A/N: This is post- NXM 27
Kevin smiled at her, "Well it's nice to meet you"
"Same to you" Laura responded.
"People, People!" Miss Pryde called.
"Sorry Miss Pryde!" they all yelled and turned forward. Laura noted that Cessily kept glancing over at Kevin. I wonder why she's doing that… He can't touch anyone…or maybe he can touch her (Kitty would kick my ass for not remembering) she thought smirking slightly.
"Laura do you know the answer?" asked Kitty, "If so, please enlighten us."
"No. Sorry." Laura stated simply.
Sooraya raised her hand, "Is the Sin equal to 0.9 and is the angle A equal to 49 degrees?"
"Yes, very good Sooraya." Miss Pryde smiled at her students.
Julian smiled as he scrawled something on a piece of paper. Kevin waited until Miss Pryde had left the room to do something and then he turned around and faced Julian, "Hey, dude…where's Sofia?"
"I wouldn't know" Julian said bitterly, "She left without saying goodbye but I forgot to mention Stryker's dead, Foley killed him."
"Ok, I've missed a lot!" Kevin mumbled, "Wait a sec, Josh killed Stryker but he couldn't save Laurie?"
Julian gave an almost imperceptible nod.
"Fucking bastard, I'd love to give him a piece of my mind and my powers!" Kevin mumbled.
"He's in catatonic shock…he's basically shut down" Julian said quietly.
"Even better, that way he can't react when I attack" Kevin smirked, "I came when I heard about the battle."
"It was interesting; Sooraya, Laura and Josh saved our asses." Julian commented.
"Mr Keller, Mr Ford, are you going to listen?" Miss Pryde said wryly.
"Sorry" they both mumbled.
Cessily giggled and Laura smiled, ever since helping save their lives during Stryker's attack they'd been slightly more open to her. By the time the bell for next class rang Laura had spent more time eavesdropping than she'd intended. By lunch time she'd managed to glean that Kevin could touch Cessily and that he'd been the one who had withered Laurie's hand after M-Day. Laura sat down at the same table as Kevin, Julian, Sooraya, Santo and Cessily. Laura glanced over shoulder where Noriko sat with some other students, "Why isn't she sitting with us?" she asked.
Cessily smirked, "She has issues with Julian…"
"I messed up, I know" Julian said. Laura could have sworn he looked at her when he said that.
"Um…what did you…do?" Laura asked nervously, talking to Julian always seemed to take more effort and concentration then talking to anyone else.
Julian winced, "She was on the street, and on drugs. I turned her away. But I think she's kind of cool and try not to be as hard on her as other people."
"Oh…I understand." Laura said quietly. She saw both Cessily and Sooraya look from her, to Julian, then to each other smiling but she shook it off.
Cessily turned to Kevin, "So what were you up to?"
"Oh, you know, thinking and reflecting on everything that's happened." Kevin mumbled.
"Okay, We're all glad you're back, but I wish Brian was here."
"Me too, Cess…me too" said Julian.
"Do you want Sofia to come back?" asked Cessily
"Honestly…I don't know. I think about how much fun we had together and I want her back but then I remember how she left without telling me and I don't want to see her again." Julian answered quietly.
"Well, you're gonna have to decide because I heard Miss Frost calling her about coming to Laurie's funeral."
"What did she say to that?" Julian said quickly.
"I think she said yes."
