"Pietro, get up. We're going to school and there's nothing you can do to change it!"
I kicked his mattress in frustration. He had gotten up and was clean and dressed, but he had gone back to bed and refused to get out again. The fact that it was getting closer and closer to the time school started was grinding on my nerves.
"Pietro! Come on, Lance and the other's already left!"
"What time is it?" he mumbled into his pillow.
I glanced at my watch and sighed.
"We've got ten minutes! C'mon!"
Pietro suddenly leaped up and grabbed me. I shouted before we were at school within a minute. The smug, speedy teenager put me down as I gaped at him. Words failing, I just smacked him. Wanda, who had apparently been waiting for me, came over and took my arm.
"Ignore him," she said simply," You look great by the way."
She started walking me into the building, Pietro following us from a short distance. I'd gone all out for the first day. I'd worn a black tank top with a broken heart on the front and a navy blue and black plaid skirt with black heels.
"I'm so excited," Wanda commented as we stepped into the building.
Wanda had explained that she'd never been able to go to school because of her powers and she was ready to have classmates and learn from teachers in a classroom setting. We found our lockers and put our textbooks in them. Lance had gone on Friday for me to pick up everyone's textbooks. I had a feeling he went to see Kitty as well. The three of us had out first class together and on the way there, I noticed a lot of people staring at us. I looked at Pietro.
"Why is everyone staring?"
"Duh. We're mutants and they know it."
"Oh."
I turned my head forward and stopped just in time as an arm was in front of me. I raised an eyebrow at the face of the teenage boy grinning at me. He had black hair streaked with blonde, which was strange as the blonde seemed to be the natural color. He was wearing a black t-shirt, skinny jeans, Vans, and a black studded belt. Wanda glanced at me. He was completely focused on me.
"'Sup?" he asked, popping the 'p'.
"Uhm…nothing? Going to class."
I skirted around the boy, not liking his vibe, but he reached out to grab my wrist. Before anyone could blink, Pietro had grabbed the boy's wrist instead.
"You don't touch girls that don't know you, punk boy," he said, before pushing the boy's wrist away.
Wanda and I exchanged a look. We thought the boy was going to get mad, but he just chuckled.
"Right, right. My name is Kelvin Andrews."
Pietro frowned.
"Like…Duncan Andrews?"
The boy rolled his eyes and put a hand on his hip.
"Yeah, my big brother. Having a popular brother let me kinda…fly under the radar for two years."
Wanda and I were lost. We didn't know who Duncan Andrews and the conversation didn't give us any clues as to how Pietro knew him.
"Unlike my brother, though, I think mutants are awesome. I'd totally love to have powers."
Kelvin got up in my face, somehow getting past Pietro.
"What can you do?"
I took a step back.
"Nothing special."
I turned and grabbed Wanda's wrist, dragging her to class with me.
"Hey! I like a sassy woman!" the boy shouted after us.
Wanda snorted at the look on my face as I entered the classroom. The two of us took window seats. Pietro came in just after we took a seat looking severely peeved. Wanda smirked as he sat next to me, which made me glare at him.
"Aww, poor Pietro! Looks like Gene is more popular than you with the opposite gender."
"Please, I'm plenty popular. Watch."
The two of us watched as he turned to the girl in the seat next to him.
"Hey, beautiful. Your hair looks great. Bet it took a long time."
The girl blushed and pat down her hair.
"Th-Thank you…"
Wanda wrinkled her nose in disgust as my jaw dropped that she blushed at such a pathetic compliment. I scoffed and turned my head to look out the window.
"Told you," Pietro said.
"Heh, whatever," Wanda snorted, turning to look out the window as well," Oohh! The boy's track team."
She went over to the window to get a better look. I got up and went over as well. I heard Pietro mutter to himself as I did. I looked back to see him leaning back against his chair with his arms crossed. I grinned and went back to looking at cute guys.
The day was turning out to be pretty normal. Wanda was in total awe about everything, which was funny, but Pietro was irking me once again. Everywhere we went, girls followed him and he'd throw them this cocky "Yeah, I'm hot" smirk that made them giggle constantly. I found it asinine.
"Sheep," is what I had taken to calling them every time I spotted a girl following Pietro.
We were heading to Lance's jeep to go for lunch and there was on girl giggling beside Pietro as he made his way leisurely to the vehicle.
"Bastard," I commented.
I was just stepping onto the parking lot when a black car with two blue streaks stopped in front of me. I sighed, seeing Kelvin in the driver's seat.
"Wanna catch lunch?" he asked me.
"Nope," I said, making my way around the car.
The teenager jumped out of the car and ran around to meet me.
"Come on! You're not giving me a chance. You can't just be friends with Wanda. Even Pietro is making friends."
The two of us watched him and his little lamb for a moment. I sighed and leaned against his car.
"I'm listening."
Kelvin smiled and pulled a ticket out of his pocket.
"School dance this weekend. Be my date? We can get to know each other."
"Nnngh…"
"Please!"
The "sheep" suddenly giggled really loudly, making my eye twitch.
"I'll think about it!"
Kelvin's face broke into a smile and he kissed my forehead before I knew what was happening.
"You won't regret it!"
He ran around to the driver's seat of his car and, with a wave, drove off. I turned to Wanda, who had been watching from the curb. I noticed Pietro glaring after the car, his sheep standing awkwardly beside him. I went over to Wanda and linked her arm with mine.
"I'm suddenly not hungry; wanna go eat at the picnic benches on the side of the school?"
"Okay?"
We walked off, leaving Pietro standing there.
It was a bit of a relief that my class after lunch only had Lance in it so that I got a break from Pietro and Wanda got to make more friends. It was an acting class, which I found a couple of Xavier's students were taking. The teacher asked me to be paired up with Kurt Wagner, who I knew was Nightcrawler. I saw Kitty was there as well with Lance by her side. Kelvin was in the class as well, but I was glad I was across the room from him. I gave Kurt a small smile.
"Hi."
He glared at me, making me somewhat uncomfortable though I didn't blame him. The last time he'd seen me I'd wiped the floor with him in less than thirty seconds. The teacher cleared his throat.
"I have assigned you all a scene from a play. The playbook is at your desk. You will each pick a part and present at the end of the week. I'm giving you today to practice. Practice only! I don't want to see anyone moving around the room to talk to friends."
A small murmuring began as pairs looked at their scripts. I saw that our play was "Wicked".
"Great musical," I commented to Kurt.
He seemed to be fighting with himself over to talk to me or to ignore me. I sighed.
"I'm sorry about that time…you know…just…testing you guys out. No harm done, right? We can be friends, right?"
Kurt glanced at Kitty and Lance who were laughing over the playbook that had before looking back at me.
"Alright."
We started working together and I found that Kurt was a really nice guy. Not to mention funny. Class was almost over when he looked up and noticed Kelvin had been staring at us.
"Why is Kelvin Andrews staring at you?"
"Probably because I might be going to the dance with him."
Kurt's jaw dropped.
"What? That guys bad news! His brother dated Jean but when he found out she was a mutant went on a hate rampage. He attacked a few mutants as well. You don't want to get involved with that family. I know Kelvin says he likes mutants, but I think it's only because he looks at us like…we're a different species."
I raised an eyebrow, my interest piqued.
"What makes you say that?"
"I heard him say once that he'd love to have a mutant kid just to see what kind of powers the child would have. He said he wouldn't marry the woman or anything, just wanted to test it out. Said he wouldn't take care of the kid either. The guy is a lunatic! He flirted with Kitty until Lance scared the shit out of him last Friday and Rogue put him off since he can't touch her."
"Hmm…not my kind of guy."
"Not mine, either."
I laughed at Kurt's joke, but I didn't fail to notice the glare being sent across the room from a certain punk teenager. After the class, I waved to Kurt as we parted and I was almost to my other class when I ran into Kelvin again.
"Okay, this is getting a little ridiculous," I said to him," My first day and you appear everywhere. Are you stalking me?"
He ignored what I said and gave me a serious look.
"So, what about the dance?"
"About that…"
"You're not going with me, are you?"
I bit my lip feeling a bit nervous all of a sudden.
"No…"
Kelvin's fist slammed into the locker beside him, making me jump. I held my books tighter.
"It's because of Wagner, isn't it?"
"Wha-?"
"Yeah."
I turned to see Kurt standing behind me. I hadn't heard a pop so I assumed he'd followed me. I had to give him credit, the guy had good instincts. Kurt put a hand on my shoulder.
"She'd rather go to the dance with me, so leave her alone."
Kelvin stared at us for a moment before narrowing his eyes at me.
"You'll regret this."
He walked passed me, ramming his shoulder into Kurt's as he passed. We watched him go before looking at each other.
"Thanks," I sighed, leaning my head against the locker beside me.
Kurt laughed and patted my shoulder.
"Anytime. Just watch out for him. Remember, practicing at my place tomorrow after school."
I smiled as he left and just noticed a streak of ivory hair duck into the classroom across the hall from us. I went into the classroom and found Pietro sitting at a desk. For once there were no sheep. I sat behind him.
"You care."
"What are you going on about now?"
"Like you weren't ready to step in and play Mr. Hero for me, but Kurt got there first."
Pietro turned to look at me.
"Why would I help you? You're a nuisance. Ow! Ow!"
I had grabbed his cheek and pinched it.
"Softie!"
He swatted my hand away, a small smile on his face.
"Am not."
The two of us laughed together, probably for the first time ever. That was why Wanda came into the room with a fearful look on her face.
"Are you two okay? You actually look like you're laughing at the same thing!"
We looked at each other and began laughing even harder at her. Wanda grinned and rolled her eyes. She muttered to herself and I didn't quite catch it because to me it sounded like she'd said "Finally, some progress."
