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. . . fuck charles
THERE was an extra spring in Eleanor's step as she walked outside with Raven and Charles. Both Charles and Eleanor just graduated from university, while Charles studied to be a professor about genetics and biophysics Eleanor studied horticulture ━━ Eleanor just had a special connection with plants.
"So, how does it feel to be a professor?" Raven asked as they exited the building.
"Professor Charles Xavier, has a nice ring to it." Eleanor teased from the other side of the man; her arm looped through his.
"Oh, don't call me that." Charles cringed slightly. "You don't get to be called a professor until you actually have a teaching position."
"Knowing you, that won't take long." Eleanor tried to encourage her childhood friend.
"How about you Nellie? Are you ready to get elbow deep in dirt for the rest of your life?" Charles teased the shorter girl, making her roll her eyes.
"I don't mind it━" Eleanor started but was cut off my both Raven and Charles.
"I really like plants." The two said, as one of them had already made that comment once before.
"God, I hate the two of you." Eleanor knew she didn't mean it, and Charles and Raven knew she didn't mean it, but it was still fun for them to get the girl riled up.
"Don't say that." Charles playfully scolded her. "Do say, Let's go have a drink, though"
"Yes, I would like you to buy us drinks, Charles. Thank you for offering." Eleanor shot back as the trio made their way to their usual pub.
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Eleanor couldn't help but look over at her friends with a smile on her face as she waited for her own drink. By the time Charles started to make his way over to her, she was already talking to some man and using her usual trick to get him to pay for her drink ━━ he couldn't remember the last time she paid for her own drinks.
He couldn't help the bubble in his chest start to form ━━ a bubble that always showed up when he watched Eleanor flirt with people ━━ as he made his way towards her. It was different to the feeling he usually got when Eleanor used to practice her mutations on him. A very different one indeed.
Eleanor seemed to have spotted him as she shot him her usual bright smile ━━ a smile that could made Charles do anything for her ━━ before she turned back to the person she was getting to buy her drink. Charles hoped that she knew that she didn't have to use her mutation to get the free drinks ━━ Charles would buy her all the drinks she wanted for to see her smile.
"It's just easier if I compel them to buy the drinks and then leave, then have them think that━ I just want to perfect it, Charles." She would always tell him when he ever bought it up. Charles couldn't help but smile as he watched the man walk away from Eleanor as she now held the drinks she wanted in her hands. Eleanor lent her back against the bar as she waited for Charles to join her.
He had almost reached her as well, before an auburn-haired woman stepped in front of him, "Congratulations, Professor."
Eleanor couldn't help her smile faulting for a few seconds before it went back to its usual brightness as she watched Charles get pulled away by some girl. She just pushed herself off the bar and made her way back over to where Raven was sitting.
"Though you might need a refill." Eleanor said as she took her seat beside the blonde, handing her the Cola she got the man to buy.
"Who is Charles talking to?" Raven asked Eleanor as she took her seat.
"I don't know." Eleanor shrugged as she took a sip of her drink, looking around the bar in hopes of distracting herself. She found a few contenders.
"When are you two going to admit that the feelings you two have for each other are real, and just get back together?" Raven asked, making Eleanor shoot her a look.
Sure, Charles and Eleanor had some sort of fling a few years ago, but they came to the agreement that they were better off as friends ━━ complete bullshit if you asked Raven. Though it was very obvious to Raven that the two still had those feelings for each other, here the two were flirting and hooking up with random people instead of admitting their feelings.
"Well, while Charles isn't paying attention to us, we can find you someone." Eleanor quickly changed the subject. "Okay, so first the basics, boy or girl? Because there is quite a good variety of both." Eleanor winked at the blonde as she kept looking around the bar.
"Nell, like anyone would like me after they found out." Raven sighed, not really in the mood for Eleanor and her antics.
"Anyone would be lucky to date you." Eleanor tried to cheer the girl up. "And when you want to tell them, is completely up to you."
"Would you date me?" Raven asked the ravenette.
"Is this you asking me on a date, Raven? Because if it is, I'm let down." Eleanor teased the blonde. "I thought I taught you better." She shot the blonde a wink as she took a sip of her drink.
"Well if Charles isn't going to grow a pair to ask you out, then I'll be happier to do it." Raven teased Eleanor right back, making the dark haired woman blush as she wasn't used to it.
"Oh Raven, fuck Charles, I might just date you instead." Eleanor smirked just as Charles joined the two once again, this time bringing the girl he was talking to.
"Raven, Nellie, I'd like to introduce you to Moira." He said as the two took a seat, ignoring what the two were talking about before they got to them. The two girls shot the newcomer a smile before Charles explained what was happening.
