Katherine Ride: Rising *BOOK ONE*

Season One- Girl Talk

Katherine woke up the next morning around 8:00, but she kept her eyes shut.

It's Sunday. I can probably sleep in for a little longer.

She yawned quietly and shifted her wings a bit, snuggling closer to the warm body heat–

Wait.

Heat?

Katherine's eyes flew open as she realized she was inches away from Jiro's face, her arms wrapped around her waist. She gently turned her head and saw that Momo was cuddling into her wings, which would explain why she thought she felt something when she shifted. Katherine was stuck in between the two girls, and now she was having what was classified as a bisexual panic. She raised her head slightly and saw that they were still in the common room. Hagakure was sleeping with her head (at least, she assumed it was her head) on Mina's lap and that Uraraka and Tsuyu had their heads on each other's shoulders.

Oh, man. What do I do? How do I get out of this situation without causing a panic? I can't even sit up without waking Jiro or Yaomomo, and if I teleport I'll take them with me.

Finally, she took a deep breath, unwrapped her arms from around Jiro, and poked her in the shoulder. "Jiro," she hissed. "Jiro, hey! Dude, c'mon, wake up!"

Jiro yawned and opened her eyes. Then she blinked and shuffled backward. "What the–?"

"Shh!" Katherine put her hand to her mouth, pulled Jiro back to keep her from tumbling off the couch, and gestured at the other girls, still sleeping. "Quiet!"

Jiro nodded and slowly slid off the couch, carefully avoiding Mina and Tsuyu. "What happened? Did we all fall asleep out here?"

"I don't know, but can you wake up Yaomomo for me?" Katherine asked, smiling awkwardly and pointing at Momo's sleeping figure. "I don't think I can get up with her holding onto my wings."

"Yeah, sure."

Jiro walked around to the back of the couch and poked Momo's face. "Yaoyorozu, wake up!" she whispered.

Momo blinked and shifted. "Hm?" She yawned and looked at Jiro. "Good morning, Jiro. Can I help you with something?"

"Uh, could you let go of Katherine? She can't get up."

Momo turned and saw Katherine, who had twisted around to face her. "Hey."

"Oh!" she quickly let go of Katherine, who teleported next to Jiro behind the couch, then sat up and looked apologetically at the two. "I'm so—wait, how did this happen?"

"That's what we're trying to figure out," Katherine explained. "The last thing I remember was falling asleep on your shoulder."

Momo tilted her head, trying to recall the night's events. "I remember that too...," she said slowly, "and then Mina started a documentary about whales?"

"Oh yeah!" Jiro turned to Katherine and shrugged, grinning. "I guess we all just fell asleep to the whale noises."

"But the TV is off," she pointed out. If they had all fallen asleep to a documentary, how had they turned off the TV? It was childish, but she suddenly remembered the horror movie from last night and shivered.

"That would be my doing," said Todoroki, who was leaning against the kitchen doorway.

Well, nobody was expecting that. Katherine turned around so fast that she tripped over her feet and fell, causing Jiro and Momo to burst out laughing, which woke up the other girls.

Mina jolted and looked around. "What? Who died?" she asked in a tired panic.

Jiro tried (and failed) to stop laughing. "We—we were–" she stammered, dissolving into more giggles as Katherine stood up.