Last time on A Mutant Like Her

Megan was unusually quiet as she stared at her notebook.

"You okay, Meg Nogg?"

"Stop calling me that, Mandy."

"Why?" she said sitting next to her. "That's our thing on set. You're Meg Nogg and I'm Mandy Bars."

"I've been...thinking..."

All of the sisters, as well as the eavesdroppers, listened to Megan.

"I...want to get out of the movie biz."

Here's the continuation!!

"What?!"

"Are you serious?!"

"Why?!"

The eavesdroppers looked at each other shocked.

"Jubilee! What happened when they were hanging out?!" Bobby asked.

Bobby was the mutant that had the ice power Melanie used on Toad. He had light brown hair, brown eyes, and loved flirting with girls.

"I don't know! I didn't go with them!"

Megan groaned and got up.

"I knew you guys would freak out."

"But what are you going to do?"

"I thought we would always do this for each other!" Mandy said getting up. "I get roles and then you would be my stunt double!"

"Well maybe I want to try being a normal girl for a change. I don't like everyone thinking I'm the gruff one. Maybe...I could be a little more feminine by sticking around here."

A silence swayed over the room. Melinda and Melanie were happy Megan wanted to break away from the glamour but couldn't understand her sudden decision. Mandy, Melody, and Maya...they all had different feelings.

Melody was going to France in a few months and was hoping to ask Megan to be a decoy and bodyguard. Maya was excited Megan was finally making herself her own person but wondered what she could possibly gain from this.

Mandy was heartbroken. Megan and her had always done everything together. As soon as Mandy started acting, Megan was right there with her!

Megan sighed and left the room. She immediately saw Logan glaring at the New Recruits were outside. They ran off and Logan waved Megan into Professor Xavier's study.

"Charles, this one wants to get out of show buisness."

"Megan? That's odd. Have a seat."

She looked around nervously as she sat down.

"Is there a problem?"

"I've...been having...difficulty."

"Your power is super strength."

"Yeah and...I feel like I have to treat everything like glass. If I accidently grip a pencil too tight, it snaps into pieces. I want to figure this out before I grip something worse too tight. A remote control, a fragile antique...a hand."

Charles looked a little startled. Had she developed feelings for someone?

"I have no objections about you staying. Are your other sisters?"

"No. Maya, Melody, and Mandy will be leaving later in the week."

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Fred was sitting in his room, throwing darts at a picture of Scott Summers. Since the kiss, he and Megan haven't talked.

*Flashback*

Fred nervously kissed Megan. Her hair fell down her face and onto his. He could smell her faint perfume. Megan put one hand behind Fred's neck and deepened the kiss.

She pulled away and stared into Fred's nervous eyes. Her eyes turned to the size of dinner plates.

"I-I have to go!" she yelled getting up and running.

"M-Megan!"

*End Flashback*

He sighed and hit Scott in the nose. Why was she in such a hurry? Did he do something wrong?

Fred hit himself in the head.

"I must've had bad breath or somethin'! No wonder she was so freaked!"

Of course that couldn't be it but he could pretend for now it wasn't because of how he looked.

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The Brotherhood went to school with sleep still covering their eyes. Excluding Pietro who only took five minutes to get ready in the morning. Toad yawned and looked for the group of identical girls.

"Where's Sugar Plum?" he whined.

Pietro smacked Toad.

"You need to calm down. The X-men still don't know what's going on between you two. If you keep making yourself into a broadcaster, everyone's gonna know!"

"It ain't like I'm ashamed of her! I'd shout it from the rooftops!"

"Yeah and then you'd get your sorry ass kicked by the X-men."

Toad leaned in his spot where the Brotherhood hung out before homeroom. It was close to all of their classes and right by the cafeteria.

"I wonder where the girls are."

"As long as Maya and Mandy lay off of me," Lance said shaking.

"Most guys would kill to be in that position."

Fred looked around the cafeteria and saw Megan sitting by herself doing some last minute homework. He walked over and loomed over her.

"Um...Megan?"

She looked up with a tint of fear in her eyes.

"Can we walk after school, Freddie?"

"O-Okay. Where?"

"Outside by the old lab. You know where-"

"Y-Yeah. I've been there before."

She smiled as he went back to the Brotherhood. Melanie was there talking to Toad.

"My sisters are leaving tomorrow."

"That stinks. You upset, Pietro?"

He sniffled.

"N-No. It's not like we were getting that close."

Melanie hugged Pietro.

"Don't worry. Its just for the fall season."

"That's forever in the fashion world!"

Toad got between Pietro and Melanie.

"Okay! Less touchy for him and more for me!"

"Your sisters are going back?" Fred asked shocked. "But they just got here!"

"It was actually kind of Megan's idea. She thought it would be best for everyone to get back into the swing of things back home."

The bell rang for homeroom.

"Aw man, I want to go home."

Melanie giggled and kissed her depressed boyfriend.

"But then you wouldn't be able to meet me in our spot during lunch."

Toad perked up and smiled.

"Let's go! A day of fine education awaits!"

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Fred zoned out in most of his classes. Was Megan going to tell him they wouldn't have a chance and that she was leaving? Was she saying how she never wanted to see him again? Maybe he wanted to just be friends and exchange phone numbers.

Anything was better than being rejected but he couldn't hope for much.

He envied Toad so much.

Melanie was a great girl and he was more than lucky to be with her. He had a rough childhood, given that he always looked pale and sick. No one wanted to play with him all that much. Once, he said how a group of older kids threw him in the mud and first introduced him to bugs. If he ate some, they would leave him alone. After a while, he just developed a taste for them.

But Melanie was more interested in Toad than any other couple in school. She would kiss him and hug him as if he was the hottest celebrity. Melanie always had compliments for him and would be more than happy to sneak off for a late night bug catch. The weirdest/ sweetest thing she did was hang a light bulb outside the back porch of the Brotherhood house to attract bugs at night. Except Toad accidently burnt his tongue on it when a bug landed on it.

The sound of a bell brought him out of his daze out the window. Was school over already? He hoped he never had to think that question ever again.

He got up out of his seat and could already feel his heart racing. As the students rushed to get to their cars and the buses, he thought of what the possible events could happen.

This wasn't the end of the world... it wasn't...as if he started liking her or anyting.