Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:26:38 +0000
From: Jake Baker <aboriginal_x@live.co.uk>
Subject: HighSchool X Style2

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I do not own anything in this story whether it be the setting or the
characters etc. Nor do I know anything of the sexuality of any of the
creators or characters that are involved with this story, or in any part of
the Marvel Universe. This story also contains descriptions of gay sex
between men.

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Dear Journal,

I've been at The X-Mansion for about a week and a half now, it all feels so
surreal if I'm honest. I found out I was gay, and to top it off a mutant, I
left home and ended up here, a place where mutants are accepted. Not to
mention the fact that this school for mutants is also the place to train to
become one of The X-Men ! But I ha vent even decided if I want that for
myself yet, I'm still the new guy around the school I suppose and not too
many people socialise with me any more than what they have to. But speaking
of the school it really is your typical high school, there are teachers,
there are lessons, there are your typical cliques and groups of people, but
somehow everyone seems to live in some form of harmony. I mean yeah
obviously the cheerleaders think they're better than everyone else, the
jocks tend to pick on the nerds a little but its no where near as severe as
any school for "normal" humans. OH I ALMOST FORGOT. There is one big
difference we have here, on top of our lessons we are also all split into
Squads with 6 student members and a member of staff as an advisor, where we
train to use our powers. I'm getting assigned to my squad tomorrow, I hope
I wont let anyone down, especially as they had to re-shuffle the squads to
accommodate me and some other new-comers to the school. One thing still
bugs me, I don't really have any friends, I mean yeah I have my roommate
Julian but we don't really talk too much and there are also a couple of
people in my classes that smile and say hi to me, but I don't know if its
from them thinking I'm lonely or them wanting to be friends. OHH
WELLLLLLLLLLLLLL. I'm sure I'll establish myself eventually. Anyways
... Goodnight.

- Carlos xo

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The Next Day, American History.

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A class that I can truly enjoy and get involved in, as I'm not an American
myself so it's interesting to learn how the country that I call home has
progressed through time and how it has changed. Not to mention the fact I
absolutely love my teacher Miss. Moonstar, shes so intriguing to me as she
seems to want the best for us but on the inside there is some turmoil,
almost as if she has lost someone close to her due to them both being at
the school, perhaps on a mission ? ...

KNOCK.

As the door opens an extremely attractive young man enters the room, in his
early twenties I would guess. " Hi Miss. Moonstar, always a pleasure. " He
said with a dazzling smile. " Professor Xavier has asked if I can escort
Carlos Marine to his office for a meeting. I shouldn't think he will be
back so he had best bring his belongings with him. "

" Mr. Guthrie don't try dazzling me with cheap words. Ive known you for far
too long to fall under your spell. " She said with a mocking tone and a
wide smile across her face. As everyone in the class began to snicker I
gathered my things and headed towards the door. And Miss. Moonstar called
after me, " Carlos don't forget your essay for next lesson. " And then me
and Mr. Guthrie were gone, heading down a corridor.

" So Mr. Guthrie, what does the Prof want with me then ? " I said with a
little smile across my face, trying to flirt with him but not making it
over obvious of my intentions. " I'm not in trouble am I ? "

" Oh no of course not he just wants to talk with you about matters
concerning your stay at the school. And please don't call me Mr. Guthrie,
makes me feel older than I actually am. My name is Samuel. Well if you are
in one of my classes you can must call me Mr. Guthrie, but you're not are
you ? " At first I hadn't noticed his slight southern drawl, it was very
attractive on him.

" No I don't think I am. So Samuel it is. " By this time we had begun to
approach The Professor's office which is where he left me. I knocked on the
grand oak door and stepped inside only to see The Professor talking to
Miss. Munroe, or Ororo as she tells me to always call her no matter the
situation. After they both faced to look at me Ororo ran over and gave me a
giant hug and kiss on the top of my head, which was not uncommon between
us, we had became extremely close during my stay. And with that she gave me
a wink and walked out of the office.

" Hello Carlos. I can see you and Ororo are still as thick as
thieves. Please sit down. " He said as he motioned with his hand toward a
leather chair next to his desk. I sat down and waited for him to speak
again. " Carlos as you are aware we will be placing you in a squad. As you
have been here for long enough now for us to see you are an eager learner,
willing to make sacrifices and also that your powers are powerful and you
need help to learn about them properly. So it has come to my conclusion,
you need to be on a team with a supportive range of members that will also
allow you to have your independence, and not to mention an advisor that
knows you well. So you will be put on Ororo's squad, or Storm as you must
call her when you are training. The Hurricanes will now consist of you,
Julian Kellar, Hisako Ichiki, Noriko Ashida, Megan Gwynn and Paras
Gavaskar, although everyone has a codename, which they go by when training
and if the time would call for it then a mission. C
 arlos do you have any ideas for a codename for yourself ? "

I could tell that a wide smile had been present on my face since he
mentioned that Ororo would be my advisor, so it was hard to try and fix a
straight face. I hadn't really thought of a codename for myself.

" If I'm completely honest with you Professor, I haven't really thought of
a codename for myself. But as my powers are very reminiscent of a phoenix,
I would like it to be something to do with that. But I cant seem to
think. " After racking my brain for another second a thought occurred to
me. " No wait Ive just had an idea. What about Ashes ? As a phoenix rises
from its own ashes, and maybe it will bring me good luck ? "

" That sounds like a fine codename to me. I would like to welcome you fully
to the school, ... Ashes. " With a wide and sincere smile across his face
he extended his hand. " May your stay here be safe, but with some
adventure. "

With a chuckle I took his hand and shook it vigorously, " I cant tell you
how happy I am that you put me in Miss. Munroe's squad, she was kind of my
first friend here and well I sort of love her as a mother type figure, but
don't ever tell her that. She may think I'm trying to call her old or
something. " I said a little nervously.

The Professor laughed and ushered me out of the door. I could feel a broad
smile on my face still and as I was walking through the halls I noticed
people beginning to stare, so i quickly put on a straight face and headed
towards the cafeteria. And there sitting alone at the back of the cafeteria
was one of the most gorgeous guys I had ever seen in my entire life, from
the looks of things he was a little taller than me, had short, spiked
blonde hair, a pair of gorgeous sapphire blue eyes and not to mention his
body seemed to be somewhere between an Abercrombie And Fitch model and
something you see carved in stone in ancient Rome ruins. Almost as if he
could hear my thought he looked up at me, smiled and made a gesture with
his head for me to go and sit with him, without even so much as a second
thought I began to walk towards him, although I was in my right mind to do
it casually as if it was no big deal. I sat at the table opposite him and
he smiled and looked at me, oh those
  eyes I could get lost in them for days. There were only a couple of
people other than us in the cafeteria, Cessily Kinkaid and Tabitha Smith,
two of the cheerleaders, were sitting at their table along with one of the
jocks of the school and my roommate, Julian Kellar.

" Hi, I'm Zane. Zane McRowan. " He stated with his confident seductive
voice. " And you would be ? "

My brain was barely able to function, I mean here I was talking to an
amazing looking guy. I mean it shouldn't be this hard to say my own name to
him, should it ? " Hi. My name is Carlos Marine. Hi. ... Wait did I already
say that ? " The first thought that ran through my mind was what an idiot I
had just made of myself.

With a smile and a little laugh " Yes, yes I believe you did. I'm new here,
I'm just glad someone was willing to come over and talk to me, otherwise Id
be sitting all by myself. Or at the most surrounded by people but in my own
little world. I don't believe Ive seen you around here before ? "

" Oh I'm new too ! " Maybe I said that with a little too much enthusiasm. "
I know its hard being new, no one wants to socialise with you in particular
as everyone has their own friends and cliques already, but I suppose its
lucky we met then ? No cliques to stay true to, well as of yet anyways. " I
said with a little smile. " And no i don't think Ive seen you around here
either, I only got here a little over a week ago. Have you had your meeting
with the Professor about your staying here yet ? I just had mine. "

By now the cafeteria was beginning to fill up with more and more students
and some staff members. " Yeah I guess it is luck then, huh ? You're going
to have to be my new best friend, and screw cliques, we'll make our own
one. Yeah same, about a week ago as well. And yeah I just had mine too as
well, hes a great guy isn't he ? I take it your own a Squad now ? Who's
your adviser, mines Mr. Guthrie. "

" Yeah, well steady on cowboy lets get to know each other a little better
first, eh ? " With a little sarcasm in my voice we both laughed. " And yeah
mine's Oro- I mean Miss. Munroe. I'm thrilled to be on my roommates team
over there, Julian. Oh and yes that was sarcasm. " Zane just looked at me
and with recognition of who I was talking about his eyes began to narrow as
he said, " Ahhhh yes, him. Bit of an asshole isn't he ? I'm sorry you have
to share a room with him. Although Cessily, is that her name ? Seems to
like him a lot considering they have each others tongues down each others
throats. " With a little laugh we went back to talking about us. I found
out he is of Swedish, English and American decent, which explains his
amazing appearance I suppose.

" So Zane, whats your power and codename then ? I have telepathy, a form of
destructive telekinesis, I can heal myself and others with my tears, I can
fly and create and control fire. Try and beat that ? " I laughed with wild
amusement. Although I didn't know whether his powers would top my own,, I
was confident in my gifts. "Oh and my codename is Ashes, as my powers are
linked to a phoenix and a phoenix rises from its own ashes. Pretty clever I
know I know. "

" Well I don't think I can quite top that. But I can shapeshift into any
animal that has ever existed on this Earth. Dead, alive, extinct, whatever
it is I can become it. Oh and I can also channel their own unique powers if
I don't wish to become then. Such as a frog's leaping capabilities or a
cheetah's speed. I decided to make my codename Jungle, for obvious
reasons. May I ask you something ? " A little wary I urged him on. " Are
you like, gay ? "

A little taken aback by what he had just asked me, I didn't know whether to
be truthful or lie, just in case he didn't like gays for whatever
reason. And then I did something I swore to myself I would never do without
some one's permission, I read his mind. Trying to zone in on just Zane;s
mind was a little difficult, as I was untrained and there were a lot of
other people around who weren't all masking their own thoughts. But after
picturing him for a second I could hear his mind, and his mind only.

< Why is he looking at me like that ? I hope he didnt take it the wrong
way, oh damn it I ruined it ? Hes probably not gay ? Probably just my
wishful thinking. >

Wait, was Zane gay ? I decided to take a gamble. " Yes I'm gay. Its not a
problem is it ? " I said it with a little ferocity and aggression just in
case my gamble took a nose dive for the worst.

" No of course its not a problem. I mean I'm, ermmm, well I'm gay as
well. Although I haven't really told anyone yet. You're not gonna tell
anyone are you, please don't ? " With a smile I shook my head. "
Thanyou. Thats why I signalled you to come over here, you're like really
cute. " And with that he took my hand. And the bell went signalling next
period. He released my hand.

" I think you're cute too Zane. And who knows bestfriends at the
moment. Something more tomorrow. " As I got up I winked at him and power
walked tto merge with the restof the crowd of students that wer eleaving
for their next class.