At first sight

rumor mill

I slowly rolled over and looked at the big red numbers on the alarm clock that sat next to my bed; it read 6:00 am. I sighed and decided just to get up and start getting ready for my first day of training and classes. Since I never passed my English, science, or math classes, I would have to retake them all in order to get my GED and then after those classes I have defense class with Logan and a couple other students and my last class is learning to control my power with Jean as my teacher. I rolled out of bed and slunk into the bathroom, I turned on the hot water and waited for it to get steaming hot, and once it couldn’t get any hotter I just barley turned on the cold water and stepped inside the shower. I slowly let my body adjust to the temperature before I started to wash my hair. The water felt so good as it cascaded down my back, after about a half an hour, I decided to get out and get dressed. I chose a hot pink and silver tank top that said cute but crazy on it, I chuckled to myself as I read the shirt. Then I pulled out a pair of purple skinny jeans and red high-top converse. I didn’t really care that my outfit didn’t match. I just really loved the look of it. After I was fully dressed I put some styling gel through the back of it to make it stand up in short spikes and then put a black headband on with a big black bow on it. I smiled to myself as I took one last look in the mirror before heading downstairs to breakfast.

            I stepped outside my room, closing the door behind me and locking it. Then I was off to the kitchen to get some food. I headed down the long maze of hallways and finally found the stairs. I slowly got to the bottom of the stairs and walked into the dining hall, and I grabbed a plate and filled it with bacon, hash browns, and pancakes.  I turned around and my eyes scanned over every available seat and that’s when I saw kitty waving me over. I smiled as I approached the small table of friends. Kitty greeted me with a hug and then we sat back down and started talking about classes and teachers. “So…” I slowly began “do you all have the defense class with Logan?”  Kitty, Rogue, and Bobby all shook their heads yes. “Is it hard…?” “There is a reason why all the students call it hell,” bobby chimed in and they all laughed.

I sighed and went back to eating as I listened to the conversations around me. I couldn’t help but think about Logan, no matter how hard I tried not to my mind always seemed to drift back to him and our moments together. I couldn’t help but to blush and this caught kitty and rogues attention. “So who or what are you thinking about that is making you blush so hard?” I was snapped out of my daydreaming and looked up to find Rogue and Kitty staring at me. I could feel the blush on my cheeks grow an even deeper red as I remembered who I was thinking about. “It’s most defiantly a who,” both the girls laughed at this statement. Just as they were about to pull it out of me, in walked Logan. My eyes slowly followed him and my face grew even darker as I was having fond memories of our games last night. Kitty and rogue followed my gaze and that’s when they realized the person I was thinking about and blushing over was none other than Logan. Their fits of laughter brought me back to earth and I realized I was staring at Logan and they must have put two and two together. I just smiled at them and almost slammed my head down on to the table, mumbling under my breath “great, this is going to spread like a wild fire.”

By the time we entered our second class, the rumors had already spread across campus. I walked into math class and scanned the back row of seats, there was one spot left in the back corner so I made a mad dash to get there and took my seat. I kept getting weird stares from my classmates, and every now and again I would hear someone laugh followed by a small stream of whispers. Class was moving way to slow for my taste and I couldn’t wait to get to Logan’s defense class, despite all the rumors about it. An hour and a half later class ended and I was off to my next class which was science, and after that class I had my training class with Jean. After an intense mental workout, I was ready to get in a good physical workout so I headed for the danger room. I walked down the halls slowly. I was in no rush to get there because class didn’t start for another fifteen minutes. I rounded the next corner and bumped into kitty. “So are you like ready for your like lover class,” she teased me. My face turned bright red, “I don’t know what you are talking about,” I said innocently, but I couldn’t hide the smirk that was plastered on my face.

We entered the danger room and awaited further instructions. Just as all the other kids piled into the room, Logan walked in behind them and made his way to the front of the class. “Students…” everyone quieted down. “We have a new student in our class today,” he looked at me with his usual cocky smirk that danced across his lips. “Would you please stand and share a little bit about yourself.” I glared at him and mouthed, “I hate you…” he just laughed. I slowly stood up and made my way to the front of the class and I could feel my face getting hotter. “M-my name is Rayne, and I am a telepath and I also have the healing factor.” My voice was shaky and quiet. I could feel everyone staring at me and I didn’t like it. Just then I found out the reason they were staring at me, it was because Logan was standing right behind me. My whole body stiffened when he put his hand on my shoulder, this caused some students to snicker and start the gossiping again. I looked up at him and he smiled down at me, I returned the smile and returned to my seat next to kitty. Once that was all over with the class finally began, and people weren’t kidding when they said it was tough. I mean I had worked out with Logan before, but it was never this brutal and by the time the class ended everyone was eternally grateful.

The air was filled with some cheers of excitement and some groans from being so tired. I was somewhere in the middle as I lay sprawled across the floor taking in deep breaths trying to cool myself off. Just then I felt a shadow looming over top of me, I barley cracked open my eyes to see who it was. Logan stood over top of me with a stupid grin on his face, he then held out his hand to help me up off the floor. “So…” I began “I guess you have heard the rumors around campus.” I looked up at him and he just nodded, “so what do we do now?” “I guess we could try and deny it…but I would rather give them something to really gossip about.” He smirked as he put his arms around my waist pulling me closer to him and locking me into a rough, passionate kiss. We parted for some air “Sounds like a plan to me,” I managed to get out before being pulled into another passionate kiss. We walked hand in hand out of the room and up to the mansion. As we entered the house, we got a lot of stares from students as they noted our hands being intertwined together and the rumor mill was off again.

We closed the doors behind us and headed up stairs to our rooms, but little did we know that we were being watched earlier as we exited the danger room.  *Sabertooth’s POV* “So the runt has a little toy, well I’ll have to pay her a visit,” he smirked and hopped off into the trees. *back to normal POV*   We made our way up the stair and to the bedrooms. He pushed up against the door and pulled me into a kiss. I smirked into the kiss and placed my arms around his neck, pulling him in even closer to deepen the kiss. He rested his forehead on mine and breathed in deeply, taking in my scent and memorizing it. I smelled like lilacs, beer, and motor oil. I let out a deep soothing sigh and kissed him once more on the forehead before saying good night. We parted and I slipped inside my room, not noticing the tall man in the corner of my room. Before I knew what was happening, blackness consumed my world and I was knocked unconscious.