"Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored"
-Linkin Park, "Faint"
I put on a tight black lace corset top and a flowing black broomstick skirt and went to breakfast, Kacela at my side. I felt around with my mind to make sure I gave Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Pyro, and Iceman a wide berth. However, the effort was wasted as avoiding Iceman inconspicuously proved impossible. I studiously focused on my cereal as Iceman approached with Rogue, the girl he had just recently been sharing a peice of toast with. And Dr. Grey said I wasn't up to par.
"Hi guys!" Rogue chirped, far too cheerily for 7:30am.
"What's going on?" Iceman asked casually. I could tell Kacela wanted to shoot him.
"Hi Rogue," I answered.
"Nothing," Kacela answered Iceman.
"Artemis, something wrong?" Rogue asked, still far too cheery.
"No. No, I just had a bad sleep."
"I know the feeling! Well, see you two!"
And they walked off. But not without Iceman winking at me and giving me a furtive little smirk.
Now Kacela really wanted to shoot Iceman.
"How dare he!? Just coming over here and talking to you like absolutely nothing ever happened!"
"Well, that is how they conceal it."
Kacela handed me a pair of sunglasses. "Put these on, your eyes are coloring." I took them and quickly put them on my face. Everyone always noticed when my eyes turned colors, and they all knew what it meant, and I didn't want Jean trying to guess what had happened. I groaned when I thought of my first class. Self-defense with Logan. Why couldn't it be Physics with the Professor? Much more boring, but not nearly as dangerous as Logan had proved an encounter with him could be. I remembered one day about a month ago.
"Artemis and Kacela!" We winced. "Stop fooling around and get to work!"
I sighed. We were working! He had looked over at the exact moment I had jokingly pushed Kacela. I got back behind her and quickly got her in the headlock. She grabbed my arms and flipped me over her back, landing me in front of her.
"Owwww! All right, now it's your turn to land on your back a dozen times."
She got behind me, got me in a headlock, and I flipped her effortlessly. Logan saw and came over.
"Kacela, step off for a minute, you're too small for Artemis. Artemis, flip me once, so I can see if you need work."
Kacela moved away and sat on a bench while Logan got behind me and put me in a headlock. His was tighter than Kacela's, and he was choking me a little. I tugged a few times, but I had a lot of trouble getting him over me, and he rolled off my shoulder, going to the side. He got up easily and faced me.
"Okay, there's about fifteen things you're doing wrong." He went on to point out every tiny detail of what I was doing wrong. Kacela came over halfway through, noticing my eyes were turning colors, and leaned her arm on my shoulder protectively. He kept saying that these were all normal mistakes and a lot of people made them, but I was PMSing and the criticism was pissing me off. He was almost done when, impulsively, I sent him a headache. A bad one. I made it a migraine. His face twisted up in pain for a moment, before he realized what I was doing, and his look turned to fury and he walked away. He would have the migraine for the rest of the day. Kacela looked at me in excited disbelief.
"You didn't!"
My eyes turned black again. I did.
"Oh my god, I can't believe you!" she laughed. She shook her head and we continued flipping each other...
I hated that day. That day would change my life forever.
I won't be ignored"
-Linkin Park, "Faint"
I put on a tight black lace corset top and a flowing black broomstick skirt and went to breakfast, Kacela at my side. I felt around with my mind to make sure I gave Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Pyro, and Iceman a wide berth. However, the effort was wasted as avoiding Iceman inconspicuously proved impossible. I studiously focused on my cereal as Iceman approached with Rogue, the girl he had just recently been sharing a peice of toast with. And Dr. Grey said I wasn't up to par.
"Hi guys!" Rogue chirped, far too cheerily for 7:30am.
"What's going on?" Iceman asked casually. I could tell Kacela wanted to shoot him.
"Hi Rogue," I answered.
"Nothing," Kacela answered Iceman.
"Artemis, something wrong?" Rogue asked, still far too cheery.
"No. No, I just had a bad sleep."
"I know the feeling! Well, see you two!"
And they walked off. But not without Iceman winking at me and giving me a furtive little smirk.
Now Kacela really wanted to shoot Iceman.
"How dare he!? Just coming over here and talking to you like absolutely nothing ever happened!"
"Well, that is how they conceal it."
Kacela handed me a pair of sunglasses. "Put these on, your eyes are coloring." I took them and quickly put them on my face. Everyone always noticed when my eyes turned colors, and they all knew what it meant, and I didn't want Jean trying to guess what had happened. I groaned when I thought of my first class. Self-defense with Logan. Why couldn't it be Physics with the Professor? Much more boring, but not nearly as dangerous as Logan had proved an encounter with him could be. I remembered one day about a month ago.
"Artemis and Kacela!" We winced. "Stop fooling around and get to work!"
I sighed. We were working! He had looked over at the exact moment I had jokingly pushed Kacela. I got back behind her and quickly got her in the headlock. She grabbed my arms and flipped me over her back, landing me in front of her.
"Owwww! All right, now it's your turn to land on your back a dozen times."
She got behind me, got me in a headlock, and I flipped her effortlessly. Logan saw and came over.
"Kacela, step off for a minute, you're too small for Artemis. Artemis, flip me once, so I can see if you need work."
Kacela moved away and sat on a bench while Logan got behind me and put me in a headlock. His was tighter than Kacela's, and he was choking me a little. I tugged a few times, but I had a lot of trouble getting him over me, and he rolled off my shoulder, going to the side. He got up easily and faced me.
"Okay, there's about fifteen things you're doing wrong." He went on to point out every tiny detail of what I was doing wrong. Kacela came over halfway through, noticing my eyes were turning colors, and leaned her arm on my shoulder protectively. He kept saying that these were all normal mistakes and a lot of people made them, but I was PMSing and the criticism was pissing me off. He was almost done when, impulsively, I sent him a headache. A bad one. I made it a migraine. His face twisted up in pain for a moment, before he realized what I was doing, and his look turned to fury and he walked away. He would have the migraine for the rest of the day. Kacela looked at me in excited disbelief.
"You didn't!"
My eyes turned black again. I did.
"Oh my god, I can't believe you!" she laughed. She shook her head and we continued flipping each other...
I hated that day. That day would change my life forever.