Raven sighed deeply as she entered the college; her roommate, Clarke had woken her up as she left for her first day on placement as junior doctor. Clarke said she wanted to be sure that Raven was not late for her first day of the new college year, Raven responded by throwing her pillow at the girl annoyed that she had been woken up two hours before she had planned. The engineering student lay for a while after her roommate left trying to fall back asleep before she gave up and got ready for the day.
It never took Raven long to get ready, all she had to do was get dressed and pull her hair (still damp from her shower the night before) up into a high pony, she grabbed her backpack and an energy drink as she left. It was clear that she was not in a good mood, given the looks she received on her short walk to the campus Raven knew it was obvious but she didn't mind if the slow walkers got out of her way.
When she got to the college at 7:30, there was hardly anyone around and even the small on campus cafes had yet to open. She found herself heading to the building she spent the most time in: the engineering and computing block which in her opinion had the best café on campus, she sat in one of the booths admiring the obnoxious architecture and furniture of the school. It was not the best college in the city but it definitely was the most modern.
As she reached down to pull her laptop out of her backpack a girl caught her eye; she was tall with dark hair that lightened at the ends, she had dark eyes that didn't look up from the ground and a spattering of seemingly perfectly placed freckles. Freckles had always been something that Raven found interesting; she had always found the patterns they made fascinating and endearing, not that she'd ever tell Bellamy that, that boy already had far too much self confidence in Raven's opinion. The girl that Raven had been staring at sat timidly moving a hand to nervously adjust her bangs; eyes still not daring to leave the floor.
For some reason Raven was determined to catch her eye, just to smile at her. She was sure she must have already with the way she had been staring but the girl's eyes remained on her hands as she nervously fidgeted with her hands. It felt like she must have been staring at her for an hour before she gave up and decided to approach the timid girl. Even as Raven approached the girl's eyes remained down, Raven began to panic; what was she going to say? Why did she care if this girl didn't look at her? What if the girl wants to be left alone? Raven was not very used to this, she was normally filled with confidence; she put it down to her early start.
"Hey.." Raven started unsure, the girl's eyes finally left her hands and for a split second all Raven could see was her fear, she brought herself to speak again, "Can I sit?" It came out soft and gentle which surprised Raven she had no idea what was going on with her today.
"Yeah," the girl managed to squeak out then cleared her throat.
"I'm Raven," Raven introduced herself sitting across from the girl, glad she had her confidence back.
"Cora," the girl, Cora nodded back at her.
"It's nice to meet you.. So, do you normally get here this early? I've never seen it this quiet," Raven attempted to make conversation.
"Yeah, I hate being late, so I always tend to be here pretty early but normally at least one of my friends is here by now," She sighed smiling.
"Well my roommate woke me up at 5:30, I am not normally in at this time. I'd still be in bed." Raven grumbled earning a small smile from the girl.
There was a silence that fell upon the two, it was clear that the nervous girl had no response and Raven could read the awkward panic on her face; anyone could.
"So, what's your major?" Raven asked breaking the silence.
"Cyber Security, you?"
"Mechanical Engineering… you don't really seem the computer geek type…" Raven trailed off awkwardly praying this would not end up in another painfully awkward silence.
Cora shrugged at her and as she was about to respond Raven heard a gruff 'Hey' from behind her. The guy sat next to Cora before he noticed Raven who was panicking which was very unlike her. 'Damn it Clarke, I need my sleep' she thought to herself.
"I'm gonna go check out the new lab on the 6th floor, it was nice to meet you.." Raven forced out quickly before grabbing her backpack and practically running to the bathroom.
'God, what is my problem today?' she thought washing her face with cold water to try and hid the very uncharacteristic blush on her cheeks. She decided instead of showing her face back in the café she'd rather spend the next hour wandering around campus.