Author's Note: Thanks so much for the reviews! Good and bad. All are welcome. Oh I forgot to say this, but none of the Marvel Comics characters that may (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) show up are mine either. I can't say who cause that would ruin the surprise.
Any how enjoy Chapter 3!
Partners
Chloe quickly entered her science class out of breath. She had gotten lost as any freshmen transfer would. Her new teacher had an enormous head and stared at her. She was late as she noticed the teacher demonstrating an experiment to the class.
"I'm sorry I'm late." She said taking a deep breath. "I got lost." She placed a yellow transfer slip on his desk. He stared at her for a moment as if trying to remember who she was. Students whispered around her.
"Just take your seat next to Mr. Peace." Chloe looked over and saw the only empty seat next to the boy she had sat with at lunch. She stumbled over to her seat and sat beside Warren.
"Hey," He said staring at Chloe oddly. She forced a smile as the whispers about her continued.
"Hey." She said back as Mr. Medulla continued his demonstration.. She turned away and placed a green notebook on her desk trying to listen to the teacher, but couldn't help, but hear two boys whispering.
"Now that I have demonstrated you may begin. I will be coming around to give you your equipment." Oh no, Chloe thought looking up to see Mr. Medulla handing the first lab table its equipment.
"Don't worry," Warren assured her. "I did this lab last year. You'll be fine with me as your partner." Chloe looked at him realizing for the first time she would be working with super hunky Warren Peace.
"Did you have to repeat this course?" Chloe asked curiously as the two whispering boys started to experiment loudly.
"Sort of," Warren began with a grin. "I got kicked out last year for fighting another student." He was bad, but Chloe didn't care. If genes were correct she'd be just as bad or worse.
"Ms. Mason, I see you and Mr. Peace are getting along fine." Mr. Medulla said with a completely straight face. He placed several pieces of equipment on the table. "That's a good thing since you will be partners for the remainder of the year." Warren and Chloe exchanged looks before staring down at the strange devices.
"Ready to get started, partner?" Warren asked Chloe with a grin. Chloe nodded and the two began working together.
Chloe arrived at her house shutting the door slowly behind. She sighed glad to be "home" even though it really wasn't her true home. After fumbling over electronics in her Mad Science class and being surprisingly great in her Basic Villain History class, Chloe had found Sky High quite like any other high school. At least the ones she read about in books. She had never been to a real high school before.
"Oh, hello Chloe." Chloe's foster mother greeted her coming into the hall while drying a dish. "How was your first day at school?" Chloe dropped her bag on the floor and sighed once again as she saw her older foster sister, Emily peeked in from the kitchen.
"Fine, I guess." Chloe flexed her fingers releasing tiny blue sparks.
"Did you meet any one with cool powers?" Timmy, Chloe's little foster brother asked quickly coming down the stairs.
"Timothy, don't interrogate Chloe." Her foster mother told her son. Chloe shrugged. She wasn't sure of any of the kids powers.
"Not really, but my science teacher has a really big head." Chloe said as she headed for the stairs. The boy laughed.
"Dinner will be ready soon." Mrs. Mason stated. Chloe nodded and went to her room.
Chloe collapsed on top of her bed. School was hard, but not just the studies it was mainly the kids. She felt like she was being judged. Just because her father was a villain, a very, very famous powerful villain didn't make her one too. She was glad that Warren (even though he may turn on her tomorrow) was there today.
Chloe listened as Emily and Timmy fought over the phone in the other room. She smiled. She had been by herself her whole life. Her father had really been the only one there since her mother had died when she was so young. Her new family had been really great to her. The Masons had been kind enough to adopt Chloe and enroll her in school. Sure, they had been a little scared of her, but they had gotten over it.
The kids at school were worse. Except Warren. She really hoped she would see him again, but he was too cool to be hanging out with a loser freshman who probably everyone feared by now.
"Chloe dinner!" Her foster mother called. Chloe crawled from bed to go down stairs to her normal family.
