Interlude

"My name's Eevee Taylor," the girl said, sitting across from the Professor in his study. Dominique had been called in, and she dragged Kish along for good measure; SOMEone had to crack a joke about this, and Kish had a joke for everything. "I lived with my father in England. My mother left us when I was seven. When I got my mutant powers, father said it would be best if I came here." She frowned. "When he called mother's ex-husband, we found out about my older sister and I decided that I might like it here, what with family and all."

"So she left you, too," Dominique said, feeling the blood rise in her face as she became angry with her mother all over again.

"Seems to be a trend, yeah," Eevee smiled weakly and played with her charm bracelet. "Hurt dad more than it did me, that's for sure. She didn't like me very much. She didn't mean to have another kid, I guess. Anyway, dad thought I should come here to gain a bit of control. I'll be seeing him on holidays, though."

Dominique was almost jealous of this little girl. Her mother had left her, but she, unlike herself had a father who loved her. Why did it seem like other people got everything and she got nothing? She clenched her fist and gritted her teeth, trying to remain completely emotionless as Xavier and Eevee talked about sleeping arrangements.

She was startled as Kish touched her hand. Looking at him, she saw him staring at her questioningly. What's wrong? He mouthed. She looked away quickly, realizing that no matter how emotionless she seemed to Eevee and Xavier, Kish somehow always knew.

"I have to go to bed," She said abruptly, standing and heading for the door.

"But, I wanted to…" Eevee was saying as she closed the door.

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Dominique sat on her bed, thinking things over and trying to hold her anger down. She wasn't seeing anything anymore, she couldn't. She was so infuriated with her mother, with her father, with Eevee, and especially with Kish. She couldn't figure out why she was so upset with Kish, truth be told he hadn't really done anything, but he hadn't come to her room to talk with her in the past two hours it had been since she had left Xavier's office. She had been positive that he would come. But he hadn't.

With almost perfect timing, there was a knock on the door. She jumped slightly, them shouted irritably, "Who is it?"

"It's Pastry," Kish said softly.

She tried not to seem too happy as she opened the door. "What do YOU want, stupide?" She said.

"I wanted, I mean, I thought you might…" He looked away. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she lied.

"Want some company?"

"No."

Kish looked at the ground. "I guess… I'm going to bed. See you in the morning, okay?"

She watched him take a few steps down the hall. Blinking, she realized she had tears in her eyes and wiped them away. "Kish… Kish, wait!"

Kish turned and looked a bit more spirited.

"Could you… stay with me? Just a little while. You don't have to stay, but… maybe you could…. I don't know, listen to me rant for a little bit?" she sounded stupid and she knew it. "Please?"

He smiled his weird half smile and came back to the door. "Sure," He said. "I said I would always listen. What are friends for?"

And for what felt like the first time in her life, she hugged him, and she actually felt safe. Her headache had melted away, like Kish always made it do.

Sorry this is so short, but it's just a brief intro to Eevee before Death Note. This counts as something you should review… don't skip telling me what you think because you know I will hunt you down and kill you.