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"Hey kid. Wake up. It's time for school." Logan's gruff voice pulled the sixteen year old from her sleep. She groaned and turned around in her bed. "I don't wanna go to school." She moaned. "Well, though shit. You have to. Come on or I'll carry you from that bed. You know what that means" Logan replied and she slowly sat up, knowing that it wasn't an empty threat. "Okay, okay. I'm up. Now, get out." She muttered.
"Jeez, you can clearly see it's Monday again." Logan said as he walked out of the room. "Screw you." Olivia called after him and he raised his middle claw in answer. Shaking her head with a small smile, Olivia got herself ready. After dressing and putting the right things in her bag, she joined the others for breakfast. "Morning, professor." She greeted at seeing Charles Xavier reading the newspaper. "Good morning, Olivia. Did you sleep well?" He asked with a warm smile and she nodded, rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah, although I could've gone without the Logan-shaped wake-up call." She answered. "If I didn't wake you up, you'd sleep until one in the afternoon." Logan retorted. "Well, yeah. That's what being a teenager is all about." She replied as she sat down to eat. "Any problems at school, Olivia?" One of her teachers, Jean asked in a concerned tone.
Ever since getting there at the age of six, Jean and Storm had quickly become mother-figures for the young mutant. Olivia shook her head. "Not really. I just keep to myself, they think I'm simply a weirdo and leave me alone, except for the occasional bully, but MJ makes sure that they mostly leave me alone." She answered with a shrug and everyone nodded.
"Although, Peter's been acting a bit odd lately. He's acting shifty like he's hiding something and it's bothering both me and Ned." Olivia continued with a thoughtful face. "Well, that's all fascinating, but if you don't hurry up and eat your breakfast, you're gonna miss your first class." Logan told her. "Yes, dad." The girl replied, dodging the half-hearted scuff that the old mutant aimed at her. A few minutes later, Kurt dropped Olivia off in an alley close to her school. "Thanks, Kurt." She said with a smile.
"No problem, Olivia. See you on Friday. Call us if anything happens." Kurt replied, before teleporting away. Taking a deep breath, Olivia walked the last few metres to her school. That was the deal that she had made with the professor and Logan when she wanted to try a normal school. Because her powers were mostly harmless and based on her emotions, she didn't risk hurting anyone.
Logan really didn't like the idea of her going to a school with normal humans, but they finally managed to make a compromise after several hours of talking. From Monday to Friday, she'd go to a normal high-school and on the weekends, she'd go back to the institute to continue her training as long as she also meditated at least one hour a day.
Hearing her name being called, she smiled at seeing Ned wave at her. "There you are, Olivia. I was worried that you were going to be late." He said as Olivia joined him. "I'm always a pain to wake up at Monday, but I learned my lesson to get up when uncle Logan lifted me up and dumped me into an ice-cold bath." She answered and he chuckled. "He did not!" He protested."Oh, he did. I was soaked and shivering from head to toe." She insisted and he laughed as an out-of-breath Peter joined them.
"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" He asked, shooting Olivia a shy smile, which she returned. "Olivia just told me that her uncle once dumped her into an ice-cold bath to wake her up." Ned answered and Peter burst out into laughter. "Why do I have no trouble seeing that?" He asked while still laughing. "Hey!" Olivia said in a mock-insulted tone, before the first bell rang and they hurried to their first class.
As they were working, Peter leaned close to Olivia. "My aunt says you're welcome for dinner, if you want." He said awkwardly and she smiled at him. "If I ever missed an opportunity to turn down May Parker's famous food, I'm probably six feet underground." She said and he immediately beamed at her, before their teacher scolded them for talking.
Once school was over, Peter took Olivia and Ned over to his house. "Hey, Mrs. Parker." Olivia greeted as she walked in after Peter. "How many times did I tell you to just call me May?" The woman asked with a warm smile. "Ten times, last time I checked. However, I think uncle Charles would literally get a heart-attack if I addressed someone so informally." Olivia answered and May laughed. "Exactly, how many uncles and aunts do you have?" Ned asked and Olivia actually thought for a small minute.
"At least four uncles, three aunts and several cousins." She answered cheerfully. "Wow, big family." Peter commented with a smile and she chuckled. "Big family indeed, but I wouldn't change them for anything." She said. "What about your parents?" Ned asked, only to immediately regret it when her face fell and became closed-off. "My mom died when I was four and I haven't had contact with my dad since I was six." She relied stoically.
"I'm so sorry." Ned whispered horrified and she gave him a small smile. "You didn't know." She replied, before an awkward Peter and May changed the subject to get rid of the tension in the room.animated conversations were going all around the table during dinner, although everyone was smart enough not to bring up Olivia's family again. May insisted on driving Ned and Olivia home to make sure they'd be safe.
Once inside her rented apartment, Olivia took a deep breath, unconsciously scratching at a thin white line that ran down her upper arm. Sitting down at her desk, she powered up her laptop and got to work. Reaching a certain website, she started to look something up, only to get a "FILE NOT FOUND" message across her screen. She sat back at that, being able to guess what that meant. Sighing, she turned the laptop off. Changing into her pyjamas, she sat down on her bed and closed her eyes as she tried to meditate.
However, the usual calmness that came with meditation was disrupted by memories of screams of pain and a male voice yelling. Opening her eyes and taking deep breaths, she noticed how everything in her apartment looked different. Taking another deep breath, she managed to turn everything back to normal. Giving up on meditating tonight, she got under the covers and lied down, quickly falling asleep.