Fuzzy Images; Forced Apart (Book two)

Chapter Four / Misjudged

 [AN: By the title I'm sure you can guess that someone is going to misjudge someone else. In truth there is more than one! See if you can find them all lol, just like Pokemon! Anyway, here's the chapter, I hope you enjoy it, feel free to comment, vote, message, or just read!]

Kerri hadn't been to the danger room in a few days, and she could feel it; she had an urge to run around and jump on things that was strange, and the urge to dig things, rip them up, scatter them about...

She sat in Professor Xavier's office, her foot wiggling back and forth quickly, chewing on her fingernails, but trying not to bite them off.

"Are you ok, Kerri?" He asked her, watching the fast pace of her foot.

"Yeah, just, I don't know... Rambunctious... Can I go swimming? By myself, I mean... I don't want to knock anyone over if I change..."

"I suppose you could go at night, as long as you tell the night monitor or Logan what you're doing. Other than that, I think the pool would be full of students; it's still quite warm outside," he told her.

She nodded, and tried to stop biting her nails.

"I heard you had a date," he commented, trying to get her talking again, and wondering about the relationship between her and Kurt.

"Jeez, word gets around fast here..." Kerri complained.

Charles chuckled. "Well, it is like a house that is full of children. And humans have always been interested in each other's lives to some degree."

"True, I suppose. I also suppose you want to sift through my date with some psychobabble jargon to see how well adjusted I am," she said.

"Are you saying there's something that did, or didn't, happen that you want to talk about?"

Kerri stared at the floor. "No, not particularly. It was nice though... I did miss having someone normal to talk to, you know, who you didn't have to worry if they were going to lynch you or if their powers were compatible with yours..." Charles smiled and let her continue at her own pace. "I mean, not that I've had to worry about meshing powers much, except with the nightmares, but I know there are people who have."

"So, this young man you went on a date with, he was a normal human?"

"Yes, so far as I know. He didn't say otherwise, but then, neither did I, I guess," she admitted.

"Why didn't you tell him?" He asked.

"It didn't seem important. We're all just people, that's what my dad taught me, anyway," she said.

He smiled. "That's what I keep telling all of the other students, and all of the people in the government, however, they are not as open to it."

"Of course not, you probably won't be able to make much headway until the next generation, that's always the way with bigotry."

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Kurt laid in his bed, surrounded by blankets, glad that it was at least Saturday. He didn't want to get up and see anyone, but a short while later Logan came and dragged him down to the garage to teach him more about mechanics.

"Hey Elf, you want to talk about it?" Logan asked out of nowhere, shocking Kurt.

"About vhat?"

"You know what. Just thought you could do with getting something off of your chest, and we're here," he said, not quite finishing the thought.