Dark-English-Rose: Thank you very much.
Leevee: cool, you wouldn't happen to have once lived in GA, would you have?
A.M.Bookworm: I don't know why they are always together. But they are, so I jumped on the band wagon.
Pix: well thank you I am glad you like it.
Neemers: well I am glad to have you reading this.
On My Own Two Feet; A Jamie Madrox Story
Jamie quickly acclimated (yet another Dr. McCoy word) to his new lifestyle. He especially like hanging out with the girls at Weight Training. He usually spotted for Cassandra. He found that he liked Cassandra. It wasn't that she was particularly nice to him or anything, it was that she did jump when he walked into the room. She wasn't afraid of him. He liked that. She reminded him of Rogue. She seemed about as friendly as a den of cobras, but deep down, she just needed a friend.
Another recent addition to his life that he enjoyed was Paige. They could often be found on the roof, looking at the stars and talking. Currently, three months after she arrived, he was working up the courage to try and hold her hand.
Jamie was also very happy to have a secret. You see, he had found some very useful applications of his power. Since all his multiples were connected telepathically to him, he could set them all to a different book, and retain all the knowledge as if he had read them himself. He was now fluent in Spanish, and was now working on Latin. Also he had been having multiples study books on sewing and such. He was designing his own uniform. It was still going to be blue, but a brighter blue. It would have three bright yellow M's on the chest. Jamie wasn't going to go by "Multiple" for much longer. Soon he would be "Madrox, the Multiple Man." He was also designing it to go with a Bomber Jacket his parents had let him take when he left. It had always been too big for him, but now it was fitting quite well.
Jamie, while his multiples studied, would take lessons with Mr. Logan. Jamie liked learning about how to fix and operate Mr. Logan's bike. Boom-Boom was also teaching him a few tricks, like hotwiring. All in all, Jamie's life was getting good.
Jamie was in the weight room one day, spotting for Cassandra as usual, when she asked him, "So when is this Guthrie girl supposed to start school with us?"
"Soon," Jaime said. "The Professor says her power is more passive than most of the rest of ours. He says it should be easy for her to control."
"She gonna need protection?" Cassandra was big on protecting people.
"Nah, if someone wants to hit her, she can just turn into stone." Jamie was so used to all this he was surprised at the look of shock Cassandra gave him.
"Is that her power, to turn into stone?"
"No, but her real power would disturb you a little too much."
Cassandra gave him a pissy look as she pushed the weights back up to their normal position, she sat up and said, "Do I look like I freak at things?"
"Alright," Jamie said as he and Cassandra switched places, "Her power is shape-shifting via removing her skin."
Cassandra froze as she put her hands on the weights Jamie smirked and said, "Told ya so."
She shook her head and said, "Well be careful Jim." She never called him Jamie. Only James or Jim. "I heard tell about this group forming up, a lot of people are joining."
" 'Friends of Humanity'?" Jamie asked in clarification as he pressed the weight.
"Yeah, you heard of them?"
"The Professor briefed us on them when they first started popping up."
"Just thought I give you a heads up."
"Aaaarggghhhh" Jamie grunted on his last press.
"Wuss," Cassandra said good naturedly as he she helped him get the weight into place. He gave her a good natured shove as he sat up. "Oh, Hey!" Cassandra chirped, "The girls are going to the mall, did you want to invite Paige and come with us?"
"Hey, that would be a great idea. She'll get along great with Meagan." Jamie smiled as they went towards the locker rooms
"Which one?" Cassandra asked rhetorically, and Jamie chuckled. They split to go into their locker rooms. When he came out carrying his gym bag, he said to her, "I'll give you a call on your cell when I get home and ask her."
"Cool, we'll see you there." With that she joined the other girls as they walked their separate ways.
Scott was outside waiting for Jamie. "Hey, Short-stuff, you ready to head home?"
"Yup," he said. Jamie would have literally hopped into the car like Scott did, but his arms hut a little too much for that. He flopped down, and then looked over at Scott and asked, "hey Scott, is it possible for me to get a ride to the mall a little later?"
"Sorry Buddy, but I am running sims with the other recruits all afternoon."
"Hmmm . . . What are Rogue and Jean doing?"
"Jean's with me, but I think Rogue is free."
"Cool."
They talked about a lot of different things on their way home. "Hey Paige," Jamie called as he saw her lounging in a chair in the common room.
"Jimmy guess what!" she said cheerily.
"What?"
"I have a Mutant name! Now I am not just Paige Guthrie, I am also Husk!"
"Cool." Jamie felt uncomfortable as he worked up his nerve. "Paige, did you wanna go to the mall with me and some of the girls from WT?"
"I don't wanna intrude," Paige said. She was always so polite.
"They invited you. It will be cool. I would love it if came."
She looked at him for a minute, "You would?"
Jamie's eyes went wide as he realized what he said, "I mean 'we' as in me and the girls. That's what I meant. . . er .. .. um . . ."
"I think it would be nice to get out of the house.
Jamie was so happy she agreed. He called Cassandra right away, she said that she and the girls were all already on the way there. So Jamie roped Rogue into giving them a ride, no woman can say no to Jamie's patented puppy-dog pout, especially when he delivers it from four places at once. Then add in Husk turning into Jamie and making the same face. Rogue was out of options.
Rogue agreed to give them both a ride to the mall, provided Jamie rode in the back. She drove like a true southerner, which meant aiming for every pothole and speed bump. With Jamie it could get very crowded in the cab of a truck. They had to agree however not to pull her into their circle. However nice she was, she was still a good deal older than them.
They hooked up with the girls in the food court. "Ladies," Jamie said in a very showy fashion, "This is Paige 'Husk' Guthrie; The newest addition to the Xavier institute."
"But Jimmy's still the youngest by three months," Paige added. Jamie gave her a playfully foul look and punched her arm.
"Paige," Cassandra asked, "I don't know if this is considered rude among your people but . . . ."
"Mah 'people'?" Paige questioned.
"Mutants," Cassandra explained. "I was wondering if you could demonstrate your power. Jim here explained it once, but I'm not sure I understand."
Paige chuckled and said, "No problem. Pick a substance."
"Wood," piped Meagan.
"Okay" Paige closed her eyes and a slight ripple sort of ran through her skin. Then she reached into the corner of her mouth and pulled. Just like that, it started to come off. It peeled off in sheets and small bits, but it came off eventually. The girls just stared. Eventually all the skin was off (all that was visible, she wasn't about to check the rest in public), and it was quite obvious that Paige was now made of wood. "Ta- da!" she said simply with a wide smile. "look Ah stole George Washington's teeth!"
Katelyn snorted a laugh. Cassandra giggled a bit, and then they all cut out. they were hysterical over the joke. Paige closed her eyes once again and the ripple once again went through. She began removing the Wooden skin and as she started squirming in her shirt said, "Ah think Ah need to use the girls' room."
'Apparently,' Jamie thought, 'the rumors about girls going to the bathroom in packs is true. He stood against the wall in the food court, just outside the hall where the restrooms were. They had all but two given Jamie their purse to hold. So Jamie stood there trying his damndest to find a masculine way of holding not just one purse but three. He tried waving at some guys he knew from school but they skirted his gaze best they could.
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That day at the mall turned out to be Paige's last day as an institute bound student. Prof. Xavier talked to Jamie and Paige about how things went and he decided it was alright for her to begin classes at the middle school with Jamie.
Unlike Jamie, Paige got into drama. She found the drama group to be so liberal they actually wanted her to join. Eventually Jamie screwed up the courage to talk to her about being something more than friends.
"Uh, Paige?" Jamie said to her.
"Yeah Jimmy?" She said as she turned.
His breath caught in his throat as he watched her blonde hair twirl. "Erm. Eh. That is I wanted to talk to you Paige. About us."
"what about us Jimmy?" she bit her lip. She had been waiting for him to make a move since day two at the institute. It had taken him six months to get the courage to talk to her like this.
"Well. You see Paige. I really like you. And I would like us to be more. . . er . ."
"More what Jimmy?"
"More than friends." He looked an waited for her response.
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TBC ha ha.
Leevee: cool, you wouldn't happen to have once lived in GA, would you have?
A.M.Bookworm: I don't know why they are always together. But they are, so I jumped on the band wagon.
Pix: well thank you I am glad you like it.
Neemers: well I am glad to have you reading this.
On My Own Two Feet; A Jamie Madrox Story
Jamie quickly acclimated (yet another Dr. McCoy word) to his new lifestyle. He especially like hanging out with the girls at Weight Training. He usually spotted for Cassandra. He found that he liked Cassandra. It wasn't that she was particularly nice to him or anything, it was that she did jump when he walked into the room. She wasn't afraid of him. He liked that. She reminded him of Rogue. She seemed about as friendly as a den of cobras, but deep down, she just needed a friend.
Another recent addition to his life that he enjoyed was Paige. They could often be found on the roof, looking at the stars and talking. Currently, three months after she arrived, he was working up the courage to try and hold her hand.
Jamie was also very happy to have a secret. You see, he had found some very useful applications of his power. Since all his multiples were connected telepathically to him, he could set them all to a different book, and retain all the knowledge as if he had read them himself. He was now fluent in Spanish, and was now working on Latin. Also he had been having multiples study books on sewing and such. He was designing his own uniform. It was still going to be blue, but a brighter blue. It would have three bright yellow M's on the chest. Jamie wasn't going to go by "Multiple" for much longer. Soon he would be "Madrox, the Multiple Man." He was also designing it to go with a Bomber Jacket his parents had let him take when he left. It had always been too big for him, but now it was fitting quite well.
Jamie, while his multiples studied, would take lessons with Mr. Logan. Jamie liked learning about how to fix and operate Mr. Logan's bike. Boom-Boom was also teaching him a few tricks, like hotwiring. All in all, Jamie's life was getting good.
Jamie was in the weight room one day, spotting for Cassandra as usual, when she asked him, "So when is this Guthrie girl supposed to start school with us?"
"Soon," Jaime said. "The Professor says her power is more passive than most of the rest of ours. He says it should be easy for her to control."
"She gonna need protection?" Cassandra was big on protecting people.
"Nah, if someone wants to hit her, she can just turn into stone." Jamie was so used to all this he was surprised at the look of shock Cassandra gave him.
"Is that her power, to turn into stone?"
"No, but her real power would disturb you a little too much."
Cassandra gave him a pissy look as she pushed the weights back up to their normal position, she sat up and said, "Do I look like I freak at things?"
"Alright," Jamie said as he and Cassandra switched places, "Her power is shape-shifting via removing her skin."
Cassandra froze as she put her hands on the weights Jamie smirked and said, "Told ya so."
She shook her head and said, "Well be careful Jim." She never called him Jamie. Only James or Jim. "I heard tell about this group forming up, a lot of people are joining."
" 'Friends of Humanity'?" Jamie asked in clarification as he pressed the weight.
"Yeah, you heard of them?"
"The Professor briefed us on them when they first started popping up."
"Just thought I give you a heads up."
"Aaaarggghhhh" Jamie grunted on his last press.
"Wuss," Cassandra said good naturedly as he she helped him get the weight into place. He gave her a good natured shove as he sat up. "Oh, Hey!" Cassandra chirped, "The girls are going to the mall, did you want to invite Paige and come with us?"
"Hey, that would be a great idea. She'll get along great with Meagan." Jamie smiled as they went towards the locker rooms
"Which one?" Cassandra asked rhetorically, and Jamie chuckled. They split to go into their locker rooms. When he came out carrying his gym bag, he said to her, "I'll give you a call on your cell when I get home and ask her."
"Cool, we'll see you there." With that she joined the other girls as they walked their separate ways.
Scott was outside waiting for Jamie. "Hey, Short-stuff, you ready to head home?"
"Yup," he said. Jamie would have literally hopped into the car like Scott did, but his arms hut a little too much for that. He flopped down, and then looked over at Scott and asked, "hey Scott, is it possible for me to get a ride to the mall a little later?"
"Sorry Buddy, but I am running sims with the other recruits all afternoon."
"Hmmm . . . What are Rogue and Jean doing?"
"Jean's with me, but I think Rogue is free."
"Cool."
They talked about a lot of different things on their way home. "Hey Paige," Jamie called as he saw her lounging in a chair in the common room.
"Jimmy guess what!" she said cheerily.
"What?"
"I have a Mutant name! Now I am not just Paige Guthrie, I am also Husk!"
"Cool." Jamie felt uncomfortable as he worked up his nerve. "Paige, did you wanna go to the mall with me and some of the girls from WT?"
"I don't wanna intrude," Paige said. She was always so polite.
"They invited you. It will be cool. I would love it if came."
She looked at him for a minute, "You would?"
Jamie's eyes went wide as he realized what he said, "I mean 'we' as in me and the girls. That's what I meant. . . er .. .. um . . ."
"I think it would be nice to get out of the house.
Jamie was so happy she agreed. He called Cassandra right away, she said that she and the girls were all already on the way there. So Jamie roped Rogue into giving them a ride, no woman can say no to Jamie's patented puppy-dog pout, especially when he delivers it from four places at once. Then add in Husk turning into Jamie and making the same face. Rogue was out of options.
Rogue agreed to give them both a ride to the mall, provided Jamie rode in the back. She drove like a true southerner, which meant aiming for every pothole and speed bump. With Jamie it could get very crowded in the cab of a truck. They had to agree however not to pull her into their circle. However nice she was, she was still a good deal older than them.
They hooked up with the girls in the food court. "Ladies," Jamie said in a very showy fashion, "This is Paige 'Husk' Guthrie; The newest addition to the Xavier institute."
"But Jimmy's still the youngest by three months," Paige added. Jamie gave her a playfully foul look and punched her arm.
"Paige," Cassandra asked, "I don't know if this is considered rude among your people but . . . ."
"Mah 'people'?" Paige questioned.
"Mutants," Cassandra explained. "I was wondering if you could demonstrate your power. Jim here explained it once, but I'm not sure I understand."
Paige chuckled and said, "No problem. Pick a substance."
"Wood," piped Meagan.
"Okay" Paige closed her eyes and a slight ripple sort of ran through her skin. Then she reached into the corner of her mouth and pulled. Just like that, it started to come off. It peeled off in sheets and small bits, but it came off eventually. The girls just stared. Eventually all the skin was off (all that was visible, she wasn't about to check the rest in public), and it was quite obvious that Paige was now made of wood. "Ta- da!" she said simply with a wide smile. "look Ah stole George Washington's teeth!"
Katelyn snorted a laugh. Cassandra giggled a bit, and then they all cut out. they were hysterical over the joke. Paige closed her eyes once again and the ripple once again went through. She began removing the Wooden skin and as she started squirming in her shirt said, "Ah think Ah need to use the girls' room."
'Apparently,' Jamie thought, 'the rumors about girls going to the bathroom in packs is true. He stood against the wall in the food court, just outside the hall where the restrooms were. They had all but two given Jamie their purse to hold. So Jamie stood there trying his damndest to find a masculine way of holding not just one purse but three. He tried waving at some guys he knew from school but they skirted his gaze best they could.
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That day at the mall turned out to be Paige's last day as an institute bound student. Prof. Xavier talked to Jamie and Paige about how things went and he decided it was alright for her to begin classes at the middle school with Jamie.
Unlike Jamie, Paige got into drama. She found the drama group to be so liberal they actually wanted her to join. Eventually Jamie screwed up the courage to talk to her about being something more than friends.
"Uh, Paige?" Jamie said to her.
"Yeah Jimmy?" She said as she turned.
His breath caught in his throat as he watched her blonde hair twirl. "Erm. Eh. That is I wanted to talk to you Paige. About us."
"what about us Jimmy?" she bit her lip. She had been waiting for him to make a move since day two at the institute. It had taken him six months to get the courage to talk to her like this.
"Well. You see Paige. I really like you. And I would like us to be more. . . er . ."
"More what Jimmy?"
"More than friends." He looked an waited for her response.
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TBC ha ha.