On Thin Ice

The one with the shower scene

A couple of weeks later, Clarke was drawing in her journal during English class.

"Alright everybody, as you all know, we have been studying Romeo and Juliet." Mr. Jaha began pacing around the room. "But now, I thought that we would have a bit of fun with it." Murmuring started in the back of the classroom. Mr. Jaha smiled. "I will group you all into pairs and you will be given a week to complete this assignment." He stopped pacing and stood facing his students. "This mission, should you chose to accept it, is to write a story based on Romeo and Juliet. You can write whatever you want, but it must be over 500 words. It can be set wherever and you can do whatever you want with the characters." Mr. Jaha continued to describe the assignment. When some people still didn't understand the restrictions, or lack there-of, a normally shy and quiet girl named Maggie spoke up.

"You're writing a fanfiction!" that was all she said before returning to silence.

"Fanfiction? What a good term for it. Thank you Maggie." He addressed the class. "I will now divide you into pairs. John Murphy and Wells."

Clarke sucked in a breath. That will not end well.

"Octavia and Lincoln."

Clarke watched as her friend turned to wink at her partner. Clarke rolled her eyes. Mr. Jaha continued to list off names.

"Clarke Griffin and Lexa Woods." Clarke froze then turned to look at Lexa, who still sat by the window. She found the girl looking back at her, striking eyes hinting at humour. She gave a small smile. Clarke smiled back. When class ended, Clarke made sure to catch Lexa before their next classes. She caught a glimpse of intricately braided waves of chestnut hair.

"Lexa! Wait up!" The lithe girl paused and turned around, meeting Clarke.

"Hello Clarke." She's so formal. Clarke thought. The blonde took her phone out and handed it to Lexa.

"We need to do the assignment, so we should probably exchange numbers so we can discuss when we should meet." Lexa took the phone in her hands and quickly typed in her phone number before handing it back to Clarke.

"Good idea. Until later, Clarke." The elusive brunette walked away, disappearing into the crowd of people until Clarke could no longer see her. Lunch came quickly and Clarke couldn't be any happier. She had some questions concerning Math, so she stayed a bit longer to discuss some concepts with Miss Young that she wasn't understanding. After clearing that up, she headed to the cafeteria, stomach growling. Entering the loud room, she made a beeline for her friends, who were sitting at their usual table.

"Hey you guys!" Clarke slid into her seat beside Raven. Octavia gave her a smile as she bit into her sandwich.

"Where were you?" Raven asked Clarke as the blonde tucked her hair behind her ear before pulling out her lunch. Clarke had packed left over pasta.

"Oh, just running over some math questions with Miss Young." Clarke paused to chew. "I'm so lost, buddy."

Jasper piped up. "Oh man. Math is killing me right now." Monty turned to look at his friend.

"Dude. I'm pretty sure you are killing your grade."

"Oh shut up Monty!" Jasper whacked his friend on the shoulder. Monty pouted and everyone laughed because he was adorable.

"Hey, look who's here." Raven nudged Clarke with her elbow and nodded with her head. Clarke looked to where she was gesturing and gazed across the room. There were about fifty tables, all full with chatty teenagers. There were cliques, of course, but KVA was a pretty close community. There wasn't much drama, but as a new student, there are always challenges. Lexa Woods seems to have come across this problem on her second day at school. She ate in the library her first day because there was some school work she had to catch up on. Today, however, Lexa did not know exactly with whom she should sit with. She looked around, slightly lost. Lexa hated being lost. She hated everything about being in the dark.