Man, it's been so long since I posted but I assure you that I will be writing more frequently. (Once a week?)
This chapter will contain a bit of Arryn's past, so you will know what's up with her family and her aspirations. I hope you guys think it's interesting and not boring. I also have a plan of tying this up with Guardians of the Galaxy since I am in love with that movie.
Thank you so much for reading and reviewing you guys! I really appreciate it and will take every review into consideration! Thank you for reading!
I do not own X-men, Marvel or any Marvel characters.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
|Chapter five – Mutation|
(Arryn's POV)
After saying good bye to Peter, Arryn started to walk up her front porch to enter her front door. As she is opening the door her mood gets much less nervous and tense, which cause her shoulders to be less stiff and rigid. Feeling this Arryn lets out a breath which she feel like she's been holding for the entirety of the afternoon. She looks around the first floor of the house which contained a moderate living room, small kitchen, guest bathroom and an office nook that was right next to the entrance of the home. Arryn began to walk up the front stairs to her room, but looks for any sign of her mom first. "Mom, are you home?" she yells while reaching the top of the steps and observed the second floor, that contained doors for 2 bedrooms, a single bathroom and a flight of stairs that goes to the attic. Arryn walks toward her mother's open bedroom door to look inside and sees that she wasn't in there. "I guess she's still working at the hospital." Arryn spoke out loud to herself then she turned to go up to the attic. She chose the attic to be her bedroom instead of the second bedroom in the small house because it was easy access to see the stars and she loves high views. Arryn opens the attic door, enters with a groan and throws her bag next to the door. "I don't want to work today, it's such a pain."
Arryn's room was an aspiring astronomer's paradise; the high ceiling that had strings of stars attached to them gave the room an enchanted feeling to it. On the north side of the room was a giant 12 feet window that gave her the perfect view of the town that was covered with a black chiffon curtain during the day, in front of it was a telescope which she got from her late father when she was younger. Her floor was made dark hardwood that had glow in the dark star stickers scattered throughout and the walls were covered with the maps of stars and constellations. Her furniture was a black dresser with a matching bookcase, a queen sized bed, desk with a rolling chair and a small TV. A lot of the items in her room were refurbished or hand me downs from her parents but the astronomy items and books were her fathers who enjoyed the stars as much as she did.
Arryn goes straight to her dresser to start changing into her work clothes. She started working to help her mother out with the bills since it's just her and her mom. Arryn's father was a man of science, who dreamed about going to space to see what's out there and he was always showing Arryn the wonders of the universe. One day her father was driving on the highway after studying the stars and was hit by a drunk driver. Arryn and her mother was saddened by this and decided to move from Florida all the way to Washington. Her mother currently works as a registered nurse at a nearby hospital, her shift is usually the ER at night so she doesn't really see Arryn on school days which Arryn didn't mind much because she knew her mom was working hard. Arryn knows that her mom has been saving money so she can go to college but she does her best in school so her mom don't have to work so hard in the future.
When she finished changing, Arryn sat on the side the bed and began to think of Peter. She thinks that he will be the key to conquering her powers and constant loneliness. She haven't had any real friends because her eyes would cause her to constantly feel like a freak and she gets so shy and nervous meeting new people she doesn't know how to carry on a conversation. The reason she can really talk to Peter is because he talks 80% of the time and he knows how to open her shell of shyness. Even though he's been obviously flirting with her, she doesn't know whether he's playing around or not which makes her even more confused. She would consider dating, he is cute, clever and he seems to understand her more than anyone has. She wouldn't though. She has only meant known him for a day so she couldn't put her complete trust in him but she already feels connected to him in some way. Arryn sighs to herself as she also thought about Wanda's words of caution about him losing interest and how selfish he is, which caused her to doubt herself about their new friendship. From what she had experience, she thinks that Peter is just misunderstood and is just as lonely as her. Arryn raises her right hand and looks at her watch and sees that it's time for her to go to work. She packs her messenger bag with water and a snack. She begins to walk to work and was still bothered by Wanda's warning about Peter. Arryn just hoped that everything goes smoothly and she get to know him better.
|Peter's POV|
Peter arrives home and goes straight to his room to play a bit of 'Pong' but this was short live when his twin sister bursts into his room without announcing herself. Peter sees her face and guesses that she is mad about something, so he chooses to ignore whatever nonsense she is about to spew out. As Peter continues his game of 'Pong' Wanda marches in and yells at him, "What is wrong with you?"
Peter replies, "There's nothing wrong with me, I am perfect and mom thinks so too." Peter laughs at his own joke and speedily goes on his couch and starts reading a comic book.
Wanda sighs and put her hands on her hips, "I'm talking about your new girlfriend!"
Peter smiles to himself, he knew that she was talking about Arryn, "Well, first of all she's not my girlfriend, whom I wouldn't mind because she's awfully cute."
Wanda huffs "Anyway, why are you hanging out with her? A sweet person like that doesn't deserve to be thrown away by you in two weeks." This is odd for Wanda, she is usually calm and nice also a bit of a prankster but she never was this mad at him. Peter gets frustrated about Wanda's assumption that he will just throw away friendships like that.
"First of all I will not abandon Arryn. Secondly, it's none of your business who I am friends with." Peter looks at her sternly, which causes Wanda to be shocked.
She is confused about Peter strong emotions toward this girl, what made her so special to cause a rise in Peter? Wanda was not a sociable person, she prefer to people watch and usually when people interact with her she gets a bit shy sense she doesn't interact with people much. Wanda has taken note to Arryn's actions and personality during the school year and sees her as herself but more confidence and a little quick tempered. She notices that Arryn is always by herself and is constantly being harassed but the Kleinstock Brothers. Wanda thinks that Arryn will end up with a broken heart if she hangs out with Peter and her life would get even worse.
"Why are you hanging out with her then? Wanda spoke sharply.
Peter sucks his teeth and began to think about what he should say. He didn't want to tell his sister right away because he thinks that Arryn may be overwhelmed with everything, he has only been with her for one day. He also didn't want to break her trust with her secret and thinks he should tell her first. Peter laughs lightly, "She's actually my new tutor."
Wanda's face gets softer but is suspicious about his answer, "Well she told me that you helped her deal with the Kleinstock Brothers. What was that about? "
Peter looks at his sister and smiles, "Well you know how those assholes are, I just couldn't sit back and watch them harass her. So, after I helped her out she asks if she could do anything for me. I asked her to help me increase my grades and she agreed."
Wanda sighs in relief, "Well, I'm glad you're finally thinking about your future, studying is very important you know."
Peter rolls his eyes at her statement and says, "Yeah, well it's going to be a lot easier with a pretty girl like her."
Wanda looks at Peter with concern, "Just don't hurt her okay, I've seen how hard she works and deals with other students. She doesn't have it so easy."
Peter nods his head at her and says, "Yeah, yeah I know..."
Wanda smiles at him and walks out of his room, Peter then says under his breathe, "More then you think."
Wanda closes Peter's door which gave him the privacy to think about Arryn. He thinks that her power was incredible but she sees it as a huge burden. He assumes it's because she has no on to relate too and hope that he can fill that void. Peter sighs to himself 'I hope that she'll like me for who I am. Then maybe I'll have someone who will actually care for me and understand me.'
Peter love his mom and sister but sometimes it's nice to get away from them and talk to new people. Peter usually screws that up by saying or doing something obnoxious, which explains why he doesn't have any friends. But he's been find with that, he's been the kind of guy to say fuck you to the world and not give a damn about people's opinions. Something about Arryn made him want to impress her, may be it was the rare smiles she show or how she takes everything seriously which makes Peter want to make her be more easygoing. She was the most serious person he had met and she just wanted her to let loose. Peter gets up and decided he was just gonna try to do some school work to make it at least look like he was trying to get his grades up.
|Arryn's POV|
4 hours later
Arryn arrived home from her job, it was 8:30 pm her mom would be home in 3 and a half hours. Arryn spoke softly to herself "Gotta hit the books then I can chill for the rest of the night."
Homework never took Arryn long, it just that sometimes she just get distracted easily. Arryn grabs an apple to snack on while she did her school work and sat on her because and got started. As she was doing her school work she remembered yesterday's episode and began thinking about the man who was speaking, his face was burned into her brain, so that if she ever saw him she was able to ask questions about mutants. Arryn shakes her head and began to get more focused on her work. Arryn finished her work and start to go through her books about mutations, seeing how advance they can get. Sadly, she didn't find much in her science school text books, most of it was about natural mutations like the color of your eyes and hair.
She then thought considerably 'I bet there's something in the public library about abnormal mutation, I guess I'll go sometime tomorrow. I better not have Peter go with me though, he may be a distraction.'
Arryn looks to the side while thinking how flirtatious Peter acts toward her. ' That's probably just his way of being nice. I bet he acts like that way toward all the girls in school.' She sighs to herself out loud, 'Why can't I be as cool and confident as Peter.'
She lies on her back on her bed and checks out her watch, 10:00 pm.
"Time to make dinner." she says while getting up from her bed and heads downstairs to the kitchen. Arryn decides to make french onion soup, a simple yet delicious dinner. Once Arryn finished it was around 10:45 pm, the house phone began to ring. Arryn rushes toward it and answers, "Broker residence."
She hears her mother's voice, "Hello sweetie, I'm so sorry I'll be at the hospital a littler longer so don't wait up for me."
Arryn is slightly saddened by this, "Ah ok, well I'll save you some french onion soup, ok?"
Her mother replies, "Ok, remember to lock the door, I love you, Arryn. Sleep tight."
"Love you too, Bye" Arryn then hangs up the phone and goes to the table to finish her bowl of soup. She lays her head on the pillow and began to sleep a dreamless sleep.
|Next Day|
Arryn arrives to school early so she could do some research on mutation in her school library. Arryn looked around for information about abnormal mutations and still found nothing but average mutations. Just about when classes was getting started she spotted an old times magazine article about Charles Xavier about mutation. 'Finally something relevant! ' Arryn checks out the magazine not having time to read it. Arryn spent the first three periods trying to read the article but was not able to due to teachers not approving magazines in the classroom, no matter how educating it is. During lunch Arryn decides to eat while reading the magazine, so she head toward the cafeteria but suddenly she feels two arms wrapped around her waist. "Eeek!" she screams at this feeling and starts to flail about.
A voice starts to calm her down, "Hey, hey Arryn, It's me Peter. Calm down will ya!"
Arryn spun around in his arms, "Are you crazy? You scared me to death!" She begin to wiggle out of his grasp.
Peter laughs at Arryn, while having a secure grip on her."I just wanted a hello hug!"
"Why are you 'hello hugging' me?" She says while turning her head away and finally wiggling out of his grasp.
"Well, we're friends and that's what friends do." Peter smiles cheerfully at her. Arryn glances at him sideways and looks like she wasn't buying it. Peter spotted the magazine in her right hand and points it out, "So whats with the magazine? Wanting to know if we're compatible? My birthday is june 7th that makes me a Gemini. When's your birthday by the way?"
Arryn looks at him unable to keep but with his fast paced conversation, only understanding his last sentence. "Umm, February 5th ?"
Peter laughs at her confusion, "Sorry, I just get worked up when I am excited! Whats with the magazine?"
Arryn looks at the object on her right hand, "Oh I found an article on mutation in here and I think it may be the answer I've been looking for but before I read it I would like to eat something first."
Peter smiles and follows her to the lunch room.
After eating a quick lunch Peter and Arryn head to the library where they can get some peace and privacy to their conversation. They sat in the lounge area of the library. "So why do you want to know more on mutation?" Peter asks Arryn while sitting next to her.
She looks at him to her left and says, "Well, why not? I think it is fascinating and maybe it will help me gain perspective on my powers. "
Peter stares at Arryn with intrigue. This makes Arryn nervous and tense up, "W-what?"
Peter laughs lightly and pats Arryn on the shoulder, "Relax! I just find it endearing that you want to know more about mutants."
Arryn looks away and opens the magazine steadily reading through it, "So far from what I've read, Professor Charles Xavier explain that human mutation will be the next step in humankind and that it's possible that they are among us even today."
"So he's saying that there's more of us?" Peter looks at Arryn intensely. Arryn looks at him the same way and nods at him.
"You think we should go looking for some? " Peter asks.
Arryn shakes her head, "I don't think so, people can be cruel and having super powers with that can make them dangerous. I would rather know who they are first before running around telling people. Besides we're students I don't think we have time to go out looking for other mutants."
Peter nods at her answer, "Yeah, I guess you have a valid point."
"But I still would like to know more mutants." Arryn looks down for a bit but Peter feels the opposite.
"Well, my sister is one!" He announced.
Arryn lightly gasps and turns fully towards Peter,"Really?"
He nods his head, "Yep, guess you'll know another mutant this week."
Whew a long chapter (At least for me!). I hope you guys find it interesting, next chapter will be full of excitement and fluff! Sorry for any grammar mistakes, kinda in a rush to post this but I'll edit anything you guys point out!
R &R is very much appreciated!
