*Linda*

Charles failed to mention that Hank was extremely acrobatic and would be helping in my class, so on my first class on my first day as a real 'teacher', it came as a surprise when he showed up to assist me and explain the different students' mutations.

I had one student, thankfully. Jane was a breeze, she already knew how to incorporate gymnastics and acrobatics with her mutation; in fact she taught me a few things with her style and moves. Hank did as well, though I found it almost unnerving to have him in the room, but in the since that he made me uncomfortable, not that I thought him dangerous, physically at least.

Although it was even worse after.

"Linda, can I talk with you for a minute or two?" And he knew he could, because really where else was I suppose to go?

So I walked back into the padded gym room and went over to were Hank was standing. Without even looking up at his face, I took a rigid stance, not wanting him to catch onto any of my uncomfortablness.

"I just wanted to ask you if we could meet anytime outside of class?" And what the crap was that suppose to mean? I was screwed if he was trying to ask me out or something.

"What?" I uttered in complete surprise, letting disbelief bleed into my voice. What the crap was he implying? What was going on in his head?

"Well I was wondering if we could meet in my office so we could discus the different students that could incorporate gymnastics into their mutations," he didn't even realize it. He didn't even understand what I was implying, he didn't even understand what he seemed to be implying.

"Oh, um sure, we can set up a time later," and with that I booked it out of there. There was no way I was staying in there. Ya I felt like a kid again, getting embarrassed over stupid thing like boys, though this boy was covered in fur and had a huge brain capacity, far from normal and kid-like.

Kind of like the other Hank that I once knew.

The one with the huge brain capacity, the one that sometimes just didn't get things.

And my brain did it again.

It took me, taking me from the person I am, to who I was...

"Would you please just come to the library with me?"

"Hank, I told you before, I can't I need to stay home. My parents need my help," I remember watching his face scoff at me in a way not to make me cringe, but to show his disbelief. It would have angered other, but they just didn't understand that Hank just didn't always understand, he just sometimes forgot that we have emotions and feelings that can be hurt. He didn't understand that there was a reason I needed to always stay so close to home, with his big brain, he still couldn't piece together that maybe things in my home were not what they looked like from the outside.

Stumbling back into the present, I looked around to find myself leaned against thewall opposite from the padded room. I picked myself up and rushed down the hall, hoping none saw.

*Hank*

I saw her stumble into the wall. I was just about to leap forward and help her, to see what was wrong, to prove to her that I was more human then beast.

But I stopped.

Right after her hand slammed into the wall to stop her from hitting her head, her whole body jolted and she pushed off the wall.

I slinked into the shadow and hoped she couldn't sense me as she looked around then hurried down the hallway.

Something had happened to her in those few short seconds, and it seemed it was more then just a physical body problem. Charles had said her mental state wasn't as it should be, and this seemed to be a prime example.

*Charles*

I felt it. It was like a dagger at the edge of my mind, almost seeming to graze my mind. And I felt the throbbing pain as it left, on the edge of my mind still. Relaxing, I carefully felt around with my mind and found that the fading pain was coming from an area near the padded gym room.

The pain was gone as quickly as it came and if I didn't know any better I would say it was never there. But the ghost of the pain lingered in my mind, and as I felt around the area, I only found Linda and Hank's minds.

Feeling around in Hank's mind, all I felt was confusion and worry. But when I felt Linda's mind, again I couldn't completely read it, but I could feel the pain and misery coming off her mind. She was just in her own personal hell, and it somehow emitted, so that any telepath in a ten mile radius could feel her pain.

Again, I find myself thinking, she's one to watch.

*Ororo*

My first day of classes was awesome. Just awesome.

I had never been to a real school before, I grew up in a small tribe, and they had school, but my leader pulled me aside for 'special training', but this place was unreal. It was so much fun.

It didn't even feel like the school that all the kids would complain about, it was just do some education stuff then talk for the rest of the time. Was this how real school was? I had never had so much fun before.

In the village, I was always being taken away from the other kids so I could practice this or that or help with this or that. It was so awful and so much work. From the age of five, when I discovered my abilities, till I was taken to the labs, all I did was work. I never hung out with kids my own age and I never ever had fun.

But some people here were kind of weird, kind of off. Some other kids thought I would be like that, they all think because of the way I have been captured and taken into the lab for the last three years that I would be sad and well hating life.

But they didn't think that I wouldn't. I mean I'm enjoying every minute of this new freedom and I'm loving it so much. I never thought I would be able to hang out with so many kids my own age.

I know the school isn't that big yet, or so I've been told, but most of my classes have at least eight or nine kids, and they are all near my age. Its incredible. When I was growing up, I thought I was the only one with powers and mutations, but I'm not alone, not at all, far from it. Even at the labs, I felt kind of alone, ya there were other kids there, but they were all so different and I thought they were from around the world like me, but most of the kids at the school are from the US.

All these mutants in the US. I wonder if there is more? Could there be? There is already so many here.

Its just all so amazing taking it all in. I've never been to a math class before or a history class. My tribe leader thought it was important for me to learn English with proper grammar and all that, but he saw no point in history or math. He thought science was important, but only the basics, and then the details of the science of weather.

I knew all about the science of weather. I could tell you what was going to happen today by just looking at the sky, and well of course the fact that I could feel the weather helped too.

This place, this new home, it was amazing. I hadn't seen Linda all say, but I'm sure she feels the same way. Jane said she taught her gymnastics' class, I'm so glad Charles was able to pick up on her gymnastics abilities.

I'm so dreadfully sorry about the long wait!

I had school and exams and i went on this super cool mission trip to the amazon!

It was awesome, i went with a group called Amazon Outreach specailizing in getting suppplise and medical treatment to the people along the river and i was able to love on those young kids there. It was really great!

Well i hope yall like this so so so sorry for the wait!