AN: Wow, I can't belive y'all are putting up with my annyingly short chapters! (They seem to be more annying to me than my readers, lol) Thanks so much, guys/gals!

paprika90: I try, I try...good thing you reviewed, because I was just going to go to bed, but I saw how you said you were going to check for a update...so, here it is, just for you, lol!

Disclaimer:

School is hard

When you're new...

I don't own X-men

And neither do you!

Chapter 5

She took a deep breath as she walked up and into the school. "Please," She mumbled to herself, "just let me not mess up on my first day! I want so much to finally fit in with the other kids." Finding her locker, she started to open it. "7Left 7Right 8Left 7Right." She mumbled, under her breath.She opened it and put her lunch inside with some other things. Glancing to her right, she paused, looking at all the other kids.

"Hi!"

She turned at the voice behind her. "Hello." She said in reply.

"I'm Kitty! Are you new here?"

Rose quickly looked over the peppy young girl. She was small and petite, but seemed to be confident. She was pretty, too, with a pink top and blue jeans. Her backpack-purse was black, matching her sandals, and she wore her brown hair in a high ponytail. Her eyebrow jerked up over her cat-eye sunglasses...

"Yeah." Rose smiled back.

"Cool!" Said Kitty. "So where are you from? What's your name? What class are you in first? -Oh! Am I talking too much? I'm sorry. I'll slow down!"

Rose grinned at the enthusiastic girl. "That's okay. Um, I'm Rose. I think my first period class is..." Rose glanced at her class organizer. "...math. Ugh! Who could give math first thing in the morning?"

"Hey!" Exclaimed Kitty. "That's my first class, too! Well, I can-"

"Miss Redd!" The principal interupted as hewalked over to the girls. "There you are. Oh, good, you've found your locker. Hello, Miss Pryde."

"Hello, Mr. P."

"So, Rose, how is your day so far?"

"Good, sir, I was just getting my stuff together." Rose said as she shut her locker. "All I have to do now is find my homeroom. Miss G's, I guess."

The principal turned to Kitty. "Kitty, I believe that is your homeroom. I was going to try to find a student to help out Miss Redd. Would you like to volunteer?"

"Sure, Mr. P! No problem!"

"Good." He turned to Rose. "Well, I must, go, but if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask!"

"Well..." said Kitty "Let's hit it!"

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"Over there is English and chem, and there's the gym," Kitty explained while they walked. "And...here's homeroom. You got Miss. G; she's the best homeroom teacher to have!"

"Why?"

"Because not only is she a cool teacher, she's almost always late!" Rose smiled in responseand Kittyled herinto the room. She looked around. It was a typical room, the teachers' desk, T.V. in the corner, and desks.

"Hey, Rose? Over here." Rose smiled and walked over to joinKitty. "We can sit together, if you like!"

"Sure! Thanks!" Rose said. Kitty's enthusiasim was catching.She glanced around the room again. There were only a few kids in the room, although it had passed time to start.

A girl walked over to Kitty.

"Hey, Amara." Said Kitty.

The girl, Amara, walked over to them. She was the same size as Kitty, but seemed to be shyer. She had long dark hair that was straight, and her complexion seemed to be just a bit darker than Kitty's as well. She had hazel eyes.

"Hi, Kitty!"

"Hey, Amara, this is Rose, she's new here."

"Hi, Rose, I'm Amara. I'm kind of new, too."

Just then another girl walked in. She was tall, with short blonde hair and blue eyes. She had a devil-may-care smile on her face, rock'n roll blaring through her headphones.

"Hey, Amara. Kitty. " She sat back in her seat and put her feet up on the desk. Then she took off her headphones and sat up.

"Hey, who's this?" she looked Rose over.

"Hi, I'm Rose. I'm new here."

"I figured. 'sup, I'm Tabitha. Are ya 'friend' of Kitty's?"

Kitty spoke up. "Sort of, we met just now in the hall." She smiled at Rose as the teacher walked in.

"Hello, class! How are you this morning?"

A few groaning 'good' s came from the class as they shuffled to their seats. "Are we ready to learn? Okay, then. Let's begin. Oh! I almost forgot! We have a new student. Rose Redd, is it? Will you come up here please?" Rose got up and went to the head of the class.

"Breathe. Just Breathe. Be calm. Be collected." She thought as she walked.

"Class, this is Rose, the new student. Rose, I don't like to embarrass my new students," she said with a joking smile, "So if you want you can tell us about yourself or not."

"Sure." Said Rose.

"Good!" Said the teacher as she sat down. "Go ahead."

Rose took a deep breath and began. "Well, my name is Rose, and as I'm highly embarrassed up here," she joked, getting a few chuckles from the class, "I'll just summarize for you. Name: Rose; Occupation: Student, currently also waitresses at Eva's diner; Best Subject: History/English/Music; Worst Subject: Math.." The students laughed at the face she made. "...Fave Color: Blue; Fave Food: Pizza. Thank you!" She sported a corny smile as she bowed and some the students smiled back...others, indifferent looks plastered on thier tired faces.

"Thank you, Rose" The teacher said with an eyebrow raised, as she stood up. "Now, let's begin."

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When the class ended, Rose and Kitty walked through the halls. "Next is math. Brace yourself!" said Kitty. They both laughed as they went into the room. The teacher was at the desk, writing, as they walked in. He looked up.

"Rose Redd, I suppose? You're the new student, right? Take a seat. We begin in 5 minutes. I am Mr. Wicktirm." Kitty and Rose once again sat next to each other.

"Mr. W is tough and strict, but he always begins exactly on time, so get here early if you want to talk."

"Hey, Kitty, did you bring back my math book? I need it!"

Rose looked up at the voice. The boy was small with dark hair and light eyes. His baggy t-shirt that said "Bad hair week" fell on him loosely, as did his pants. He looked over at Rose.

"Hello! Are you new? I'm Kurt. Nice to meet you." He spoke with a slight foreign accent she couldn't place. Kitty found the book and handed it to Kurt.

"Yeah, she's new. Her name is Rose. And yes, I have your math book, don't have a cow..."

"Hi." Said Rose. The teacher got up from his seat.

"It's time. In your seats, please."

Kurt flashed a smile at Rose, then sat down. "Hmm" Thought Rose. "I think math is going to be much more interesting in this school..."

AN: Er, well,I just went over this chapter...it's not my best work...try to remember, this was my first fan fiction ever, years before I even knew other people wrote fanfiction, or even that itwas called fan fiction, lol! Anyway, I hope, once again, it's not in any way mary-sueish- PLEASE feel free to slap me sensless with a herring if it is leaning that way. Reviews, pleasey!