AnnaKarenina
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Nov 26, 2013
- Location
- Canada
She was cold despite the layers. Today was the first day of her lab class with her assigned partner. A name that had been given to her on registration day, a name she knew by far way too well.
In the summer between ninth and tenth grade her family had moved across the country for a career opportunity her father couldn't turn down. That was what had brought them here. She had left the comfort of her home, her social structure- where she was one of the in crowd and loved by everyone to here. Yes, she was quiet, she hadn't known anyone. Yes, she was modest in her style, she was after all trying to get into a decent College, and that required dedication- not a life fraught with distraction.
And boys were a distraction.
So she had made a promise to start over, dress more modest and be less of a flirt in this new life she’d been given- fly under the radar and not get noticed. How wrong she’d been. She had caught his attention it felt like immediately. Was it that she hadn't simpered at his smile the first day? Or that she had been too nervous to notice that she came off cold, in her fitted jeans hidden by a shirt a couple of sizes too big hugging her books to her chest hoping to be nothing more than a wall flower. Of course, at 5’9 she could never be a wallflower, her curves were already fully developed and shapely beneath the shapeless clothes she wore to hide herself. Regardless, he had made a mark of her, and had made what remained of high school a living hell.
And now…after she had spent the summer praying for escape, he was not only here at the same college, but he was her lab partner. She couldn't even do anything to fix it as when she asked for a reassignment, the supervising professor had told her no, that “as grown ups there would always be situations one did not like but were beyond our control” and to “deal with it”. Then dismissed her protests with a wave of his hand. She was helpless.
Pausing past the mirror to glance at her reflection, she sighed. She was in nondescript clothes, a white tee shirt under a forest green zip up sweater that was a bit snug considering her usual attire, and boot cut jeans. Her dark hair was pulled back into a bun with a clip, and her face was fresh with a soft undercurrent of a flush due to nerves, making her clear green eyes pop. She hadn't seen him since Graduation, maybe he had changed over the summer. Maybe he wouldn't pick up where he left off with the teasing and bullying. But part of her knew that wouldn't be true - now, she dreaded, it would get even worse.
In the summer between ninth and tenth grade her family had moved across the country for a career opportunity her father couldn't turn down. That was what had brought them here. She had left the comfort of her home, her social structure- where she was one of the in crowd and loved by everyone to here. Yes, she was quiet, she hadn't known anyone. Yes, she was modest in her style, she was after all trying to get into a decent College, and that required dedication- not a life fraught with distraction.
And boys were a distraction.
So she had made a promise to start over, dress more modest and be less of a flirt in this new life she’d been given- fly under the radar and not get noticed. How wrong she’d been. She had caught his attention it felt like immediately. Was it that she hadn't simpered at his smile the first day? Or that she had been too nervous to notice that she came off cold, in her fitted jeans hidden by a shirt a couple of sizes too big hugging her books to her chest hoping to be nothing more than a wall flower. Of course, at 5’9 she could never be a wallflower, her curves were already fully developed and shapely beneath the shapeless clothes she wore to hide herself. Regardless, he had made a mark of her, and had made what remained of high school a living hell.
And now…after she had spent the summer praying for escape, he was not only here at the same college, but he was her lab partner. She couldn't even do anything to fix it as when she asked for a reassignment, the supervising professor had told her no, that “as grown ups there would always be situations one did not like but were beyond our control” and to “deal with it”. Then dismissed her protests with a wave of his hand. She was helpless.
Pausing past the mirror to glance at her reflection, she sighed. She was in nondescript clothes, a white tee shirt under a forest green zip up sweater that was a bit snug considering her usual attire, and boot cut jeans. Her dark hair was pulled back into a bun with a clip, and her face was fresh with a soft undercurrent of a flush due to nerves, making her clear green eyes pop. She hadn't seen him since Graduation, maybe he had changed over the summer. Maybe he wouldn't pick up where he left off with the teasing and bullying. But part of her knew that wouldn't be true - now, she dreaded, it would get even worse.