☘ Three Leaf Clover ☘

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Awesome art by Splashheart8!! ^^^

TW: Swearing, Science equations :shudder:

Lunch was very boring. 

I decided I would actually do something at lunch and go for a walk. Then I started overthinking and realized it would look kinda sad if I walked around school on my own for an hour. I ended up getting distracted by my phone and did nothing for the rest of lunch.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. I had art next and I sat alone in the back of the class and no one bothered me. 

Science was boring too, we were in a seating plan again so I was sitting at a desk near the front next to Penny again. 

I had my arms crossed on the desk and my face buried in them, but the teacher told me off for 'sleeping in class'. I was just staring blankly at the desk in front of me but I guess that isn't any better.

"Vega. Get a pen out and do your work, please." The teacher snapped at me. She stalked off before I had a chance to say anything. 

Rude.

I dragged the worksheet towards myself and groaned inwardly.

"Penny? Can I borrow a pencil?" I rubbed my eyes and rested my elbows on the desk.

"Piper." She said.

"Huh?"

"I'd prefer it if you called me Piper." She said, pulling a pencil out and handing it to me.

"Oh.. okay, sure," I said, starting with the worksheet the teacher had given me. "Why?"

Fuck, that's really rude.

"Sorry-" I started, but Piper shook her head and waved her hands in front of her.

"No, it's fine. I just feel like Penny is too.. girly, y'know?" 

I nodded. 

"Oh yeah. That makes sense... Piper."

"Thanks," she grinned, then rolled her eyes and scowled. "Unfortunately my parents don't think so."

I blinked. I wasn't expecting that.

"...shit."

Piper just shrugged.

"Yeah, well," She pulled her short sandy hair out of her face. "Not everyone's gonna agree with it."

I started with the balancing chemical equations because whatever our teacher's name is was shooting daggers at me.

"Any specific reason for the name change?" I tried to awkwardly turn away from the teacher so she didn't see me talking - I dunno why I bothered, she definitely already hates me.

Piper leaned sideways towards me. "I'm a demigirl," She said casually.

"O-oh." I stuttered.

That explains it.

"So do I still call you she or..."

"Eh, she or they is fine, I don't really care." They said over their shoulder.

I nodded and we both went quiet. I had no idea what to say.

"I'm gay." I offered.

"Cool." She said. "Hey, are you actually any good at science? I've got no damn clue what I'm doing!" She threw her hands up in frustration.

I cocked my head to one side and pulled the paper closer. "Yeah, sure, you see how there are certain numbers in the corners? You basically have to have the same number of oxygen, carbon and water of both sides of the equals sign." I pointed at the water symbol, "Like how water - H2O - has two oxygens, but the oxygen on the other side only has one? You put a two in front of it so that it's even." Piper narrowed their eyes and nodded like they suddenly knew the answer to the universe or something.