Sharp
The dining hall was absolutely huge, that was the first thing Sharp noticed about it. It was also very, very white. At first she thought it was just the walls and furniture, but then she realized most of it was coming from the ceiling, which seemed to just be one massive light.
Well, that's overkill. She thought, squinting a little.
Not being one to waste time gawking, she walked briskly over to the buffet, her long dress trailing behind her. The lines were not long, there were so many that even if one began to lag girls would just move to another. Sharp grabbed some of everything: Steak, mashed potatoes, peas, and some kind of weird pink fruit juice. Not having made any friends yet, she plopped herself down in the middle of a group of three girls, all of them older than her by the looks of it.
"Hey." She said to the girl across from her, driving her fork into the steak.
"Hello, um, Sharp was it?" Said the brown-haired one.
"Yup, and you're Lexi." Sharp replied through her steak.
"How did you know my name?"
"Oh, I know everyone's name. Unlike you, I was paying attention during roll call."
Lexi was obviously off-put by Sharp's comment, possibly even taking it as a challenge. Yet for some reason she said nothing.
"So, you gonna introduce me to your friends?" She added, tilting her head towards the blue and pink haired girls.
"Oh, um, sure." Lexi said nervously, "The one next to me is Mary, and the one next to you is Riley."
Okay, not challenged, just off-balance. Seems friendly enough... Sharp turned her head to the girl next to her, catching Riley in the act of analyzing her. Sharp held her stare for a moment, but--after adjusting her glasses--turned back to her food. The table grew deathly silent, it seemed almost as though the awkwardness was blocking out the clamor of the cafeteria around them.
"You have really pretty eyes." Cut through the silence.
"What?" Sharp said, looking up from her food and trying to catch who had said it.
"Your eyes, they're a beautiful shade of red." This time Sharp caught the speaker, Riley.
Sharp felt her cheeks turning color to match her eyes, "Th-thank you."
Sharp was far from used to receiving compliments for her eyes. Other parts of her, sure, but her eyes were always a source of negative humor ever since they'd gained color. "Red eyes, you must be eeevil." Her older brother had teased. She was certainly glad to have him out of her life in second-stage school, she couldn't imagine a going through this drama with a bunch of unruly males running around in addition to the unruly females, or mostly, female. What was Nat thinking? She's never been the nicest, but that seemed way beyond normal. Unless... Was she showing off? Sharp would have to ask her cousin about that later. For now, she had a chance to befriend this Riley girl, and she wasn't going to let that slip through her fingers. A plan began forming in her mind.