Chapter 4 Encounter
E POV
I tapped my foot impatiently and looked around the cafeteria. Nobody contradicted me, because they were impatient as well. During the course of the day we had seen at least one or two of them in our classes, but couldn't say anything to them. Jasper had one of the boys, Bobby Drake in his Geometry class, while Alice had Kitty Pryde in her French 2 Honors class. Rosalie had seen Pietro Maximoff in her English class and Emmet had meet Anna-Marie Wagner, or Rogue as she prefers to be called, in his P.E class. While I had Lec Swan in my History class. So far we hadn't meet Peter Rasputin, Evan Daniels, and Isabella Swan. I sighed impatiently as I waited for them to enter.
"How much longer Alice" I asked
She sighed just as impatiently; "I don't know, Edward. It comes and goes". I sighed. Alice had gotten a recent two visions over the weekend. For some reason at first all she got was a picture of an old man with blue eyes. Then it changed to the girl with the mahogany hair. This time she was with two men. It was the same man Alice had seen before, except he was in a wheel chair, while the younger man was standing up. They were talking about something and it seemed like they were arguing. The younger man left the room and the girl followed him what had seemed to be the advice of the older man. The younger man and the girl talked and then they smiled, elevating the problem. And that was it. The other one was at a hospital with Carlisle. There was a woman with long red hair and black eyes. She appeared to be the new doctor, who also was from the Xavier Institute. They were joined by a man with brown hair and red sunglasses. They talked and laughed with each other, then it stopped. We don't understand why these things were happening but they were. I looked towards the door again and they were there.
"Here they come" I said. And then they walked in and what we saw shocked us. Despite the fact that I had seen them before in my sibling's thought and with my own eyes, I still couldn't believe what I was seeing. They were strangely beautiful.
The girl, Kitty, had long brown hair with pearl gray eyes and she was only a few inches taller than Alice. She was with a boy, Peter Rasputin, who was shockingly built just like Emmett except… bigger. Bobby was medium height and sandy brown hair with ice blue eyes. He stood next to Rogue who had long brown hair that reached her waist with two white streaks in front of her hair. Her green eyes were a few shades darker than what my eyes used to be. The boy, Evan Daniels, had deep brown with black hair and blue eyes. He held a skateboard under his arm and joking with Pietro. He had white hair and blue eyes. He was tall, he at least was around Jasper's height. He was next to Lec who had blonde hair with an odd black undertone to it and medium deep blue eyes. And next to her was the girl with the mahogany hair. She was even more beautiful than in Alice's visions. Put together, they were even more beautiful. As if they intensified their beauty just by being with one another.
They looked around the room when Isabella's eyes finally fell on me. We stared at each other, while several emotions coursed through me. Then I caught her scent. It was so delicious, I almost wanted to take her. But, the thing was that it wasn't too tempting. It was tempting but not as tempting. Their scents were the same as well. It was so sweet, but not too sweet. It surely didn't smell human. Almost as if it was in the middle, nut that was impossible… wasn't it?
I looked back at Isabella and she stared back at me. Then she turned on her heels and left. The others that she were with looked at us and smiled. Kitty waved at us, like nothing happened and then they sat down at a table as if nothing happened. I got up and followed the way Bella had left. I followed her scent till I reached her locker. She was rummaging through her locker for something, when she looked to her right and say me.
"Uh… I saw you look at me in the cafeteria and then run off" I said stupidly. What was wrong with me?
"oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude, it's just that when I saw you I remembered something" she explained. Her voice was so smooth, it sounded like an angel.
"I did" I asked. Oh God, I sound like one of those hormonal boys fawning over the most beautiful girl in school. Although that was partially true. I was fawning over the most beautiful girl in the school, and most likely world.
"Yeah" she said rummaging around her locker till she pulled out a locket with an X in closed in a circle.
"I'm confused" I said, not sure how I reminded her of the necklace.
"That's your family crest right" she said pointing to my wristband "I saw that everyone of your siblings have one"
"Yeah it is" I answered.
"Well, at the Institute everyone was a big family. When we moved, we left some family behind. So we all got these" she explained "Kitty actually made them"
"Kitty's the one who waved at my family and I. The one with the gray eyes" I said even more stupidly than before.
"Yes that was Kitty. I hope you didn't mind" I shook my head and she smiled "Mind doing this for me"
"Um… no" I said though it sounded more like a question. She handed me her necklace, then turned around. I placed the necklace around her neck delicately. I fastened the clasp and then pulled her hair out from underneath the necklace. I was surprised when I didn't jump her when I smelt her scent. It was still sweet. Still between mine and a human's. Tempting, but not too tempting. Wait a minute what am I saying?
She turned around to face me and smiled; "Thank you Edward". Then I froze. I never told her my name.
"How did you know my name" I asked confused. She lost her smile and I could have sworn I heard a growl come from her throat. What is this girl?
"You all are still fairly new. And I think, I heard a few people mention your family. And jean works with your dad at the hospital" she said. I was taken aback by the roughness in her voice. Then Mike Newton had rounded the corner and was coming towards us. Well, Bella to be exact much to my displeasure.
"Hi Bella" he said "Oh.. err… Hi Edward". I nodded in his direction.
"Hey. what's up" she said. He was also taken aback by her roughness but pretended not to hear it.
"I was wondering if you wanted to walk with me to your next class" he asked quietly. It was pathetic, but then I remembered I was just the same a few minutes ago.
"Actually, Mike. I was going to ask Edward" wait, did she say she was going to ask me "If that alright with you, Edward of course" I stared at her. Her voice was soft and gentle again, instead of the roughness I heard earlier.
"Uhhh… sure" I said and once again it sounded like a question. She smiled and then turned to Mike.
"I'm sorry Mike. I hope it's okay" she innocently. I caught a glimpse at her face and gaped. Her big brown chocolate eyes were orbs and her lower lip was trembling through her pout. She was playing Newton like a fiddle, and me as well.
"It's uh… no problem…" he stuttered walking away. He left us and she turned around to face me.
"How did you do that" I asked
"Do what" she asked pulling the same innocent expression she had with Newton. I shook my head clearing my thoughts.
"That" I said. She pursued her lips and then frowned
"I don't know what you're talking about Edward" she said sweetly
"I think you do" I said. I shrank as the growl and roughness returned.
"Let's go to Biology" she said slamming her locker with loudly. For some reason, I checked to make sure the locker didn't have any dents. Then I remembered something else.
"How did you know I have Biology" I asked suspiciously. She narrowed eyes into slits and I shrank back further.
"I don't, it's my next class" she said seething "Now if you'd stop asking some many stupid question I'd like to go before I'm late on my first day" I gaped at her and took in her position. Her feet were inches apart, her hands in fist, and her stance looked as if I didn't do as she said she would pounce me. And for some reason- the same unknown reason I checked the locker for dents- I was actually scared. She looked positively lethal. She shook her head and her relaxed her stance.
"I'm sorry Edward. I have a really short temper. today has been a long first day and I'm taking it out on you. Please forgive me" she said looking up at me smiling as she had before. I was still to shocked to say anything so I nodded.
Thanks, Edward" she said "Oh, I forgot. I'm Bella Swan" she smiled at me easily and I felt myself loosen up.
"Let's go" she said. I nodded having no idea what I was getting myself into.
A POV
We stared after Edward then looked back at their tale. They were laughing and smiling as if nothing had happened. Every now and then of them would stop and smile at us. It was weird. When I asked Jazz, he said they were just being friendly. I turned around to stare at the table and Jazz followed my gaze. They weren't too far from us. Just five tables away, when the white haired boy, Pietro, looked up at me. he smiled then looked over at the doors, as if he were waiting for Edward and Bella to reappear. He looked back at us confused. Then the girl, Lec placed a hand on his shoulder and looked at us too. She smiled at us and turned to the others who were at her table. They all stood up and I realized it was time to go. We stood as well and walked off to our classes.
I was on my way to my Geometry class, when Ms. Danes gave me a stack of papers to give to my geometry teacher, Mr. Varner, since I was heading that way. The papers weren't a problem to carry, except that I couldn't see a thing. I bumped into something and I guess it was a person because they made an 'oomph' sound.
"Sorry" I said
"Here, let me help you with that" a boy's voice said with a strong Russian accent. Before I could protest, all the papers were being taken from me and I could see again. I was right it was a boy. From the smells of it was the bigger boy from the Institute Peter Rasputin. He had all the papers stacked under his massive left arm. Now, Em is big but not this big. So I was a little bit terrified of him.
"You really didn't need to do that" I said in a small voice. He laughed loud, louder than Emmett if that's possible "What's so funny"
"You remind me of Little One the first time I met her" he explained. Then I was confused. Who was this 'Little One'?
"Whose that" I asked curiously.
"Kitty. The girl who waved at you" he said
"Oh. Right, Kitty's in my French 2 Honors class" I stated
"Yes. She always does excel in different languages" he said
"What other languages does she know" I asked
"We know 20 languages" he said. Wait a second. WHAT?!
You all know twenty languages" I asked astounded
"Yes. The Institute offered a wide range of languages" he said casually as if it was no big deal. I just gaped at him, not believing what I was hearing.
"It's no big deal Alice. Now come on before were late" he said. That's when it hit me. How did he know my name?
"How'd you know what my name was" I asked quietly.
"You all are still fairly new. And I think, I heard a few people mention your family. And jean works with your dad at the hospital" he said. I stared up at him and he smiled back.
"Riiiight" I said starting to walk again. We walked into the classroom and we gave him the papers. Mr. Varner gave Peter the seat behind me.
"Now everyone, I'd like to introduce our new student Peter Rasputin" he gesturing to Peter behind me "Why don't you tell us about yourself". I turned around in my seat to look at him. Yes Peter, tell us about yourself I thought. He shifted in his seat uncomfortable.
"What do you want to know" he said. I was shocked. It wasn't the same cheerful voice that he had spoken to me with. Instead it was hard and cold just like his face.
"Umm… You come from Russia" Mr. Varner asked trying to get him to stop receiving the look Peter was giving.
"Yes" he said
"You're an only child" he asked. Peter's expression turned from hard and cold to soft and longing.
"N- no" he stuttered "I-I have a little sister back in Russia. Her name's Illyana". I stared at him shocked. He looked as if he was going to break down and cry.
"Why didn't she come with you" Mr. Varner pressed. I seriously felt like going up there and slapping him in the face.
"Lots of reasons. It wasn't a good time, family, and other things I'd rather not say. Now please drop it" he answered angrily.
"Err.. right. So anyways take out your books and let's get started" Mr. Varner said uneasily. I turned around and looked at Peter. He looked so angry, that hurt me to look at him.
"Peter, you okay" I asked
"No. But I'll be fine" he answered them smiled. I smiled back and turned around. I'm not exactly sure what I'm getting into, but I hope it turns out okay. I wonder how Jazz is doing…
J POV
As soon as we separated to go to our classes I felt off. Not because of everyone's scent that floated around me, but because of the new kids. Not only was there smell off, but they were also just off themselves. I didn't feel right. I hurried up and got changed for gym, still in deep concentration. I didn't snap out of it till Coach Clapp told us to get a basketball. I was still thinking when a basketball rolled at my feet.
"Hey Jazz, pass me the ball" I looked up to see the that Lec had spoken to me… and she called me jazz. Only my family called used the nickname Alice gave me. How'd she even know to call me Jazz?!
"Hey. Oh, I'm sorry. Do you prefer Jasper" she asked. Okay, what the hell?
"How'd you know my name was Jasper and to call me Jazz" I demanded
"So you do like Jazz" she said trying to change the subject
"Answer the question" I said
"You all are still fairly new. And I think, I heard a few people mention your family. And jean works with your dad at the hospital" she said. I stared into her blue eyes and she stared back at me. Then I realized that it was easy for me to be around her. I mean she still smelled tempting, but not too tempting I guess.
"Oh. Okay the I guess" I allowed "But no one calls me Jazz except for my family. How'd you know that". That got her. Nobody knew my nickname and that means no one could have told her.
"Lucky guess, I suppose. The beginning of our name makes a jazz sound. If you don't like it I won't call you it. Especially if it's something you do with your family" she explained. She looked a little offended and I felt really bad. I sighed.
"jazz is fine" I said. She scrutinized my face and shrugged.
"I'll just call you Jasper" she said smirking. I couldn't tell what the smirk was bout ad I wasn't sure if I wanted to know why "Uhhh… Jasper, can I have the basketball back" I looked down at the basketball and handed it to her.
"Thanks Jasper" she smiled and I smiled back. Coach Clapp had called us to attention. I stood next to Lec because of a) it was easy for me not to be tempted and b) out of preference. She looked at me and smiled. She was glad that I decided to stand next to her.
"Alright so we have a new student with us" Coach said "Uhhh… Lec Swan. Wait a sec… you related to Chief Swan" Lec simply nodded
"I'm Bella's twin" she said. She trying to dismiss Coach Clapp, but Coach had other ideas.
"I thought Chief only had one daughter" Coach said. Wait a minute, Chief was supposed to have one daughter instead of two?
"Bella and I were separated at birth. My dad, Charlie, and mom, Renee, decided to say that Bella was their only daughter. We just got reunited last week, the reason why we weren't here" she explained furiously. She was so furious it was lethal. And I was a little bit frightened.
"Err… right" Coach said obviously uncomfortable with the death glare Lec was giving "Well let's start practicing. So grab a partner"
"Wanna be partners" I asked politely. She looked at me and her anger faded as she nodded. I was surprised, not because she agreed but because her anger left her so quickly and I had nothing to do with it. Because I can control people's emotions, I can tell how they're feeling. Usually the person-human or vampire- takes a while to calm themselves. But for Lec it was an immediate reaction. I decided to shrug it off and save it for later.
"What class do you have after this one" she asked suddenly.
"History" I said
"So do I" she said and smiled. I had no idea how the others where managing but I hope this was going to end well.
Ros POV
I walked out of my Spanish class and made my way to Government. This day had been… productive. So far the following has happened: Edward ran into the girl Bella and must've spent the entire lunch period ,I got a text from Alice saying she came across the boy Peter, and I saw Jasper walking to his History with Bella's sister Lec. That only left me and Em. I seriously hoped I didn't come across any of them but of course I did. I saw the boy Pietro from my English class walk in with the girl with white streaks. I sighed and braced myself for the worst.
As soon as I walked in I saw them sitting in the two seats that were of opposite sides of mine. I tried to repress a growl. As I walked down the aisle they looked up from what they were doing to stare at me. Pietro smiled at me while the girl smirked then they went back to what they were doing. I was about to say something when Ms. Jefferson called the class to attention.
"Now we have two new members joining us today" she said "Who would like to introduce themselves first". They exchanged glances and the girl sighed. She stood up hesitantly and spoke
"I'll go" she spoke with a southern accent, but she really didn't seem like your typical southern belle.
"Very good. Now introduce yourself to the class" she said causing the girl to groan.
"My name's Anna-Marie Wagner. But I prefer Rogue because of my personality" Rogue explained
"Now tell us about yourself" Ms. Jefferson urged. Rogue looked as if she could rip off her head.
"What'cha wanna know" she asked in a guarded voice
"Tell us about your family"
"What about them" she half shouted.
"Tell us what they're like" Ms. Jefferson asked hesitantly
"My parents gave me up when I was a baby" she said "Ummm… I ran away from my mother since I was 10. I entered the Institute when I was 16 and that's it"
"Why'd you runaway" she asked which is why I wanted to know as well
"None of your business that's why" she screamed "Also because she gave up my adopted brother and best friend, Kurt, the day he was born. She never cared about us, only herself" I stared at Rogue stunned. Her life was horrible, not as horrible as mine had been but just about. She had lacked a mother figure in her life. I wanted to stand up and hug her and tell her I'd take the position no questions asked, but thought better of it and stayed seated. I watched as a tear rolled down her pale check and she wiped it furiously away. She stomped out the room and slammed the door behind her. Then Pietro had stood up.
"Umm… I'd like to go" he said, Ms. Jefferson nodded for him to continue "Name's Pietro Maximoff. I have a twin sister, Wanda, and baby half-sister, Launa. My dad's name is Eric and I'm part German-American"
"What's your mother's name" Ms. Jefferson asked. What is wrong with this woman?! Didn't she just see what happened with Rogue. I hoped that his story of his mother would be happier than Rogue's, but as I looked at him I knew it wasn't.
"She died giving birth to me and my sister. And our step mom died giving birth to Launa" he explained sobbing quietly "Excuse me". And he sped out of the room.
"Maybe I should check on them" she suggested
"I'll do it" I said already getting up and walking out the door. I didn't have to walk far. They were slumped against the wall curled into balls.
"Are you guys okay" I asked as I kneeled down in front of them.
"Yeah, were fine, you can go back to class" Pietro said. I shook my head and Rogue scoffed.
"Were not some little kids ya know. We don't need you to baby us and be our-" she stopped when another sob erupted from her. She wiped her face with her sleeve and tried to stop the tears that flowed.
"I'll be right back" I said standing running into the bathroom getting some paper towels. I came back with a whole handful. I kneeled down in front of them again and handed it to them.
"Thanks Rosalie" sniffed Rogue
"Yeah, thanks Rose" Pietro added. Wait. How'd they know what my name was? And that my nickname was Rose?
"I never told you my name was Rosalie or that my nickname was Rose for that matter" I said suspiciously "How'd you know"
"You all are still fairly new. And I think, I heard a few people mention your family. And jean works with your dad at the hospital" she said.
"Yeah and if you take the alie part of your name, you get Rose. I hope you don't mind" he said
"Of course not" I said
"Thanks again Rosalie" said Pietro
"Yeah same" Rogue added.
"Let's get back to class" I said and we stood. On the way back I wondered how the others were doing, especially Em.
Em POV
As I walked into my last period English, I wondered about what happened with the others and if they meet the other kids. I wasn't the one to think seriously unless my family was involved, especially Rose. Hmm… Rose… then there was a tap on my shoulder causing me to jump. I heard a couple of giggles. I turned to my left to see the little girl, Kitty and the two other boys behind her smiling at me.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" she apologized
"you don't scare me" I lied
She rolled her eyes at me; "I didn't mean to scare you, but I was wondering if you could give this to your sister, Alice. It's her French book, I accidently picked it up and didn't realize it till now"
"Uhhh… sure short stuff" I said taking the book.
"Alright, if we're going to do nicknames get this through your head muscle man, it's Sprite, Half-Pint, and Kitts. Anything else is unacceptable. Got it" she said glaring at me
"Yes ma'am" I saluted her wishing she really stop glaring at me. She was worse than Alice, if that's even possible.
"Glad we have an understanding, Em" she said. I put Alice's textbook away when I realized she called me Em. How'd she know that?!
"Hey" I called after her but she was already out the room. Man was she fast!
"You okay Emmett" the blonde dude asked.
"No as hell I'm not? How'd you know my name and short stuff knew to call me Em" I asked.
"I wouldn't call her short stuff man. That girl can be mad crazy" the brown haired by told me. I scoffed.
"What's the worst she can do? Paint my toenails? I have a pixie for a sister and she's not even in the room" and as if right on cue, Kitty walked in giving a notice to Mr. Mason. He told her to wait for him to sign it. She danced up to us and she grabbed me by the front of my shirt so we were on the same eye level.
"I told you, to under no circumstances call me short stuff, Emmett Cullen. Sprite, Half-Pint, and Kitts" she hissed
"But what's the point? Short stuff is the same as Half-Pint" I asked
"You are at least two minutes away from being punched in the face and getting kicked in the ball sac" she threatened and… wait was this girl growling?! And am I actually scared of her? Yup, they are soo not human.
"Okay. Sprite, Half-Pint and Kitts it is" I said
"Good boy" she said patting my head and letting go of my shirt. And it surprisingly hurt. Okay, this chick was absolutely not human. "I gotta go. Bye guys"
"Bye Kitty"
"See ya later Half-Pint"
"Ummm… bye Kitts" I said though it sounded like an answer. She smiled and give me two thumbs up meaning I was in the clear. She skipped up front took the paper from Mr. Mason and waved to us before she left. We waved back, though I was hesitant to do it.
"We warned you man" the blonde boy said "Oh, and I'm Bobby Drake. And this is Evan Daniels"
"Yo" Evan said holding up a peace sign.
"Hey" I said shakily "so how'd you guys know my name"
"You all are still fairly new. And I think, I heard a few people mention your family. And jean works with your dad at the hospital" he said "and the Em was a lucky guess"
"Don't worry about Kitts. That's completely normal. For her anyways" he smirked
"Yea man" Evan said "Girl's like an an evil genius"
"More like bipolar" I muttered and they laughed. Whoa, they heard that? I checked the door to make sure kitty wasn't going to come back to threaten me and my balls again.
"Relax, man. You and your balls are safe" Bobby said guessing from my expression what I was thinking. He put his hand on my shoulder, and I moved from under his grip. It was meant as a friendly gesture, but his hand was freezing cold. It was colder than my dead vampire skin. Bobby stared at me confused.
"Uhhh… your hand was really cold" I explained sounding like an idiot. Bobby and Evan's face broke into slow grins and smirks.
"What" I demanded
"Oh, nothing. Really, my hand's always cold like that" Bobby said
"Yup. Almost as if he sticks it on an ice cube" Evan joked. Bobby smirked and I had a feeling I was missing out on a lot. Before I could ask Mr. Mason finally called the class to order. I wonder if the others dealt with what I had just experienced. And hoped that whatever the hell was happening would end up being okay.
C POV
I walked from my patient's room into the lobby to check for any more appointments. I was walking when Dr. Gerandy was talking to a young women in a doctors coat whit long red hair. She looked like the woman Alice had seen in her vision.
"Dr. Cullen, have you meet Dr. Grey yet" he asked curiously
"No I haven't. It's nice to meet you. I'm Carlisle Cullen" I said extending my hand.
"Jean Grey" it's very nice to meet you" she clasped her hand with mine and I felt her shiver.
"Sorry" I said, forgetting how cold my hand was compared to hers.
"It's fine. One of our students, Bobby Drake, makes me pretty much immune to the cold' she smirked. For some reason I felt as if there was a joke I was missing but didn't press. Dr. Gerandy's pager went off.
"I'm sorry Dr. Grey, but I have to go. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, Dr. Cullen could you finishing showing Dr. Grey around" he asked
"If it's alright with Dr. Grey" I asked turning to her.
"Of course" she said smiling.
Okay, well I'll leave you two. Have fun Dr. Grey" he said leaving us
"Will do" she said waving
"So Dr. Grey-"
"Please call me Jean" she interrupted
"And you can call me Carlisle. So jean where did you go to school"
"I attended the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning since I was ten. And I went to Metro College" she said.
"Wait, you went to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning? But don't-"
"The kids go there. Yes they do. The Institute has been around for a while" she explained.
"And it's under the same head master" I asked
"Yes, Professor Charles Francis Xavier" she answered
"I assume he's in perfect health" I asked. I was surprised when she shook her head
"no. He's a paraplegic" she said sadly "but he manages"
"That must be very inconvient for him" I mused
"Not really. We do all his dirty work for him" she chuckled. I got the feeling that, yet again, I was missing the joke.
"Jean" a man called. I turned to see a man with red visors and brown hair jog up to us.
"Hey. Scott this is Dr. Carlisle Cullen. Carlisle, this is Scott Summers, my boyfriend" she said
"it's nice to meet you" he extended his hand and I shook it. He, just like Jean also shivered.
"sorry" I said
"it's fine. If you hadn't sad anything I wouldn't have noticed. I suppose we should pay tribute to Bobby" he chuckled. Okay, I would really have to meet this Bobby Drake.
"Scott what are you doing here" jean asked
"I was coming to see what time you get off" he explained.
"well, I need to finish up my tour of the fourth floor and then I'll be ready" she said
"How about you go now and we'll see the fourth floor tomorrow" I suggested
"if that's okay with you, Carlisle" she asked
"It's fine. I was just coming to see if I had any last minute appointments then I was going to head home" I explained
"are you sure" she asked
"Positive" I answered
"Thanks Carlisle. I t was really great meeting you" she said
"it was the same with you two as well"
"goodbye Dr. Cullen, it was a pleasure meeting you" Scott said
"And the same with you' they waved at me before disappearing. Something told me that my family and I were going to get ourselves into something beyond us. So we'd better be prepared for the worst.
Es POV
As I went through the different home designs in Home Depot in Seattle, I saw something that caught my eye. Well, some ones to be exact. There was one woman with long white hair with deep brown skin. She was talking to a man with blackish-blue hair. There were two girls with them. One had long blackish-blue hair who most likely was related to the man. Then the second girl was closest to me. She had medium orange hair and a beautiful shade of green eyes. They were so light, either a very bright light green or very light shade of jade. She looked over at me and smiled warmly and I smiled back. She turned back to the shelf she was in front of and looked as if she was trying to reach something. I walked over to her to offer my assistance.
"Need some help" I asked politely
"Yes, please. I'm trying to reach that lavender paint" she pointed to the paint can that was up a few shelves. I reached it and handed it to her.
"careful, it's a wee bit heavy" I warned her
"It's nothing I can't handle" she took the can of paint from me with ease. Usually a human would have struggled with the paint can but she took it easily.
"see" she said smiling
"I suppose your right" I said shocked.
"Is that for you" I asked
"Nope. It's for Bella" she said
"There you are Launa" the man came over and ruffled her hair
"Uhhh… hello" the woman with the white hair said "I hope Launa wasn't causing any trouble"
"no none at all" I said
"Yeah, Esme was just helping me get the paint came for Bella's room" the girl, Launa, explained. Hold on a minute…
"how did you know that was my name" I asked curiously
"You all are still fairly new. And I think, I heard a few people mention your family. And jean works with your husband at the hospital" she said.
"Oh" was all I said. I'd have to ask Carlisle about that.
"I'm Ororoe Munroe. And this Logan Howlett, his niece Laura Kinney. And you've alright meet Launa Dane" she explained.
"It's very nice to meet you all" I said smiling at each of them. For some reason the man, Logan, was scrunching his nose together. As if he was smelling something bad.
"Logan" Ororoe asked
"Uhhh… it's nothing. Got something in my nose" he explained "I'll be right back. I'm gonna get a tissue". Then he walked away.
"I think I'd better follow him" Laura said. I stared at her curiously as she walked away to go find him.
"I'm sorry. Logan can be a little off" Ororoe apologized "He lost his memory 15-20 years ago and he always get's it back every now and then"
"He once mistaken kitty and Kurt for some people he knew a long time ago, remember" Launa said quietly. Ororoe nodded her head solemnly. I wondered who he could have remembered to cause their reactions?
"When Logan remembers things, he doesn't have a good reaction. Professor Xavier believes that he didn't have a good past and that must be the reason he acts the way he does when he does remember" Ororoe explained
"That's so horrible" I said "Who could do such a thing to someone like that". Ororoe and Launa shifted uncomfortably. I didn't understand why they were acting that way and it confused me. They must've noticed my staring because they regained their composure before I could ask.
"The world is full of people who do many things to someone. It's really a shame that it happens but it does. But everything happens for a reason, I suppose" Ororoe said. Launa nodded.
"We better go. Professor Xavier is expecting us to come back with paint and food" she said shaking her head "Lazy old man"
"That's it. No more 'quality time' with your brother" Ororoe laughed. We joined in with her.
"Oh, I understand exactly what you mean. My eldest, Emmett is a real handful" I said
"Well consider yourself lucky you have one. We have 3" she said
"My half-brother, Pietro, Ororoe's nephew, Evan, and Laura's boyfriend Bobby" Launa added "Not to mention Remy". Ororoe groaned
"What's wrong with Remy" I asked curiously
"You have to meet him to understand" Launa said giggling, while Ororoe just shook her head.
"well, how about we arrange that" I suggested. They looked at me and then at each other and I had a strange feeling I was missing something.
"Sure, sounds great" Launa said "though we'd have to speak with the others"
"Same. But how about we talk it over lunch" I was really curious about them and something told me so would the others.
"Deal. How about we trade numbers" Launa asked. I nodded and gave her my number, while she took mine.
"okay, so we'll talk over lunch. Tomorrow noonish" Ororoe asked. I nodded.
"well be better be going" Ororoe said "it was very nice meeting you"
"As it was you" I said
"Bye thanks for the help' Launa said waving. I waved back and watched them leave. I was moving on to the next aisle when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked up to see logan.
"Hi Logan" I said
"Hey. Err… listen, I wanted to apologize for earlier" he said "It wasn't you. It's just that I lost my memory 15-20 years ago and-"
"It's fine. Ororoe already explained" I said "I really am sorry though"
He clenched his jaw and then unclenched it; "It's fine. Sometimes I'm glad I don't remember"
I scolded him; "Logan, you have a right to remember your past"
"With the people I've come across from my past, and the things they told me I did" he paused and shook his head "some things are better left in the dark". I stared at him and was surprised how dark his tone had went. Could his past been really that bad? Could he really have done bad things in his past?
"I don't believe it" I said "You don't seem like the kind of person who would do something like that"
"you're wrong" he said darkly "I've done stuff I'm not proud of and I can't even remember it to make it right'
"but you are making it right. By doing what you're doing now, by raising those students, you're making it right" I said and he stared at me shocked "what? I'm not the first person whose told you this am I"
"no. you're just the first to explain it to me that way" he explained a little shell shocked.
"well, I'm glad I could" he stared at me for a minute then shock his head.
"I'd better go. I'll see you around" he said mystified
"Bye Logan" I said. He turned around and left. Okay, when I go home, we're having a family meeting.