Blake, Max, Shylow, and Jamie were sitting outside on the edge of the fountain. Bobby and Phoebe were lounging on one of the stone benches together nearby. Kurt was hanging by his tail from a tree branch, Tabitha and Evan stood below him, leaning on the trunk.
Trinity and Kitty would be the last of their group to arrive, they were supposed to be back around one according to Betsy.
So around twelve forty-five, the group decided to sit outside, while waiting for the two girls to arrive. After an hour of mindless chatter, Blake looked up to see a taxi pulling into the driveway. Trinity came stepping out along with another younger looking girl, they looked as though they could be related.
Blake tapped Max on the shoulder while Shylow whistled to the Blonde who was standing near the steps. Both blondes met each other's glance, Trinity squealed, and Max laughed loudly in response.
The group all stood and made their way over. Greetings were being exchanged, as the group asked Trinity how her winter break had gone. A moment later, they heard the younger girl sigh loudly and scowl, rolling her eyes.
"Shut up Chastity!" Trinity said calmly not looking at the other girl.
Max and Phoebe waved at the girl trying to be friendly. The younger girl, Chastity smirked and raised her hand.
The group turned to see one of the stone benches that circled the edge of the fountain rise into the air in a cloud of Blue static energy. Before anyone could say anything, the bench was flying toward them, within inches of landing on Phoebe. Lucky enough for her, Bobby intercepted it, freezing it quickly to the ground in a pillar of ice. A moment later Storm came walking out, she eyed the bench curiously.
"Oh, sorry Storm!" Bobby told her quickly, "I was practicing that ice tornado we worked on last semester, and I accidentally picked up that bench, Phoebe and I will move it back though." He fibbed to his teacher about what had happened.
She gave him a disbelieving look, before she shook her head and turned to Chastity.
"Chastity, I'm Storm and I will be one of your teachers here at the institute, we are about to start the tour for you and a few other new students!" She began shaking hands with her new student, "Would you follow me please?" She asked the girl motioning to the institute front doors with her eyes.
Chastity nodded, following Storm into the building. Everyone looked at Phoebe silently questioning her condition.
"I... I'm fine... I'm fine really!" She said shaking, curling into Bobby's arms as he embraced her.
Everyone expressed their concerns for her as she and Shylow melted then moved the bench back where it goes. While this was taking place Blake had been staring at the school in deep thought for several minutes.
"What's the word, hummingbird?" Trinity asked her, tapping her on the shoulder.
Blake turned to look at her, the words "I have a question" were written across her face.
"I know that there are seventh and eighth graders in this school, but I don't think I've ever seen them on the second floor... where are their dorms?" She asked, looking over at her blonde roommate.
"Since mutations usually don't show themselves in a person till, they're our age, there aren't very many seventh and eighth grade students," Trinity told her pointing to the first few windows on the third floor "so they have larger rooms upstairs… there are three to four of them in a room." She continued, gauging her roommates understanding with a look before she began to speak again.
"Phoebe, Kitty, Meradith, and I we're all roomed together in seventh grade… Anna, Ruby, Tabitha, and Clara were in the room next to us…" she added pointing to a set of third floor windows, "In eighth grade it was the same except we swapped Meradith for Ruby!" She finished, Blake nodding in confirmation before taking one of her roommate's bags from the step below her.
"Well, let's get your stuff moved back upstairs!" The feral mutant exclaimed motioning toward the school.
The Shape shifter nodded and headed toward the building, luggage in hand.
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Ruby was sitting on a stool in the hospital wing, beside the bed of the boy she had found in the previous semester. He had yet to awake from his coma, but she still came to check on him every chance she got.
"I'm sorry I haven't been visiting much lately... I was back home with my family... but my friend Blake said she would come and see you when she got the chance!" Ruby told the boy smiling down at his peaceful, slumber like face.
She was surprised that someone in a coma could look that much at rest, it seemed like they should be fighting against their condition.
"I hope your Christmas went well... for being asleep anyway!" She told him, "Mine was alright... I spent a lot of time wondering how you were doing though..." She continued thinking about how preoccupied her mind had been over the break.
"You know when you wake up, you will be able to stay if you want... be a student here... with me." She told him taking his hand and squeezing it.
She smiled at him once again, laying his hand gently beside him on the bed before rising from her seat.
"I'm going to go see my friend Trinity, since she should be back... I'll come check on you again soon… I promise!" She told him as she walked toward the door.
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So that was that... not very eventful I know but there will be more to come! till then!
-LB