As Elise entered the Professors office, she noticed that it looked much similar to the one her principal had back home. It was dark at the entrance and the only light was coming from 3 wall-sized windows at the back. The furniture looked as if everything matched. There was an oak desk, oak bookcases, and oak chairs. The bookcases where jammed packed all the way to the top, and contained everything from Chaucer to Treasure Island. It appeared that the Professor was big on reading. Elise loved reading too but not to the extent of the Professor. She enjoyed reading about war, crime solving, and the occasional chick-lit. (A/N: For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a classic girl falls in love with boy book)
"Ahh Elise…" the Professor said from behind his desk "come it"
She smiled and took a seat in one of the oak chairs, which didn't happen to be all that comfortable. "It seems you really love books Professor"
"Yes well I find that books have a certain power of their own. They have the ability to take you away from your emotions, whether it is happy or not, and create something extraordinary. You could say it makes a whole new life, a brief one of course." replied the Professor.
Elise saw that he had one of the most caring smiles. It seemed to be heartfelt and kind. His face might have been worn away by nature, but it held so much knowledge and compassion. She felt more comfortable with him than she had with anyone in a long time.
"The reason I asked Storm to bring you in was to find out how your powers were doing. Have you used them at all since your arrival? The professor asked softly.
"Actually yes" Elise replied
"And how did that go?"
"Well…" Elise started, "it went surprisingly good. I had complete control over the electricity and I certainty didn't get carried away"
"That's excellent news," said the Professor " Would you care explaining the experience to me?"
"Oh sure. It started out when I was asked to show my powers…more like forced" Elise thought. " I put my hand against the nearest wall and focused on collecting the electrical current. Once I felt it flowing through my body I took my hand away and produced an electrical Sphere. Oh, and I started getting that X-ray look on my hand, that normally always happens. Anyways, after that I sent the sphere over to the nearest appliance, which happened to be the stereo. When the sphere melted into the stereo I could start feel the electricity flowing through so I took control over it. All I did next was play around and changed the radio station."
"Hmmm" the Professor said with interest, "It sounds as if you're starting to gain a lot more control over your mutation. I suspect that it has to due with the fact you seem more relaxed"
"Yeah" Elise replied, " I do feel more comfortable in this place. Also, I feel as if I'm more at peace with myself than I was before the…well you know…the incident."
"That reminds me, Have you had any flashback attacks since your arrived?" the Professor asked curiously, " Its quite normal in your situation to have had a few, with what happened to your friends in all"
"Those people…they were certainty not my friends" Elise said bitterly, disgust ridden in all her words. She took one deep breath and continued. " I've only had one so far… hopefully the last"
"Well be prepared," he said, keeping the gentle voice. "You might experience more but don't worry. It's perfectly normal, and remember, my door will always be open for you if you want to talk about it."
Elise smiled to herself. She new she wouldn't talk about it but it was nice to know someone would be there for her.
"Now a demonstration, if you will?" the professor asked.
Elise was more than happy to oblige, and thankful that they were changing the subject. She reached out to a nearby lamp that was standing at corner of the Professors desk and placed one firm hand on the bottom. Quickly she felt it. The electricity was venturing from out of the chord and into her hand. She felt it flow directly to her heart and down to all the corners of her body. It felt rejuvenating, as if she was a kid on a sugar rush. Elise then slowly pulled back her hand, but this time she decided not to make an orb, but rather keep the electricity inside. Her hand, now majority of it translucent, stated to produce an eerie blue glow and you could see the electrical current flowing through her veins. It was quite the sight, definitely not for the faint hearted. Elise then reached up toward the light bulb and rested one finger on the tip. The bulb immediately lit up, producing a soothing yellow glow. Once Elise released her finger the light vanished and the bulb was back to being gray.
"Wonderful display of concentration Elise" Said the Professor, seemingly pleased.
Elise couldn't have been happier. She smiled to herself.
The Professor continued. "Although I must ask you not to use to much power all at once. Gradually start using more or else it could result in something dangerous. I don't like seeing my students getting hurt at any cost"
"Yes Professor, no need to worry" Elise reassured.
"Glad to hear it and thank you for meeting with me"
Elise got up to leave but the professor suddenly stopped her
" Oh Elise I forgot to give this to you" He said and handed her a book. "I've previously asked my students to read this for Mondays class and I would like it if you tried to complete it for English"
"Right… theirs school tomorrow" Elise though as she looked down to see what the book was. 'A Midsummer's Night Dream' by none other than Shakespeare.
"You may go now and remember, my doors always open" The Professor said and smiled
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As Elise closed the office doors she noticed someone was waiting in the lobby. As she got closer she noticed that it was John. He had his head down focusing on his lighter
Click…Flick…Click"What's he doing here?" Elise thought.
"John?" She asked.
He looked up at her expectantly
4 seconds passed in silence
He still was looking at her expectantly. "Yeah?" He said waiting for her to continue.
Smart Ass… "What are you doing here?" she asked"Well I might be here to see the Professor since it just so happens that I'm waiting outside his office" John said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Elise thought. This guy was unbelievable.
Her annoyance must have shown clearly on her face because as soon as she started walking away John continued.
"…I'm waiting because I have a detention" he smiled smugly to himself. "Mouthed off to a teacher on Friday, sure pissed the hell out of her."
If Elise didn't understand him earlier, she certainty didn't now. Who would be proud of a detention? Whenever she had gotten into trouble it was always, "just what the hell is wrong with you" and, "I should have had a better daughter".
"So…" John said looking straight at Elise.
She noticed his eyes were a cold, dark brown. She felt as if they were hiding something, or rather, shielding something from the world. His eyelids covered the top half of his eyes. It made John look like he was tired, exhausted maybe? Whatever the mysteries behind his eyes were she would have to solve them later.
"…What was with the Shit-fit you threw back their?' John asked.
Elise just stared at him blankly, not knowing what the hell he was talking about.
"You know," He explained, "The spasm at kitty?"
Oh that… "Well I guess I just don't like people thinking they no anything about me" She replied.
"About running?" John asked. He was looking at her as if she was crazy. He also slowly cocked an eyebrow in waiting for her response. He seemed to do that a lot.
Elise frowned. She was once again getting outsmarted… Fucking great!
"Yeah, well I was also pretty cranky due to lack of food. I mean, they can't expect me to eat that shit" She replied.
To Elise's utter astonishment he chuckled. Well this was a first. It seemed that this boy was full of surprises and Elise liked that. What would be the fun in living with out any?
"Speaking of running" John started, "You were going pretty damn fast this morning…almost looked as if you were..."
"Mad with power?" Elise finished. She was looking down at the floor, disappointment flooding her eyes. She new she should have slowed down but she was too addicted to the drive.
"Yeah" John said in bewilderment
"I get that way sometimes. All it takes is one big rush of power and I'm in for good. I can't escape the power, and by that point, I don't want too. You probably wouldn't know anything about that though" Elise replied
John quickly looked away and his eyes started hardening. The once second ago Mysterious eyes became those of anger. His face now expressed full out disgust and his lighter was tightly clenched in his hand. "Like hell I don't" he almost spat.
Elise had obviously hit a nerve. "What?" she asked with concern.
Her looked at her so fast she almost gasped. "Nothing" he said harshly and then turned away. "Just forget I ever opened my mouth"
Elise was just about to tell John she was sorry for offending him, when the Professors voice interrupted them. "Mr. Allerdyce, you may come in now"
John started to walk over to the office door
"Well talk to you later" Elise said and turned around to leave
"Not likely" John said in a very cool, casual voice.
Elise's jaw dropped. She spun around and faced John, only to find he had one of the biggest grins on his face.
"Did he just say what I thought he said" Elise thought. She could feel herself filling with rage. How could someone be that rude?
John simply laughed. There was something different about this laugh though. It sounded a bit more sincere than the last one. Sincere…was this even possible?
Right before he turned to enter the office, he said, keeping the sincerity in his voice, "Your too naïve, you know that?" He then laughed a little more, and walked through the door.
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Elise stormed into her dorm, threw her book on the desk, and threw herself onto her bed.
"He thinks I'm naive…how dare he try to label me as naive" Elise thought
"Elise?"
"God, I mean, who the fuck does he think he is…. that prick can just go to…" But Elise's thoughts where interrupted.
"ELISE!"
"WHAT?" Elise yelled and spun around. To her shock, Jubilee stood wide-eyed and starring at her. "Oh I'm sorry Jubs …I'm just a little upset"
"A little" Jubilee scoffed. "More like your going to blow someone's head off…which is normally what I do, so spill, or do I have to pry it from you?" Jubs said in a joking manner.
Elise liked Jubilee. She felt as if Jubs new how to live, and that she was always someone you could have fun with. At the same time though, Elise thought that Jubs could really understand you, because you got a sense that she genuinely cared about what you had to say.
Rouge suddenly came through the door. She must have sensed something was wrong because she instantly said, "Okay…what are you two not telling me?"
"Shhhhh" Jubs said as she motioned to Rouge. "Elise was just telling me why she's so angry".
"Its nothing, its just that John Is such a Jerk and he thinks he's so much better than anyone else" Elise replied.
Both girls simultaneously sighed.
"You just got to try to understand that John's like that…always has been, always will be" Rouge said softly. "The rare day he will be pleasant but that's about it. You just have to ignore him…works for us." And both girls laughed.
It didn't work for Elise though. She couldn't ignore his Asshole-like behavior for all the money in the world; besides, she didn't even have the self-control. Hopefully next time she wouldn't loose her temper. Elise had been lucky so far but she didn't know how long that was going to last. Until then, she would have to calm herself down by reading. So she picked up 'A Midsummer Night Dream' and started loosing herself to the land love and fairy's.
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"Its spaghetti night"
"No, its soup night"
"Nope, Spaghetti"
"Rouge its Sunday, which means soup"
"No Jubs, Monday is soup night…tonight's spaghetti"
The sound of Rouge and Jubilees heated debate could be heard down the whole hallway. Whatever the dinner they were having, Elise couldn't wait. She hadn't eaten a thing today and was starved out of her wits. The noises of her stomach were practically as loud as the two girls argument.
"Hey girls…oh hey Elise" Came the deep voice of someone coming down the stairs.
Elise recognized this boy from yesterday. She was briefly introduced to him and learned that his name was Piotr. He had to be one of the nicest boys Elise had ever met, well asides from Bobby, that it.
The two girls didn't seem to notice the greeting and continued fighting.
Elise started walking over to him. "Hey Piotr… sorry about them, there just…well…".
"Rouge and jubs?" Piotr laughed, " No worries, they are always finding something to fight about." Piotr then whispered in her ear "By the way…its spaghetti night".
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As they finally reached the kitchen, they discovered that was, indeed, Spaghetti night. This left one very satisfied Rouge, one extremely ticked off Jubilee, and one still very hungry teen. So it was no surprise when Elise was first in line for food.
After every one had gotten their food, Rouge found out were Bobby, John, and Kitty were sitting and headed that way. Elise had calmed herself down quite a bit and decided not to kill John…. yet.
"Hey guys what took you so long?" Bobby asked, as he got up to hug rouge.
"Just a little squabble between Jubs and Rouge" Piotr said.
"A little squabble that I won" Rouge added, smiling.
Jubilee was still mumbling to herself on the many reasons why rouge should be pushed of a cliff.
"So Elise, What classes do you have tomorrow?" Piotr asked.
She nearly choked on her food.
"Crap... School… Forgot again" She thought as she tried to remember her schedule. "Umm I think I have Math and History in first and second, and then English and Danger Room in third and fourth.".
"Yeah, we figured you would have Danger Room with all of us" replied Bobby.
"Great" Now not only would she embarrass herself in front of strangers, but all of her new friends."Wait" Piotr asked, " Do you have history with Storm?"
"Theirs only one history class you idiot" came the snide remark from John.
Did he always have to be like this?
Instead of getting mad, Piotr just ignored him, which earned him a dark scowl from John.
"Anyways, I have that class too…we can sit together if you'd like" Piotr said
This flattered Elise but it was quickly interrupted by another snide remark from John.
"What are you in grade 2?" he said and then mimicked Piotr in a whiny voice. "Ohh yah we can sit together…Real mature dude"
Piotr suddenly faced John and said casually, "Like you know anything about maturity Pyro, Your one to talk."
John just stared daggers into his eyes.
Elise could suddenly feel a lot of tension coming from the two boys. It didn't seem that they got along well. She then realized something weird. Why had Piotr just called John Pyro? Was it his secret nickname or something?
"Ohh yeah" Piotr continued. "I forgot to mention… Johns in that class as well"
"Well this should be exciting" Elise said, and looked directly at John.
The corner of John's lips just moved the tiniest bit to form an almost undetectable smirk. "You have no idea"
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A/N: well I really hope you liked this chapter. For the next one you can expect a lot of action because it's Elise's first day of school, which means…Danger Room! Please read & reply…tell me what you think! Also, I hope that the next one will be up soon. I've been brainstorming on what major events will happen in the future but I just need to think on how to get there. Until then …just enjoy the read!