Teacher

Twenty minutes and several broken chairs later the fight had finally been stopped. By then Ororo had come with the good news that she had managed to get someone to speak to the students right away. So the students were taking a break as well as the adults while waiting for the speaker to arrive.

"Thank god we finally got someone," Ororo sighed.

"Who'd you get?" Shipwreck asked.

"Mr. James," She said. "He used to be a teacher at Bayville High before he transferred."

"Oh yes I remember," Hank nodded. "Now what did he teach again?"

"He didn't say," Ororo said. "But he was very pleased at the generous sum I offered."

"Bribed him huh?" Shipwreck snickered. "That always works."

"He was a bit reluctant at first," Ororo admitted.

"It's amazing how prejudice disappears in a flash at the mention of cold hard cash," Roadblock shook his head.

Not long after Xavier and Hank were escorting a very nervous looking man to the auditorium. "It was good of you to come and speak on short notice Mr. James," Xavier said.

"Well when you mentioned the speaker's fee I figured," He started to say something until he got inside. "Oh god…" His eye caught something. Or rather someone.

"What is it?" Xavier asked.

"That…student…" He said very nervously.

"Here we go," Kurt muttered.
"I realize that some of the student's appearances may be a bit unusual," Xavier began.

"Appearances, shcmerances!" Mr. James gasped. "You didn't tell me certain other students would be here!"

"Look if this is about the time I accidentally superglued you to the desk…" Pietro spoke.

"NOT YOU! THAT ONE!" Mr. James screamed as he pointed at Kitty. "AGGGGGHHH! I THOUGHT I'D SAW THE LAST OF YOU!"

"What?" Kitty blinked.

"Oh dear," Hank sighed. "I've just remembered something. You used to teach Driver's Ed didn't you?"

"Oh god yes!" Mr. James screamed. "Until the day…that awful day…I had to drive with…with…her!"

"Oh for crying out loud," Kitty said. "We weren't going that fast! And so we had a minor collision in the parking lot? No big deal!"

"NO! NOT HER! ANYONE BUT HER!" He screamed. "SHE RUINED MY LIFE! GET ME OUT! GET ME OUT! GET ME OUT!" He ran away screaming.

"Mr. James! Come back here!" Ororo called out.

"We'd better get him before he hurts himself," Roadblock said. He and Ororo followed him.

"Rewards of teaching huh?" Rogue asked. Everyone left in the room glared at Kitty.

"What is everybody looking at me for?" Kitty said defensively. "I am not that bad a driver!"

"I believe Mr. James's actions prove evidence to the contrary," Hank looked out the window. "Oh look, he's now taking off his clothes and climbing a tree."

"Cool," Tabitha said. "It's just like high school when we used to freak out all the other teachers!"

"Hey remember the time when the school shrink had to be dragged away kicking and screaming in a straightjacket?" Todd laughed.

"Do I?" Fred laughed. "Hey come to think of it, that wasn't long after she had a session with Kitty about her grades! Man Kitty, I thought we were experts at driving teachers nuts! What did you say to her?"

"I was just talking to her about the latest gossip and my relationship with…a certain someone," Kitty blushed. "It was just for a couple of hours."

"You talked to the school shrink for hours about Lance?" Rogue asked. "No wonder she lost her mind!"

"Wonderful," Hank sighed. "Now who's gonna talk about teaching?"

"Hank I think you're gonna have to take this one," Xavier sighed. "Hank? GET BACK HERE!"

"Uh," Hank was running down the hall. "Can't talk…forgot I had something on the Bunsen burner!"

"Hank!" Xavier snapped.

"I think he's still a bit frazzled after our last Danger Room session," Tabitha explained. "We kind of fried him a little."

"Again?" Xavier rolled his eyes.

"I'll do it!" Shipwreck proudly stood in front of the class. "I'm a great teacher!"

"Yeah, right! You couldn't teach a dead goldfish how to float belly up!" Althea shouted.

"I taught you how to play poker pretty well didn't I?" Shipwreck snapped.

"Yeah and that reminds me, you still owe me fifty bucks from our last game!" Althea snapped.

"Just once…" Xavier sighed. "Just once I'd like something to go right around here!"