Chapter One – First Day

5:30 am and Clarke was already awake and stressing about her first day at Arkadia high. The 16 year old sat on the edge of her bed, palms sweating, packing her bag with the things she needed, including her sketch book. Clarke was a very talented artist, at her last school she had won awards for her impressive art work, art always made her feel calm, it was her happy place.

Clarke heard a knock at her bedroom door "come in" she says as she zipped up her bag, her palms still sweating. She wiped them on her clothes and proceeded to stand up as her mother walked in.

"Hey, sweetie, you ready for your first day?" Her mother knew Clarke was super nervous, she knew Clarke was quite upset for having to move away from their previous home, leaving her friends and the rest of their family behind. But Clarke knew what this new job meant for her mom, its not easy, but she knew that it would make her mother happy, and that's all she ever wanted for her mother after her father passed away just 2 years ago.

"Yeah, I guess" Clarke gave a half smile. No. She wasn't ready. But there was nothing she could really do about it. Maybe it will be okay, maybe I will make some great friends. She thought. She picked up her bag.

"You'll do great, kiddo" her mom pulled her into a hug and kissed her on the forehead. "I made some pancakes, so come downstairs when you're ready, okay?"

Clarke smiled again as she watched her mother walk out of her room. She really did love her mom's pancakes, they certainly were the best. Clarke sighed, she was in for a long day. She looked at herself in the mirror, making sure she looked at least half decent, wanting to make a good impression. She'd chosen to wear blue denim shorts, a white tank top, with a blue jacket tied around her waist and of course her white converse sneakers. Her hair was slightly wavy and fell perfectly around her face and shoulders. She took a deep breath, and walked out of her bedroom door.

"LEXA!" Anya was screaming at her roommate/best friend for like the hundredth time this morning. Lexa just didn't want to get up, she wasn't a morning person and had slept through all of her alarms. "GET THE FUCK UP LEXA I DON'T WANT TO BE LATE AGAIN" Anya threw a pillow at Lexa's head.

Lexa opened her eyes slightly and saw Anya standing there with her arms crossed. "Chill Anya, I won't take long to get ready" she said quietly, still half asleep. She knew that she would in fact take quite some time to get ready, she always did. That was just Lexa.

Anya was always like this. Always making sure Lexa was ready on time, always stressing about Lexa. She wasn't only Lexa's best friend but she was also like a sister to her. Anya was really close with Lexa's family, Lexa's parents had passed away when Lexa was 8, Anya at the time, 9. That's when Lexa went to live with Anya and Anya's uncle Gustus. Lexa is now 17 and Anya 18, they have been sharing a small apartment for 6 months now after Gustus moved away with his new wife. The girls didn't mind, they were happy for him. They were bound to move out sooner or later anyway.

Lexa got ready while Anya made breakfast for them. Nothing special, just cereal. They couldn't afford much even though Anya had a part time job. They never realised how hard living on their own would be. But they were coping.

Lexa had decided to wear her ripped black skinny jeans, and her favorite band tee. She slipped on her black converse sneakers., packing her bag with the books she needed for the day. Her hair was naturally perfect, she had it down most of the time and a lot of the times had a few braids in her hair.

"HURRY UP AND EAT LEXA IM WAITING" Anya was yelling again. Lexa rolled her eyes in response.

"Don't worry, I'm not hungry" Lexa hardly ever ate breakfast anyway. " I'll just grab a coffee on the way to class" Anya shook her head.

"Well, come on the Lex, we don't have all morning" Anya grabbed her keys as they walked out the door.

Clarke expected this. People to stare and whisper things to each other as she walked into her new school. She tried her best to ignore it. As she reached her locker, she opened it and started putting some things away.

Clarke started walking to her first class, eyeing all the numbers on the doors. That's the problem with new schools, you have no fucking idea where anything is. She was interrupted when someone bumped into her, causing her to drop her books and phone on the floor. Shit was her first thought. She didn't take much notice of the person, she was more worried about the condition of the phone. She picked it up. You have got to be fucking kidding me. Clarke noticed the big crack running across her phone screen. "Seriously? My mom's going to kill me" she said, forgetting about the person that she had just bumped into and the books that she had dropped.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry" this particular girl handed Clarke her books back "I wasn't watching where I was going, I'm sorry, are you okay? Is your phone okay?" Clarke looked at the girl once she realized she was talking to her. "Sorry, Im Raven" The girl held out her hand, initiating a handshake. Clarke took her hand. "And you are?"

"Clarke. Clarke Griffin" She looked at her phone again, remembering how bad it was. She knew her mom probably couldn't afford to get it fixed at the moment. Clarke looked back at Raven.

"I can fix that for you, you know" Raven said as she took the phone from Clarke. "For free, I mean I am the one who bumped into you it's the least I could do" Raven smiled.

"Really?" Clarke was confused as to how Raven was going to magically fix her phone.

"Yeah, I'm Raven, I can fix anything" Raven winked and gave a bit of a laugh. "It's okay blondie, your phone will be fixed by lunch I promise"

"You don't have to, it was only an accident I can pay to get it fixed myself, no big deal" Clarke didn't want to put Raven through any trouble.

"Shhh, I've got this" Raven smiled at Clarke again. "Hey you should come hang out with us at lunch. You're new right? You've probably got no friends" Clarke felt somewhat offended.

"I've got friends!" Clarke sighed. "Just not here"

The bell rang. Raven smiled "See you soon, Clarke" Clarke smiled and nodded as she once again tried to find the right number classroom.

Raven seemed pretty nice, maybe she had made a friend already.

Clarke had finally found her classroom, walked in and sat in the chair in the back left corner.

It had been 15 minutes since class started, Lexa had gotten a coffee before class which made her late. There's no surprise there though, the teachers were used to it. She walked into her English class, the teacher gave her a small glare as she sat down. Lexa noticed the blonde sitting beside her. She hadn't seen her before at all, and realised she must be a new student.

Clarke looked at the brunette that had just walked in. Oh my god she thought, she is so pretty. Clarke shook her thoughts away and began to pay attention to what their teacher was saying.

Another 5 minutes and Clarke couldn't help it, she looked at the girl again. More than once. The whole session she just kept placing her eyes back on the cute girl. Get a hold of yourself Clarke, god. She almost went bright red when Lexa caught her starring. Lexa gave Clarke a small smile before looking back down at her work. Clarke smiled back and was slightly embarrassed. The bell rang and before Clarke knew it the Brunette was out the door.

"Clarke..Clarke! Over here!" Clarke turned around after putting her belongings away in her locker. She saw Raven smiling. Clarke was relieved, she wasn't quite used to the school and knew she had to find Raven at some point. Walking over, Clarke noticed Raven was standing with another person, a girl with amazing bone structure.

"Clarke! Meet Octavia" The stranger smiled.

"Hey" Clarke felt a little awkward.

"Hi Clarke, Raven told me how you two met?" Octavia laughed slightly "Raven's a little clumsy, especially when she's in a rush to do things"

"Hey! I made a breakthrough with my project, O! I was excited!" Octavia rolled her eyes while grinning at her best friend, her friend was always working on 'some project' she was such a nerd. Raven had turned to Clarke. "And I fixed your phone, good as new" Raven handed the phone over to Clarke. She was impressed with Raven's work.

"Thanks!" Clarke put her phone in her pocket. "Really Raven, Thanks"

"Don't mention it, Blondie" Raven winked. Clarke noticed that Raven winked at her a lot, she told jokes and made people laugh. Raven was pretty full of life, can be very sarcastic, and just a really great person to be around in general.

"Come on guys, I'm hungry" Octavia was whining, while she held her hand over her stomach as she felt it grumble. "I think I might die from starvation if I don't eat right now"

"O, I literally just saw you sneaking food in class" Raven turned towards her.

"Gals gotta eat" Octavia smiled while Clarke and Raven both laughed.

Raven invited Clarke to sit with them at lunch, Octavia and Raven were also friends with two boys, Jasper and Monty. Clarke was pleased at the offer, she had been so afraid this morning that she wouldn't make friends. Clarke learned that Jasper was a game freak, talked about gaming 24/7. Monty was the same, but seemed a lot more intelligent than Jasper. The two argued about COD while Clarke spoke to the girls more. They talked about all sorts of things like their classes, ex boyfriends and girlfriends, Clarke even spoke about her artwork, while Octavia rambled on about her soccer team. Raven spoke of her part time job as a mechanic and Clarke was impressed with Ravens knowledge on how to fix nearly absolutely everything. Clarke felt comfortable with these two girls already, it just felt natural, you know?

"So tell us Clarke, have you made any other friends besides us?" Raven was curious.

Clarke shook her head. "No, I have been keeping to myself the whole day really" Although there was one girl Clarke wanted to be friends with, it seemed odd because she didn't even speak to the girl, she just thought she was pretty cute. I wonder if she'll be in any of my other classes.

"Hello? Earth to Clarke!" Clarke heard Octavia's voice and jumped out of her thoughts, not knowing how long she had zoned out for. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, sorry, just daydreaming" Clarke was a little embarrassed and gave an awkward laugh "It's been a long day" wrong Clarke you were thinking about that girl again.

It was the end of the school day Lexa was walking out of the school, meeting up with Anya as they walked out together.

"Did you see that new girl around?" Lexa was curious, she thought the blonde was beautiful. Lexa was a total sucker for Blondes, but she never did relationships, not after her ex girlfriend, Costia. Lexa was only into what you would call a 'friends with benefits' kind of thing. She never liked to get too emotionally involved, she had been hurt too many times.

"What new girl?" Anya's brow furrowed.

"Never mind" Lexa quickly pushed any thoughts of the girl out of her mind. It was stupid to be thinking about girls. She only smiled at you Lexa what the fuck get a grip.

The two had reached their car and started driving home. Lexa turned the radio up when she heard AC/DC playing. Today was Monday and Lexa was happy. Monday nights consisted of boxing, which she was very good at and enjoyed immensely.

11pm Clarke was in bed thinking about her first day. It wasn't too bad at all, in fact I kind of enjoyed it. Sherolled on her side and grabbed her phone as she heard it buzzing. She noticed Raven had added her into their friends group chat.

Raven 11:01pm: Welcome to our group, Clarke

Octavia 11:01pm: Raven wtf its so late go to sleep

Raven 11:02pm: Masterminds don't sleep, O

Clarke smiled. She felt like she was already good friends with these two.

Clarke 11:02pm: Thanks guys, Goodnight. See u tomorrow x