Everyone's happily crowding round in the meeting room, Scott's issuing congratulations and ideas for improving everyone's combat, but not many people are listening,. I'm mercifully spared because he didn't see my fight; if he had I'm sure he would be saying something to me right now. It looked more like a high school brawl than a fight with any real technique.
"Boring isn't he sometimes?" Bobby whispered in my ear.

Seeing that no one is paying him any attention Scott sighs, "All right everyone, I'll just recap anything REALLY important before the next raining session or missing, dismissed

I get up smiling at Bobby; I'm halfway through the door before Jean calls me back
"Miss Cortez, you get you butt back here I wanna look at that face!" She yells at me, I cringe and turn around, bobby chuckles and gives me a sympathetic look.

What is it about bruises that doctors always have to maul him? Huh? Why can't they leave em to heal by themselves like a normal person?

When I finally get out I'm assaulted by two teenage girls that are staying for the Christmas hols, and were part of the body of students that gave me a demonstration day of school to help me learn where all the classes are and basically just fool around all day. Don't get me started on the painting class again, ho man! Not everyone stays at school for Christmas some of the mutants with families and less visible powers go home.

So two teenaged females who although they were sensible the last time I saw them, are now the giggling wrecks I despised at school, drag me into the girl's toilets.

Christmas eve has gone from bad to worse.

When I ask them why the hell their so excited I get very weird looks from both of the,.
"You mean you haven't heard, the boarding students have a Christmas prom tomorrow!" Jubilee squeals
"Ahh…what's a prom?" I ask, yet another thing handily removed from my memory, next time I see him Alex is dead!

Thunderstruck look from both girls "You mean you don't know!"
"Hey, hey" I protest, pointing to myself, "Girl who had half her memory wiped remember"
"OH my god, like EMERGANCY, Kitty, We just have to help her!"
"Come on we'll take you shopping and you can pick out a dress" kitty suggests, taking my hand to lead me out of the toilets.

"A DRESSS!" It's my turn to squeal
"Yah you know, hose things, nice girls wear 'em sometimes?"
"Yeah but…I'm not a nice girl, plus I really don't think any dress will go well with this little thing" I say, waving my left hand in the air so they can see the glove and claws, "and another thing, how the hell do you plan on the people in the mall not noticing this!" I mean I know how to solve that, but I'm hoping they'll give up the whole stupid Idea, me in a dress, uhm no way, and whatever this prom is it can't be good., I mean these two girls were decent conversation the last time I saw 'em, now look at them!

"Oh that's ok" Kitty says, sticking her hand out of the toilet and seeing, rogue and gambit walk by "Hey rogue!" she calls "I need you a second get in here!"
"Yeah?" She asks
"Have you got your prom dress yet?"
"uhm well" Rogue looks almost as out of place as me here, almost "well it so hard to find one which covers everything!" she says finally in annoyance
"Gambit wears gloves to the proms half the time anyway don0t worry" Jubilee shrugs "Speaking of gloves, you wanna come along with us to find a prom dress for you and Ebony, an' can you lend her some of your gloves so we can take her to the mall?"
"Sure" Rogue perks up, I swear this is the first time I've seen her happy since I've known her.

Scary

"Ok Just before we go please tell me in detail, WHAT THE HELL IS A PROM" I scream

Deadly silence reigns for a few blessed moments before Jubilee pipes up again
"It's like an evening for teenagers it's a dinner and then you dance, and then the queen and king of the prom are elected, but that's only the homecoming prom and some other times, I don't know If they'll do that tonight, and the teachers put the couples down on paper and make the voting slips when we do… it's SO MUCH FUN"

It sounded like murder tome but I didn't say anything.