Sorry it took a bit to update! From the next chapter on it'll be alternating between Mitchie and Alex's POV because it's easier for me to write that way, sorry if you like it better like this :[. I don't know how fast I'll be able to update so here I am apologizing again, /: Hope you guys like it! Keep reviewing and giving me suggestions, y'all are the best :] xoxo!
"Good. You may sit next to her but if I catch you two talking nonsense and not Algebra whilst you should be working, seats will change immediately," Mrs. Smith said sternly, breaking Alex and Mitchie's stare down.
Mitchie nodded her head and made her way to the back of the room next to Alex. Already, she had two classes where she sat right near Alex, plus she would be seeing her the rest of the day in all her other classes too. Mitchie's first day was going better than she ever thought it would, all thanks to her new friend Alex. Mrs. Smith stood in front of the classroom the whole period and talked. Mitchie was taking a massive amount of notes, while Alex just stared at her.
Great she's a nerd, Alex thought. At least she's a hot nerd.
"You're actually taking notes?" Alex whispered to her.
"Uh… yeah? Shouldn't you be too?" Mitchie whispered back, carefully so Mrs. S wouldn't see them talking and separate them. Alex just let out a hearty laugh and rolled her eyes. Mitchie went back to solving equations but couldn't help but smile when she felt Alex's eyes on her the whole time.
"May I help you?" Mitchie whispered with a grin when she turned to see Alex STILL looking at her.
"No, you're just cute when you're thinking," Alex said, with a smirk. Mitchie's face went a dark shade of red and she turned quickly back to her work to avoid Alex seeing her blush. Alex obviously saw it and kept a cocky smile on her face, knowing her charm was already working on the new girl. Finally, the dreadful Algebra period was over and the bell rang signaling Mitchie and Alex's next class, which was Science.
The two girls walked out of the room together and headed for Science class, Alex obviously leading the way. Mitchie was starting to become more and more interested in Alex as the time went by during the day. On the other hand, the thought that Alex could honestly just be being nice to the new girl is what kept her from allowing herself to like her more. For God's sake, Mitchie still didn't know what to call herself. She wasn't sure if she was gay, or bi, or straight, and it had been that way for a while.
The rest of the day before lunch rolled by pretty much the same way as it had started. Alex led Mitchie to all their classes and they both began opening up with each other more and more. At lunch time, 6th period, Mitchie sat at the table with Alex. Harper walked up and introduced herself cheerfully to Mitchie, being the friendly and very unique person she is.
"What do you think of Tribeca High so far?" Harper asked Mitchie as they all ate their food.
"I like it a lot! It's not much different from my old school, but the people seem cooler," Mitchie responded, knowing she was solely talking about Alex and Alex only. Harper smiled and nodded and went back to eating her sandwich. Harper finished eating and left Alex and Mitchie to work on some new design in her sewing class.
"So Torres, I was thinking me and you could hang out Friday? I can show you around a bit?" Alex said, getting up and sitting directly across from Mitchie.
"Yeah, that'd be cool Russo," Mitchie answered with a smile.
"Nice. I can drive you home from school and we can go to my place and figure out stuff to do from there, is that alright?" Alex asked, with a smile on her face. She already knew what she was going to do on Friday. Her plan was to flirt with Mitchie, make her feel special, the usual. As much of a player as she was, she knew that in order to get what she wanted, it took some time and a lot of lovey-dovey fake feelings that she hated so much.
"Mhm, sounds good," Mitchie said as she finished up her lunch and got up to throw it away. Excited thoughts ran through Mitchie's mind. She had just met Alex today and she was already going on a date with her!
No, not a date, just hanging out, Mitchie reassured herself.
She didn't want to get her hopes up just to have them crushed again. Back in her old home in California, she dated a boy named Shane for a while, before he broke her heart. It was during their relationship though that Mitchie realized how she sort of took a liking to girls. She'd find herself checking out the cheerleaders at the basketball games, and always feeling the urge to flirt with them. On the contrary, she really, really liked Shane. He made her feel special, like she thought guys were supposed to do. At the same time, she didn't feel sparks fly when they kissed, but she thought she had fallen in love with him, nonetheless.
Mitchie and Alex both walked out of the cafeteria together and off to their next class. Mitchie had stopped at her locker, which happened to be just a few away from Alex's. They met up with Harper on the way there since she was also in their next class, which was History. All three of them talked about Mitchie's old school, and what California was like compared to New York so far. They entered the classroom, and their teacher, Mrs. Haberland took attendance and introduced Mitchie to the class and gave her a warm welcome.
"Class, I'd like you all to say hello to our new student, Mitchie Torres! I expect you all to treat her very nicely and make her feel welcome here at Tribeca," Mrs. Haberland announced with Mitchie standing beside her in front of the class, looking quite embarrassed. Alex sat in the front staring at Mitchie with a sly smile on her face, sending a look to Mitchie that said- Damn you look like a loser right now. Mitchie just shot Alex a glare and made her way to her seat, which was unfortunately across the room from Alex.
Just as Mrs. Haberland had begun writing notes on the board from the class to copy, Mitchie turned to look at Alex who was signaling her from across the room. Alex decided to take a silly approach and stuff her tongue out at Mitchie in the cutest way possible. Mitchie just rolled her eyes and laughed quietly at Alex's cuteness. Mitchie found everything about Alex attractive. She thought she was funny, sweet, friendly, and of course, beautiful. In fact, Mitchie had never seen a girl as pretty as Alex in her life.
The rest of their classes rolled by quickly, the same 'new girl' routine going down in every class Mitchie and Alex went to. Both Alex and Mitchie said goodbye to each other, although they both didn't actually want to. Alex left school and got into her car with Harper and same with Mitchie. They were juniors, so they both had their licenses. Mitchie drove to her new, humble, average sized home that was still unfamiliar to her.
"Hey mom, I'm home," Mitchie said as she walked in the door and dropped her book-bag in the foyer.
"Hi sweetie! How was it?" Connie Torres said as she gave her daughter a kiss on the cheek.
Mitchie smiled, thinking of how good her day went, despite how nervous she was this morning, "Great, actually. I met two really cool people and my classes and teachers are all pretty good, and people are a lot friendlier and nicer than I thought."
"Aw honey, that's awesome, I'm so glad!"
"Yeah, actually, my friend Alex invited me to hang out Friday. She said she would show me around, you know, familiarize me with everything around here," Mitchie said, hoping her mom would agree to let her go.
"Is this Alex girl reliable enough for me to let her show you around the dangerous city that we just moved into last week?" Connie asked, in a motherly tone.
"Ugh, yes mom. She's not going to drive me all around New York City for goodness sake, just around Waverly!" Mitchie retaliated. She did understand her mother's worry though, considering they weren't familiar with anything yet. They DID live on the other side of the country after all.
Connie laughed at her daughter's reaction. She knew she was going to let her go; she just liked seeing Mitchie get defensive. "Then yes, you may hang out with this Alex you speak of on Friday. I want you home at a reasonable time though," she said.
"Okay mom, jeeze you're acting like it's a date or something," Mitchie said with a sigh. In reality, she WISHED it was a date.
Connie found it ironic that Mitchie asked that. She was actually wondering if it was a date. "Well… is it?"
"NO MOM!" Mitchie yelled, with an appalled look on her face.
"Okay Mitch, just checking,"
"She is cute though…" Mitchie said under her breath as she turned to walk away.
Connie just shook her head and laughed. She knew Mitchie had struggled with her sexuality over the years, and she knew that she would experiment with different people when she moved to New York. Actually, Connie was glad Mitchie was already finding a girl cute, she had always thought it had made more sense for girls to date girls and guys to date guys, even though she was straight herself. Mitchie was lucky enough to have a mother that didn't mind her questioning, because she knew some people weren't as lucky.
Mitchie went into her room and picked up her acoustic guitar that she loved so dearly. She had gotten it as a gift from her dad before he passed away when she was 12. He was the one who taught her to play it. She smiled knowing that music, one of her biggest passions, was a love that her father had passed down to her. She strummed a soft tune and hummed along to it. Within moments, she had lyrics running through her head.
You said nobody has to know, give us time to grow and take it slow
But I'd stop the world if they finally let us be alone, let us be alone
After a while of struggling to find any more words to fit her strumming, she put her guitar down and decided to nap for a while.
On the other side of Waverly, Alex Russo was sitting in the Sub Station with Harper like they do almost every day after school.
Harper was dying to know what was going through Alex's mind about Mitchie. She noticed Alex and the new girl actually seemed to be getting along quite well, like friends. "So, what do you think of Mitchie?" she asked.
"Well, she's obviously hot, but she's actually a really cool girl to be honest," Alex answered sincerely. It was true, Alex knew she was attracted to Mitchie's looks from the moment she saw her this morning, but she also really did enjoy Mitchie's company.
"Woah, so does this mean you're not just going to get in her pants and leave her like all the other girls?" Harper inquired. She agreed with Alex though, Mitchie was a pretty cool girl.
Alex gasped and put her hand to her heart, acting like she was actually offended, "Hey, I do not do that to all the girls I like!" she responded. Harper just shot her a stern look and Alex burst into laughter. She was so childish sometimes; Harper wondered how she even became friends with her at some points.
"Okay, okay, I get it. And I don't know; I'm hanging out with her Friday, so I'll see how I feel about her then. For right now though, she is a fine piece of ass! I mean damn, did you see her body?" Alex said excitedly. Harper rolled her eyes and scoffed with annoyance. Alex was like the typical hormonal teenage boy, ALL THE TIME. Harper didn't understand how someone could be so vulgar, but she loved Alex like a sister, and not even her disgusting sexual thoughts could change that.