Impressionism

Chapter 1

"Ugh, I hate art class!" Zoe complained as she walked down the hallway, hand-in-hand with her boyfriend Zig as he walked Zoe to her class.

"It can't be that bad," Zig said. "It's only been a week, you'll get used to it eventually. At least you only need it for one school year."

"Ha, whatever," she laughed. "There is absolutely nothing that will make me like that class."

It had only been a week since the school year started and Zoe was already so bored with art class. She needed an art credit, and Zoe thought it would be best to get over with it now and take the class rather than in her senior year. Zoe knew absolutely nothing about art, she wasn't talented in drawing or painting or anything. She had no idea what 'shade' or 'tint' meant, and why exactly was abstract so important in art? It was the last class of the day and Zoe was not looking forward to it. Kissing Zig on the cheek goodbye, she walked into the art room and slumped into her seat, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Okay class," the teacher said as she walked in. "There is going a project, all the instructions will be on the paper I will hand out. You will need to work in groups of two, so partner up." Zoe sighed, looking around for someone to work with. She knew almost nobody in the class. Then, her eyes landed on Grace. Her and Grace weren't exactly friends, but they had talked to each other before. Zoe thought that she got along with Grace, which was almost weird because they were completely different. Then again, Zoe figured that she was dating Zig now after all, those rubber room kids were very alike. Figuring why not, Zoe got up from her seat and walked over towards Grace, who was sketching something on paper.

"Hi Grace!" Zoe greeted, smiling as nicely as possible down at the other girl. Grace looked up, glaring at Zoe and not saying anything. "Um," the brunette continued, tucking her hair behind her ear. "I was wondering if you would want to work together on this project, since you're the only person I really know in this class." Grace stared at her a little bit longer before answering.

"Are you sure you're not asking because I'm the best artist in the room?" Grace teased. Zoe rolled her eyes and laughed a bit.

"No, that's just a bonus," she replied. "But really, I think it would be good to work together, you know, since I'm dating Zig and you're friends with him."

"Right," the other girl stated. Grace grabbed the paper in front of her and read the instructions. "Basically all we have to do is draw portraits of each other, it's due in three weeks. We can go to my house after school." After hearing that, Zoe got excited and sat down next to Grace.

"So that means you'll work with me?" she asked, grinning ear to ear.

"That is what I just said, isn't it?" Grace replied.

After the bell rang to indicate the end of the day, Grace and Zoe put away all the supplies into their backpacks and they stood up from their seats.

"Where do you even live?" Zoe asked her as the two walked down the hallway.

"Nowhere fancy really," Grace told the other girl. "It's real boring anyways." They left the school and Grace led Zoe to her car. It was an old-fashioned car and painted black.

"Whoa, vintage," the brunette commented. "I like your car."

"Thanks." Grace replied.

When the both of them were in Grace's car and driving away from the school, Zoe began to change the stations on the radio until some pop song started blasting. Grace rolled her eyes and laughed a bit as she continued driving.

"What?" Zoe asked her, confused by the laughing.

"It's nothing," Grace answered, stopping the car. "Okay, we're here." Zoe looked outside the window, only to see a huge mansion.

"Y-you... you live here?! You said it wasn't fancy," she stuttered, her brown eyes wide in surprise. "I had no idea you were like Hollingsworth rich."

"Well, not that rich but rich enough," the other girl told her. "and it isn't fancy because I don't make a big deal about it. Besides, how else would I afford my laptop and hacker equipment?"

"Well I just assumed..." Zoe trailed off.

"Yeah, I know," Grace said. "Rubber Room kids have a bad reputation."

"No, I didn't mean that."

"It's okay, really," There was a silence between the two before Grace gathered her things and spoke up again. "Well anyways, just follow me. I'll show you around." Zoe gathered her things as well and followed Grace into the house. They walked past different rooms as Grace pointed them out. "That's the living room. Dining room. Then the kitchen. My bedroom is on the second floor." Zoe followed Grace as she walked up the stairs. When they reached the top of the stairs, Grace walked over to the first door in the hallway and opened it. The girls walked into the room and Grace closed the door behind her, waiting for Zoe to say something.

"Nice room," the brunette finally commented. The color scheme of the room was dark but it was still set up nicely. There was a large queen-sized bed in the center of the room. Then there was a sofa and an easel towards the corner of the room.

"Are you saying that sarcastically?" the blue-haired girl questioned, crossing her arms over her chest.

"No, of course not. I mean it," Zoe replied, turning towards Grace. They looked at each other for a bit before Zoe turned away, biting her lower lip. "Anyways, we should probably get started on this art stuff now. Uh, do you want to draw first or should I?"

"You can choose." Grace told her, placing her backpack on the floor.

"Okay, I guess I will model," she said. "Where should I go? On the couch or- No, against the wall." Zoe placed her backpack down as well then went over towards the door, leaning against the wall. "Like this?" the girl asked, tilting her head.

"Hmm, no. Just a move a little bit to the side," Grace mumbled, placing her hands on both sides of Zoe's arms and gently pushing her to the side. The awkward silence was there again as their eyes made contact. Grace was the one to start the kiss, pressing her lips against Zoe's. Her hands went up to cup Zoe's face as her tongue licked against the other girl's lower lip. Zoe parted her lips, kissing back just as rough, and pulling Grace by the waist so they were pressed up against the wall behind Zoe. She couldn't believe she was doing this now, she was kissing Grace. Wait, kissing Grace; she was kissing a girl. Realizing what she was doing, Zoe's hands went up to Grace's shoulders and pushed her off.

"We can't do this." she breathed, panting heavily.

"Right. Boyfriend," Grace stated bitterly, also taking deep breaths. She took a step back from Zoe and turned away. "But if you ask me, you two don't really act like a couple nowadays."

"I think I should go home," Zoe said, looking away from Grace. She went to go pick up her backpack before leaving. "I'll just walk home or something. See you in school, I guess."

"Yeah, whatever."

A/N: First multichapter fic in a while! Hopefully I actually finish this one. So basically this is set in their junior year and it starts out with Zig and Zoe dating because why not. They're not gonna last long anyways. This is T-rated for now but by chapter 3 it will be M-rated yay! Also background couples will be Triles, Zaya, and probably some Frankston. There will be like 5-7 chapters, I haven't decided yet. So yaaa, that is all. Please read and review!