CHAPTER 5
The next day my alarm went off at 6:30 am. Seeing as it was a Friday, I had to attend classes. I groaned as I got out of bed. "Kitty, I'm going to shower first" I said to her, who was still under her covers. She merely grunted. We were both exhausted after staying up late gossiping and her touring me around the institute, which I now realize is exceptionally easy to get lost in.
After showering, I returned to the room to see Kitty already dressed and furiously scribbling onto some papers by her desk. "Ughh…totally forgot about my English essay..no time to shower today" she said as I made my way to my closet to pick out clothes. I picked out grey skinny jeans and a simple long sleeved violet top. I put on my silver bracelet, the one with my name on it (I wear it every day). After brushing my dark brown hair, applying some mascara to emphasize my grey eyes, lip gloss and a little blush I slipped on my favorite Chanel flats and was good to go.
"Kitty, you ready to go get breakfast?" I asked. "I'm sorry Avery, I'm gonna have to skip it to finish this up, but you know where to go right?" she said looking apologetic.
"Yeah, no worries" I said as I grabbed my schedule and book bag.
I made my way to the kitchens where quite a few other students were.
After grabbing a bowl of cereal, I sat at the dinning table totally not used to this many people. After living alone for most of my teen years, this kind of reminded me of all the kids at the foster home from my childhood.
"Avery" Jean greeted me with a smile as she sat next to me.
"How was your first night?" She asked.
"I slept well enough" I told her honestly.
"I'm glad to hear that." She smiled "Well your first class starts soon, so you should probably get going" She stated.
"Yeah, your probably right" I said as I noticed the clock which let me know I was indeed, running late.
Thankfully Kitty showed my where my classes were going to be, last night on her little tour, so I found my classroom right before the class started.
" ?" the teacher asked me as I entered. "Yes, that's me" I answered.
"Great! Ororo told me about you, my name is Mr. Alleyne"
"You can go and take a seat before I begin" he said. I walked over to the only empty seat by the window, behind a light brown haired boy. As I sat down, Mr. Alleyne started his lesson. And to be completely honest, I wasn't paying a single ounce of attention. I stared out the window, completely amazed at how my life had changed in such a small amount of time, as much as I wasn't a fan of school, I had to admit this was certainly better than wallowing alone. School might actually be a good distraction from my life.
My thoughts were interrupted when the boy in front of me turned to face me.
"Man, this class is such a drag" he said, I just gave a polite smile. "My name is John, but you can call me pyro" he said with a wink this time. Wow. Cocky, much.
"Is that some sort of self proclaimed name to imply that you're hot?" I asked with a laugh.
"Actually it's a nickname due to my abilities" he said as he flicked his lighter and created a fireball in his hand. "And I wouldn't need to say I'm hot, it's a widely known fact" he added with a smirk.
"Mr. Allerdyce! Please make an effort to pay attention!" Mr. Alleyne said with annoyance.
John-Pyro-whatever his name was turned to face the board now and didn't talk to me again for the rest of class, which allowed me to take down some notes.
After English, I gathered my things and began walking with the rest of the grade 12 students to the next class, Art.
"Hey there" A girl with dark brown hair said as she walked next to me
"Hi" I said, making a mental note to try and be open to making friends, unlike my typical anti-social self.
"you're new, right?" The girl asked
"yeah, today is my first day"
"That's great " she said with a seemingly genuine smile. "my name is "Rogue", well it's Marie, but everyone calls me Rogue" she added. I remembered Kitty telling me about her..
"I'm Avery" I said.
When we got to Art I sat next to Rogue, who introduced her boyfriend Bobby aka. Iceman (another nickname..)
"This class is really slack, Piotr is a really chill teacher" he said as he motioned to the muscular, tall guy sitting by his desk reading a newspaper. A little while later he announced to everyone to work on sketching, before returning to his newspaper.
I sat with Bobby and Rogue at a table chatting about the school and the teachers, when the guy from earlier, John dragged his chair over and sat down with us.
"Avery, this is –" Rogue began
"John" I finished for her, "We met earlier" I said
"So..Avery.." he said smiling a little as he said my name "what's your power anyways? Other than good looks of course." He said with that same arrogance as earlier. I had to admit, he had some charm… majorly cocky, but some charm.
"hitting on the new girl, how unusual of you." Bobby sarcastically said to John
"I've got a few talents, fireboy.." I said, answering john's question. I didn't really want to tell everyone my powers right away, I'd been so secretive about it for so long It seemed odd to just tell people.
"Pyro" he corrected "Yeah, that's what I meant" I said with a smirk.
