Chapter Two: Clarke

"I'm sorry." Clarke immediately said, like somehow it may have been her fault. "Let me help you up." She said as she offered her hand out. The dark haired, dark skinned girl lying on the floor in front of her just stared back at her. The girl didn't respond in any way. Clarke was starting to feel uncomfortable and didn't know what to do at this point.

The dark haired girl finally broke her trance and spoke, "I'm so sorry," she stammered out as she scrambled to her feet not taking the hand that had been offered to her, "I'm new here and I was just looking for where my first class is going to be." She quickly explained.

"Lexa, right?" Clarke knew right away who she was, her father had mentioned a new girl was starting today.

"How did you…" Lexa began, unsure of how this girl could possibly know anything about her. Conspiracy theories were immediately running through her mind.

"My father, Principal Griffin, told me that you were starting today. You moved in just down the street from us, right?" Clarke continued. She had noticed the family moving in and her mom had decided to go say hello.

"Right…" Lexa replied slowly. She realized the blonde hair she saw earlier must belong to the girl standing before her. She didn't know what she was expecting of her neighbors but it definitely wasn't this beautiful girl she had run into. Lexa realized she had been staring just as Clarke snatched the paper out of her hands.

"Alright" Clarke started, reviewing what Lexa's schedule would be. She couldn't help the smile that grew on her face as she realized they had their first class together. "Your first class is the same as mine" she beamed to the taller girl.

"Great." Lexa replied dryly, she wasn't prepared to sit through a whole hour of class with someone she had ran into. She was embarrassed that she had ended up on the floor.

"Have you found your locker yet?" the blonde questioned, everyone's lockers were close to where their first class was located and it was possible Lexa had already found it.

"I haven't" Lexa confessed. She rubbed at the back of her neck, she was nervous around this girl and was ready to be done with this encounter. She would let it play out though because she wasn't going to be rude, especially not to the student body president.

Clarke scanned the paper she was holding until she found the box that contained the locker number and the combination to open it. She looked up and scanned the hallway around her to find the locker in question. She could see Lexa watching her, out of the corner of her eye, rather than help find the locker. Clarke was the student president but Lexa felt like there was something more, this girl was being way too nice. After scanning the hallway for a minute or so Clarke spotted the locker right across the hallway from her own. "Aha!" Clarke exclaimed, walking over to where Lexa's locker is. "It's here" she continued when she noticed Lexa not following.

"Right" Lexa responded, reading over Clarke's shoulder to find out the combination. She tried the numbers on the lock, to no avail. She tried again and still didn't get it open. She felt her palms get sweaty as she could feel the blonde watching her. This can NOT be happening Lexa thought. First it was running into/tripping over this girl and now she's embarrassing herself further by not getting this lock open. She tried one more time and it still didn't open. She pulled ferociously at the handle and stiffened when she felt a warm hand on her own. "Let me try" the blonde offered, her hand lingering a little too long on top of the dark haired girl's hand. She wanted the hand under her own to relax but instead it jerked out from under hers and an exasperated "fine" came from the taller girl.

Clarke got the locker open on the first try and Lexa just stared at her and the locker in disbelief. "This is so not my day" Lexa mumbled, earning a chuckle from Clarke. "You'll be fine" the blonde assured. Lexa didn't have anything to put in her locker yet so she just stood there awkwardly for a moment before explaining, "I don't have anything to put in it" she paused "but if I close it I may not get it back open." The shorter girl chuckled, not realizing Lexa was being serious. "Then I'll be there to save you" the blonde promised as she softly closed Lexa's locker.

Clarke walked back to her own locker, still carrying the paper she took from Lexa. Lexa followed, only because she needed the paper back from Clarke. Other students slowly started to flood the hallway around them as Clarke continued to look over Lexa's schedule, making a mental note of all the classes they had together.

"I bet she's hitting on her" Octavia commented. She was standing at Jaspers locker with Raven, Bellamy, Monty, Wells, and Finn. Usually they all crowd around Clarke's locker but they didn't want to interrupt whatever was going on with Clarke and this new girl. "I wonder if she got her number yet" Raven continued the theory. "Guys, c'mon. She's the new girl and Clarke is the Pres. She's probably just trying to help her out" Bellamy argued. He was like a lovesick puppy, he had a crush on Clarke and followed her around like a puppy. "You're just jealous that she might be attracted to someone that isn't you." Raven pointed out. "I'm gonna go find out what they're talking about" Bellamy said. "Wait-Bell" Octavia tried to stop him but he was already half way down the hallway toward the two girls. They all watched as he approached them.

"Hey Clarke" Bellamy said as he approached Clarke's locker. Clarke rolled her eyes as he leaned against the opening of her locker and stared at the taller, dark haired girl. "Who's this?" he asked, like she wasn't even standing there. "This is Lexa" Clarke responded as Lexa just glared at him. I can speak for myself Lexa thought, but she didn't interfere. She just wanted her schedule back and to get away from this girl already.

Bellamy looked the girl up and down, trying to asses why Clarke could be attracted to her. She's not even that cute he thought. Before they had a chance to further their conversation the bell rang. Lexa sighed in relief she could finally try to get some space from this girl. "See ya later Bell" Clarke stated, making it obvious they were done with that conversation. He rolled his eyes as he walked away to his own class.

"Our class is over there" Clarke explained as she pointed to a nearby classroom and handed Lexa her schedule back. Lexa took it graciously and didn't wait for Clarke to follow, it was finally her opportunity to get some space from the blonde.

"Did you get her number?" Raven asked, startling Clarke who was staring after the girl that had just walked away from her. Everyone else had gone to their own class, but Clarke and Raven had this class together. "No, I didn't. I was helping her get her locker open and find her first class." Clarke explained, trying to defend herself against Raven thinking Clarke was hitting on the new girl. "Sure." Raven quipped and she linked arms with Clarke and they walked to the same room Lexa had just gone in. Raven was gonna test Clarke and hit on the new girl herself, to see what reaction she could get out of the blonde.