Disclaimer: I don't own the X-Men. Kay? There. HA! You can't sue me now.

Shout outs: Gohanzgirl, thank you. I feel weird about the chapters I wrote after my own exams so it's nice to know I'm doing a good job.

Chapter 5: It Starts

8:20. The exams had started

Evan immediately fell asleep and throughout the hour and a half the exam lasted had to be poked awake by his friend who sat behind him.

Kitty was a bundle of nerves until the Trigonometry final was put in front of her. She was an excellent test taker and once she could start on it she was no longer afraid of failing.

Kurt was glad Rogue had made him memorize the dates of some important events (1066-Battle of Hastings) and that he knew stuff about the Roman Emperors. When he finished he still had a half hour to go, so he laid his head on his desk and slept until he was told to leave by his teacher.

Evan and Kitty met up in the hallway on their way to the cafeteria where students were given 30 minutes to study until the next exam.

"So, like, how did you do on American Government?"

"Ugg." said Evan.

"That bad?" Kitty sounded sympathetic, but she had no idea how he felt, because she had never felt 'ugg' after anything. Well, maybe after gym class.

"I kept falling asleep and Kevin had to keep poking me. Some of it I knew but the rest..." he trailed off, looking up at the ceiling and put his hands together and mouthed 'Please!'

Kitty giggled. "Your hoping for Divine Intervention for the rest?"

"I'll try anything. But now my exams are over. What do you have next?"

Kitty immediately lost her perky attitude. "German."

She said it with such dread in her voice like she was saying 'Armageddon' that Evan smiled.

"You'll do fine. You always do."

As the two Freshmen entered the cafeteria they saw Jean, Scott, Kurt, Rogue, and Rogue's British friend, Risty sitting at a table in the corner. As they sat down with their friends, Jean asked "How did it go?"

Kitty shrugged. "Fine."

"Ugg." said Evan once again.

"How'd you do in World History?" Kitty asked Kurt.

"He had better of done great or Ah'll be considered a bad tutor." said Rogue.

"I think I did fine." Kurt said, though he sounded distracted. That was because he was trying to cram more information for his upcoming English final and eating potato chips while trying to tune into the conversation at the same time.

Risty turned to Rogue. "You tutored him? That poor boy! You have a hard time learning anything yourself, much less teaching someone eles."

"Ha ha. Risty your one to talk." Rogue was trying to study for her Geometry exam and talk at the same time.

"What do you have next Risty?" Scott asked.

"I have English with that bloody bi-", Risty stopped and changed what she was about to say when she saw Kitty's eyes getting bigger. "-with that jerk Miss Westin."

Kurt sat up at that. "She's mean to you too?"

"Oh yeah! I can't prove it, but I think she's messing with peoples grades..." the rest of the study break Kurt and Risty were discussing the evils of Miss Westin.

Evan looked at Kurt's watch/image inducer.

"Hey, I gotta go, Auntie O said she'd pick me up after my exam. Have fun guys!"

Rogue picked up Kurt's chip bag, bunched it into a ball, and threw it at Evan as he made his way out of the cafeteria to freedom.

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Risty is the coolest! Why must she be Mystique? Why!? Hmm... maybe she's not Mystique all the time...maybe Mystique only poses as Risty when she's not around, like when Risty went to England...hmm.