Yay! Chapter two is here! Time to celebrate!
So, after this, it might take a while for me to add chapters to this and my other stories because I start school in a week.
Also, on Monday, I'm having oral surgery. Fun *sarcasm*... I'm going to get eight teeth pulled, three permanent teeth "lassoed"...and braces. So expect the next chapter to be uploaded after that.
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"I am so sorry!" the boy apologized. "I vasn't looking vhere I vas going!" he explained hurriedly, turning and helping Melody gather her fallen textbooks again. Melody could only stare blankly at the boy. Mixed emotions of shock and curiosity ran rampant through her head and ricocheted inside her skull.
"Here you go." The boy said as he handed Melody her textbooks. He looked up at her and hesitated. "I don't believe we have met." He said slowly. Melody shook her head, snapping out of her confused trance.
"Nope, I don't think so." She replied quietly, taking the textbooks from him. The boy smiled and waved at her.
"Mein name is Kurt." He said with a smile. "Kurt Vagner." Melody smiled back almost hesitantly.
"I'm Melody…" she paused thoughtfully. "And is it Vagner or Wagner?" she asked, tilting her head to the side. "I know you have an accent…and sometimes it's hard to tell…" Kurt's face reddened.
"Sorry…I didn't mean to confuse you or anything…" he began to apologize.
"No, it's not bad or anything. I think accents are cool…" Melody recovered, pretending to look through her science textbook. She flipped to a page about frog bone structure and kept her eyes glued to a picture of a frog skeleton.
"So, vhat's your name?" Kurt asked as he peered over the textbook. Melody avoided his gaze but couldn't help but smile.
"I'm Melody." She replied. "So…you're not from the United States, are you?" she wondered. Kurt shook his head.
"I am a foregin exchange student from Germany." He explained with a grin. Melody's face lit up suddenly.
"My mother lived there for a little while once!" She replied brightly. Kurt's expression lit up.
"Does she speak any Deutsch?" he asked. "Do you?" Melody shook her head.
"I don't speak any…but my mom might. I'm not sure, though. I've never asked." She replied.
Toad was sick of this already…Principle Darkholme had told him and the other guys to keep an eye on Melody, and so far, he was still standing there watching Melody speak to a total stranger…
Aw man…She's gonna kill me for this… he thought. I gotta do somethin'
With a smirk he stepped between Kurt and Melody.
"Hey, uh…If you two are done with this whole, romancing thing? The rest of us got places to be." He interrupted rudely with a sneer.
"Shut up, Todd." Melody hissed through her teeth. The Toad-boy was always there to ruin Melody's fleeting moments of actual friendship…and Melody couldn't help but wonder if her mother was telling Todd to do this…
"It's fine…I should really get going anyway. Principle Darkholme vill kill me if I'm late to class again." Kurt said with a forced smile before turning around and walking away hastily.
Melody glared at Toad.
"Please tell me you did not just do that." She growled. Toad shrugged.
"Hey, what did I do? Just following orders from your mom. You know she'll have my head if I don't keep you away from strangers." He said with a worried expression.
"You know, sometimes I wish you would leave me alone. And by sometimes…I mean always!" Melody snapped, balling her hands into fists.
"Woah, woah…Melody, jeez. Calm down." Toad said, swallowing nervously, flinching away from her.
"You're not my bodyguard! And I'm not some helpless little kid who can't stand up for herself. If you want me to prove that, I could just slam you into a locker right now!" she barked, eyes ablaze. Toad's eyes widened in alarm and he ducked away from her.
"Okay, okay! Just try to tell that to your mom!" he said quickly, backing away from her. Melody shook her head and turned her back to Toad, making her way to her first class.
Toad sighed as she left, gazing down at the floor. "Why do you hate me, Mel?" he said quietly before leaping down the hallway.
"You gonna eat that?" Fred asked, pointing to Melody's lunch tray. Melody stared blankly at the food and shook her head. "More for me!" Fred said with a grin almost too wide for his head as he dumped the contents of Melody's lunch onto his own tray.
"Hey, Melody…What's wrong?" Pietro wondered, crossing his arms.
"Nothing." Melody said with a frown. Pietro rolled his eyes.
"Obviously something's bothering you. Come on, tell us. We are your friends after all." He said with a sly grin. Melody's eyes blazed.
"No…you are not my friends! You guys think you're my bodyguards! And I'm done with it!" she shouted, making sure her voice wasn't loud enough to attract unwanted attention from the neighboring lunch tables.
Pietro's eyes widened with hurt. "Hey, you don't mean that…was it Toad? Was he being a jerk?" he asked.
Melody ignored him.
"Hi guys, sorry I'm late…" Lance said as he approached the lunch table. He trailed off as he noticed everyone's shocked expressions…well, except for Fred. He was acting normal, stealing everyone's lunches while they weren't looking. "What happened while I was gone?" he asked, confused.
"Melody's in a bad mood." Toad said, rolling his eyes. "When is she not?" He looked down at his tray and suddenly realized half of his lunch was missing. "Fred!" he growled, glaring at Fred who shrugged.
Lance furrowed his brow. "Is it… that time of the… month?" he asked uneasily. Melody stared up at him in disbelief.
"What? Ew, no!" she shrieked, her face becoming very red. "What the hell, Lance!?" Lance shrugged.
"Sorry! Sorry…" Lance said quickly. He sat down beside Pietro, who had his face in his hands.
"Wow Lance….just wow…" Pietro's voice was muffled by his hands.
Lunch was almost over…and Melody couldn't wait until it was. She was sick of always sitting with these idiots…
Suddenly, she spotted the boy from earlier, Kurt. "I'll be right back." She said absent-mindedly.
She hurried over to where Kurt was standing next to a trash bin and waved. "Hey, Kurt!" she called.
"Oh, Hi Melody!" Kurt replied enthusiastically.
"Like, who's that Kurt?" A girl with a ponytail asked from the nearby table.
"Oh, let me introduce you to mein friends!" he led Melody to the table, where three people were sitting down. He pointed to the girl with the ponytail.
"Melody, this is Keety. Keety, this is Melody." He said brightly. Kitty smiled and waved from the table.
"It's nice to see that Kurt's making friends." She said with a grin.
A girl with red hair stood up and walked around the table to Melody. "Nice to meet you Melody. My name is Jean. And that's Scott." She said with a smile, shaking Melody's hand. She paused. "Hey, haven't I seen you around before?" she asked. Melody shrugged.
"Probably." She replied. Jean's face lit up.
"Oh yeah! You're principle Darkholme's daughter, right?" Melody nodded.
"Yes I am." She said, smiling back at Jean.
"Wow! I didn't know that!" Kurt said from behind her. Melody turned around to face him. "You must have it easy! You're mom probably makes sure you get the best classes and teachers." He said. Melody shook her head.
"More or less…most of the time, she's too busy working to actually be able to spend time with me. But she tries her best." Melody explained. "She's way over-protective though…those guys are the only people I'm actually allowed to call my friends…so it gets pretty lonely for me." She said with a sigh.
"That sucks…" Scott said, shrugging.
"Hey, Mel. What are you doing over here with these losers?" Toad asked from somewhere behind them. Melody turned around in surprise.
"Todd! Why are you following me?" she snapped. Toad shrugged.
"Hey, your mom told me to. She doesn't want you hanging out with the problem student." He said, pointing to Kurt. "She thinks he's a bad influence. Always late to class and such." He smirked. Melody frowned at him. "Anyway, she wants you to come back to the table."
"And how do you know that? She's in her office!" Melody challenged. Toad chuckled.
"Actually, she popped into the cafeteria to visit you." He pointed to their usual lunch table, where Principle Darkholme was standing with her arms crossed. Melody bit her lip and turned to her new friends.
"I'm sorry…I have to go now." He explained, following Toad back to the lunch table.
Mom is going to kill me…
Melody turned around in surprise.
"Todd! Why are you following me?" she snapped. Toad shrugged.
"Hey, your mom told me to. She doesn't want you hanging out with the problem student." He said, pointing to Kurt. "She thinks he's a bad influence. Always late to class and such." He smirked. Melody frowned at him. "Anyway, she wants you to come back to the table."
"And how do you know that? She's in her office!" Melody challenged. Toad chuckled.
"Actually, she popped into the cafeteria to visit you." He pointed to their usual lunch table, where Principle Darkholme was standing with her arms crossed. Melody bit her lip and turned to her new friends.
"I'm sorry…I have to go now." He explained, following Toad back to the lunch table.
Mom is going to kill me…
"Melody!" Mystique barked. She had taken the time to walk Melody all the way from the cafeteria to her office before scolding her, which was an improvement from the previous time when she had punished Melody on the spot, causing embarrassment. Melody had made her promise to never do it again, and Mystique was sure she would never have to punish her daughter again after that. "I thought I told you to stay away from those kids!"
"You know what, you don't know anything." Melody groaned, arms crossed as an act of defiance. Mystique was taken aback. This was the first time that Melody had ever talked back to her that way. Melody continued, leaving her mother almost slack-jawed. "They're the first real friends I've ever had." She snapped.
"Young lady, those students are not your friends! I am your mother. It's my job to protect you from kids like them!"
"People like them?" Melody shot back. "They're a whole lot better than those idiots I'm forced to hang out with!" she slammed her fist onto her mother's desk. Mystique gasped.
"You're grounded." The words left her mouth before she could even think. Her eyes suddenly widened in disbelief at what she had just said.
She had never grounded Melody before…and she had just now realized that.
Melody was always such a well behaved little girl. How had she gotten to be so…impossible?
Melody's hand flew over her mouth. "What?" she demanded.
"That's right. You're grounded. You will not be allowed to leave the house for a week." Melody's jaw dropped.
"B-but what about school? My grades…" her mother quickly waved her hand to silence her.
"Will stay exactly the same. All of your homework will be brought to you at the end of the school day." She explained strictly. Melody stayed silent for a long moment, trying to contemplate what had just happened…
Finally, she reacted, stamping her foot.
"That's so unfair!" she exclaimed before running out of her mother's office and to the closest bathroom, where she proceeded to lock herself in the second stall.
I'm sorry that this chapter is shorter...I haven't had a lot of time to add to it. Also, after a while, it felt like I was just trying to make each chapter longer by adding stuff that nobody cared about XP Oh well.
Also, in my head I'm thinking this all takes place in a universe where the X-Men don't know that Principle Darkholme is Mystique. They also don't know that Kurt is her son and Mystique doesn't know about Kurt.
So there you go, confusion is gone.
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