CH. 3
"Skylar this is Dr. Hank McCoy, Hank this young lady is a fan of yours." When Hank turned around in his lab chair it took everything that Sky had not to geek out on him.
"Well if I'd known Dr. Skylar O'Riley was paying us a visit I would have straitened up the lab."
"It's an honor to meet you DR. McCoy. I've read all your papers and I've gone to a number of your lectures. I own all of your books. I can't believe I'm really meeting you." Hank laughed and took his glasses off.
"I've been following your career as well Ms. O'Riley."
"Please call me Skylar."
"Well Skylar I'm very impressed with your work. How did such a young woman become so well practiced with plants?" Skylar opened her hand and aimed it at the orchid that was growing on the windowsill. As the plant stretched out and wrapped around her arm she kissed the petals like she would a pet.
"Plants are a part of me." The flower returned to its original size and Skylar held her hand out to shake Hank's large fury one. They shook hands and Hank agreed to give Skylar a lab and whatever tools she might need to continue her research. After Skylar was shown to her room she went to go check on Kat only to find her flirting with the blue mutant named Kurt. Sky cleared her throat to get their attention and Kurt blushed.
"I'll let you two talk privately, ja? Skylar, Katze." Kurt smiled and left them to speak. Kat waved after him and Skylar sighed.
"Did you already fall for baby blue?" Kat giggled and unpacked her clothes.
"He's cute don't you think? And that accent is really adorable and so's his tail."
"Well I guess its better then that Cajun running his mouth. Can you believe that arrogant prick acting like he owns the place?"
"I don't know Sky I think he's kinda hot in a rugged, bad boy sorta way. Don't you think he's the least bit attractive?" Sky snorted and picked her bag up to take to her bedroom.
"There is nothing that I find attractive about the pig of a man. Kat do you think we'll be safe here?"
"Kurt says this is where the X-men live, no one is going to break into this place." Skylar hugged her friend and then left to head back to her room. As she left the room she ran strait into the Cajun heartthrob himself. Remy grab her upper arms to set her at rights again.
"Sorry chere, didn't mean to be runnin' into ya like dat, but was a good thing Remy did."
"And why is that?" Skylar dislodged herself from Remy's hands and straitened up.
"Well chere Remy be wantin' to apologize for the way he be actin' earlier." Skylar looked at him with that annoyed look again.
"I told you my name is not chere it's Skylar. Its only 6 letters, am I wrong in assuming that English is your first language?" Remy shook his head and shucked her under the chin.
"Aw come on now girl ain't no need to be catty towards ol' Remy." Sky smacked his and away and just barley resisted the urge to smack him in the face.
"Listen Remy I assume this whole playful flirting and roguish glint in your eyes coupled with the cute French pet names gets you laid pretty often, but that shit doesn't work with me. I don't have time to waste on playboys like you." Skylar stepped around Remy and walked to her room, shutting the door forcefully. Remy heard Logan chuckle from the hallway entry.
"Looks like there is one girl out there that can resist your charms." Remy lit a cigarette and exhaled in Logan's face.
"Its only day one and dat girls gonna be here for a long time mon ami. Remy's got plenty a time to steal chere's heart." Gambit walked away flipping a card with one hand. Logan shook his head at the cocky SOB and lightly knocked on Skylar's door. She flung the door open expecting it to be the loud mouth Cajun again, but it was the rugged, wild looking one named Logan.
"Oh I'm sorry I that you were Remy. Can I help you with something?"
"Just wanted to apologize for the kid, he thinks he's irresistible when he's really just irritating." Skylar smiled and opened the door more.
"Yeah sorry if you saw that, but the way he speaks is just so high handed and his personality just rubs me the wrong way and….ugh I'm sorry, he's you friend so I shouldn't be talking about him like this to you."
"I know that Gambit can be hard to deal with so don't worry about it."
"Well thank you Logan. It's nice to know that not everyone in this house is like man."
"Chuck says you're a genus when it comes to plants."
"Yes I'm a botanist, but I use my knowledge of plants to create medicine to help people."
"That's a good thing to use your ability for. Could I come check on you in your lab some time?"
"Why would you want to do that? Science doesn't seem like your favorite subject."
"It ain't, but I enjoy learning knew things." Skylar smiled at the brutish man and nodded.
"Then of course you can come and visit me, once my lab is set up that as." Skylar was about to shut the door when Logan called her name.
"Charles says he wants you and you friend to meet him tomorrow for a quick experiment."
"Alright, I'll tell Kat and we'll see you and Dr. Xavier tomorrow."
