Is there more to life than this? (Xavier)

[Kamillia Engel]

Kamillia walked into the detention room with a heavy sigh. She hated getting caught doing something she wasn’t supposed to, because she wasn’t just going to get in trouble at school. No, she was also going to get into trouble at home too. What a mess, the worst thing about all of this is that she couldn’t even remember what she had done to get detention for.

This had to be the worst day ever. Other than getting detention for something she didn’t know what she had done for, she also got an F on her history quiz. It made her wonder how much it was going to knock her average grade done to in that class. What was her Gramps going to say about that? Two big news, and two things he was going to be disappointed with, it so wasn’t fair. It kind of made her want to be back in Germany, where she didn’t have to go home with disappointed parents, because her parents didn’t give a crap what her grades were, or if she got detention as long as they didn’t need to do anything; like pay for something. In short, she was saying she rather have to go home with people who didn’t care than go home to someone who did and have that person be disappointed with her.

Anyone would think that if she didn’t like disappointing her gramps so much than she would just quiet getting in trouble. The thing was, she liked getting in trouble, and she liked doing stupid crap. It got her heart racing, and adrenaline flowing; a feeling she always loved. It was why she liked skateboarding, and concerts, and a lot of other things. But no one seemed to understand that, so she was at a loss with what she was suppose to do. Kam took a random seat in the classroom; unfortunately, she did not know she was going to be spending this detention with someone else.

[Xavier O'Conner]

Xavier slugged into the room late like always. He had been sent to detention by several teachers who each didn't know that he had already been given it, so in the end Xavier was only stuck with one. Well at least he would show up for this one since he lucked out.

There was nothing else to do and pretty much no reason to go outside because it was already raining. Xavier wasn't really worried about getting in trouble because he had no one to look after him but himself and no one to disappoint. Xavier had almost puked in the trash can on the way in but there was no way he was staying in the dorm room. He hated when it was cold.

Xavier saw Kam when he walked in and went to sit in a seat next to her. He was about to say hi but instead came a groan in pain when his stomach rolled.

[Kamillia Engel]

be as bad as all the other times. Granted, if she knew he was feeling like puking she would have wanted him to do so in the trash can. Not saying she has never been there before, she has, only because she couldn’t hold her liquor down, but she had gotten better with that.

She raised an eyebrow when he groaned “Are you okay? Or is it because of me?” How rude, she didn’t think she was that bad… “I didn’t think I made that bad of an impression the last time we met..” She kind of thought that had been him who made the bad impression, but only because of the fire power thing. Which hadn’t effected Kam’s opinion of him at all, she would have gotten annoyed enough to set a bench and herself on fire because of the invisible person. She hated powers like that. And it wasn’t like they had been doing anything.

[Xavier O'Conner]

Xavier pointed to the window," It's not you, It's the rain and the cold." He gave a little smile. " Don't worry bout me. How about you? Sorry about that fire by the way." Xavier said a little guilty about what he done.

Xavier leaned back the chair in a relaxed position. The Nausea would come in waves but it was something Xavier had almost gotten used to. " What are you doing here anyways?"

[Kamillia Engel]

“Ah! Okay, That makes me feel way better. “ Kamillia looked at Xavier, oblivious to how her statement can come off as rude, even if she hadn’t meant for it to. “Is it a side effect of your power?” Putting two together, it just seemed logical, water and cold is the opposite of fire and heat after all. “I’m good! How are you after the whole setting yourself on fire thing? But don’t worry about it. I thought it was pretty cool.”

“You mean other than the obvious?” Kam chuckled “But seriously I have no idea this time.. I totally forgot what I had actually done, and the teacher didn’t even tell me. Of course, I hadn’t actually asked.” She shrugged, she kind of didn’t care why she was here, just that she was. “what about you?”

[Xavier O'Conner]

" I'm glad you feel better." Xavier said with a smirk. " Me not so much. Yah its a side effect and not my favorite one at that." Xavier wasn't in a very good mood at the moment and the weather sure didn't help. Being stuck in a classroom wasn't exactly ideal but he was here now and it wasn't easy to leave. Xavier took out a huge bag of chips from his backpack and started chowing down. The second side effect was easier to deal with. It seemed his fire ate all of the food and he needed to eat a lot to make up for it. " I'm glad you liked my fire but now I'm just starving."

" Why didn't you ask what you did?" Although Xavier usually just ignores what he did and continues on anyways. " I did a lot to get here but I only got one detention." Xavier gave an amused smile that he had actually gotten away with a lot of things recently.

[Kamillia Engel]

“That sucks… The worst side effect I get with my power is a slight stutter.. Which isn’t my favorite either..” Kam bit her lip “But yours sucks more than mine..” Again, not the best with words, she actually sucked when it came to words and sympathy. Sorry Xavier.. When he said he was staring, she went into her bag to see if she had anything to give him. “I have a twix, a bag of chips, a banana, and weirdly enough a zip block bag full of popcorn.” She named which item and she took them out of her backpack and placed on the desk in front of her. “what do you want? Warning, I have no clue how long any of this stuff has been in my bag, though the banana has been in there for only a couple minutes. I went to the cafeteria before coming here..”

Kamillia shrugged “Why would I? I don’t care what the reason is that I’m here. I just care that I’m here in the first place. Not to mention when my Gramps asks me why I got detention I can honestly tell him that I don’t know…” She chuckled “You sure are a trouble maker, what was the thing that got you detention?”

[Xavier O'Conner]

Xavier eyed the food and then smiled when she offered it to him. " Hmmmm can I have the chips and popcorn? They sound good." Xavier licked his lips. he was starving and was really close to snatching the food and runaway if she said no. " I don't care how long it has been in there. Food is food."

" Nice excuse. I might use that one if a teacher walks in." Xavier said fully intending to do so. He had forgot which teacher had caught him doing what. " A lot of thing got me here like being disruptive, a fire, and I may have forgot the last one because I was ignoring that teacher."

[Kamillia Engel]

“Sure!” She tossed the chips and popcorn to Xavier, and then put everything else back into her bag except the banana. She really didn’t get how popcorn and chips could sound good, it wasn’t like they were actual food. But if that’s what floats his boat. “Well good, remind me not to throw the food in my bad out. I can just give it to you.” He was like her dogs; they would eat anything and didn’t care what it was, even if it made them throw up.

Kam chuckled “Okay, knock yourself out.” Was a teacher going to walk in? And if one was, was it going to be her teacher or one of his? That would be interesting. “See, I’m not the only one who ignores teachers around here. I wonder if that would work for my Gramps.. I can say it was Peer pressure…”

[Xavier O'Conner]

Xavier tried to catch the popcorn and chips with his broken arm and failed miserably. playing catch with Lani had not been fun especially when it left him with a broken arm. The nurse had wrapped it and put it in a sling but couldn't do much more considering his power.

Xavier picked up the items off of the floor and dug in to the popcorn. It was old but it was still delicious. " I love food." Xavier said through mouthfuls of popcorn. Xavier was trying to eat with the non dominant hand and failing miserably. Most of the popcorn ended up on the floor.

" Teachers are easy to ignore and Your excuses run along the same line mine do." Xavier wasn't to bad with coming up with them but he also used them a lot.

[Christian Lucas]

Christian Lucas was running late. He normally was early, so when he began running late he got flustered and annoyed. He had been assigned to run detention this afternoon but a staff meeting had taken too long and he had lost track of time and then he thought the room was on the other side of the school and he couldn't find his book or clipboard... All in all, a pretty crappy day.

Finally though, he reached the door and rushed in, not looking at the students yet. Originally he was only supposed to have one person there but he had heard earlier today that it was going to be two now. He put his stuff on the desk and finally turned around. First he saw a young woman with red hair. But then he spotted the second student, surrounded by a ring of popcorn on the floor.

"Xavier... Really?" The drama teacher's hand tingled a little as he remembered burning it on the pyromaniac's flesh. It had healed well with a little meta help, but he could still feel the searing heat. "Well, I guess I'm your jailer tonight. Why don't we start some introductions, so I'm familiar with everyone. My name is Christian Lucas, I'm the drama teacher, and I can turn invisible. I am an actor, enjoy reading, and apparently torturing myself with volunteer work. Xavier, your turn. Share."

Christian was both happy and disappointed with Xavier. Their last interaction had been rather dramatic and painful, but he had hoped the boy had changed somewhat. This at least gave him more of a chance to work with the boy. He recognized the girl vaguely, but couldn't place her at the moment. Oh well, he'd know soon enough.

[Xavier O'Conner]

Xavier wasn't really happy to see Christian again so soon. Only the difference this time was Xavier had a broken arm. The material on his arm was itchy and annoying but supposedly it would heal his bone strait. One of the many reasons he was in detention was because of a fire but in his defense it had basically been a game of catch.

Xavier also wasn't so happy to be volunteered to share. Xavier gave a frown," Uh Xavier and I'm the guy who sort of lit your office on fire." It wasn't the best thing to share but it was the thing that came to mind and of course he had to be cocky about it. Also he took the bag of chips and tried to open it but failed miserably. It seemed to be a challenge to open a bag of chips with one hand. Xavier struggled to open the chips but looked over at Kam to see what she would say

[Kamillia Engel]

“Oh… Sorry… I didn’t realize you broke your arm.. Are you okay?” She watched him as he started to eat. “Too bad you’re only eating half…” Kam blinked as a teacher walked in, and didn’t say anything. She wondered if they ever thought about how it made the students feel when they act this way. It kind of made Kam feel a bit worthless, couldn’t he even bother to at least say hello?

Kamillia just watched as the teacher came in, “well speak of the devil..” She mumbled. She started to tap her fingers on her desk; well this was going to become so much more boring. Sighing, she watched as he looked at her and then at Xavier, who he seemed to recognized. Really, he should have recognized her too, what had she done wrong not to be recognized by a teacher? At her last school every teacher knew her, maybe it was just something she wasn’t used to. She guessed that was something her gramps had to be somewhat proud of; maybe, maybe not.

Kam just listened as Chris listed off a bunch of stuff she really didn’t care about. Then again, why would either of them care? Kam yawned, as Chris finished and Xavier started. What was Xavier his favorite? Kam raised her hand after Xavier was finished “If you already know Xavier, and I already know him, then why would he have to introduce himself? It kind of seems redundant…” There she goes with her words.

Getting up to help Xaiver open the bag of chips. “Here let me help.” Taking the bag from him to open it for him while she introduced herself, “I’m Kamillia Engel, and I’m offering to feed Xavier, sense he apparently can’t do it himself.” She leaned closer to Xavier to whisper to him, “Did you really lit his office on fire?”

[Christian Lucas]

From the young girl's body language it was obvious that she was getting frustrated with the situation. The way she glared at him reinforced that he had run into her at some point. He really needed to pull her file up and figure out what her issue was here. But for now that wasn't the most important part. Right now he had to convince them that he wasn't here to make them suffer.

Xavier's remark brought an ironic smile to Chris' lips, part of him amused by the boy's candor, the other part annoyed at how cavalier he was about it. "Yes. They're still repairing it. Got new smoke detectors for it though." His curiosity was piqued by cast on his arm. Another thing he'd have to do some looking into it seems. The work never ends.

When the girl raised her hand, Chris was about to humor her and call on her, but she just dove right into her question. Alright, so she was a bit impatient. Good to know. "I asked because I was hoping that maybe he'd share some thing to let me know what he's been up to, other than six hundred degrees Celsius. Guess my office was his highlight."

As he was talking, the girl leaned in towards Xavier. He could hear her question, barely, but ignored it. "Anyways, I do believe it is your turn. Would you care to give us an introduction?"

[Xavier O'Conner]

" I'm fine it just itches like hell." Xavier frowned at his popcorn circle that was about to become a popcorn and chip circle. He smiled at Kam when she opened his chip bag.

He ate a handful of chips and gave a slight nod to Kam. He had lit Christian's office on fire and they were both lucky that it hadn't been worse. He was happy that the teacher hadn't said anything about his cast yet but it was probably on file and easily assessable. It was hard to keep stuff a secret when he lived at the school.