Hey there. So I haven't written anything in a long time, like months or more but anyway I decided to force myself to write again. Now I'm actually a committed Clexa shipper but I don't like messing with ships that are actually canon because I want to see how they play out, and if they get fecked up, THEN I will sort that shit out.
Anyway enough about that, this will be my first AU. I think…Yeah, it is. Anyway it's an AU where Clarke and Raven go to college together and that's all I'm saying so read on for more if you wish.
Clarke stumbled in the door of her dorm, dropping her bags on the floor and exhaled heavily and thinking to herself, So this is my home for the next four years. It's bigger than my cell of a room back home anyway, so that's a start.
There was a knock at the door and before Clarke has the chance to answer it a dark haired guy walks in saying, 'Hey sexy let's break that be…Oh. Sorry, I thought this was someone else's room'. The boy ran his fingers through his hair nervously before sighing and smiling, 'I'm Finn'.
'Clarke' she replied smiling, holding out a hand for him, which he shakes gently. "I thought this was my girlfriend's room' Clarke laughed, 'I guessed as much'. Finn smirked, 'You wouldn't happen to know where I could find her, would you? Her name is Raven Reyes'.
Clarke shook her head and before she had time to answer a voice travelled from across the hall, 'In another girl's dorm already? Jeez thanks Finn' and a petite Latina girl walked in. Clarke's gaze watched as the girl walked over to Finn and kissed him, she lingered smiling at him for a moment before turning her attentions to Clarke.
She put her hand out towards her, 'Raven, I live directly across from you. I guess we're going to be roomies, or dormies'. Finn chuckled as Clarke took the girl's hand and shook it smiling, 'I guess we are. I'm Clarke'.
Raven elbowed Finn to shut him up, 'Sorry about him, he's kind of an idiot' 'But you love me anyway' he replied with a childish grin on his face. 'Hey do you wanna come to a party with us tonight? Finn is in one of those douchey Frats, but hey, at least they throw awesome parties'.
Finn huffed, 'Douchey frats? Oh thanks…' Raven smiled and looked back to Clarke. 'Uh yeah, that sounds fun. What time?' 'Around 9? I'll just knock on your door when I'm heading'. 'Sounds good' smiled Clarke. 'Awesome. Well we'll leave you to unpack, so see you later' 'See you then' replied Clarke.
Finn was staring at Clarke throughout the whole conversation with Raven. His gaze was drawn to her like a magnet. There was something about her, something different that separated her from other girls. He decided to make it his mission to get to know this Clarke girl.
After unpacking her bags and having a shower, Clarke was ready, just sitting in her room waiting for Raven. This was all so new to her. After being home-schooled, finally she escaped to college. She only ever had one friend, Wells. But he was in a different college and they had a falling out just before she left. She didn't mind being alone, she was used to it, yet she longed for friends and the social life she only read about in books or saw in TV or films. Raven and Finn seemed like cool people. They were very welcoming. Maybe this was her chance, finally her opportunity to have the life she always wanted.
Just as she was thinking about that, there was a knock at the door. Eagerly jumping to her feet she answered the door and sure enough, Raven was standing there smiling, 'Ready for your first official college party?' Clarke beamed, 'You have no idea'. 'Let's get going so'.
On the way to the party the girls chatted and got to know one another. Clarke found out that Raven was studying Mechanical Engineering, which surprised her because of her personality and looks. But Clarke always knew never to judge a book by its cover. 'And what is it you do Princess?' Clarke smiled at Raven confused, 'Princess?' Raven laughed, 'Don't worry, I don't mean any harm. It's just you seem like you've been locked in a tower for most of your life. I swear, I mean no harm'.
Clarke was touched by Raven's need to explain herself. 'It's okay, no offence taken. I'm studying medicine'. 'Whoa, hot shot over here. That's tough work' 'So is Mechanical Engineering'. 'Well it's nothing like saving lives' Clarke interrupted, 'But without people like you, we wouldn't have any way of contacting ambulances and then my job is useless'.
Raven was blushing at the comments made by the blonde, her parents never praised her for all she had achieved, so when praise was sent her way she cherished it.
When they finally reached the Frat house, the party was already in full swing; People outside the house sitting on couches on the front lawn, guys and girls dancing on the balcony of the room on the top floor and music blaring from inside. Clarke's chest was pounding with a mixture of excitement and anxiety as she followed Raven through the front door.
Raven took Clarke's hand as they veered their way through the crowds of drunken girls and guys until they found Finn in the kitchen talking to some of his Frat brothers. He greeted Raven with a kiss and Clarke with a smile. Handing both of them a drink, he introduced Clarke to the boys.
'Clarke, this is Bellamy and John. Bellamy is the top man around here. He keeps all us Hooligans in check. John here, is head Hooligan' 'You bet I am. You can call me Murphy though, that's what everyone else calls me. I'm only John when I'm in trouble' 'Which is any night he's out with the ladies' Murphy punched Finn in the arm and Bellamy rolled his eyes. This was all such a new experience for Clarke, but she was enjoying herself nonetheless.
Bellamy looked to Clarke with a slight smile on his face, 'So how do you know these losers?' Finn interrupted Clarke as she began to speak, 'She moved in across the hall from Raven. I accidently barged into her room earlier'. 'Oh sure, accidently' said Murphy sarcastically.
'But they were kind enough to invite me here after it. So we're all good. How do you all know each other?' asked Clarke interested. 'Well I'm a Senior, and these two idiots are Sophomores'. 'I'm younger than Raven actually. We should be in the same year but she took a year out to build houses in Malawi for a semester, so she just started college now. My little Freshman'. Raven slapped Finn's arm playfully, 'Hey, at least I have Clarke to keep me company'. 'I'm sure we'd all want that' replied Murphy. But this time it was Bellamy to intervene, by grabbing Murphy's elbow and taking him to the side. He whispered something to the boy before sending him away. When Bellamy returned he apologized to Clarke.
She was flattered by the manners of the older boy. He was very handsome, like Finn, but in a different way. Finn was more of a pretty boy whereas Bellamy was a bit more rugged. You could tell he was older because of the air of superiority about him. But there was something kind about him, she could see it in his eyes.
After a little while more of chatting, Raven and Finn slipped away, leaving Clarke and Bellamy alone to get to know one another. They got along quite well. Clarke was interested in the things Bellamy had to say. He told her about what he was studying in college and why he was studying it which fascinated her. He was studying Russian and Geography, and was planning on enlisting in the army when he gets his degree.
Bellamy was moving in closer to Clarke slowly, and as he leaned in to kiss her, one of the pledges came running in calling out for Bellamy. He spun around angrily as a young Asian boy stuttered 'Octavia, she's about to go skinny dipping in the pool'. Bellamy's eyes grew wide as he apologized to Clarke and ran out the door.
Clarke followed after him to see what was happening and sure enough there was a girl stripping off by the pool. Clarke's jaw dropped as she, and about 100 other people, stared at the girl's beautiful body as she removed each piece of clothing one by one.
Bellamy ran over to her and engaged in an argument as he took off his jacket and threw it around the girl's shoulders. Clarke was watching intently when she felt a hand holding her elbow. She spun around only to find Finn smiling holding a drink in his other hand, 'Want a top up?'
Clarke followed Finn into another room where they sat on a couch, Finn sitting quite close to her. 'So tell me a bit about yourself' 'Like what?' asked Clarke quizzically. 'Like, what's your story? You seem new to all of this. Were you one of those girls in High School that just stayed at home all the time reading?' Clarke had a weary smile, 'Kind of, yeah. I was home-schooled. This is the first time I've been free in my whole life'.
Finn was taken aback, 'Whoa, that must have been rough. If I was home-schooled I'd have went out of my mind!' They both laughed, 'Well luckily I'm still sane, or at least I think I am, you tell me?' Finn laughed, 'Yeah you seem sane enough to me. But then again, everyone's a little crazy'.
Clarke laughed, and slowly stopped and just smiled at Finn who was gazing at her. 'What?' Finn raised an eyebrow, 'You're looking at me funny' stated Clarke. 'I'm not' 'Yes you are!' insisted Clarke.
'I'm just taking in your features. You're really beautiful'. Clarke clenched her jaw, 'Oh don't worry! I only mean it as a compliment. I'm with Raven' Clarke relaxed once again as Finn laughed, but he placed a hand on her knee which made Clarke uncomfortable. Finn had seemed like a nice guy, but he said it himself, he was with Raven, yet he was acting like this? Clarke didn't know what to do so she just said she had to go to the bathroom and then got up and left.
As she pushed through the crowds on the stairs she found her way to the queue for the bathroom. Clarke leaned against the wall taking a place in the line. She thought about the way Finn was acting and felt disgusting and then guilty because Raven was so good to her. As all of these ideas ran through her head a familiar voice called her name. It was Raven.
'Hey there Princess, where's Bellamy? You two seemed to be hitting it off last I saw'. Clarke smiled weakly, 'He got called away to deal with some girl trying to go skinny dipping'. Raven nodded her head smiling, 'It was probably his sister Octavia. She's still in High School so he was just protecting her as always. Anyway, what are you doing besides queuing up to pee?' Clarke shrugged her shoulders, 'Nothing really. I don't even need to pee'. Raven's face lit up, 'Then you're coming with me' Clarke raised an eyebrow as the Latina girl took her hand and led her off to another room, 'Where are we going?'
Raven smirked at Clarke as they stood face to face at a closed door for a moment. Clarke could smell the shorter girl's hair and could feel the warmth of her breath on her skin. It wasn't until now that Clarke could see just how beautiful Raven's face was, brown eyes staring up meeting her blue. Clarke's hand trembled slightly in Raven's as she spoke to her, 'It's time we start ticking off your To-Do list of life and that means playing a game of Never have I ever'.
And with that, Raven opened the door to a room of seven people just sitting chilling out. 'Clarke, meet; Jasper, Monty, Maya, Harper, Millar, Monroe and Fox. These are the cool kids'. 'Oh hah hah, your sarcasm is undetectable' replied Millar. The small Asian boy from earlier was here. She sat down across from him.
'Ok guys, Clarke here was home-schooled and has never played Never have I ever before, so it's up to us to give her a good game'. 'Why don't we just play all of the drinking games, like Kings Cup, Truth or Dare and dare I say it, Spin the bottle?' replied a ginger girl. 'Sounds good to me?' smiled Clarke.
'Ok, well let's get started then. It sounds like it's going to be a long night. Have we enough alcohol?' asked Raven looking around the room. Then the Asian boy hopped up, disappeared behind the bed and arrived back with a 24 pack. 'I have another two under the bed'. Raven beamed brightly, 'That a boy Monty'. And with that, the game began.