~Allura~
The math test I had planned for wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. I smiled down at it as I wandered down an empty hall to find Katelynn. 'A 96…' Even my mind was sighing in content. Not watching where I going, I didn't notice Emma walking towards me. My books were shoved from my hands and flew to the ground below. I turned around expecting to find her, but no one was there. I groaned and dropped to my knees, beginning to shuffle my papers back into order. "You're pathetic Emma…I beat the snot out of you and all you do to get me back is knock down my books?" I mumbled under my breath. "Yeah, she never has been good at getting even." Logan joked as he bent down to help me. My mind was glaring at him, but I forced a smile. He handed me back my papers…all except for one. My English paper. He mumbled over a few lines before turning to me, "Your only fear is…fear itself?" He cocked an eyebrow, looking as if trying to convince himself that, yes, that is what the paper said. "I can run away from my adversaries. Fear is a thing of the mind…it stays with you, even when your hiding. It's inside of you, eating away at any hope that you may have." I said, quoting my creative writing assignment. He looked down at me with an odd look on his face. It looked like admiration mixed with confusion. Like he had finally seen past my age and saw that I wasn't a kid anymore. He slowly shook his head, "My lord…you need a happy meal or something, kid. Calm it down with the deep stuff." 'That didn't last long' I thought. I jerked the paper out of his hand and pushed past him.
"Hiya, Hank." I said as I walked into the infirmary. He was down there alone, but that was kind of normal. With all of us being mutants, none of us really got hurt all that often. "What can I do for you, Ms. Odyssey?" He smiled up at me from under his glasses. "Well, I haven't been sleeping to great lately. In fact not much at all during the night. I try to nap as much as I can in the afternoon, but it's not working. Rogue suggested I come and see you."
He got up from his desk chair and walked around to see me. I sat on one of the hospital beds as he gently ran his finger across the dark circles under my eyes. "Yes I can see that…and I'm glad you did. You're 19 now. You need to be getting at least 8-10 hours of sleep every night. There isn't much I can do, but I will give you some sleeping pills." He said sweetly, walking around to a cabinet behind his desk. I truly felt sorry for Hank sometimes. I had seen pictures of him from when before he changed. He was actually a very attractive man. Then he became a 'Beast'. I smiled sadly at the back of a man who didn't disserve what had happened. He walked back over and handed me a bottle of pills. "Take two of these every night after dinner. I'm going to warn you though; they kick in within thirty minutes. So if you're going out, then by all means wait, but always take them after you eat something. If after a week you still can't sleep, come and see me and I'll run some tests. But for now you do as I said and get some sleep." I complied and left after a quick goodbye. I began to think of Katelynn and Scott and looked down to check my watch. 'She's supposed to be on her way to see him right about now. Lord please let everything go okay.' I prayed.
