CHAPTER 4: 'Save the WHAT????'
After my first 'round' with 'hot lab partner' as I have already dubbed him, I resort to ignoring him. He lets me be with an amused grin on his delicious lips. Damn! Can't I think about this guy without acknowledging the fact that he's too hot for his own good (and mine)? Obviously not. But trust me when I say you couldn't either! Minutes later though, the bell rings and everybody starts getting up and leaving. He picks up my schedule on his way out, looks at it, looks at me, then smirks. My knees turn to goo, but then I realise that his smirk isn't a good sign. Oh Goddess, what now?!
I'll tell you what now! I have EVERY FREAKING CLASS WITH HIM! That's what!!!! And seeing as, for some friggin' reason, everybody already has chosen seats, and the only ones that seat next to 'HLP' (short for 'hot lab partner'. I'm NOT going to keep writing all that over and over again. And I just know I'll be writing a LOT about him!) are Stronghold and his gang! But there are never enough of them to cover ALL the seats near him! And since nobody else will seat next to him (although some girls do try to work up the guts), and they consider me now part of the gang, I am now starting to get used to his higher-than-normal body temperature. Which, let me tell you, is awfully distracting! Not to mention, since I still don't have my body temperature crap down, if I remain near him long enough, I get used to his warmth, and whenever I move away from him, I start shivering like MAD!!! And so does the rest of the class... Do you sometimes get the feeling that the world is set on going against you? Well right now that's the only feeling I'm getting. Oh well, I suppose I really shouldn't be complaining seeing as I did beg for something to stare at during my time here. Have you noticed how conflicting a brain I have?
And now, of course, comes lunch. Where I officially meet the rest of the gang: Ethan, Zach and Magenta. Ethan seems to know more about my parents than I do! And for some odd reason, Layla and Magenta appear to be convinced that there is something between Warren and I. Not that I'm against the idea or anything but it is just NOT possible. But after Layla tells Magenta about Warren and my little argument back at Mad Science, they are both convinced there's "something" going on. Can you believe they have made me confess that I find him drop dead gorgeous within 2 minutes of overwhelming me with questions? Not to mention that like, what was it, 50 seconds later? Warren casually sits down next to me (again, only seat available). I could die. But I force myself not to show it. Not really working though. Not that with my skin tone much blush can come through, but my face still heats up, and so does the rest of the room. Sometimes it is truly inconvenient to have the potential to control room temperatures and not be able to control that potential. Warren immediately cancels me out by absorbing enough heat to make the cafeteria bearable again. After that, it is up to the freezers to cool the place back to normal. I decide it just isn't a good idea for me to stay in the cafeteria. I grab my chocolate pudding and my coke, having finished my sandwich (I'm into exercising, NOT eating healthy!), and I set off for the school patio. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Layla and Maj following me out. Suddenly, my blue/gray 'sidekick' (the irony of this world impresses me every time) starts ringing, so I pick up. It's my mom. I mouth it to Layla and Maj who have just caught up with me and answer the phone.
"Mom, whatever you've heard, I did NOT do it." Maj and Layla laugh quietly.
"Hi to you too sweetie. And I know you haven't done anything yet. Not even you are that fast." I sigh with relief. One can never be too cautious!
"So then why are you callin'?" it seemed strange. They had, after all, just left. And what with how things were for us at the moment, I couldn't imagine they had much free time.
"Because Principal Powers has just reminded us that you need a uniform to participate at 'Save the Citizen'!" I put on what I'm sure is a puzzled look. And... Yep! Maj and Layla's faces confirm I look like I have no effing clue as to what she's talking about. Which I truly don't!
"Save the WHAT????" suddenly they start laughing. As if they now understand...
"Save. The. Citizen." She vocalises each word as if I had the Juggernaut's IQ. "It's a game they play during P.E. I'm sure someone will be gracious enough to explain. Anyway, since you don't have the required school uniform, we asked the Principal if it was okay for you to use your X-uniform. She said yes. Kurt will be there in a few more seconds with it." I smile. Goddess knows I adore that uniform. It was a present for my 16th birthday. And it's by far my favourite outfit! Then I smile again at the thought of seeing Kurt. He's so sweet. I just hope that Maj and Layla won't judge him as everybody else does. Of course, the odds of that are astronomical seeing as, in all honesty, we're all "freaks".
"Oh, ok, mom. I'll just ask my friends. Take care of yourselves!"
"I'm glad you already have friends. But I expected no less from you. Anyway, you are right, I do have to go. Bye khepri! Take care of your self, kitten!" and with that, we hang up.
Moments later, there is a puff of blue smoke and Kurt is standing in front of me carrying a bag with my beloved X-uniform. I hear Layla and Maj gasp, so I go over and hug Kurt hello then turn to them.
"Guys, this is Kurt Wagner, also known as Nightcrawler. Kurt, these are Layla Williams, and Magenta Daniels. They're seniors, like me." Kurt smiles his crooked smile, and, with his natural charm, has them smiling back in a matter of seconds.
"Ladies." He says, bowing, in his heavy German accent (1). "Here is your bag, Sammy. Is everything going, well, at least, ok?" he asks, ever the mother hen over me.
"Yes, Blue, everything's fine." Hehe, I'm the only one who gets away with calling him "Blue". But that's just cause I gave him that nickname when I started talking. "I have even already made friends, see?" he smiles again, pleased that he has good news to deliver again. He checks the skies, anyway. Just in case I've become that good an actress. He knows me well enough to always have a way of knowing how I'm really doing. But the skies are blue, with just a little cloud cover. But that's expected. I'm a difficult person to please, what can I say? He simply nods, satisfied with what he sees.
"Well in that case, I'll be off. You know that if you ever need me, for anything, I'm a mere call away." I smile and hug him. He then bows goodbye to my friends who smile at him. And in another puff of blue smoke, he's gone.
"Well, that was Kurt for ya!" I say. They smile and begin talking about how sweet he was with me. I'm just glad they noticed. When they finally shut up (and I mean FINALLY) I grab the chance to ask.
"So, what exactly is 'Save the Citizen'?" they smirk. Oh boy, this can't be too good either.
"So... let me get this straight. In the gym, there is an arena. And in the middle, there's a dangerous, spiky, crunching machine, with a citizen-wannabe of a dummy hanging of a rope on top of said machine, and two people on the hero team are supposed to save the aforementioned dummy while fighting of the two dumb-asses on the villain team?!"
"Yep, that's the basic concept." I smirk this time. And widely. These people have no friggin' idea what a Danger-Room Session is. LOL. This could actually turn out to be fun. Especially since I already have a list of asses I want to kick. Speed, Lash and Penny being right at the top (only Goddess knows why Principal Powers has allowed those three back to school. Layla and Maj have already filled me in on everything, lol. Not to mention, since they were gone most two years and had to do community service or something for another, they never got to finish their senior year, so now, we're stuck with them.), while the bunch of guys who had leered at me all day take less important places, and, of course, 'hot lab partner', who I now know is no other than Warren Peace. Yep, THE Warren Peace. No wonder he's got the bad boy attitude down to a T. But he's there just for the fun of having the chance to have a nice hand-to-hand combat with him (the only real reason why I want that is for the chance of pinning him down. What I'd do then... I have nooo idea. NOT!). He is apparently really good. As he seems to be at everything else. I hear the guy even sings! (2) Let's see how he does against my dad's genes and Logan's training!
YAY! That's the bell. Time for P.E. And to show off the body Goddess and training have given me. LOL. Not really since I'm already wearing a black corset a la Elektra, dark skinny jeans and my favourite stiletto boots. I know, I know, who wears stiletto heels to school, right? Well, I do. I walk better on heels than I do on anything else. So shut it! Regardless, my suit, like mom's, is fairly tight. Actually, my suit is like mom's in a lot of ways. And, in a lotta ways, it's very me. I designed it after all (3). Anyway. Back to me heading over to "Save the Citizen". Goddess, everybody sounds so excited. Apparently Will and Warren are the undefeated champions. But Coach Boomer (Sonic Boom. Duuuude, I'm going to run out of times allowed per lifetime to use this word with this school but seriously, can they be any more cliché?) is apparently sick and tired of them winning every game so he rarely picks them, or allows them to get picked. Although there is always the 'Welcome Back' game, he, pretty much, mandatorily allows them. I heard some girls gossiping something about new uniforms, and how Warren would look in them. Now THAT I have to see!
Seeing as I had all but skipped 'Power Placement' (into labels much?) I hadn't yet been into the gym. I wasn't disappointed, since not all gyms have a fighting arena that can disappear under the court floor, but it definitely wasn't our Danger Room, back at Xavier's. Not to mention our basketball court disappears to open the ceiling of a jet hangar. Have you noticed how much I miss Xavier's Institute yet?
"Hey ladies, over here!" Zach is literally jumping up and down on the benches. Will is laughing; Ethan is waving at us, though more discreetly. Warren is just shaking his head. I would also wonder what the hell I'm doing hanging with those guys if I were him. And no, I'm not a telepath, but it's just written all over his face.
Either way, we head over there as the gym starts to fill up. Once everybody is settled down, Boomer gets on his high and mighty chair. I can see 'Big-head' Medulla leaning on some sort of balcony with another teacher (I suppose) to watch the games.
"SIIIIIIILENCEEEEEEEEEEE!" ok, someone seriously needs to put a lid on THAT! I knew he was loud, but that was friggin' deafening! But it served its purpose. Everybody has shut their respective traps and is looking at the coach expectantly. And sure enough...
"Ok, welcome back for your senior year people!" Everyone claps and cheers. "It is now time for our opening game, as is traditional. Peace, Stronghold!" they are getting up and starting to leave when Boomer tells them to stay put for a sec. "There are new uniforms, as you may have heard." I manage to get a glimpse of the girls from earlier, who are already looking at the hothead and giggling. Jeez. Crushing on him much? "And since, Lash and Speed are back, you might just test yourselves against them. For ol' times sake." He smirks. Layla whispers that that match had been Will's first 'Save the Citizen' with Warren, back in freshman year. AWWWWW. I can already see Will and Warren looking at each other and smirking over at the bullies. "Now, here are the rules: number one, NO HITTING THE COACH! You hear that hothead?! Either see to it that I am NOT on the receiving end of one of your fireballs again, or you and All American Boy II will not play 'Save the Citizen' again for the rest of the YEAR!" I hear Warren's low chuckle (which nearly turns the whole of me to goo) and Will's suppressed bark of laughter. I think this will be Will and Warren's last game then... "And number two, don't kill each other. That's it. Go get ready."
As soon as Will, Warren, Speedy and Stretchy disappear, I can hear the whole of the gym buzzing with excitement. I suppose this may turn out to be interesting, I mean, come on, it's Bad Boy Hot Pyro (I need to come up with a shorter nickname that also sums the whole of him up) and the Captain America Wannabe, against Speedy and Stretchy, "veteran" school bullies and wannabe villains! Besides, Warren's smirk promised fun. Just how many times do you think he'll hit Boomer with a fireball? All of a sudden, Speedy and Stretchy walk out to their sides of the arena, in combat suits, which are a mix between the Fantastic Four suits and a standard X-uniform. They look ridiculous. Then Will comes out, then...
Alright, SERIOUSLY MAJOR brain-malfunction! Will looks only slightly less ridiculous than Speedy and Stretchy, but Warren? WHEW! That guy gives the phrase "gotta love a man in a uniform" a WHOLE new meaning!!!!! I'm serious here! The uniform, plus the smirk, plus the hair pulled back, plus.... OH MY GOD. I'm about to have a heart attack. He just literally ripped the sleeves off! Showing some major guns people! He currently has the whole of the female half of the gym drooling. It is no embarrassment for me to admit I can count myself among the victims of Warren's absolute hotness. The only two that can still think straight are Layla and Maj. Man, those girls seriously love their boyfriends. Which doesn't mean that they can't appreciate good stuff. I can see them nodding appreciatively towards them, though with Layla she might just be swooning over Will for all you know.
"Show off." I hear Magenta mumbling. I look at her and nod in my brain-dead state. She laughs at my face and I nudged her. Slowly, I'm recovering my synapses. As the shock wears off, my oxygen-deprived neurons put on some serious work to keep up with the info I'm supposed to be getting through from my ears to my head.
"Alright, is everybody ready?" every single girl shakes her head "no" but then again, Boomer was asking the three guys and the Dark Adonis down there. (there! A perfect nickname! Not that I'll ever have the guts to use it to his face but… whatever, back to the story!) And they do nod. Layla is already bouncing up and down along with Zach. That girl is too cheerful and that boy is too hyperactive.
"Three, two, one, BATTLE!"
And battle they do! As soon as Boomer screams, Lash goes for Will, while Speed, blurs over to Warren, I hear Layla, Ethan, Zach and Magenta gasp, but Warren is already in the air and out of what ever danger he could've been. (I need to get the details of that one!) Wait! Warren is IN THE AIR???? How does a pyro – a fire disc?! How the hell does he manage that?! Goddess, this guy's powerful! LMFAO! Speedy just stunned himself against the wall, instead of hitting Warren!!! Laughter attack!!! Everyone's cheering. It's obvious that the guys just want to give Speedy and Stretchy a hard time, cause, by now, either one of them could've grabbed the squealing "citizen". Will rises into the air, with an unusual smirk on his face, and towards Warren, while yelling for the pyro to make Lash let go. Warren smirks, all the girls swoon, and Lash falls down screaming (not that they're that high up) as Warren keeps a steady income of fireballs in his direction. Oh so conveniently, Lash falls down in front of Coach Boomer and his high-and-mighty chair.
The mystery of Will's smirk is unveiled as the steady stream of fire from Warren hits the Coach three or four times. He screams at them, threatening to go through with his previous threat. But the clock is ticking, and Will and Warren are having too much fun to pay him any attention. So while Warren nearly lights Stretchy's suit on fire, Will knocks Speedy off his feet with his dad's (old school) punching the floor thingy, and flies to, literally, save the citizen. Of course, he does "save" the squealing dummy, and the whole gym explodes into cheers and applause. Aren't they a popular pair of show offs. Not that Warren doesn't have everything there is to show off. Boy he can work that uniform. Heck he can work a pair of old boxers! ... Wouldn't that be a sight... *sigh*.
While I'm daydreaming, Will and Warren make a victory flying round over the stands of the gym, girls drool, boys cheer, Medulla and the other teacher clap, enthusiastically enough (though I think that's because Warren managed to hit Boomer so many times), and Boomer is still grumbling in his high chair about dangerous pairings and friggin' pyros. LOL. Finally, when my hands are aching out of clapping, Will and Warren go off to get changed. AWW, why can't he stay in that uniform? I can hear the whole of the girls in the gym muttering against him changing, but I can see him and Will rolling their eyes and heading off to change. Of course, the trademark "Warren Peace" smirk is ever present.
Alright, so may be this school might just be interesting.
A/N: Soooo.... so far so good? You tell me! R&R!!!
(1): I'm not going to try at writing accents that much. You guys know how they talk. sorry, but no...
(2): Have you heard Steven Strait singing? Try 'One thing leads to another' from the Sky High soundtrack. Very nice...
