Hello. My Name is Eve

Chapter 5

A/N: I don't own X-Men: Evolution. I just own Addy aka Eve and the plot of this story.

"Thoughts"

Addy's Diary Entries

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Addy woke up in her bed, her dichromatic hair splayed around her head, having been loosed from the braids that held it earlier. As she tried to sit up, a sharp pain erupted in her forehead. She pressed a hand to her temple, only to feel that her glasses were missing. Confusion was her companion in this moment. Was all that stuff that happened just a dream? Looking down at herself provided her with an answer. Nope, she was wearing her day clothes. Addy NEVER wears her day clothes to bed. Not a dream.

Jen had entered the room to check on her daughter, Addy's glasses clutched delicately in her hands. "Are you okay, dear?" Started the barrage of questions. Followed by "Why were you unconscious? Who were those two girls who brought you home?" Moving her half ginger- half brunette bangs out of her eyes, she gently took her glasses from her mother's hand, her vision restored to peak condition as she put them back on.

"I'm fine, Mom," Addy soothed. "I just overexerted myself and my new friends were kind enough to bring me back home to rest." It didn't seem like that was all that was on Jen's mind, though. There was something vague about her face in this moment that made her appear older than she was. Then, after a moment of hesitation, she asked her teenage daughter the big question on her mind: "What's going on, Adelaide?"

Pushing her glasses back into place, Addy made a soft eye contact with her mother. She always knew things were serious when her mom referred to her as "Adelaide" instead of the nickname "Addy". Well, she had kept this hidden from her long enough. Twelve years of keeping secrets because she thought both of her parents wouldn't be able to handle the truth if she told them. But there was something Addy needed to know first.

"Mom," she started, "you know how much I love you, right?"

"Of course I do, baby," came the loving response.

"Before I tell you the truth, I want you to promise me that no matter what, you'll always love and support me."

"I promise you." No hesitation at all. Her daughter just hope that she meant those words. "Now tell me what's going on with you."

"Mom," Addy let out a hard breath and swallow. Saying this would never be easy. "I'm a... eh... I'm a mutant!"

There was no sound for a few moments. When they say that silence feels deafening, they're right. That's exactly what it feels like. All the words that the dual-haired girl wanted to say to explain herself had seemingly flown away. All that was left was any potential she had for action. Images in her mind of those noise-canceling headphones formed crisp and clear. There they appeared, resting gently in Addy's hands. Jen looked amazed at the seemingly miraculous happening.

"I created them from my thoughts," the young mutant nonchalantly admitted, hanging them around her neck. "I can actually make a lot of things just by thinking about them. As long as I have a basic understanding of something, I can bring it into the world with my mind."

Jen took the headphones from her daughter, awestruck by how real they seemed. "Because they are," her daughter knowingly spoke up. "I didn't even have to read your mind to know that's what you're thinking, Mom. The answer to that question is simple: as long as whatever I conjure up is real to me, it'll be just as real to everyone else."

To Addy's amazement, her mom took her up into a deep hug. The teenage girl caught a wiff of the perfume Jen was wearing. Vanilla and sandalwood. Two scents that you wouldn't think go together on paper, but are amazing. It always made her think of her mom and how much she loved her. The teal blue eyes of the mutant girl widened in surprise.