Ok, sorry its taken so long, the only reason you're getting this now is
because I have insomnia... I do have a couple shout outs for people who were
kind enough to review last time, and a little rant that I think would
detract from the first school day and Shivas first school friend... hee hee...
so I'll wait till the end for that...
By the way, x-men, in any shape or form, do not belong to me, but its still fun to play with them....
On with the story...! ******************
Algebra was a myriad of x, y and pie graphs right before lunch. Shiva watched the clock with a fervor she'd never had before. The teacher, Mr. Guesse, had a way of making a simple math problem last a decade.
"Patricia." He called, she jumped.
"Yes, sir?" she asked, chastised by his baleful glare.
"Do problem four on the board." Jubilee sat to her left, and casually held out a hand as Shiva passed. The support warmed her and reminded her that she was not alone in the tension filled room. She could practically hear the hatred out loud. {new freak} the glares all said.
If she thought it hurt when her own mother pushed her away for being a mutant, the animosity in the school, from every direction, was almost worse.
She finished the problem, correctly and with a little bow she smiled, "Thankew, thankew."
The bell rang.
Jubilee caught up her bookbag and tossed it to the cat girl, "Don't forget girl. You may never see it again." She muttered, readjusting the goggles on her hair.
"I wish." Shiva said fervently as Jubilee laughed. She hitched the bag on her shoulder and wished that someone would snatch it away, do her homework, and deposit it back in her hand in time for her next class.
"I'll see you later Shiv."
"Later!" They broke off at the entrance to the cafeteria. Shiva studied the large room, already filling with hungry students, as she stepped into the lunch line.
"So you're the new one, aren't you?" a deep voice above her head rumbled. Shiva took a tray from the pile and looked up at the chisled good looks of a jock.
"You're wonderfully observant. Yes, I am the new student. You've got the brains of the football team today, don't you?"
"We don't like your kind."
"What kind? Females?" she leaned back and looked around conspiratorially, "are you gay?"
The boy was large, built, and eyed her with the same distaste she would eye a bowl of asparagus.
"Mutants." He spat out the word like it would dry on his tongue and infect him.
"Yeah, well, I don't like your kind. You petty minded asshole. So, I'll stay away from you..." she said as she grabbed a fruit cup and smiled at the lunch lady, "Chicken please..." she opened the fridge box and took out a carton of chocolate milk, "and you'll stay away from me, and we'll both be happy." She placed some ketchup packets on her tray for the frys and turned to the register to pay.
"We don't want you in our school." He persisted.
"Well, you don't get to have a say in that." She pocketed her change and turned to face him as he paid for his over sized portions. Obviously he had some redeeming qualitys if the lunch ladies were that nice to him. So she gave him a break and didn't slap him across the face like she wanted to. "What have I done to you? Why do you hate me? You don't even know me."
He paid for his lunch and followed her as she looked for an empty table. She sat down in the corner, next to a window, and was shocked when he sat across from her. She spotted Scott and the others sitting across the cafeteria, and was about to leave to go to them when he said, "I don't need to know you... you're all alike." She paused and shot him a glare. Scott made as if to come and get her, but Shiva shook her head, and sat back down. Scott raised his eyebrows, but waved to let her know that he was there if she needed him.
"We're all the same?" Shiva asked as the boy began to eat.
"You're all unnatural freaks? Yeah." He looked up at her just in time to see her spear a piece of chicken with unnecessary force for the poor dead bird.
"Who told you that?" she asked through clenched teeth. "That we're unnatural?"
"My parents, the news, everybody."
"Well then, you bonehead, let me tell you something that they wouldn't ever admit to in their stuck-up-self-righteous lives." Shiva struggled with the milk carton, she tried to think of how to put it in terms that the jock would understand. "Goddamn cartons!" she growled, and without thinking, shoved it into the boys hands. He took it, opened it calmly, and placed it next to her tray as she sat there, breathing deeply to control herself.
"Thank you." She opened her eyes and smiled pleasantly.
"So, you have information that no one else has?" he asked, trying to get to the answer, and forgetting that he was having an enjoyable lunch period with a mutant. He thought it was funny that she got all worked up over a milk carton.
"No. Not that no one else has, just something they don't want to admit." Shiva took a bite of chicken and paused, blinking down at it. "Wow, this stuff is toxic."
"Drown it in ketchup, it'll be fine." He said while shoveling a huge spoonful into his mouth.
"Thanks, by the way, names Pat." She held out a hand. He paused warily in the act of holding out his own.
"Uh..."
"Its common courtesy." Shiva smirked, "but if you want to be a jerk." She shrugged and began to withdraw her palm. The smirk widened as his hand met hers, his finger gripped tightly.
"Sam." He said before realizing that while her hand looked perfectly normal, as it tightened around his, he felt tiny claws pricking his palm, and soft fur under his fingers.
"So, I was saying, Sam...." Shiva released his hand and chuckled as he blinked and slowly moved his hand until it was under the table. "Mutants aren't unnatural. In fact, we're the next stage of human evolution."
************** staci- thank you very much for your review. Um, there will be some coupling later on. Of course remy and rouge are the big couple, and I just can't split that up ( they are too cute!) but kurt stays with Amanda (sorry!), basically because they are such an awesome part of the show!
To Evo Avenger- yes, I know, cat girls are big in fan fics, mostly I think, because they are never used in the real shows... or at least, I haven't seen one. And think about it, who wouldn't want to be a cat girl? Graceful and slim, fuzzy and pampered? (well, I'd rather be a ferret or something- yes, seriously- but my cat girl was a favor character for a friend, she just happens to be the first fuzz to be introduced) And yes, bonding with Logan is cliché- but notice that they haven't really bonded, he's just acknowledging that cats are natural hunters... he's a natural hunter, so kudos, basically. Thank you for graciously gifting me with points, I really needed some seeing as how I'm thirsting for your approval. I do acknowledge the fact that my characterization needs some help... I've actually only seen like, ten episodes of this show, most of my details come from reading the original comics, so when I saw the show I just loved the fact that there were my favorite characters as teens! Maybe I'll find more episodes, but I don't watch much tv. (one thing I was majorly pissed about was that Logan is too old for the Jean-Scott-Logan love triangle... if it happened now it would just be gross.)
And by the way, I don't really care that you prefer to see toad tripping over his tongue. He'll be in the fic because he's part of the story, but I'm not putting in any fan service for people who write in such a condescending manner.
And if you're getting a kick because you got under my skin, congrats, its not easy to do. You get points for that. (by the way, jubilee wears goggles right? I know she did in the original show... I loved that yellow jacket of hers!)
By the way, x-men, in any shape or form, do not belong to me, but its still fun to play with them....
On with the story...! ******************
Algebra was a myriad of x, y and pie graphs right before lunch. Shiva watched the clock with a fervor she'd never had before. The teacher, Mr. Guesse, had a way of making a simple math problem last a decade.
"Patricia." He called, she jumped.
"Yes, sir?" she asked, chastised by his baleful glare.
"Do problem four on the board." Jubilee sat to her left, and casually held out a hand as Shiva passed. The support warmed her and reminded her that she was not alone in the tension filled room. She could practically hear the hatred out loud. {new freak} the glares all said.
If she thought it hurt when her own mother pushed her away for being a mutant, the animosity in the school, from every direction, was almost worse.
She finished the problem, correctly and with a little bow she smiled, "Thankew, thankew."
The bell rang.
Jubilee caught up her bookbag and tossed it to the cat girl, "Don't forget girl. You may never see it again." She muttered, readjusting the goggles on her hair.
"I wish." Shiva said fervently as Jubilee laughed. She hitched the bag on her shoulder and wished that someone would snatch it away, do her homework, and deposit it back in her hand in time for her next class.
"I'll see you later Shiv."
"Later!" They broke off at the entrance to the cafeteria. Shiva studied the large room, already filling with hungry students, as she stepped into the lunch line.
"So you're the new one, aren't you?" a deep voice above her head rumbled. Shiva took a tray from the pile and looked up at the chisled good looks of a jock.
"You're wonderfully observant. Yes, I am the new student. You've got the brains of the football team today, don't you?"
"We don't like your kind."
"What kind? Females?" she leaned back and looked around conspiratorially, "are you gay?"
The boy was large, built, and eyed her with the same distaste she would eye a bowl of asparagus.
"Mutants." He spat out the word like it would dry on his tongue and infect him.
"Yeah, well, I don't like your kind. You petty minded asshole. So, I'll stay away from you..." she said as she grabbed a fruit cup and smiled at the lunch lady, "Chicken please..." she opened the fridge box and took out a carton of chocolate milk, "and you'll stay away from me, and we'll both be happy." She placed some ketchup packets on her tray for the frys and turned to the register to pay.
"We don't want you in our school." He persisted.
"Well, you don't get to have a say in that." She pocketed her change and turned to face him as he paid for his over sized portions. Obviously he had some redeeming qualitys if the lunch ladies were that nice to him. So she gave him a break and didn't slap him across the face like she wanted to. "What have I done to you? Why do you hate me? You don't even know me."
He paid for his lunch and followed her as she looked for an empty table. She sat down in the corner, next to a window, and was shocked when he sat across from her. She spotted Scott and the others sitting across the cafeteria, and was about to leave to go to them when he said, "I don't need to know you... you're all alike." She paused and shot him a glare. Scott made as if to come and get her, but Shiva shook her head, and sat back down. Scott raised his eyebrows, but waved to let her know that he was there if she needed him.
"We're all the same?" Shiva asked as the boy began to eat.
"You're all unnatural freaks? Yeah." He looked up at her just in time to see her spear a piece of chicken with unnecessary force for the poor dead bird.
"Who told you that?" she asked through clenched teeth. "That we're unnatural?"
"My parents, the news, everybody."
"Well then, you bonehead, let me tell you something that they wouldn't ever admit to in their stuck-up-self-righteous lives." Shiva struggled with the milk carton, she tried to think of how to put it in terms that the jock would understand. "Goddamn cartons!" she growled, and without thinking, shoved it into the boys hands. He took it, opened it calmly, and placed it next to her tray as she sat there, breathing deeply to control herself.
"Thank you." She opened her eyes and smiled pleasantly.
"So, you have information that no one else has?" he asked, trying to get to the answer, and forgetting that he was having an enjoyable lunch period with a mutant. He thought it was funny that she got all worked up over a milk carton.
"No. Not that no one else has, just something they don't want to admit." Shiva took a bite of chicken and paused, blinking down at it. "Wow, this stuff is toxic."
"Drown it in ketchup, it'll be fine." He said while shoveling a huge spoonful into his mouth.
"Thanks, by the way, names Pat." She held out a hand. He paused warily in the act of holding out his own.
"Uh..."
"Its common courtesy." Shiva smirked, "but if you want to be a jerk." She shrugged and began to withdraw her palm. The smirk widened as his hand met hers, his finger gripped tightly.
"Sam." He said before realizing that while her hand looked perfectly normal, as it tightened around his, he felt tiny claws pricking his palm, and soft fur under his fingers.
"So, I was saying, Sam...." Shiva released his hand and chuckled as he blinked and slowly moved his hand until it was under the table. "Mutants aren't unnatural. In fact, we're the next stage of human evolution."
************** staci- thank you very much for your review. Um, there will be some coupling later on. Of course remy and rouge are the big couple, and I just can't split that up ( they are too cute!) but kurt stays with Amanda (sorry!), basically because they are such an awesome part of the show!
To Evo Avenger- yes, I know, cat girls are big in fan fics, mostly I think, because they are never used in the real shows... or at least, I haven't seen one. And think about it, who wouldn't want to be a cat girl? Graceful and slim, fuzzy and pampered? (well, I'd rather be a ferret or something- yes, seriously- but my cat girl was a favor character for a friend, she just happens to be the first fuzz to be introduced) And yes, bonding with Logan is cliché- but notice that they haven't really bonded, he's just acknowledging that cats are natural hunters... he's a natural hunter, so kudos, basically. Thank you for graciously gifting me with points, I really needed some seeing as how I'm thirsting for your approval. I do acknowledge the fact that my characterization needs some help... I've actually only seen like, ten episodes of this show, most of my details come from reading the original comics, so when I saw the show I just loved the fact that there were my favorite characters as teens! Maybe I'll find more episodes, but I don't watch much tv. (one thing I was majorly pissed about was that Logan is too old for the Jean-Scott-Logan love triangle... if it happened now it would just be gross.)
And by the way, I don't really care that you prefer to see toad tripping over his tongue. He'll be in the fic because he's part of the story, but I'm not putting in any fan service for people who write in such a condescending manner.
And if you're getting a kick because you got under my skin, congrats, its not easy to do. You get points for that. (by the way, jubilee wears goggles right? I know she did in the original show... I loved that yellow jacket of hers!)