Ramblings and disclaimers: Though I desperately wish for my own fuzzy elf, this one is not mine, he belongs to Kitty and he and Kitty or any of the other x-members in my stories belong to marvel. All facts regarding classes and other subtleties are from the profiles released by marvel. Lara and Alexiel belong to me, trust me marvel wouldn't want 'em (I wasn't sure if I was allowed to upload character bios, but I have em so if for some crazy reason ur interested drop me a note *_~ and eventually I'll have their sketches ready to…) Enjoy, and PLEASE no flaming, it's possible to offer criticism without breaking my itsy bitsy self-esteem. Thanks and on with the fic!!!…
Starting Over at Starting Over at…
Xavier institute 6:30 AM
"KURT!" Evan's shout and the several none-to-gentle bangs on the bathroom door that followed echoed through half of the upstairs of the Xavier mansion. "Kurt Wagner if you don't get your furry tail out of the shower this minute man I'm breaking down the door!"
Oblivious to all the commotion going on outside the door, Kurt Wagner aka, Nightcrawler continued to belt out the lyrics to the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine," whilst soaping up the fur.
"Whoa easy there dude, what's with the berserk attitude this morning?" Scott came in looking like the model morning person and completely ready for school and only slightly taken aback by Evan's appearance. "Actually before you explain, how's about puttin' away the spikes?"
"Wha…?" Evan asked perplexed, until he looked down at himself and realized his spikes had poked holes all through his new green robe. It was the fourth time this month and not likely to be the last so long as he was sharing a bathroom with Kurt. This of course began a new assault on the door and shouting. "CRAWLER!!! You totally owe me a new robe…"
A particularly loud chorus of: "Ve all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine!!!" drowned whatever else he might have said out.
"What is that?" Scott asked trying to shake what he'd just heard from his head.
"That, man" Evan began calmly as he moved from the door and let his spikes retract, "is ALL I've heard for the last half hour. Crawler's been showering, not to mention "serenading" yours truly all morning."
"Erm, I see, so is that what all the ruckus is…"
Just then, the bathroom door burst open emitting a large puff of steam, warm air, and one furry elf wrapped in a towel. Unaware of the death glares Evan was sending him Kurt cheerfully greeted his friends. "Morning guys!" Kurt said finally glancing at the disheveled towel bearing Evan and appeared quite shocked. "Vhoa, vhat happened to you man?"
Evan was tensed and was just about to do something regrettable when a hand touched his shoulder. He glanced back at Scott who just grinned at him, "Don't even bother man, you'll miss breakfast."
Evan gave a growl that would've made Logan proud before shirking off the hand, sending one last pointed glare at Kurt and stalking off into the bathroom. "Whatever man, but SOMEBODY still owes me a new robe."
Kurt winced as the door slammed shut, "Veird…" he exclaimed quietly. "Vell I'm off to get dressed, gotta impress all those beautiful girls once more today." Kurt said smoothing back some damp locks of hair. "See you at breakfast Cyke." Kurt said pleasantly before porting to his room.
"ARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!" Scott nearly hit the ceiling, (which would've been quite painful considering he didn't have Kitty's power to phase) before he burst into laughter as all three girls came racing down the hall fearing for one of their teammates lives.
"Huh? Whut in th' world is goin' on heah?" Rogue asked still in her pajamas and slightly annoyed she'd lost those extra two minutes of lazing about.
"Yeah, Scott like what's so funny?" Kitty asked genuinely confused.
Jean just kind of stood there glancing between Scott and the bathroom door, as the poor guy tried to catch his breath and explain.
"Huh—oh, nothing, really sorry to scare you girls, I think Evan just didn't realize that if Kurt was in the shower all morning the water would be kinda cold."
"Ugh! Like I should've know that furball was the cause. Whatever let's just go have breakfast, before that gets cold too."
"Hmm, right. So, anyone here about that new pool hall that opened up downtown?" Scott asked trying to regain composure and smooth things over with three miffed young women.
*****
"Mmm, bacon!" Kurt leered at the tray piled high with the long strips was placed strategically by Storm in front of him.
"Ewww! That stuff is like so totally bad for you Kurt." Kitty scoffed as Kurt placed several large strips on his plate.
Rogue snickered as the two exchanged a few quips before Kurt couldn't answer back due to the accumulation of highly fatty breakfast meats in his mouth. Jean stole a glance at the still brooding Evan as he strode into the room and snickered. Scott nearly choked on his scrambled eggs. Kitty just took a sip of her orange juice watching Rogue clench her fists around her fork. Kurt smiled at Evan and Evan glared at Kurt. Ororo, Logan and the professor just observed and continued eating, it was Monday, and on Mondays the teenagers known as the X-men were always a little, for lack of a better word – quirky.
*****
Downtown, a modest apartment 6:30AM
Sixteen-year old Lara Hunter scrutinized her reflection in the mirror, before making her choice. Well, it wasn't much of a choice, she hated them, but she guessed they were necessary so she widened her left eye and slipped the dark brown color contact over her gray pupils. Well it was this or wear sunglasses to her first day of class, that probably wouldn't go over well with the teachers though. She took a deep breath and finished the task.
Just then a masculine voice called from outside the doorway. "Hey, you're gonna be late, and it's just your first day…"