WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR
Bobby
Bobby was combing his hair in the mirror. He was looking forward to tonight since he and Jubilee had a date planned. He was glad things in his life where turning out so well lately.
He thought back to before he was a mutant. He was just a normal guy with a few good friends. It was a dull life compared to his life now. Then his mutation kicked in.
At first it was simple stuff, he would hold a glass of water and it would freeze over, his hands would get really cold yet it didn't bother him. When his mother once took his temperature and found it at five degrees she ran him to the hospital. Luckily his temperature had returned to normal when they tried it and said that the electronic thermometer was broken.
A few days later something happened that his parents couldn't explain. His whole body was transformed into ice. His parents had literally freaked at it. Luckily it went away but by then even Bobby was concerned what was happening to him.
His parents were distant from him after that, they were unsure of what was going on with their son and they didn't know how to handle it. Then Xavier had showed up one day and he explained everything. He told him and his parents about mutants and everything.
His parents had agreed to send him to Xavier's so that he could get the help he needed. To Bobby however they seemed a little to quickly to send him. They were nervous around him and even though they weren't what you call 'close' they were even more distant from him.
He remembered how he went home for Christmas and even thought his parents put on a good face and tried to act like everything was normal Bobby felt like an outsider in his own home. He could see his parents were hesitant around him, but they tried not to show it.
After when mutants were exposed they wanted him to stay there and Bobby wasn't sure whether it was because they felt he was safe there or that they didn't want to world to know that their son was a mutant.
That was a pretty bad time in his life. He remembered how Jubilee a girl he had fallen for over the time here was sent away. He was so crushed after that, but he tried not to show it. But at times when he was alone in his room he just sat there in silence.
Sometimes he would sit there looking at a picture he had of her with him and a few others but he only looked at her. Then not too long ago just when he thought he had gotten over the worst of missing her she had shown up.
When he thought about it he couldn't help but smile. As soon as he had opened the door she had ran right into him. He couldn't believe it at first, that she was back in his life. They had spent the entire day together talking and joking.
Then at night when everyone was moving off he had pulled her aside. He had told her that he was glad that she was back and how much he had missed her. She had felt the same and she had hugged him then. He was so glad she was back and that even through the time apart they still felt the same about each other.
In fact over the last few weeks they seemed to be trying to make up for lost time. For the first time in a while he was glad to be here. Even though he still had things to workout with his parents, and people knew about his mutation. He still had his friends and the girl he cared about by his side through whatever was going to happen, and he was thankful for that.
Bobby
Bobby was combing his hair in the mirror. He was looking forward to tonight since he and Jubilee had a date planned. He was glad things in his life where turning out so well lately.
He thought back to before he was a mutant. He was just a normal guy with a few good friends. It was a dull life compared to his life now. Then his mutation kicked in.
At first it was simple stuff, he would hold a glass of water and it would freeze over, his hands would get really cold yet it didn't bother him. When his mother once took his temperature and found it at five degrees she ran him to the hospital. Luckily his temperature had returned to normal when they tried it and said that the electronic thermometer was broken.
A few days later something happened that his parents couldn't explain. His whole body was transformed into ice. His parents had literally freaked at it. Luckily it went away but by then even Bobby was concerned what was happening to him.
His parents were distant from him after that, they were unsure of what was going on with their son and they didn't know how to handle it. Then Xavier had showed up one day and he explained everything. He told him and his parents about mutants and everything.
His parents had agreed to send him to Xavier's so that he could get the help he needed. To Bobby however they seemed a little to quickly to send him. They were nervous around him and even though they weren't what you call 'close' they were even more distant from him.
He remembered how he went home for Christmas and even thought his parents put on a good face and tried to act like everything was normal Bobby felt like an outsider in his own home. He could see his parents were hesitant around him, but they tried not to show it.
After when mutants were exposed they wanted him to stay there and Bobby wasn't sure whether it was because they felt he was safe there or that they didn't want to world to know that their son was a mutant.
That was a pretty bad time in his life. He remembered how Jubilee a girl he had fallen for over the time here was sent away. He was so crushed after that, but he tried not to show it. But at times when he was alone in his room he just sat there in silence.
Sometimes he would sit there looking at a picture he had of her with him and a few others but he only looked at her. Then not too long ago just when he thought he had gotten over the worst of missing her she had shown up.
When he thought about it he couldn't help but smile. As soon as he had opened the door she had ran right into him. He couldn't believe it at first, that she was back in his life. They had spent the entire day together talking and joking.
Then at night when everyone was moving off he had pulled her aside. He had told her that he was glad that she was back and how much he had missed her. She had felt the same and she had hugged him then. He was so glad she was back and that even through the time apart they still felt the same about each other.
In fact over the last few weeks they seemed to be trying to make up for lost time. For the first time in a while he was glad to be here. Even though he still had things to workout with his parents, and people knew about his mutation. He still had his friends and the girl he cared about by his side through whatever was going to happen, and he was thankful for that.