AN: Hey Guys : ) This is a Clexa FanFiction with other ships. It will be a slow burn, but I hope you enjoy it.. Let me know what you think.
POV will change from Chapter to Chapter.
May we meet again ! (I'm from Germany so there will be mistakes :D I hope you don't mind too much)
1. Going to High School... Again (C)
„Clarke I swear if you don't calm down I'll be right over and hit you with your dumb Shakespear guy books!" This is the way of Raven Reyes to help people calm – it doesn't help.
Clarke is still sitting on her bathroom floor, phone clung between her ear and shoulder, breathing heavily into it.
„I-I .. doo-on't … wanna go…" Talking is difficult. She is about to have a panic attack. She knows, but she can't help herself, she never can.
„Okay Clarke. Where is Finn? Should I call him? You know I will. No wait fuck off. I'm coming, just hold on and try to breath in and out and in and out, you know what I mean. Or don't you? Yeah yes you know."
She wants to laugh, but she can't. Raven is just being Raven, a great friend who is a genius, but gets really clueless when people are feeling bad. They have known eachother since High School, after that went to college together. Clarkes other best friend is Octavia. Octavia is a little bit younger than Claven (Raven is 100% sure Claven would be their ship name if they were famous), but still is their best friend and drink buddy even if she isn't allowed to drink - legally…
Where's Finn? Clarke is trying to breathe and think normally, she remembers Finn getting out of bed to work, wishing her good luck and pressing a kiss to her forehead – like he always does.
Lifting herself up from the cold bathroom floor, Clarke stumbles into the kitchen. Heart beating fast into her chest.
You got this Griffin, you've handled worse than this.
She puts her phone done on the counter, pours herself a glass of water, takes a look at the clock and drinks some water.
„Griffin, are you still there? I'll be there in 2 minutes. Okay make it 4, I need a little bit to climb that stupid stairs or did you call the house administration yet about the broken elevator like I told you to do?"
„Raven, I didn't." Her breathing is slowing down, finally, she can take one deep breath and relax a little bit.
„Wow three words without stuttering, that's great! I'm such a genius at handling this shit." She can imagine Ravens self-impressed smile.
Clarke grumbles. There is only one person who loves Raven more than Clarke does – and it is Raven.
„Okay I'm right in front of you fancy apartment. See you soon, Princess!" Raven hangs up.
After unlocking the door Clarke sits down on their couch. Raven is right, she's living a fancy good life. Her apartment with Finn is huge and near the city, their having a great view over the Grounders Park, but also they have no trouble seeing the Ark Stadion.
Both their parents are loaded with money, so they have no problem with giving some to their children.
The door opens and seconds later Raven flops next to Clarke releasing her out of her thoughts, putting one arm around her.
„You know, you should call this janitor if you still want me to visit!"
Clarke lets out a snort and cuddles into Raven, she's definitely feeling better having someone right beside her.
"I'm not quite sure why it almost happened. You know? I'm excited for this new job; I want to teach these teenagers something. I just had a bad feeling that something will happen and I won't have any control about it..."
"Like tripping over something and students putting it on Youtube? Because this would be a cool Raven thing." Clarke tries her best not to laugh, but she fails absolutely.
"Yeah Raven I remember you putting up that video of Ms Green and getting suspended from school for 2 days-" Her blue eyes are shining, her smile is almost without concern.
"Totally worth it.. So are you ready to leave soon? I can take you and pick you up later" Raven offers.
"No I'm totally fine driving myself. They didn't call me 'Space Race Girl' for fun." The blonde smirks.
"And we don't call you Princess for fun. Okay mostly we do, but you are such a little cute princess aren't you?" Raven says in a childlike voice while pinching Clarke's cheek.
"Okay you can leave now. Thanks for the comfort!" Clarke pushes Raven up from the couch, shoves her through the door and closes it behind her.
"SO THAT'S HOW YOU TREAT SOMEONE WHO JUST GAVE YOU ALL YOU NEEDED? GONNA REMIND THAT" Raven speaks extremely loud, so (hopefully) every neighbour hears it.
So there it is. Polis High School. Clarke is excited to be back, this place is filled with memories.
She remembers kissing Finn for the first time behind the trees so nobody could see them.
She remembers feeling butterflies while kissing him, when she kisses him now she doesn't feel butterflies – but that's normal, she tells herself.
She remembers getting into a fight with Jasper about something really stupid, nevertheless she wanted to punch him, but Raven interrupted quickly.
She remembers smoking her first joint behind the gym hall with Raven, Monty and Jasper. They nearly got caught, but somehow they managed to get away before Ms Green saw them.
Clarke snaps out of her thoughts by her phone. Four new messages.
Finn (7:34am) – Hey princess. I'm proud that those students will call you Misses Collins one day. Text me as soon as you can. Good luck!
She responds quickly.
Clarke (7:36am) – Hey Skywalker. Thanks! I'm going in now and meet Mister Kane. Love you.
Oisthebest PowerPuffGirls: We're back bitches! At least Clarke is back at Polis. I miss that good old school. Clarke, kick some asses, but don't get fired.
Rayisevenbetter PowerPuffGirls: O, you're not supposed to support Clarke in kicking her students. Clarke, don't kick some asses, just focus on everything but kicking asses okay?
Oisthebest PowerPuffGirls: Clarke should kick asses, considering that this will make the students respect her. I heard there's this girl everybody loves and fears. Kick her ass. Gotta go. Text if you can.
Clarke PowerPuffGirls: I'm sorry O but I won't kick any asses. I will report as fast as I can. Griffin Over.
Clarke turns off her phone, so nothing can go wrong. The walk through the school is familiar and soon she is in front of the principal's office. Marcus Kane was once Clarkes Art teacher.
Before High School Clarke was 100% sure she would be a doctor like her mother, but Marcus Kane opened her heart to Art and suddenly she wanted to open hearts to Art as well.
She knocks on the door and hears a muffled sound from inside which sounds like "Come in". After taking a deep breath she opens the door and sees her former Art teacher sitting at a desk, working on some papers.
When he looks up from his works a huge smile is plastered on his face.
He quickly gets up and approaches Clarke.
"Wow look at you. You have become a woman!" He smiles softly at her.
Clarke smirks, "That is what happens after turning 21!" She couldn't hold back that one.
"Still the same cheeky girl I know." Marcus lets out a chuckle and moves back to sit down at his desk. "Please sit down. I have to tell some things that changed after you left Polis High School."
She sits down and she notices that Marcus Kane didn't change a lot through the past six years. He is wearing his beard and hairs slightly longer, a few grey hairs between his brown.
"So let's start with the most important thing first. This is your contract for the next year, you just have to sign here and you're a official teacher at Polis High School" He puts a sheet of paper in front of her. After reading roughly through it Clarke signs it and gives it right back to Marcus.
"We, the teachers, usually call each other by our first name, if that's okay with you?"
Clarke nods, "Yeah no problem." I really don't mind calling Mister Kane Marcus, but calling Misses Green Indra is kind of weird.
"The rules haven't changed since you left. No kissing in the hallways is still a thing." He gives Clarke a wink and she feels her cheek slightly changing colours. She remembers making out with Finn between breaks and getting caught by Mister Kane.
Marcus continues, "Also you should know that we have a student who gets called 'Heda', we have no idea what it means, but the students adore or fear her. Her real name is Lexa and if she respects you, the others also will. She is in your class after lunch break. Sometimes she's a handful, but she is very smart. You don't really have to worry about it. Just try to get along with her and everything will work out." He gives her an assuring smile.
"That's it? I'm quite excited to go, start working." Clarke responses.
"Yes that's it. Here are the keys to your classroom 214." He lays the keys in her hands. "Feel free to colour it, if you want"
A few students are in the hallways now, looking at Clarke like she has fallen from the sky.
Walking through the halls she sees a lot of couples holding hands. How to they keep it there?
She remembers sneaking out of class to have a little bit fun with Finn. They were horny all the lost in her thoughts she bumps into someone.
"Oh I'm really sorry. I should have watched!" Clarke apologizes, when she looks up her eyes locks on Indra Green.
"It's is indeed true that you're now a teacher at Polis High School." Indra states coldly.
Clarke straightens up, she isn't a student anymore and she isn't scared of Indra Green anymore – she tries to tell herself, because that woman is intimidating.
"Yes Misses Green, I mean Indra, I'm the new Art and English Teacher", Clarke responds casually.
"Tell Octavia not to be late for kickboxing." And with that Indra leaves.
Indra is a sports teacher. Octavia and Indra have bonded over kickboxing.
Even after Octavia has graduated Indra still trains her.
Octavia calls her 'her mentor'.
Raven and Clarke don't try to argue her anymore.
Making her way over to her classroom, Clarke hears a lot of students murmuring about "who dat blonde beauty is". Some boys shout hottie or sexy after hear, she tries to save those faces in her brain. With a little bit of luck they will have her as a teacher.
When she reaches her classroom she unlocks the door. She is just about to get in when a stern voice commands out "Shof op" and suddenly everything is quiet.
She tries to localize the voice, but can't. So she lets it go and focuses back on her classroom.
The classroom is white and clean. Too white and too clean for Clarke. She decides she will paint the walls with some students.
Lunch break comes too soon for Clarke. Her first classes went very well and the students liked her so far.
She wanted to get to know the students and managed to get a lot of information about Polis High School.
Echo told her that there are different groups around Polis. For example Echo belongs to the Grounders. They are mostly kids who are athletes and live near Grounders Park.
Then there are Arkers like Wick. They are all over mechanics and live around Ark Stadion.
Roan is an Azgeda. They mostly live outside of town and are really into doing nothing, because they are rich. Roan's mother Nia is a politician.
There are also a lot of other groups, which Clarke can't recall. She just knows that there were fights between the different groups until 'Heda' came along and united all of them. Now there aren't any fights anymore.
Clarke sits next to Bellamy Blake, whose Octavia older brother, a good friend and also a teacher at Polis. Clarke is quite relieved that she knows someone here except Indra and Marcus.
"How it is going Princess?" He asks while taking a big bite from his sandwich.
"Really good. Students are cool so far. But I have to admit that I'm nervous..."
Bellamy raises an eyebrow, "And why is that?"
"Everybody keeps talking about this Lexa girl and she happens to be on my class right after lunchbreak." Clarke lets out a sigh and eats a bit of her salad.
"Oh" Bellamy pads her back, "You don't have to be nervous. She's just another girl. Maybe she seems like a badass, but she only wants what is best for the students. If you don't harm anyone there shouldn't be a problem"
Clarke nods and changes the subject. They have a easy conversation over lunch, when the bell rings, Clarke can feel her stomach swirling.
Griffin you've got this. She reassures herself..