Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. Any of the main ones anyway.

Maria tapped her fingers on her desk. Ten more minutes until the bell rang. Ten more minutes until she would be able to get out of here. Ten more minutes until she would catch a ride with Logan.
Logan. Maria frowned. She didn't want to be thinking about Logan. All she wanted to do was go home. To her real home. She must have family there, people who wanted her. Loved her.

Ororo shifted in her seat, it was such a shame to be inside on a day like today. There was a breeze in the air, a natural one, not by her making that blew over landscape. The sun was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky.
'I wish I was outside now.' She sighed to herself. In the back of the room behind her, divided by two empty seats sat Maria. I wonder what she is like; she certainly seems to be popular with Logan. Which was strange, nobody was a friend with Logan. Acquaintances maybe but never friends. She must be special.

As soon as the bell rang Maria bolted straight for the door, "Wait!" she heard called from behind her. She ignored it, couldn't be for her.
Ororo rolled her eyes, "Maria!" This indeed stopped the alien. Peering over her shoulder, Maria sneered at the goddess. "What do you want?"
"Some of us are going to the mall later, do you want to come?" Maria visibly faltered. No one had ever asked her to go out before, Alex and Kyle to be sure, but never another girl. It was so tempting. To just be one of the girls for an afternoon.
"I guess." She said and took off down the hall.
Outside, Maria leaned up the building. She saw Kyle flirting outrageously with Rogue. Alex was drooling while Jean explained how to play soccer. And Logan was standing in front of hid truck, arms crossed. When he saw her he straightened up.
"Looks like we're all here." Scott yelled from behind her. Maria's hair swung around her face as she turned to see Ororo walking with Scott straight to her. "Lets go to the mall!" Rogue cheered.
Walking slowly she met Logan at the truck. "Are you going too?" she asked. Nodding he turned on the ignition. "Guess we all are."
'Yep.' Maria smiled to herself, 'we all are.'