Disclaimer: Yep, Chiara, Simon, Add and Yuako belong to Faye, Lucea, Connor and Twist belong to Callie, Zane, Streak, Marcus, Mia, Mark and Silence belongs to Julz, Cat belongs to Hannah and Khahara belongs to Keeley! The rest (Xavier, Jean, Logan, Cyclops, Storm, Kurt etc.) you already know... or at least you should know! XD Yes, Alyx and Gaudi are miiiiiiine!
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The sound of laughter and voices could be heard on the long empty corridors. The dinning room was full at that hour, kids eating and talking about the exciting things that had happened on that day. Alyx was on a table with her posse, so to speak. Mia, Streak, Twist, Cat and Yuako were around her. Silence, Lucea and Gaudi were on the table with the teachers. Marcus, Mark, Zane and the rest of their band were on another table, talking about the next gig. Simon, Add and some other guys from the popular group were on another table at the corner, laughing out loud. Alyx was looking at them when she finely paid attention to what the girls on the table were saying.
"You can't possibly say he's hot!" Yuako was saying with an annoyed expression, cutting angrily the meat loaf she had on her plate. "He..."
"Simon kidnapped you, I know!" Streak said back, pointing her fork at her. "But I'm only talking about his body! He's hoooooot!" and laughed.
"If Add could listen to you now..." Mia said almost in a mutter, which granted her being whacked on the arm by Streak, telling her to shut up as the others laughed. Streak got all red and her eyes turned to a pale blue colour.
"He may be hot, but he has loads of sand instead of a brain inside his head." Cat added with a smile, getting an approving nod from Yuako and a smirk from Twist. "But the sorry bastard is hot."
Alyx smile openly, looking at him across the room. Yes, he was hot. So god damned hot with that brown hair, vivid green eyes, built muscles and that sexy way of moving and acting... yes, he was hot, and he knew that. That was why he was so hard to get. She sighed looked back when the door opened and Chiara and Connor walked in. Connor left her to go to the teacher's table while Chiara went to pick up a plate. Alyx frowned when Simon locked his gaze on Chiara, noticing that Connor was not around. He said something to the others and put up his sexiest smile and rose from the table walking towards Chiara.
"Hey Chiara..." he said blocking her way, flashing his white smile and running a hand through his hair. Chiara looked at him with disgust and sighed.
"What do you want, Simon?" she asked, her voice sounding odd from her sore throat. She reached for a pudding, but noticed that Simon had reached for it too, placing it on her tray. She looked at him with one brow up in suspicion.
"I heard someone say that you were ill, so I decided to help you." And took the tray out of her hands, keeping the smile. "So you can notice that I am a nice guy."
"You really don't know when to quit, Simon." Chiara said annoyed trying reach for her tray, but Simon kept it out of her reach. She took a deep breath to keep calm. She couldn't let him get to her. "Connor is inside of this room, did you know?"
"Oh come on Chi! You know that I'm far better than him!" he laughed, a perfectly controlled laugh, and winked at her. "I'm just being helpful, because if I did want to get into his nerves, I'd just do this--" and put his arm around her waist, bringing them closer, dangerously closer.
"Simon!" Chiara said really annoyed now, trying to push him away, which only made him smile even wider until the tray he was holding disappeared from his hand. Noticing the lack of weight, Simon frowned, frowning even more upon seeing the smile on Chiara's face. He looked over his shoulder.
"WHAT do you thing you're doing with my girlfriend, Erickson?"
Connor was now right behind Simon, with Chiara's tray in hand, gazing deadly at Simon that let go of Chiara. He turned at Connor in a defying gesture.
"I was only helping her with her tray, Connor..." sarcasm was all over Simon's voice. "You weren't around. What kind of boyfriend are you if you can't even be helpful when she's sick?"
"Was the tray around her waist?!" Connor answered back using the same tone of voice, maybe just a little big more aggressive, being protective and pulling Chiara to him. "Buzz off Simon!"
What happened after that was what happened almost everyday: Connor and Simon engaged in a fight over Chiara, being the girl on the middle of them, trying to brake up the fight and everyone on the room staring at them. Alyx stared at her plate boiling inside. Didn't matter that Chiara and Connor already dated for a year, Simon's crush on her was still alive... way too alive.
"Simon can be a jackass sometimes." Alyx looked sideways to see Silence right next to Twist. On looking around, she noticed that lots of kids had moved places, some to see the fight from a better angle, others went to their girlfriends, like they were afraid that after that, Simon would go after other girls.
Alyx felt burning inside and closed her eyes. She thought it was not fair. How could Simon still love Chiara after knowing that he didn't stand a chance with her? And why... why did almost everyone have a boyfriend except her and Yuako? But Yuako was different, the girls used to mock saying that she was married with her math's book but her... Alyx clutched her first tight in slight anger, pushing her already empty dish away. She knew she was being selfish, but she also wanted someone to...
"Hey Alyx!" a voice right next to her sounded louder than all the riot caused by Simon and Connor's fight. She could hear that Logan and Cyclops had joined the fight too. She opened her eyes to see that Marcus was sitting right beside her.
"Hey." She said under breath, only glancing at him for a couple of seconds. She didn't notice his caring smile, nor the shine on his blue eyes.
"Look, err... me and the gang were... were thinking about going to the cinema and..." he started, getting closer to her.
"Marcus, you know I can't get out much." Alyx closed her eyes again, holding her head on her hand, letting her shinny long hair hide her features. "If I go to the street is the same to have a glowing neon sign on my head saying I'M A MUTANT. I don't want to go." The discussion, mainly Simon's voice, was getting to her in spite of the confusion of sounds.
"Oh come on Alyx! Come with us! You've went out before and nothing happened... come on! I'm inviting you..." Alyx didn't notice either that he really wanted her to go. She felt his hand wonder near her neck, pushing her hair behind her ear so he could see her face. "Come with us..."
"Damnit Marcus! I already said I don't want to go!" she snapped at him, pushing his hand away, leaving a shocked expression on the poor boy's face. "Looking like this, I can't go out!" she was shivering of anger though no one could see it. Marcus stared at her for some time, trying to assimilate what she had said. He saw the crystals on her forehead and wrists pulsing and glowing, spreading on her skin. Only then, after looking at her clear but now angry eyes, he understood she was serious and rose with a saddened and hurt expression, returning to his table.
Alyx felt like kicking a chair with anger. The fight among Connor and Simon was over, as Chiara and Connor were now seating on her table, throwing menacing glances over their shoulders at Simon.
"Alyx, is everything ok?" Chiara asked worried when she noticed that her crystals had grown. On the table, the ones who had saw it all remained silent and Alyx was thankful for that. She took a deep breath to relax and the crystals started to retract to her skin again.
"I'm fine." She said with deep voice and rose from the table, going out. She only stopped on the stairs, sitting down, trying to expel the anger. She pulled her head back trying to relax, feeling flushed. Alyx opened her eyes when she felt a gentle breeze around her.
"He was trying to ask you out, did you know? You didn't have to jump at him like that." Alyx looked out to see a pale black haired girl with red eyes. When her eyes turned dark, the breeze stopped. Alyx sighed sadly.
"I know, Twist." Alyx answered with a soft voice. "I kinda lost it and Marcus didn't deserve it but...it's just..."
"You still loose it when you see Simon drooling all over Chiara." Twist ended, sitting beside her. The sound that came from the dining room faded where they were.
"Yeah... I hate that but yes. I still like him..."
"You're loosing your time." Twist laid her back against the stairs as Alyx hugged her knees against her chest, poking the crystals on her wrists with her fingers. "The only one that Simon loves, it's his own reflection on the mirror. He knows he's never going to get Chiara, but he just loves the thrill of trying to achieve something that is off limits to him. Simon lives for the thrill, because she's out of his reach."
"Would he notice me then, if I became out of his reach too?" Alyx asked looking at Twist, pushing away her long fringe. She sighed staring at a wall. "I think that even then he wouldn't notice me. In spite of looking like this, I'm invisible to him."
"Probably." Twist nodded. "But you really love him or do you love what he has among his legs?"
"Twist!!" Alyx yelled red as a tomato, ended up giggling shyly.
"And I bet it isn't a big deal either, looking at his pants..." Twist added and both laughed out loud, getting silent after wards. Alyx hugged her knees tighter and sighed thinking.
"Marcus, on the other hand, seems to like you just like the way you are." Twist's words made Alyx want to sink even more on herself.
"And I acted like a bitch at him, didn't I?"
"I never thought I'd live to see the day you'd act like a bitch, but yes, you did." Alyx giggled about Twist's words and stretched her arms up, looking at Twist, wondering why was she there. Usually, she and Twist never got to that kind of deep conversations, Twist always blew her off. She smiled and got up.
"I'll go now and apologise to him. Maybe we can still go this Friday, it will be The Exorcist's premiere!" she smiled and tossed Twist something. "I bet you're going up to the dorm, can you take this for me? Leave it on my bed." And ran off.
Twist stared at what Alyx had tossed her as she went away. It was a magazine about fashion, Streak's biology note book and a thick red leather covered book. She looked at the cover, recognising it on the spot. "Wind-head!" she muttered with an evil grin forming on her lips. Alyx had just tossed her diary at her. Twist ran upstairs to the girl's dorm and got in shutting the door. She laid on her bed, turning on a small lamp, opening the thick diary, seeing the entry that was marked by a long red leather stripe.
"Wednesday, March 16th, 2004 – 06:10 AM
Dear Dad and Gaudi,
Oh yeah, I already caused sensation around this place... and already got my heart broken. So ok, after I arrived, I met a new girl that found me when I was lost and trying to find the kitchen. Her name's Chiara and she's the girl that I saw Connor waving to yesterday, besides, I remember seeing her during classes. She took me back to the dorm and we were talking when Twist entered. Twist's my roommate, remember? Anyway, she entered the room with a face that could scare everyone. I think that dinner left her indisposed or something... but I was already told that she's in a bad mood often. So Chiara left us... and man, things caught fire on that room.
I guess the day had been really bad for her because I had, I really didn't mean it, ripped out one the towels on the bathroom and she started yelling, even worse, it was like a hurricane was inside of the room! Stuff begun to fly around, the windows burst open and the room got really cold. I have to admit, she scared the shit out of me... her eyes glowing red. Geeze! She really has some issues with controlling her temper and her powers! But out of the blue she calmed down and fell on her bed, her hands hiding her face and the winds stopped. I'm not sure if she was crying, I didn't dare to approach her, I was sat at a corner still shaking.
We didn't talk after that. She just rose to clear her things spread all over the room so I could unpack and lied on the bed again, all curled up like a ball. I dared to cover her with a duvet, now I knew she was crying, and silently I tided up the room and lied down too. I actually felt sorry for her, after I thought she was a bitch. I'm sorry I thought that. I bet something was hurting her inside a lot... maybe she had a fight with Silence? I dunno and didn't ask. We had a hell of a first meeting...
I dunno for how long I'd been sleeping, I only know that it was pretty late when I woke up feeling pain on my knees. When I pushed the sheets and the duvet away, I noticed they were blood filled and all ripped apart, as were the pants of my pyjamas. New crystals were growing on my knees. I rose, feeling cramps on my legs and my feet were numb. When I finely sat feeling weak, I noticed that Twist's bed was empty. So I left the room, to try to find the infirmary or something. I needed to clean the blood and some pain killers could be useful too.
The corridors were empty and silent. I could listen to my own footsteps on the expensive looking rugs on the floor. It was freaking me out I have to admit. After listening to the house being filled with sounds during the day, being so silent at night was scary. And o spice things up, suddenly the lights went out and the corridor became pitch black. And I started to hear footsteps coming towards me. I started to panic, the memories from the forest were still too much alive on my head. My heart started pounding crazy when the steps became louder and I could see what seemed like a pair of red things, red eyes, floating on the air when I turned around. Of course I screamed! I felt the crystals coming up my arms, legs and face, hurting me and a light formed on my hands. I was scared, I wanted to hit what was frightening me, I felt an urge to shoot and I did. That light left my hands as I tripped and smashed a chair that was behind me. I saw the light hit something and I heard a scream.
The lights came up on the next second and I tuned white as a paper sheet. Twist was now in front of me... caged inside a block of red stone! I had hit Twist!! And I started to hear her voice on my head, and god she was swearing like I never head anyone swear! And she was threatening me to take her out of there. But how? I didn't even know how I had done that! Then wind started to pick up on the corridor, the furniture started to fly, the plaster and the wallpaper were being ripped off from the walls... it was a real hurricane this time, as she was trying to use wind to break the stone... but she didn't even scratched it! I was so scared dad, I didn't meant to hurt or attack her... never! But I had to do something, I was feeling so stressed with fear that I started punching the stone with all my strengths... and it cracked! It cracked when I hit it! So I told Twist to close her eyes and I punched the stone with all I had and it exploded, shattering into dust. I had got Twist free until her knees. She was gasping for oxygen when I got her free... and she started swearing against me again. Boy, she was raving and the winds around us were strong, my hair was flying everywhere. I freed her feet too and looked up, she looked at me really in a threatening way. Her words rang on my ears for some time.
Then others begun to appear on the corridors, in their pyjamas and with sleepy faces, looking amazed at me, at Twist, at the ripped walls and to the shattered glass-looking red things on the floor. Twist swore against them and stormed out of the corridor, with Silence after her. Everyone else just stared at me in fright and surprise and I ran off to the room, tears slipping down. I was a menace! For me and for everyone else! I was sorry, so sorry for Twist... I...I never meant to attack her, but she had frightened me so much... I... Lost control."
Twist stopped there. The entry wasn't over yet, but she needed to rest a bit and change positions on the bed. She put a fluffy pillow from Alyx's bed behind her back and took off her heavy boots. Se remembered that day, way too well. While she was inside of that red stone coffin, she thought she'd die. She remembered well what she had yelled at Alyx, horrible things, she knew it. She also knew that her yelling and cursing only scared Alyx more.
But she was scared too then. Now, that time had passed, she knew that she shouldn't act like she did, because Alyx was only trying to get in touch with her powers, learning and making mistakes, like she had when he had realised she was a mutant. Twist sighed and turned to the next page, getting conformable on the bed.