Author's notes: An answer to Märrie's Winterchallenge...A shorter piece this one but a lengthier one might come too if I can get around to it.
Feedback: Sure, even if it's of the "You suck" variety. Constructive criticism is much more welcome than that though...
A page from Marie's diary.
December 12
Bobby Drake and winter really doesn't go well together. As the iceman, sure. That way he is in his natural habitat but as the young boy he is? No way! He is too much of a prankster and all snow (don't tell me there is no snow and ice on the eastcoast of the states. There is if you live with a weather-witch) just brings even more of the kid in him to the surface! As if there's not enough of that present already.
But I have to give him credit where credit is due. He is a lot braver than I thought. Or he can see more clearly than I thought that some people are more bark than bite.
Logan in particular. I mean, he's all growly and acting like a badass most of the time but he do have a very big heart of gold and is only violent when it's needed to defend what he loves and holds dear.
But he hides that very well and everyone that doesn't know him usually gets scared shitless if he looks at them the wrong way. That's kinda fun to see actually. Especially when he does it to other members of the badasses association, like those three Hells Angels guys last week. They almost got their bikes up to speeds that would put the turbo-mode of Scott's bike to shame!
I'm rambling ain't I? Anyway, Bobby dared to pull a prank on Logan the other day. A rather good one too.
It had been a rather normal December-day and Logan being the exercize-nut that he is would go for runs no matter how chilly the weather is and no matter how much snow there is on the grounds. What's wrong with the danger-room I wonder? No, wait. I don't. He can't exercize in peace in there or in the gym. Too many women of all ages ogling him, which he normally doesn't mind at all but it's apparently distracting enough for him to want an escape route every now and then. Like every morning at 5 a.m. sharp!
That is annyoing! Especially when you're sharing a bed with him, let me tell you! But this morning it was sooo worth it.
Turns out that Bobby had secretly been practicing and found out some new tricks he could do with his gift. He now possessed the ability to turn his entire body into ice or snow, which made it so easy to disguise himself during wintertimes. Either by looking like a snowman (which was what he did this time) or by just making himself very hard to spot. He also sabotaged the bridge on Logan's designated track so it was a big hole in it, covering it with so much snow it was impossible to detect it.
Let's just say that I would have paid dollars to be nearby when Logan fell through that hole and into the icecold river beneath it. It was still damn fun seeing him come home looking like a cat that had almost drowned, his muttonchops all icy and his eyes glaring with anger.
I couldn't help laughing out loud. First, he just glared at me like I had grown another head or something. Or maybe two heads but my laughter must have been contagious since he soon laughed with me. Literally rolling with laughter really and I think we woke up some people with our amusement.
That evening a photo found its way onto the school's noticeboard showing a soaking-wet Logan crawling out of the river with a notice underneath it saying "Rule number one of mutant high: No pets, wolverines or otherwise, are allowed so we threw this one out".
Bobby's handwriting was easily recognizeable and I wonder if Logan will try to get a revenge somehow...