To say it hadn't bothered her all night would have been a lie, but, today
was another day, though she lacked the roller blades and the bounce in her
step that day at school. Only having been there a couple of weeks as it
was, her thoughts ran away with her. Dragging herself through the day,
period after period. How was that even possible? How could her bag just
lift up like that? All by itself. She scratched her head, leaning back as
her physics teacher droned on in the background, all eyes fixed to the
front, Leo stared down at the pencil that lay motionless upon her desk.
She glanced about herself quickly, before lowering her hand..Poking the
pencil gently, she swallowed, her heart racing as she splayed out her
fingers, palm down, she concentrated, nervous, it seemed to be the only
thing she could think of. It had to come from her. It had fallen when
she'd been distracted so maybe this time.
The pencil quivered under her, the room seemed to be in silence as she watched it, the rubber tilting up toward her hand, then the nib. She gasped, though didn't look away, raising her hand, the pencil gave, rising up toward her, flat out, it twitched in the air. Her bright eyes grew even more so as she stared in amazement. There was a sharp gasp to the left of her. Leo's head snapped around to meet the blue eyes of a pretty girl, her hair pulled back into a ponytail, a pink cardigan over the back of her chair. Leo looked guilty as sin, though the pencil still remained.
"Ahem." The physic's teacher cleared her throat, looking toward Leo and the other girl, frowning. Leo's head snapped up, her back straight as she paid attention, though something flipped in the air, a blur of yellow shot fourth, between the aisle, kids screamed, ducking down as it shot fourth, toward the teacher. "Oh my-" She rushed to the side of the classroom, a solid thud hit the blackboard and the entire class stared in silence, the pencil Leo had been levitating, buried itself deep into the black slate, looking like a fired arrow. A chair scraped at the back of the room. "Miss James, where do you think you're-" Leo backed up, shaking her head, she shot her hand to her mouth, eyes wide. "I don't feel so good.."
"Well wait a second I'll send Kitty here to take you to the nurse's offic- Leo? Leo!" Leo had already made a break for it, barging past others around her, she ran through the door, her sneakers squeaking upon the tiles as she moved. How was this possible? What was happening to her? She didn't even see where she was going as she pushed open another set of doors, another room. The lights here were brighter here. Polished wooden floors, marks on the ground, and baskets either side of the room. The gym. She paused, looking around her before shaking her head, starting to back out again.
"Oh hi, I uh, didn't think anyone else skipped to come in here this period. are you okay?" Leo looked up sharply, only to be met with a boy, about her age, tying his sneaker upon the bleachers, clad in a basketball uniform, light brown hair scattered his face, as he smiled at her, green eyes watched her with interest as he stood his full height. Definitely built for basketball. She swallowed throwing up her hands she turned to run back toward the doors. "Whoa, wait! I didn't mean to startle you, are you okay?" He was jogging across the court, that winning smile turned into a concerned look as he got closer, placing a hand upon her shoulder before she had a chance to get away. "I'm sorry I-Whoa.uh, you're not alright, are you? What's up?" Leo had paused, her head slightly bowed, when she looked back at him, her eyes were dangerously bright, and rimmed red, she shook her head, looking up at him.
His brow furrowed, he tried to smile, squeezing her shoulder he backed her away from the door, and reluctant footsteps followed him. "Did something happen? I'm sorry, I don't know your name.Kyle Taylor." Leo paused, swallowing as the tears hit her cheeks, she didn't understand what was happening to her. Thus, she only held up her hands, staring at them, Kyle stared down at them, clearly he didn't understand what she was trying to say. ".C'mon, come sit down over here by the bleachers.You uh, you ever play basketball?" Leo shook her head dumbly and he smiled again, slightly lop sided, it made her knees slightly weak, but she was in too much of a state to appreciate his looks more than his aid. "No I.Gymnastics." Kyle nodded, lowering her to the bench. "Gymnast? Cool, you look the type."
She shot him a quizzical look and he raised his eyes to the ceiling as he spoke, the green eyes surveying the beams of light over head. "You know.The height, you look like a strong build and all." Leo blinked and nodded, before following his eyes to look at the ceiling. Nothing of interest there. Kyle sighed, a basketball at his side, he scooped it up, moving to stand, he aimed. "So why're you down here?" The basketball flew through the air "Like I said." Swish.Bounce, the basket hit nothing but net as it fell through the hoop, bouncing across the floor "Not many people come here when skipping class." Leo blushed, shaking her head as she set her hands in her lap. Taking a deep breath, she spoke.
"I had an accident in class.Just, something happened and it freaked me out." Kyle nodded his head in an understanding fashion, moving down the bleachers, toward the court as he moved to pick up the basketball, tucking it under one arm like a pro, he poised himself for a minute, Leo sort of stared, before she blinked, glancing up toward the basket. Kyle nodded his head, and turned, lifting his arms, he pushed the ball from his grip. Roll, swish, bounce.
"You're uh.You're pretty good at that." Leo remarked, moving to a stand, she wiped her eyes, Kyle spun around as he caught the ball, grinning at her. "Thanks.Team captain, I live and breathe this stuff." Leo blinked and nodded, extending her hands to him. "Mind if I try?" Kyle blinked, looking surprised for a moment, before he nodded, tossing to ball toward her. "Sure thing." Leo's arms extended to catch the ball, tucking it toward her as she gripped the thing, turning it in her hands, before she lifted it.Aimed.And threw it. It hit the back board and bounced off, right into Kyle's open hands. "That't pretty good.Least you hit the backboard, when I first started, I put a hole through nextdoor's window." Leo frowned, throwing her hands up with an exasperated sigh.
Something creaked above them. Groaning, one of the beams started to detatch itself. It was like a slow motion flick as she lowered her hands..The beam dropping from the fixture upon the ceiling right above Kyle. Her eyes shot wide, and before she could say it, she thought it. ::LOOK OUT!!!!:: "LOOK OUT!!" A split second between the two, to Kyle, she had said it twice. He didn't need telling twice, because his shocked expression turned to horror as the beam shot down toward him. There was a flicker of motion and the beam crashed down.The basketball bouncing across the court, rolling toward the far wall. Something swooped from beneath the beam seconds before it hit the ground, darting across the room, the bad flapped toward Leo, who was too busy rushing across the court toward the fallen beam. "KYLE!! Kyle?!" She panicked, swallowing hard as she hunted the debris.The bat swooped toward her, toussling her hair in an act of fun, and Leo screamed, swiping at the bat.Kyle's familiar voice touched her ears, or rather.Ended up between them, as though bypassing her ears all together. ::Easy girl.I can explain, honest, just, don't freak out okay?::
Leo snapped around, her eyes wide with fright, she nodded her head reluctantly. "I.Kyle? Where are-" The bat circled the ground in front of her.Faster and faster before diving toward the ground. Hitting it, something shot up, just over six feet.Kyle stood there, pushing his hair from his face, he gave an embarrassed, somewhat coy laugh. "Please don't scream, Leo.I won't hurt you, I just.You mustn't say anything, please or they'll." Leo was staring, not in horror.But awe.Bright eyes fixated upon him, he started to shift, slightly uncomfortable from the visual attention. "Please, don't say anything, If this gets around, I'll get kicked ou-" a hand landed upon his mouth, Leo was almost laughing, before she dropped her hand. Kyle looked puzzled. "I don't know much about turning into a bat, but.."
She turned toward the other end of the hall, where the basketball sat, her hands extended, she imitated the motions she had in the classroom, her palms faced fourth, lowering , before she watched it try to roll away from her grip.She lifted her hands upward, and Kyle stood, baring down on her, watching the basketball with interest, before his eyes snapped wide. His jaw slacked as the basketball started to levitate off the ground. "Oh.Man.I thought." He landed a hand firm on her shoulder, the basketball hovering closer in mid air. He shook her and the ball dropped to the floor, she was turned around and she gasped. He'd picked her up, arms firm about her middle, he lifted her clean off the ground, Leo shrieking in surprise as he exclaimed. "I thought I was the only one!! Oh my God, You have no idea how-"
"Not interrupting something I hope.Mr. Taylor, don't you have a class now?" Principal Darkholme stood in the doorway, her arms crossed, watching the two critically. Kyle cleared his throat, lowering Leo back onto her feet. "I was just-" "Just nothing, Mr. Taylor, Get back to class immediately, I expect to see you in my office after school. We'll discuss your punishment then." Kyle groaned, shaking his head as he glanced down toward Leo. He had so much he wanted to ask her.What else she could do, how long she'd had her powers, who else knew. "Aww, man.."
"NOW, Mr. Taylor. I need to have a word with Miss. James. Get to class, or you'll be in my office after school every day for the next two weeks." "Yes Miss Darkholme." He spoke in a miserable tone, glancing toward Leo once more, before trudging off toward the boy's locker room. The Principal moved toward Leo, her brows raised, she placed a hand upon her shoulder, leading her to one side of the room, Kyle's face in view of Leo, peering through the doors, Darkholme failed to notice the eaves dropper. "Now, Miss. James, I understand you had a slight accident in class today.You feel like talking me through what happened?" Leo shifted nervously, before she shook her head, bowing it as she shuffled from foot to foot. Darkholme frowned, looking momentarily frustrated before she pressed on. "I know that you're, different, and you're not the only one. There are others like you, we can help you, we can help each other, if you'll just-"
The gym doors swung open and in stolled the girl with the ponytail and pink cardigan, her hands shoved into her pockets, she waved cheerily at the principal. "Hi Miss Darkholme, Leo's teacher like, sent me to find her, she wasn't looking too well in class, I was like, told to come collect her." Darkholme looked momentarily annoyed, before removing her hand from Leo's shoulder, nodding her head as though admitting defeat. "Yes, certainly Miss Pryde.Kitty, make sure she gets there in one piece, if I spot any vomit on these waved floors, I know who to put in detention." Kitty nodded, stepping to one side to let her stroll through, she moved hurriedly toward Leo as she spoke. "I'm like, totally glad I got here when I did, what did Mystique say to you?" Leo blinked, looking momentarily puzzled at the girl, before she was towed off toward the gym doors.
"Hey! Waitasecond! I was just talkin' to her!" Kyle came bursting through the boy's locker room doors and Kitty snapped around, Leo politely removing Kitty's arm from her own. "Well, it's gonna have to like, wait okay? Leo and I gotta go talk to someone. It's like, really important." Kyle frowned, glancing toward Leo, before back up at Kitty. "Listen here, Valley girl, I was talkin' to her first, I wasn't done, it's more important!" Kitty didn't look convinced. "Like I said, Kyle, it'll have to wait. Good luck with your game, whenever it is.." Kyle narrowed his eyes as she flounced off with Leo in tow. "It's not basketball season, valley girl." Turning, he stormed back into the boy's locker rooms.
Kitty breathed a sigh of relief as she pushed open the gym doors, looping her arm through Leo's she spoke in a cheery voice. "You're not really, sick are you?" Leo paused a moment to think, though Kitty was keeping quite a pace as she was dragged along, they were apparently headed for the front entrance. "Well I,-" Kitty beamed. "oh, good, cause we gotta go see someone, he's like, totally cool though, you'll like him. Just don't freak out too much, kay?" Leo felt like she was going to be sick, just listening to the girl talk and the bouncy pace she had, only played murder on her system.
Kitty moved toward the door and started to talk all over again, almost skipping enthusiastically with each step, dragging Leo toward the door, she didn't bother reaching for the door and Leo went wide eyed, starting to protest, holding her hands up to catch the door. Kitty giggled, dragging her through the door in one brief motion. Leo gasped, hardly believing this was happening, she looked about herself, they were in the bright outdoors. A voice rang from the right of them. "Kitty, you've got to be more careful! Anyone could have been watching. Just look at the girl!" Leo was stunned, snapping around to stare at the door, reaching out the touch it. Solid as a rock.
"Oh, lighten up Scott, she's one of us, I won't tell on her, if she won't tell on me." Leo looked up, Kitty arguing with Scott, she paused, blinking once or twice. Frowning, she lifted a hand. "I know you.You're the guy from the other day." Scott glanced toward her and grinned, nodding his head, he pushed his shades up his nose, before sliding his hands into his pockets, nodding his head before flashing that boyish smile. "Yeah, good seeing you again. Especially now that you're, like us.." Leo blinked, shaking her head as though she didn't quite understand him. "One of us?" Kitty giggled, bouncing from foot to foot, she gripped Leo's arm, towing her down the stairs toward the swank looking sports car. "Yeah, you're like, a mutant, I totally saw what you did today in class. That is so awesome!" Leo frowned, shaking her head as she was stuffed into the backseat of Scott's car, Speaking carefully, she looked around herself, somewhat helpless. "Awesome? I could have killed someone.."
"But you didn't.." There was someone else in the car.Jean. She turned to smile at Leodora and she swallowed, nodding slightly, before looking around her. What was this? "Listen, Leo, we can help you. I know, it's a little scary at first, but trust me. It's very cool afterward. You can learn to control them, if you'll just come with us, hear out a friend of ours. Professor Xavier. You won't be sorry.Trust me" Leo looked from Jean, to Scott, who was starting up the car, then to Kitty, all of them looking at her hopefully. "You all keep saying that.This is really weird, isn't it like kidnapping or something?" They laughed, and Scott pulled out, down toward the main road.
"Just talk to him a little bit. He can help.We all can." Scott glanced back at her in the rear view mirror. He could see why Kurt had been so broken up about not being able to at least shake her hand. Thus he added. "I'm sorry, about yesterday at the gym. When we get there, I'll make sure Kurt apologises too.He didn't mean to be so rude." Leo sat up to attention and Jean smiled a little, watching her in the side mirror, she knew that would grasp her attention. "Kurt? Really, oh-" she caught herself just in time, blushing as she shrunk down into her seat, setting her hands in her lap. "Oh, you like, remembered huh? Cute isn't he?" Leo blinked a moment, blushing, before she muttered. "I uh.I hadn't noticed." Kitty laughed, shaking her head. Elbowing her in the side with a wink, Scott spoke a little more seriously as they drove, not far from the mansion at all. "There's more to Kurt than you might think, Leo." She looked puzzled for a moment, before Kitty whispered.
"Don't mind him, he's a real Mr. Military. So anyway, how long have you been here?"
And so the questions were poured out, Kitty forcing Leo to expose herself to a group of people were were, in all honesty, nothing more than perfect strangers. She felt somewhat uncomfortable as they eased through the gates that led toward the mansion. Her jaw slacked. "Oh man.What is this place? It's huge!" Jean smiled, glancing behind her as the car pulled to a stop.
"Neat, huh? We live here."
The pencil quivered under her, the room seemed to be in silence as she watched it, the rubber tilting up toward her hand, then the nib. She gasped, though didn't look away, raising her hand, the pencil gave, rising up toward her, flat out, it twitched in the air. Her bright eyes grew even more so as she stared in amazement. There was a sharp gasp to the left of her. Leo's head snapped around to meet the blue eyes of a pretty girl, her hair pulled back into a ponytail, a pink cardigan over the back of her chair. Leo looked guilty as sin, though the pencil still remained.
"Ahem." The physic's teacher cleared her throat, looking toward Leo and the other girl, frowning. Leo's head snapped up, her back straight as she paid attention, though something flipped in the air, a blur of yellow shot fourth, between the aisle, kids screamed, ducking down as it shot fourth, toward the teacher. "Oh my-" She rushed to the side of the classroom, a solid thud hit the blackboard and the entire class stared in silence, the pencil Leo had been levitating, buried itself deep into the black slate, looking like a fired arrow. A chair scraped at the back of the room. "Miss James, where do you think you're-" Leo backed up, shaking her head, she shot her hand to her mouth, eyes wide. "I don't feel so good.."
"Well wait a second I'll send Kitty here to take you to the nurse's offic- Leo? Leo!" Leo had already made a break for it, barging past others around her, she ran through the door, her sneakers squeaking upon the tiles as she moved. How was this possible? What was happening to her? She didn't even see where she was going as she pushed open another set of doors, another room. The lights here were brighter here. Polished wooden floors, marks on the ground, and baskets either side of the room. The gym. She paused, looking around her before shaking her head, starting to back out again.
"Oh hi, I uh, didn't think anyone else skipped to come in here this period. are you okay?" Leo looked up sharply, only to be met with a boy, about her age, tying his sneaker upon the bleachers, clad in a basketball uniform, light brown hair scattered his face, as he smiled at her, green eyes watched her with interest as he stood his full height. Definitely built for basketball. She swallowed throwing up her hands she turned to run back toward the doors. "Whoa, wait! I didn't mean to startle you, are you okay?" He was jogging across the court, that winning smile turned into a concerned look as he got closer, placing a hand upon her shoulder before she had a chance to get away. "I'm sorry I-Whoa.uh, you're not alright, are you? What's up?" Leo had paused, her head slightly bowed, when she looked back at him, her eyes were dangerously bright, and rimmed red, she shook her head, looking up at him.
His brow furrowed, he tried to smile, squeezing her shoulder he backed her away from the door, and reluctant footsteps followed him. "Did something happen? I'm sorry, I don't know your name.Kyle Taylor." Leo paused, swallowing as the tears hit her cheeks, she didn't understand what was happening to her. Thus, she only held up her hands, staring at them, Kyle stared down at them, clearly he didn't understand what she was trying to say. ".C'mon, come sit down over here by the bleachers.You uh, you ever play basketball?" Leo shook her head dumbly and he smiled again, slightly lop sided, it made her knees slightly weak, but she was in too much of a state to appreciate his looks more than his aid. "No I.Gymnastics." Kyle nodded, lowering her to the bench. "Gymnast? Cool, you look the type."
She shot him a quizzical look and he raised his eyes to the ceiling as he spoke, the green eyes surveying the beams of light over head. "You know.The height, you look like a strong build and all." Leo blinked and nodded, before following his eyes to look at the ceiling. Nothing of interest there. Kyle sighed, a basketball at his side, he scooped it up, moving to stand, he aimed. "So why're you down here?" The basketball flew through the air "Like I said." Swish.Bounce, the basket hit nothing but net as it fell through the hoop, bouncing across the floor "Not many people come here when skipping class." Leo blushed, shaking her head as she set her hands in her lap. Taking a deep breath, she spoke.
"I had an accident in class.Just, something happened and it freaked me out." Kyle nodded his head in an understanding fashion, moving down the bleachers, toward the court as he moved to pick up the basketball, tucking it under one arm like a pro, he poised himself for a minute, Leo sort of stared, before she blinked, glancing up toward the basket. Kyle nodded his head, and turned, lifting his arms, he pushed the ball from his grip. Roll, swish, bounce.
"You're uh.You're pretty good at that." Leo remarked, moving to a stand, she wiped her eyes, Kyle spun around as he caught the ball, grinning at her. "Thanks.Team captain, I live and breathe this stuff." Leo blinked and nodded, extending her hands to him. "Mind if I try?" Kyle blinked, looking surprised for a moment, before he nodded, tossing to ball toward her. "Sure thing." Leo's arms extended to catch the ball, tucking it toward her as she gripped the thing, turning it in her hands, before she lifted it.Aimed.And threw it. It hit the back board and bounced off, right into Kyle's open hands. "That't pretty good.Least you hit the backboard, when I first started, I put a hole through nextdoor's window." Leo frowned, throwing her hands up with an exasperated sigh.
Something creaked above them. Groaning, one of the beams started to detatch itself. It was like a slow motion flick as she lowered her hands..The beam dropping from the fixture upon the ceiling right above Kyle. Her eyes shot wide, and before she could say it, she thought it. ::LOOK OUT!!!!:: "LOOK OUT!!" A split second between the two, to Kyle, she had said it twice. He didn't need telling twice, because his shocked expression turned to horror as the beam shot down toward him. There was a flicker of motion and the beam crashed down.The basketball bouncing across the court, rolling toward the far wall. Something swooped from beneath the beam seconds before it hit the ground, darting across the room, the bad flapped toward Leo, who was too busy rushing across the court toward the fallen beam. "KYLE!! Kyle?!" She panicked, swallowing hard as she hunted the debris.The bat swooped toward her, toussling her hair in an act of fun, and Leo screamed, swiping at the bat.Kyle's familiar voice touched her ears, or rather.Ended up between them, as though bypassing her ears all together. ::Easy girl.I can explain, honest, just, don't freak out okay?::
Leo snapped around, her eyes wide with fright, she nodded her head reluctantly. "I.Kyle? Where are-" The bat circled the ground in front of her.Faster and faster before diving toward the ground. Hitting it, something shot up, just over six feet.Kyle stood there, pushing his hair from his face, he gave an embarrassed, somewhat coy laugh. "Please don't scream, Leo.I won't hurt you, I just.You mustn't say anything, please or they'll." Leo was staring, not in horror.But awe.Bright eyes fixated upon him, he started to shift, slightly uncomfortable from the visual attention. "Please, don't say anything, If this gets around, I'll get kicked ou-" a hand landed upon his mouth, Leo was almost laughing, before she dropped her hand. Kyle looked puzzled. "I don't know much about turning into a bat, but.."
She turned toward the other end of the hall, where the basketball sat, her hands extended, she imitated the motions she had in the classroom, her palms faced fourth, lowering , before she watched it try to roll away from her grip.She lifted her hands upward, and Kyle stood, baring down on her, watching the basketball with interest, before his eyes snapped wide. His jaw slacked as the basketball started to levitate off the ground. "Oh.Man.I thought." He landed a hand firm on her shoulder, the basketball hovering closer in mid air. He shook her and the ball dropped to the floor, she was turned around and she gasped. He'd picked her up, arms firm about her middle, he lifted her clean off the ground, Leo shrieking in surprise as he exclaimed. "I thought I was the only one!! Oh my God, You have no idea how-"
"Not interrupting something I hope.Mr. Taylor, don't you have a class now?" Principal Darkholme stood in the doorway, her arms crossed, watching the two critically. Kyle cleared his throat, lowering Leo back onto her feet. "I was just-" "Just nothing, Mr. Taylor, Get back to class immediately, I expect to see you in my office after school. We'll discuss your punishment then." Kyle groaned, shaking his head as he glanced down toward Leo. He had so much he wanted to ask her.What else she could do, how long she'd had her powers, who else knew. "Aww, man.."
"NOW, Mr. Taylor. I need to have a word with Miss. James. Get to class, or you'll be in my office after school every day for the next two weeks." "Yes Miss Darkholme." He spoke in a miserable tone, glancing toward Leo once more, before trudging off toward the boy's locker room. The Principal moved toward Leo, her brows raised, she placed a hand upon her shoulder, leading her to one side of the room, Kyle's face in view of Leo, peering through the doors, Darkholme failed to notice the eaves dropper. "Now, Miss. James, I understand you had a slight accident in class today.You feel like talking me through what happened?" Leo shifted nervously, before she shook her head, bowing it as she shuffled from foot to foot. Darkholme frowned, looking momentarily frustrated before she pressed on. "I know that you're, different, and you're not the only one. There are others like you, we can help you, we can help each other, if you'll just-"
The gym doors swung open and in stolled the girl with the ponytail and pink cardigan, her hands shoved into her pockets, she waved cheerily at the principal. "Hi Miss Darkholme, Leo's teacher like, sent me to find her, she wasn't looking too well in class, I was like, told to come collect her." Darkholme looked momentarily annoyed, before removing her hand from Leo's shoulder, nodding her head as though admitting defeat. "Yes, certainly Miss Pryde.Kitty, make sure she gets there in one piece, if I spot any vomit on these waved floors, I know who to put in detention." Kitty nodded, stepping to one side to let her stroll through, she moved hurriedly toward Leo as she spoke. "I'm like, totally glad I got here when I did, what did Mystique say to you?" Leo blinked, looking momentarily puzzled at the girl, before she was towed off toward the gym doors.
"Hey! Waitasecond! I was just talkin' to her!" Kyle came bursting through the boy's locker room doors and Kitty snapped around, Leo politely removing Kitty's arm from her own. "Well, it's gonna have to like, wait okay? Leo and I gotta go talk to someone. It's like, really important." Kyle frowned, glancing toward Leo, before back up at Kitty. "Listen here, Valley girl, I was talkin' to her first, I wasn't done, it's more important!" Kitty didn't look convinced. "Like I said, Kyle, it'll have to wait. Good luck with your game, whenever it is.." Kyle narrowed his eyes as she flounced off with Leo in tow. "It's not basketball season, valley girl." Turning, he stormed back into the boy's locker rooms.
Kitty breathed a sigh of relief as she pushed open the gym doors, looping her arm through Leo's she spoke in a cheery voice. "You're not really, sick are you?" Leo paused a moment to think, though Kitty was keeping quite a pace as she was dragged along, they were apparently headed for the front entrance. "Well I,-" Kitty beamed. "oh, good, cause we gotta go see someone, he's like, totally cool though, you'll like him. Just don't freak out too much, kay?" Leo felt like she was going to be sick, just listening to the girl talk and the bouncy pace she had, only played murder on her system.
Kitty moved toward the door and started to talk all over again, almost skipping enthusiastically with each step, dragging Leo toward the door, she didn't bother reaching for the door and Leo went wide eyed, starting to protest, holding her hands up to catch the door. Kitty giggled, dragging her through the door in one brief motion. Leo gasped, hardly believing this was happening, she looked about herself, they were in the bright outdoors. A voice rang from the right of them. "Kitty, you've got to be more careful! Anyone could have been watching. Just look at the girl!" Leo was stunned, snapping around to stare at the door, reaching out the touch it. Solid as a rock.
"Oh, lighten up Scott, she's one of us, I won't tell on her, if she won't tell on me." Leo looked up, Kitty arguing with Scott, she paused, blinking once or twice. Frowning, she lifted a hand. "I know you.You're the guy from the other day." Scott glanced toward her and grinned, nodding his head, he pushed his shades up his nose, before sliding his hands into his pockets, nodding his head before flashing that boyish smile. "Yeah, good seeing you again. Especially now that you're, like us.." Leo blinked, shaking her head as though she didn't quite understand him. "One of us?" Kitty giggled, bouncing from foot to foot, she gripped Leo's arm, towing her down the stairs toward the swank looking sports car. "Yeah, you're like, a mutant, I totally saw what you did today in class. That is so awesome!" Leo frowned, shaking her head as she was stuffed into the backseat of Scott's car, Speaking carefully, she looked around herself, somewhat helpless. "Awesome? I could have killed someone.."
"But you didn't.." There was someone else in the car.Jean. She turned to smile at Leodora and she swallowed, nodding slightly, before looking around her. What was this? "Listen, Leo, we can help you. I know, it's a little scary at first, but trust me. It's very cool afterward. You can learn to control them, if you'll just come with us, hear out a friend of ours. Professor Xavier. You won't be sorry.Trust me" Leo looked from Jean, to Scott, who was starting up the car, then to Kitty, all of them looking at her hopefully. "You all keep saying that.This is really weird, isn't it like kidnapping or something?" They laughed, and Scott pulled out, down toward the main road.
"Just talk to him a little bit. He can help.We all can." Scott glanced back at her in the rear view mirror. He could see why Kurt had been so broken up about not being able to at least shake her hand. Thus he added. "I'm sorry, about yesterday at the gym. When we get there, I'll make sure Kurt apologises too.He didn't mean to be so rude." Leo sat up to attention and Jean smiled a little, watching her in the side mirror, she knew that would grasp her attention. "Kurt? Really, oh-" she caught herself just in time, blushing as she shrunk down into her seat, setting her hands in her lap. "Oh, you like, remembered huh? Cute isn't he?" Leo blinked a moment, blushing, before she muttered. "I uh.I hadn't noticed." Kitty laughed, shaking her head. Elbowing her in the side with a wink, Scott spoke a little more seriously as they drove, not far from the mansion at all. "There's more to Kurt than you might think, Leo." She looked puzzled for a moment, before Kitty whispered.
"Don't mind him, he's a real Mr. Military. So anyway, how long have you been here?"
And so the questions were poured out, Kitty forcing Leo to expose herself to a group of people were were, in all honesty, nothing more than perfect strangers. She felt somewhat uncomfortable as they eased through the gates that led toward the mansion. Her jaw slacked. "Oh man.What is this place? It's huge!" Jean smiled, glancing behind her as the car pulled to a stop.
"Neat, huh? We live here."