the arrival of the strangely over nice girl was a relief to Dave, at least there were some seemingly normal people here that he could talk to other than Riley. As she looked up from tidying the smashed phone dave quickly averted his eyes from her chest, though not quick enough it seemed as he caught her eyes with his rapidly moving ones. He blushed inwardly, but then realised that here was somone who he might actually have a chance at showing off at.
"no, i dont have a name" he said in the most innocent tone he could muster, "my parent couldnt decide so they meerely addressed me as Boy" he saw her surprised look and decided that she was probably gullible enough to believe him "sorry, just my sarcasm running away with itself, i'm David" he said deciding not to continue down the line of sarcasm, "but everyone calls me Dave" he smiled, grabbed her hand and shook it before she could say anything "And the hair, its Natural" she seemed nice and friendly but the one thing Dave decided he liked the most was the fact that her hand was cradling a cellphone, something he had been looking for since he arrived at this place
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Her face held an expression of surprise for a moment then she smiled as she realized he was teasing her, her black eyes sparkling in the light of the room, looking as if she stars in the depths of the schwartz pupils. All her attention centered on "the boy", relaxing her body back onto one leg, tapping the other booted foot on the floor, a habit she was developing.
'Nice to meet you David.' She said her smile broadening as she looked him up and down, one eye brow delicately arching as her eyes met his again.
She glanced down at Riley, the boy seemed to have fallen back into his own private thoughts, his eyes upon the black holdall. She shrugged, she would never understand boys, he didn't even seem to notice she had spoken to him.
'Come on then Dave.' She said, lapsing into calling him by his nickname, she would have picked one out for him anyway, she hated using peoples real names. She hadn't found one for Riley yet, there was really nothing his name could be shortened to. 'Riley looks like he wants to see the back of us.' She crossed back to the door and pulled it fully open, politely motioning Dave before her.
*If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.* - Cat
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His eyes where diverted from the sole possession Catherine owned to the girl who was motioning for Dave to leave with her. He was filled with guilt...he wasn't even sure if he'd see her again and as usual he was letting himself drift away.
Riley:"Lisa!"
He called out as Dave moved towards her.
Riley:"...I'll miss you."
It may have not been his packed bag, but she was right about one thing...he was leaving, and most likely he'd never see her, or anyone else ever again.
Riley:"They're picking me up in a few days...I'll try and say bye before I go."
He offered her a small smile, but he didn't move, he was too torn apart with issues on loyalties to find the strength to move.
Riley:"The Family needs me."
Was his only excuse as to why he was leaving.
Riley:"...Thanks for putting up with me."
His charming smile reappeared in hopes of lifting up the spirits, then he looked at Dave with one final reminder before he left.
Riley:"See you tomorrow."
Riley: So, tell me about your dream. As a Psych major, I'm qualified to go 'hmm.'
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Her face fell as she closed her hand around the door handle, her eyes mirroring sadness as she turned around, her eyes finding his blue ones. She opened her mouth but she didn't know what to say to her class mate, who would be her drama partner now she wondered sadly. She liked him, he had been one of the ones who had made her feel welcome when she had arrived here and now she couldn't help but feel saddened that he was going to leave.
'Okay well take care Riley.' She said, slipping her phone into the pocket of her black jeans. 'Drop us a line and let us know how your getting on.' She said but her words seemed hollow and empty, before turning back to Dave and trying to smile again, the end result was a half hearted attempt. She reached down and took hold of Dave's hand in her own smaller one and with a last smile at Riley towed Dave off down the corridors to deposit him in a guest room for the night.
*If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.* - Cat Edited by: Silverbunni at: 6/22/03 2:26 am
Re: Riley's Room
watching as Riley gave his feeble excuse for leaving Dave could sense that the two were probably close, or at least the girl thought so, as she dragged him out of the room, he paused at the doorway "tomorrow" he said nodding towards Riley before he shut the door with his free hand before he was dragged again
"Err, i wasnt planning on staying long" he said to the girl "a room really isn't necessary, i can just wander tonight, no need to bother". he tried to subtly retrieve his hand from hers, but she was gripping it a little too tight for him to be able to let go without it seeming like he was being rude so he didn't bother.
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She smiled, revealing a set of perfect teeth for his inspection, the heels of her boots clicking away down the corridor as she lead him towards the guest quaters. She was shaking her head at him as she walked.
'No, carn't have that I'm afraid.' Her eyes sparkled as she spoke, tucking a strand of hair which dared venture down from the clip she had secured the curly mass into. So far she was the only person who was aware of her hair and she intended it to stay that way, in reality the soft curls gave her face character but she insisted on wearning her hair up so no one knew.
'If Riley commands it then it must be so.' She had to admit she had a soft spot for Riley, but he wasn't really her type and she knew he wasn't interested in her that way. Her feet came to an abrupt paused outside a door, she smiled winningly again at him.
'Now this is your room and if I find you wandering around in the middle of the night I shall be best pleased.' She said teasingly, letting him know in the most gentle way she knew that he was staying in that room if she had to camp down outside the door.
She opened the door to a large sized room, with a bed in one corner, a chest of draws and several other items of furniture. She gently pushed him inside with the end of one finger, prodding him to make him move.
'Have a good night, if you have to wander please do it in here, but no pacing too loudly, the girls dorms aren't that far away and I need my beauty sleep.' She winked at him before closing the door, the sound of her heels clicking away down the hall. Making up her mind that she was going back to talk to him in the morning, he seemed really sweet if not a bit strange but she had learn to put that aside when talking to men.
[centre]If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.[/centre] Edited by: Silverbunni at: 6/22/03 5:45 pm
Re: Riley's Room
She awoke before most of the other inhabitants of the school but it took her so long to decide upon an outfit and to apply her make-up to her satisfaction that by the time she was ready the rest of the school was also.
Sitting on the end of her bed she zipped up her black boots then emptied the contents of her bag onto the bed, going through the itinerary in her head to make sure she had everything, hair brush, phone, lipstick, mirror, purse and a few other assorted items. She scooped them back into her bag and stood up checking her appearance in her mirror before leaving the room and closing the door behind her.
A moment later she opened it again and walked quickly over to the desk, picking up the books she would need for the day and a folder. She disappeared again and let her feet tap decisively off in the direction of the guest rooms.
Lisa was curious to find out more about this new boy, she had assumed he was a student but he didn't seem to think that he was or that he was staying long. She smiled to a couple of people she recognized in the corridor and stopped for a few seconds to talk with a girl with purple eyes and long black silky hair who was in her dance class.
She was about to knock on the door of the room she had deposited David into when she spotted Riley coming the other way. He didn't seem to notice her till he was nearly on top of her, she gave him a broad smile, her black eyes twinkling good heartedly at the sight of her friend.
'Hi Riley.' She said, he seemed almost to jump at her words, but if might have been her imagination. She indicated the closed door infront of her with one manicured finger.
'I put him in here for the night, poor thing was going to wander the school, I dunno if he's still in here.' She paused to draw breath. 'Say hows that girl you were with the other day, the angry looking one, I was gonna say hi in the hall but she looked as though she might throw something at you and I doubted me sticking my nose in would make the situation any better.' She laughed slightly at the jibe she had made at herself, she didn't mind admitting that she had many faults
ooc: Since Dan is taking his time to post even though he said he would I thought Riley and Lisa could chat he will have to drag David off whenever he reappears.
If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.
Re: Riley's Room
It wasn't long until Riley was fast asleep under his warm blankets, but his entire sleep was filled with restless turning and horrible dreams. To make matters worse, he could never get threw an entire night without being woken up by the faulty implant hidden away inside his brain.
The silence of his room was broken by the muffled cry of agony that he desperately tried to choke back so the other students in rooms nearby wouldn't hear him.
His hands desperately cradling his head, which felt as if it was about to explode, the doctors back at the lab said that if this continued for too long he could suffer brain damage. That thought scared him more then any amount of pain he'd have to suffer.
The stress of the shock was enough to cause one of the blood vessels to break, resulting in a trickle of blood escaping from his nose. Which happened at least once ever day or two, but he was too focused on the pain inside his head to worry too much about a little bit of blood.
One of his hands reached out for his side table, his fingers brushing up against the cold steel of his gun, then the past the photo, before resting on the box of tissues. Quickly pulling one of the white sheets from the box as the pain began to subside, he cupped the tissue around his nose to catch the blood before his ruined his sheets.
Riley:"Let's see if I can still remember to count to 10 by the time we open that portal."
He remarked sarcastically to himself as he pulled the sheets off from his half naked body, resulting in a sudden burst of Goosebumps across his warm chest. Moving over towards his chest of draws, one hand still holding the tissue against his lips and nose, the other reaching out and pulling a jumper from one of the draws.
Although he joked to himself about it, Riley was really scared about this whole 'possible brain damage' remark they blurted out in front of him. After all, his mind was his greatest weapon, he studied so long, he knew so much, and he didn't want to forget his family. That's probably what scared him most, the thought of losing the memories of his family, they already thought him dead....if he forgot no one would know remember them, no one would ever be able to tell them he was still alive..
He wasn't sure if it was the thought of his family of the thought that he'd forget about them, but suddenly he had a stronger feeling of homesickness....the bloody nose and the tremendous headache didn't help the feeling.
He walked back over towards the bed, sitting down and placing his jumper across his lap as he stared at the photo displayed on his side table. It was the only photo he was ever allowed to bring with him anywhere when he lived outside of the Initiative base. He stood crouched down beside Troy, his black male Labrador, a small smile crept across Riley's face as he looked at the image of his arm resting over across the dogs shoulder as they sat together on the freshly cut front lawn.
He tore his eyes away from the image, his homesickness only growing worse as he looked at it, but to make things worse, he remembered about David. They where going off later today, and he was going to lose contact with all the people he grew close to here.
He didn't think he'd enjoy himself here, he didn't think the mutants would be so...friendly, and so normal. He pulled the tissue away from his face, the blood having mostly stopped he took the chance to slip his jumper over his chest which was growing cold. He looked towards the window, his eyes scanning the night sky as the moon have a silvery hue to everything it touched.
Reaching into his draw, he pulled out a small-computerized note pad. He carried this with him and upload the information onto his laptop back at the base. This was like his diary, it was the only way he could stay sane with the life he leads, writing down all his little secrets and fears into this pad, after all, who else could he tell?
He began pressing the small keypad, entering the code 'Save Me' and then typing his thoughts away into the small screen.
~*---*~
-April 24 - Friday Morning - 2023
Woke up to the same pain, like every night for the past month, it's like my guilt is punishing me. I know they need me, and it was wrong to make them think I died, but right now others need me, and for some reason, I really want to help them.
I'll be punished, I know I will, wonder what demons I'll be forced to face this time? But if only I could make them understand, these mutants, they aren't as bad as every says they are. They all just damned this race of super humans before giving them a chance to prove themselves as normal as any other human. I've seen mutants harm people, I've seen what they can do, but these people, in this school, they're just trying to fit in, they just want to live normal lives, some even want to help.
A girl came the other day, Catherine Hall, student 8421, another misunderstanding in my opinion, the file spoke so poorly of her. She seems so hurt, it makes me sad to see someone so strong like that in so much pain. I tried to assure her, but, like Clair, she didn't seem keen on my help. Well now she needs it, she was stolen away, I promised her something...I need to get her back, I don't know why but I need to.
I asked if Sean Summers could be on my team, X-Force, I know I won't be around to actually lead it, but after reading his file, I thought he'd be best to lead the team once I'm taken away.
I let Catherine into the Institute, and I called Sean to the Professors office, it's my fault they where in the hall in the dorms, it's my fault they're gone. I told her she'd be safe here, I feel like I lied to her, I always seem to be lying, I don't like that feeling.
But, later I'm going to head off and find her, I may have let her get into danger because I was to weak to fight off the pain, but I'm going to make it up to her, to all of them. Like I said earlier, I'll be punished, but nothing could be as terrible as knowing I've left them in danger.
~*---*~
He lowered the computer pad for a moment as he heard the shuffle of feet outside in the halls, he had so much on his mind and it was all jumbled up and half of what he typed probably didn't make much sense. He sat up, slipping the pad back into the draw and thinking to himself that he'll get back to it later.
He put on his jeans and sneakers, grabbed another tissue and then made his way towards the door, his fingers brushing threw his hair in a simple attempt of straightening it up, which wasn't hard since it was short.
Twisting the handle of his room and pulling open the door, he stepped out, closing the door and locking it behind him. He wasn't planning on going to classes today, he just wanted the day to hurry.
With his mind wondering, though he was heading towards the showers, his hand nervously holding the hidden tissue against at his lips incase there was any blood.
Taken away in thoughts and looking almost behind him at one of the students that had called his name and yelled out hello, Riley just barely managed to stop before walking into Lisa.
As she talked, he listened intently, his hand still frozen over his lips as he tried to look casual.
Riley:"I'm hoping she's fine, she's out of the schools grounds right now, David, I mean, Dave and I are heading off to pick her up later."
Although his voice was muffled slightly behind his hand, he spoke clearly enough for Lisa to understand what he was saying. Realizing she was going to be curious to know why he was speaking with his hand over his mouth he quickly informed her.
Riley:"Bleeding.."
He mumbled slightly embarrassed.
Riley:"Sleep well?"
He asked before glancing at the door where she said Dave had spent the night.
Riley: So, tell me about your dream. As a Psych major, I'm qualified to go 'hmm.'
Re: Riley's Room
awaking suddenly, dave wondered where he was, he looked around him and slowly remembered the events of the past few day's. it was the first sleep he had managed to get except the sedation at that strange building. he sat up in the bed slowly and looked towards the window, the weather did not look brilliant today. he stretched, yawning as he did so, he did not remember much of what had happened after that girl had stuffed him in this room but he guessed that he had given in and stayed put.
he could hear voices outside of the door, one of them sounded like Riley, the other he was not so sure about so he got out of bed to check. as he pulled back the sheets he could see that he had obviously gone to sleep fully clothed except for his jacket which was lying in a crumpled heap near the door, as he stood he realised that although the jacket would probably look alright with a few creases, his jeans and shirt looked a right mess, he tried in vain to de-crease them by running his hands over them as he proceded towards the door.
pausing before the door he could now distinguish that the other voice was coming from the execively smily girl who had dragged him to this room. he decided that he did not need to talk to her just yet, not looking like this anyway. he picked up his jacket off the floor and threw it on in an effort to hide the slept-in shirt, and slowly opened the door hoping that she would not drag him off to a laundry room on account of his severely crumpled attire.
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Lisa chuckled at his words, raising one hand to check her hair was still immaculate, hugging her books and folder to her chest as she did so. Looking across into his face, wondering why he had his hand partially obscuring his face, she was smaller than him but with the addition of the heels of her boots she was almost level with him.
'She didn't look keen on staying, I'm suprised she's coming back, or are you off on a kidnapping exercise.' Lisa said cheerfully, winking and casting a glance at the shut door of Dave's room.
'Bleeding? are you alright?' She looked around her but this part of the corridor was deserted, she looked back at him her intelligent eyes trained on his face.
'Ok Riley, whats going on?' She said folding her arms in a manner which suggested that she wanted answers. 'This is not the first time you've had nosebleeds and why are you always rubbing your temples?' Lisa usaully saw more then people gave her credit for and the strange behaviour he had been exibiting recently was more than enough to arouse her suspicions, but nothing she was thinking could be anywehre near the truth. She was worried about her friend, she cared about him but sometimes she wanted to throttle him, what did he think? that if there was something wrong with him that it would just go away if he ignored it.
'You should go to the medical room.' She finnished falling back into her mother hen routine, her voice was quite hard throught out but it softened as she spoke this last sentence. She ignored his question of how she had slept, her eyes still on his demanding answers. She even ignored the door opening behind her, the toe of one shiney, black boot tapping on the floor as she waited for answers. Feeling inside like a parent looking at a child who has come in from playing and is covered in varying degrees of mud. She herself had been reprimanded many times by her mother for rolling around in the dirt with her friends when she was young, this was probably why she now hated any activity that would get her dirty, it had been drilled into her that she must stay clean.
ooc: Sorry about awful spelling but the spell check isn't working (pulls out dictionary with a large sigh) I'll check the words I know I've spelt wrong though.
If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.
Smiling slightly at the idea of the a 'kidnapping exercise' to get Catherine home, part of Riley hoped Dave would stay, being her family, maybe that would convince Cat to stay here.
He'd rather her here then off in the world all by herself, but he was pulled from his thoughts as Lisa grew suspicious and overly protective towards him.
Riley:"It won't help.."
He replied honestly in a low voice to her demand for him to go to the medical room.
Riley:"But if it'll make you feel better, I could swing by some time today before I leave."
The way he spoke made it sound as if he had not intention of doing so, he was just trying to assure her so she'd stop worrying over him.
He looked at Dave, his clothes all wrinkled, though Riley wasn't really judgemental towards how others kept their clothes, he could go insane if he had so many wrinkles in his pants.
That's probably way didn't sleep with shirts on, he didn't really have an iron here and he didn't like the idea of wrinkling all his shirts as he slept.
But he did notice Dave looked slightly uncomfortable with his untidy attire.
Riley:"...All the guest rooms have wardrobes, Xavier has packed them full of spare clothes for guests, I'm sure you could find something to your liking."
He offered, his hand still covering the lower half of his face.
Riley:"Lisa, it's really nothing."
He stated simply as he could feel her staring at him still, he offered her a charming smile, but it didn't look like how it normally did, since his hand was covering his lips still.
Riley: So, tell me about your dream. As a Psych major, I'm qualified to go 'hmm.'
Re: Riley's Room
She looked at him hurt and not in the least convinced, her mind wandering onto possibilities of brain tumors and such. She let her gaze fall from his, he had defeated her, she couldn't force him to tell her what was wrong, though she dearly wished she could. Inside she was fuming silently though she remained rather clam upon the exterior, why were men all so ridiculously stupid, they were all so damn proud and they thought nothing could ever hurt them. She was severely tempted to slap him.
'If you say so.' She said her voice showing quite blatantly that she didn't belive a word he said. She turned her attention away from him to Dave, looking at how he was dressed with open horror. In this at least the two friends agreed, she opened her mouth to chide him about his clothes.
'You slept in your clothes.' Her voice was shocked, what would these man do next she thought looking him up and down. He was still as cute by day light she realized with a small smile.
Lisa glanced down at her watch and started, she was going to be late for lessons and miss breakfast if she didn't hurry. She turned her attention back to Riley.
'You'd better get your things or you'll miss class.' She said shortly. She looked back at Dave finding a smile for him 'Nice to see you again.' She shot Riley a last black look before she practically stomped off up the corridor.
If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.
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"like a baby" Dave replied dreamily whilst staring over is shoulder at Lisa's retreating form, realizing what he was doing suddenly he turned back to Riley "I apologize for my appearance" he said running his hand over his hair to stop it sticking up so much, "and thanks for the tip off about the clothes, but I'd prefer to wear my own, I don't think this Xavier would have the same tastes in clothing as me" as he said this he thought of his wardrobe back home, it consisted mainly of jeans and black shirts and an army surplus camouflage suit that he really did not know why he had bought, it had seemed like a good idea at the time. his shoes were not much better either, he spent hours in shoe shops picking out the heaviest and chunkiest boots he could possibly find, his favorite pair were ones that he had had to order from a specialist shop and he had been banned from wearing them at school because they had so much stainless steel on them that they were considered dangerous by the head teacher.
He shot one last look over his shoulder to see wether Lisa was still there but she had disappeared "are you two, together" he asked Riley, motioning with his thumb over his shoulder to where she had just left "because if not and you just scared off a hot single girl, then you are definitely not coming down the pub with me when we get back" he joked, trying to get riley to laugh, or even smile also joking took Daves mind off of the impending danger of their little rescue mission.
Giving the other boy a blank stare for a moment as what he had actually asked was sinking into Riley's mind, he looked down the hall which Lisa had just disappeared down.
"because if not and you just scared off a hot single girl, then you are definitely not coming down the pub with me when we get back"
Riley:"Oh, right, no, she's single...I think."
He looked back at Dave with a shrug that hinted he had never even thought of asking the girl about her relationships.
Riley:"Speaking of when we get back, I have Catherine's holdall in my room, I'll give you the key to the room after we get back."
He hadn't realized he was already calling his old room, 'the' room instead of 'my' room, but looked down the halls towards the shower rooms.
Riley:"I was actually heading over to the student bathrooms to wash up, I'm not going to classes today, I need to find a chance to talk with that vampire from the other world. It might know where the students are, it'd be a lot quicker to find them then if it did know, that way we can jump in, grab them, and be back before we're missed."
He stepped towards the shower rooms, but looked back at Dave.
Riley:"Will you be alright? You have half a day to pass, maybe you could get to know a few other students? You're also free to use the showers and other things, Xavier won't mind."
Riley: So, tell me about your dream. As a Psych major, I'm qualified to go 'hmm.'
re: riley's room
he thought for a second before replying, he really did not know wether he would be alright or not, this place was strange and he didn't know wether he'd be allowed to stay, "I'll be fine" he muttered unconvincingly, "i might take a shower later, thered be no point in making friends yet though, might as well keep upset to the minimum" he looked down the hall where lisa had just gone, making up his mind that he would try to find her again at some point.
"see you later then" he said before walking off in the direction lisa had gone, hoping he could catch up with her and appologise for his appearence, she seemed nice and he thiought that while he was in this place it might be usefull to have some friends
even though he said he would 
I thought Riley and Lisa could chat 
he will have to drag David off whenever he reappears.
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