Settling In (Kinda)
September 9th
Thursday
Natasha shifted in her bed. The mattress was too soft. Much too soft.
Running her fingers through her hair, she sat up and switched the lights off.
It took a couple more minutes for her eyes to adjust before sitting back against the wall.
“Hello!” Mrs.Robin burst through the door, yellow light shining in from the hallway
“Ooo- Were you asleep? Im sorry did I wake you” She asked looking around the room
“No, no Im fine just prefer having the lights off.” Natasha replied
“Oh, good. Well here’s your dorm key. Make sure to lock it on your way out.” Msr.Robin handed her a key, “And don't lose it.”
“Yea I won't.”
Taking the key she pressed it against the palm of her hand, the metal was cold compared to the fairly warmness of the room.
“Do you have firmer mattresses?” She asked
“Yea! We have firmer mattresses, is your too soft?” Mrs.Robin questioned eyeing the plain mattress
“Yes.”
“Have you tried the other bed. Usually dorms will have a soft and firm mattress.” She added
“Someone has already occupied that bed.” Natasha replied flatly, motioning to the other side of the room which was somewhat nicely put together.
“Ah yes. Miss Maximoff. Well I can get you that mattress for you.”
As the lady turned to walk away, “Hey can I come with you?” Natasha asked quickly
Mrs.Robin smiled and continued walking away, to which Natasha followed. She would’ve needed help anyways. Mattresses are heavy, so why not help.
The sun was basically set. Dark blue colored the sky. The walk was mostly silent. Besides the few kids who were hanging out talking to friends or just enjoying the night.
They ended up at a shed behind the dorms. Stretching her arms, she watched as Mrs.Robin unlock the shed and turn on a small hanging light.
The shed is what you would expect except instead of gardening or repair tools it's full of chairs, tables, various couches, and mattresses.
“What kind of shed is this?” Natasha asked out of pure amusement
“Its our dorm shed, stuff in here is usually used to replace stuff in the dorms.” Mrs.Robin explained
Walking over to the mattresses, on the clear plastic over them were labels. Twin Size Soft, Twin Size Soft, Twin Size Firm.
Pulling out the mattress Natasha looked over at the teacher, who moved stuff out of the way so she could pull it out of the shed. Once outside Natasha flipped the mattress and lifted one end, Mrs.Robin lifting the other and they began their way back to the dorm.
“Your pretty strong.” Mrs.Robin complimented
“I work out.”
When they switched the mattress out with Natasha’s old one she offered to help carry it back but Mrs.Robin waved it off, told her about curfew and left.
On her way out, another girl walked in. She had long messy brown hair and wore a dark red leather jacket. Kicking off her shoes, she sat on her bed and grabbed out a book that had been sitting next to her pillow.
“Hi”
“Hi.” the girl responded
“The names Natasha” she smiled
“Wanda.”
Pressing her lips together, Natasha started making her bed.
“Steve you need to make more friends.” Bucky added
“Nobody wants to be my friend Buck” Steve said flatly
“What do you mean? Girls are always-”
“Swooning. They just want to date me.” he deadpanned, and Bucky was very poorly hiding the fact that he was on the verge of laughing
“You’ll find someone” Bucky attempted to say
“Yo are y'all dating or something?” Sam asked. Finally interjecting himself into their conversation which had been going on for a good while
“Look who’s finally said something” Bucky mused sarcastically
“And we’re not dating!” Steve flushed, “Why does everyone think we’re dating”
Sam just looked very amused at all of this. “I have known you both for a good 20 minutes and it really looks like you guys are dating.”
Steve shook his head and looked back to Bucky.
“I'm going to explore.” Steve said as he started walking away
“Go make some friends!” Bucky called out
“Your not my mom!” Steve fiend annoyance but there was a slight smile on his face.
Besides the tour they had, he hadn’t really been able to properly explore the school. Keeping his sketchbook close to him, maybe he would find a nice spot to draw as well.
Sifting through his notes Bruce wondered what their labs were like. He wasn’t able to get the best view from the tour and he still had today to spend anyways.
Whats better than testing out a new lab space?
Closing his notebook, Bruce reached for a black pen and hurried out of his room (definitely remembering to lock it this time).
Making his way through the common room there was a group of boys hanging out and playing a game of what looked like uno. Outside there was a good amount of kids walking around, some talking to each other, others just sat on a bench and read.
It was actually pretty lively. Unlike the day he arrived when there was almost no one today it felt like everyone was doing something.
If he remembered the labs were on the upper floor of the main school, the third floor?
There weren't many kids in the actual school area. Which made sense. Who wanted to be here on a free day.
Sliding up the stairs he basically walked around until he noticed the hanging sign that said labs. Opening the door, Bruce found himself in a completely different environment from the regular school.
Unlike the warm wood brick concrete and other materials. The labs were sterile. White tile floor and smooth white walls.
Also upon entering Bruce could hear the sound of metal being shaped, and as he walked further into the labs he noticed one other student in here with him.
The guy had messy brown hair, and AC/DC T-Shirt with some jeans, and very see-able brown eyes. Looking up at him he stopped what he was doing and waved.
“Sup” The kid greeted, “Tony Stark… you?”
“Bruce. Bruce Banner” Bruce responded with small wave and a polite smile
Pursing his lips together Tony looked back to his creation. “Where are you headed off to?” He asked
“The bio labs”
“Ah, okay.” Slipping in an earbud he started back on his project.
Taking this is the end of their chat Bruce continued down the hall until he found the bio labs.
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Slipping back into his room, Bruce was about to drop his notebook off and head to Dinner when he was greeted by another guy unpacking his things.
“Oh, Hello you must be my roommate” He said enthusiastically smiling at him, “Im Thor” he continued putting his hand out
“Bruce” Bruce greeted, grabbing Thor’s hand.
“Interesting to room on the first floor. I've always had rooms on the the second story so this is a new thing for me.” Thor rambled
“Uh- how, how did you get in?” Bruce stuttered out
“Oh the door was unlocked” Thor said nonchalantly
“I swear I locked it this morning…” Bruce muttered
“Speaking of locks… when do I get my key?”
“Sometime after dinner, one of the teachers will stop by and give you one before lights out.” He answered, quickly checking his back pocket for a key that he definitely still had.
“Oh good. Well Im headed off to dinner want to come with me?” Thor asked
“Sure, I was just going there to…” he answered, still very confused about the lock
Exiting the dorm this time he made sure it locked, testing the doorknob before leaving.