A/N I recently got a review from a rather peeved off British person about
me making Alexis atheist. She asked me that I not make British people seem
atheist. This was not my intent. I have many very religious characters in
this story. Siobhan, Allesandre, Kurt, Sam and Rahne for example. What I
was going for when I made Alexis the way was she is is a bit of difference
between the characters. I did not intend to insult anyone. Sorry if I did,
but I'm not changing her religious status.
Chapter Thirteen
"You are so lucky." Allesandre sighed, as she stretched out on Bobby's bed. "I always wanted to go to Hawaii. My aunt and uncle went, but they hated me, so I wasn't allowed to go."
Bobby looked up from putting his clothes away and made a face. "They sound like charming people." He muttered sarcastically. "Ouch damn it!"
"What did you do?" She asked, sitting up.
"Closed the drawer on my finger." He mumbled, sticking the said finger in his mouth.
"Aw. let me kiss it better for you?" She asked slyly, resting back on her elbows.
"Really now?" Bobby asked, leaning down to kiss her.
The girl grinned and kissed his finger before pulling back.
"Tell me about you family." Bobby whispered, brushing her hair out of her eyes.
Allesandre jerked in surprise. "Bobby. " She trailed off.
"Please Allesandre. I want to know more about you."
Slowly Allesandre took a deep breath. "My name is Allesandre Maria Mannus, I was born on March 5th 1992 in Venice Italy. After my parents died I went to live with my mother's sister and her husband. They never liked my father, and since they saw me as part of him, they hated me. They only tolerated me in their home for the sake of my mother. Once I was old enough, I enrolled myself in gymnastics with some of the money my parents had left me. I never had any friends; I was too shy to make them. Everyone just assumed that I thought I was better than them and did not try to approach me. I was treated like a plague at school, at home, even in my classes. I became depressed and it did not go away until I moved here. People here try to help me, and don't judge me. well except for Savanna, but she is just a bitch."
"Babe, I am so sorry you had to go through that." Bobby whispered against her hair. "If I had known you then, I would have come and whisked you away in a Ferrari to live with me in my old 50's home."
Allesandre giggled, and fiddled with her ever-present gloves.
"Why do you wear those Allesandre?" He asked eyeing her hands.
"I do not like my hands." She said softly, avoiding his eyes. "I have broken my fingers a lot because of gymnastics, and now they are all ugly." She explained, biting her lip. "Tell me about your life Bobby."
"Well my full name is Robert William Drake, I was born to William and Madeline Drake in Fort Washington, Long Island. I'm an only child and I had a pretty good childhood."
"You sound like you are applying to a dating service." Allesandre laughed, cutting the teen off.
With a grin Bobby continued. "I'm a Pisces looking for another Pisces to keep me company. I like long walks on the beach and pretty brown haired Italian girls." He joked. "But seriously. my dad and I never got along, my mom was. my mom. No other way to explain it. She's odd that one. I don't think I've ever heard my dad tell me that he's proud of me or that he loved me. It's just not his style; he lets my mom do it for him. It's a lot easier in the long run. I found out I was a mutant when I was fourteen, just a little bit older than you are now. The Professor sought me out and I started here before my grade nine year."
"I wish I had your life." Allesandre mumbled, laying her head on Bobby's chest. "Mine was very shitty."
"Was, babe. It was." Bobby whispered. "Is it now?"
Shaking her head lightly, Allesandre smiled. "No. I have friends now, people who actually care about me."
"You better believe it babe. No and always."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"How come they NEVER tell us when they go haring off?" Alexis demanded, glaring at whatever she could get her eyes on. "I mean, is it so hard to leave a not that says: 'flown off to some beautiful place to try and convince a mutant teen to leave home and join us here. Will be back by dinner, don't break anything'." She ranted.
"Excusez-moi?" Justine asked, a spoonful of cereal halfway to her mouth.
"Huh?" Savanna echoed.
"Jean, Kurt, Amara and Miss Ororo are have gone to pick up some mutant. The Professor had to go to New York, Mr. Logan went with him. Dr. McCoy is hole up in his lab, and Miss Braddock and Mr. Worthington have gone out."
"Aw shit." Savanna muttered.
"What?" Nikolai asked.
"You do realize what this means don't you?"
"No, what?" Nikolai asked again.
"Scott is in charge!" She exclaimed. "And if Scott is in charge that means no sweets for us."
"Oh no, not the sweets." Mark teased, ruffling the girl's hair.
Alexis rolled her eyes. "I'm going to see if I can find anything out about this new mutant."
"You're a perfectionist 'Lexi!" Savanna called after her, as the blonde girl left the room.
"And you're a procrastinator!" Alexis called back.
The New Yorker just grinned.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"We could play pool." Thora suggested.
"Too many people." Ray countered, shooting the idea down.
"Play in the pool." The tiny girl tried again.
"It's raining." Laura stated.
"Play catch in the house?" Rahne suggested with a grin.
"And have Scott give us extra Danger Room sessions for a month?" Jubilee muttered, tossing a football over her head. "No thanks."
Sam reached out and grabbed the football out of midair. "Football." He stated simply.
Thora rapped him on the head with her knuckles. "Hello? Anyone in there?" She asked. "Sam, it's raining."
"So?" Sam asked. "The only way to play football is in the rain so you can get all muddy."
"Muddy?" Laura asked. "Sounds like fun to me."
"Ah hell why not." Savanna said with a shrug of her shoulders.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"What the hell happened to you?" Amara asked a couple hours later, as she watched the group troop past, covered in mud and soaked to the bone.
"We were playing football." Jubilee said with a grin, going up to hug the other girl.
Amara pushed her back lightly. "Touch me and die. Got it?" She demanded.
Still grinning, Jubilee saluted her and backed away. "So when did you get home?"
"Just now." Amara answered. "The Professor wants to see us all in the rec- room in half an hour, so you better get cleaned up before then or Ororo will have your heads."
"What's it about?" Mark asked, as the rest of the teens trooped upstairs to get cleaned off.
"About you guys. The new students. Introductions, explanations and the like. Now go get going or you won't be ready in time."
Mark nodded and ran up the stairs.
Sighing, Amara went to find the other students that hadn't been with the muddy footballers. "I'm becoming a maid." She muttered, trudging up the stairs behind her classmates.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"While it is not the beginning of the regular school year, here at the Xavier Institute we are always learning." Xavier stated, looking at his students, all of whom were gathered in the rec room. "At this school we have students who are old and young, old and new. However, today I am here to talk to you about the new."
"And 3.2.1. we have a lecture." Jubilee muttered in Sam's ear.
"As you all know, we have been accepting new students since the middle of July. Most come from the far reached of the world, while some come from our own backyard, all with a myriad of different abilities. We have Savanna Crooks from New York City who can manipulate water. Allesandre Mannus from Italy who is empathetic and telekinetic. Marcos Perez from Spain who has control over vegetation. Alexis Fitzgerald who is also telekinetic."
"We have way too many telekinetics in this place." Tabitha whispered in Ray's ear, who stifled a laugh.
"As well as Fredric Trulsas, Nikolai Rosenburg, Siobhan Abernethy, Laura Miller, Mark Williams, Justine Beauvais, Jiang Wang, Thora Holstein, Iakopa, and last but not least, Imani Adamchak." He said motioning to the dark skinned girl next to his chair. "Miss Adamchak was detected by Cerebro early this morning. She comes to us from Zambia, and has the ability to create portals to anywhere in the world."
There was a murmur of greeting from the group, and the girl smiled lightly.
"Now, the real reason I asked you all here." The Professor said, leaning back in his chair.
"Uh-oh." Bobby muttered, as his classmates winced. "We're in trouble now."
"I realize that it is summer break, a time for kids your age to relax and have fun, and I understand that. However, with whom I believe to be our last new student with us, I think it is time that ALL students begin or re- begin a regular training schedule, not just the X-Men." He stated.
Savanna paled amongst the groans in the room. "D. Does that mean Danger Room sessions?" She asked in a high-pitched voice. "Because I don't like that room."
"Yes Savanna. That means Danger Room sessions. As well as self-defense training, offence training, tracking and strategy training and learning to control your powers for the new students."
Allesandre opened her mouth to speak, but The Professor cut her off.
"Yes Allesandre, you have to take part in the self-defense classes." He told her.
Allesandre groaned and slid down into he couch cushions. "I am going to die." She muttered.
"I have a question." Siobhan said raising her hand. "Is all this on TOP of school?"
"Yes." The Professor stated with a quick nod of his head.
More groans filled the room. "I am going to die." Allesandre muttered again.
"B team, you will continue where you left off last month."
"Yes sir." All nine voices mumbled.
"The training schedules will be posted in here, in the kitchen and in the lower levels. They will begin tomorrow." Scott stated. "Now go lean up the mess you made in the hall." He said, dismissing them.
Chapter Thirteen
"You are so lucky." Allesandre sighed, as she stretched out on Bobby's bed. "I always wanted to go to Hawaii. My aunt and uncle went, but they hated me, so I wasn't allowed to go."
Bobby looked up from putting his clothes away and made a face. "They sound like charming people." He muttered sarcastically. "Ouch damn it!"
"What did you do?" She asked, sitting up.
"Closed the drawer on my finger." He mumbled, sticking the said finger in his mouth.
"Aw. let me kiss it better for you?" She asked slyly, resting back on her elbows.
"Really now?" Bobby asked, leaning down to kiss her.
The girl grinned and kissed his finger before pulling back.
"Tell me about you family." Bobby whispered, brushing her hair out of her eyes.
Allesandre jerked in surprise. "Bobby. " She trailed off.
"Please Allesandre. I want to know more about you."
Slowly Allesandre took a deep breath. "My name is Allesandre Maria Mannus, I was born on March 5th 1992 in Venice Italy. After my parents died I went to live with my mother's sister and her husband. They never liked my father, and since they saw me as part of him, they hated me. They only tolerated me in their home for the sake of my mother. Once I was old enough, I enrolled myself in gymnastics with some of the money my parents had left me. I never had any friends; I was too shy to make them. Everyone just assumed that I thought I was better than them and did not try to approach me. I was treated like a plague at school, at home, even in my classes. I became depressed and it did not go away until I moved here. People here try to help me, and don't judge me. well except for Savanna, but she is just a bitch."
"Babe, I am so sorry you had to go through that." Bobby whispered against her hair. "If I had known you then, I would have come and whisked you away in a Ferrari to live with me in my old 50's home."
Allesandre giggled, and fiddled with her ever-present gloves.
"Why do you wear those Allesandre?" He asked eyeing her hands.
"I do not like my hands." She said softly, avoiding his eyes. "I have broken my fingers a lot because of gymnastics, and now they are all ugly." She explained, biting her lip. "Tell me about your life Bobby."
"Well my full name is Robert William Drake, I was born to William and Madeline Drake in Fort Washington, Long Island. I'm an only child and I had a pretty good childhood."
"You sound like you are applying to a dating service." Allesandre laughed, cutting the teen off.
With a grin Bobby continued. "I'm a Pisces looking for another Pisces to keep me company. I like long walks on the beach and pretty brown haired Italian girls." He joked. "But seriously. my dad and I never got along, my mom was. my mom. No other way to explain it. She's odd that one. I don't think I've ever heard my dad tell me that he's proud of me or that he loved me. It's just not his style; he lets my mom do it for him. It's a lot easier in the long run. I found out I was a mutant when I was fourteen, just a little bit older than you are now. The Professor sought me out and I started here before my grade nine year."
"I wish I had your life." Allesandre mumbled, laying her head on Bobby's chest. "Mine was very shitty."
"Was, babe. It was." Bobby whispered. "Is it now?"
Shaking her head lightly, Allesandre smiled. "No. I have friends now, people who actually care about me."
"You better believe it babe. No and always."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"How come they NEVER tell us when they go haring off?" Alexis demanded, glaring at whatever she could get her eyes on. "I mean, is it so hard to leave a not that says: 'flown off to some beautiful place to try and convince a mutant teen to leave home and join us here. Will be back by dinner, don't break anything'." She ranted.
"Excusez-moi?" Justine asked, a spoonful of cereal halfway to her mouth.
"Huh?" Savanna echoed.
"Jean, Kurt, Amara and Miss Ororo are have gone to pick up some mutant. The Professor had to go to New York, Mr. Logan went with him. Dr. McCoy is hole up in his lab, and Miss Braddock and Mr. Worthington have gone out."
"Aw shit." Savanna muttered.
"What?" Nikolai asked.
"You do realize what this means don't you?"
"No, what?" Nikolai asked again.
"Scott is in charge!" She exclaimed. "And if Scott is in charge that means no sweets for us."
"Oh no, not the sweets." Mark teased, ruffling the girl's hair.
Alexis rolled her eyes. "I'm going to see if I can find anything out about this new mutant."
"You're a perfectionist 'Lexi!" Savanna called after her, as the blonde girl left the room.
"And you're a procrastinator!" Alexis called back.
The New Yorker just grinned.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"We could play pool." Thora suggested.
"Too many people." Ray countered, shooting the idea down.
"Play in the pool." The tiny girl tried again.
"It's raining." Laura stated.
"Play catch in the house?" Rahne suggested with a grin.
"And have Scott give us extra Danger Room sessions for a month?" Jubilee muttered, tossing a football over her head. "No thanks."
Sam reached out and grabbed the football out of midair. "Football." He stated simply.
Thora rapped him on the head with her knuckles. "Hello? Anyone in there?" She asked. "Sam, it's raining."
"So?" Sam asked. "The only way to play football is in the rain so you can get all muddy."
"Muddy?" Laura asked. "Sounds like fun to me."
"Ah hell why not." Savanna said with a shrug of her shoulders.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"What the hell happened to you?" Amara asked a couple hours later, as she watched the group troop past, covered in mud and soaked to the bone.
"We were playing football." Jubilee said with a grin, going up to hug the other girl.
Amara pushed her back lightly. "Touch me and die. Got it?" She demanded.
Still grinning, Jubilee saluted her and backed away. "So when did you get home?"
"Just now." Amara answered. "The Professor wants to see us all in the rec- room in half an hour, so you better get cleaned up before then or Ororo will have your heads."
"What's it about?" Mark asked, as the rest of the teens trooped upstairs to get cleaned off.
"About you guys. The new students. Introductions, explanations and the like. Now go get going or you won't be ready in time."
Mark nodded and ran up the stairs.
Sighing, Amara went to find the other students that hadn't been with the muddy footballers. "I'm becoming a maid." She muttered, trudging up the stairs behind her classmates.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~
~*~
"While it is not the beginning of the regular school year, here at the Xavier Institute we are always learning." Xavier stated, looking at his students, all of whom were gathered in the rec room. "At this school we have students who are old and young, old and new. However, today I am here to talk to you about the new."
"And 3.2.1. we have a lecture." Jubilee muttered in Sam's ear.
"As you all know, we have been accepting new students since the middle of July. Most come from the far reached of the world, while some come from our own backyard, all with a myriad of different abilities. We have Savanna Crooks from New York City who can manipulate water. Allesandre Mannus from Italy who is empathetic and telekinetic. Marcos Perez from Spain who has control over vegetation. Alexis Fitzgerald who is also telekinetic."
"We have way too many telekinetics in this place." Tabitha whispered in Ray's ear, who stifled a laugh.
"As well as Fredric Trulsas, Nikolai Rosenburg, Siobhan Abernethy, Laura Miller, Mark Williams, Justine Beauvais, Jiang Wang, Thora Holstein, Iakopa, and last but not least, Imani Adamchak." He said motioning to the dark skinned girl next to his chair. "Miss Adamchak was detected by Cerebro early this morning. She comes to us from Zambia, and has the ability to create portals to anywhere in the world."
There was a murmur of greeting from the group, and the girl smiled lightly.
"Now, the real reason I asked you all here." The Professor said, leaning back in his chair.
"Uh-oh." Bobby muttered, as his classmates winced. "We're in trouble now."
"I realize that it is summer break, a time for kids your age to relax and have fun, and I understand that. However, with whom I believe to be our last new student with us, I think it is time that ALL students begin or re- begin a regular training schedule, not just the X-Men." He stated.
Savanna paled amongst the groans in the room. "D. Does that mean Danger Room sessions?" She asked in a high-pitched voice. "Because I don't like that room."
"Yes Savanna. That means Danger Room sessions. As well as self-defense training, offence training, tracking and strategy training and learning to control your powers for the new students."
Allesandre opened her mouth to speak, but The Professor cut her off.
"Yes Allesandre, you have to take part in the self-defense classes." He told her.
Allesandre groaned and slid down into he couch cushions. "I am going to die." She muttered.
"I have a question." Siobhan said raising her hand. "Is all this on TOP of school?"
"Yes." The Professor stated with a quick nod of his head.
More groans filled the room. "I am going to die." Allesandre muttered again.
"B team, you will continue where you left off last month."
"Yes sir." All nine voices mumbled.
"The training schedules will be posted in here, in the kitchen and in the lower levels. They will begin tomorrow." Scott stated. "Now go lean up the mess you made in the hall." He said, dismissing them.