X-M:E - Teen Angst

Chapter 3:

After the weird scene in the cafeteria, Todd had a hard night. He couldn’t sleep, because of the numerous thought that were running wildly through his brain. Why didn’t he help her? He was mad at himself. That could have been his change to make her fell in love with him. He could have been her hero. And now he is just the same loser as he was before.
He was silent this morning. Todd couldn’t forgive Pietro for what he had done. Somehow he needs to avoid to be seen by her with him. If she founds out that he and Peitro hang out together she will be angry at him too. He felt down and he didn’t really wanted to go to school and see Samantha hang around with those X-geeks. But he knew he had to. He wrote several poems, because he couldn’t find no sleep and he picked one of those, the best as he thought, to give it to Samantha somehow. But how? Wouldn’t it seem to her, as if he just liked her now because she’s a mutant like her? As he walked through the hallways his had hung down, he couldn’t pay any attention to class he wasn’t even able to catch any flies or bugs. Normally he was hungry all the time, but now he didn’t even wanted to snap for his favourite bugs. He totally lost his appetite. As he walked around outside all alone while lunch break he suddenly felt a strong hand on his shoulder.

“Hey, if that isn’t little Toddy Tolanky running around without his friends.” Duncan said with an evil grin. “What do you think guys? How about a little game?” he asked his friends, which burst out laughing.

Todd gulped and more hands hold him down.

“Today is such a sunny day, how about letting the frog boy take a little sunbath?” Duncan said smiling.

His buddies laughed and of them said: “Yeah, his pale body could need some color.”

There was more laughter and they took him to the sports field. They undressed him till he was just in his boxers and trough his clothes in a near garbage can. He tried half-heartedly to defend himself, but he knew it was hopeless; they were too many and too strong. They climbed up with him on the stadium speaker’s box and tied his hands and feet with sticky tape on the top of it. They tied him up very tight, so he couldn’t move and put one stripe of the tape on his mouth so he couldn’t scream. Then they went off and let him lay in the scorching sun.


As Samantha woke up this morning, she was surprised that she wasn’t in her car. But then she remembered that she lives at the Xavier Institute for now and relaxed a bit, but not much, because she was already afraid of school. Professor Xavier told her that he solved her problem, but she couldn’t really believe it. She stretched and walked down for breakfast. Finally she had found a warm place to stay at where she could get some food. The last few weeks weren’t that easy for her. Fortunately she had her powers, so she could steal everything she needed in the safety of the night.
In the kitchen were already some other students. Kurt was there too, hanging down from the lamp and grabbing some muffins. She liked his appearance, similar to her, scary and demon like. He was the one who told the professor so fast about her misery, so he could prevent the worst. She smiled shyly and sat down on the table, starting to butter bread.
At school everything seemed to be normal. No one seemed to notice her, like always. She chatted with Rogue and Risty; everything was just fine.
Before maths, she found a piece of paper in her locker. A poem was written on it.

Every time I think about you my heart is beating faster.
Whenever I try to find words for you, it ends up in a disaster.
My heart is pounding just for you; it’s you that I desire.
I cannot keep my eyes from you; you have set me under fire.

She wondered who had written this piece and if it really was dedicated to her. She really loved it, but couldn’t believe that someone would really like her so much to write a poem like this for her. The person who has written this must really be in love with someone. Samantha had put it into her notebook between her own poetry and other written stuff and couldn’t stop smiling. She just wanted to think there could be someone who loves her and hoped it would be Kurt. Who else would love the monster she was.
After dinner she talked to Kitty, because she seems to be a good friend of Kurt. She asked Rogue in school about those two, because she thought that they were a couple first. But Rogue told her that Kitty’s boyfriend is one of this idiot’s friends, which caused her the big trouble she had the day before.
Samantha set down next to Kitty on the sofa in the living room. Most of the others where there too, so was Kurt. She looked shyly to the ground and played around with her claws. As she wanted to whisper to Kitty, Kurt suddenly ported next to her. She winced and made a strange squeak sound.

“Oh, sorry. I didn’t want to scare you.” Kurt apologized.

“No problem.” She smiled blushing.

Now, Samantha couldn’t ask Kitty with Kurt next to her, so she just said.
“Kitty, can I talk to you privately?” took her hand and trailed her out of the room.

“Like, what’s wrong Sam?” Kitty asked confused.

“Well, uhm… I need to ask you something… you know…” she stumbled.

“What it’s like about?” Kitty stared at her.

“Uhm… well… I asked myself if… uhm… you know Kurt very well, don’t you?”

“Uhm, yeah. Are you like fallin for him?” Kitty giggled.

Samantha blushed in a deep red. “Well, maybe.” She whispered.

“Oh, poor girl. Don’t you know that he like, already has a girlfriend?” Kitty asked.

“Really? I didn’t know” Samantha said shocked. “Who?”

“Her name is Amanda. They have some classes together.”

“So, she isn’t a mutant, is she?” New hope gleamed inside her.

“No, but she knows about his mutation. Well, I don’t think you have a chance. Sorry.”

“OK, thank you. Please don’t tell him about that conversation, ok.” She said depressed and walked up into her room.