This was going to be a quick fluffly little 100 one-shot about our resident little techie, but somehow this has turned into more. Now readers, you know the deal. The 100 is not owned by me, nor are any of its characters. This is fan fiction for a reason boys and girls.
Themes: Romance, Ark-life
Leah Pentecost was the daughter of a Hydro mechanic and an Agro scientist, so needless to say when Sinclair approached her about entering the Engineering program her parents were ecstatic. Engineers were some of the most respected members of Ark, Leah knew she should also be jumping for joy but she couldn't shake the feeling that she was not meant to be an engineer. It was true she had her clever moments but she had always planned on being a mechanic like her father. Engineers designed, weighed outcomes, did math... none of that seemed like her cup of tea. She liked getting her hands dirty.
Leah walked into Sinclair s office, Monty Green sat in one of the two chairs that were on the opposite side of Sinclair s desk. It looked as though Sinclair had attempted to make his office a tad tidier for their meeting. Another older boy stood behind Sinclair, he gave her a once over probably trying to figure out how this tiny girl would ever survive the engineering program. "Miss Pentecost. Please, have a seat." Sinclair said with a huge smile. Leah knew why Monty and her were there, they had the top grades they always had. However in recent years Monty became more of a goof-off than an studious good boy. She shut the office door behind her before taking a seat next to Monty. She smiled at him as she sat down he smiled but quickly looked away. "Mr. Green, Ms. Pentecost congratulations and welcome to Engineering. Normally we accept the top five but this year we have only accepted two."
"So don't fuck up." The man behind Sinclair said simply. Leah now understood why he looked her over so intently. This year they were only accepting two students into their program.
"Kyle, please." Sinclair snapped at the man. "The gentleman behind me will be your mentor, Kyle Wick. You will be going to your normal classes as well as report to me three days a week after class for additional class. Then..."
"Two days a week you squirts will be with me. Practical application skills, Sinclair can teach you everything but if you can't apply it, you are worthless." Kyle interrupted. "So this is your chance to drop out if you don't think you can handle it. Don't waste our time." This man was a dick.
"Kyle, I have no doubt that either of these two will waste our time. They are both brilliant, and if you don't stop trying to scare them away I will get someone else to be their mentor. Kyle, will be here for any questions you all might have and he had promised me to actually be of assistance not just patronize you I promise." Sinclair seemed genuinely happy and excited for their joining of the program. "I say we get our official start tomorrow. Enjoy your last night of relaxing evenings for a while. Thank you Mr. Green, Ms. Pentecost, you are both now excused."
"Sir, before I leave can I ask a question." Monty's voice actually caught Leah off guard. "Why are you only accepting two applicants this year?"
"Your year's scores on the practical applications tests were some of the worst we've ever seen." Sinclair answered honestly. "Like Kyle said, if you can't apply the knowledge you are worthless. You two are the only two that actually meet the full qualification without lowering the bar, but as you know next year your year is retested and may be accepted into the program at a later date." Well, at least Sinclair was honest, Leah couldn't help the urge she felt to just stand up and walk out of the room and never come back. She didn't even want to be an engineer and to hear that she was one of only two the qualified to entered the program this year. "Did that answer your question Mr. Green?"
"Yes sir." Monty answered simply, it was a small detail but she noticed his hand was clenched tightly to his leg. Perhaps Monty felt the same way she did. An unnerving feeling about this program.
"Then you are both excused, I will see you here tomorrow." Sinclair said simply.
Leah and Monty both stood at the same time, Leah nodded politely to Sinclair and then to Kyle. Monty beat her to the door and opened it and walked out into the corridor, as she was closing the door she heard Kyle tell Sinclair that he didn't think they'd last a week. She looked up to speak to Monty but she saw Jasper Jordan was already standing there waiting for him further down the corridor. Instead of mentioning it she decided to let it go and followed Monty down the corridor.
Jasper Jordan was leaning against the wall and when the two of them got closer and pushed himself off the wall. "Leah, I didn't expect to see you here. I mean I knew you were smart but damn. Engineering? Congratulations." Jasper was smiling sincerely.
"Thanks. I'll see you both tomorrow then?" She asked kindly trying to feign a smile.
"Of course," Jasper was beaming. Monty however looked still on edge. Leah's eyes fell on Monty longer than intended because Jasper ended up shoving an elbow into his side, "right Monty?"
Monty seemed to almost wake up with the jolt he looked harshly at Jasper, a look that said he had no idea what that action had been for and as Jasper's eyes bounced from Monty to Leah and back Monty apparently understood his unspoken words. "Oh yeah. Sure." He said agreeing even though Leah was pretty sure he had no idea what he was agreeing too.
"Then I'll be leaving first, Hydro is a bit further walk than Agro." She said politely before walking past the boys.
"Pentecost. Pentecost is the other applicant? Seriously. Sounds like someone is a lucky bastard." Jasper said watching the girl walk away. Long legs, petite build but tall, dark hair that seemed to fall perfectly around her face to highlight her gorgeous blue eyes. "Please say you aren't still considering dropping out. I mean you get to have late long nights with the queen of Hydro." Jasper said still admiring the sight until she turned the corner.
Monty punched him in the shoulder. "Yeah, late long nights of algorithms. How sexy." Jasper grinned at him and Monty couldn't help but laugh. "Come on, lets get back. That meeting was stressful as fuck, Sinclair was smiling while telling us we are it and he doesn't have other options while the other dick basically said we were a waste of time." Monty said as he started down the hall, Jasper following right behind matching his pace at his side.
"I'm just saying I would waste a ton of time on Pentecost. Why aren't the girls on Agro that hot?" Jasper said still grinning. "I mean, their hot but they know they are. Pentecost is so fucking innocent about it. She doesn't even seem to notice when boys flirt with her. Atom was hitting on her in class for a good hour and she never seemed to notice she just kept getting annoyed that he couldn't keep up with her."
"Maybe she just doesn't care. Much to your surprise not everyone thinks about sex constantly like you do." Monty poked fun at his best friend.
"Then those people are wrong." Jasper said laughing.
Leah walked into her families compartment and saw John sitting on the couch. Her father must not have been home yet, since she still heard her mother in the kitchen making dinner. "I'm home!" She announced.
"Not that anyone cares." John said simply from the couch. He was playing with a simple ball throwing it up and catching it and repeating the action.
Leah's mother came into the main compartment and smiled at her daughter. "Your father will be back soon, then dinner, then I want to hear all about your meeting with Sinclair." She was beaming as she walked over and hugged her daughter kissing her gently on the head.
Leah looked past her mother to John laying on the couch who rolled his eyes and got up and walked into his room. John was a ward of her father, his father had been floated and his mother had passed away, since her father was friends with John's father he offered to take the boy. Converting her mothers office space into a third bedroom for him he was permitted to move in. He had lived with them for about a year and a half now. Leah smiled at her mother "I'm going to go change, for dinner." She said simply, escaping her mother's embrace.
She walked towards her room next to John's as her mother escaped back to the kitchen. When she opened the door she saw John laying on her bed, like it was his own, shoes and all. "When are you going to tell them you don't want to do it?" He asked as he tossed his ball up in the air and caught it once more.
She stormed over as he did it again and caught it before he could while in was in the air. "Who says I don't want to do it?" She asked coldly. She swatted at his feet. "Get your nasty shoes off my bed. Have you never heard of manners before?" She was aggravated, not at John but at her circumstances. He was right, she didn't want to be an engineer, but she also didn't want to tell her parents she didn't want to do it. "You are suppose to knock before entering a ladies bedroom." She said simply as he sat up and glared at her.
"You weren't in here yet, so it doesn't matter. Plus if you don't want me to come in block the panel in the closet." He said simply. The two rooms shared a wall between their closets with a loose panel that allowed for a quick and simple way to pass between the rooms, she often used it as a child to explore her mother's office. Now that John lived over there, they used it to move between the two rooms without being noticed by her parents.
Though he lived with them, she was sure her mother would prefer that her daughter never spoke to John. He was a bad boy, if she fell into his troubles she could end up in the Skybox, it still surprised them that John hadn't ended up their yet. "I might as well give it a shot... I mean how am I suppose to know if I don't like something until I try it." Leah said in almost defeat. She didn't believe her words and the look that John gave her said he didn't believe it either.
"Whatever you say Leah," he said simply before standing up and taking his ball back from her hand. She let it go without much trouble, he stood by her side, facing away from her. "But you know you should probably try enjoying life eventually." With that he walked towards her closet and walked into it closing the door behind him. Within moments she heard him throwing that damn ball against the wall that they rooms shared.
Leah wasn't sure if was the repetitive noise of the ball hitting the wall that was making her blood boil or if it was the fact that he was right. John was not allowed to be right, about anything in her opinion especially not anything directly concerning. She in frustration walked to her open closet and tore the door open and pushed a large box in front of the loose panel before slamming the door shut. He would have had to hear that because shortly after the ball stopped hitting the wall. She walked over to her drawers and pulled out a simple sweater. She walked over to her bed tossing the sweater on the bed before stripping her current shirt and tossing to to the side. She pulled on the sweater and sat on her bed, pulling her legs to her, hugging them. She buried her face into her knees unsure if she wanted to scream or cry. She didn't know what she wanted and it was going to drive her insane.
She heard her father come in and shook her negative feelings quickly and put that fake smile back on her across her lips as she walked back out into her families main compartment. She could figure out her life later, right now she had to convince herself and her parents that she was excited about more work than any fifteen year old should have to endure.
