Hello again to all my friends. I don't own X-men, but regardless the original characters that I'll be using in here do belong to me.
Chapter 9
There were so many people around and so many places in this one small area, Naomi stuck close to Storm and the others. She noticed they were calling each other by their normal names here, she could understand that, if people knew she was a mutant she wondered how they would react. Curse called her name and showed her into one of the stores. She followed where she was beckoned her eyes began wandering once she entered the store. It had so many things to look at, and people pressing in around the stores. She didn't know where to look first.
Curse waved her over to a rack of clothes, "Do you know your sizes?" Naomi blinked then shrugged, "Have you never been out shopping before?"
She dropped her eyes and shook her head, "I wasn't allowed out of my house often."
First she apologized then she looked her over then started looking through the shirts on the rack. Naomi looked toward the door for Storm and Cat, they had gone. "Don't worry, Cat needed new shoes. Here." She handed Naomi three different shirts. "Try these on over there in the dressing rooms, they're not very tasteful but first we determine your sizes then we really shop!" Naomi walked past a few people and went into one of the small rooms and shut the door behind her.
When she came out again she handed them all to Curse, She tugged on the sleeve of one of them, "This one fits best."
Curse nodded, she smiled, "We're friends Naomi, you can call me Terri."
Naomi gave half a smile then nodded. "What about pants?" She wandered over to a rack of pants and began flipping through them. She didn't know what her style was or even if she had a style, but Curse seemed convinced she'd like something in this store. Naomi pulled a pair of dark jeans from the rack and looked at them, she'd only owned faded ones, these were beautiful. She ran her fingers over the looping designs on the back of the pockets before putting them over her arm to try on later. Curse tapped her on the shoulder, Naomi flinched slightly but turned to the other girl who offered three shirts with various designs and one with words written across the front. They both continued searching the pants until she had three pairs to try for size.
To Naomi's joy the dark jeans fit her perfectly, and according to what Curse said she had a body that would look good in any clothes. They ended up buying two of the shirts, one white with flowers and vines curling across the upper portion and down the long sleeves, and the other a black with splashes of different metallic colors on it. She bought the pants and one other pair. Curse bought herself a short skirt, red with white flowers on one side.
They walked out and met Storm with Cat, a bag in one of the little girls hand. "Need anything else you can think of?"
Naomi looked at the bag, "Shoes, probably some boots for the snow." She looked around the store again, "Some other stuff too."
The woman smiled, "Alright, shouldn't take too long, we'll join you."
It was getting darker when they finally left. Naomi was holding six bags of clothes, wearing the dark jeans, white shirt, and a pair of mid-calf length black boots. Curse was holding another three bags of Naomi's and two of her own. "I'll probably have to apologize to Uncle Hank for spending so much." Naomi stated, she paused a few steps outside the mall and closed her eyes. She shook her head trying to clear her vision in this hazy light.
"You alright?" Cat asked going back to her.
"I can't see very well in fading light." Naomi replied, she looked down at the child, or the blur of colors that was Cathrine.
"I can see really well, I have cat eyes. I can be your eyes if you want me to." she held a hand up toward her.
Storm turned watching the two of them. Slowly Naomi put all the bags into one hand, she bit her lip and took the small hand in her own. Cat walked at Naomi's side looking from side to side to make sure nothing was coming and so they wouldn't run into things. They all climbed into the car and headed back to the school.
Naomi pulled the chair from the kitchen onto the balcony and sat with her feet on the edge of the fencing around the balcony. It was an almost clear night. She watched the stars with fascination. She could see most of them were white, but some of them appeared to be different colors. She smiled to herself and watched them slowly move through the sky, this was freedom.
"Pretty isn't it."
The chair nearly tipped backwards, she looked around for the source of the voice. Then caught sight of Rune, leaning on the edge of a smaller balcony a few rooms down. He was looking at the lights in the city, then up at the stars. "Which one?"
"Both," He looked over toward her, "Kind of looks like the city's trying to copy the stars sometimes. Around two in the morning all the lights are out, you can see countlessly more stars then."
Naomi looked up at the heavens again, then smiled in the darkness, "I already see them." She pointed up and to the left, "There's a spiral of stars over there."
Rune smirked, "So, decided to stay then?" Naomi replied in the positive, "Well tomorrow everything will get louder."
"Why?"
"End of break, they'll all be coming back, and classes will start again." Rune stood up straight and saluted toward her, "Sweet dreams Naomi."
She stood there until Rune had gone back in, she sat down again, "School..." She smiled, she'd always wanted to go to an actual school.
Huzzah, the arrival of more people next chapter! Thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing.