Arcadia Academy

Chapter 12

"Clarke!" Raven shouted making Clarke jump in surprise. In the process she smeared mascara all over her cheek.

"What?" Clarke asked as she pulled a makeup wipe out to fix her mistake.

"You look hot!" Raven grinned as she walked over to the mirror to do her own make up.

Clarke looked at herself in the mirror. She was dressed as Sandy from Grease and since her hair was already blonde all she had really needed to do to complete the look was curl it. She smiled looking over at Raven's costume. She was dressed as a nurse and Clarke could tell her dress was as short as the dress code allowed.

"Thanks, I think you took a couple years off my life telling me that. You look good too." Clarke responded with a smile.

"Oh, I know right!" Raven said excitedly spinning around to give Clarke the full effect of her costume.

"Are Luna and Octavia already ready?"

"Yup, give me five minutes and I'll be ready to go too." Raven started applying eyeliner.

Ten minutes later they were leaving the unit to walk to the gymnasium.

"I swear Rae you make us late on purpose." Octavia complained.

"It's called being fashionably late." Raven pointed out.

"That's not a thing at military school." Luna said with a smile.

Raven shrugged with a smile on her face. "There's a reason I won't ever be going into the military."

Clarke had learned that Raven had been sent to Arcadia Academy by her parents after getting into trouble one too many times. The transgression that had landed her there was hotwiring her ex-boyfriend's car and getting caught speeding on her joy ride. His family decided not to press charges at his insistence. He had cheated on her and didn't want his parents to know. When Raven's parents said they would send her to military school her ex's parents quickly agreed to finally drop the charges.

Clarke could tell that Raven had grown to love Arcadia Academy. Well, she loved the friends she had made. She was constantly challenging the strict rules. For someone as wild and spirited as her military rules were hard to adapt to.

The gymnasium was unrecognizable when they walked in. Clarke looked around in awe at all of the Halloween decorations.

"Didn't expect a military school to go all out on a Halloween dance?" Luna asked, noticing Clarke's surprised expression.

"Not at all." Clarke said as she stared at a giant inflatable pumpkin in the corner.

"Those tuition dollars have to go somewhere." Raven joked.

Lincoln walked up dressed as a prison inmate in an orange jumpsuit. His eyes immediately went to Octavia who was wearing a policewoman costume. He smiled at her shocked face.

"How did you-" Octavia paused and a look of annoyance came across her face. "Bellamy has such a big mouth."

Lincoln had a huge grin on his face. "Sorry officer, I'm guilty of bribery."

Octavia rolled her eyes, but she had a smile on her face. "I guess you'll have to come with me then. I'll catch up with you guys later." She took Lincoln's hand and they walked further into the gym disappearing in the crowd of students on the dance floor.

"Damn, Lincoln has game." Raven commented with an impressed look.

Finn walked over to the girls before they could walk further into the gym dressed up as a racecar driver. "I think we need to show everybody some real dance moves Rae."