Chapter 3: Who is it?
Roxy made her way down the stairs quickly her hand gliding down the banister. Alex running right next to her, they heard a door slam as Jean started making her way after them. "Jean maybe you should sit this one at," Alex said stopping and nodding to her stomach.
Jean said nothing just stood watching her team-mates and family rush past her; she would just stand by and watch. Scott and Pietro where the first two outside, the two men stood still it was silent at first but with close ears they heard panting. Scott pointed to the bushes that the noise from. The two approached as the others foot steps came closer. Scott pursed his lips and placed his finger to them for the others to see. Pietro zipped over and pushed the bushes aside to see a man in thick frames. The team stared at not a monster or anti-mutant protestor with a gun but a man in blue jeans and jacket who was huddled up in a ball holding his camera. Scott snatched the camera and threw it up clear into the sky as it reached just past the tree line he shot it. His beam broke the camera into microscopic pieces. With one look back down the man shuffled to his feet and scattered quickly out of the bushes. "Run fast," Scott hollered after him. Slowly the team returned to their beds after watching his shaky legs carried him over their fence.
Scott walked into their room to see a small foggy spot on their window where Jean must have been watching from. He smiled to see her now laying under the blankets and he quickly joined her.
Roxy hopped over the other beds to make it to her, almost stepping on Kitty's arm. The room was silent but not with shallow breathes all the girls knew the others were still a wake. "You guys up?" Kitty finally whispered. With the little light from the window they saw Roxy's silhouette block the light. Rogue turned on the lamp next to her bed.
"Yah aftah that yahoo woke us up it's already six thirty is der a point?" The southern girl mumbled flipping her hair from her eyes.
"Soon Logan will come in and say how holding hands is inappropriate and we have to have extra long training session. Many yous are lucky I have one tomorrow for all the new recruits." Roxy rolled her eyes although no one could really see her face to tell.
Kitty just giggled and deepened her voice to say, "Merrr I hate kids but still I work with them." Rogue threw a pillow at her and laughed. The girls all laughed half because it was funny and half because they were sleep deprived.
"Yah' well at least ya don't have tah deal with Remy and Logan fighting. I swear that man thinks he is mah father." Rogue said.
Mockingly Kitty picked up a playing card, "Oh chere!"
"He at least mah boy doesn't need anger management." Rogue laughed. Roxy climbed to Kitty's bed, sitting next to Roxy grabbed a hold of Kitty's arms and shook her.
"Like I know that boy can't take a joke," Kitty laughed agreeing with her friends. "But your guy ain't perfect either," she looked to Roxy.
"Oh god I know." Roxy nodded her head.
"If anyone so much as like looks at you something is fried."
"Yeah you got that right; it's my fault for that though." Roxy admitted.
"How?" Rogue now finally interested in the perfect couple being not so perfect.
"I am a ditzy I guess. Like I don't pick up on that stuff I guess." Roxy shrugged, "Like if it was up to me and I was hot I would not wear a shirt, at home its okay. Here not so much and I forget the whole other people thing." Roxy just laughed. "Growing up it was just my mom, me and my brother. My brother well I just to make him feel uncomfortable, especially when his friends where over! Boy, did he hate when I pulled the, left my clothes in the wash after a shower bit." The Hawaiian girl gave a grin and played with a piece of her hai.
"Dang Rox you're a little skank." The Goth said with a little grin.
"Not on purpose."
"You have a brother." Kitty asked more then interested.
She dug through her purse for no longer then a minute when she handed her valley friend her open wallet. Inside were some pictures, the first was of Roxy and Alex on the beach, the second was another man well built that looked remarkably like Roxy. "We are twins, but he doesn't carry the x-gene," with a pause she added. "If there is one person that hates Alex more then Ray its James. And there ain't a guy Alex is more afraid of." Roxy laughed at the last part.
"He is cute!" Kitty grinned.
Soon they didn't need the lamp as the sun poured into their room and there was a knock. "Rox." Alex said.
"You better go before he gets jealous of Kitty's dragon," Rogue added teasingly. Kitty's dragon was sitting in Roxy's lap.
The girls giggled as Roxy stumbled to get to the door, "Coming." She opened the door to see Alex already dressed for training. Kissing her in the door way Kitty threw the dragon, "Get a room you two!"
Alex said with a grin, "As much as I would love too, she is already going to be late to training with Logan."
"Crap!" Roxy said running under Alex's arm. He just stood there and laughed for a minute, "Logan's going to kill us."
"Why?"
"He saw us coming out of my room not knowing her clothes are in there. And with us being late he will have a field day." Alex explained as Roxy ran out of his room still putting on her shoe and her uniform unzipped in the back. She bounced backwards to Alex. Everyone laughed as he zipped it up for her. And the two ran off already late.
"…This means no powers you got it?" Logan had just finished explaining the drill for today outside under the cold shade that the winter had brought. Roxy and Alex ran up. "Sorry we're late, it's my fault." Roxy tried to explain to the always angry teacher.
Logan just shook his head, "I don't wanna hear it kid, Ray explain it to them and get started."
"We have to find these little things that beep they are red and there is 12 of them. And no powers at all," Ray said quickly, "we get 45 minutes."
"Starting now," Logan finished for him. The students split up in all different directions. Jamie started low looking in the bushes. "Shhh!" Ray barked. The beeping was annoying to everyone it was coming from everywhere slowly one by one they found them. Some were in the grass, some in bushes, one even under the bird bath. Ray counted the beeping red dots, "…10 and 11, there is one more!" With a groan they silenced themselves and listened. Roxy pointed up in the trees. With a small nod Roberto and Sam lifted her to the branch which she was otherwise too short for. Following the sound she climbed up higher after two more she saw that it was on the other tree. Looking down she saw everyone watching. Wiggling her feet a little she sent her shoes falling down hitting Alex, "Sorry!" She said grinning. With out her shoes she backed up on the branch, ran a little before planting her hands to send herself twirling in the air. Their jaws dropped and she grabbed the other branch. Slowly she pulled herself up and grabbed the red dot. They clapped and laughed nervously. She sat on the branch like it was a swing kicking her legs. "You can come down now!" Logan hollered up to her.
She putts the dot in her belt and grabbed the branch and hung down. Barely reaching the branch with her toes, she let go of the branch. As she did this everyone watched as it snapped beneath her. Falling she landed right in Logan's arms, "Thanks," she grinned. Putting her down she handed him the beeping thing. Alex rubbed his head hands her the shoes, "Why did you pick high heels for your uniform?"
"Their cute," She answered simply.
"Yeah and painful," Alex grumbled. Roxy kissed his check and whispered, "You'll live baby."
Jubilee ran over to with a grin she said, "How did you?"
"I used to compete in gymnastics growing up, before I was found out as a mutant." Roxy explained as she sat down to put her shoes back on.
Storm came out to say, "Roxanne dear come on inside you have a call." Roxy rushed in to the large mansion which she had learned to call home.
