An Unexpected Detour (Lucy)

[Ivy Rose]

Ivy had been on her way to her music class, the icy wind on her cheeks causing her to practically cover her face from the uncomfortable conditions. Miami was a tropical, warm climate throughout the entire year. Never had she seen winters below 50 degrees. But here it was, 30 degrees or less on a daily basis. Miserable. It truly was miserable. But she had much rather deal with misery than the misery experienced at home. 

Fi was supposed to be in her English class already, hopefully. Vy walked her over, at least. Her twin wasn't quite fond of the class, so she wasn't sure if the girl stayed or not. She could only hope so, considering she wanted Fi to pass. 

But within her time of basically hiding her face, she failed to notice a young girl standing in the middle of the courtyard, her face reading to be entirely lost. That is until she nearly ran into a bench and was forced to turn the other way. Her eyes locked on the girl, and her brow raised.

Was she lost? Or was she merely skipping? Ivy couldn't tell. 

"Um, are you alright?" Ivy said, approaching the girl with caution. "You don't seem too comfortable standing around out here when class is about to begin."

[Lucy Clayton]

Lucy was miserable, the weather was miserable and she was freezing. Her old coat wasn’t quite up to the task to keep her warm in this freezing weather. It did well on shorts walk outside, but Lucy was already way longer outside then she had intended to be. She should already be in her math class, but she had no idea where they were hold. Her timetable showed a cryptic room number, but Lucy didn’t have an idea in which building that classroom was supposed to be. She had already walked around the courtyard one and peeked into the buildings there, but none seemed to hold the right classrooms.

Normally she would just have followed one of her peers to the right classroom, but she had forgotten her math books in her room and had to return there to retrieve them. She had been in a hurry and thus she’d decided to take a “shortcut”. Or at least she had believed it would be a shortcut. Now she was standing in this courtyard without an idea where exactly she was. Lucy didn’t notice the girl walking into the courtyard until she spoke to her.

Startled she looked up. No, Lucy wasn’t alright, she felt miserable. She shivered and wrapped her coat closer around her, before replaying to the girl who seemed to be a few years older than her: “Uhh, no, I think I’m lost", and after a moment of hesitation she added:"Can you show me the way to my math classroom?"

[Ivy Rose]

"I can see that," Ivy said, looking down at the young girl with a hint of a smile. Ivy remembered those times where she needed help, and how nobody would help her if it weren't her sister. The older brunette wouldn't do that to anybody else, or at least she hoped, who was in need of some guidance.

"Well can I see your schedule?" She asked, reaching her hand out and waiting for the light eyed child to hand a paper over, tell her the room number, or the teacher's name. Either one of those options work well. The twins had different classes at different levels, so she had quite a broad knowledge of the classroom numbers and staff at the high school.

"What grade are you in, anyway."

[Lucy Clayton]

The only thing Lucy wanted to do now was going back to her room; cuddle up under the blanket and not getting out until much later in the day. Of course, that wasn’t possible as she had classes to attend and not showing up would get her certainly in trouble. Lucy didn’t want to draw attention from the schools officials towards her.

“Uhh yes, I have it somewhere”. Lucy opened her bag and rummaged through it until she found her class schedule. She pulled the already crinkled paper out of her bag and handed it over to the girl. While waiting for the girl to read the paper she explained: “I’m in seventh grade.” Lucy hoped that the girl would be able to show her the shortest way to class and out of the cold.

[Ivy Rose]

If Lucy hadn't wanted to draw attention, coming late on what seemed as her first day in class with an escort was not the way to do it. Show up on time, slip in your seat before the bell, and not talk is the way to be unnoticed; Ivy would know, she had done the same for several years. But she never truly was unnoticed because she was a twin- a fraternal twin, at that- and so she always drew some sort of attention.

But this girl wasn't Ivy.

Ivy studied the schedule; First period English. Okay, so that wouldn't be so difficult. She glanced at the room number, and confirmed her thoughts. It wasn't too far.

Ivy dipped her head to indicate that the young girl was to follow her, and she spoke up once more. "So I hope this isn't your first day in class, Lucy." The brunette could see the name 'Lucy Clayton' stamped at the top of the schedule, and so there was how she obtained the girl's name. It suited her, Ivy thought idly.

[Lucy Clayton]

Lucy didn’t like being late for her first English class. Everyone would stare at her when she entered the room. Well they would probably have stared at her anyway because she was the new kid, and everyone stared at the new kid. Lucy had in her short life, already attended a few different schools, and it had always been the same. Lucy hopped that her math teacher would be forgiving for her being late for her first class. She really shouldn’t have taken the shortcut, but it was too late now to change that.

Lucy was glad when the other girl indicated to Lucy to follow her. Hopefully Lucy would soon be out of this miserable and cold weather. She was still freezing and she hopped that she wouldn’t get a cold. Of course it was: “Uhh, yes It is…”, Lucy answered the question, while she followed the girl. Lucy wondered how the girl new her name and shrugged; it probably was because she was new. But she didn’t know the girls name: “What’s your name?”