New Girl (StarRae)

Learning Her Name

Raven always knew she was into the same gender. It didn't suprise anyone that knew her and she never tried keeping it a secret. She had a few crushes here and there and even had a few decently serious relationship but nothing that kept her interest. They would always get bored of the raven or get impatient when she didnt have the same click as the others had with her. She didn't even know what they meant by that until senior year of highschool.

The first day a new foreign student moved to the area from Germany. Her accent was still thick and she only understood English but couldn't speak much of it. She was taller than Raven, had way longer hair than Raven, which was a red, and her skin was tanned, probably the exact opposite of Raven herself. She knew she would be a big hit among the men of the school, quickly getting the lead jock to start flirting and ending up on the cheer squad.

Raven had no idea why she liked the red head. Raven was average height, maybe shorter if you ask her friend Garfield. Her hair was midnight blue and cut above her shoulders. She was paler than the moon and was someone not many people try to befriend. She never got bullied per say, since everyone calls her a witch, they were afraid of getting a spell put on them.

Throughout the months, the crush grew into way more than Raven was expecting. They've talked once or twice when the girl would be confused on what book she needed to get for a class, and since Raven was the librarians assistant, it gave her an excuse to talk to the girl. Even though she gave off the cool, uncaring demeanor, she was always so nervous around her. She didn't even know the girls name and never got the courage to ask her, and as the months go on, her window of opportunity to ask slowly closed because you can't ask someone's name after they've been in the same grade as you for months. That's just awkward and borderline rude.

She was snapped out of her thoughts when her two friends plopped down next to her at the tree where they ate lunch and talked about their day.

"Hey mama." Garfield leaned back against the tree, rolling a sucker in his mouth as he put his hands behind his head. "Reading those witch books again?"

"Are you looking for a love spell." Victor smiled as Garfield high fived him and laughed.

Raven rolled her eyes at the two. She didn't know why they were her friends, Garfield was the class clown so to speak. He was barely taller than Raven and used to have a crush on the girl, before he found out she played for the other team, didn't stop his pet names though. He had green hair that he regularly kept dyed for as long as she could remember. Victor was also someone you wouldn't think belong to their little group. He was huge and muscular, his ebony skin looking even darker compared to the raven and he was always into robotics and old tv shows. The two sported varsity jackets, one with 'beast boy' and one with 'Cyborg' on the back playing in anything they could which was another reason one might think they wouldn't be friends.

"I don't think you'll have to. I heard that Kori has been flat out rejecting Robins advances."

"Kori?" Garfield looked at his friend confused.

"Yeah..? The girl you've been crushin' on."

"Wait, you didn't know her name Ray?" Victor asked and started laughing, soon the other joined.

"Shut up. I didn't exactly have the time to ask her." She slouched against the tree glaring at the boys.

Garfield wiped a fake tear from his eye comedically and out a hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah her name is some weird like Koriamdar or Koriander."

"Koriand'r."

"Thanks Vic. Everyone calls her Kori though since it's a weird ass name." He shrugged and plopped his sucker back in his mouth.

"Koriand'r." Raven tried it out and looked at the two. "So why do you think shes shouldering Robin off. Literally every girl wants him."

"All but you mama, and there's a reason for that."

"Because he's an egotistical dick that only cares about himself?"

"Because youre crushing hard on his crush. And as someone who has liked a lesbian" he stopped for dramatic affect and grabbed his chest "I think it's safe to say the same thing is happening, she just isn't as open as you."

The raven hummed in thought as she watched the person of discussion politely scooting away from Robin as he tries to put his arm around her.

"Maybe you're right."