(A/N) Hi there! So this is my first Bering and Wells fic (And also my first crossover!) As a lot of you are going to notice, I know next to nothing on how the American high school system works (Curse my British heritage!) All I know is what i've learnt from google and the occasional person on Tumblr... So just a heads up, not everything is going to be accurate (for example I'm not sure if there is home room everyday...but there is in the UK high schools...) I'm going to stop rambling now... Enjoy!
Emma Swan walked down the hallway, timetable in hand.
New family, new town. New school.
The third new school this semester in fact. Somehow the blonde had been picked up by another family and shipped off to South Dakota without so much as a chance to catch her breath.
Emma pushed the thoughts of her new "family" to the back of her mind and busied herself with studying each classroom in a desperate attempt to find her home room before the bell rang. She could feel eyes on her from every direction, a feeling she had become more than accustomed to, it was part of the role as "new kid". Self consciously Emma pulled her jacket tighter around herself, it was worn and old, but it had been with Emma for the past two years of her short life.
Emma glanced down at the timetable in her hands once more,
and crashed into an unsuspecting girl
"I am so sorry!" she squeaked, dropping to the floor to begin the process of picking up her books, Emma stared down at the brunette for a moment before dropping to her knees to help
"No, I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going..." Emma trailed off with a nervous laugh as she picked up the girls notebook and holding it out in her direction, the girls face was hidden from Emma's view as a mass of curls covered her face.
"Thank you" the girl replied, finally meeting Emma's eyes, who in response held their gaze
"No problem" Emma made the move to stand, awkwardly holding her hand out for the girl who took it thankfully. Emma was surprised to find the girl slightly taller than herself, dressed smartly and a mass of curls which were now framing her face.
"Sorry but...could you help me out? Kinda lost" Emma laughed again
"Oh sure, yeah, you're new?"
"Just moved here, I'm Emma, Emma Swan" Emma smiled
"Myka Bering, is that your timetable?" Myka asked pointing to the crumpled up piece of paper in Emma's hand
"oh shit" Emma tried to smooth the paper out as best she could before handing it over to Myka. Myka studied the paper for a moment before smiling in Emma's direction
"You're lucky, we're in the same home room" Myka smiled brighter when she heard Emma let out a sigh of relief "We're also in English, Calculus and Gym together"
"Is it bad that I'm actually glad I knocked you over?" Emma asked sheepishly
"Not at all" Myka laughed "It must be tough being new"
Emma leant against a locker "You'd think it'd get easier, but it really doesn't" she shrugged
"Come on, I'll show you where home room is, I'll introduce you to my crazy little group of friends as well"
"That sounds like a plan Myka Bering" Emma laughed and followed Myka down the corridor, quickly falling into step with her
"So, how are you finding Univille?" Myka asked
"It's...different." Emma frowned
"That's one way to put it" Myka chuckled "How long have you been here?"
"About three days" Emma mumbled. The pair fell into silence as they navigated the busy corridor, Myka glanced towards Emma's direction, Emma had wrapped her arms around herself. Myka took this as a sign to change the subject immediately.
"Just a heads up, Pete's a bit of a pig, but he's sweet, if he says anything that annoys you or if he hits on you too much, just ignore him and he'll get distracted by another girl with a pulse." Myka grinned as they stopped outside a classroom "Okay, here we are, you're lucky, we have a good home room, no jocks or bitchy cheerleaders you know?"
"Do I ever..." Emma sighed "After you" The blonde opened the door allowing Myka to pass through. Emma took a brief moment to take a deep breath, never had she made a friend this fast when joining a new school, could she call Myka a friend? Well she certainly wasn't running for the hills after meeting the blonde, but hey, the day was young. There was plenty of time for Myka and her friends to see Emma and decide she wasn't worth their time, she was too fucked up to maintain any form of friendship. After pushing her nerves down Emma followed Myka into the almost empty room, most of the other students hadn't shown up- why would they? There was still ten minutes before the bell would even ring, sat in the corner of the room were a boy and a girl, having a seemingly intense conversation between themselves. Emma followed Myka towards them
"How can you say Kill Bill 2 is better than the first one?! Seriously Ruby, I'm honestly considering re-evaluating our friendship here" The boy spoke sincerely, shaking his head in the process
"It has better fight scenes!" Ruby replied, her voice growing agitated
"YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT!" Pete exclaimed
"Children, shut up" Myka sighed, both Pete and Ruby shut up immediately
"Mykes! What's up- Oh hey there" Pete's attention was focussed solely on Emma
"Hey.." Emma offered a wave
"Pete, Ruby this is Emma, she's new" Myka smiled to Emma before taking the seat in front of Ruby
"What's up, I'm Pete, Pete Lattimer, stud" Pete winked, next to him Ruby choked back a laugh
"Ruby Lucas" Ruby greeted, Emma took in the pair sat before her, Ruby was certainly dressed to kill, red streak standing out from her hair, insanely tight fitting clothes. Emma had to shake her thoughts clear before taking the seat beside Myka
"Okay Emma, settle this for us, Kill Bill one or two?" Pete asked, both him and Ruby stared at Emma as though they had just asked her the meaning of the universe
"Kill Bill 1, Lucy Liu is a bad ass mother fucker" Emma replied, Pete whooped and fist pumped the air whilst Ruby just sighed. Myka nudged Emma causing the blonde to turn her focus over to the brunette beside her
"Don't worry, you're going to fit in just fine." Myka offered a smile, seemingly picking up on Emma's insecurities.
"Thank you" Emma whispered, Myka just smiled brighter and turned her attention to the newest argument that had just begun between Pete and Ruby.
Emma just watched in amusement, the fact that she had been welcomed so openly into this small little group was not lost on her, by the time home room had finished it felt a little less alone, as though maybe, just maybe this town would be worth trying to stick around in.
Home room had been awkward, Myka hadn't been exaggerating when she had mentioned Pete, he had spent a lot of the time using terrible pick up lines, In which Emma would respond with a laugh and carry on as normal, Ruby was sweet, but seemed to spend most of the time watching Emma, as though trying to analyse the new girl.
"So where are we going?" Emma asked as she followed the group down the hall
"You, me and Pete have calculus" Myka stated "Ruby is off to Geometry" Emma heard Ruby give an unenthusiastic woop.
"Calculus sucks man" Pete drawled
"That's because you never study" Myka punched Pete in the shoulder
"Yeah that's true" Pete laughed "Emma, what about you?"
"I don't think I can even spell calculus..." Emma admitted causing Pete to laugh heartily and put an arm around Emma's shoulder
"You and me both, you are so going to fit in with us well" Pete laughed again
Emma couldn't help but smile at Pete's comment as they walked into the classroom.
"IT'S LUNCH TIME!" Pete cheered two hours later
"Could you be any more childish?" Myka asked
"What? Pete needs food" Pete pouted as he rubbed his stomach causing both Emma and Myka to shake their heads
"Come on then, let's get you fed" Myka winked as the three of them walked towards the cafeteria
"Okay Ems, time to point you out to our fellow classmates" Pete stated as they walked into the busy room
"Is this where we have a mean girls montage of you showing me all of the cliques?" Emma asked with a grin
"Pretty much, but better because I'm talking" Emma just rolled her eyes in response
"Right, so there's the football team" Pete pointed to a table of boys messing around
"Douche bags." Myka clarified
"The biggest douche bag of them all, Neal Cassidy" Pete stated gesturing to the boy at the head of the table
"Steer clear?" Emma asked
"Way clear, he's an idiot" Myka stated as they got in line. Emma hummed in agreement, she could tell just from looking at him
"The cheerleaders" Pete pointed the the centre lunch table
"Bitches" Emma stated
"Yep" Myka and Pete agreed
"Head cheerleader, Tamara, Neal's girlfriend. She will fuck you up" Pete chuckled
"Noted." Emma stated, not bothering to give a second glance to the cheerleader as she took her lunch tray, now filled with a cheeseburger, fries and a can of coke.
"On the social food chain, we rate pretty low" Myka stated as she fell into step with Emma as they both followed Pete outside to the tables
"Yeah, the only people who rate below us are the dungeons and dragons club" Pete sighed "We like to sit out here as much as we can"
"Away from the packs of low IQ teenagers?" Emma asked
"Pretty much. The others are going to like you" Pete chuckled
Emma followed Pete to a table where a girl and a boy sat chatting quietly to themselves
"Claudia, Jinksy, this is Emma Swan" Pete gestured to Emma as he sat beside Jinks
"Hey, I'm Steve, as you can tell though people tend to call me Jinks" Steve smiled warmly
"Hey" Emma greeted in response and took a seat opposite him, Myka taking the seat beside her."
"You new?" Claudia asked
"Yeah, just moved here"
"Why?" Claudia asked
"Why what?"
"Why would you move HERE?"
Emma paused for a moment, debating on whether or not to tell the truth, deciding to take a 'fuck it' attitude Emma replied
"I got adopted, my new parents moved here, my 'dad' got a new job or something..." Emma trailed off watching the groups reaction, waiting for them to see her as the fucked up kid she is and to go packing
"Oh cool" Claudia replied simply. Pete seemed to catch on to Emma's deer in headlight look
"Claudia is adopted too" he offered, Claudia hummed in agreement, Emma visibly deflated at her new-found knowledge
"No Ruby?" Steve asked
"She probably went off campus, she'll be back for next period don't worry"
"What's your next class Emma?" Steve turned his attention to the blonde who was currently stuffing fries into her mouth.
"Oh erm... World history"
"Oh sweet, you're with us and Ruby" Claudia grinned "I want to get to know Emma Swan better" Claudia leant forward to stare at Emma for a moment before turning her attention back to her own meal.
"Lucky" Pete huffed
"What?" Emma asked
"You have class with Helena and Regina" Pete pouted
"I don't know who they are..."
"Oh you will" Pete winked, even straight girls can see their hotness. Emma laughed nervously, was it too soon to tell them her sexuality? Probably.
"Pete, did you do your homework for Spanish?" Myka asked
"Erm...yeah?" Pete replied sheepishly
"Lie" Steve and Emma stated in unison causing the group to fall silent, Emma felt all eyes on her
"What?"
"You can tell when people are lying?" Claudia asked
"Yeah?"
"Oh great, now we have two human lie detectors." Pete sighed, Steve responded by throwing a french fry in Pete's direction who caught in his mouth with a grin.
Lunch passed with the group pointing out various cliques and people to avoid for Emma, according to Claudia, being the new girl will result in Emma being hounded by various cliques, or as Pete had put it "You're hot Em, those life sucking cheerleaders will be on you like a shoe sale and don't even get me started on the footballers."
Next thing Emma knew, the bell rang signalling the end of lunch
"Come on Swan, time to introduce you to the wonders of world history!" Claudia's voice was laced in sarcasm.
Emma made a mental note that this was definitely a school she wanted to stick around in.