First of all, I want to thank all of my wonderful reviewers! You guys are so fantastic! I'm sorry that it's been so long since my last update. Life, since High School started up, has really gotten in the way. On top of that I was recently diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome). Yeah... Fun stuff... It's been really hard to write lately... I don't know when my next update, after this, will be. The chapters might be a little shorter also. I promise that I will try my best to update as fast as I can and make them as long as I can. You guys are all great! Thanks!
~Kanga :3
Chapter 4
The First Morning
My eyes slowly fluttered open to view the rays of the morning sun streaming through the large windows of my bedroom. Cleo snored quietly on the other side of the room, in her bed. I gazed lazily over at the clock hanging on the wall, 4:30 AM. It's strange here to think that back home it's still yesterday. Carson is probably texting me, and freaking out. I wish I had the national coverage plan so I could talk to him. My parents must be worried sick about me being so far from home, staying with strangers. I wonder if they've told my brothers yet. Josh would grab his family and hop on the next plain out of Ireland to go comfort them. Travis would do the same, coming from his research facility in the Gobi desert. Then Isak would come from Italy with his boyfriend David. Nick would come from his home in India, with his son, Nate. And Colby would come from California. All of them will most likely come. My family is so tightly knit. We were raised to think of family as the most important thing. I shouldn't worry, it's not like my parents wont be alone in this. Still, I was the only child living at home. My parents are getting older. Hell, when they had me my mom was 40. The doctor said it was a miracle she was still... well you know, and my dad was 47. Now it's been 16 years. My mom is 56 and my dad is 63. I hate to say this, but they're old. I mean don't get me wrong, my parents are in fantastic shape. I personally think that my parents look like they are in they're in their late 40's. Of course they had to be to keep up with a little kid.
I covered my face to stop my thoughts. I can't do this to myself. I'm just beating myself up about something I can't control. I always do this sort of thing. I need to just get up and clean myself up. God, I slept in my clothes. I didn't even bring anything to change into. All I brought was a pair of P.J's and a box full of pictures. I need to go shopping today, or something. I rolled out of bed and stood on the soft carpet. Walking towards the door I began to rub the sleep out of my eyes. That thunderstorm last night totally sucked all of the energy out of me. Then on top of that all this moving to a new country shit. Ah, I'm doing it again. Just walk, Eve. Just walk.
Stepping out into the long hallway I noticed the beautiful architecture of the institute, completed by deep red carpet covering the floors. I let out a long sigh as I walked down the hall, not knowing where I was going. This place is huge. I'm never going to get used to this.
A butterfly flew through the window and landed on my shoulder. "What the hell?" I mumbled. The insect flew away in a moment and landed on the sill. We stared at each other for a while and I cocked an eyebrow. "Weird..." I sighed and walked away. I am officially going insane here. For a second, back there, I thought I saw that thing change from red to blue. I continued down the halls of the Institute searching for a bathroom. I have to put myself together before I see anyone. First impressions matter, after all. Oh, God, it's my first day. What the hell am I gonna do?
Finally after wandering the halls for about fifteen minutes, I found one. I looked at the door and saw no mark saying that it was a boy's room or a girl's room. I took a chance and jiggled the handle. I began to push the door open when it was slammed closed by someone. "Give me one minute!" a thickly accented voice yelled from behind the door.
"Kurt?" I yelled back. "Is that you in there?"
I heard a loud thunk and Kurt groaned in pain before talking again. "E-Eve, don't come in! I, Um, I! Don't come in!" He yelled again.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to intrude. I just wanted to get cleaned up before I meet everyone." I leaned against the door and sighed.
Kurt was silent. "Sorry. Just... Give me a minute." He mumbled. After a while the door opened to revile a very soggy Kurt. He had a white towel around his waist and one draped over his wet hair.
"Oh my God, um, I, um. Sorry." I turned away quickly and began to walk quickly down the hall way towards my room.
Suddenly I felt Kurt's hand grab my arm. "Wait! Eve! Whats wrong?" He asked in a worried voice. He let go of me and his hands flew to his waist to tighten the towel around him. "Oh, God, did you see anything?" He gasped.
I couldn't help but laugh slightly. "No. I'm sorry it's just... I was caught off guard." I kept my eyes turned away. My face flushing a deep red. He smelled... Good... Stopping my thoughts I blushed darker.
"O-Oh." Now it was his turn to turn away from me.
We stood in the middle of the hall back to back. Kurt naked with nothing but a towel around him and his watch, strapped to his wrist. "Why are you up so early."
"I wanted to get to the bath room before everyone else woke up. Three of the other bathrooms are out of order so it gets kinda crowded." He mumbled. "And you?"
"I couldn't sleep anymore. Jet-lag." I whispered. Water dripped off of Kurt's firm shoulders and well-toned muscles. The sight of him could make a girl- Ah! What am I thinking! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
"Oh." Kurt looked over his shoulder at me and I did the same to him. "Um, I think I should go put some clothes on..."
"Right." I blushed deeper red as did he. With a nod he walked away, gripping the towel tighter around him. I sighed and walked into the bathroom. Kurt's clothes were thrown around the large room. I smiled and began to pick them up, folding them and placing them in a pile on the counter. He can wash them later. I slowly began to pull off the low-cut, navy blue top I had worn and my white skirt that cut off just before the knee. Why had I dressed so girly for that awful date?
Left with my thoughts once again, I hopped into the large shower and turned on the hot water. I let the heat hit my skin and smiled at the feeling. I opened my eyes and looked around. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a patch of blue. Looking at the blue clump I noticed it was some sort of hair or fur. "I guess someone dyes they're hair here." I mumbled quietly to myself. I picked up the clump and threw it across the room and into the trash can. "Yes! Perfect shot!" I giggled.
A few minutes passed and I had progressed to washing my hair with someones shampoo that they had left. I had subconsciously begun to sing Misery Business by Paramore and I'll say it; I sounded damn good. I had spent about ten minutes in the shower and I decided to be done. I stepped out onto the cold tile floor and shivered, wrapping a towel quickly around me. Walking over to the sink I looked at myself in the mirror and sighed. A short girl with plain blond hair, ordinary blue eyes, beach tanned skin, and average sized breasts stared back at me. The only thing different about me are my powers. They are the only thing that set me apart from the crowd and they aren't even that special. It's no wonder kids used to call me 'Line Line Ugintine'. They called me that until Carson move to Sydney. One of the bigger four year old's was calling me that and Carson punched him square in the nose. I chucked fondly at the memory. He was the first real friend I ever had. The first person besides one of my brothers to stick up for me. Now I don't know when I'll ever see him again.
I let out a long sigh and wrapped another towel around my hair to dry it. Then slowly placed one of my hands an my cheeks and frowned. "What am I doing..." I mumbled. "Why do these people want me here?"
Suddenly a knock came to the door followed by a female voice. "Hello? Um, like, is anyone in there?" The girl called.
"Uh... Yeah. Give me a minute, please." I quickly threw my clothes on and cleaned the water off of the floor. Then opened the door with my hair still damp.
A tall girl, well, taller than me, stood on the other side of the door. Her long brown hair was matted from sleep and yawned, rubbing her hazel eyes. "Good morning. Are you, like, new?" She yawned again looking at me.
"Y-yeah." I smiled shyly, extending my hand. "Eve Green."
She smiled kindly and took my offer, shaking my hand in a friendly gesture. "Kitty Pryde. It's, like, so nice to meet you, Eve."
"Likewise, Kitty. Um..." I sighed. "I think I'm lost. Do you know where I can find Kurt's room?"
Kitty raised her eyebrows and smiled crossing her arms. "Kurt, Huh? May I ask why?"
"I need to apologize about something that happened this morning..." I mumbled and looked at the floor, light blush appearing on my face."
"Uh-Huh?" She grinned. "Then why are you blushing?"
My head shot up and I tried to speak but no words came out. Instead, my face just became redder and redder. Why the hell amI blushing? Kitty stood silently waiting for my answer. "I... I might have..." By now my face was dark scarlet.
"Yeah~ Go on~." She coached happily, cocking an eyebrow and leaning back slightly, her arms still crossed.
"I might have..." I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "I saw him in nothing but a towel this morning and I thought about some things I shouldn't have. Like, how broad his shoulders are and how the water from his shower dripped down his chest. I couldn't help but think..." I whispered quietly. Almost to quietly for her to hear so she placed a hand behind her ear. Never the less she moved her hands around in a 'Please continue' gesture. "I think he's cute..." I murmured.
After I had finished my story she smiled and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Eve, how old are you?"
"Sixteen..." I mumbled.
"Then, like, the things you thought about when you saw Blue, this morning, were, like, completely normal. After all your a teenage girl. And besides, crushes are like, totally common. It's nothin' to be ashamed of. Oh, and to let you in on a secret around here." She grinned, and leaned in to whisper in my ear. "You're gonna have to do worse than just see him in a towel, for your right of passage in order to become an X-Girl." She grinned evilly and walked past me. As she began to close the door she looked at me and smiled happily. "Turn left at the end of this hall. Kurt room is the fifth door on the left." Shooting a wink at me she closed the bathroom door .
"R-right of passage?" I stuttered. "Oh, God, I hope it's nothing like summer camp..." They actually made me and the rest of the girls who had never been there before, Stand out in the rain for an hour in nothing but our underwear. The worst part was that we weren't allowed to wear bras. I just thank God the boys were in a separate encampment on the other side of the mountain. That was in eighth grade. Needless to say I never went back.
Wait a minute... Kitty said... Crush? I don't get crushes... I mean, if I liked someone I would tell them, Right? I've never even... Had a crush before. When ever I had a sleep over the other girls would talk about boys the whole time and all I did was eat a shit load of popcorn and chocolate. I was always the one who said: "I don't like anyone." I never lied about liking someone or not. I guess I've just never really thought about dating. Hell, the only reason I went on that God awful date was for Carson. The thing that swore me off dating, in general, was my father saying that all boys want is sex. When my parents gave me the sex talk, they really gave it in detail. They said that losing your virginity hurt, badly. I-it's not like I'm frigid or anything but I have no interest in the subject. The first time I ever kissed a boy was in the forth grade, behind the school. Carson and I had caught the principal and one of the teachers kissing and we wanted to know why they did it, so he asked me if he could kiss me. I said yes and... Well you know the rest. We were little kids so it didn't have muck appeal. Never the less he was my first kiss and I guess that's kinda special. I've never really thought about kissing or boys or anything like that. Until now, that is... I must be weird or something.
I stopped in front of the indicated door and knocked nervously. No answer came from the room so I knocked a little louder. "Yeah, who is it?"
"It's Eve." I said loudly. "I need to talk to you." For some reason a light blush appeared on my face.
"Oh-no! Uh, Eve, can we talk later?" He gasped.
"Why? What's wrong? Are you okay?" I asked in a worried voice.
He was silent. Then when he spoke again his voice shook slightly. "I-I'm fine!"
"I heard that, Kurt! I'm coming in!" I yelled. Turning the nob I opened the door quickly. Kurt sat on his bed fully dressed (Thank God) fiddling desperately with his watch, but what I saw caused a blood curdling scream to erupt from my mouth. The thing I saw was not human. I covered my mouth to stop another scream as he bolted up, standing on the floor in front of me.
"E-Eve, just calm down. I can explain." Kurt extended his hand in a worried gesture. I took and step back and he cringed. "Please..." He whispered. My eyes where wide with terror as the blue demon walked towards me, stopping about a foot away. "Eve? It's me. Please... I'm sorry..." Kurt bowed his head and lowered his hand. I lowered my shaking hands from my mouth and placed them in Kurt's misshapen ones, laying dead at his sides. His eyes widened and his head shot up to look at me. I looked up at him, fear still causing tears to well in my eyes. What stood in front of me was Kurt? How? What is he? He was human just a little while ago. How is this even possible.
"K-Kurt?" I breathed. His hands tightened around mine and he nodded. A tear slid down my cheek and he released one of my hands to reach up and wipe it away. I felt his soft fur brush against my cheek and I grabbed his hand again. "What... What are you...?"
Kurt froze a look of agony appearing on his blue, fur covered, face. He closed his eyes and bit his bottom lip, furrowing his thick navy eyebrows. "I'm a mutant. I just look like this because... Well to be honest, I don't know." He opened his yellow gold eyes and bit his lip again. "I'm so sorry." He whispered. "I just couldn't tell you. Not so soon in your transition." He pulled me close to him and wrapped his warm arms around me and my eyes drifted closed as I wrapped mine around him. "Please forgive me." He murmured into my ear. All I could do was nod slightly into his firm chest and look up at him.
Tears streamed down my hot cheeks and he reached up to wipe them away again. I smiled shyly up at him and his frown twitched into a nervous grin as we stood in the middle of his large bedroom in a tight embrace. All that I could hear was the rapid pounding of my heart trying to burst out of my chest as he held me so close to him. My arms that had once been around his middle drifted up to encircle his neck as I leaned further into his chest. "I came to apologize." I whispered.
His pointed ears perked up slightly as he looked down at me with confusion showing on his face. "What do you have to apologize for?"
"This morning when I almost walked in on you in the bathroom." I mumbled, embarrassment showing on my blushing face.
"Hey don't worry about it, Schätzchen. I should have locked the door." He chuckled. We stood in silence for a moment before he spoke again. "have you met anyone new?"
"Yeah. I met a girl named Kitty after my shower. She was really nice." I buried my face in his chest t hide my scarlet face. After what Kitty said about me having a c-crush on Kurt... Now he's holding me like this... I can feel my heart trying to leap out of my chest...
"Eve are you okay? Your face is all red." He murmured in my ear. I could feel his breath hit my ear causing me to shiver slightly. He looked down at my face with his unique eyes and frowned worriedly.
"I-I'm fine." I stammered nervously. He furrowed his eyebrows not believing me. "Kitty and I just talked about some stuff and..." I paused and looked away from him. "It's nothing. Really."
"Schätzchen." He placed a fuzzy blue hand under my chin and pulled my face only inches away from his. "Tell me."
I let out a gasp as his long tail wrapped around one of my legs, trailing up and down in a soothing gesture. "We talked about... You..." I murmured quietly flushing a darker red and the feeling of his tail on my legs.
A look of confusion replaced his worried one and I looked away, embarrassed. "M-me?" All I could do was nod and look down to hide my scarlet expression. A tint of purple appeared on his face as realization dawned on him. He released me from the tight embrace and took a step away, keeping his hands on my shoulders. "Uh... I don't know what to say..." He laughed nervously. "I've never been in this situation before." He smiled shyly down at me.
I looked up at him and gave him the same look he was giving me. "Same here." I laughed quietly.
"Um what do I say?" He asked still looking nervous.
"I don't know. I've never done this before." I looked down again, my face still scarlet.
Kurt turned darker purple. "I guess... Uh... What are you doing tomorrow night?" My eyes widened and my head shot up to look at him. "I mean..! Uh! Damn it... Well... Um... what night is good for you? It doesn't have to be tomorrow. Not to say it can't be tomorrow night! I am so blowing this..." He slapped his forehead with his palm and sighed.
Despite myself I let out a giggle and took a step back. "Tomorrow." I smiled "What time?"
Kurt's face lit up and he smiled widely. "2:00." He said with utter confidence.
"Perfect. See ya." I waved and quickly left the room, closing the door behind me. With a deep sigh I began to walk down the halls of the institute exploring and, somewhat, searching for my room. "this place is way to big." I mumbled to myself, scanning each hall way. It was now about 8:00 and the other students began to emerge from their rooms and began racing to the few working bathrooms. I should start getting into an early wake up habit.
Suddenly a boy with shoulder length blond hair and very tanned skin raced past me followed by a tall young man with short brown hair wearing red sun glasses. "Your getting slower, Bro!" The blond boy laughed.
"Not a chance!" The older one shouted and began to pick up his pace.
They ran around a corner and I read a crash followed by a woman's voice. "Scott! Alex! No running in the halls! Look what you made me do!" The woman screamed.
"Sorry Jean..." The two boys said in unison.
I couldn't help but laugh as I continued down the hall. I rounded another corner and was suddenly grabbed by the wrist. "Eve! Come on! I need to introduce you to everyone!" Cleo beamed pulling my down the hall and down a flight of stairs. She was still in her pajamas. Pulling me into a giant kitchen full of people, laughing and talking, Cleo raised he arms and pointed at me. "Hey everyone! This is Eve!" She shouted. Everyone looked up from their breakfasts and smiled at me.
A chorus of Hellos and welcomes and good mornings echoed throughout the large room making me smile. I guess I could give this place a chance...
DONE! FINALLY THE FORTH CHAPTER!... what you guy think? :3 REVIEW!
~Kanga
