Boxing Partners

The New Girl

Clementine Marsh-Everett was the new girl at school. She had tried out for so many ivy league schools in hopes that she would follow the path of the people she cares about most but as per usual life gets in the way. People die. People act out. They get sent away to a boarding school for their actions, luckily for her Ericson's has a boxing club. Maybe a fresh start is what she needed.

For the past six Violet Aldon had called the Ericson's school her home, she was sent away a long time ago but made the best of her situation, she had made so many new friends there, life-long friends that supported her through the times that were dark and abysmal.

Violet and Louis had got word that a new girl was moving into their school and, since Violet's old roommate was transferred away, all those months ago, they wondered whether she would be her next roommate or someone else.

One day after a long day at the school, they have gym last most days, Louis and Violet were walking back to the dorms, Louis' was first so Violet went along alone back to her dorm. She fished out her keys from the bottom of her gym bag and fumbled around with the lock. The blonde pulled open the door and slid inside, she looked around her room which had been her home for the last six years, she noticed a bag on the bunk bed opposite hers, some posters had been stuck to the wall.

The girl approached the bed and looked at the deep purple bed sheets and the white, red and blue bag with various badges and patches, all related to sports, mainly baseball, track and boxing sewed on the fabric. On the desk was an old, tattered, purple and white baseball cap with the letter "D" which looked like it was going to fall off.

Violet picked up the hat and inspected it closer, she heard the bathroom door open behind her, the blonde carefully place the hat back on the desk and tossed her bag on her own bed.

"Hi, my name's Clementine, Clem for short. I'm new here" The brunette said softly

Violet turned around and saw a girl, slightly shorter than herself, her brunette hair was wrapped in a white towel and another around her body. Her eyes were a deep hue of light browns and deep yellows, her amber eyes complimented her skin. She was... damn. 'come on Vi, come up with an answer already, don't say something stupid in front of you hot, new roommate... Jesus Vi get it together!"

"I err, sorry for being nosy. It's been so long since I've had a roommate. I'm Violet, nice to meet you" she said with a smile. "I saw the badges on your bag, I take it you do a lot of sports? You do boxing, right?" the blonde added.

"Yeah, I do, I've been doing it for the last few years. Why do you ask?" the brunette replied. "No way! I've been doing it here for the past couple of years. Just your luck, I'm pretty sure it's boxing in gym class tomorrow, I'll introduce to Louis tomorrow"

"Louis?" the brunette inquired, "Yeah, he's been one of my best friends since I first got here, he can be pretty annoying, he jokes around a lot. He really is a great friend, he really does care about people, especially his friends."

"I'd like that" the girl said with a smile as she walked back into the bathroom to get changed. Violet quickly got changed into her pyjamas and laid back on her bed, sore from today's training.

Clementine re-appeared wearing a vintage t-shirt and some flannel pyjama bottoms. Violet spoke up, "hey, do you want to play a game? We should get to know each other more since were going to be roommates and teammates"

"That's a nice idea, I'd like to get to know you too" she smiled "What were you thinking of?"

"Truths, so we take it in turns to ask each other whatever we want, anything from the most daring, personal questions to the mundane," Violet said as she sat up and crossed her legs to look at Clem, the brunette got up and joined the blonde on her bed, they sat facing each other. "Sounds like fun" she smirked.