"Reese, do you know the answer to number 2?" Bobby asked…he was the science teacher.

"Uh…" BRRRIIINNNG! "Saved by the bell" I thought to myself, I ran out of the classroom to my next class. It was my favourite class, history. Kurt taught us history. He was a good history teacher; he would always bring in cool things from around the world. When I was walking I noticed it was finally the last class of the day.

I walked in the classroom and handed in my homework. I sat in my seat and listened to the lesson. This class seemed to take forever when finally the bell rang.

"Don't forget! All the questions on page 32 are for homevork. No exceptions…"

"yeah I know! Bye Kurt!" I said as I ran out.

"goodbye Reese" he said shaking his head.

I was running down the hallways to get to my room when Pete told me to slow down.

"reese! Slow down! You're going to kill someone!" Pete said as he jumped out of the way.

"sorry pete!" I continued running down the halls. I finally got to my room, I found another sticky note on the door.

Reese,

7pm I'll be here.

-Ryan.

I took the sticky note off my door and put it with the other one. I smiled as I picked out what I was going to wear. It was three o`clock, I had four hours to pick out my clothes. I threw apart my closet. "White shirt, black shirt, purple shirt, blue shirt, what shirt?" I said out loud. I got frustrated so I turned on my radio; Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day was playing. I walked back over to my closet and tore through it. I finally found the perfect top; a plain white V-Neck t-shirt with a black thick strapped tank top underneath. I had my favourite jeans on so I just put the top on.

I finally picked out my outfit so I jumped in the shower. When I got out I quickly dried my hair then kept it wavy. It was finally time to go. I looked at my clock, 6:59. One more minute! I felt corny. I was giddy like a school girl... This wasn't like me at all. I looked on the mirror one last time then decided I was ready. I went in my closet and got out my leather jacket.

It looked like my dad's but it was smaller and less worn out and It didn't smell like cigars and beer either. I put ten bucks in my pocket and flicked my side bangs out of my face. Then, Ryan knocked on the door. I waited a second then opened the door, to seem less desperate. When I opened my door Ryan's eyes widened.

"Reese, you look...amazing'' he said smiling. I blushed then smiled

"Take a picture, it'll last longer" he raised his eyebrows and smirked. Then he took his phone out

"Smile" I looked down and half smiled. He took a picture then said "beautiful" I rolled my eyes and smiled. "Let's go" I said walking out and closing my door behind me. Ryan and I walked down the hallway towards the big front door.

"Have you ever been to a dance before?" he asked tangling his fingers with mine. I blushed then said

"No actually I haven't" he looked down at me "so you've never been to a dance outside of the mansion?"
"pretty much" I nodded. He smiled his warm and bright smile. He pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arm around my waist. We walked out of the mansion and down the street.

It was just starting to get dark and some street lights had come on. We came to a building with a huge line of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17. The music was so loud we could hear it from outside and the disco lights were shining through the windows. "This looks like a lot of fun" I laughed "imagine my dad here" we both stopped for a minute to think about it then burst out laughing. "That would be hilarious" Ryan said laughing. "He'd be like 'get the hell out of my way bub or I'll rip your face off' to every kid that gets in his way" I said mocking my dad. "ahaha" me and Ryan laughed.

We got up to the doors and paid. They stamped our hands and we walked in. The music was so loud! I could barely hear myself think...it was awesome! As soon as we walked in Ryan saw people he knew. He walked over to them, leading me there still holding my hand.
"Hey Ryan!" a guy said holding up his hand for Ryan to high five it.

"hey Andrew" Andrew looked at me then nodded.
"Who's she?" he asked pointing to me "she a mutant?" i looked at him

"What's it to ya?" I asked dryly.
"Hey calm down, were all mutants" he said as his eyes turned purple and a shimmer of light flew across the room. "What can you do?" a girl asked me. I grinned and threw out my metal claws. She gasped and I smiled. "Are you... Wolverine's daughter?" she asked in awe. I pulled in my claws "yeah." another guy came up to me and looked shocked "dude! Wolverine is like a legend! You're like the daughter of a legend!" he said nodding his head. I laughed "thank you..?" he looked at me and winked "you are welcome" that's when Ryan dragged me onto the dance floor. It was a slow song and he wrapped his hands around my waist, i put my arms around his shoulders. He smiled at me warmly "they are all like amazed by your wolveriness" we both laughed. He looked down and me as he pulled me closer "do you have mutant name?" he asked curiously. "Actually…" I said thinking "I've never actually thought about it. What would be a good name for me?" I asked. "Hm..." he looked up at the ceiling

"I don't know. Maybe...Howlett?"
"but that's my last name" I said confused
"so, it would suit you..." I shrugged then rested my head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. Then...the song ended.

The group of kids came over to us again and were all talking about my dad when finally I had had enough. "Look you guys" I snapped "I'm sick of talking about my dad. He smokes cigars and drinks beer and has metal claws that shoot out of his fists! That's about it! And maybe he's saved a few people here and there and a few mutants too. He is my dad and I don't want to talk about him... Let's just dance and have a good time please?" I said taking a deep breath of air after. Ryan laughed and the rest of them joined in. I started to laugh too.

About an hour had passed when someone came up and tapped me on the shoulder. It was gambit!
"What are you doing here?" i asked, shocked that he was here. "you need to come with me... Now" he said with a serious tone. "What? Why!" I asked not wanting to leave.
"Reese don't argue, I'll tell you when we get out here"
"but what about Ryan?" I asked pointing to him
"he's caused enough trouble for now. Now come with me right now!" he said pulling my arm.
"What?" I yanked my arm out of his grasp. Ryan walked up behind me.

"Yeah gambit, explain how I caused trouble" Ryan said dryly. Gambit rolled his eyes at Ryan and looked at me. He whispered "Reese it's your mom and dad" I Looked at him seriously now

"what happened?"
"come outside and I'll tell you" I Turned to Ryan then Turned back to gambit "okay" I walked out with gambit leaving Ryan behind me "Reese! C'mon you're gonna believe him?" he shouted but i ignored him. "Gambit may be a thief, but I trust him" I said as we ran out of there.

We got outside then I stopped "okay spill. What the hell did you come here for?" I looked at him and crossed my arms across my chest like my dad always did. He looked at me then let out a breath of air. "Stryker and victor came back to the mansion, this time to round up your ma and pa. He took them to where, I'm assuming, Alkali lake.. One of the kids said something about experiments. I dunno, just let's get back here quickly!" Him and I started to run towards the mansion. My mind racing with thoughts "we need to get there faster" I shouted. Gambit stopped, smiled and looked at a parked car."

Are we really going to steal this car!" I thought to myself. "My mom is going to kill me" I thought as we stepped closer to the car...