Cyclops. Where would Cyclops be? I was just starting to walk in the general direction of his room when the Professor's voice popped into my head.
It's Dinner. Come to the Dining Hall. He anticipated my next question, and mind-spoke, Douglas is already there.
I nodded, then realized he couldn't see me. Thanks. I'll be there soon. It took me a few minutes to find my way to the Dining Hall, but soon I pushed open the wooden doors, and looked around for anyone I knew.
"Sam!" a familiar voice called.
I turned, smiling, and saw a man with a red visor over his eyes. "Scott!" I said, and wrapped my arms around Scott Summers. "I was looking for you!" I said.
"You're okay!" Scott said, and held me close.
"Of course I am." I hugged him back for a second, then pulled away. "Come on, let's get food."
"No one told me you were back!" Scott said as we walked over to the large table where all the X-men sat. I took a seat next to Douglas, and Scott sat down beside me. "I just found out from Spiro."
"I know, I should have tried to contact you." I wrapped my arms around him again, and rested my head on his shoulder. "I missed you."
Then I jerked away, confused. I had just felt a huge surge of emotion coming from somewhere nearby. Anger, jealousy, hate… The feeling subsided once I had let go of Scott, but I knew it wasn't coming from him. Who, then?
I shook my head. It didn't matter. I dug into the food in front of me, and soon forgot about it.
Douglas's POV:Sam sat down next to me, and I was about to start talking to her when a guy sat down next to her. He had a weird red thing over his eyes, and he had dark hair. Suddenly Sam hugged him. She leaned on his shoulder, and a waved of anger flooded over me. Of course, her boyfriend. I should have known. I wanted to go Griffin, and tear his face off.
After Sam started eating, I turned to her and asked, "Who's that?"
"Who, Scott?" Sam looked at him.
"Yeah." I said, trying to conceal my hatred.
Sam elbowed Scott. "What?" He yelped.
"Introduce yourself to Douglas." Sam told him.
"Oh. You're the new kid, right?" He asked me.
If I heard someone ask me that one more time, I was going to kill something. "Yes, I'm new." Was all I said.
"I'm Scott Summers. Also known as Cyclops. Field leader of the X-men, et cetera."
"Field leader?" I asked, confused.
"Well, Xavier's the real leader. But since he can't go on a lot of the missions, I'm the secondary, out-and-about leader." Cyclops explained.
"Right." I said, getting angry again. Of course, he was the leader, the top rank guy, probably had a perfect tan. Why wouldn't Sam like him?
Sam looked at me curiously. "Are you okay?"
Did she just read my mind? I thought. I got no answer, so I said, "Yeah. I'm fine." I said. I fidgeted. "Is Scott your boyfriend?" I blurted out, then wished I hadn't.
Sam was silent for a moment, then she and Cyclops began to roar with laughter.
"What?" I asked, feeling like I was missing something.
"Scott isn't-" Sam started laughing again. "Scott isn't my boyfriend. He's my brother."