Falling for you

Chapter 5

Catra's POV (Sorry):

Nothing seemed hard to do today, I had a lot of energy and happiness flowing through me after all, Adora's coming over tonight!... again. The sensation of excitement always manages to engulf me every time she comes to my house, and every time I see her for that matter. Adora, my Adora I reminisced.

I arrived in the science room panting despite knowing there were still minutes before first block started. Hordak had his legs up on his desk grading papers carefully. Taking my seat at the front of the room I unpacked my bags, turned and adjusted my body to look more relaxed. I wouldn't want Adora finding out she makes me this nervous, that would be disastrous.

I didn't set my alarm this morning purely based on the fact that I knew my nerves would wake me up the moment it realizes I'm going to see Adora that day. I don't know which is more annoying, my alarm going off or waking up earlier than when my alarm is set to get ready just because I can't go back to sleep.

I continued to sit there in my chair trying to look bored and uncaring. My cover was partly blown when Adora walked in and my knee jerked from its position, it was under my desk and I didn't hit anything. I tried playing it off by stopping my leg from falling back and placing my leg on the metal bar attached to my desk coolly like I was putting my legs on the table.

Hordak peered up from his grading to acknowledge that Adora had walked in but looked back down when he realized it wasn't someone he cared about. He was waiting for Entrapta to walk in to have the motivation for science class. She is his favorite and best student. I don't mind though since he holds up starting the class tell she's here.

Adora froze in her place as she read the board: We will only be working on our projects today. No need to waste your time moving from one desk to another just take a seat at your partners desk instead of your own. Remember to start finishing up your're project since you only have two days left! I saw a flash of fear strike through Adora's eyes for a split second before it was gone. What for? I'm the one who's supposed to be scared of her. That's my job! I wonder if I was imaging it.

All of the emotion escaped Adoras eyes when she sat down next to me. I tapped her shoulder to get her attention. It sent a shock through me unlike all the other times we've touched. Her arm was as cold as ice. I didn't even know that was humanly possible! Her eyes may not have given me any clues but I could feel her real strong emotions coursing through her. Something was definitely wrong.

She turned her head at the physical contact.It was still there, those beautiful bright eyes were now a dark void of nothingness and who knows how long they'll stay like that if I don't talk to her. "Adora, what's wrong?" I worried. Those same cold eyes turned from emotionless to anger in an instant. She's mad at me?  "Why can't you treat me like all your other friends?" she said coldly. "I thought I was your friend!"

"I- uh" I stuttered. Calling people my friends is hard, even if i've had a crush on her since freshman year. We haven't actually known each other that long, how do I know she will stay friends with me? "No... not yet but-" this seemed to make her even angrier. " But what? I think i've heard enough." "No fighting in my classroom!" Hordak spoke. "Keep it up and you will both be sent to Principal Angella's office to resolve whatever this is."

"Look" Adora said in a lower voice then before. "Here's how this is going to go. We are going to finish the project, then we never have to see each other again." "Adora" I whimpered. My eyes started getting puffy and were welling up with tears. How could she be so mean? "Aww what's wrong? Is the little kitty a little too sensitive?" she barked. " Next time think before you decide to play with someone's feelings." "You were right Catra, we're not friends" That was all it took, thick wet tears started streaming down my cheek.

I needed to get away now. I stood up from my seat collected my stuff and walked to the door. Once I was out I ran and I ran and I ran. I didn't know where I was going but I also didn't care I finally stopped when I crashed into a bathroom most likely halfway across the school. I hurried inside before other teachers could realize I'm technically skipping. I didn't want to hide in a stall at the moment there's no need to hide, if someone walked in on me I could get rid of them.

Hordak can deal with me not showing up to class, i'm having an emotional crisis. I strolled over the sink and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked terrible. My eyes were still red and puffy,and my cheeks had obvious tear stains. Using my hand to brush my hair out of my face, I grabbed a piece of paper towel, soaked it with water from the sink, and used it to wash away the tear stains or at least reduce them to a less obvious state. It took me a while to make it less noticeable but I managed.

What did Adora mean by saying "Next time think before you play with someone's feelings." Feelings? What feelings? I didn't play with her feelings. Or well at least not on purpose. Why did she ask me if we were friends? I wanted to tell her that we could be and explain my sensitivity about calling people friends but she didn't let me finish. Maybe she never really cared about me. Is that what she was trying to do? Put me in my place? Purposely point out that we're not friends?

"We're not friends" it rung in my ear over and over as if it were an echo. My emotions came back. I leaned over the sink and let the tears flow once again.

Hey sorry, I'm not good with sad parts. Did I do good? Don't worry this isn't the they split apart then the finale comes the next chapter and they get back together trope, there's a little bit more to the story 😉. Again sorry I didn't update for a while, sometimes I just don't have the motivation. Thanks for reading, vote if you liked the story!