Authors Note: hey guys! Miss me?
Don't lie, you guys don't miss me because if y'all did then I would get favs or reviews but nope! None of that! Lol but it's cool!
I've been so focused on school that I've been stressing myself out. So I turned back to writing which has always been a way for me to channel myself and release tension.
Anyways too deep. I hope you guys do enjoy this story (:
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"So you gonna let me see your schedule, or continue to like look at it all night?"
I glanced up at Kitty as she continued to brush her hair getting ready for bed. Little did she know I wasn't just thinking of my schedule but that jerk, Logan. All he had to do was show us around and it would have prevented a whole lot of issues. But he did have this attraction to him that caught me off guard. He was ruggedly handsome and his eyes. Dear lord those eyes could sweep me off my feet with their bright hazel color. But he seemed to barely care about anything which annoys the fuck outta me but still, he's just...
"Oh sorry-" i passed over my schedule.
"-it's just why do I have self defense and gym? They're trying to kill me!"
Kitty laughed as she started to compare our schedules. Her eyes brightened as she handed mine back.
"Well we have three classes together, Foreign Language, Freshman Composition and Psychology 101."
I smiled. "Well at least I'm not completely alone."
Kitty glanced at the clock.
"Hey, why don't we go see Jubilee's and your best friend's."
As i looked back at Kitty, she had her hands on her hips. "Don't roll your eyes."
Dammit, i didn't think that she would catch that.
"Jubilee is really nice and she apologized like a million times. I know you like wanna see Betsy's anyways." She said as she walked around the room putting her slippers on.
I sat there for a minute. I wasn't really mad at Jubilee, I just didn't want to be blind again. I sighed.
"Fine let's go."
Kitty smiled brightly as she picked up our schedules and basically ran out the room.
"Hey girl, wait up!"
I ran out the room following Kitty since she seemed to know where Jubilee's dorm room was. Getting in the elevator, I saw Kitty press 2 and the elevator began to descend. While I was waiting for the elevator to go down I decided to text Betsy because shit, where the hell was her room at?
When the doors began to open I finished my text and nearly gasped.
So many people were moving in and the first day was tomorrow! Leaning over to Kitty, I whispered.
"I hope they're all ready." She nodded in agreement.
As we continued to walk down the hallway and talk, I didn't notice the blue girl with the attitude looking like she was going to kill someone heading in our direction. Her shoulder slammed into mine, actually taking me back a few steps.
I looked down to my shoulder before looking back at the girl.
"Is excuse me or sorry too hard to say?"
Not getting a direct response I began to walk again until I heard someone screaming.
"I don't want to hear your mouth so reframe from ever talking to me Snow White."
Um. Who is she talking to? And Snow White? Really?
"You bumped the shit outta me for no reason. I clearly see you have an attitude but there's no reason for you to be going around bumping people and calling names. That shit is childish."
I walked away. I continued to hear her talk but wasn't paying her no mind until that one word slipped out.
Bitch.
See you know, people think I'm really friendly and I don't think I'm very hard to get along with. But that word. It's just disrespectful. No female should be called a dog because we are not, no matter who says it. So as soon as that little word came out her mouth I veered around so fast I was pretty sure I gave myself whiplash. I almost ran to her just to get in her face.
"Don't you ever in your life call me a bitch especially since I did nothing for you to call me that. Now give me one reason why I shouldn't smack the dog shit outta you."
"Oh someone's mad, so what smack me lil girl."
Oh my hand was already in motion until I felt someone grab it.
Turning around to see who it was, I gasped.
That boy. Logan had my wrist in his palm which looked like a huge difference in size and color. His hazel eyes were bright looking back and forth between me and this blue chick.
"She's not worth it doll. An' Raven don't ya have somethin' better ta' do than mess with underclassmen?"
The blue girl rolled her eyes before flipping him off and giving me a glare. I glared right back at her, that girl does not intimidate me one bit. As we finished our little stare down I noticed that Logan still had my wrist in his hand. Turning around to face him, I felt him drop my wrist and walk passed me. I stared at his back for a few not registering that Kitty was talking to me.
"ORORO!"
"Huh?"
"I know you want to watch Mr. Jerk But Still Handsome, but we were like doing something."
I looked one last time at his back before continuing to walk with Kitty down the hall.
Logan was just. I don't know. It irritated me how he would just walk away and he barely communicated with anyone. But then again he was just so handsome and there was something that made want to talk to him. And that moment there. Well either he didn't want me to get in trouble or he just knew that, that girl was someone I shouldn't associate myself with. I don't know but there is something about him.
As I got out of my thoughts I realized we were most likely in front of Jubilee's door. Kitty knocked twice before the door swung open.
"Hey Kitty girl!" Jubilee smiled brightly at her until she looked around her to me and she instantly turned pale.
I felt so bad. This girl was amazingly gorgeous and was afraid of me for no reason. I smiled brightly to reassure her.
"Hey Jubilee!" I waved happily. For a second she looked confused, before returning the gesture with far less enthusiasm.
"Come in, come in. My roommate isn't here yet."
She popped her gum before sitting on her made bed.
"So what brings you guys along?"
Kitty pulled out our schedules before sticking her hand out for Jubilee's.
"You know the deal, we need to like compare schedules duh!"
As Kitty looked and compared schedules, I glanced around Jubilee's room since she seemed to be avoiding eye contact.
Everything in her room kind of represented her. The bright colors definitely represented her powers and then there was a chill vibe especially with her bean bag chair in the corner. Glancing back at Jubilee, I caught her staring at me. I smiled gently.
Im used to people staring because I think I look a little exotic. Chocolate skinned girl with bright blue eyes and shockingly white hair. Yeah I would stare at myself too.
Before I could say anything Kitty began to speak.
"Well looks like we all have Freshman composition together and that's about it."
"Damn really, ugh." Jubilee said as she finally shifted her gaze to Kitty. As Kitty began to get up, looking like she was going to leave, I spoke up.
"Hey Jubilee, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not mad about earlier today. I'm perfectly okay! I promise you that, so you don't have to beat around the bush or feel cautious around me, I think I'm super friendly so just talk to me okay?"
I smiled lightly hoping that she would take my advice because I don't want it to be awkward around her. She was super pretty and I wanted her to be cool with me.
For awhile she didn't say nor did she do anything. As I felt my smile begin to drop, she gave me a thousand watt smile and nodded.
"I'm like so sorry for earlier and I'm super sorry for acting so, I don't awkward with you! It's just, you know I thought you would hate me like everyone else that happened to."
She shrugged, her eyes eventually going down as she began to speak. I felt my heart go down with her eyes. As she finished I grabbed her hands and made her look up at me.
"Jubilee, hating someone is very hard to do to me. And I want you to understand that things like that... Those little issues with your powers is part of the reason why you are even in this school, you know? You came here to get a better education while also training your powers in a safe place with people just like you. So sweetheart, just because we have little incidents like that doesn't mean it's the end of the world or people are going to automatically hate you. You are around mostly people who care. So just talk about it."
I rubbed her hands slightly and gave a small smile before letting go. I could pratically see the wheels turning in her head as she looked back into my eyes. Then that same gorgeous smile happened upon her face.
"I understand! You should totally be a teacher when your older or like a counselor or something like that. You know how to talk to people."
My smile got bigger and I blushed slightly.
"Thank you, I'll think about it."
"Alrighty Jubes, I'll catch you later okay?"
"Yeah totes! Bye Kitty, bye Ororo."
She waved us out the door and we waved back.
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After we seen Betsy's schedule, we went back to our own dorm room. My best friend and I literally had no classes together. But I mean it was bound to happen since we definitely want to be in different professions. Well she wants to be in something related to law. With me, I don't know what I want to do in the future honestly.
Kitty and I talked carelessly about each other until it eventually became night time.
"Hey want to order some Chinese?"
I asked Kitty, already dialing the number of the closest one. I glanced over at her and she nodded. After I got off the phone, we went back to our conversation.
"So any siblings?" She asked.
"Um, by blood no. But this guy I grew up with is definitely like a big brother to me. What about you?"
"Uh nope. Just me."
Our conversation pretty much went like that until our food arrived. Going downstairs to get it, I ran into a wall.
What the hell is up with me running into walls?
I stumbled back and was quickly grabbed up by a pair of strong arms.
"Ah, Remy still got it, eh?"
Midway between getting my mind together from the impact, my eyes flew open. Looking up at the bizarre red on black eyes, I nearly screamed my head off.
"REMY!"
I jumped into his chest locking my legs around his waist. I felt him take a few steps back to manage my weight, before feeling him chuckle deeply and returning my hug.
"Oui cherie, oh Remy miss'd his baby sister, you stayin' on campus Oui?"
I nodded my head. I didn't trust my voice just yet.
"Aww Stormy, ne soyez pas si triste , nous arrivons à voir les uns les autres tout le temps maintenant."
His deep voice soothing me. Nobody understands how much of a role Remy has in my life. People always mistake us for a couple which is so gross since he's like a brother to me. My parents aren't very understanding of my powers and he was the one I turned to at this time of confusion. How we met was kind of funny though.
I met Remy when I was about 13 in Louisiana and he tried to get with me. Seriously get in my pants. But I rejected him. He continued for a whole year until he finally got it. Mind you he's 2 years older than me. Why he would go for a 13 year old is beyond me. After that we became inseparable best friends eventually becoming brother and sister. Remy is a real southern thing with his thick accent and his French tongue which I know fluently as well. We found out about our powers around the same time. His mutation deals with charging objects with kinetic energy and they would eventually explode. It was really cool after he learned to control it. As the years went by we continued on the same until he was off to college. We kept in touch as much as we could but it wasn't the same. I missed my big brother.
Finally letting him go, I spoke.
"You knew I wanted to go here when I graduated, so is this why you've been keeping the college you were going to a secret?"
He smirked before nodding. "Oui, I want'd it to be a surprise cherie!"
I smiled widely at him. "Come with me to get my food and then you can meet my roommate."
I grabbed his hand and began to walk without waiting for an answer.
As we made it to the door to get my food, I seen a woman with a tattoo on her face and a swinging ponytail, walking in. Being the ever polite person that I am, I opened the door and moved over to let her in. She didn't even acknowledge the fact that I was there and bumped the hell out of my shoulder forcing me to take a few steps back.
I scrunched my eyebrows and was about to say something until i felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Don' worry 'bout her petite, she jus' a rude lil thang." Remy said as he glanced down at me.
"But is she serious? No manners nowadays. Like I don't get it, how can you not have manners." I spoke as I payed for my food and returned to the elevator, Remy on my tail.
"Dat's one t'ing you shoul' know 'bout up here petite. No respect. We got southern hospitality, lot of dem don' know what dat is."
He leaned against the back of the elevator as it began to move. We sat in silence for about two seconds before Remy broke it.
"So, non petit-ami?"
He thought he was so slick. If I told him I had a boyfriend, he would be all over my case. Uh uh. It's not like I have one anyway. Thankful to be standing in front of him, I rolled my eyes.
"No Remy, I don't. Why?"
I could see him shrug before speaking, "Gotta keep da hommes away." I rolled my eyes again.
"Remy, I'm 18."
"So..."
Sometimes he wants me to punch him in the face I swear. I'm too old to be dealing with things like protectiveness. I can take care of my damn self.
But then again, these were the times I loved Remy to death. Why? Because he was trying to distract me. Yes he was very true to his word with the protective bullshit but he remembered one thing that I didn't notice at all until now.
We were in a very small elevator.
My body tensed up and my eyes started shifting to every wall quickly. I began to shake violently nearly dropping my food. Sooner than expected, I started to hyperventilate.
I felt Remy's hand on my back and the other settle on my face as he forced me to look into his eyes.
"Stormy, da ride's almos' ova. Jus' relax. I promise you gon' be out sooner dan you know. Now take deep breaths with me okay?" His voice remained even, helping me to relax a little and as he began to take deep breaths I soon mimicked him, taking deep breaths as well. I didn't realize we were moving until I was out the elevator and a few kids looked over at Remy and I weirdly.
Taking one of Remy's hands into my own, I squeezed it just as I squeezed my eyes shut, trying finally settle my racing heart. I could feel Remy returning the pressure equally, trying to help me ground myself. After I few beats I spoke.
"Thank you Remy. I- this is the first time it happened here and I took the elevator like four times already, I don't get it."
"Because, dat one is smaller dan tha others. The one we jus' got off sits about 4 people shoulder to shoulder, while tha other can sit 20 without dem touchin'."
I nodded slowly making sure never to get on that elevator again. As I was finally able to walk, Remy's phone began to ring. As he answered the phone, his hand moved from my back to around my shoulders, helping to steady me as I walked.
"Oui?"
"How is dat Remy's problem?"
"D'accord! I'm on da 3rd floor, come get it!"
I looked up at him curiously, get what?
"Non, don' disrespect Remy like dat."
With that being the last word. Remy ended the call and shoved his phone right back into his pocket. I looked back up at him before turning my head back to the doors, to check for my own room number. As we finally made it back to my door, I decided to ask him who it was he was on the phone with.
"Nobody important chere."
I continued to stare back at him. Who did he think he was fooling?
"Remy you don't argue with just anyone, who is that?"
"Ro, I don' told you it was no one important, now I gotta go. You good amour?"
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes and nodded my consent.
"Bon, I'll catch you lata!"
With that Remy quickly walked down the hall to the other elevator. I watched him walk a little before turning back to the door and walking in.
"Wow took you long enough! Look who's here!" Kitty exclaimed as soon as I stepped through. Looking over to my side of the room, I see my best friend sprawled out on my bed, texting.
"Oreo, you're back! Did you get my favorite?"
Once again I resisted the urge to roll my eyes as I sat the food onto Kitty's desk.
"Uh no because you didn't say you were coming over. Why are you here anyway? And didn't I tell you to stop calling me that."
As I was speaking I took the food out of the bag and placed it onto her desk. My things in one side and hers on the other.
"But Oreo, you always know I'm gonna be around. Now stop acting for your roomie, you love me and would be lost without me. Now what'd you get?"
She snatched the cartoon of noodles of the desk and began to eat it as if it was hers. Rolling my eyes I handed Kitty her food and sat on her bed with her as I ate my orange chicken. In between eating Betsy's English accent would cut through the silence.
"So, what is it like being Oreo's roommate? I know from all the sleepovers that we had she would snore and ugh it would get on my nerves. Oh! I remember that time when we were 12 and decided to watch scary movies all night. We ended up staying in the same bed that night but we never went to sleep. She kicked me like 5 times when she did fall asleep but that's when I realized that this girl would be my best friend for life."
When Betsy finished, I laughed. I laughed so hard that tears were brought to my eyes. When she first started I thought that she was just going to try and embarrass me. But, that memory. I remember it so clearly.
She was one of the few friends I had at the time. I decided why not have a sleep? Isn't that what Americans do? We watched scary movies all that night in my room, trying not to scream so loud when we got scared. And that night when we stayed close together because we were scared that someone might come for us or a ghost will try to haunt us. This is really when we realized that we were going to be friends forever.
I got up and hugged her, nearly crying just from it.
"Ugh Oreo I know you love me but please, this is too much."
"Just fucking take my love!"
"Fine!"
She hugged me back viciously and I swear I have never loved this girl until now.
"Aw you guys are like the cutest best friends that I have ever seen!"
Kitty exclaimed. As I let go and turned around, Kitty was bring down her phone.
"You took pictures?!" I nearly yelled.
"Well duh. That was like so sweet and I wanted to capture the moment."
This time Betsy and I rolled our eyes together. It might be a cute picture but whatever.
"Guys oh my god, guess what?" Kitty began jumping around and clapping.
Betsy and I looked at her and shrugged.
"First day of classes! We will officially be starting college tomorrow! Our lives as young adults are beginning, we won't gave our parents waking us up at the crack of dawn like trying to get us of of bed!"
I chuckled lightly. She did have a point. School was starting tomorrow and it was no longer like the schools I've been to before. No this is college!
"Betsy. Go back to your dorm, you have yo get up early tomorrow." I told her as I began to get her out of my bed.
"Um no I don't really. My first class is at 9:15 and it is definitely like a 15 minute walk from here. So that means at the least I can get up by 8:45 and be there on time."
Why does she face to be such a smart ass?
"Girl no we are getting breakfast in the morning. Knowing you, you would tell he either a little later or in the morning that you want to go get breakfast."
She looked to be contemplating for a second before nodding. "Yeah, you're right"
Betsy got herself together, I didn't even notice that she had a purse until she walked out.
I'll text you in the morning love bug.
I nodded and closed the door. I began to get ready for bed because I was actually exhausted. Kitty was already in bed watching Netflix.
"Kitty don't stay up too late. You like to sleep in and I don't think I have the patience to get you upon the morning especially since I'm gonna be hungry."
I turned to face the wall after i finished speaking and I heard her chuckle.
"Okay mom."
"Shut up and goodnight."
