I stretched out of bed. I had been at Xavier's school for several weeks now. Lillian had made it bearable and there was something i needed to do. I got out of bed and changed. It was a luxury to have my own room. I could do whatever i wanted to do. I left and headed to class even though i had slept in i wasn't going to be late. I didn't need to eat breakfast. I walked to class and arrived just in time to merge with a group of students, my classmates. Lillian was among them.
"Hey," she said in greetings.
"Salutations," I responded. We walked into the room.
*Hey Lily, can i ask you something?* I asked rather nervously though telepathy.
*If it's 'can i borrow you homework?' I was going to ask you the same thing.* she replied the same way.
*No. it's... Will you go out with me?* i thought to her. She gasped and dropped her books.
"Sorry," she said to everyone around us. I helped her pick them up.
"Yes," Lillian whispered with a smile. I smiled too. Everybody had taken a seat when we finished and i joined Lily in our seats in the back.
My eyes snapped open. I was in my bed surrounded by melee weapons. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Then why was i wake? A fuzzy recollection of last night drifted into my head. It was of Dad telling us that we had survival training tomorrow. Shit. I was fine with survival training, but Nikki and James, certainly James, complained the whole time and that only made it worse. I could not listen to that all day. I got up, changed while trying not to wake James.
As i was heading out the door i noticed the thing in James' bed was not James. It was a bunch of pillows and blankets under a sheet. I knew where he was. I closed the door behind me and headed towards Nik's room. Inside on the floor, on a palette were both Nikki and James. One look at Nikki's clothed sleeping form confirmed nothing had happened. Which as a good thing because if i had seen either of them naked i would has hung myself on a burning London bridge with a mixture of gasoline,chlorine and bleach being directly consumed while having that mix pumped directly to both my brain and my heart. Even the thought gave me depression. I closed the door. I heard another door open. It was Logan emerging from his room fully dressed and looking ready for training. I headed towards him because, mostly for i had to pass him to reach the kitchen. I hung my head in thought. When i caught up to him I was surprised to see him waiting for me. We proceeded to the kitchen.
"So, you ready for training?" the Wolverine asked.
"Sure, as long as i get to bring my knives and katana," I replied. My father chuckled.
"I suppose," He said opening the door to the kitchen. I crossed the threshold and immediately went to the freezer and grabbed the sausage patties. Logan on the other hand sat down at the nearest table, rested his elbows on it and rubbed his face wearily.
"You want any?" I asked motioning with the sausage. Logan held up his hand to indicate five. I pulled a pan off of it's hook, put the oven on high and set myself on cooking a total of fifteen patties for Logan, James and me. I didn't think Nikki ate sausage. As the steam ,for the ice on the patties melted, drifted my thought wandered.
I had been with Lillian for almost a week now and Xavier had thought up a new way to train mutants. A mutant was paired with a professor who had similar powers. If a student couldn't pair with a professor they had to either pair with another student again with similar powers or if the former couldn't be done, had to train on their own. I was hoping i could train alone, but Professor Xavier had not overlooked me.
"Harley you'll be paired with Logan," he said addressing me outside. All the students were out there with the Professor and all the teachers in front of us. I harbored my thoughts of But, Professor, Logan's not even a teacher and I hope he isn't as bad as some students say he is. There had been rumors that he was wild and cruel, forcing kids to do survival training in the cold, dark, damp woods. I didn't have a problem with that. I lived like that when i was on the run. I just for some reason didn't exactly feel comfortable around him for some reason. So, after the pairing I went to climb a nearby tree. I sat on a branch roughly eight feet in the air, watching Logan and Xavier arguing from the looks of it. I didn't really care, so i didn't eavesdrop, but i could have sworn they we're talking about me. Minutes pass and finally their meeting breaks up and Xavier leaves. Logan stands there and rakes his hand though his hair before heading in my direction to-
I realized i had to flip the patties before they burned. As I did James and Nikki walked.
*OK, we know your were in my room because we smelled your scent, so what do you know, what did you see and are we going to have to kill you* immediately popped into my head. It was a message from Nikki who speed walked past a now sleeping on the table Logan and stood in front of me arms crossed. JAmes (* This is how I repeatedly spell his name, along with: NIkki, HArley and LOgan.*) joined her and mimicked her pose. Except he grabbed my shoulders and shook me.
"What did you see?" he whispered fiercely.
"The two of you lying next to each ot- Wait if your asking me what I saw does that mean something happened?" I gasped. They shared a look.
"NO!" they said in unison. Nikki kicked my in my shin, which hurt, but because I have adamantium on my bones it hurt her more than me, while James gib-slapped me, which also hurt him more than me due to the same reasons Wolf was in pain. I laughed as i watched their reactions. I turned around and picked the pan up.
"Sausage?" I asked. James took some, but Nik went for cereal. I shrugged, got two plates and served Dad. He woke up, then apologized for sleeping and ate. I ate as well. When we were all finished Logan gave us instructions.
"Harley, go get your stuff. You two meet me out by the main entrance," he told us.
"What about that mutant that was out there the other day?" James asked. Logan blew him off and left the room. I left as well. I saw my father and run up to him.
"So, what did you do to Sabretooth?" I asked.
"When i went to get him he was gone," Dad replied.
"Oh," I said. We walked to his room where our paths split. I ran to my room collected some adamantium throwing knives and my katana in her sheath. I left and teamed up with everyone else. Logan had three tent bags over his shoulders. he typed in the code to open the door and we went outside.
"All right, you two take a tent," he pointed at me and James."Girlie you're gonna review with me. Y'all are all gonna spend the night out here. Now go."
"Wish me luck," James said. Nikki came over to him and gave him a lucky kiss. James returned the favor and before they even knew it, a make out session began. I started to walk away.
"Bye, Dad. See ya tomorrow," i said to distract myself from the PDA.
"yeah, bye," he said ready to break the two of them up. He did. Thank God. I stalked into the woods, trying to ignored the scars in the trees around me and the remembrance of pain they caused. I heard James walking away from the base door. All right, let's see. Knowing Logan there's a limit as to how far we can camp and he's most likely got it marked. I knew the perfect place to camp. It was a clearing with plenty of edible foliage, plus birds and other small animals liked to visit there meaning it was perfect for food. I changed my course and headed in that direction. I arrived at my destination. As i began the process of setting up camp I remembered a time where these skills was also expected of me.