear?” Kara handed the last book to Lena and smirked as the three girls nodded frantically.
“We're sorry captain it won't happen again” and with that they scurried off with their tails between their legs. Kara's steely look left her body as soon as the girls were out of sight. The blonde spun on her heel to face the brunette.
“Are you okay Lena? I'm so sorry about them. You shouldn't listen to a single word they say” Kara grabbed onto Lena's hands and squeezed it reassuringly, looking into the girl's green eyes.
“Yes, I'm fine thank you” Lena straightened out her blouse and Kara smiled, dropping her hand.
“Well, let's go to lunch then, I'm starving” Kara laughed at herself and guided the brunette to the cafeteria where no one dared say anything as they entered.
The girls got in line together and bought whatever the caf was serving. Once out of line, Lena walked off in the opposite direction as Kara, heading to a lonely table in the corner only to be stopped as she felt a warm hand slip into her own. She looked up at the grinning blonde.
“Oh no you don't, you're sitting with me”
Lena quirked an eyebrow. “Oh no I could possibly intrude”
Kara pouted adorably before opening her mouth to say something then frowning then opening her mouth again.
“Don't worry, we won't be sitting with the rest of the team if that's what your.. uneasy about” she whispered with a wink as she led them over to a table. Lena followed, her hand still intertwined with Kara's. They sat next to each other at an empty table and ate quietly for a minute. Kara shot her head up at the mention of her name.
“Kara!” A beautiful girl with short brown hair walked over and sat down right next to the blond. “Hey babe” she said casually, leaning into the giggling cheerleader. Lena hid her frown well hearing the word babe directed towards her small crush.
“Hey! Lucy this is my friend Lena”
Lucy feigned anger at Kara.
“Correction, our friend” The girl said with a grin. She leaned forward to look properly at Lena who swallowed the bit of pizza she was chewing on and glanced over at Lucy who offered a smile. Kara gently nudged Lucy as a tall girl with short brown hair and a short boy approached their table.
“What took you guys so long?” Kara asked as she took a sip from her milk. The girl and boy sat.
“Have you seen the line? It practically extends out the door and around the corner” The boy said as he eagerly wolfed down his pizza.
“Who's this Kar?” The girl asked. Kara jumped and slapped her own forehead.
“Oh yeah, this is Lena. She's new. And Lena this is my sister Alex and my friend Winn” She said gesturing to them. Lena smiled and greeted them with a simple hello. The lunch period went by in a blink of an eye as Lena and Winn found common ground, both interested in mechanics and engineering. Alex snorted as she overheard their conversation.
“Nerds”
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Kara found that she had all of her classes with Lena. The blonde tried her best to make school comfortable for her since she knew what it was like to be new. It was a shame that roommates had already been assigned to their dorms. It would've been nice to get to know the brunette better.
It was the last period of the day and the bell had just rung. Students rushed out, eager to escape math.
“Bye Lena” Kara said slinging her backpack over her shoulder.
“Kara, would you maybe like to hand out in the common room with me today? I don't have any other friends” Lena asked gripping her book tightly. Kara sighed.
“I'm so sorry I would really love too but I have cheer practice today and since I'm the cheerleading captain…”
Lena's face dropped but she hid her disappointment well and nodded.
“I promise I will be there tomorrow though”
Kara smiled brightly and was headed towards the door along with the other kids but she only got one step in before turning quickly and giving Lena a hug. The brunette was taken by surprise. As a Luthor she had never been shown much affection, especially not physical. She melted into the embrace and wrapped her arms around Kara's waist. The cheerleader pulled away reluctantly before apologizing again and rushing off to practice.
Lena headed to her dorm, preferring to be alone instead of surrounded by people who would only stare. She unlocked her door and stepped inside to find that her roommate Veronica was gone, and so were all of her belongings. Her half of the room was completely empty. There was a note on the empty bed. Lena dropped her backpack off on the floor and walked over to read what it said.
Hey Lena, I dropped out. I know it was just the first day but I can't stand these idiots. My parents are just going to have to deal with me. And so is the rest of the world. Good luck.
~ Veronica S.
The brunette couldn't hold back her smile. It's not that she didn't like Veronica, well she could be a little annoying, but it meant she was either going to live alone or she'd get a new roommate.