N/A: *facepalm* New story. This time it's an X-men one, go figure. Ok, so there's like no stories with Alex and he's one of my favorites so I might as well add on. Hope you guys enjoy. And I just added some Scott/Jean because I just love the couple and they actually are gonna part of the story.

EDIT: Now editing this story and hopefully updating it.

Distorted Tides

Chapter 1

The summer sun shone high above Xavier's School for Gifted Children. With it, it brought a massive heat wave; giving all the students an excuse to mess around in the pool. Though, two older students were using the others' absence to their advantage as they got to know each other a little better.

"Sure is nice and quiet in here, hmn…?" Jean Grey purred softly to her boyfriend, Scott Summers, as she lay gently between his long legs. Her head rested on his chest and her arms wrapped around his waist as they both lounged on the couch in the Rec. room. Scott peered down lovingly through his dark red sunglasses at her, his world ever tinted in crimson. He opened his mouth to respond but was quickly cut off by the phone ringing before he even began.

"Uhg… Who could that be…?" He grumbled as Jean got up to go answer the phone while he sat up. Walking over to the phone in a brisk pace, the telepath telekinetically picked up the phone so that the caller would not hang up. She always hated how rude it was to miss a call.

"Hello, Xavier Institute. Oh! Hello, Mrs. Masters, is there something you need?" Jean asked happily as she placed the receiver to her ear. Scott looked over and perked up at the sound of his brother's adoptive mother but quickly started to pale as a worried look passed over his girlfriend's face.

"What? No, Alex hasn't called Scott lately. Is he okay?" Scott quickly jogged across the room to Jean, moving his head close to hers so that he could hear.

"No, Jean, dear. His father and I are getting worried. A couple of days ago, he went up the coast to go surfing with his new board but he hasn't come back or even called yet…!" A lump started to form in Scott's throat that would not go away. He quickly yet gently snatched up the phone from Jean. He tried desperately to steady his voice as he spoke up.

"Mrs. Masters? This is Scott, don't worry, I'm sure he's fine. But in any case, I'll be on the next flight to Hawaii."

"Oh, Scottie, thank you so much! Call us when you get here and we'll pick you up, we don't want anyone giving you problems. Bye, dear."

"Bye, Mrs. Masters…" With that, the conversation ended and Scott hung up the phone before trying to turn around to go get packed. Jean caught his wrist and turned him back towards her. She gave him a determined look as she pulled close to comfort him. She gave him a reassuring smile and raised his hand up to press it against her cheek

"Scott, I'm coming with you."

~X~

Pain and wind hitting wet skin forced Alex Summers to writhe awake. He slowly opened his eyes, sticky with dried sea water, to try and look around. He was lying on his back, looking up at the dark night sky. His head pounded and he could feel sand against where his wet suit did not cover. His body ached, the pain lacing his muscles with stiffness as he tried to shift in the sand.

Quickly shutting his eyes again to try and guard against the pain. He focused his strength to moving his resistant muscles and slowly sat up, raising his hands to his head. It was not until that moment did he recognize the familiar warmth and crackle of a fire nearby. The discovery took him by surprise and left him rather dumbfounded. Though, what really shocked him was the beautiful sound of a girl humming.

The severe need to find out where he was over rid his pain. Opening his sore eyes again, he looked for the person humming. Within seconds, he spotted her; his only reaction was to gape in awe. His pulse picked up and he found it near impossible to draw his eyes away from her lovely form.

She was sitting in front of the fire and appeared to be cooking something. Though, that was not why he was starting to resemble a fish. It was her appearance that caused his sudden lack of brain function as his mind filled with fascination at the sight of her. She had chocolate colored hair that went to her mid-back, smooth tan skin that only a Hawaiian girl could pull off, and a partial skirt made of grass, beads and feathers.

Now, recently with the need to control his powers, survive mobs of mutant haters and NOT blowing up food at school…Again… Alex had been feeling very little pushes from his hormones for a teenage boy his age. So the bombardment of them that he was getting at the moment was rather a shock to his system. It was taking all the restraint he had learned to keep himself calm as he looked over at her.

Sensing that he had awoken, the girl slowly got up and turned around. Alex gasped and quickly adverted his eyes from her, his cheeks turning red from noticing the fact that the large bead necklace she wore only partially covered her bare chest.

'Yeesh! Didn't her parents ever teach her about modesty?!' He mentally yelped to himself as the girl walked up and kneeled next to him. She placed a hand on his forehead. He told himself that it most likely to check his temperature but the softness of her skin made his skin feel like it was on fire. Suddenly, a shiver ran through him and a tickle in his nose caused him to sneeze before he tightly wrapped his arms around himself. He found himself glad for the uncomfortable distraction.

'Uhg… I'm freezing, I hope I'm not getting sick…'

"Hnnn….?" The little confused noise escaped the girl, causing Alex to look at her face. She was lovely; short flat bangs, green triangle tattoos on her cheeks, a cute round nose and soft green eyes. Swallowing the lump in his throat, Alex slowly reached up and grabbed the girl's wrist. He gently brought her hand down and held it as he smiled stupidly.

"U-uhh… Hi, there. I'm Alex Masters, er, Summers.. Well actually, it's both but that doesn't matter right now. So um… What's your name…?" He barely stammered out the words as the girl sat back on her folded legs, a sad look crossing over her face. He was confused at first until the reason hit him like a blow to the face.

"O-oh… Umm… Do you have a name…?" He asked, trying to keep his eyes from wandering below her face. Regret started to settle in his chest as the girl's eyes started to fill with tears as she shook her head. Alex really had no idea what to do at this point, so he did the only thing he could think of: gently pet her on the shoulder while staring stupidly to the side. At this, the girl sighed happily before purring and rubbing her nose against his hand. The reaction shocked Alex, causing him to quickly draw back his hand and leave her blinking slightly at him. Trying to defuse the awkward situation, Alex cleared his throat and turned back to the girl.

"Ok, so you don't have a name... Hmm. let's see, do you talk?" The girl shook her head and the male mutant could only sigh in frustration.

"Hhhmm... Ok, girl, since it looks like we're gonna be together for a while... First things first... A little somethin' we like to call modesty..." He said as he closed his eyes and untied the ice blue sash around his waist that his brother's girlfriend had made for him. Looking at the girl, he brought up the sash and showed it to her, "Ok, since I know you can understand English, you should understand this. I need you to cover up your chest with this cloth before we do anything else."

He handed it to her as she nodded and he turned around. While he did that, the dark skinned girl gently twisted the cloth around and placed her breasts in the pouches that the twist made then tied it around her back, making sure that her necklace was not trapped under the cloth. She was not sure why she had to do this but he seemed nice so she would trust him. She cleared her throat and gently tapped Alex on the shoulder to get his attention. Alex turned around to see the girl puffing out her chest towards him to show her handy work, though her actions made a slight blush appear on the boy's lightly tanned cheeks.

"Hehe.. Ok, now we should give ya a name," He looked her up and down, "Uh, do you have any special talents?" The girl nodded her head vigorously before standing up and raising her arms. A soft green light wafted around her hands while Alex watched in amazement as green and blue vines started to break through the sand, some twisting along the ground while others crawled through the air and wind around her, Alex barely saw the vine head for him. He jerked back slightly but calmed as soon as he saw it was not going to hurt him. The long blue tendril wound around his crossed leg, up his stomach and twisted around his chest until the vine lifted itself up and placed a violet colored hibiscus flower in his long blond hair.

"Wow! That was amazing! You're a mutant!?" He exclaimed eyes wide as the girl nodded, "I didn't even know these flowers came in blue!" He softly picked the flower from his hair and brought it to his nose to smell it; it was the most beautiful thing he had ever smelled. He looked up at her, a slight twinkle in his eye, "Girl, I have the perfect name for you: Leilani!" Leilani quickly dropped to her knees in the sand and pulled Alex into a tight hug. He flushed brightly as he was smashed against her soft body.

'It's gonna be a long trip... Hehehe... Might be kinda nice though, like an adventure!'