Avengers Academy

Chapter 3

If Natasha thought the outside of the school was crowded, it felt empty to her now. In the halls, there was less room to move around than outside. Kids tried to get by each other, pushing and shoving each other to get to their classes.

In a moment of panic, Natasha almost forgot what to do. She looked around her, fear filling her heart. There was no one she recognized and nowhere she knew to go. When someone bumped her shoulder, she was reminded of the schedule in her hands. Looking at it brought her a small moment of peace. At least there was something to help her with where she was going.

English was her first class for this period. It went from 7:30 to 8:20, leaving ten minutes to get her things back in her backpack and move to the next class. She wandered around the building for a few moments to try and find the class, the halls getting emptier and emptier as she went. Finally she found it, glancing back down at her schedule to make sure she was at the right place. She looked up once she was sure, and saw the black haired boy she had ran into earlier. And with her luck, she didn't notice him in time and she bumped into him again.

"I am so sorry. I keep bumping into you today," she said, laughing nervously as she looked up into his face.

"Well," he started coldly, "maybe it would help if you looked where you were going."

The boy walked off, not bother to even look at her. He went over to his seat and sat down, opening his books once he was settled.

Natasha sighed and walked into the classroom, her heart racing faster as she went.

"Good morning, everyone!" the teacher smiled once Natasha was in the room. She waved her hand to indicate that Natasha should come stand by her. "As most of you know, my name is Mrs. Jones. Today, we have a new student with us. Can you please tell us your name?"

Natasha faced the students and gave a nervous smile, not meeting the eyes of anyone. "My name is Natasha Romanoff."

"Thank you," Mrs. Jones said, smiling warmly at Natasha. "Now, I don't know how the other teachers have their students introduce themselves, but I just want you to name three things about yourself."

With all the eyes in the classroom on her, Natasha couldn't think straight and panicked. What three things could she tell them? What was interesting about her? It's not like she could tell everyone here that she was an ex-assassin. She would get kicked out of the school and worse things would happen.

"Um" Natasha began, looking down at her feet. "I like to read. I was born in Russia. And this is my first time at school."

"Thank you, Natasha! You may go sit down by Loki," Mrs. Jones said, gesturing towards the empty desk next to the black haired boy.

Natasha smiled at the teacher and walked slowly over to her desk. She felt quite uncomfortable sitting next to him, especially considering how rude he was behaving towards her. And of course with her luck today, she would end up sitting next to him. She pulled her books out for the lesson as she thought about how bad today had been already. As she read along with the teacher, she had no idea that Loki was watching her as she studied.

When the bell rung, she packed her things up and looked at her schedule to find her next class. History was next and she found the room pretty easily. She walked into the room and introduced herself. Everything was pretty much the same as the last class. Once she had introduced herself and told them where she was from, she moved to the desk her teacher had given her. It was between Steve and some other boy with golden, shoulder length hair.

"Hello! I am Thor," the golden haired boy said once she sat down.

"It's nice to meet you, Thor. You already know my name is Natasha," she said, smiling at him.