"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! EDEN BURKE YOU ARE A DEAD WOMAN!"
Remy jolted up from his bed, his heart racing, at the sound of Bobby's loud screaming. Once his heart slowed back to normal, he rubbed his eyes. The sound of Kurt laughing from the window caught his attention.
"I take it de petite got her revenge?"
Not able to speak, Kurt grabbed Remy's arm and teleported them down to the pool. Once the smoke cleared, Remy was able to look around and noticed Kitty and Rogue phase through the side wall of the mansion. Scott, Jean, and the new recruits all came barging through the sliding glass doors that led to the pool, many of them still in their pajamas.
There. Stranded in the middle of the pool. In a coconut bra, a blue tutu, Elmo boxers, his hair in pigtails, and drag queen makeup, was Bobby Drake, floating in the middle of the pool in a hot pink raft.
Stunned, the others just stood gaping for a few seconds, then suddenly, the morning air was filled with hysterical laughter. Jamie managed to make his way back into the mansion and re-appear with Jubilee's digital camera. He began to run around the pool, trying to get a good shot of a very infuriated Bobby.
"Hey Jamie! Run to the other side real quick! You'll get a good one from there!"
"No wait! QUICK QUICK! TAKE THE PICTURE TAKE THE PICTURE!"
"Oh MAN! How did she pull that one off?"
"How did she get him into those clothes?"
"HAAA! BOBBY WEARS ELMO BOXERS!"
"No way! Oh my god! HE DOES!"
"Jamie you are also dead once I get my hands on you!"
"Now now Bobby, don't get your face wet, you'll smear your makeup."
"What's going on?" Eden asked, as she strolled nonchalantly out the glass doors, a muffin in her hand.
"YOU!" Bobby sputtered, his face red and contorting with rage.
"Me?" she asked, an innocent look on her face.
"Yes. You."
"Nice look Bobby."
"Shut up Eden. I'll get you back for this."
"Who said I did it?"
"No one, but I just know you did!"
"Paranoid much? Whatever, I'm going back inside to get ready for school." She flipped her hand in a gesture of dismissal and strolled back inside, a mischievous glint in her eyes. Bobby continued to swear revenge on her and Kurt just shook his head in disbelief.
"Watch it Edie," Kurt said, wagging his index finger at her in a 'no-no' gesture, "Bobby will get you back."
"I maintain the fact I had no knowledge of this cross dressing nightmare."
Finally lured outside by all the yelling and loud laughing, Logan leaned against the doorway, blocking Eden's entrance back into the mansion.
"I see Iceman and Sparky are at it again," he growled, using one of his razor sharp claws to scratch an itch on his chin. He glanced at Bobby who was now trying to stand up on the raft and raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know Drake liked women's clothing. Disturbing." A loud splash signified Bobby finally falling off the raft and falling in an undignified heap into the pool.
"I can only imagine what's going to happen next," sighed Ororo as she watched from behind Logan. Growling again he stalked back into the mansion so he could be as far from the kitchen as possible when the mob hit. Eden skipped past Ororo, waving and disappeared into the mansion.
"This won't end good," Scott groaned as Bobby pulled himself out of the pool and began to chase Jamie.
"GIMME THAT CAMERA!" he screamed as he pushed past Rahne and Amara.
"Whoa...." Rahne began to say before toppling into the pool.
"Damn it Bobby! What do you have agaist Rahne?" Jubilee yelled, hands on her hips.
"Jubilee! Watch your language!" Ororo yelled from the doorway.
"Sorry Ororo."
"What are you talking about Jubilee?" Bobby asked. He slowly turned around and watched as a very angry Rahne pulled herself out of the pool. "I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT!"
"Run." Was all that Rahne said before she transformed into her dog state and began to chase him.
"Can't we ever have a morning where someone DOESN'T fall into the pool?" Rogue asked with some disgust as Bobby began to shriek girlishly in the background.
Remy smiled slowly. "Good mornin' Chere. You're lookin' 'specially lovely dis mornin'."
Rogue raised an eyebrow at him. She was standing there in her bare feet and in her pajamas. Not to mention her hair was probably sticking out in about twenty different directions.
"I think you need your eyes checked Cajun," she said back.
"Non. Remy have 20/20 vision."
"Gimme a break," Rogue grumbled under her breath.
"Rogue, you can flirt with your boyfriend later. I think we should probably head back inside and get ready for school," Jean interrupted.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY RED?" Rogue yelled, charging at Jean. Kitty grabbed her arm and dragged her back through the wall up to where the girls' rooms were.
"Oh MAN Jean, she's gonna kiiiiilll yooooou!" Kurt laughed.
Scott got a grumpy look on his face again, stalking over to Remy he said in a low voice so Jean couldn't hear him, "Leave Rogue alone."
"Why Cyke, I thought Jean was your girl," Remy said , hiding his amusement.
"She is, but that doesn't mean I can't care about Rogue." Scott then turned and walked back into the mansion with the others who were now finally beginning to head back inside.
"Don't mind Scott Remy, he was the only one of us who was able to even connect with Rogue when she was with the Brotherhood."Jean tried to explain.
Remy nodded and tried to put Jean at ease. "I thought as much."
Ororo beaconed to Jean, "Jean, the three of you also need to get ready for school!"
"I don' go t' school," Remy said, bored with the idea.
"Yes you do Mr. LeBeau. In fact Professor Xavier would like to see you in his office about that right now."
Kurt raised his eyebrow and when Remy turned to him, he just shrugged his shoulders. "Professor's rule man. Though you'll probably be a Senior like Jean and Scott."
"Scott will love that," Remy joked as he followed Ororo back into the mansion and up to Xavier's office.
The two of them walked in silence up to the large office Remy had been in the day before. He glanced out the windows and saw the tree he'd been hiding in just a short 24 hours earlier. Ororo glanced back at him as she led him to Xavier's office, her calm demeanor showing a flicker of concern.
He deserves the benefit of the doubt, plus Xavier would know if he wasn't sincere, she thought to herself. Once they reached the doors, she opened the door and motioned for Remy to enter the office.
"Charles? Remy is here."
"Thank you Ororo. I'll see him alone if you don't mind."
"Not at all." Ororo left the room and closed the door.
"You wanted t' see me Professor Xavier?" Remy asked as he plopped himself down into one of the large leather chairs.
"Yes Remy. I trust you've settled in?" At Remy's nod, Charles continued, "I know you've been on your own for quite a while and I also know you've never completed high school. Granted you may think you're to street smart for a formal education," Remy opened his mouth to interrupt but Charles silenced him. "I'm not asking you to go to college Remy, just get a high school diploma. After you graduate high school you can make the choice if you want to go further or not." Wheeling himself around the desk, he handed Remy a manila file folder with some papers inside of it.
"Inside is your course schedule and any make-up work you may need to do for you to be able to graduate in the next class. Scott or Jean are in some of your classes, some of the other students will share classes with you as well. I'm sure Mr. Wagner will have no problems showing you around, but I have a suspicion you'll be asking Rogue to be your tour-guide." Charles finished with a small smile. Remy kept his face blank, hoping Charles would wrap up this little talking to fast.
"One last thing, I'm sure you're wondering how Kurt is accepted in a high school atmosphere."
"Actually, I was goin' t' ask if he was home schooled."
Charles handed Remy what looked like a leather studded wrist band. "Jewelry? Ahhh Professor, I didn' get you anyt'ing."
"Kurt wears an image inducer. It creates a complex hologram of a typical teenage boy. This one I've had modified so it'll just conceal your eyes. You may not be bothered by the color, but the other students of Bayville High may be a little unnerved by red and black eyes."
"Makes sense," Remy agreed as he put the wristband on. It remained him of something Rogue would probably wear. Pushing one of the studs, he glanced over at the mirror on the wall next to him. Instead of his normal 'demon eye' his eyes were now just brown.
"Well Remy, you'd probably go get ready for school. Just as a warning, the kitchen can get...interesting." As soon as Charles finished his statement, there came a loud crashing sound from the kitchen and Eden screeching that she didn't do it and Bobby laughing at her. Shaking his head, Charles said to Remy, "Have a good day. Try not to use your powers at school. I don't think the others are quite ready to be exposed yet."
Remy got up out of his chair and began to walk toward the door. Halfway there he turned back and said to Charles, "You know I'm not spying for Magneto, right?"
"Yes Remy, I do. You have nothing to worry about with me. Give the others time. Some.... adapt faster than others."
Remy nodded and walked out the doors and headed to wards the room he shared with Kurt. Picking his duffel bag off the ground he unzipped it and dumped the contents of the bag onto his bed. Picking through his belongings, he settled on a pair of jeans and a thin grey long sleeve sweater. Getting dressed, he just ran his hands through his hair, considering it combed. After brushing his teeth, he grabbed the long brown trench coat that was slung over what was now his desk chair and headed out the door. While walking down the hall to the stairs he ran smack into Eden as she was rushing down the hall out of her room.
"Come on Rogue! Those pigs downstairs are going to eat all the food and not to mention we'll be late. Again...OOFF!" Falling back wards, she glanced up and saw Remy laughing at her.
"Goin' somewhere fast petite?"
"Hey Remy. Do me a favor? Go make Rogue hurry up. If we're tardy again we'll get detention."
"Sure thing."
Remy walked to the room Eden and Rogue shared and poked his head in the door. Rogue was at her desk with her gloves being held between her teeth, shoving her stuff back into her black backpack. She was wearing a long black baggy skirt with platform sandals and a long sleeve black t-shirt that said Charm School Reject. Once she was done cramming her books back into her bag, she grabbed her studded collar and wristbands, put them on and took her gloves out of her mouth and put them on. Spinning on her heel to wards the door, she gave short yell of surprise.
"Damn it Remy! You scared the hell out of me!"
"Sorry about dat Chere, Edie said to hurry. I guess there are pigs in the kitchen eating all the food?"
"Yeah and there names are Bobby, Jamie, Ray, Roberto, Sam and the King Pig Kurt Wagner." Grabbing her backpack, she brushed past Remy and walked down the hall to the stairs with him on her heels. The two of them came barreling down the stairs just as Logan ran out of the kitchen, his shirt torn at the sleeve.
"Logan! What happened to you?"
"I got in between Kurt, Eden, and a muffin. Watch yourselves in there."
Remy gave Rogue a slightly confused look. "What?"
Motioning for him to follow her, the two of them stood in the doorway and watched the daily breakfast massacre. Amara, Jubilee and Sam were all fighting over who got the last apple, while Kurt and Eden were demolishing everything in sight. Ororo was trying to pour orange juice for everyone, but ended up throwing the carton in the air, dumping it everywhere when Bobby tried to ice Jamie for the bacon.
"BOBBY DRAKE! NO POWERS AT THE TABLE!" Ororo yelled at him, orange juice dripping in her white hair.
"Crap."
"Clean it up."
"Yes Ma'am."
Bobby began to mop up the spilt juice with some paper towels while Eden made her way to Rogue and Remy.
"Hope you guys like bagels. It's the only thing I could save from Kurt the Human Hoover."
"I'm not a Hoover!"
"Yes you are! You sure act like one!"
Eden thrust the bagels into Remy's hands and stalked back over to Kurt, still arguing over if he was a vacuum cleaner or not. Remy handed Rogue one of the bagels and they ate them while watching Jamie bump into Rahne, creating two more Jamie's, one of which bumped Scott into Jean, knocking them to the ground.
"Jamie!"
"Sorry!"
"ALL OF YOU! OUT! TIME TO LEAVE FOR SCHOOL!" Ororo yelled at all of them, pushing the closest student to her out the door. Caught in the mob heading to wards the garage, Remy lost track of Rogue and got pushed along with Bobby, Jubilee and Kurt to wards the entrance to the garage. Once in the garage, it was a mad dash for cars.
"I'm riding with Scott!" yelled Bobby, leaping over the door into the front seat.
"Me too!" Ray yelled, climbing into the backseat, followed by Roberto.
"I'm NOT driving with Kurt!" yelled Sam, crossing his arms.
"Whatever," Eden said, rolling her eyes and stepping up into the front seat.
"Sam, you can ride with Kitty, Jamie and I," Jean offered, pulling her SUV keys out of her purse.
"Alright! I won't have my life flash before my eyes," Sam exclaimed, opening the door of Jean's grey SUV.
"Rogue! Remy! Ride with us in the deathtrap!" Eden yelled, waving her arms like mad.
"Fine, don't scream any louder," Rogue snapped as Eden opened the door and pushed the seat forward so Rogue could climb in. Remy walked over to Kurt's side and followed suit.
"Uh.. Kurt?" Eden asked.
"Yeah E?"
"Don't. Call. Me. E!"
"Ha ha ha. What?"
"Shouldn't we take Remy's motorcycle out of the back of the jeep?"
"Yeah, we don't want you hitting yourself in the head again," Rogue snickered from the backseat.
"Shut up Rogue."
"Hold on a second," Kurt said, with a bamf he appeared in the back of the jeep, with a second he and the bike were parked in one of the many parking spots, with a third he was back in the jeep.
"Shall we go?" he asked them.
"If we must," Rogue grumbled as Remy smiled.
"To school James!" Eden exclaimed as Scott and Jean began to pull their cars out of the garage.
On the way, Remy couldn't figure out why Sam didn't want to drive with Kurt until Scott pulled in front of them and Kurt attempted to teleport the jeep and all it's occupants in front of him.
"Kurt! What did Professor Xavier say about trying that?" Eden yelled at him.
"What? I thought it would work this time!"
"I so need to get my driver's license," Rogue groaned, gripping Eden's seat with both of her hands. Remy noticed that he was doing the same thing to Kurt's chair and he was bracing himself back with his legs.
"Once my bike is fixed, I'll drive us Chere," he said to her, his hair flapping in the wind as Kurt took a right turn at 45 mph.
"Be still my heart," Rogue retorted sarcastically, making Eden laugh.
"I wouldn't be laughing Sparky. There's a certain speedy white headed freak at school who's probably just waiting for you to show up," Rogue joked to Eden as Kurt sped up to make it through a yellow light.
"KURT! THAT LIGHT WAS RED!" Eden screamed.
"No it wasn't! It was orange!"
"I think I'm going to be sick...."
"Are we there yet?"
Once Kurt finally pulled into the school parking lot, cutting off Scott in the process, Eden, Rogue, and Remy jumped out of the jeep while it was still moving.
"My legs feel like jello," Rogue remarked, holding onto a nearby car for support.
"AHHH! KURT! YOU'RE STUPID DRINK NEARLY SPILLED ON MY SKIRT!" Eden yelled, just dodging a falling takeout cup full of flat soda. Once out of the car, she straightened her khaki skirt and tugged on the hem of the hot pink and black striped shirt she was wearing. She shoved her backpack into Remy's arms.
"OOF!" Remy grunted.
"Sorry Remy, I just need to make sure nothing in Kurt's deathtrap of steel and garbage got on me."
Rogue was still leaning on the other car as Sam and Jean caught up to them. He began to laugh and said, "I told you so!"
"Bite me Sam!" Rogue snapped back. The bell began to ring and Eden grabbed her backpack and began to sprint to wards the school.
"We'd better hurry or we'll all be late or homeroom," Jean laughed. "Remy, you're in my homeroom, I'll show you the way."
"Sure 'ting Jean."
Scott, Bobby, Ray and Roberto all sprinted past them, Scott grabbing Rogue's arm and dragging her with them. By some miracle or the laws of speed defying driving of Kurt Wagner, they all made it into their homerooms in time. Slipping into a couple of vacant desks, Kurt and Eden both let out a sigh of relief. Then came a voice from behind Eden.
"Well well well. What do we have here? It's Beauty and the Freak."
Eden groaned and put her face in her hands and let them both drop to the surface of the desk. "Noooooo... this can't be happening!"
"Miss me?" Pietro said to her, what he assumed was a charming smile plastered on his face.
"Like the flu," Eden mumbled, her head buried in her arms.
"Ha ha Edie. I told you so."
"Shut up Kurt. At least I don't drive like an insane person."
"Yeah, you'd probably be worse than an insane person."
"Hey, elf boy, don't talk to my girl like that!"
"WHAT?!? LIKE HELL! I'M NOT YOUR GIRL!"
"Mr. Maximoff, Miss Burke and Mr. Wagner, is there something you'd like to share with the rest of us?" came the voice of the homeroom teacher.
"No." the three of them said in unison.
"Good. No more talking until the announcements are done with."
"Good Morning students. Today in homeroom, you will be receiving your new permanent class schedule. I realize you already received schedules at the beginning of the year a month ago, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, student schedules had to be modified. You will also notice an increase in the number of classes that will be a mixture of the different grades. I would also like to congratulate the select students that have been offered the trial Drama class. Those of you who are in the experimental class will have it on your new schedule. On to other news, would whoever stole the janitor's ladder please return it, no questions asked." The announcer continued to talk about the day's events, but no one was really paying any attention.
"I wonder why they had to re-do all the schedules," a girl in the front row asked.
"Budget cuts probably. I think they had to lay off a bunch of teachers." the boy next to her said.
As the teacher began to hand out the new schedules, the announcements finally ended and the class began to speak it's suspicions out loud.
"Miss Burke, here's your new schedule, Mr. Wagner, here's yours, and Mr. Maximoff, here you go."
"Hey Edie, did you get the Drama class?"
"Yeah, what about you, Kurt?"
"Yeah! How fun is this going to be! I wonder who else is going to be in it."
"Well, me for starters," Pietro smirked at Kurt. "Seems we'll have at least one class together E."
"Ewwwwwwwwww."
"What else do you have E?" Pietro asked as he quickly snatched Eden's schedule from out of her hands.
"Hopefully no more with you."
"Well, it's surely my lucky day, we have most of the day together. It'll be fun. You'll be spending the day with me," Pietro said as he handed Eden back her schedule.
"You mean I'll be spending all day in the bathroom throwing up," she retorted. "Gimme your schedule Kurt." She snatched Kurt's schedule from his hands and gave a sigh of relief. "Thank god. Kurt we're in all the same classes."
"What? You mean the elf's in my classes too?" Pietro said with disgust. The homeroom bell rang and Eden quickly picked up her bag and dragged Kurt to the door.
"I can't BELIEVE what a cruel trick the gods are playing on me," Eden groaned to Kurt as they walked out the door.
"What's wrong with Sparky?" Rogue's voice came from behind them.
"Eden and Pietro have almost the same schedule," Kurt informed her with a laugh.
"Wow. Lucky you. You get to spend the day with your boyfriend."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Hey Rogue, did you get that Drama class?"
"Yeah, did you?"
"Yep. So did Edie and get this, Pietro Maximoff."
"Greeaaaaaaaaaaaaat."
"I wonder who else is going to be in it?"
"Me!" chirped Kitty, running up to Eden with excitement. "So does Lance Alvers, Wanda Maximoff, and Todd Tolansky."
"Don't forget Jean and I," Scott said from behind Kitty with Remy close behind. "What about you Gumbo?"
"It would seem so," Remy said, looking at the small piece of paper with a mixture of boredom and disgust.
"So that's all of us and the Brotherhood. This will be fun," Kurt said sarcastically with a roll of they eyes. "And right after lunch too."
"I wonder if there will be more people," Eden wondered out loud, chewing on the end of her pen.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see," Jean said with a shrug. "Does seem pretty coincidental though."
Scott nodded in agreement. The bell began to ring signifying the start of the first class of the day. The group scrambled and headed off to their first class, most of them still wondering why the Drama class was starting to sound like Mutants 101.
Remy jolted up from his bed, his heart racing, at the sound of Bobby's loud screaming. Once his heart slowed back to normal, he rubbed his eyes. The sound of Kurt laughing from the window caught his attention.
"I take it de petite got her revenge?"
Not able to speak, Kurt grabbed Remy's arm and teleported them down to the pool. Once the smoke cleared, Remy was able to look around and noticed Kitty and Rogue phase through the side wall of the mansion. Scott, Jean, and the new recruits all came barging through the sliding glass doors that led to the pool, many of them still in their pajamas.
There. Stranded in the middle of the pool. In a coconut bra, a blue tutu, Elmo boxers, his hair in pigtails, and drag queen makeup, was Bobby Drake, floating in the middle of the pool in a hot pink raft.
Stunned, the others just stood gaping for a few seconds, then suddenly, the morning air was filled with hysterical laughter. Jamie managed to make his way back into the mansion and re-appear with Jubilee's digital camera. He began to run around the pool, trying to get a good shot of a very infuriated Bobby.
"Hey Jamie! Run to the other side real quick! You'll get a good one from there!"
"No wait! QUICK QUICK! TAKE THE PICTURE TAKE THE PICTURE!"
"Oh MAN! How did she pull that one off?"
"How did she get him into those clothes?"
"HAAA! BOBBY WEARS ELMO BOXERS!"
"No way! Oh my god! HE DOES!"
"Jamie you are also dead once I get my hands on you!"
"Now now Bobby, don't get your face wet, you'll smear your makeup."
"What's going on?" Eden asked, as she strolled nonchalantly out the glass doors, a muffin in her hand.
"YOU!" Bobby sputtered, his face red and contorting with rage.
"Me?" she asked, an innocent look on her face.
"Yes. You."
"Nice look Bobby."
"Shut up Eden. I'll get you back for this."
"Who said I did it?"
"No one, but I just know you did!"
"Paranoid much? Whatever, I'm going back inside to get ready for school." She flipped her hand in a gesture of dismissal and strolled back inside, a mischievous glint in her eyes. Bobby continued to swear revenge on her and Kurt just shook his head in disbelief.
"Watch it Edie," Kurt said, wagging his index finger at her in a 'no-no' gesture, "Bobby will get you back."
"I maintain the fact I had no knowledge of this cross dressing nightmare."
Finally lured outside by all the yelling and loud laughing, Logan leaned against the doorway, blocking Eden's entrance back into the mansion.
"I see Iceman and Sparky are at it again," he growled, using one of his razor sharp claws to scratch an itch on his chin. He glanced at Bobby who was now trying to stand up on the raft and raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know Drake liked women's clothing. Disturbing." A loud splash signified Bobby finally falling off the raft and falling in an undignified heap into the pool.
"I can only imagine what's going to happen next," sighed Ororo as she watched from behind Logan. Growling again he stalked back into the mansion so he could be as far from the kitchen as possible when the mob hit. Eden skipped past Ororo, waving and disappeared into the mansion.
"This won't end good," Scott groaned as Bobby pulled himself out of the pool and began to chase Jamie.
"GIMME THAT CAMERA!" he screamed as he pushed past Rahne and Amara.
"Whoa...." Rahne began to say before toppling into the pool.
"Damn it Bobby! What do you have agaist Rahne?" Jubilee yelled, hands on her hips.
"Jubilee! Watch your language!" Ororo yelled from the doorway.
"Sorry Ororo."
"What are you talking about Jubilee?" Bobby asked. He slowly turned around and watched as a very angry Rahne pulled herself out of the pool. "I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT!"
"Run." Was all that Rahne said before she transformed into her dog state and began to chase him.
"Can't we ever have a morning where someone DOESN'T fall into the pool?" Rogue asked with some disgust as Bobby began to shriek girlishly in the background.
Remy smiled slowly. "Good mornin' Chere. You're lookin' 'specially lovely dis mornin'."
Rogue raised an eyebrow at him. She was standing there in her bare feet and in her pajamas. Not to mention her hair was probably sticking out in about twenty different directions.
"I think you need your eyes checked Cajun," she said back.
"Non. Remy have 20/20 vision."
"Gimme a break," Rogue grumbled under her breath.
"Rogue, you can flirt with your boyfriend later. I think we should probably head back inside and get ready for school," Jean interrupted.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY RED?" Rogue yelled, charging at Jean. Kitty grabbed her arm and dragged her back through the wall up to where the girls' rooms were.
"Oh MAN Jean, she's gonna kiiiiilll yooooou!" Kurt laughed.
Scott got a grumpy look on his face again, stalking over to Remy he said in a low voice so Jean couldn't hear him, "Leave Rogue alone."
"Why Cyke, I thought Jean was your girl," Remy said , hiding his amusement.
"She is, but that doesn't mean I can't care about Rogue." Scott then turned and walked back into the mansion with the others who were now finally beginning to head back inside.
"Don't mind Scott Remy, he was the only one of us who was able to even connect with Rogue when she was with the Brotherhood."Jean tried to explain.
Remy nodded and tried to put Jean at ease. "I thought as much."
Ororo beaconed to Jean, "Jean, the three of you also need to get ready for school!"
"I don' go t' school," Remy said, bored with the idea.
"Yes you do Mr. LeBeau. In fact Professor Xavier would like to see you in his office about that right now."
Kurt raised his eyebrow and when Remy turned to him, he just shrugged his shoulders. "Professor's rule man. Though you'll probably be a Senior like Jean and Scott."
"Scott will love that," Remy joked as he followed Ororo back into the mansion and up to Xavier's office.
The two of them walked in silence up to the large office Remy had been in the day before. He glanced out the windows and saw the tree he'd been hiding in just a short 24 hours earlier. Ororo glanced back at him as she led him to Xavier's office, her calm demeanor showing a flicker of concern.
He deserves the benefit of the doubt, plus Xavier would know if he wasn't sincere, she thought to herself. Once they reached the doors, she opened the door and motioned for Remy to enter the office.
"Charles? Remy is here."
"Thank you Ororo. I'll see him alone if you don't mind."
"Not at all." Ororo left the room and closed the door.
"You wanted t' see me Professor Xavier?" Remy asked as he plopped himself down into one of the large leather chairs.
"Yes Remy. I trust you've settled in?" At Remy's nod, Charles continued, "I know you've been on your own for quite a while and I also know you've never completed high school. Granted you may think you're to street smart for a formal education," Remy opened his mouth to interrupt but Charles silenced him. "I'm not asking you to go to college Remy, just get a high school diploma. After you graduate high school you can make the choice if you want to go further or not." Wheeling himself around the desk, he handed Remy a manila file folder with some papers inside of it.
"Inside is your course schedule and any make-up work you may need to do for you to be able to graduate in the next class. Scott or Jean are in some of your classes, some of the other students will share classes with you as well. I'm sure Mr. Wagner will have no problems showing you around, but I have a suspicion you'll be asking Rogue to be your tour-guide." Charles finished with a small smile. Remy kept his face blank, hoping Charles would wrap up this little talking to fast.
"One last thing, I'm sure you're wondering how Kurt is accepted in a high school atmosphere."
"Actually, I was goin' t' ask if he was home schooled."
Charles handed Remy what looked like a leather studded wrist band. "Jewelry? Ahhh Professor, I didn' get you anyt'ing."
"Kurt wears an image inducer. It creates a complex hologram of a typical teenage boy. This one I've had modified so it'll just conceal your eyes. You may not be bothered by the color, but the other students of Bayville High may be a little unnerved by red and black eyes."
"Makes sense," Remy agreed as he put the wristband on. It remained him of something Rogue would probably wear. Pushing one of the studs, he glanced over at the mirror on the wall next to him. Instead of his normal 'demon eye' his eyes were now just brown.
"Well Remy, you'd probably go get ready for school. Just as a warning, the kitchen can get...interesting." As soon as Charles finished his statement, there came a loud crashing sound from the kitchen and Eden screeching that she didn't do it and Bobby laughing at her. Shaking his head, Charles said to Remy, "Have a good day. Try not to use your powers at school. I don't think the others are quite ready to be exposed yet."
Remy got up out of his chair and began to walk toward the door. Halfway there he turned back and said to Charles, "You know I'm not spying for Magneto, right?"
"Yes Remy, I do. You have nothing to worry about with me. Give the others time. Some.... adapt faster than others."
Remy nodded and walked out the doors and headed to wards the room he shared with Kurt. Picking his duffel bag off the ground he unzipped it and dumped the contents of the bag onto his bed. Picking through his belongings, he settled on a pair of jeans and a thin grey long sleeve sweater. Getting dressed, he just ran his hands through his hair, considering it combed. After brushing his teeth, he grabbed the long brown trench coat that was slung over what was now his desk chair and headed out the door. While walking down the hall to the stairs he ran smack into Eden as she was rushing down the hall out of her room.
"Come on Rogue! Those pigs downstairs are going to eat all the food and not to mention we'll be late. Again...OOFF!" Falling back wards, she glanced up and saw Remy laughing at her.
"Goin' somewhere fast petite?"
"Hey Remy. Do me a favor? Go make Rogue hurry up. If we're tardy again we'll get detention."
"Sure thing."
Remy walked to the room Eden and Rogue shared and poked his head in the door. Rogue was at her desk with her gloves being held between her teeth, shoving her stuff back into her black backpack. She was wearing a long black baggy skirt with platform sandals and a long sleeve black t-shirt that said Charm School Reject. Once she was done cramming her books back into her bag, she grabbed her studded collar and wristbands, put them on and took her gloves out of her mouth and put them on. Spinning on her heel to wards the door, she gave short yell of surprise.
"Damn it Remy! You scared the hell out of me!"
"Sorry about dat Chere, Edie said to hurry. I guess there are pigs in the kitchen eating all the food?"
"Yeah and there names are Bobby, Jamie, Ray, Roberto, Sam and the King Pig Kurt Wagner." Grabbing her backpack, she brushed past Remy and walked down the hall to the stairs with him on her heels. The two of them came barreling down the stairs just as Logan ran out of the kitchen, his shirt torn at the sleeve.
"Logan! What happened to you?"
"I got in between Kurt, Eden, and a muffin. Watch yourselves in there."
Remy gave Rogue a slightly confused look. "What?"
Motioning for him to follow her, the two of them stood in the doorway and watched the daily breakfast massacre. Amara, Jubilee and Sam were all fighting over who got the last apple, while Kurt and Eden were demolishing everything in sight. Ororo was trying to pour orange juice for everyone, but ended up throwing the carton in the air, dumping it everywhere when Bobby tried to ice Jamie for the bacon.
"BOBBY DRAKE! NO POWERS AT THE TABLE!" Ororo yelled at him, orange juice dripping in her white hair.
"Crap."
"Clean it up."
"Yes Ma'am."
Bobby began to mop up the spilt juice with some paper towels while Eden made her way to Rogue and Remy.
"Hope you guys like bagels. It's the only thing I could save from Kurt the Human Hoover."
"I'm not a Hoover!"
"Yes you are! You sure act like one!"
Eden thrust the bagels into Remy's hands and stalked back over to Kurt, still arguing over if he was a vacuum cleaner or not. Remy handed Rogue one of the bagels and they ate them while watching Jamie bump into Rahne, creating two more Jamie's, one of which bumped Scott into Jean, knocking them to the ground.
"Jamie!"
"Sorry!"
"ALL OF YOU! OUT! TIME TO LEAVE FOR SCHOOL!" Ororo yelled at all of them, pushing the closest student to her out the door. Caught in the mob heading to wards the garage, Remy lost track of Rogue and got pushed along with Bobby, Jubilee and Kurt to wards the entrance to the garage. Once in the garage, it was a mad dash for cars.
"I'm riding with Scott!" yelled Bobby, leaping over the door into the front seat.
"Me too!" Ray yelled, climbing into the backseat, followed by Roberto.
"I'm NOT driving with Kurt!" yelled Sam, crossing his arms.
"Whatever," Eden said, rolling her eyes and stepping up into the front seat.
"Sam, you can ride with Kitty, Jamie and I," Jean offered, pulling her SUV keys out of her purse.
"Alright! I won't have my life flash before my eyes," Sam exclaimed, opening the door of Jean's grey SUV.
"Rogue! Remy! Ride with us in the deathtrap!" Eden yelled, waving her arms like mad.
"Fine, don't scream any louder," Rogue snapped as Eden opened the door and pushed the seat forward so Rogue could climb in. Remy walked over to Kurt's side and followed suit.
"Uh.. Kurt?" Eden asked.
"Yeah E?"
"Don't. Call. Me. E!"
"Ha ha ha. What?"
"Shouldn't we take Remy's motorcycle out of the back of the jeep?"
"Yeah, we don't want you hitting yourself in the head again," Rogue snickered from the backseat.
"Shut up Rogue."
"Hold on a second," Kurt said, with a bamf he appeared in the back of the jeep, with a second he and the bike were parked in one of the many parking spots, with a third he was back in the jeep.
"Shall we go?" he asked them.
"If we must," Rogue grumbled as Remy smiled.
"To school James!" Eden exclaimed as Scott and Jean began to pull their cars out of the garage.
On the way, Remy couldn't figure out why Sam didn't want to drive with Kurt until Scott pulled in front of them and Kurt attempted to teleport the jeep and all it's occupants in front of him.
"Kurt! What did Professor Xavier say about trying that?" Eden yelled at him.
"What? I thought it would work this time!"
"I so need to get my driver's license," Rogue groaned, gripping Eden's seat with both of her hands. Remy noticed that he was doing the same thing to Kurt's chair and he was bracing himself back with his legs.
"Once my bike is fixed, I'll drive us Chere," he said to her, his hair flapping in the wind as Kurt took a right turn at 45 mph.
"Be still my heart," Rogue retorted sarcastically, making Eden laugh.
"I wouldn't be laughing Sparky. There's a certain speedy white headed freak at school who's probably just waiting for you to show up," Rogue joked to Eden as Kurt sped up to make it through a yellow light.
"KURT! THAT LIGHT WAS RED!" Eden screamed.
"No it wasn't! It was orange!"
"I think I'm going to be sick...."
"Are we there yet?"
Once Kurt finally pulled into the school parking lot, cutting off Scott in the process, Eden, Rogue, and Remy jumped out of the jeep while it was still moving.
"My legs feel like jello," Rogue remarked, holding onto a nearby car for support.
"AHHH! KURT! YOU'RE STUPID DRINK NEARLY SPILLED ON MY SKIRT!" Eden yelled, just dodging a falling takeout cup full of flat soda. Once out of the car, she straightened her khaki skirt and tugged on the hem of the hot pink and black striped shirt she was wearing. She shoved her backpack into Remy's arms.
"OOF!" Remy grunted.
"Sorry Remy, I just need to make sure nothing in Kurt's deathtrap of steel and garbage got on me."
Rogue was still leaning on the other car as Sam and Jean caught up to them. He began to laugh and said, "I told you so!"
"Bite me Sam!" Rogue snapped back. The bell began to ring and Eden grabbed her backpack and began to sprint to wards the school.
"We'd better hurry or we'll all be late or homeroom," Jean laughed. "Remy, you're in my homeroom, I'll show you the way."
"Sure 'ting Jean."
Scott, Bobby, Ray and Roberto all sprinted past them, Scott grabbing Rogue's arm and dragging her with them. By some miracle or the laws of speed defying driving of Kurt Wagner, they all made it into their homerooms in time. Slipping into a couple of vacant desks, Kurt and Eden both let out a sigh of relief. Then came a voice from behind Eden.
"Well well well. What do we have here? It's Beauty and the Freak."
Eden groaned and put her face in her hands and let them both drop to the surface of the desk. "Noooooo... this can't be happening!"
"Miss me?" Pietro said to her, what he assumed was a charming smile plastered on his face.
"Like the flu," Eden mumbled, her head buried in her arms.
"Ha ha Edie. I told you so."
"Shut up Kurt. At least I don't drive like an insane person."
"Yeah, you'd probably be worse than an insane person."
"Hey, elf boy, don't talk to my girl like that!"
"WHAT?!? LIKE HELL! I'M NOT YOUR GIRL!"
"Mr. Maximoff, Miss Burke and Mr. Wagner, is there something you'd like to share with the rest of us?" came the voice of the homeroom teacher.
"No." the three of them said in unison.
"Good. No more talking until the announcements are done with."
"Good Morning students. Today in homeroom, you will be receiving your new permanent class schedule. I realize you already received schedules at the beginning of the year a month ago, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, student schedules had to be modified. You will also notice an increase in the number of classes that will be a mixture of the different grades. I would also like to congratulate the select students that have been offered the trial Drama class. Those of you who are in the experimental class will have it on your new schedule. On to other news, would whoever stole the janitor's ladder please return it, no questions asked." The announcer continued to talk about the day's events, but no one was really paying any attention.
"I wonder why they had to re-do all the schedules," a girl in the front row asked.
"Budget cuts probably. I think they had to lay off a bunch of teachers." the boy next to her said.
As the teacher began to hand out the new schedules, the announcements finally ended and the class began to speak it's suspicions out loud.
"Miss Burke, here's your new schedule, Mr. Wagner, here's yours, and Mr. Maximoff, here you go."
"Hey Edie, did you get the Drama class?"
"Yeah, what about you, Kurt?"
"Yeah! How fun is this going to be! I wonder who else is going to be in it."
"Well, me for starters," Pietro smirked at Kurt. "Seems we'll have at least one class together E."
"Ewwwwwwwwww."
"What else do you have E?" Pietro asked as he quickly snatched Eden's schedule from out of her hands.
"Hopefully no more with you."
"Well, it's surely my lucky day, we have most of the day together. It'll be fun. You'll be spending the day with me," Pietro said as he handed Eden back her schedule.
"You mean I'll be spending all day in the bathroom throwing up," she retorted. "Gimme your schedule Kurt." She snatched Kurt's schedule from his hands and gave a sigh of relief. "Thank god. Kurt we're in all the same classes."
"What? You mean the elf's in my classes too?" Pietro said with disgust. The homeroom bell rang and Eden quickly picked up her bag and dragged Kurt to the door.
"I can't BELIEVE what a cruel trick the gods are playing on me," Eden groaned to Kurt as they walked out the door.
"What's wrong with Sparky?" Rogue's voice came from behind them.
"Eden and Pietro have almost the same schedule," Kurt informed her with a laugh.
"Wow. Lucky you. You get to spend the day with your boyfriend."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Hey Rogue, did you get that Drama class?"
"Yeah, did you?"
"Yep. So did Edie and get this, Pietro Maximoff."
"Greeaaaaaaaaaaaaat."
"I wonder who else is going to be in it?"
"Me!" chirped Kitty, running up to Eden with excitement. "So does Lance Alvers, Wanda Maximoff, and Todd Tolansky."
"Don't forget Jean and I," Scott said from behind Kitty with Remy close behind. "What about you Gumbo?"
"It would seem so," Remy said, looking at the small piece of paper with a mixture of boredom and disgust.
"So that's all of us and the Brotherhood. This will be fun," Kurt said sarcastically with a roll of they eyes. "And right after lunch too."
"I wonder if there will be more people," Eden wondered out loud, chewing on the end of her pen.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see," Jean said with a shrug. "Does seem pretty coincidental though."
Scott nodded in agreement. The bell began to ring signifying the start of the first class of the day. The group scrambled and headed off to their first class, most of them still wondering why the Drama class was starting to sound like Mutants 101.