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7:10am Monday September 12
School had already been in for 3 weeks, but Victoria Hughes had just moved from across the city due to being kicked out of her old school. 20 minutes before class started she had arrived at school and was making her way towards the office.
“I’m looking for Mr. Ripley.” Victoria sighed.
”He’s probably busy with Robert. He’s got a bit of a temper. Always fighting someone.” A girl with beautiful curls chuckled.
”Oh. Today is my first day, so I’m just trying to get my schedule.” Vic replied quietly.
”Nice to meet you…..?”
”Victoria Hughes or Vic”
”Andrea Herrera, but everyone calls me Andy.” She introduced while smiling.
After a few minutes of small talk, Lucas Ripley, the principal came out of his office followed by a tall boy.
”Well if it isn’t Sullivan” Andy teased
”Shut the fuck up Andy.” Robert defended.
”Herrera unless you want to be in trouble, I suggest you stop talking. I see you have met our new student. She is in all of your classes, so I would like you to show her the ropes.”
”Aye Aye captain” Andy said, making herself laugh.
7:30am
Andy and Vic had walked into AP Calculus right before the first bell rang.
”So what do you like doing?” Andy asked
“Uh, I like exploring abandoned places, going to parties, I run track, and basketball. how about you?”
“I’m a competing salsa dancer. I also enjoy going to parties, and hanging out with my friends.”
”Does anyone here throw cool parties?” Vic asked trying to continue conversation.
”I know a couple people.”
”Everybody listen up! We have a new student today. Her name is Victoria Hughes. Do you have a preference of what to be called by?” Mrs. Altman asked.
”Vic is fine.”
8:25am
The bell rang signaling that class was over. Andy stood up and grabbed Vic’s hand before dragging her out of class. They had gotten outside and to the bleachers on the track by time Vic spoke up.
”What are we doing?”
”We have physical education this hour, so we can pretty much do whatever as long as we stay on the track or bleachers.” Andy replied
”Oh, I usually run.”
”You can go. I’ll watch your stuff.”
”Thank you.”
Victoria stretched for a few minutes. she could feel eyes on her, but chose to ignore it. She out on her headphones and started off by pacing herself. Eventually she gained speed and controlled her breathing. She’s been running since she was 5 and if she’s learned anything in all that time, it’s that she is the best at regulating and controlling her breathing. She’s only gotten better and better at running over the last decade. Last track season she came in 1st every time except once when she came in 2nd. After running for 45 minutes, she decided to head back towards the bleachers and grab her water bottle.
”Vic, this is Ryan, Travis, and Jack.” Andy introduced her friends.
”Hey! How long do we have left? I was going to run a few more laps.”
”I swear you are just like Maya” Jack joked
”She doesn’t know who she is.” Andy rolled her eyes. “Maya is always running. She’s on the track team every year and her dad doesn’t let her have friends. He says they are distracting her from running.”
”I’m allowed to have friends and it’s my choice to run. I run because it distracts me from the world.”
”Come sit. You’ve got me now. You’ve got Travis and Jack as well. You don’t need to run as a distraction anymore. You can do it because you love it. I don’t know what you have going on, but you’ve got me now.”
Victoria hopped up on the bleachers and Andy snakes her arm around her shoulders. They stayed like that until the bell rung for 3rd period.
9:30am Literature
As much as Victoria likes reading, she easily found this class boring. so much that she was dozing off for the first half of class. Andy nudged her a few time to make sure she didn’t fully pass out.
“Hey, I’m Theo” Andy watched as he introduced himself to Vic.
”Uh hey” She didn’t want to be rude, but she could already see what he was up to and she wasn’t interested. They talked a little in 8th grade year and she’s upset that he forgot.
”I think you’re really pretty.”
“Are you fucking serious Theo?” Vic whisper yelled
”What did I do new girl?”
”First of all, I have a name and second, you know who I am!”
“What are you talking about?” He innocently asked.
“I don’t even know why I’m surprised. I was one of like 10 girls you were talking to at the same time asshole.”
”Oh shit” Andy blurted.
The rest of the class, they stayed silent. Victoria was starting to realize that Andy was a touchy person. Vic didn’t mind it. In fact she reciprocated that physical touch. Andy would put her arm around Vic’s neck and in return she would take her hand in her own or for instance during the last 10 minutes of class, it was free time to talk, so the two girls sat on the ground. Andy’s head in Vic’s lap, while she raked her fingers through Andy’s hair.
10:35am Lunch
Once again, Andy was pulling her new friend by the hand towards the cafeteria. They got their food and sat at a table with who Vic presumed to be Andy’s friends.
”Guys, this is Vic. You met Jack, Ryan, and Travis, but this is also Robert, Ben, and his girlfriend, Miranda.”
”So… tell me about the school.” Vic said curiously.
”Theo is the man whore alongside Mark, but he’s been going steady with Lexie Grey. Meredith Grey is with Derek Shepard. They are both pretty popular. Then you have Amelia, who is Derek’s sister. She’s like the black sheep of her family. Maggie Pierce and Lexie are both Meredith’s sisters. Monica Beltran is one of the pretty girls. Everyone drools over her, but she makes it known that she’s Amelia’s pretty girl. Of course there is Andy here who is a whore as well.” Travis poured his heart out.
”Travis! I’m not a whore. You fucking gossip.” She joked.
”You’ve literally dated Sullivan, Ryan, and Jack. My bad broken their hearts Surprised they still talk to us.”
“You went out with Micheal, Eli, and Emmet at the same time. at least I dated them separately.”
”Okay… you win.”
”So you’re gay? Sorry for being blunt.” Vic chimed in.
”A lot of people here are… Meredith is bi. Monica and Amelia are gay. Emmet and Michael are gay. Eli is bi. Maya is gay. Half the teachers here are queer.” Travis started to ramble about how being gay is okay.
“Easy tiger. I can’t be against something that I’m apart of.” Vic joked.
Suddenly the bell was ringing and lunch was over. Vic didn’t realize that Andy had her hand on her leg the entire hour until she stood up and felt a cool breeze hit her thigh. She didn’t understand why she felt so comfortable and leaned into her touch when they got close. She only met her 4 hours ago.
11:35 Mechanics
12:30 History
1:30 Biology
It was finally the last class of the day and all Victoria wants to do is go home and take a nap. She has her head down buried in her arms that are lying on her desk. Andy makes it hard to stay awake as she is running circles on her back.
“Class is almost over. Do you wanna hangout after school?” Andy whispers.
“I was just gonna take a nap, so if you are down for a nap then sure” she manages to mumble out while half asleep.
“A nap with you sounds wonderful, hermosa” Andy replied.
Vic might’ve been half asleep, but she heard her new friend call her beautiful in Spanish. She is confused. She finds Andy incredibly attractive and loves the physical touch and affection that she gives, but they just met today and she doesn’t even know if Andy is into girls. just then the bell rings.
“Do you want to follow me or ride in my car to my house?” Victoria asked.
“I’ll just keep my car here and stay the night with you if that’s okay.”
“Yeah that cool.”
“You don’t have to ask?”
“My parents are never home and they wouldn’t care anyway.”
Andy held her hand out for Vic to grab. A ten minute drive of them holding hands and Victoria enjoyed every second of it. She sighed as she pulled her jeep into the long driveway. She hopped out of the car and went around to open the passenger door for her friend. Andy followed Vic to the door as she typed in the passcode. As soon as they walked in there was a black and white dog attacking them with its tongue.
“Max! Down!” Vic raised her voice and the dog complied.
I like seeing hearing her giving orders; Andy thought
Andy followed her friend. They went upstairs that led to an entire open floor that made to be a big room.
“This is so nice. You have all this space to yourself.” Safe to say she was amazed.
“You can go ahead and lay down. I will be back. I gotta go pee.”
A few minutes later Vic came back and for the first time, Vic initiated the physical contact by going straight to the bed and without saying a world laid right on top of Andy. Her arms around the Latina and her head in the crook of her neck. Her friend wrapped her arms around her and they both drifted off to sleep.
5:30pm
Vic woke up and quietly got up so she would wake up her friend. She went down stairs and let her dog outside before going to the kitchen to start dinner. In the middle of making the sauce for the chicken Alfredo, Andy walked in.
“When did you wake up?” Andy asked while running her eyes.
“Half an hour ago. Do you like Alfredo?”
“Yes I do.” She said coming up to Vic and wrapping her up in a hug from behind.
All Vic could do was smile at the physical touch she had received from Andy all day. She wasn’t one for being touchy with people, but for some reason she loved Andrea touching her.
Papi
Andy- I’m staying with a friend tonight.
Papi- There better not be any boys there!
Andy- There's not! I promise. Her name is Vic, she is new to the school.
Papi- Okay. I have to get some sleep before another call comes through… I love you mija!
Andy- I love you too papi.
“Talking to a boy over there?” Vic joked.
“God no. Just letting my dad know where I’m at.”
“So are you into any boys at the school?” Vic is hoping she’s not.
“No. I was experimenting with Robert, Ryan, and Jack. I don’t think I ever actually had feelings for them… I love them like family. I’ve only had feelings for someone once. A girl I dated last year. What about you and that Theo situation?”
“I didn’t have feelings for him. I’ve accepted that I am only into girls.”
6:30pm
They had finished dinner and Andy helped clean the dishes. They headed back up to Vic’s room.
“I’m gonna take a shower.” Vic informed Andy.
“Is it cool if I come and talk while you're there? I get if that’s too far. You can say no.”
All she did was take Andy’s hand and lead her to the bathroom. Andy sat on the toilet while Bic started the water and started stripping down. As much as Andy enjoyed being affectionate towards Vic, she didn’t want to make her uncomfortable by watching her undress.
By time Vic turned the water off, Andy knew her favorite color, animal, song, book, movie, tv show, food, drink, and candy.
She stepped out of the shower wrapped in a towel. The girls walked out of the bathroom. Andy sat on the bed and watched as Vic picked out a pair of shorts and a tank top to sleep in as well as getting stuff for Andy to wear.
Andy admired her while she fixed her hair and put on a bonnet on. Vic had caught her staring a few times and just smiled. When she was ready to lie down, she walked to the bed and turned the tv on.
9pm
Neither girls are usually asleep at this time, but an hour into the movie and wrapped up in each other's arms, they peacefully fell asleep.
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Vic woke up at 6am to her alarm going off. She reached over and shut it off. She couldn’t get up as she was stuck under Andy’s body.
“Goodmorning love, it’s time to get up. We have school.” She said tucking some hair behind her friend's ear. The pet name slipped out, but there was no going back now.
“Mmm no. I don’t want to get up.”
“Okay then can you let me get up, so I can get ready and I’ll let you sleep for a little bit longer.”
“Ugh fine” Andy grunted after a little bit of protesting.
Andy fell back asleep while Vic was getting ready. She left out a pair of jeans and a shirt for Andy to wear before going downstairs and making her famous French toast. She brought it upstairs to start another attempt at waking her “friend?” up.
“I made you French toast. Now get up and eat.” She said cutting a peice and shoving into Andy’s mouth.
Her eyes shot wide up and she sat up, “Mmm that’s really good.”