Ugh…it's been ages since I last updated this…stupid CALM and other homework…and distracting comics…innocent innocence look aaanyway…Reviews! Make me so happy!! starts humming Beatles tune quarter after two in the morning, what more can you expect?

Cheesy – I got Coco Puffs, and you were the first, think I mentioned that last chapter…

Risty – Cats hiccup? Heh, I think I actually stole the reason that they remained from you…or was it Andivari? It t'was thieved off some poor unsuspecting writer…

Freakish Fangirl – Heh…If I raise enough funds I'll be sporting the skin look too…first time I'll have ever been bald in my life…It's true, but Evo altered storylines so that the characters would seem more…errm…well, they did it for some reason!! And I'd like to take this quarter moment to mention Dani and Amara look NOTHING alike in the comics…Amara's blonde!!

Dragonic and MetalDragon – You're both right on a related tangent…one upside to all these months without updating, I've refined Jess's mutation down some…heh.

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Jess fumbled her way through the seemingly endless maze of corridors.

"Ermmm…anybody here?" she called out softly. Rahne had loosened her grip on Jess's arm for a quarter of a moment, and that was it. Jess was utterly lost. Opening doors, poking her head in, she searched for anyone who might have an idea as to where the heck she was. Some were locked. Others weren't. Like the one where she popped her head in and saw a kid trying to do his business in the bathroom. Jess quickly shut the door and scuttled away before the kid opened it and decided to begin a headhunt. It was only afterwards Jess thought that he might have been possibly able to lead her to…wherever it was she was supposed to go.

Groaning at her stupidity, Jess sat down and leaned back against a wall. And was promptly tripped over.

"Hey! Who the hell are you?" The guy asked.

"New kid Evan." said a girl coming up from behind him. "She showed up for a few minutes at our training…until Sam nearly pinned her to a tree."

"Oh, well, you coming to the party?"

"Errm…Ummm…" Jess stumbled for words. "I got lost…" she finally mumbled in a barely audible tone. The pair began to roar with laughter.

"C'mon! It's not that hard to get lost…but once you figure it out you'll be fine. My name's Amara by the way. And the klutz who tripped over you is Evan."

"Jess." She replied in a clearer voice. The sound of music was becoming more and more audible as they walked, and even though Jess thought she wouldn't be getting lost again, Amara kept a firm grip on her arm. "Let go of my arm please." Jess asked quietly.

"Hrrm? Pardon?" Amara asked absently, already being drawn into the pulsing beat of the music.

"Let go of my arm." Jess repeated, a tad more forcefully. Amara still walked on, oblivious. "I said LET GO!" Jess wrenched her arm from Amara's grasp.

"Whoa! Take it easy!" Evan took a step back, while Amara stared in a state of semi-shock.

"Sorry…" Jess mumbled and ducked into the hall from which the music was originating.

For such very short notice, the mutants had done well for their celebratory party. There was plenty of snack food all around, drinks, and Hank had set up a sound system, the students took turns playing DJ and dancing. Jess glanced around the room once or twice. She could see her new roommate having a blast with the tall kid who had nearly mowed her down earlier that day. There was a girl who seemed to be the focus of attention, Jess attributed it to the large yellow raincoat she was wearing. Moving near the food tables, Jess picked up some snacks, and continued to observe the teenagers. There were mostly in groups of three or four, some were dancing, and the others were just talking.

Jess was trying to fit each person with the type of personality they'd probably have when a bomb went off. Quite literally. Tabitha and Jubilee had been arguing over something and Tabitha had thrown down one of her 'boomers', and forgot it as she continued her arguing. Slight pandemonium followed, as the other mutants took it as a sign that a new power-friendly game had begun. Bobby froze Roberto's hair, while Rahne transformed and leaped forward to land on Scott, knocking Jean over in the process. Jean retaliated by lifting up a jug of Coke, and tried to levitate and dump it on Rahne. Scott ruined Jean's concentration in the middle of the act and the jug landed on Jamie's head, knocking the original down, and leaving five others to spring up.

Emotions were running high as the teens continued the party in a mutant fashion, however, Jess managed to draw attention to herself when she ran up to Kurt, right in the center of the room and gave him a huge kiss. Taking a minute to process what had happened, Jess promptly turned and exited the room as quickly as two legs could carry you. The room fell silent for a minute. Jamie was the one who finally asked the question.

"Was that the professor?"

AN: ARRRGH!! Short chapter!! But this will be going somewhere, this I swear, and no, it does not lead towards a relationship with Kurt!