DISCLAIMER: I don't own X-men. Somebody else does. SO DO NOT SUE ME! Also, I'm sorry if I mess up Kurt's accent. I haven't had much practice w/ German accents.
I woke up later that day in my room over at Ellie's house. My head was pounding, and any memories beyond what I ate this morning were extremely foggy. I sat up in bed, and noticed that I wasn't wearing my Chinese shirt. –The Gap? I never bought anything from the Gap. - I pulled the bed covers off of me, and set my feet on the ground just as Ellie walked in the door.
"What are you doing girl? All of your friends came by and scared me by telling me that you had passed out…. I almost had a heart attack!" Ellie tisked. I grinned sheepishly and stood up too fast.
"Okay, bad idea," I mumbled, as slowly the spots cleared from my vision.
"Now you get right back in that bed, missy," Ellie chided. " Passing out is something serious. You are going to rest today."
I meekly got back into bed, and watched her zip around my room. –What happened today, anyway? - I thought. I sat back on the pillows, and without meaning to, I fell asleep.
- It was dark. And cold. I was alone, utterly alone and defenseless. Where were the sun, the moon, and the stars? All I could see was an empty abyss. I turned, looking for anything familiar. I saw a flicker of light! I crawled on my hands and knees, and when I was three feet away from it, it vanished. I turned around, hoping that it would reappear, but all I saw was darkness. There! I see it again! I crawled to it, praying I could reach it before it would disappear. But it was gone. Suddenly, I smelled an acrid odor. What was that smell. It was familiar, I had smelt it before. But what was it? It smelt like…like…smoke? Suddenly, the room I was in bursted into flames! The walls were crumbling into ash, and the smoke was choking me. I would die in here if I stayed much longer! I got to my feet and pulled my shirt over my nose, trying to filter some of the air. But it wasn't working. I choked and gasped, my lungs begging for fresh air. I heard a loud shriek like that of wood being pulled apart. I looked above my head, and saw a burning plank falling towards me. I screamed and closed my eyes as-*
I woke up in the middle of the night, sweat running off of my body, gasping for air. – What happened? What was I dreaming about? - I honestly couldn't remember. It was like someone had built a brick wall where my memories of my past and of my dreams were kept. I sighed in frustration, and felt glad that what ever I had seen wasn't real.
I returned to school the next day, hoping that no one had really noticed my absence. Apparently no one had, because the teachers never said any thing about it. I realized in the middle of 5th period that I had a project due next week and a test on the day after that. I tried to pay attention, because I didn't want to fail the test, but my mind kept wondering back to what happened yesterday. I was worried that the students that had taken me to Ellie's house had told someone of my secret. It was only my second day, and I didn't want to be labeled as a freak so soon! I tried to see if anyone looked at me strangely. But everyone treated me the same as always. But even the 'popular' table hadn't noticed my absence, so I figured I was okay.
I had walked to my 6th period class, and just sat down when, the girl next to me, out of the blue, dropped all of her papers in the floor.
"Oh, that was, like, great." She mumbled, fumbling to pick them up.
I bent down to help her, and after a few seconds, everything was in order.
"Thank you soo much. I'm, like, such a klutz." She said.
I silently agreed with her.
"Are you a new student?" she asked.
"Yeah," I answered. "Today is only my second day."
She opened her eyes widely, like I had just answered her life-long question.
"Really? Well than my name is, like, Kitty! What's yours?" she said in a rush
"My name's Andrea. Nice to meet you Kitty." I answered. That was about all I could say before the teacher walked in, and class began.
I had nearly fallen asleep when the bell rang for lunch. –I hope Courtney isn't going to ask me to sit with her again. I swear I just can't stand her voice! - I thought. I didn't really have too much to worry about, because as soon as I left those school doors, I found Kitty steering me to her table full of friends.
"Hi guys! This is, like, Andrea! She's new here!" Kitty exclaimed with much exuberance.
I smiled at everyone one there, when I noticed that the three people from the fight yesterday were sitting here.
I watched as everyone at the table introduced themselves, and I hoped I could remember all of their names.
The ones from the fight were Scott, Jean, and Evan. They were watching me as much as I was watching them.
"So, how are you feeling today?" Jean asked. All the people at the table, (that weren't in the fight) gave her strange looks.
"Just fine, thank you." I said carefully. I didn't really want to give away my secret to everyone else.
"So, Vat do you think of de school so far?" the one named Kurt asked.
"Well, it's a new experience for me. I used to be home schooled, so this is the first time I've been to a public school." I answered.
I looked around the table, just listening to various conversations, when I noticed Courtney walking over to the table.
"Oh. Crap." I slid down as far as I could in my seat, but it was to late. Courtney's super prep vision had spotted me.
"Vat are you doing down there?" Kurt asked. I had slid down under the table, hoping something else had caught Courtney's attention. Like a pair of un-hip shorts or whatever.
"I am trying to escape from Courtney. I lose 15 of my brain cells every minute I'm with her." I answered.
"Oh." Kurt said, grinning.
I crawled out from under the table, just as the intercom rang out with Ms. Shields demanding voice "Andrea Stuart, please come to my office." I heard a couple of 'uh, ohs' and low whistles. I looked back at my, hopefully, new friends and shrugged my shoulders. I took of at a jog back into the building.
-What have I done now? - I wondered.
SOOOOOOO….. What do ya think? R&R please!!