Two weeks went by, and after working with Xavier and Hank for long hours
Kyle was starting to be able to fire her darts at will, though when she was
feeling angry or nervous or jumpy she still had trouble with her darts
shooting off, though it was clear she was getting better at controlling
them when they did threaten to shoot. Also, as Hank predicted, her hair and
nails were steadily turning more purple every day, though Kyle herself was
alright with the effects.
Kyle was also starting to take more classes, though she had no real good friends and was still incredibly quiet and conservative she was hanging around Rogue and her friends more, which pleased all of the teachers. Soon there was a new rumor, besides the many standard rumors that every new student had to deal with, that there was a certain spiky boy with his eyes on her, though Kyle never gave out her opinion and Rogue and Jubilee and Kitty teased her constantly about it.
"Porcupine's not that bad looking," Jubilee commented, "Though the whole erupting spikes thing takes some getting used to."
"I wonder if he'll give you anything for Valentines Day," Kitty wondered, mentioning once again the approaching holiday. Kyle didn't say a thing and walked her eyes cast low.
At the same time as she seemed to be making process a few teachers, including Kurt, were slightly worried about Kyle's lack of talk and willing interaction with the others. Xavier hushed these before Kyle heard them, and the common opinion to this was that Kyle was still adjusting to her new life at the school. Soon the discussions turned to the fact that the annual three days of Valentine Dances was approaching.
"Why do you need three dances?" Kyle asked as their group walked towards History Class, speaking up for the first time besides 'hello' that morning. Her three friends laughed.
"Well, first there was only one, but then a while ago the girls wanted to do the dance by themselves, but the boys wanted in on it too, so they decided to hold two different dances. Then a group of kids want to hold a black dance, you know, everything black except a few red hearts here and there, and so they got to start their own dance too, so now we have three dances to choose from if we want," Kitty explained.
"Who's asked who yet?" Jubilee wondered.
"I'm going with Bobby," Rogue said, getting a groan.
"Old news girl," Jubilees said. "Matt whats-his-face asked me to the Guy's Dance, I think I might go if no one else asks."
"Matt? The X Ray guy Matt?" Kitty asked. She shook her head. "You have the weirdest taste in boys, and everything else too. I'm gonna ask Peter if he'll go with me."
"Anyone ask you yet?" Rogue asked Kyle, who started to shake her head when she walked into someone and crashed over, taking the other person and their load of books down with her.
"Oh, sorry!" Kyle said, looking up she saw Evan smiling at her.
"No prob," he said. "I needed that; I can't wake up in the mornings."
"Oh man, I uh, really have to go to the bathroom, see ya later!" Kitty said at once, running off.
"Uh yeah, I need to fix my makeup," Jubilee said.
"I need to- fix my makeup too, catch ya in class!" Rogue said. Kyle frowned at Jubilee as she mouth "Go Girl!" and disappeared, and Evan snorted.
"You girls are strange," he said, getting up and offering a hand to Kyle, who shook her head, she could feel her darts sliding forward under her skin.
"Oh no, it's not you," she said, seeing his face fall.
"Oh, right," he said, bending down to pick up his books, Kyle grabbed another and noticed the dart that must have shot off when they crashed sticking out of the cover. Before she could hide it Evan saw it and laughed. "That's ok, I never liked Math that much anyway."
"Sorry," Kyle muttered, pulling out the dart and turning the book upside down, letting all of the poison drip into her hands, where it immediately soaked in and disappeared.
"No prob, maybe Aunt O won't make me use it today," he said, "with it being poisoned and all- I, oh man, I shouldn't have said that." Kyle looked down at the floor.
"That's ok," she said softly. Evan frowned and took the math book.
"Nah, that was not a good- I'm sorry," he said. Then he seemed to get more edgy and nervous, and Kyle looked up, wondering what was wrong. "Uh, I was wondering," he said. Kyle waited for him and then he sighed.
"This is stupid," he said, smiling at Kyle. "Not you, I mean, the dances that are coming up. Really, who needs three dances?" Kyle nodded, wondering why Evan was saying this, but he obviously wasn't done. "So, uh, anyway, it seems they're big deals, and I wasn't gonna go, they don't sound like much fun unless- I mean, well, it might be more fun if I could go with someone, like you?" Kyle's head snapped up from the brown sweatband on her wrist.
"Did- did you-?" she asked, completely taken off guard. Evan looked as shocked as she did.
"Well, I mean, if you already -" he said, breaking off lamely.
"Uh, what?" Kyle asked, getting confused. Suddenly Evan started to laugh again.
"Man, I wish I had this on video tape so later I can look back and see how stupid I'm acting," he said. Kyle blinked. Evan looked at her. "I'm just gonna say this plain and simple, will you go to one of the dances with me?" Kyle smiled too.
"Yeah, sure, um, should I ask which one?" she asked, amazed she was having this conversation.
"What's the first one? The girl's or-"
"It's the girls first!" Kitty yelled from down the hall. Evan and Kyle spun and looked at her and saw Jubilee and Rogue grab Kitty and push her out of sight, blushing furiously. Evan shook his head.
"Girls are too strange," he muttered. Then he winced. "But not you," he told Kyle. "I didn't mean- well, I did, but in a good way," he said. Then he looked hopeful. "So that's a yes?" Kyle smiled, the first real smile she had smiled in over two weeks.
"Yeah, the girl's dance," she said. Evan looked incredibly relieved and smiled.
"Then I'll meet you at the stairs on Saturday, like, six-ish? The girls always start their dances so early, and they last a while." Kyle nodded.
"Yeah," she said. Evan smiled at her.
"Well, I've gotta get to class, see ya then!" he said, walking away. Kyle smiled again.
"See you," she replied. Slowly she started to walk down the hall again when suddenly two pairs of hands reached out and grabbed her and she found herself staring into the eyes of three insanely grinning girls.
"DID HE ASK YOU OUT?!" Kitty hollered. Kyle nodded, still unable to stop smiling. Jubilee laughed.
"Rock on," she said. "Great job, and he said meet him at six? That's just when the dance starts!" she said.
"Wow, are you two a couple now?" Rogue asked.
"Well they haven't gone yet, but as soon as the dance is over, if they are still speaking, yes!" Kitty said, totally caught up, her eyes wide. "Oh that's so cute, he could barely talk for a moment there!"
"Yeah, nice going loudmouth," Jubilee said as the girls started to walk again. "You really blew that!"
"So? Didn't change anything, did it?" Kitty asked.
"Evan said girls were strange," Kyle said.
"And so we are, but that's so what being a girl is about," Jubilee said. Kyle nodded, still grinning.
Kyle was also starting to take more classes, though she had no real good friends and was still incredibly quiet and conservative she was hanging around Rogue and her friends more, which pleased all of the teachers. Soon there was a new rumor, besides the many standard rumors that every new student had to deal with, that there was a certain spiky boy with his eyes on her, though Kyle never gave out her opinion and Rogue and Jubilee and Kitty teased her constantly about it.
"Porcupine's not that bad looking," Jubilee commented, "Though the whole erupting spikes thing takes some getting used to."
"I wonder if he'll give you anything for Valentines Day," Kitty wondered, mentioning once again the approaching holiday. Kyle didn't say a thing and walked her eyes cast low.
At the same time as she seemed to be making process a few teachers, including Kurt, were slightly worried about Kyle's lack of talk and willing interaction with the others. Xavier hushed these before Kyle heard them, and the common opinion to this was that Kyle was still adjusting to her new life at the school. Soon the discussions turned to the fact that the annual three days of Valentine Dances was approaching.
"Why do you need three dances?" Kyle asked as their group walked towards History Class, speaking up for the first time besides 'hello' that morning. Her three friends laughed.
"Well, first there was only one, but then a while ago the girls wanted to do the dance by themselves, but the boys wanted in on it too, so they decided to hold two different dances. Then a group of kids want to hold a black dance, you know, everything black except a few red hearts here and there, and so they got to start their own dance too, so now we have three dances to choose from if we want," Kitty explained.
"Who's asked who yet?" Jubilee wondered.
"I'm going with Bobby," Rogue said, getting a groan.
"Old news girl," Jubilees said. "Matt whats-his-face asked me to the Guy's Dance, I think I might go if no one else asks."
"Matt? The X Ray guy Matt?" Kitty asked. She shook her head. "You have the weirdest taste in boys, and everything else too. I'm gonna ask Peter if he'll go with me."
"Anyone ask you yet?" Rogue asked Kyle, who started to shake her head when she walked into someone and crashed over, taking the other person and their load of books down with her.
"Oh, sorry!" Kyle said, looking up she saw Evan smiling at her.
"No prob," he said. "I needed that; I can't wake up in the mornings."
"Oh man, I uh, really have to go to the bathroom, see ya later!" Kitty said at once, running off.
"Uh yeah, I need to fix my makeup," Jubilee said.
"I need to- fix my makeup too, catch ya in class!" Rogue said. Kyle frowned at Jubilee as she mouth "Go Girl!" and disappeared, and Evan snorted.
"You girls are strange," he said, getting up and offering a hand to Kyle, who shook her head, she could feel her darts sliding forward under her skin.
"Oh no, it's not you," she said, seeing his face fall.
"Oh, right," he said, bending down to pick up his books, Kyle grabbed another and noticed the dart that must have shot off when they crashed sticking out of the cover. Before she could hide it Evan saw it and laughed. "That's ok, I never liked Math that much anyway."
"Sorry," Kyle muttered, pulling out the dart and turning the book upside down, letting all of the poison drip into her hands, where it immediately soaked in and disappeared.
"No prob, maybe Aunt O won't make me use it today," he said, "with it being poisoned and all- I, oh man, I shouldn't have said that." Kyle looked down at the floor.
"That's ok," she said softly. Evan frowned and took the math book.
"Nah, that was not a good- I'm sorry," he said. Then he seemed to get more edgy and nervous, and Kyle looked up, wondering what was wrong. "Uh, I was wondering," he said. Kyle waited for him and then he sighed.
"This is stupid," he said, smiling at Kyle. "Not you, I mean, the dances that are coming up. Really, who needs three dances?" Kyle nodded, wondering why Evan was saying this, but he obviously wasn't done. "So, uh, anyway, it seems they're big deals, and I wasn't gonna go, they don't sound like much fun unless- I mean, well, it might be more fun if I could go with someone, like you?" Kyle's head snapped up from the brown sweatband on her wrist.
"Did- did you-?" she asked, completely taken off guard. Evan looked as shocked as she did.
"Well, I mean, if you already -" he said, breaking off lamely.
"Uh, what?" Kyle asked, getting confused. Suddenly Evan started to laugh again.
"Man, I wish I had this on video tape so later I can look back and see how stupid I'm acting," he said. Kyle blinked. Evan looked at her. "I'm just gonna say this plain and simple, will you go to one of the dances with me?" Kyle smiled too.
"Yeah, sure, um, should I ask which one?" she asked, amazed she was having this conversation.
"What's the first one? The girl's or-"
"It's the girls first!" Kitty yelled from down the hall. Evan and Kyle spun and looked at her and saw Jubilee and Rogue grab Kitty and push her out of sight, blushing furiously. Evan shook his head.
"Girls are too strange," he muttered. Then he winced. "But not you," he told Kyle. "I didn't mean- well, I did, but in a good way," he said. Then he looked hopeful. "So that's a yes?" Kyle smiled, the first real smile she had smiled in over two weeks.
"Yeah, the girl's dance," she said. Evan looked incredibly relieved and smiled.
"Then I'll meet you at the stairs on Saturday, like, six-ish? The girls always start their dances so early, and they last a while." Kyle nodded.
"Yeah," she said. Evan smiled at her.
"Well, I've gotta get to class, see ya then!" he said, walking away. Kyle smiled again.
"See you," she replied. Slowly she started to walk down the hall again when suddenly two pairs of hands reached out and grabbed her and she found herself staring into the eyes of three insanely grinning girls.
"DID HE ASK YOU OUT?!" Kitty hollered. Kyle nodded, still unable to stop smiling. Jubilee laughed.
"Rock on," she said. "Great job, and he said meet him at six? That's just when the dance starts!" she said.
"Wow, are you two a couple now?" Rogue asked.
"Well they haven't gone yet, but as soon as the dance is over, if they are still speaking, yes!" Kitty said, totally caught up, her eyes wide. "Oh that's so cute, he could barely talk for a moment there!"
"Yeah, nice going loudmouth," Jubilee said as the girls started to walk again. "You really blew that!"
"So? Didn't change anything, did it?" Kitty asked.
"Evan said girls were strange," Kyle said.
"And so we are, but that's so what being a girl is about," Jubilee said. Kyle nodded, still grinning.