Chapter 1.

They meet for the first time.

First day of college. Clarke was excited and nervous at the same time. Finally getting out of high school and all the drama that went with it. She was sure, this was going to be a good year.

She thought about Finn, the boy she had left behind, well he actually broke up with her, something about starting fresh whenn going to college. Or more like, wants to meet new girls and party.

It stung a little when she thought about him, he had gotten into the same college as her NYU, but she never got a confirmation about wether or not he was going to go there.

She was standing outside the school when she heard a familiar voice.

"Hey." It was Raven, her best friend. They had planned college for so long, and both wanted to go to NYU, so when they both got accepted to the same school there was nothing but joy.

Clarke smiled. "Hey, where have you been? I've waited for like 30 minutes already."

Raved shrugged her shoulders. "You know, I'm new here. Found this great coffee shop down the street, forgot the time I guess. There's so much to see."

"I know, it's amazing. I promise you, this will be the best year ever.!"

Both girls laughed. Clarke took Raven's hand and guided her inside.

"Come on, lets find our room, I'm dying to unpack."

They ran inside, found their room and started settling in.

"You know, this is pretty amazing." Raven said.

"I know. Ohh and by the way, I know this is the first day, but I heard some guys talking about a party tonight."

Raved gave Clarke a tired look. "Ugh. I don't know, I'm tired today."

"Yeah well, we should get out there, make some friends."

"Why do I need friends when I have you?" Raved asked quirking her eyebrow.

Clarke tossed a pillow at her and laughed. "Because I'd rather not get tired of your ass too soon."

"Haha! You could never get tired of me." Raved said.

"True story." Clarke replied. Then she laid herself down on the bed, facing the ceiling. "But seriously, I wanna go. It will be good for us. We will get dolled up, meet some guys purhaps?"

"You wanna meet boys?" Raven said. "I thought you wanted to wait after Finn?"

"Stupid Finn." Clarked mumbled. "I'm not looking for anything serious. I just wanna have a good time." She said.

"Fine." Raved complained.

In an apartment downtown Octavia was bugging the crap out of Lexa, and now she was getting pretty tired of it.

"Seriously, can you just leave me alone already?"

"Never." Octavia said. "Look, you've been a mess this last year, with the whole girlfriend dumping and all.."

"I didn't get dumped." Lexa was quick to reply.

"Really?" Octavia said and laughed.

"She moved away remember? That's not to same thing as being dumped."

Octavia giving her a dumb smile. "Yeah it's the same thing. Doesn't matter what happened. She dumped you. And now I think it's time for you to stop being so miserable, you're grumpy and it's affecting all of us."

"All of us? Who is all of us?" Lexa replied.

"Fine, it's affecting me the most. I'm your room mate and I say it's about time you found someone new."

Lexa was about to say something, but Octavia held her hand up to Lexa's face. "If not for something serious, then at least just to have som fun. Everyone needs a rebound. Even tho you should have had yours a little while back."

Lexa shook her head. "I'm not so sure that's a good idea. Besides, you know I'm not the one night stand type."

Octavia was getting tired of this. "I know you are working tonight, but after work I expect you to show up at Lincoln's party. That's not a question young lady, that's an order."

Lexa huffed. "Maybe."

"No, not maybe. Bring your make up and a change of clothes to work, and I will see you there right?" Octavia looked at her. Lexa decided it would just be easier to just say yes, and bail early on the party.

"Sure, I'll go. But just because you desperatly want me to."

Octavia smiled. "That's good enough reason for me." Satisfied with herself to put on some shoes and walked towards the door. "I'm gonna go buy some beer, you go to work, we will talk later."

Before Lexa could say alright she was halfway out the door.

Lexa looked at her phone. It was almost time for work, so she got up and left for work.

Back at her room Clarke had waited for Raven to get back for some time now. Raven had gotten a text, but didn't want to say who it was from. Shortly after she had left, telling Clarke she just needed some air. Well it had been 40 minutes now, how much air did she really need?

Clarke decided she wasn't going to sit alone in her room so she texted Raven telling her about her going out.

After wandering around for some time she saw this cute little coffee shop, and it wasn't too crowded. All the other ones she had seen on her way had been packed with peolpe. She thought maybe this one she could actually get a cup of coffee without having to wait forever. Just as she was about to walk thru the door this brunette pushed passed her breathing "I'm sorry" under her breath. Clarke got annoyed. But didn't think much of it, she found a table almost at the back of the shop, wanting to be alone and not have other people sit at her table. She saw the same woman putting and apron on and walking towards her table.

"Hey, what can I get you today?" The girl said.

Clarke looked at her. Hmm, she was really beautiful, she must get a lot of tip from the guys in this place.

"You were late today?" Clarke said.

"Exscuse me?" The waitress said. A little surprised

"You almost ran me over coming thru the door." Clarke pointed out.

"Ohh.. I'm sorry. Yeah I started my shift 15 minutes ago, but New York traffic doesn't always want me to be on time." She laughed.

Clarke couldn't help but laugh a little too. Oh my god, this girl had the most amazing smile. Clarke looked at her name tag. "So... Lexa, what can you recommend for me?"

Lexa tilted her head. "Well that depends, what are you in the mood for? Are you eating or just grabbing a coffee?"

Clarke hadn't eaten in a while, and decided it would be good to eat a little before going out tonight.

"You know, I think I will have something to eat. But..." Clarke said. Stopping a little. " I'm feeling a little adventurous today, so just bring me whatever you would order and a coffee."

Lexa's face looked like a questionmark. "Alright." She said. And went back inside with her order. She quickly returned with her coffee.

"Her you go." She sat it down

"Thank you." Clarke said. Before Lexa could turn and walk away, Clarke stopped her. "Hey."

Lexa turned around. "Yes?"

Clarke lost her mind a little, forgetting what she was about to say. " Umh... How far from here is NYU?"

"NYU? You go there?" Before Clarke could answer Lexa's manager called on her. She gave Clarke an apologetic look and turned to leave.