At nine AM on the first full day in San Juan, a group of four girls could be seen standing in a circle talking and watching their friend Trinity Sekler speaking to two mutants across the room. Blake peaked over at them before turning to her friends who had attended the Xavier Institute longer than she had.
"So what is Max's new boyfriends name again?" She asked Phoebe, Kitty and Ruby who were half-way ogling the boy in question.
"Troy Mignogna, you've gotta admit he's pretty fine!" Phoebe told her receiving a shrug from the ebony haired girl.
"His 'Talent' is really cool too…" Ruby commented hearing Kitty giggle at the use of the word talent.
"What can he do?" Blake asked raising an eyebrow as she looked over at the older boy.
"He can charge like an electric pulse through his body and use it to shock the hell out of anything that he wants!" Phoebe told her with clear admiration for the others mutation.
"I watched him charge a cellphone by just tapping the charger hole-thing…" Ruby stated making them all turn and look surprised at him. Meanwhile Trinity was finishing up a conversation with her best friend and his boyfriend.
"Are you sure you don't wanna come along with us guys, we would really love it!" Trinity asked the two boys, getting a smile from the younger.
"No no I think we're just gonna go explore on our own, thanks though Trinity!" Troy responded with a wink at the blonde before he spoke to the younger male, "Come on Baby!" He finished taking Max's hand and tugging him toward the door.
Trinity sighed and turned to the others shrugging her shoulders before she went to sign them out with Wolverine.
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While the girls were out taking in the town, Shylow and the others were hanging out by the hotel pool. Shylow was dipping his feet in the water with Layla and Bryce at his side.
"So Layla what are your plans for tonight…" Shylow asked the aquatic manipulator.
"Not sure yet I was thin-" She began before stopping at looking up from the water giving him a quirked eyebrow, "Wait a minute, why?" She added. Shylow shrugged his shoulders in response seeing her chuckle a little.
"You're a great person Shy but I'm not into dudes… Sorry!" Layla told him with a laugh as he began to blush, "Besides… I think you have a shadow!" she said nodding over toward the door. Shy used his telepathy to peak over where he could see both Crestler twins and two freshmen girls talking, Nicky doing most of the talking as Nat had his eyes fixated on Shylow.
"Nat's my little buddy… I don't think he likes me like that!" Shylow told her shaking his head.
"Why don't you just… you know…" Bryce stumbled over his words before settling for a tap between his eyes.
"I don't dig around in peoples head without permission, you guys know that!" He responded with a sigh.
"Well I don't care Shy, I'm calling him over!" Layla said waving over to the Crestler twins who waved back awkwardly. She pointed to Nat whom looked surprised, she laughed and motioned for him to come over. He looked from his friends to his brother who chuckled and nudged him forward.
"Hey Guys… Shylow…" He greeted them only making eye contact with the telepath briefly before he quickly turned his attention back to Layla, "Did you guys need something?" He asked in his usual soft spoken tone.
"Um actually Shy was just saying something about not having any plans for tonight and that maybe you might want to hang out or something!" Layla responded seeing an almost invisible sparkle cross the younger boy's eyes.
"Oh R-really?" He asked looking at the telepath with his eyebrows slightly raised.
"Yeah totally…" Shylow replied giving the blonde girl beside him a small but swift kick under the water's surface, "Meet you in the lobby around six?" He suggested seeing the other nod lightly with a dusting of pink showing on his cheeks. The two said good bye before the younger scurried back over to his brother blush never leaving his face. Bryce nudged his friend and nodded slightly toward Nat.
"See we told you!" He told the telepath who sighed audibly.
"Yeah… yeah you did!" He whispered.
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Shylow was standing in the lobby awkwardly waiting for the younger of the two Crestler twins to join him. After silently waiting for several minutes he decided to pull out his phone to check his messages. He had several from Blake that varied from 'something is up with Bryce' to 'you're roomed with Kurt have you seen his black converse' to 'hey is Wolverine in the lobby' and so on.
He was caught off guard when he peaked up to see the younger Crestler twin standing silently in front of him.
"Holy SHIT!" He whispered as he looked up.
"…Sorry…" Nat stated shyly. The older blinked a couple of times before shaking his head.
"No no your cool… How are you so quiet…" Shylow replied seeing the younger shrug his shoulders, "So what do you wanna go do?" He added quickly trying to move the conversation along.
"…Does San Juan have beaches?" Nat asked in his light tone of voice.
"Yeah I've heard the beaches here are beautiful too!" Shylow told him with a smile.
"We could go to the beach… I've never been so I really want to see the ocean up close before we go back home!" Nat responded with an ounce more volume to his voice, excited by the thought of the waves.
"Sure I'll get us a blanket to take with us…" the elder said with a slight chuckle.
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Shylow began to laugh as Nat went from quiet and nearly emotionless to gleeful as he saw the water. His eyes lit up and he clasped his hands together trying to stay silent it seemed.
"What do you think?" Shy asked smiling over at him.
"It's great!" Nat told him quickly, "Let's go walk in it!" He chirped.
Shylow laughed shaking his head a little before finding a place to lay out their blanket and set their things. They walked along the edge of the water for a half an hour before Nat went to sit on the blanket. Shylow had ducked away from the younger for a minute before returning to Nat with French fries.
"You know my weakness!" Nat commented with a small chuckle.
"I may have peaked… sorry!" Shylow replied with a smile. Nat shook his head a little.
"Its cool!" He told the elder popping a fry into his mouth.
"Some people aren't cool with people digging in their brains and sometimes the smallest thing can be seen as eaves dropping… It really doesn't bother you though?" Shylow asked getting no response he turned to see the other was looking off with wide eyes, "Something wrong?" He asked trying to see what the younger was looking at.
"We should go!" Nat said not looking over to the telepath.
Shylow sighed heavily before scanning the beach with his mind for anything that seemed familiar. When he realized what Nat had spotted he moved his hand over to rest on the others shoulder. Across the beach splashing on the edge of the water stood Max and Troy.
"Unless they're bothering you, I think we should stay!" Shylow told him causing the other to look over, "I don't want him to interrupt us either but I don't think he will!" He added looking over to seeing their two schoolmates laughing and enjoying themselves.
"Ok…" Nat replied hesitantly.
"If you are that worried we can go though…" Shylow responded subconsciously moving his hand to rest on the other boys, "Your choice Nat…" He continued with smile.
Nat blushed profusely shaking his head.
"I-I think we'll be fine!" He whispered looking away with slight embarrassment.
"Good!" Shylow replied with a chuckle.
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