Chapter Six:
Lying to my Parents
Jean entered the community pool and was greeted with the nauseating smell of chlorine. She made her way down the hall and through the glass doors to the pool area. In the third lane she noticed a red flash going by under the water. Maybe it was a girl with a bad case of sunburn, or maybe it was Katherine Rivers.
The girl got out of the water and quickly wrapped a towel around herself. She walked into the showers and Jean swiftly followed.
She began looking under the shower curtains until she found a pair of webbed, red feet.
Jean moved the curtain aside to find a young girl wearing a green and black swim suite. She had her long blond hair pulled back.
Her skin was a insipid red color, detailed with bold red scales.
The girl grabbed her towel and tried in vain to conceal the discoloration of her skin.
"Don't worry," Jean assured the girl. "I'm here to help you."
"I can't breathe," the girl said. Her voice was low and boorish.
Jean turned off the water and took the girls towel and dried her neck with it. The scales disappeared and her skin returned to normal.
"I'm Jean Grey," Jean explained. "I'm a mutant too. I was sent to find you by Professor Charles Xavier, he runs a school where people like us can learn about our powers and be safe. He wants you to enroll for this trimester. Can I talk to your parents?"
"No," the girl said, her voice now smoother and more natural. "You see, my parents don't know I have these powers. I was afraid they'd want to study me or something."
Jean sighed. *Another Bobby Drake,* she thought. *That's all we need.*
"Then will you come to New York with me to meet Professor Xavier, tell your parents it's an exclusive college prep school."
The girl nodded as they walked. Jean shook her head, Xavier was diffidently biting off more than he could chew with these girls.
Lying to my Parents
Jean entered the community pool and was greeted with the nauseating smell of chlorine. She made her way down the hall and through the glass doors to the pool area. In the third lane she noticed a red flash going by under the water. Maybe it was a girl with a bad case of sunburn, or maybe it was Katherine Rivers.
The girl got out of the water and quickly wrapped a towel around herself. She walked into the showers and Jean swiftly followed.
She began looking under the shower curtains until she found a pair of webbed, red feet.
Jean moved the curtain aside to find a young girl wearing a green and black swim suite. She had her long blond hair pulled back.
Her skin was a insipid red color, detailed with bold red scales.
The girl grabbed her towel and tried in vain to conceal the discoloration of her skin.
"Don't worry," Jean assured the girl. "I'm here to help you."
"I can't breathe," the girl said. Her voice was low and boorish.
Jean turned off the water and took the girls towel and dried her neck with it. The scales disappeared and her skin returned to normal.
"I'm Jean Grey," Jean explained. "I'm a mutant too. I was sent to find you by Professor Charles Xavier, he runs a school where people like us can learn about our powers and be safe. He wants you to enroll for this trimester. Can I talk to your parents?"
"No," the girl said, her voice now smoother and more natural. "You see, my parents don't know I have these powers. I was afraid they'd want to study me or something."
Jean sighed. *Another Bobby Drake,* she thought. *That's all we need.*
"Then will you come to New York with me to meet Professor Xavier, tell your parents it's an exclusive college prep school."
The girl nodded as they walked. Jean shook her head, Xavier was diffidently biting off more than he could chew with these girls.
