DISCLAIMER- I don't own any of the characters (apart from Leah) or anything to do with The Dumping Ground or Tracy Beaker Returns or CBBC... but if I did, things would be a lot different in those programmes... nor do I own Finding Nemo which is good cause I hate that film.
I wrote this FanFiction the way I think it should have happened to confirm Elektra's sexuality and for her to be the first character on a CBBC show to be gay. Let's face it, it would've been awesome if this actually happened...
Chapter 1
Elektra heard the doorbell ring and the thunder of multiple feet race towards the door but she refused to put down her magazine and move from her seat. She knew it was Gus' potential foster parents anyway and wasn't bothered about meeting them... unlike all the nosy kids she had to live with.
She was however very much intrigued by the light her phone had just omitted, signalling that she had a text. She opened the message and smiled to herself. The text was from Leah- her girlfriend. It said that she was looking forward to seeing Elektra later and that she had a surprise for her. Elektra started to wonder what it could be and began musing over all the time they had spent with each other, wondering if it was related to any of the 'couple-y' moments they had had. She was so happy with Leah and the time they had been together was the best time of Elektra's life. Her path of thoughts led her to start daydreaming about how they got to be together and how they were now.
They had met 11 months ago when Leah had served her in the shop Elektra was in. They had been chatty with each other and eventually, very flirty. That day in the shop Elektra was surprised at her behaviour, she was (at the time) 15 and although she knew she was gay (she had known since she was 13) she was still very much hid away in the closet. She had only ever come out to three people- her parents and sister- and they had hated it. It was one of the reasons they had put her in care. They couldn't cope with a daughter who was in a gang, caused trouble at school, had been arrested a few times, wore her hair and clothes differently and had now dropped the bombshell that she was interested in girls rather than boys. So to be openly flirting with a girl in a public place was new to Elektra and she felt like a bit of an idiot who was embarrassing herself. However the girl seemed to like it and from then on Elektra went into the shop as often as possible (without trying to look like a stalker) in the hope that the girl would be there. When she was (which was quite often) they would chat and flirt as they had done on that first day. After this had been happening for a few weeks, Elektra had got home one day and found a folded up piece of paper amongst her shopping, that read:
Text me- 0716253948332 (made up number guys!)
From, Your favourite shop assistant ;) (Leah)
She had slipped the paper in when Elektra wasn't looking! Elektra had text her straight away and they had carried on texting each other 24/7. After two months of texting they had met up outside of Leah's workplace. It was one afternoon, in the early spring and they had gone out for coffee. They carried on texting each other, having phone conversations and met up in town as often as possible, away from the Dumping Ground and prying eyes. They would go out for hot drinks or meals or walk aimlessly around the park for hours, just enjoying each other's company. They were inquisitive, getting to know each other. Elektra loved learning about Leah. She was beautiful and Elektra knew that she was falling madly in love with this girl. She had broken down Elektra's emotional barriers and Elektra had happily let her. Leah knew everything about Elektra and Elektra knew everything about Leah. Everything Leah did amazed Elektra and every story that she told held her attention 'till the very end. Elektra wanted nothing more than to place her hands on Leah's face and gently pull her closer, feeling the warmth of each other's breath before closing the space between them, brushing her lips against Leah's. But she couldn't. She knew Leah was gay but she always told Elektra they were just friends. Elektra had found out that a few weeks before they met, Leah had broken up with her girlfriend because she had found her cheating on her- with a lad- and she was finding it hard to trust people again. But, one afternoon, 5 months after first meeting, they were out at their favourite spot in the woods, a beautiful, secluded place they had found- they called it their special place- even more beautiful now it was just becoming autumn and the leaves were starting to turn orange. They were walking around slowly, it was too humid to do anything and the air felt like a storm was coming and Elektra had suddenly stopped and grabbed Leah's hands, turning her around to face her.
'I can't do this any more. I can't keep pretending that I'm okay with this situation. I know that you want to be friends because of what happened to you and I thought I could be happy with that but I'm not. I thought just knowing you would be enough but it's not. I love you. I want to be with you. I want to help you learn to trust again and I want to-'
Elektra was interrupted as Leah put her hand on the back of Elektra's neck and pulled her in for a kiss. She felt Leah's soft lips against hers and tasted her cherry lip balm. It was a slow and gentle kiss that only lasted a few seconds before Leah pulled away. They leant their foreheads against each other, their faces only centimetres apart. Elektra bit her lip in anticipation, wanting more.
'I love you too' Leah had whispered to Elektra before closing the gap between them again by crashing her lips onto hers. This time the kiss was harder, more passionate. Elektra had run her tongue across Leah's bottom lip, and Leah opened her mouth allowing their tongues to find each other and they had begun battling for dominance. Elektra tasted Leah's mouth and smiled into the kiss, happy. She was exactly where she wanted to be. Thunder rumbled and the rain became heavy, lashing down, almost torrential. They broke apart and looked up at the dark sky, feeling the rain drench their clothes and hair. They didn't care about them though. This clichéd moment was perfect for both of them. They grinned at each other before leaning in for another kiss. That was six months ago, and after they had stopped kissing they had decided to start a relationship. They were very happy with each other but, Elektra was still in the closet. When Leah came over to the Dumping Ground, they pretended that they weren't romantically involved. All of the Elm Tree House residents knew Leah as Elektra's best friend. No one knew anything about Elektra being gay and Leah actually being her girlfriend of 6 months.
Elektra was disturbed and thrown out of her trip down memory lane when everyone came bursting in through the door, shouting at the top of their lungs, trying to be heard over one and other. Through the fragments of sentences she was hearing, Elektra knew they were talking about the people who had come to see Gus.
'Woah! Hey what's going on?' asked Elektra.
All at once everyone turned around and started shouting at her, Johnny being particularly loud.
'SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! YOU'RE MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE!' Everyone turned to see Gus standing in the doorway, taking deep breaths after wearing himself out shouting at everyone. Upon Gus' request, all of the kids had clambered upon a chair, sofa or arm rest and remained silent, until Faith asked Gus the question everyone was dying to know the answer to-
'Why aren't you with Dawn and Ronnie?'
'Wait, is that two women?' Elektra thought.
'Because I told them I didn't want to get fostered and so they left.'
'Hey! What about me?' piped up Tyler in that irritating whine he does. 'I want to meet them and get them to foster ME!'
Gus stared at Tyler blankly and coldly stated that they didn't want anyone else, they were only interested in him.
'You had a lucky escape if you ask me. Couldn't believe it when I found out they were lesbians.' Johnny said. Anger rose is Elektra's stomach. 'Why should that matter?' she thought. 'Ignorant fuckwit'
'Why does that matter?' said Gus, almost as if he had read Elektra's mind.
'Well... it shouldn't be allowed. It's not right is it?'
'Oh that's disgusting' hissed Elektra without even thinking about what she was saying. She was too angry to care if she gave herself away to anyone. She was, without a doubt, going to stand up for herself and every other gay person and put Johnny in his place.
'Well it's not normal!' protested Johnny.
'Well he isn't exactly normal is he?!' Elektra said, starting to raise her voice whilst gesturing at Gus.
'Leave it Elektra' she heard Faith whisper.
'No! Sorry but you're completely out of order!' She was shouting at Johnny now.
'I'm not! .. Well I don't care what you say. Kids need and mum and dad.'
'Oh yeah,' Elektra sighed, starting to get up from the sofa, making sure she picked her phone up with her, which still had Leah's message on it, open behind the lock screen. 'Cause that worked so well for you didn't it?' she said, advancing towards Johnny. 'Your mum got a lovely new dad and let him do whatever he wanted and then stuck you in care'
By this time Johnny had also raised himself off the opposite sofa and all of the other kids were in awe, anticipating that the fight was about to start. They knew Johnny and Elektra hated each other and constantly heard them at each other's throats.
'It wasn't like that!' exclaimed Johnny, pushing Elektra's shoulders away.
'Then why are you here?!' shouted Elektra, pushing Johnny back, harder than he had pushed her, so he fell backwards onto the sofa.
Johnny couldn't answer that question and instead stood up and fled from the lounge.
'That was harsh' Rick protested.
'The little shit deserved it.' was the thought circling Elektra's head. 'Yeah well...' she never finished her sentence because her phone rang- Leah was calling her. 'I have to take this' she said and walked away, leaving the other kids to question... what the hell just happened?