Getting To Know You
The next morning Vi found herself agreeing to watch over the students in what was termed as 'Free Period'. "It's really study hall," Jubilee explained as most of the students walked in the library to begin their projects. "It's when we all get to work on our homework and stuff."
"Sometimes we get to do computer projects or lessons on disks," Ray explained as he opened his laptop. "There aren't exactly a lot of real teachers like Mr. McCoy here so we gotta improvise."
"Well, it's still better than being back at Bayville Hell," Tabitha popped her gum.
"Yeah at least here nobody hates us for being mutants," Paige said.
"Yes I'm sure we can all find legitimate reasons for people to…" Vi began then caught herself.
"You really are mad at us aren't you?" Jamie asked. "But it's not our fault Evan left!"
"I don't blame the students for Evan leaving," Vi told them.
"Come on, I know we haven't talked much and stuff but we all miss Evan a lot," Kitty said. "I mean we combed those sewers for hours trying to get him to come back. It took me three showers to get the smell out of my hair."
"Kitty, I know you have a dragon but aren't you also the one that has two boyfriends?" Vi asked Kitty. "Two boyfriends whose fighting kept me up half the night?"
"Oh yeah," Ray snickered.
"Hey!" Kitty snapped. "It's not like I'm sleeping with either of them you know?"
"No just bouncing those two off each other like ping pong balls," Rogue folded her arms in disgust.
"What do your parents have to say about all this?" Vi asked.
"Are you kidding?" Ray laughed. "Her dad just came out of the closet and is hooked up with a Niles Crane lookalike. And her mom is currently shacked up with a twenty two year old VJ Star who's secretly a mutant! And get this, he's a cousin to one of the Misfits!"
"Oh yeah and your homelife is so great?" Kitty snapped back. "At least my parents didn't chase me off to live with the Morlocks!"
"That was pretty low!" Ray growled.
"So is blabbing Kitty's private life you jerk!" Amara snapped.
"You were a Morlock too?" Vi asked Ray. "That's hard to believe."
"Let's just say I was one of the few Morlocks who could go out in daylight," Ray sighed.
Vi asked. "What was it like? Being a Morlock."
"Well the fact that we lived underground all the time and couldn't see the sun was a bummer," Ray told her. "And the fact that we had to get around by wading in human waste in the pipes wasn't exactly fun."
"Okay I don't want to know anymore," Vi stopped him. "Somebody else please talk!"
"What do you want to know?" Remy asked.
"More about your lives I guess," Vi shrugged. "I mean how did your family take to you being a mutant Remy?"
"Are you kidding?" Remy let out a short laugh of contempt. "My adopted father was thrilled. Called it an asset to the family business."
"What sort of business is that?" Vi asked.
"He is the head of the Thieves Guild in New Orleans," Remy folded his arms.
"Thieves Guild?" Vi's eyes widened. "As in actual thieves?"
"Oh yeah," Rogue nodded. "That's why we always count the silverware every day."
"Me and my father, we don't get along so good," Remy grunted.
"Especially after he tried to get you to marry the leader of the Assassins Guild," Kurt nodded.
"Assassins Guild?" Vi yelped. "You were engaged to the leader of a group of killers?"
"She was not the leader at the time," Remy stated. "Just an average lunatic killer."
"You know she's not as bad as you make it sound!" Rogue defended. "She's quite nice actually."
"Yeah once you get past the homicidal sociopath part," Remy groaned.
"Only because you just ran off and left her at the altar!" Rogue snapped.
"Remy killed her brother in self defense!" Remy snapped.
"That's a good sign the wedding is off," Roberto snorted.
"Remy, it's not your fault your father is a criminal," Rogue said.
"Look who's talking!" Amara said. "Do the names Mystique, Magneto and Polaris ring a bell?"
"Yes I remember hearing about them…" Vi suddenly felt a bit queasy.
"Not everyone comes from royalty you know?" Paige snapped.
"I dunno," Tabitha said. "My creep of a father's a royal pain in the butt. One good thing, he's back in jail again. The idiot tried to rob a donut hut next to a police station."
"Is your mom out of rehab?" Sam asked.
"Nah, she fell off the wagon," Tabitha sighed. "Literally. A Beer truck broke down right in front of the rehab center. By the time the docs found her she and twelve other patients had drunk the whole truck dry!"
"Speaking of alcohol where the hell did Proudstar say that flask was?" Vi grumbled as she rummaged through the desk.