"Now, what's this I here about trying to kill yourself?" She threw me
into a chair, she took the seat opposite of me.
"I wasn't trying to kill myself! I was trying to stay alive if anything!" I tried to explain.
"So keeping your head underwater for more than 5 minutes is trying to keep yourself alive?" The principal's face was turning red. I was about to respond when the counselor walked through the door.
"Mrs. Juniper, I'll handle it from here." He said to the principal, she waved him off and he led me to his office.
"For crying out loud." I mumbled to myself as I took a seat now in his office.
"Now, will you tell me what happened?" He looked into my eyes calmly, like everything was all right.
"Nothing happened, I was just doing the normal swim routine." I lied, what was I going to say? That I was mutating into something? Mutating! Was I a mutant then?
My eyes grew wide, a mutant! What would my parents think? Would I be the freak of the family? Would my popularity at school diminish? What would my boyfriend think?
"Jessica? Are you all right?" The counselor leaned forward in his seat.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I just realized that trying to commit suicide was totally the wrong way to go." I lied; I just wanted to leave his office.
"That a girl!" He smiled and patted me on the back. "I'll give you a pass to go back to the girls locker room to get in proper clothing for school." He handed me a pass and I left, wrapping my towel tighter around me. I walked down the halls, the bell hadn't wrung yet for us to go to our next class, but it was going to any second now. I reached the girl's locker room and got into normal clothes, I tried to ignore the stares from all the other girls, but it was making my nervous. I pretended not to see them and went over to a mirror to put on my make up.
"Jess?" It was Amanda, her voice was shaky and she was really pale.
"Yeah?" I replied.
"Are you.all right?"
"Yeah, I feel great, why do you ask?"
"Well, you didn't seem all right during our swim." She looked at me, searching for what was going on.
"Nothing happened." I said negatively, Amanda shrugged her shoulders and walked off when the bell buzzed.
Great, Geometry. I thought to myself as I turned a corner and ran straight into Chris.
"Jessica!" He said, his face lit up in a smile.
"Hey! How's it going?" I asked.
"Nothing, well, another swimmer on your team said that you acted really funny today. What happened?" He asked.
"I can't talk about it right now, I gotta get to class, I'll tell you at lunch Ok?" I gave him a short hug, not to be noticed by the teachers. He wrapped his arms around me and after that we went our separate ways.
"May I get a drink before class starts?" I asked the teacher, my throat had gone dry.
"Sure, but come back quickly!" She replied, I took the pass and left.
As I was getting a drink a wave of nausea came over me and once it came, it was gone. I stopped drinking and patted my mouth dry. I sighed, or tried to. It came in a gasp, it was happening again! I stuck my head under the poring water from the water fountain. I breathed the water; it felt cool in my lungs. A rush of relief came over me as the gasp of air went away. I didn't realize that a line of people waited behind me.
"Hey! Hurry up!" The guy behind me angrily said. I shook my head, he didn't understand, I needed the water, I would die without it. The others in the row started to complain as well.
"It's our turn now! We're going to be late for class!" The guy behind me grabbed the back of my shirt and shoved me out of the way. Air filled my lungs, I started to cough and choke. I closed my mouth I tried not to breathe the air. I got to my feet and ran to the nearest girl's bathroom. I turned on the faucet and filled my cupped hands with water. I sucked it up and reached down to get more. After that I went ahead and stuck my head under the faucet again. A chill ran through my body, it felt like I had gotten goose bumps. I held my breath, or whatever, and looked down. My legs were turning green again! I opened my mouth to scream, but only a squeak came out with water. I started to choke again, I got dizzy and when I tried to get my head under the water again everything went black.
"What happened?" I thought to myself the second before I hit the ground.
I woke up in a coughing fit, I couldn't breath again, only this time it was because I didn't have any air.
"Get her out! Get her out!" I heard a voice say. I swam to the surface of the water. I felt a hand grab me by the back of the shirt and lift me out. I landed on the hard floor, I coughed up water and rolled onto my back, exhausted. I waited for my eyes to come into focus. I felt the goose bumps on my legs go away, I looked down, I had a tail. It was transforming back into legs. Good thing I was wearing a skirt today.
"Jess! Jess! Are you feeling all right?"
"Where am I?" I asked wearily.
"Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters." My eyes widened, I looked up at who was talking to me. It was a guy in a wheel chair. My vision was going fuzzy, I tried to move my leg, and all it did was twitch.
"I've tried to contact your parents, they haven't picked up yet. I left our number for them to call us back though."
My soul felt sad, my heart felt like it had sunk into my stomach. "Why me?" I mumbled to myself angrily.
"It's not all that bad, this way you can meet new friends and learn to look at the world in a different perspective." He said optimistically, "Follow me, I'll show you to your room."
"My room? You're talking about my room at my house right?"
"No, I'm talking about your room here, you'll have to stay here until we can talk to your parents." I let out a low groan as I clumsily got to my feet. The blood rushed from my head and I fell to my knees with a thump.
"She's light Cyclops, you can carry her." The man called over his shoulder.
"Oh alright Professor." I saw someone come out of the corner, he wore a pair of red shades. As he picked me up I asked, "So, what brings you to this school?"
"I have an eye condition." He replied.
"That's it? You came here only because you have an eye problem?"
"Yup."
"That's stupid, I would've just gone to the eye doctor or something.
"I did."
"And?"
"And I blew his hand off." His arms grew tense.
"Oh."
"Here's the room you can stay in. It is also Kitty's room, I think you two will get along fine." Xavier said, Cyclops laid me on the bed and left. "Don't forget, you will always be welcome here if anything happens."
"Yeah, alright." I replied, I stayed awake long enough to here the door shut.
"I wasn't trying to kill myself! I was trying to stay alive if anything!" I tried to explain.
"So keeping your head underwater for more than 5 minutes is trying to keep yourself alive?" The principal's face was turning red. I was about to respond when the counselor walked through the door.
"Mrs. Juniper, I'll handle it from here." He said to the principal, she waved him off and he led me to his office.
"For crying out loud." I mumbled to myself as I took a seat now in his office.
"Now, will you tell me what happened?" He looked into my eyes calmly, like everything was all right.
"Nothing happened, I was just doing the normal swim routine." I lied, what was I going to say? That I was mutating into something? Mutating! Was I a mutant then?
My eyes grew wide, a mutant! What would my parents think? Would I be the freak of the family? Would my popularity at school diminish? What would my boyfriend think?
"Jessica? Are you all right?" The counselor leaned forward in his seat.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I just realized that trying to commit suicide was totally the wrong way to go." I lied; I just wanted to leave his office.
"That a girl!" He smiled and patted me on the back. "I'll give you a pass to go back to the girls locker room to get in proper clothing for school." He handed me a pass and I left, wrapping my towel tighter around me. I walked down the halls, the bell hadn't wrung yet for us to go to our next class, but it was going to any second now. I reached the girl's locker room and got into normal clothes, I tried to ignore the stares from all the other girls, but it was making my nervous. I pretended not to see them and went over to a mirror to put on my make up.
"Jess?" It was Amanda, her voice was shaky and she was really pale.
"Yeah?" I replied.
"Are you.all right?"
"Yeah, I feel great, why do you ask?"
"Well, you didn't seem all right during our swim." She looked at me, searching for what was going on.
"Nothing happened." I said negatively, Amanda shrugged her shoulders and walked off when the bell buzzed.
Great, Geometry. I thought to myself as I turned a corner and ran straight into Chris.
"Jessica!" He said, his face lit up in a smile.
"Hey! How's it going?" I asked.
"Nothing, well, another swimmer on your team said that you acted really funny today. What happened?" He asked.
"I can't talk about it right now, I gotta get to class, I'll tell you at lunch Ok?" I gave him a short hug, not to be noticed by the teachers. He wrapped his arms around me and after that we went our separate ways.
"May I get a drink before class starts?" I asked the teacher, my throat had gone dry.
"Sure, but come back quickly!" She replied, I took the pass and left.
As I was getting a drink a wave of nausea came over me and once it came, it was gone. I stopped drinking and patted my mouth dry. I sighed, or tried to. It came in a gasp, it was happening again! I stuck my head under the poring water from the water fountain. I breathed the water; it felt cool in my lungs. A rush of relief came over me as the gasp of air went away. I didn't realize that a line of people waited behind me.
"Hey! Hurry up!" The guy behind me angrily said. I shook my head, he didn't understand, I needed the water, I would die without it. The others in the row started to complain as well.
"It's our turn now! We're going to be late for class!" The guy behind me grabbed the back of my shirt and shoved me out of the way. Air filled my lungs, I started to cough and choke. I closed my mouth I tried not to breathe the air. I got to my feet and ran to the nearest girl's bathroom. I turned on the faucet and filled my cupped hands with water. I sucked it up and reached down to get more. After that I went ahead and stuck my head under the faucet again. A chill ran through my body, it felt like I had gotten goose bumps. I held my breath, or whatever, and looked down. My legs were turning green again! I opened my mouth to scream, but only a squeak came out with water. I started to choke again, I got dizzy and when I tried to get my head under the water again everything went black.
"What happened?" I thought to myself the second before I hit the ground.
I woke up in a coughing fit, I couldn't breath again, only this time it was because I didn't have any air.
"Get her out! Get her out!" I heard a voice say. I swam to the surface of the water. I felt a hand grab me by the back of the shirt and lift me out. I landed on the hard floor, I coughed up water and rolled onto my back, exhausted. I waited for my eyes to come into focus. I felt the goose bumps on my legs go away, I looked down, I had a tail. It was transforming back into legs. Good thing I was wearing a skirt today.
"Jess! Jess! Are you feeling all right?"
"Where am I?" I asked wearily.
"Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters." My eyes widened, I looked up at who was talking to me. It was a guy in a wheel chair. My vision was going fuzzy, I tried to move my leg, and all it did was twitch.
"I've tried to contact your parents, they haven't picked up yet. I left our number for them to call us back though."
My soul felt sad, my heart felt like it had sunk into my stomach. "Why me?" I mumbled to myself angrily.
"It's not all that bad, this way you can meet new friends and learn to look at the world in a different perspective." He said optimistically, "Follow me, I'll show you to your room."
"My room? You're talking about my room at my house right?"
"No, I'm talking about your room here, you'll have to stay here until we can talk to your parents." I let out a low groan as I clumsily got to my feet. The blood rushed from my head and I fell to my knees with a thump.
"She's light Cyclops, you can carry her." The man called over his shoulder.
"Oh alright Professor." I saw someone come out of the corner, he wore a pair of red shades. As he picked me up I asked, "So, what brings you to this school?"
"I have an eye condition." He replied.
"That's it? You came here only because you have an eye problem?"
"Yup."
"That's stupid, I would've just gone to the eye doctor or something.
"I did."
"And?"
"And I blew his hand off." His arms grew tense.
"Oh."
"Here's the room you can stay in. It is also Kitty's room, I think you two will get along fine." Xavier said, Cyclops laid me on the bed and left. "Don't forget, you will always be welcome here if anything happens."
"Yeah, alright." I replied, I stayed awake long enough to here the door shut.