Corrin Aramis It's amazing how times change from day to day, One day I'm living what most people would consider a normal life, the next day I'm sitting in a house by myself, with absolutely nothing to do and too damn frightened to actually leave the house. It has been a few days since my 'parents' left and left the note that would tell me I was now alone. It has been even longer since the freak accident that I never knew about un till recently. Though I don't think it was an accident anymore. I think there is just something terribly wrong with me... In the few days that I have been left alone I haven't even left the house. There is a couple messages from the school I use to attend on the answering machine that was left behind. I haven't answered the phone or the door since they have been gone. Now though I am sitting in the house eating a cup o noodles and trying to decide what to do next, honestly though I have no clue what to do... So I just stay in this house and stare out at the world that surrounds me, I look down the street and I see the Mall that was put up not too long ago, One of the better ones in the New York City from what I have been told, But I don't like it anymore. Matter of fact I now hate that mall, I used to love it because my parents would take me there to shop and play video games, and generally just have fun. Now it's just a bad reminder of what I used to have.. It's really disgusting and rather heart shattering to think about all of that. But it's also very hard to not think about it.... Anyway around it I would stare down the street for a few more long moments before heading over to a chair that was left behind and sitting down to watch a little television, Luckily I had my own television in my room. My parents liked to spend time alone in the front room... I guess they would have all the time they wanted to spend alone now... I wander if they would have a new kid and totally forget about me... I wander if they would ever come back despite what the note had said... Though somehow deep down inside I know they wouldn't.. and that just makes me frown and start to sob softly in my hands, The TV forgotten about as I sit there now crying over the family I have lost, Man how times change so quickly....

Hannah Greene Chaperones?! I'd be amused if I weren't so annoyed. I just want to go to this fabulous mall I've heard so much about, spend away my sorrows after meeting Dominic, and I get stuck with some guy who wouldn't know what to do with a real woman even if it bit him, or maybe especially. I manage to get out of his immediate bubble of attention, and I head outside for some fresh air. I'm not having such a good day, feeling the ups and downs of everyone around me. I wish I could get a handle on these things. But there is one that is pulling me. I can feel Corrin's sorrow from a mile away, and soon I'm standing outside a house that looks abandoned. The lawn isn't mowed, there's mail falling out of the mailbox. Odd that people would leave such a nice house and let it go to hell like this. I pull at the source of sorrow in this house, and slowly turn it to curiosity. Maybe he'll look out the window again.

Corrin Aramis Well she would have to work to turn all that sorrow into curiosity to be honest. But after awhile of her working at it he would take his mind off of the fact of his parents for long enough to get up and wander over to the window again... What am I curious about... Why am I curious.... I'm wandering this to myself as I would look out the window to see Hannah standing out there... Oh god is that someone from the school!? That's my first and immediate thought, which also strikes a bit of fear into me and I would quickly close the blinds back covering the window. Though I'm peeking out of a very small slit in the blinds watching her carefully. Trying to figure out just what she is doing here and why I have never seen her before... "Oh god... am I in trouble now.... Are they going to take me out of this house and put me with someone else.... who the heck is this person...." I cant help but wander all of these things, I guess the curiosity thing worked like she wanted. But now there is that twinge of fear also, Fear of the unknown....

Hannah Greene I frown some, but am amused at the adorable display he's putting out. I fold my arms over my chest and sigh as it starts to sprinkle again. I lift my umbrella up over my head and open it while I look at the window. I know that fear, I was submersed in it for years. I know what it's like to be abandoned, alone, and fearful. I know it too well. I tug at his fear, pull it away from him gently, and I approach the front door. I wasn't sent here to get him, I was going to the mall to buy new shoes, and a new dress to replace those that Dominic ruined. But he's made me more curious than I can remember being in a long time. So...I knock. "Hey! Why don't you let me in?" I knock again for good measure. Lord knows I don't want to scare him, he feels too much like me for me to want to hurt him at all.

Corrin Aramis Well her gently tugging at my fear is working because I would wander over to the door and stand next to it quietly.  "Who are you... why are you here?" I'm sorry but I'm still cautious, I cant help but be cautious.... After all I don't know her, yet I don't seem to fear her anymore either.... Once she gives her name and says why she is here no matter what that reason would be I would be opening the door enough to peek out at her. I would just stare for quite a few long moments... "Your not here to like put me in a fos... foster home are you?" I had heard about them from some of the people at school... and from what I have heard it is the last place I would want to go....

Hannah Greene "Hannah. I'm curious." Those were my answers, now I'm not wanting to get wet either. I tilt my head to the left and look at him, right in the eyes and I lift a brow, I'm not trying to seem like I feel like I'm better than he is, but I feel it. I glance inside, the lack of furniture, then back to him. "Because here is so much better." I take in a deep breath to focus myself a little better, and then clear my throat. "I was just down at the mall, and...let me in, huh?"

Corrin Aramis Looking back in her eyes is calming for some reason.. She doesn't seem to here to hurt me or anything... She's cute and it is kind of raining outside. Seeing her notice the furniture not there though makes me cringe just a little.  "Ummm sure I guess...."  I would then open the door more for her to come in... I sure as heck hope I'm not making a mistake by doing this.... "I'm just house sitting until my mom and dad come back with new furniture...." I'm lying through my teeth and she might be able to tell that just by the way I said it....

Hannah Greene And I can feel he's lying. I unfurl the umbrella, being a little rude I shake it out on the floor before I snap it closed. Then again, lying is rude too. "If that were true, you'd have mowed the lawn and gotten the mail." I don't want to scare him and let him know I'm a mutant right away, but why should he be scared? He's a mutant too. "So, what'd they do, just up and leave you?" I move to the window, and I pull up the blinds he'd closed, to let in all the glorious...blah. "There are other things than foster homes to go to, you know."

Corrin Aramis "Such as?" I don't really care about the water on the floor... The house is just as it was left.. Just dirtier and not cared for as she can tell...  "Maybe I didn't feel like mowing the lawn...." And then she asked if they just up and left me.... That stings and I sigh looking down at the floor for a few long moments, the door being closed and the blinds being opened.... Why would she go and open the blinds...  "yeah... something like that...."  She hit the nail on the head and she would easily be able to tell from the anguish he is feeling yet again. It still hurts ok!  "What other places?  I don't know actually... I had never really been told about mutants.. I guess my parents decided it would be better if I didn't know about them... But I had heard a few things of people doing strange things.

Hannah Greene And here I become, a scout, a supporter, I'm going to suggest this school. Why? Well it's better than this and I feel he's a kindred spirit somehow. It's the pain, I guess. "School places. It's a nice school. Gardens, lots of people like us, a safe place. They won't leave you behind." They also won't let you be hurt. Let you be taken advantage of. His pain is starting to get to me, starting to tug at my own again. I pull in another deep breath and blow it out. "They have a gym."

Corrin Aramis "School places? with gardens?"  I'm blinking at her now, wandering just what the heck she is talking about... And when she says there is lots of people like us I just blink at her and look confused... Ok the pain is slightly replaced with curiosity now... "What do you mean 'people like us'?  Ok so I haven't figured out she could do strange stuff like me also... I haven't figured out that I am a Mutant... I haven't figured she is a mutant.  "But why would they take me in?"  It's a good question... at least as far as he is concerned. "A Gym... that could be useful."  Well it could, after all there is times when I have just felt like punching something... Doing anything to get read of this pain and this hurt that I have been feeling for too long as far as I am concerned...  "Where is this school?  Ok, she's got me intrigued... Maybe I wouldn't have to figure out what to do next... Maybe this stranger is the one would show me what to do.

Hannah Greene "Not far, actually. It's really the most beautiful place I've ever seen." My home was lovely, but this place with its fountains and gardens. I could spend all my time in them, and I usually do. I turn to face him, a light smile on her features. "Not to be rude, but I assume your parents left because you are a mutant. Why else would they pack up their home and move out like that?" I pause, sense if I hit it on the head or if his parents were just losers. "I'm a mutant, I can feel people's emotions and sensations, that's how I knew you were lying about your parents." I concentrate a bit, make it feel like someone is touching his back, lightly, I in no way want to hurt him. Might get me in another mess, like with Dominic. "They can help you there. They're helping me. My parents left me too, though, just in a slightly different way." I step over to him, and I look at him, my eyes are honest, I'm actually being honest with him. He needs help. He needs to be saved too. "What's your name?"

Corrin Aramis Yeah she would be able to tell she hit the nail on the head again and I sigh looking down again for a few long moments. When she says she is a mutant? and that I am? I would look back up at her. Ok so she is being honest... at least it really seems that way.  "no other reason I guess...." And when someone touches my back?  I know dang well no one else is there I would look back for just a second before looking back at her and then blinking a little.  "Interesting gift."  When she says they can help I just continue to stare at her... Maybe they could... If they were helping her.... Maybe I would have to try and trust her... and see what happens... what do I have to loose after all.  "It really sucks when they leave doesn't it?" I'm still hurting and now that I know she can feel emotions? I kind of cringe just a little, it must be hard for her to feel my pain from all of this... especially after her parents left also.  "My name's Corrin."  I neglect to tell her my last name though, I'm not so sure it fits anymore.  "They would let me stay there... and help me? Whets the catch?"  Well I'm curious if there is any hidden strings to this... Either way I will be going with her... I don't have much stuff left anymore I actually don't have anything that I would want to take with me.. I would be ready to leave as soon as she wanted too, and if she is feeling those emotions? She might be able to tell she has me willing to go with her. I will go check out this school, see these gardens... See what the people are like... See if she really is telling me the truth about not leaving me behind and helping me.

Hannah Greene I smile. This is what it feels like to help someone. It blossoms into some warm fuzzy emotion in my heart. My god, my eyes are nearly misting. I shake my head and I sigh a bit. "No catches, as far as I can tell, except they expect you to learn...and behave yourself." I cross my arms again, seems the pose I'm most comfortable with. "What do you do anyway?"

Corrin Aramis "Not completely sure... But from what I can tell turn into fire."  It's said shyly as I look at her now and then just nod at the no catches stuff, Well I don't mind learning.. I never have... I just hope they have math classes there... I love math.  "Learn what? What kind of stuff do they teach?"  Now I'm just out right curious, for the first time since my parents have left I feel better, I feel like maybe there is something to strive for again... and I owe it all to this person standing in front of me. "Thank you Hannah."  I don't know what else to say.. she has given me a little bit of hope in a really bad time in my life.  "Can we go to the school now"  Well if we could I am ready to go... Right now.

Hannah Greene "Math, history, everything you'd learn at your high school. They have a big beautiful library too." I smile wistfully for a moment before I look him up and down. "Why don't you go pack first, Firechild...you know, before we get going. Wouldn't want you to have to run around campus nude, now, would we?"

Corrin Aramis "Firechild?"  I quirk an eyebrow at her when she says that.  That's not my name... but eh whatever.  "I guess I could pack what little is left."  And now it's my turn to look her up and down since I noticed her looking at me. "I don't know... would we?"  Now I'm trying to get my mind off of the bad things and see if I cant get a small smile out of her or something.. Because it would be great to see a smile on her face to help me get the rest of the bad stuff off my mind for now "Give me just a minute... wont take me long to get my clothes."  And I would be heading to my old room, packing up what clothes I have, It wont take very long at all. Maybe 5 minutes 10 minutes tops before I'm back out in the front room holding a bag in my hands and looking around.  "I don't want anything else."  I shiver just a little at the bad memories I would hopefully be leaving behind with this house.  But somehow I don't think it will be that easy.  "I'm ready to go now."  I had thrown on a light jacket and was now looking at her waiting for her to lead the way to what I'm assuming will be my new home, for awhile at least

Hannah Greene "We'll have to find my chaperone. He, at least, let me drive my car, but he's somewhere in the mall's arcade." I look slightly annoyed then smile faintly. I'm helping. I can't believe I'm helping. I'm usually the terror that gives people the need for help. "You need any help?" I'm referring to this things, though oddly I glance around the room, and then back to him, wondering if he's left anything plugged in. I worry about strange things like that. "Though, I probably would be more help if I just held the umbrella, m?" I chuckle softly and head for the door.

Corrin Aramis "Don't want anything else except this bag of clothes."  I don't need any help I'm holding the bag just fine on my own, It's not very heavy after all. I left everything behind except the clothes.  "I think you have helped plenty... But the umbrella thing would be great."  When she mentions the mall though my heart sinks down to the pit of my stomach, Or well it feels that way anyway. "You can find your chaperone.... I would prefer to stay outside."  I know now that she can pick up the major feelings of pain and sadness about going into the mall. I wander if she would try to force me to anyway... Arcade or not it doesn't matter anymore... I don't want to go into that mall anymore.... But either way I would be falling her to the door and out of it, closing and locking the door for the last time. Now it would just be time to follow after her. "You have your own car?  That must be nice."  idle conversation... I've never been good at it but I'm trying it a little now... After all I'm not really sure what else to talk about.

Hannah Greene "Yeah. My parents are trying to win back my affections for leaving me in the hands of a pervert." I smile as we walk out the door. I'd be still angry about it, still heart broken, if I weren't amused by it. The fact they did it still pisses me off, but the fact they're trying to buy me back is hilarious. "They gave me a Cadillac Escalade for my sixteenth birthday." I roll my eyes. It's soon to be my 17th birthday. I'm actually excited about that. "Actually, I'll just call him, I have his cell number." Which I pull out my slim flip-phone and I start dialing. "We'll meet him at the car. Don't worry, he's alright, he won't...be lame and try to hurt you or something."

Corrin Aramis "that sucks.  And I don't think any amount of gifts would be enough."  It's just my opinion though, When she says they will just meet him at the car, that makes me feel a lot better... it really does, and when she says he wont try to hurt me or anything? That's another good sign. Because now I wouldn't have to worry about this new guy. "Thanks again."  Well she is the reason I have come out of that house for the fist time since they left.  She's the reason I feel like maybe there is something still in my future besides hating my parents and hurting because of them.  "All I got was some clothes for my 14th birthday"  It's now almost my 15th birthday, Actually its in 7 days, on the 10th of June.... I'm not looking forward to this one.

Hannah Greene I smile to him while I talk on the phone to my chaperone, "Yes. I found a guy, he needs to go to Xavier's too. Yes." Aggravated sounding. "Yes he's a mutant, yes I can tell he's not evil." A pause. "Duh..empath." This guy is a loser in more than one way, irritating and bad with women. When he said 'dang, and I was about to score.' I wanted to laugh. "Whatever, just come out to the car." I flip the phone shut and slip it back into my small purse, while I hold the umbrella over both of us as we walk. I smile to Corrin, and I tilt my head to the side. "I know you'll really like it."

Corrin Aramis "Well as long as your around."  I stop myself right there and then just cough a little looking at her back and nodding.  "Yeah I'm sure I will." And now it's time for me to become shy and quiet... She is really cute... I cant help but notice that, after all I am a guy... and she's nice... and she's helping me.  "Do they teach a lot of math?"  Well I might as well ask a few questions. One place I would always excel in is math, One thing I would always struggle in would be history... But as long as there is a lot of challenging math I will be happy... I do like to be challenged from time to time.

Hannah Greene "If you take a lot of math. They have as many classes as you might expect any high school to have. Next semester I'm taking Calculus, maybe we'll be in the same class." I lift my brows at his new emotions, the way he's acting. It's cute. It also isn't long before we're at my Escalade. It's shiny, big, and black. Every penny put into it was meant to buy back my love. Isn't that handy? I open the back for him to put his bag in, but I let him sit up front, my chaperone, who's just approaching the car, whining about me leaving his watchful care, will have to make due with the back seat now.

Corrin Aramis "Maybe we will."  I smile just a little at that thought, dangit I know she has to be reading my emotions now cause of that eyebrow lift, and because of that I turn slightly red and just put the bag into the car, taking the seat that was offered to me. The whining chaperone is spared a glance and I'm going quiet again... Time to be the shy kid that I am... No talking, no hello, no introduction.... Heck I don't even know why I was as open with her as I was, Well ok I do because she must be able to alter emotions too. But it's not a big deal... I'm kind of glad she did.... and when I get a chance I will quietly whisper to her.  "You were suppose to be watched by him?"  I'm not talking to the chaperone in the back... just her... After all I don't know him... As an almost after thought I would put on my seat belt, not knowing how she drives after all... and still whispering to her.  "Nice car."

Hannah Greene I smirk some. "Yeah." Like she's saying I know..-he's- supposed to be watching -me-? I start the car and the music plays. Moody dark rock music, but it's not overly loud, it's just in the back ground. I drive toward school. "Thanks." I would make the introduction to my chaperone, but I can't remember his name, so it would make me look foolish. Foolish is not something I like to be, or appear to be. Like with Dominic.

Corrin Aramis And I would just be quiet during the whole trip there.  No chance of making an introduction. I'm not worried about meeting this new person at all.  "He didn't do a good job."  It's still whispered trying to make sure not to upset the chaperone or anything... But I like to speak my mind.. to an extent. I do my best not to look too much in her direction as we travel to the school, the music is ignored pretty much. She would be getting that crush feeling from me again... I cant help it, I like her to some extent... she's nice and helpful, and beautiful... and I look forward to trying to get into a calculus class with her.

Hannah Greene I pull into the garage of the school and park my car, cutting the engine I go around to the back and grab out my shopping bags that contain my new dress and shoes. I also found this lovely leather bound journal. I smile lightly. "Now all we need to do is get you to see the Professor, He runs this place. He came to meet with my parents to encourage me to come here. He's a powerful telepath...and a really good man."

Corrin Aramis "The Professor?"  I'm looking at her curiously and grabbing my bag out of the back when she grabs her stuff.  "Who is this Professor?"  She's right though, he sounds like a really good person.

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