Please note: Includes characters that are not in the actual comics.
When she smiles it's like she wants me to kiss her. I don't know.
I was reading some of the Professor's old yearbooks yesterday, and it got me thinking. Well, what if the school was a normal school. Who would we be?
Peter , I guess he would be a jock. It's not that he's mean or anything, he's just a big guy. He wouldn't hurt anyone. He'd just laugh and eat.
Henry would be the loveable geek. People wouldn't know him that well though. He'd be president of the computer club, and spend lunchtimes on his laptop, surrounded by his geeky friends.
I guess that Jean would be a cheerleader. I know that she's meant to be my girlfriend but…well. She has this way of making little comments. Nothing too bad, but there's such a sharp edge to them.
Ororo too, but she'd be the oddball cheerleader. The one who had a soft spot for the geeks and freaks of the school. She'd be the one who looked guiltily at Henry whilst Jean asked him when he had last washed.
Kitty and Alex - yup, cheerleaders again. Not because I'm imagining them all in little cheerleading outfits, they just have that air to them. Kitty would be the younger one who wanted to be popular, no matter what. Alex would be a little like Ororo, feeling guilty, but she'd cheer and love the whole team spirit thing. But she wouldn't want to be mean.
And Bobby. He'd probably be Peter's younger brother, who hung around with Henry. He wouldn't understand the divide, not really. He'd just want everybody to get on.
Logan would be the bad boy. The guy who spent his free time behind the bike sheds, never handed in any work and took it all as a joke. I am very sure that Jean would fall head over heels in love with him, just like Claire and Bender in 'The Breakfast Club'.
You're probably wondering who the freak would be. That would be Catherine. I don't know why, but she likes to separate herself. She talks to the boys, sure, and they love it, but whether it's jealousy or some other stronger force, the girls hate her.
For that reason, they would leave her out. Call her a weirdo, a freak. Laugh in her face. But she wouldn't mind. She'd proudly sit by herself, dress differently and laugh back in their faces. She'd find some other freaks and start a band or something. She'd like it.
Finally, me. I had to spend a lot of time thinking about this one. I thought about jock, but I realised that I could never stand for that, and the jocks would never want me in their team anyway. I'm not smart enough to be a geek, or artistic enough to be a drama freak.
So it's settled, I'd be the new kid. I know, I was here first, but it just fits. I'd look around and see all the groups. I'd think that Jean was cute, but then I'd see Logan and back off. I'd be a little scared of the whole popular group. I'd be worried about Henry too, seeing as I wouldn't know html if it came up behind me and tied my shoelaces together.
I'd look around the lunch room, and see this girl, with a couple of friends, who just looked…wow. And that would be Catherine.
She's my best friend in the team and she would be my best friend in a high school. It's a pretty simple rule.
I just wish that I didn't carry on feeling…weird. About her.