Emma reached in the fridge for a can of soda. She hadn't had anything since
she went to bed yesterday after she'd told Adam that she thought she'd got
sick again. Of course, Jesse knew she wasn't sick. And she knew he was
smart enough to realise that she had never been sick – well, not physically
anyway. It sounded quiet upstairs so she thought she'd be able to go back
to her room without meeting anyone. However, when she slammed the fridge
closed, she came face to face with the second person she'd most not wanted
to see.
"Jesse. Hi," Emma stuttered. "I didn't here you."
"I didn't think so."
"Um, How are you now?"
"Okay. You? Feeling better?" He asked sarcastically.
"Fine," she squeaked.
Jesse folded his arms. "You could have told me, you know."
Emma thought about playing dumb, but decided against it. "I didn't want to," she said sullenly.
"Didn't Shalimar know that you – "
"No," Emma said quickly, not allowing Jesse to finish his sentence. She was lucky she didn't because at that moment the first person she most not wanted to see appeared. Brennan.
"Hey guys," he said. "How are you feeling Emma?"
"Fine," she said and moved far out of the way so he could get to the fridge and more.
"Did Jesse tell you that the mutant kid Adam woke up? He's talking to Adam right now," Brennan said.
"Oh?" she replied and seized her opportunity to get away. "Well I better go see them then."
"There's no rush," Jesse said. "Why do you have to go so fast?"
"Well you know. The telepathy thing," Emma muttered and ran.
*
"Hello Emma," Adam Kane smiled. "Feeling alright now?"
"Fine."
"Then there's someone I'd like you to meet. Emma this is Adam. Adam, Emma," he said after leading her to the boy sitting on the table.
He smiled at her and she smiled back. And tried not think about how his eyes were the same colour as Brennan's, and that they both had the same kind of smile and the same dark messed up hair and...
"I'll be back in a minute – I have to make a phone call," Adam said. Emma supposed it was to the woman who he had met with earlier, so she didn't say anything.
And so Emma was left alone with fourteen-year-old Adam who was actually quite hot (in this author's opinion) only Emma was too busy to notice.
"So," he said.
"So," she echoed. After a few more minutes of silence Emma decided that she should be the one to talk since he had been through much more than she had (if instant mutation didn't hurt more than a broken heart than she was only left with waxing on the list she had drawn up). However, she had no idea what to say (for some reason, 'So, how does it feel to be a mutant?' kept springing to mind). She didn't have to worry about it for much longer.
"Adam said that you are a telepath too," the boy said.
"Yes!" she exclaimed so loudly that he raised his eyebrows at her. "I am," she nodded coming back to a certain degree of normalcy. "Have you actually tried your powers properly yet?"
He shook his head hard. "It still kind of freaks me out, actually."
"Well," Emma said and sat down on the table opposite him so they were level, "I guess it's only natural that you should feel that way. But this ain't no comic book. You'll get used to it."
"What's it like for you? I mean you were born with your powers, right?"
"Yes. Well, being born with them meant they were always a part of me so as I grew, so did they. It just felt normal to me. The hardest thing with using your powers is control. Once you can control them, you'll be fine."
"I'm kind of a slow-learner," he confessed.
Emma laughed. "It'll definitely take longer for you, but only because you're older than most mutants when they get they're powers."
"So everybody who has it is born with it, except with me? Guess, I'm some kind of freak of nature."
"We're all freaks of nature in *their * eyes," Emma told him.
"I guess. But then that would make me the freakiest of all the freaks."
Emma shook her head. "Do you really think of it that way? Because it is actually a gift."
"I know, I know," Adam said. "I've always wanted some cool super-human power. It's just I know everyone thinks of it that way. Even people I know."
"It's kind of a policy here to leave behind people who don't accept you for who you are," Emma told him. Adam laughed. "What?"
"Sounds like the kind of thing it says in my sister's magazines." Adam shrugged. "You know, I kind of want to see her again. Never thought I could miss someone who nagged that much."
Emma smiled. "I think Adam could arrange that. Come on."
*
"Hi."
"Hi Brennan," Emma said.
"So, Jesse said you met another mutant when you went to Adam's house?"
Emma smiled. "Yeah."
"What happened?" Brennan asked, smiling too as leaned back against the fridge.
"Adam's parents died last year. He lives with his twin sister Rebecca who looks absolutely nothing like him, even for a girl. When we went there two of her friends were over."
"And one of them is a mutant?"
"The girl." Emma grinned.
"Why do I get the feeling there's more to it?" Brennan asked.
Emma kept smiling. "Adam was afraid of not being accepted, but he was. They both are. They're lucky to have people like that. Plus, she likes him. And he likes her too."
Brennan nodded. "So it's like, the first happily ever after for mutants?"
Emma shook off feeling sorry for herself again and back to feeling happy for Adam. "Something like that."
"You know," Brennan added just as Emma was about to leave, "Jesse seemed kind of pestered when he came out of the car."
Emma smiled again. "The girl's name is Jesse."
"So they're like 'Adam & Jesse'?" Brennan asked.
"Yep."
"I'm guessing from the look on Jesse's face that you didn't let him forget that?"
Emma grinned, which Brennan took to mean as 'no.'
He smiled back and walked away. Emma stood silently, watching him. She debated in her head whether or not to call out to him. The she saw him meet Shalimar and them both giggle and go inside his room. Emma fell back down in her seat, frowning.
A/N: I wrote this ages ago except for the last 5 lines which I just wrote (as I found this incomplete. Only one more chapter to go and I'll do my best to post it soon! (I promise!)
"Jesse. Hi," Emma stuttered. "I didn't here you."
"I didn't think so."
"Um, How are you now?"
"Okay. You? Feeling better?" He asked sarcastically.
"Fine," she squeaked.
Jesse folded his arms. "You could have told me, you know."
Emma thought about playing dumb, but decided against it. "I didn't want to," she said sullenly.
"Didn't Shalimar know that you – "
"No," Emma said quickly, not allowing Jesse to finish his sentence. She was lucky she didn't because at that moment the first person she most not wanted to see appeared. Brennan.
"Hey guys," he said. "How are you feeling Emma?"
"Fine," she said and moved far out of the way so he could get to the fridge and more.
"Did Jesse tell you that the mutant kid Adam woke up? He's talking to Adam right now," Brennan said.
"Oh?" she replied and seized her opportunity to get away. "Well I better go see them then."
"There's no rush," Jesse said. "Why do you have to go so fast?"
"Well you know. The telepathy thing," Emma muttered and ran.
*
"Hello Emma," Adam Kane smiled. "Feeling alright now?"
"Fine."
"Then there's someone I'd like you to meet. Emma this is Adam. Adam, Emma," he said after leading her to the boy sitting on the table.
He smiled at her and she smiled back. And tried not think about how his eyes were the same colour as Brennan's, and that they both had the same kind of smile and the same dark messed up hair and...
"I'll be back in a minute – I have to make a phone call," Adam said. Emma supposed it was to the woman who he had met with earlier, so she didn't say anything.
And so Emma was left alone with fourteen-year-old Adam who was actually quite hot (in this author's opinion) only Emma was too busy to notice.
"So," he said.
"So," she echoed. After a few more minutes of silence Emma decided that she should be the one to talk since he had been through much more than she had (if instant mutation didn't hurt more than a broken heart than she was only left with waxing on the list she had drawn up). However, she had no idea what to say (for some reason, 'So, how does it feel to be a mutant?' kept springing to mind). She didn't have to worry about it for much longer.
"Adam said that you are a telepath too," the boy said.
"Yes!" she exclaimed so loudly that he raised his eyebrows at her. "I am," she nodded coming back to a certain degree of normalcy. "Have you actually tried your powers properly yet?"
He shook his head hard. "It still kind of freaks me out, actually."
"Well," Emma said and sat down on the table opposite him so they were level, "I guess it's only natural that you should feel that way. But this ain't no comic book. You'll get used to it."
"What's it like for you? I mean you were born with your powers, right?"
"Yes. Well, being born with them meant they were always a part of me so as I grew, so did they. It just felt normal to me. The hardest thing with using your powers is control. Once you can control them, you'll be fine."
"I'm kind of a slow-learner," he confessed.
Emma laughed. "It'll definitely take longer for you, but only because you're older than most mutants when they get they're powers."
"So everybody who has it is born with it, except with me? Guess, I'm some kind of freak of nature."
"We're all freaks of nature in *their * eyes," Emma told him.
"I guess. But then that would make me the freakiest of all the freaks."
Emma shook her head. "Do you really think of it that way? Because it is actually a gift."
"I know, I know," Adam said. "I've always wanted some cool super-human power. It's just I know everyone thinks of it that way. Even people I know."
"It's kind of a policy here to leave behind people who don't accept you for who you are," Emma told him. Adam laughed. "What?"
"Sounds like the kind of thing it says in my sister's magazines." Adam shrugged. "You know, I kind of want to see her again. Never thought I could miss someone who nagged that much."
Emma smiled. "I think Adam could arrange that. Come on."
*
"Hi."
"Hi Brennan," Emma said.
"So, Jesse said you met another mutant when you went to Adam's house?"
Emma smiled. "Yeah."
"What happened?" Brennan asked, smiling too as leaned back against the fridge.
"Adam's parents died last year. He lives with his twin sister Rebecca who looks absolutely nothing like him, even for a girl. When we went there two of her friends were over."
"And one of them is a mutant?"
"The girl." Emma grinned.
"Why do I get the feeling there's more to it?" Brennan asked.
Emma kept smiling. "Adam was afraid of not being accepted, but he was. They both are. They're lucky to have people like that. Plus, she likes him. And he likes her too."
Brennan nodded. "So it's like, the first happily ever after for mutants?"
Emma shook off feeling sorry for herself again and back to feeling happy for Adam. "Something like that."
"You know," Brennan added just as Emma was about to leave, "Jesse seemed kind of pestered when he came out of the car."
Emma smiled again. "The girl's name is Jesse."
"So they're like 'Adam & Jesse'?" Brennan asked.
"Yep."
"I'm guessing from the look on Jesse's face that you didn't let him forget that?"
Emma grinned, which Brennan took to mean as 'no.'
He smiled back and walked away. Emma stood silently, watching him. She debated in her head whether or not to call out to him. The she saw him meet Shalimar and them both giggle and go inside his room. Emma fell back down in her seat, frowning.
A/N: I wrote this ages ago except for the last 5 lines which I just wrote (as I found this incomplete. Only one more chapter to go and I'll do my best to post it soon! (I promise!)