"Man, school is so hard," Brittany complained throwing her backpack on her bed. The girls had just arrived home from school.
"Tell me about it, I can't believe the amount of catch-up homework I've got," Roschelle agreed sliding out of her school clothes and putting on a pair of tight red work out pants and a black tank top.
"School was that bad?" Amber asked walking into the room tossing her ruby red hair and smirking.
"Hey! Why weren't you at school like the rest of us?" Temi asked glaring at Amber, as if blaming her for the bad first day most of the girls had just suffered through.
I was sick," Amber said with a shrug as she flopped down on one of the beds.
"Looks like you go better pretty quickly," Brittany commented as the Ranger twins walked in speaking in their usual twin speak, which only they and Remie could understand.
"Can't you two speak English?" Adri asked from the top bunk. Since Xavier hadn't had enough empty rooms for all the girls to have singles, most the girls shared the few rooms open with several of the other girls. Candie was the only one who had her own room, from what Saretta said, it was because of her health problem.
"But where's the fun in that?" Odette asked pulling a ream of colored paper from her backpack while Olivia did the same with glitter, ribbon, and piper cleaners.
"What's that for?"
"Lyrcie's been put in the hospital again."
"Figures, who caught her this time?" Temi asked not even looking up from the books she was looking at.
"One of the Xavier kids," Odette said shrugging and starting to make Lyrcie a get well soon card. Lyrcie had been in and out of hospitals and mental institutions since the day Ms. Thorne had brought her home. Lyrcie was a constant anorexic, the minute she started finally making progress she started believing the ideas she read in the minds of the singers she listened to and relapsed.
"Maybe this time they'll keep," Annabelle said hanging from the light fixture by her red devil like tail.
"Girls?" a voice asked followed by a knock on the door.
"We're decent," Amber yelled causing all the girls to laugh, or at least smirk. Scott Summers rolled his eyes and pushed the door open.
"Hey Scotty!" Megan yelled climbing in through the open window, her hair full of leaves and twigs, and the buttons on her shirt buttoned wrong.
"Hi, um, Megan?" Scott guessed trying to remember the girl's name. He still had trouble figuring out which name belonged to which girl, even though Professor had given him a list of their names, powers, and a picture of each girl.
"Yup," Megan said sitting on top of one of the desks in the room.
"Sorry about that," Odette said glaring at Megan, who was trying to readjust her shirt.
"I'm used to it," Scott stated yanking his eyes away form Megan. "Professor Xavier sent me over here to ask you and Taylor some questions," Scott said looking at Odette.
"Taylor's not here," Olivia answered smiling at Scott.
"Alright, why don't you and your sister, um, follow me to Professor's office," Scott stuttered his eyes back on Megan, who flashed him a flirty smile and blew him a kiss, a hint of her breasts showing.
"Sure, what's this about?" Odette asked standing up to follow Scott.
"Probably something about us being twins," Olivia said in twin speak causing Odette to roll her eyes. Scott glanced at Olivia, but didn't say anything as he led the girls into the hall.
"I'm not sure what Professor wants to talk to you about, but I heard him mention the name 'Robin'". Both girls eyes widened.
"You must've heard wrong," Olivia said tucking a strand of her long blond hair behind her ear. Scott shrugged and kept walking, the twins exchanging nervous glances at each other. Finally, they reached Xavier's office.
"Well, here we are," Scott announced looking at the girls. One of them, Scott still couldn't tell them apart, looked pale and trembly compared to the other who just looked worried.
"Thanks, Scott," the worried looking one whispered as she pulled open the door of Xavier's office and let her sister walk in first then followed her leaving Scott standing in the hallway.