...Than You!
Xion was told when she first enrolled at Destiny Academy that on your first morning you had to go and meet with the Principle and if you were late then there was hell to pay. On her new timetable Xion had even circled it in thick red marker: 'Meeting with Principle Xemnas, 8:30am DO NOT BE LATE!' She had even added the 'do not be late' in block capitals and the hundreds of exclamation points herself as an extra reminder. She had also set her alarm extra early so that she wouldn't be late for what she knew was going to be the most important meeting she had ever been to.
It was now 8:35 and Xion was sprinting down the corridors to the Principle's office. She had heard her alarm but she had also turned it off instead of turning it on to snooze and when she had finally woken up it was twenty-five past eight. She had hurriedly dressed and roughly packed her bag (she was sure that in her rush she had forgotten something) and legged it as fast as she could to where she thought the Principle's office was. Unfortunately the office wasn't where she thought it was, if it had have been she would have been on time. As it happened the office was in exactly the same place three floors up and by the time she arrived she was hot, sweaty, out of breath and six minutes and 38 seconds late (which the receptionist was kind enough to tell her.)
"Enter." came the Principle's booming voice when Xion knocked on the door.
"I'm so sorry I'm late..." she panted as she pushed the door open. The Principle smiled kindly at her.
"Relax Xion, sit down and catch your breath." he said indicating the chair in front of his desk. Xion sat nervously, wondering if the hell to pay was coming. "Judging by your flushed expression I'm guessing that you ran here."
"Yes, I didn't want to be late." Xion gasped. Xemnas chuckled softly.
"I'm guessing you were told that there would be 'hell to pay' if you were late by one Axel Flare?" It was more of a question than a statement. Xion nodded. Xemnas laughed again. "Yes one of Destiny Academy's more troublesome pupils. You have nothing to worry about Xion, besides I know that you're sharing a room with Larxene Voltaire so I doubt that you got much sleep last night." Xion giggled.
"It wasn't too bad, actually, I'm a very heavy sleeper and didn't really hear anything." she stated. Xemnas laughed again.
"That's good." he said. "What else is good are your transcripts; you're a good student Xion you should have no trouble getting settled in to life and work here."
"Thank you sir." Xion said blushing modestly. Xemnas gave her an encouraging smile.
"So what is your first class?" he asked. Xion pulled out her timetable.
"English Literature with Professor Beast." Xion read out. "I'm very excited about this class, I've heard great things about Professor Beast and I'm very fond of English Literature."
"Then I won't keep you any longer." Xemnas said kindly, smiling at her. Xion smiled back and got up to leave. Just as she reached the door Xemnas spoke again. "Oh and Xion, if you are going to be spending a lot of time in the company of Axel Flare be a good influence on him. Maybe where Riku, Roxas and Zexion have failed you will succeed."
"I'll try sir." Xion said and left the room.
Despite the new map that Namine had drawn for her Xion still had no idea where anything was and as a result she was five minutes late to English Literature. She knocked on the door and entered the room. At the front of the class stood a dishevelled looking man with bushy greying brown hair, eyebrows and beard. He wore a long purple cloak and surveyed Xion from underneath his thick eyebrows.
"Who are you?" he barked.
"I'm sorry I'm late sir, I'm new and I got lost." Xion explained. Professor Beast smiled warmly as he realised who she was, his eyes twinkling.
"Ah you must be Xion, I've heard great things about you." he remarked. "Take a seat, we're discussing whether Romeo is as romantic as everyone says he is or whether he is a misogynistic bastard who switches his affections to the next bit of skirt that comes along." Xion grinned, this is what she had been looking forward to ever since she had been accepted here. She turned to look at the class to try and find a seat. There was only one empty chair in the room (that didn't surprise her she knew the class was very popular) unfortunately it was next to Axel. He smirked at her and patted the seat next to him, Xion rolled her eyes.
"Guess you're stuck next to me Juliet." he purred.
"Axel," Professor Beast said from the front of the class. "I hope to god that you're not comparing yourself to Romeo because I think The Bard would be turning in his grave if he heard that. Now unless you have something useful to say shut up." Xion smirked at the crestfallen expression on Axel's face and sat down next to him. She pulled out a notebook and turned her attention to the front of the class.
"You're actually going to take notes?" Axel whispered incredulously. Xion shot him a glare.
"Will you leave me alone?" she hissed back.
"See you say you want me to leave you alone, Juliet, but every time I turn around there you are. You say you want nothing to do with me but your constantly turning up where I am suggests otherwise." Axel whispered and ran his fingertips up the inside of Xion's thighs. She tried, and failed, to suppress the shiver that his touch caused.
"Axel," Beast barked from the front of the room. "I'm sure the rest of the class would be delighted to hear what you and Xion are talking about." Xion shot Axel a filthy look, he smirked back at her then turned to look at Beast an innocent expression on his face.
"I was merely pointing out to Xion that despite the fact that Romeo's affection seems to switch from Rosalind to Juliet in very quick succession it should not be thought that his intentions with either woman were anything but honourable." he said. So he can think on his feet, Xion thought, two can play at that game. Beast looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Xion, any comments?" the Professor asked turning to her.
"Romeo's intentions with each girl may well have been honourable but the fact of the matter is simple; he is in love with Rosalind until he sees Juliet, who he believes is more beautiful, so his love is fleeting and superficially skin deep." she said and shot Axel a glare.
"Can you back that statement up?" the red head beside her asked, a hint of irritation in his voice.
"As he sees Juliet at Capulet's party he says 'I never saw true beauty till this night.' This states that he finds Juliet more beautiful than Rosalind and it is at this point that his affection switches from one girl to the other, meaning that, if nothing else, Romeo's love is not as pure as popular opinion would have it." she stated. Beast smiled warmly at her.
"Axel, anything to add?" he asked. Xion turned to face the red head, a look of utter triumph on her face. Axel sat staring at her, his mouth wide open in surprise. "I'll take that as a no. Xion, it appears you have won your case." he winked at Xion and then turned back to the rest of the class who had been sitting in awe as the new girl destroyed Axel.
"If I were you," Xion whispered to Axel smiling sweetly. "I'd start taking notes."
Axel was not happy that Xion had bested him in a battle of wits in her very first class. He was still sulking as he sat with Roxas, Riku and Zexion in the cafeteria at lunch. Zexion smirked at him from over the top of his book.
"Honestly Axel are you still in a mood about this morning?" he asked.
"What happened this morning?" Roxas asked the blue haired boy through a mouthful of lasagne.
"You missed it, Xion kicked his ass in front of the entire class." Zexion smirked. Roxas looked confused.
"She beat him up?" he asked. Riku rolled his eyes.
"Although that's not beyond the realms of possibility that she would want to, I very much doubt it." he stated flicking his silver fringe out of his eyes. "I'm guessing he tried to show her up by going one on one with her in a game of who's the smartest and got his ass handed to him."
"Got it in one." Zexion replied. "He really can't handle it that she's smarter than him."
"Screw you!" Axel growled. Riku laughed triumphantly and gave the red head a shove.
"It's about time someone took you down a peg or two, Axel." he told his friend.
"Yeah," Roxas agreed. "you're such a smart-arse." Axel scowled at him.
"I'm guessing that you're going to cease and desist in your pursuit of her now that she's pissed you off." Zexion stated grinning at his friend. Axel thought about this for a second.
"Nope, the fact that she's on my intellectual level just makes her even hotter." he smirked, returning to his usual cock-sure self taking a large bite of lasagne. The other three looked at each other in amazement.
"I know it's a common misconception for most men but he actually does keep his brains in his bollocks." Zexion said rolling his eyes and turned back to his book.
