Nervous.
I was very nervous as Jean led me to where I would sleep. "You'll share a room with four other girls," she explained. "And you all should get along because you'll be seeing quite a bit of each other."
But what if they didn't like me? What if they feared me because of my powers? I had heard of mutants who had even been rejected by other mutants because of their strange powers. So I was nervous as she led me to the class room. "Can't I have my own room?" I asked, hoping it was possible.
Jean smiled at me and said, "No you cannot. You have to learn to get along with other Jessica."
So I went into the room she sent me to and arranged my area of the room. Then I sat on my bed and waited for the others to arrive. I had worked out what I was going to say but I forgot it when they walked in.
First came a short girl with brown hair and eyes. She looked normal enough but then again so did I. "Hi!" she said in a bubbly voice. "My name is Helen, some people like to call me Wind."
"Wind," I repeated. "My name is Jessica."
Her eyes widened. "I've heard about you. You can control minds, time and go extremely fast. All I can do is make the wind blow and stuff like that."
I nodded, and said nothing else and luckily another girl walked in. She was very tall and had brown hair with a single white lock in her hair. Her eyes were brown and she was wearing gloves. "Hello," she said pleasantly as she sat on a bed. "My name is Marie, but everyone calls me Rogue."
"Her name is Jessica," Wind said. "She's the one we've been hearing about."
"You have the mind powers then," it wasn't a question, it was a statement. "Nice to meet you Jessica. Do you have a nickname yet?"
"A nickname?" I asked. "No not really, some people call me Jess but no real nickname."
"We'll think one up for you," Rogue promised. "Oh look, here come our other two roommates."
I looked up and saw two more girls around my age entering the room. The first had white-blond hair and ice blue eyes. Her name was Catelyn but everyone called her Ice. She had ice powers if you haven't already guessed that.
The second girl had sandy blond hair and pale amber eyes. Her name was Birdee and everyone called her Bird. She could fly and even make herself become a bird by concentrating very hard.
Those were my roommates and my soon to be friends. I don't know if they'd have been so welcome if they knew that I was reading their minds as we chatted away.
But I was no longer nervous.
I was very nervous as Jean led me to where I would sleep. "You'll share a room with four other girls," she explained. "And you all should get along because you'll be seeing quite a bit of each other."
But what if they didn't like me? What if they feared me because of my powers? I had heard of mutants who had even been rejected by other mutants because of their strange powers. So I was nervous as she led me to the class room. "Can't I have my own room?" I asked, hoping it was possible.
Jean smiled at me and said, "No you cannot. You have to learn to get along with other Jessica."
So I went into the room she sent me to and arranged my area of the room. Then I sat on my bed and waited for the others to arrive. I had worked out what I was going to say but I forgot it when they walked in.
First came a short girl with brown hair and eyes. She looked normal enough but then again so did I. "Hi!" she said in a bubbly voice. "My name is Helen, some people like to call me Wind."
"Wind," I repeated. "My name is Jessica."
Her eyes widened. "I've heard about you. You can control minds, time and go extremely fast. All I can do is make the wind blow and stuff like that."
I nodded, and said nothing else and luckily another girl walked in. She was very tall and had brown hair with a single white lock in her hair. Her eyes were brown and she was wearing gloves. "Hello," she said pleasantly as she sat on a bed. "My name is Marie, but everyone calls me Rogue."
"Her name is Jessica," Wind said. "She's the one we've been hearing about."
"You have the mind powers then," it wasn't a question, it was a statement. "Nice to meet you Jessica. Do you have a nickname yet?"
"A nickname?" I asked. "No not really, some people call me Jess but no real nickname."
"We'll think one up for you," Rogue promised. "Oh look, here come our other two roommates."
I looked up and saw two more girls around my age entering the room. The first had white-blond hair and ice blue eyes. Her name was Catelyn but everyone called her Ice. She had ice powers if you haven't already guessed that.
The second girl had sandy blond hair and pale amber eyes. Her name was Birdee and everyone called her Bird. She could fly and even make herself become a bird by concentrating very hard.
Those were my roommates and my soon to be friends. I don't know if they'd have been so welcome if they knew that I was reading their minds as we chatted away.
But I was no longer nervous.
