This is like my first story for anything on here ever so be kind. I don't even know if anyone will want to read this because I have seen literally 0 Reagan x Cath fics. However, when I read the book I was super surprised that in a book about slash fiction there wasn't a fandom who did the same. I'll continue this if anyone likes it. Please review and tell me what you think so I know if anyone actually wants me to read this, what I could improve etc.
Disclaimer: I do not own fangirl but I will assume the author won't mind me borrowing her characters since she wrote a whole book about doing this.
Nepheligenous:producing clouds of tobacco smoke
Reagan walked nonchalantly up the stairs while Levi carried the boxes behind her. She flipped her long auburn hair over her shoulder and opened the door to the room at the end of the wall. It looked a bit like her room at the mental hospital. Incredibly small, just enough space for two beds and two desks. She immediately flung herself on the bed on the right and took out a cigarette.
"Ugh, I hate that I have to share a room with a freshman!" Reagan sighed and Levi smiled as he put the boxes he was carrying down next to what was now her desk.
"Hey who knows maybe she'll be hot" Levi winked at Reagan. Back in high school, Levi had been her boyfriend. They were madly in love or so they thought until college happened and they both realized the world actually had so much more to offer. Reagan repeatedly cheated on him. This helped Levi realize that he had never really been in love with Reagan… she didn't really have the right parts.
Now, Levi was happily settled with his buff boyfriend Jandro. Reagan on the other hand spent her days shagging her way around campus. She was currently juggling five boyfriends and two girls. Reagan didn't discriminate on pleasure as she always said.
"Not likely," the tall girl huffed as she walked down the hall and entered the bathroom slamming the door behind her. She was fixing up her hair when Levi called out, "Reagan your roommate is here!"
"Coming!" she kicked the door to the bathroom open and strutted back over to the room, still balancing the unlit cigarette between her lips. She halter when she saw the unknown girl standing in her room. Her eyes made a quick scan of the stranger. Chuck Taylors, blue jeans, a Simon Snow shirt, glasses and brown her up in a messy bun. A slight blush tinted the brunette's cheeks and ears when Reagan finished her inspection and extended her hand. "Reagan, and you are?"
"Cather," Levi lifted an eyebrow at Reagan, "but everyone calls me Cath."
Reagan glared at Levi over Cath's shoulder and then moved past her to grab her coat. "Pleasure, we're gonna head on out. I took that side but it doesn't matter. So if you have feng shui issues or something feel free to move my shit. Levi smiled at Cather running his fingers through his dark blonde hair as if it wasn't disheveled enough. Then followed the taller girl out. "Coming?" he asked peeking back through the door.
Reagan didn't hear Cath's answer but she figured what it was when Levi caught up to her on his own. She silently thanked whatever God was up there for Levi not questioning her about her extremely out of character reaction back there. The taller boy helped her into his truck even if their height difference wasn't much. "Forever the gentleman," Reagan huffed as Levi jumped into the driver's seat.
"Apparently, I'm not the only one," he smirked taking the cigarette from her mouth and mockingly imitated her checking Cath out then extending her hand. "Reagan, and you are?" he said in a needlessly husky voice. So much for not mentioning it she thought.
"Jerk," she pulled out a new cigarette and lighter from her purse. Lighting hers before tossing the lighter to Levi. She was just beautiful… shit I mean hot.
Levi lit his cigarette and rolled down the windows. If there was something Levi was good at was sensing when it is time to keep quiet. He'd known Reagan forever and the last time he'd seen her this distraught had been that night. He started the truck and drove with no particular direction. He knew better than to think Reagan could eat right now.
After a while of smoking in silence Reagan reached over and turned on the radio full blast. When Same Love by Macklemore started playing soon after on Levi's playlist she burst out laughing. "You are such a fucking cliché" she poked his arm and he smiled back warmly, happy to see a smile back on his friends face.
Cath had just finished unpacking her things. Her dad and Wren had gone to Wren's dorm to take her things. Cath didn't want to go see her sister be all chummy with her new best mate Caroline. She felt betrayed that her sister wouldn't want to be roommates. The only time they had been separated in their life was in the 8th grade when Wren had gone to a fashion summer camp in Washington DC for two weeks. That trip had nearly killed them both and they had spent the next 2 weeks sleeping in the same bed.
Wren had just arrived from Washington and already she was crying from relief. She jumped into her sisters arms and they spinned around and hugged. In that moment Wren wanted to tell her everything that had happened the real reason she was crying. In their 13 years of age she had never lied to Cather and doing so broke her heart but not as much as the simple thought of her sister turning away from her.
Unknown to her Cather was carrying similar feelings in her gut. Her last two weeks had been a time of unexpected occurrences which she simultaneously wanted to share with Wren and didn't. She did not know how her sister would react. Wren had always been so concerned about appearances and reputation Cath doubted she'd ever truly accept her as well… whatever she was. It wouldn't be because she thought it was wrong though, it'd be because of the social stigma that came with it.
That night both girls climbed together in Cather's bed and held whispered conversations while their father worked downstairs. Cather knew as soon as Wren fell asleep she'd have to go down and insist that he go to bed. For now it was just the two of them both weighed down by their secrets seeking comfort they could only give each other.
"Hey… Cath…" Wren whispered running her hands through her sisters hair, "I missed you"
"yeah… me too sis" Cath turned them so she was the big spoon and convinced her sister to try and sleep. Soon both girls had drifted off to sleep the last word on Cather's mind being Elizabeth.
Thank you for reading this I hope you at least mildly enjoyed it. Remember to leave a quick review and tell me what you thought and if you think I should continue this. I'm ridiculously nervous about posting this so know that any kind of feedback would probably make my year.
Love and all that,
Alex
