Longer chapter for you guys. :)
Oh yeah, by the way I don't own any of these characters except for mine, but that is kind of given considering this is a fanfic.
In Florida, Haley Wilson sat in her Biology class. She had had this odd feeling all day long. Her hands felt…off. There was something up. However…what was it?
She raised her hand. "Miss Wilson?" her teacher responded.
"May I go to the washroom?"
"Take a pass." Her teacher was the cool thing about Bio. She didn't really care what the students did. She lived by the philosophy that honors students should be able to know what they were doing.
Haley quickly left the room. She wandered down the halls to the nearest bathroom. There, she studied herself for a while. Her layered blonde hair fell just to her shoulders. Gray eyes stared back at Haley. What was going on? Why was she feeling so weird?
She turned on the faucet to wash her hands. She looked down at her hands to already find them soaking wet. "That's gross," she murmured to herself. "That's gross if that is sweat." She quickly washed her hands and dried them.
Making it back to the classroom right as the bell rang; Haley picked up her tote and went in search of her friends. They were supposed to go off-campus for today's lunch.
First, she stopped at her locker. She needed to put away the books she didn't need and bring an umbrella in case it rained. Despite all the sun, it tended to rain often in her hometown.
"Hello, Haley…" a voice said from behind her. Haley stiffened, recognizing the voice of her ex-boyfriend.
She slammed her locker close. "What is it now, Jack?" she asked angrily.
"What's with the temper? I just wanted to talk to you, sweetie."
"We broke up, remember?" she said storming away. "Why won't you just leave me alone?"
He kept up with her pace. "Listen…about that…I wanted to give you another chance."
Haley stopped a brief moment to open the doors that led outside. "Give me a chance?"
Jack nodded. Angered even more by this, Haley continued walking without saying a word. However, the boy was being persistent.
Suddenly, he grabbed her arm. "Listen," he said through clenched teeth. "You can't just leave me."
"Let go!" she said trying to get away from his grasp.
He pulled her closer to him, thus hurting her arm. "You are going to do what I say."
"This is exactly why I dumped you, Jack! Your temper!" She started pulling away. "Let go!" She saw him lift his arm to hit her. Out of reflexes, she lifted her free hand to protect her.
A jet of water shot out of her hand and knocked him onto the sidewalk. Haley fell back, frightened by what had just occurred. She looked down at her hand, then at Jack who was out.
Panicked, Haley grabbed her tote and started running blindly. As she turned the corner, she hit another person. Both of them were knocked off their feet.
"There you are!" Haley looked at the girl she had just knocked over.
"Oh…" she said getting up. "Hey, Lisa."
"Come on! Let's go. I don't want to spend my entire lunch period here." Haley nodded. "Jen is waiting for us in her car."
Being tugged by the wrist, Lisa led her to her friend's SUV. Haley had managed to calm down a little, but her encounter with Jack had left her worried. What had actually happen? Has she really shot water out of her hands? Haley shook the thought out of her head. That was ridiculous.
"She's going out with some of her friends," Kitty said, emerging from the building.
"Got it," Jean said. "Let's go."
Jean pulled up to Kitty's location. Kitty hopped in the car and pointed in the direction the car had gone.
"I totally don't get why we're doing this anyway.""It's in case her powers go hay wire," Jean replied, focusing on the road.
Kitty shook her head. "Hasn't she already done that? I mean attacking a guy is kind of under the definition of hay wire."
"That was self defense…"
"Man, she looked freaked. I probably had that same expression when I first got my powers. What I don't get is how she hadn't noticed them before hand. The prof said that Cerebro has sensed her since this morning. Doesn't that mean that she's had to have used her powers before?"
"She might have used them in her sleep or something. Either that or she didn't really notice the affects of her actions. Water is a very common thing."
Jean turned to Kitty with a sly grin on her face. "So…Lance?"
Kitty blushed furiously. "Well there goes the under wraps part…"
"Don't worry," Jean said, placing a hand on Kitty's arm. "I won't tell Scott."
"I hope not…he'll flip."
"He's going to find out sooner or later."
"You sound like Kurt." Kitty smacked her forehead.
"I know, but it's good for you to hear it again."
"I'm not like gonna break up with him just because Scott wouldn't approve."
"I wasn't saying that…"
Kitty folded her arms. "Sounded like it."
Jean pulled into the parking lot of a sandwich place. Haley and her friends were already entering the building.
"Hey, Jean?" Kitty asked as they got out of the car.
"Yeah?"
"Can we get something to eat? I'm starved."
Jean giggled. "Of course, let's go."
The two girls ordered Panini's and then chose a table where they would be able to keep an eye on Haley. Quietly the duo munched on their sandwiches and studied their potential new teammate.
"She seems nice," Jean declared.
"She attacked a guy."
"It was self defense."
Kitty shrugged. "So, like, when is the Professor going to talk to her parents?"
"He's probably doing it right now. He and Storm will have a lot of explaining to do considering that Haley hasn't even completely realized that what's going on is not in her head."
"Do you think she'll come back with us?"
Jean rested her head on her hand. "These things are always hard to tell…"
"You sound doubtful."
"It wouldn't be the first time people have shut us down."
"True." Just then, Haley got up from the table. "I'll follow her." Jean waved her away.
When Kitty arrived at the restroom, she heard a shriek from within it. Quickly, she pushed the door open. The place was already soaking wet. Haley was standing by a faucet that was currently spurting water everywhere.
She spotted Kitty, and her eyes widened. "Go away," she shouted. Then, Haley straightened her arms and faced her palms towards Kitty. A blast of water came out of them. Caught off guard, she didn't have time to phase through the jet.
Luckily, the water had hit her in the ribs and not on the head. Therefore, as she stumbled backwards she was only winded, not knocked out.
"I can help!" Kitty cried over the rush of the water. Haley gave her a strange look. "I know what you are going through. Just relax, okay?"
Haley shook her head violently. "I can't stop it! There's something wrong with me. Go away!" Once more she shot water at Kitty. This time though, she managed to phase through it.
Seeing what Kitty had just done, Haley's eyes widened in fear.
"See?" Kitty tried. "I know it's hard. But, calm down!"
A few moments later, Haley slumped to the ground. Kitty rushed to grab her so she didn't get hurt. Then, Jean came in.
"Will she be alright?" Kitty asked Jean.
She nodded. "She's just tired out from using her powers and freaking out."
"We should take her home." The two equally distributed the new mutant's weight. Then, Kitty phased them through the wall. Luckily, the girls had parked close, and no one was around to see them carry Haley into the car.
"Ick!" Kitty cried as she settled into her seat. "I'm soaking wet." Jean tossed her a hoodie to put on over her clothes.
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"Freak," Lance said as he leaned on Kurt's locker to close it.
"What is it, Lance?" Kurt said, already weary of Avalanche's antics.
"Where's Kitty?"
Kurt turned away. "Like I am supposed to know this?"
"Come on, blue boy, I just want a word with my girl."
"Don't know where she is," Kurt said, turning back around. He shrugged his shoulders and flashed Lance a smile.
Lance grabbed him by the collar and pushed him against the locker. "You better tell me where she is."
"Oh, touchy, touchy, aren't we?" Kurt sighed. "Sorry, but I really don't know where she is."
With a growl, Lance let go of Kurt. "You better now be messing with me."
"Nope, no messes here," Kurt muttered while scampering away.