Life is a Journey - Alex Summers, Havok

Back to Square One

                Looking out of the cab window, a wide smile crosses my face as I watch a beautiful man start running towards the still moving vehicle that I am still occupying trying to get to me. I tell the driver to stop and that I will walk the rest of the way, I pay him the lump sum of cash that I owe him and leave a handsome tip as thanks for going so far out of his way to drive me here even though his shift was long past done for the day. As the cabbie was driving away the smile had never left my face, instead it increased in volume as I grab my bag and turn around to run into my brothers awaiting arms. The smile that is on his face, most likely, mirrored my own and the only way to describe it was like a child going into a candy store for the first time and wanting to buy everything inside it. When I finally reached him though, his arms were already outstretched and more than ready to catch me when I run into is arms, so I dropped my bag and with everything in me I bolted into his arms.

"Charles, I missed you so much!" I mumble happily into his favourite sweater vest. Charles Xavier is one of the few people in the entire world who could wear the ugliest thing imaginable and still be able to pull it off.

"As have I, come, I have some friends that I want you to meet." He says with the smile still on his face. He grabs my hand and starts leading me closer towards the entrance of the large, white, FBI building that he has been telling me about in his letters for months.

"Did you finally start building the team of mutants that you've been thinking about?" I ask in excitement. Raven had been over excited about meeting others like us that she ruined the surprise for me on why Charles wanted me to come and visit them in the last letter that I had received from her.

"Can't I ever have one thing to surprise you with? Is that too much to ask for?" He sighs disappointedly knowing full well what had happened for me to know that information.

"The people that are on this team?" I hint nudging him playfully not wanting him to be too disappointed.

As we near the door at the end of the long hallway I could hear the faint sound of voices, voices of people who sounded like they were my age. Charles turns to face me, still with that huge smile plastered on his face, and says, "I'm absolutely positive that you will enjoy being with this group." He squeezes my hand in excitement and quickly throws of his hands over my face before opening the door and putting the voices to bodies for me.

Before he even gets the chance to uncover my eyes someone else was already there throwing their arms around my neck tightly, so tightly that I was starting to lose what little air that I had in my lungs from their happiness. "Finally, the bestest sister of all sisters in the worlds has arrived!" Raven squeals while spinning me around in half circles. I was trying to speak but every time that she spun us around I would get more of her long blond hair in my mouth choking me, her hair smells deliciously like vanilla and is smooth like it always is, but I'm not so much of a fan as of eating her hair...

I tried to smile at Raven's excitement to see me, but I was barely able to breathe now so I just try as hard as I can manage too to say her name. Thankfully though she caught on to my lack of speaking and let go of me so that I could talk to her. Once she finally did let go, I took in a few much-needed deep breaths since I lost the feeling of having bricks forced upon my chest.

"Whew." I said taking another deep breath. "It's good to see you too Raven." I smile hugging her again, this time around though I was expecting her strength and was more then prepared with oxygen.

"Charles, can I do the introductions pppllllleeeaaassseeeeeee????!!!!!!" Whined Raven turning towards our brother and grabbing both of his hands showing him the face that only Raven can pull off.