She had no clue; none at all. For once in a very long while Aradia was stumped by a history question. That usually never happens even when they get to modern history which is her weakest subject in all of the histories.
"Well Ms. Megido, we are waiting." The teacher ever so clearly points out in front of the class. She has been out to get her since class started back in August.
Thinking it over for a little bit she shook her head before smirking ever so slightly before responding with, "It seems you have it wrong, Hitler was actually Jewish but resented it and renounced it before coming into power."
"Correct, I expected nothing less from you."
It was a crisis averted for today at least. This school was out to get her, but mostly that teacher was going to try and stump her with trick questions like that. Yet this school was not just after her to try and make her crack under the pressure, but it was out for everybody that was taking classes here. Being on basically an Ivy League school only for those who are in high school it was expected. This school was not known to the general public aside from those that are smart enough to get invited and those who shit gold. Aradia was part of the first batch, being that in history but well-rounded in other subjects or at least she liked to think.
Little did she know that as the class continued there was one set of eyes that refused to leave her even as the teacher continued to teach. They were a deep blue and came from a person whom most would not expect them to come from. They came from Equius Zahhak, and he did this a lot more often than one would allow themselves to believe. Yet he never talked to the girl he was looking at and was content to admire her from afar.
Class continued on and on, and with it being the last class of the day it was painfully slow compared to the rest. Sense Aradia already knew most of WWII she was drifting off and daydreaming. Thinking about traveling the world and discovering new ruins to explore like in Indiana Jones sort of thing. But none of that was practical after all. By doing that when the bell rang loud in her ears it seemed as if only minutes went by rather than a near hour when she woke from her daze. Since it wasn't the weekend yet traveling to the park was out of the question, and because it was Thursday the dorms were being cleaned up by the staff. The library did seem like a good option but as rumors have it the advanced math classes have a test tomorrow so it would be crowded with those studying to try and get an A or beat their rival above the rest. So the girl made her way to somewhere with her books and found herself in a place she would never find herself normally; the rugby field.
When she realized where she was Aradia made her way to the bleachers to watch all of the guys practice. There was Nepeta on the bleachers with a moss green trench coat three sizes too big for her and messed up hair from the hat she wears all day despite the rules. The small Hispanic girl was scribbling on some paper, probably drawing from the looks of it waiting for a friend. It was better than nothing.
"Hey Nepeta! Fancy seeing you here. What's up?" Aradia asked pleasantly.
The small girl looked up and smiled wide seeing a new face in the bleachers with her today. Her light coffee skin and the shaggy, short, dark brown hair went well with those brown, near black, eyes.
"Just waiting on a friend to get done with practice before he helps me with my math. Well, a friend of a rival but still! Why are you here anyways?" Her voice had a very light Latino accent to it, from her family Aradia supposed. It made her seem a little more childish than she already does.
"Dorms are being cleaned, library crowded as all hell, so I needed to find a place to study. Besides the grunting and the yelling in the background this place seemed as good as ever."
Nepeta nodded to her and continued to draw on her sketch pad again, ignoring the new girl next to her for a while. Aradia did the same thing to her, only reading a history book until the end of practice.
Equius out on the field kept looking over at his friend in the stands, making sure she was okay. He was very protective of Nepeta, almost like an older brother to a younger sister. Even if they are not related in the least, describing their relationship like that would not be too far of a stretch.
In the middle of practice he looked over to check on her again and noticed a new body next to his friend. His eyes widened a little before a new force was applied to his body, and he went flying back a few feet before landing right on his ass. Shaking his head a bit and looking up at what hit him he saw a snarky looking smile staring back down at him blocking the sun. He knew who it was and kicked them off of him.
The one who knocked him down was known as Beck. Odd name, but he was a really odd guy. He was a big guy and nearly fully grown and was mistaken beyond his years more often than one would expect. Beck was just over seven feet tall and had a very muscular build, broad shoulders, tanned skin but not as dark as Equius, and dark brown hair that fell to the small of his back that seemed to always be in a braid. That was Equius's rival.
"Looks like you were distracted. Make sure that doesn't happen on the field pretty boy." He taunted.
With a growl coming from him, Equius got back up and rubbed his head a little moving some loose strands of black hair off of his sweaty forehead. Man he hated this guy sometimes especially when one particular girl just happened to be here today.
Next time you will not be so lucky to get one on me he thought with his fists clenched. For the rest of the practice he wasn't distracted and made sure not to make a fool of himself again.
The sun was nearly set when Aradia realized how much time has passed, and that was only because someone knocked her out of her daze. It was Nepeta actually, hitting one of her knees to make and allow her to see two big guys coming over to them. Placing her book back into her backpack she stood up to try and leave before they got here. No such luck.
"Hey Equius! How was practice?!" the younger girl squealed out as she ran to her friend and hugged him tight. His hands lifted up a little bit before putting down his duffle bag and hugged her back stiffly. The guy looked more in pain than anything but appeased his friend and hugged her back. She let go just as quickly as she latched onto him and turned to Aradia.
"Aradia, this is my friend Equius. Equius, this is my friend Aradia." She introduced.
"Hey what about me? Aren't I important too?" Beck piped up in the background sarcastically.
"Oh, and that is Beck. Equius and he don't like one another, but that is how rivals are."
Nodding some to all of them and giving her hellos to each Aradia could not keep her eyes off of big both guys were. Beck towered over all of them and made Nepeta look like a dwarf. Equius was almost a smaller, leaner version of him it seemed. He was over six feet tall, but was built more like a cage fighter than a body builder. A face that had high cheekbones and a defined jaw from his obvious Indian side; however the rest was lost to the girl.
"You the quite type? Come on; say something more than just hello." Beck demanded with a laugh.
"Fine, fine I will talk. I guess you are going to be Nepeta's tutor in math. Good luck is all I have to say." She responded.
"Nepeta is fine in math, just slips little bit." Equius came out. That accent it was thick as can be! It was a mixture of Russian and German into one somehow and it got transferred into English. Hiding behind his sun glasses he kept his eyes on Aradia and face stern.
"Well it isn't like how you are with the ladies. She is much better at that than you are with those." Beck ridiculed. In return for that comment he got a punch in the arm from the guy next to him. Giving a deep laugh from that he walked over to Aradia and leaned in before whispering to her, "Don't worry about him hitting on you, he is gay after all." Once he finished that comment the next thing that came out of his mouth was a yelp of pain with a good punch to the jaw from Equius.
"Do not listen to him; he knows not what he is talking about." Equius corrected.
Aradia giggled to the two of them and nodded in agreement with the two of them not really noting either of what they were saying seriously.
"No worries at all Equius. I do not believe in what rumors are and such. I believe wha the actual person says." She told to him. From what she could guess there seemed to be a hint of a smile. He was really cute actually this close.
"Well Nepeta we have to go back to the math room so I can help you. Leave the two love birds alone." Beck laughed before leaving and she at the heels of his boots.
So now they were there, alone, on the field with the sun setting. Kind of romantic when Aradia thought about it later but that didn't matter at that point. Her bodyweight shifted from foot to foot back and forth more often that what she would have liked.
"Well I guess I should be going back to my dorm. I might see you around sometime. Bye." Aradia blurted out. Slinging her backpack over her shoulder she swiftly took off to the dorms.
"Wait. Let me carry your sack for you. Least I may do before I go home." He offered to her.
She stopped quickly and turned around holding out her backpack.
"Well if you are offering I will let you. Thanks."
Most of the walk was in silence between the two of him. He was not the catty sort that much was obvious to anybody that knew him. He seemed really nice actually but she only just met him. Getting to the female dorms was awkward to say in the least but quite is better than acting stupid.
"Well, thanks for carrying my books for me. I guess I will see you around then."
With a bit of a nod to her and a slight grumble he almost reluctantly handed over the backpack to her. When she took the books away and gave him a muffled goodbye she went into the halls up the stairs and into her single room. Today did not seem any different to her in the least.
Equius stood outside the female dorms for a little bit watching her go in and wind up the stairs. He was there in the fall wind watching it before giving a bit of smile that was shy on the face that almost looked unamused or had a scowl on it. With that, he walked to his home off campus.