The rest of the day was normal and boring. After dinner I went to bed
early since I had gotten up at 6 that morning. When I awoke, it was 9 in
the morning and on my dresser was a bunch of cards. With a puzzled look on
my face I sat up and picked one up at a time. One was from Storm, it was
light purple and in glittery, curly letters it said, "Welcome" and inside
it said,
Dear Jessica,
Welcome to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters! I'm so glad that we found you, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you better! If you need anything or have any questions don't be afraid to come and talk to me!
Sincerely,
Storm
There was also one from Jean Grey, which was a picture of a mermaid on a rock on the coast, it read:
Dear Jessica,
Finally, a cool mutant shows up! You're lucky to have such a cool gift, soon you will be able to use it well and be like the mythical mermaids in the stories!
Can't wait to know you better,
Jean Grey
Like the mermaids in the stories? I had never thought of that, maybe they would hold some answers! There were two cards left, one was another welcome card from Nightcrawler:
Hey Jessica!
I'm glad you came to this school, even though you don't like it much so far. Stick around some though, it gets better, I promise!
See you later,
Nightcrawler
And the last was from Chris, it was a blue card with a heart made in red glitter on the cover:
Jessica,
I'm glad that you came here, this way I can be with you more and we can spend more time with each other, maybe help on each other's powers. I'm sorry I never told you of my gift before, I didn't know how you would react, I thought you wouldn't like me.
Love,
Chris
Not like him anymore? I didn't think that was possible. Smiling, I set the last card on the dresser and headed out of the room, it was Sunday today.
The hallway was empty, all the doors were closed; it seemed the mansion hadn't awakened yet. I walked into the TV room where I saw Tom again, flipping through the channels without a remote.
"Hi," he said, I returned the greeting and sat down.
"Is no one awake yet?" I asked.
"Most of the professors are, but since there are no classes on Sunday mornings, most of the students are still asleep.
"Let's watch this, I like Disney movies!" Tom said as he flipped to The Little Mermaid. It wouldn't be likely that the movie would hold any answers for me but I watched it with him anyway. Ariel was a good singer, was that common in all mermaids? Is that why I am a good singer? She was also very beautiful, is that why all the guys at school fawn over me? It would have to be answered through more intense research.
"Mornin' ya'll" A voice sounded behind us, I turned my head to see Nightcrawler, unfortunately still in his boxers of red and white stripes.
"Good morning!" I smiled back, stifling a laugh and turned back to the TV screen. I heard a Poof, and then another and Nightcrawler appeared in a chair and watched as well.
"I'm not much for cartoons," Nightcrawler shrugged and Poofed himself into the kitchen for breakfast. I turned back to the TV screen, Ariel's dad was going berserk over having human possessions. Emotions flooded my mind of my dad driving away, my mom hugging me for the last time. I couldn't stand it, I had to leave before I lost control.
Walking into the kitchen I wiped my eyes got stuff out for a bowl of cereal. I sat down with a thump, the bowl and cereal banging against the table. Soon I was munching stressfully on a bite of cereal. All the while, Nightcrawler was staring at me worriedly.
"Are you, all right?" He asked quietly, he seemed to want to reach out to me, but hesitated. I rested my head in my hand and spoon cereal in my mouth with the other and nodded. He gave me a worried look but didn't say anything more.
After a few minutes Chris walked in, "Hey," he said to me.
"Hey!" I replied, giving him the best smile I could for a depressed state. He grabbed a couple slices of bread and stuck them in the toaster and turned it on. He looked over to Nightcrawler and gave him the most malicious glare it unnerved me. I looked down at my bowl, then at Nightcrawler, he was staring at his bowl too with an even more upset look then before. He didn't even finish his cereal when he vanished from the chair in a puff of blue smoke. What happened? Why did Chris glare at him like that? I pretended I didn't see anything as Chris brought his now buttered toast to the chair beside me and started eating.
"So did you get my card?" He asked in between chewing toast.
"Yes, thank you, it was so sweet! But I would never stop loving you, even if you had shown me your powers." I told him the simple truth, and yet he smiled happily to himself, a smile sweet and irresistible.
"I could kiss you," he said after he swallowed another bite of toast.
"You know I don't know how to kiss, and if I did I wouldn't want you to kiss me with toast in between your teeth!" I laughed and without thinking, drank the milk left in the bowl after eating all the cereal. Putting the bowl down on the table I gasped. Chris looked up from his next slice of toast with a puzzled look on his face. I just drank without turning mutating! Or maybe it was because it was milk and not water? I didn't know and I didn't care! I had just drunk a bowl of milk! I started laughing hysterically, Chris' puzzled look became even more puzzled before he started laughing with me, even though he didn't know why.
"What?" He asked.
"I just drank a bowl of milk!" I told him, still laughing, he laughed even more at the ridiculous reason for laughing.
Dear Jessica,
Welcome to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters! I'm so glad that we found you, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you better! If you need anything or have any questions don't be afraid to come and talk to me!
Sincerely,
Storm
There was also one from Jean Grey, which was a picture of a mermaid on a rock on the coast, it read:
Dear Jessica,
Finally, a cool mutant shows up! You're lucky to have such a cool gift, soon you will be able to use it well and be like the mythical mermaids in the stories!
Can't wait to know you better,
Jean Grey
Like the mermaids in the stories? I had never thought of that, maybe they would hold some answers! There were two cards left, one was another welcome card from Nightcrawler:
Hey Jessica!
I'm glad you came to this school, even though you don't like it much so far. Stick around some though, it gets better, I promise!
See you later,
Nightcrawler
And the last was from Chris, it was a blue card with a heart made in red glitter on the cover:
Jessica,
I'm glad that you came here, this way I can be with you more and we can spend more time with each other, maybe help on each other's powers. I'm sorry I never told you of my gift before, I didn't know how you would react, I thought you wouldn't like me.
Love,
Chris
Not like him anymore? I didn't think that was possible. Smiling, I set the last card on the dresser and headed out of the room, it was Sunday today.
The hallway was empty, all the doors were closed; it seemed the mansion hadn't awakened yet. I walked into the TV room where I saw Tom again, flipping through the channels without a remote.
"Hi," he said, I returned the greeting and sat down.
"Is no one awake yet?" I asked.
"Most of the professors are, but since there are no classes on Sunday mornings, most of the students are still asleep.
"Let's watch this, I like Disney movies!" Tom said as he flipped to The Little Mermaid. It wouldn't be likely that the movie would hold any answers for me but I watched it with him anyway. Ariel was a good singer, was that common in all mermaids? Is that why I am a good singer? She was also very beautiful, is that why all the guys at school fawn over me? It would have to be answered through more intense research.
"Mornin' ya'll" A voice sounded behind us, I turned my head to see Nightcrawler, unfortunately still in his boxers of red and white stripes.
"Good morning!" I smiled back, stifling a laugh and turned back to the TV screen. I heard a Poof, and then another and Nightcrawler appeared in a chair and watched as well.
"I'm not much for cartoons," Nightcrawler shrugged and Poofed himself into the kitchen for breakfast. I turned back to the TV screen, Ariel's dad was going berserk over having human possessions. Emotions flooded my mind of my dad driving away, my mom hugging me for the last time. I couldn't stand it, I had to leave before I lost control.
Walking into the kitchen I wiped my eyes got stuff out for a bowl of cereal. I sat down with a thump, the bowl and cereal banging against the table. Soon I was munching stressfully on a bite of cereal. All the while, Nightcrawler was staring at me worriedly.
"Are you, all right?" He asked quietly, he seemed to want to reach out to me, but hesitated. I rested my head in my hand and spoon cereal in my mouth with the other and nodded. He gave me a worried look but didn't say anything more.
After a few minutes Chris walked in, "Hey," he said to me.
"Hey!" I replied, giving him the best smile I could for a depressed state. He grabbed a couple slices of bread and stuck them in the toaster and turned it on. He looked over to Nightcrawler and gave him the most malicious glare it unnerved me. I looked down at my bowl, then at Nightcrawler, he was staring at his bowl too with an even more upset look then before. He didn't even finish his cereal when he vanished from the chair in a puff of blue smoke. What happened? Why did Chris glare at him like that? I pretended I didn't see anything as Chris brought his now buttered toast to the chair beside me and started eating.
"So did you get my card?" He asked in between chewing toast.
"Yes, thank you, it was so sweet! But I would never stop loving you, even if you had shown me your powers." I told him the simple truth, and yet he smiled happily to himself, a smile sweet and irresistible.
"I could kiss you," he said after he swallowed another bite of toast.
"You know I don't know how to kiss, and if I did I wouldn't want you to kiss me with toast in between your teeth!" I laughed and without thinking, drank the milk left in the bowl after eating all the cereal. Putting the bowl down on the table I gasped. Chris looked up from his next slice of toast with a puzzled look on his face. I just drank without turning mutating! Or maybe it was because it was milk and not water? I didn't know and I didn't care! I had just drunk a bowl of milk! I started laughing hysterically, Chris' puzzled look became even more puzzled before he started laughing with me, even though he didn't know why.
"What?" He asked.
"I just drank a bowl of milk!" I told him, still laughing, he laughed even more at the ridiculous reason for laughing.