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Professor Xavier rolled his wheelchair down the main hall, accompanied by two other fellow adult mutants. Logan, tall and grim and watchful every moment. And Ororo, a tall, elegant attractive young African woman of about thirty, a dark-skinned woman with beautiful, sharp dark eyes and long, white hair. Their gait and brisk manner of walking clearly indicated some sort of urgent business at hand.
"So, a new mutant on the block, eh, Charles?" Logan grunted. "Know anything about her?"
"Indeed, Logan. Her mother is somewhat acquainted with me, though I rarely see her. Her daughter, surprisingly, was very quick to accept her mutancy and even quicker to agree to come here, if it meant she could learn to harness her mutant powers."
"A new mutant, Professor?" Coincidentally, Roberto happened to be walking past them as Logan and Xavier had their little conversation. "Who's he, Professor?"
"A she," Xavier corrected. "Someone you're well-acquainted with, Roberto. We're on our way to fetch her now."
"Oh. What's her name?"
"You'll see, Roberto." There was the faintest look of amusement on Xavier's face as he said this, before he averted his gaze and moved on.
"Interested in her already, Roberto?" Ororo enquired. "I think I can see a certain look on your face already!"
"No, not interested in her," Roberto hastily replied. "Just interested in finding out who she is."
"Hmmm." Ororo looked less than convinced, but she no longer pursued the conversation, simply quickened her pace, her long, dark blue cloak billowing out slightly behind her tall, slender figure.
A new mutant. That sounded interesting, Roberto thought to himself. Well, whoever she was, she was lucky that she had at least the weekend to settle in – to a new mutant life.
Is it possible that new mutant is Rahne? his mind wondered. Recalling how her hands had changed to fury paws just the previous day, in class, a strange feeling overwhelmed him, a very strong feeling that she, without doubt, was the mutant Xavier was talking about. Nevertheless, he could not help but feel a fervent hope that it wasn't Rahne. His dislike of her had barely lessened since the day she broke his Chemistry model.
Yet, Roberto could not help but think how different Rahne was from the flirtatious Brazilian girls he had known back in Brazil. Rahne was definitely very pretty, pretty enough to leave boys' eyes glued on her, if not beautiful. And her spirit, oh! She was not like any girl Roberto had ever known. Unlike the silly frivolous girls in Brazil, who were always either too timid or too outrageous, Rahne was fiery, determined and bold – in a dangerously attractive manner. Even her irritatingly persistent manner of forever arguing with him might seem appealing in a bizarre way. Cursing himself silently, Roberto tried to banish those perilous thoughts from his annoyingly wandering mind. After all, she was still his enemy number one.
Are you so sure of that, Mr. Roberto? a little voice sneered mockingly.
Oh, shut up, Mr. Conscience, Roberto grumbled silently.
"Enjoying a little Shakespearian soliloquy?" a voice enquired. Sauntering down the corridor was Ray, a tall, skinny seventeen-year-old boy with cheeky blue eyes and spiky blonde hair. In all the time Roberto had spent at the Institute, the two boys had quickly become close friends, due to their similar temperaments: somewhat impulsive, fiery, hot-tempered. Known as "Berzerker" when the X-Men were out on missions, Ray was well-known at the Institute for loving to spark up everything and anything with a little touch of his electrokinetic powers – especially electrical appliances.
"Do stop using your too-literary terms, won't you? You may be the Literature genius around here, but unfortunately, your poor little Brazilian mate here lacks that much knowledge of the beautiful English language!"
"Oh dear! A thousand apologies!" Ray laughed. "Anyway, Rob," and he laid a hand on Roberto's shoulder, "what's bothering you? It's been a very long time since I've heard you talking to yourself!"
"Well, you know the new mutant Professor was talking about?"
"Aha."
"I have a feeling I know who she is."
"Bingo! Of course!" Ray exclaimed. "I know what malady has befallen you! You're in love!"
"What?!" Roberto exclaimed, absolutely thunderstruck. "No way! Not in a thousand years!" His face heated up, and he hurriedly averted his gaze, hoping Ray hadn't noticed.
"And I can almost visualize her!" Ray went on slyly. "Wondrously beautiful, like a fairy-tale princess. Lovely clear, flawless skin. Luscious black hair as dark as the night. Sweet, seductive blue eyes bluer than the summer sky…."
"Oh, cut it out, Ray!" Roberto retorted. "I've never cared about girls, and you know that!" Secretly, he tried to conjure an image of Ray's fantasy girl, but the only image that he could see was an image of a tall, slender and pretty, attractive girl with red hair and brilliant green eyes.
Oh, great!
"See?" Ray smirked. "I knew it! You have a crush on this new mutant! I can see that look in your eyes!"
"Yeah right! If anything, it's you who has a crush! On Amara!"
Ray's cheeks turned pink. "Ohhh, stop making up stories, Roberto de Costa! She's just a friend!"
"Sure. I've seen the way you and her look at each other numerous times!"
Still arguing playfully, the two boys walked on towards the main hall, engaged in a long conversation about crushes and mutants.
Only minutes later, a car rolled into the doorway outside, the sound of its engine just audible to the two mutants. Suddenly, Roberto begin to feel more nervous than he should. Muttering "I'm going back to my room" to Ray, Roberto turned and hurried back to his room.
"Hmmm." Ray raised his eyebrow, watching as his friend vanished back up the stairs. "Honestly, what is going on with you?"
Upstairs, Roberto was already berating himself for acting like a little kid. It was stupid, he knew, to act thus, but he could barely restrain himself. Rahne being his permanent lab partner was a nightmare already. Having to put up with her for maybe another half of his life was about a million times worse.
Everybody down to the main hall right away. Time to meet the new mutant and make her welcome. Xavier's telepathic voice rang out loud and clear in everyone's minds.
"Oh boy. This is going to be so exciting," Roberto groaned sarcastically. Even as he walked down the stairs as slowly as possible, his mind was already screaming, Please don't let it be Rahne! Please don't let it be Rahne! Please don't let it be…
A young girl walked into the middle of the main hall, carrying two luggage bags.
A tall, slender and pretty, attractive teen with red hair and brilliant grass-green eyes.
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