Beginner's Luck

TAVROS'S POV

I kick a rock that's in front of my sneaker as I continue to walk lazily down the street. My shoulders were curled to my ears, but to me, they felt slumped. I've never been this alone before, I guess when you just move into the neighborhood the friends don't come with the utilities. School was starting tomorrow and I was nervous starting my sophomore year at a different high school. The honk of a car horn made me jolt a bit and I realize that I'm spacing out in the middle of the street. I jog across the street and shove my hands back into my pockets. I lean up against the light post and I stare down the street to the front yard of my new house. I had an unsettling feeling in the pit of my stomach and I wanted it to go away as fast as possible. But first, I had to hide so that my parents won't track me down to have me unpack my room; that alone would take me three days, and after that, I have to help rebuild the back porch with my dad. It was all such a drag. I don't understand why we couldn't have just stayed at out old house; there was nothing wrong with it! My room was perfectly unpacked and our back deck didn't have a gaping hole in the center to try to kill us when we moved the barbecue outside.

After standing by my good friend Steel Post for almost an hour, it was about three thirty in the afternoon and I was starving. I look around for a café or something but I quickly forgot that I was in a suburb, not a townhouse. I lean off the pole and start walking across the street again as slow as possible. I freeze when I hear a panicked holler.

"Out of the way!"

Before I knew it, I could feel my head bounce off the concrete and there was pressure on my chest. After sitting up as much as I could, I could feel my face heat up slightly.

"I'm sorry! What were you doing in the middle of the road?!" there was a girl straddling me, rubbing her forehead. Her long dark hair was draped over her thin shoulders and her teal eyes peered through her thin framed glasses; her left eye was darker than her right, odd. I also noticed that she was dressed pretty warm for it being 75 degrees; but then again, I'm the one wearing a sweatshirt and jeans. Don't judge a book by it's cover, right?

"I-I'm sorry! I-I wasn't paying attention-!"

"Obviously," she gets off me and holds her hand down to me, "you need help up?"

I stare at her hand for a moment before taking it and helping myself up. I see a blue cruiser bike when I'm on my feet. Maybe that's why I have a burning feeling; the tire hit me first. She brushes her jeans off and adjusts her jean jacket before looking over to me.

"I'm sorry for hitting you with my bike."

"I'm sorry for getting in the way. I'm new here, so I guess I'm not used to bikes on the road."

"Ah, makes sense. I'm Vriska," she holds her hand out sternly, "Vriska Serket."

I could feel a smile growing on my face before I took her hand again and gave it a firm shake. "Tavros Nitram."

…

I helped Vriska with her bike; the chain was off the track which was why she couldn't back pedal and activate the breaks. I had absolutely no idea on how to fix a bike chain but I gave it my best and it ended up working perfectly.

"Thanks for fixing my bike." Vriska says before hoping back on the seat.

"Well, I don't want anyone else getting hit by a cute girl on a blue cruiser." I mentally slapped, no, punched myself the moment those stinging words left my mouth. I opened my mouth to apologize to her but she was blushing with a small smile on her face.

"Um, s-since you're new to the neighborhood, I could show you around sometime. And if you ever need someone to sit next to at lunch, I'm available." Vriska points behind her. "Turn the corner and my house is on the right five houses down. It's blue,"

I smirk at how close this girl was to me.

"If you have any questions, don't be afraid to stop by."

"Okay, t-thanks again Vriska."

"For what? Not killing you?" she giggles a little bit.

"Yeah," I smile. "See ya around?"

"Definitely." After that, she took off into the sunset, her hair flicking lusciously behind her and her eyes sparkling in the dim sunlight.

I tried not to laugh at myself' I was such a romantic. Who would've ever though that my first day in a new house would turn out to be the day that I would run into a beautiful girl who happens to live close to me? And I also could've developed a concussion… but who said that unrequited love was a breeze?

MY FIRST FANFICTION CHAPTER ONE. TAVROS AND VRISKA ARE IN THEIR HUMAN FORM OR WHATEVER THE HELL YOU CALL IT.