Part Two.
At Bayville High School, Todd Tolansky scuffed his untied shoes on the floor. He was sitting in front of the principal's office with a grim expression. The female principal opened her door.
"Mr. Tolansky."
He flinched as she said his name. She glared at him before he got up and walked into the room. The woman waved her hand in front of her face in attempt to clear away the odor that came off of Todd. Todd hopped into the seat in front of the desk.
"Excuse me while I open a window."
She opened it and sat on her desk. "Now, Toad. Shall we talk about your new friend, Scott Summers?"
"What about him? He's cool. Heck if it wasn't for him, them jocks would've smashed my skull flat."
"Yes...well...as you know, Scott has special power s. There are others like him. We need to know more."
As she talked, she moved behind Toad and put her hands on his shoulders.
"Look I-"
"Excuse me, is this the principal's office?"
The principal and Toad looked over at the window. Melanie was sitting there with her one-strap backpack over her left shoulder.
"I was hoping since this is my first day."
The principal stepped away from Toad. He sighed in relief.
"Most students either knock before entering or at least use the doorway."
"I wanted to take a look around. I heard yelling and was hoping I found the office."
She jumped down and winked at Toad.
"All right. Todd, we'll talk later. My name is Principal Darkholme."
As he left, Melanie took his seat. He was about to run off and hide until classes started. When he thought of how the girl saved him from Mystique, he stayed outside the Principal's office and leaned against the lockers.
"And you're going to take French, correct?"
"Yes. I was taking French at Lady Catherine's."
"It must be a big change from an all girl's private school to a public school."
"I think I'll be okay. Thank you very much."
Melanie quickly left the office and saw the boy from the office waiting.
He turned his head in embarrassment.
"Why did you come in through the window?"
"I heard her screaming at you. My name is Melanie. Melanie Wilbur. If you want you can call me Mel or Miss Piggy. Although, I really wouldn't prefer the last one."
She laughed with one of the sweetest expressions Toad had ever seen.
"That was a joke. You were supposed to laugh."
He shook his head to clear his thoughts.
"Why would you call yourself Miss Piggy?"
"My last name is Wilbur. Like the pig in Charlotte's Web? It was a mean nickname I had at Lady Catherine's."
Toad looked at her confused.
"It was my old school. All girls. All snobs."
"Well...um...welcome to Bayville. Just as many snobs but with guys and girls. Excluding yours truly," he said with a smile.
She laughed again.
"You're funny. What's your name?"
"Um Toad. I-I mean Todd! Todd Tolansky."
"Nice to meet you Todd."
The bell started to ring.
"I guess that means we get to homeroom, right?"
"Yeah."
"Hey, after school, could you show me around town?"
Todd turned pink.
"I guess."
"Thanks!"
She walked down the hallway and faded into the crowd of students. Toad stood still for a few seconds with a smile on his face. The principal grabbed his arm and pulled him back into the office.
"Don't forget. Find out where Scott and the others are."
"D-Don't worry. I got it."
Classes went by and it was time for lunch. Scott stopped at his locker, next to his friend's.
"See you at lunch."
"Okay. Save me a seat!"
As everyone cleared the hallways and Scott rummaged through his locker for his lunch. Todd quickly leaned against the locker next to Scott. He spun around.
"Yo, Summers."
Todd hopped on top of the lockers for his next feat.
"What's up?"
Scott looked around carefully.
"That's quite a jump."
"You like it? Surprised you could see them through them smokies of yours. Here, let me20help."
Todd shot out his long, green tongue and grabbed Scott's glasses. Scott put his arms in front of his face for protection.
"Hey!"
Toad held the glasses and waved them back and forth.
"What's the matter, Summers? Afraid to open your eyes?"
"Obviously we both know what will happen if I do. Now gimme back my shades before I go nuclear on you?"
A red light peeked out behind his arms.
"You got it."
Toad threw the glasses and used his tongue to give them to Scott.
"As you can see, we both have something in common."
"Yeah. Now we're both slimy," Scott said putting the glasses on and clearing away the slime.
"No," Toad said hopping down off of the lockers.
"I mean we ain't like other people."
Scott crossed his arms.
"And your point is..."
"I just wanna talk."
Toad hopped onto the lockers and held on to them with his left hand.
"You know, get to know each other better."
Toad used his long tongue to grab Scott's lunch and ate it in one bite.
"Do lunch, maybe."
Scott started walking away.
"I'll think about it."
"Yeah. You think about it, Summers. I got other stuff to do," Toad said as he hopped out of the window.