História "I Feel You" a Teen!lockX-Men crossover. - CHAPTER THREE

I became a lot more confident after John Watson started to feel threatened by me. Who could imagine such a thing?

He was trying so hard to be my friend I could only laugh at the situation. I thought I was the weirdo, but seeing him trying to talk about books with me was much weirder than everything I could have ever done. He had no talent at all on socializing with people. One of the many things I was beginning to find fascinating about him...

That was the third Monday since John moved in to Xavier's. His "friends" were the same but I could see he wasn't, he was annoyed about them. He pretended well but I could almost see through people most of the time. The fact that disturbed me was that I was wrong! Apparently, the young Watson wasn't the person I thought he was. He wasn't a superficial guy on the inside, he was just a lost boy trying to find himself somehow.

Just like me.

The sun was hot that afternoon and I considered staying in my bedroom. Today, the tests for new athletes and cheerleaders were going to take place at the sports court, which was right in front of my window.

Great. Too hot to go out, too noisy to stay in my bedroom. It looked like my book of the week would have to wait...

Free time made me think too much. And when I thought too much, weird things happened... I was taking a shower while thinking about myself. I was a 17-year-old orphan who never took real interest on another person. I mean, it's okay not to think about it at my age but how would my future be if I chose to be alone? I'd leave school, go to college maybe, get a job and that's it? Life should be more than that! I wanted to travel the world, to have success, to be known, to... get married? Do I wanted to get married? And why John invaded my thoughts like that?

"Ugh, I knew he would drive me crazy one day" I angrily thought. I dried myself, putted on some old t-shirt and sweat pants and went to the window. The cheerleader test was going on. Jean and Storm were the judges and a girl I knew very well was taking a deep breath before starting to dance some remix of a pop song.

Bailey Cooper was a 16-year-old girl from a small town near London. Her parents abandoned her when she told them about her powers, at 13. She could control electricity, a power as beautiful as dangerous. When she saw herself alone in the world with no family or friends, her anger made almost all England blackout for a few seconds. Xavier heard her and took her here. We arrived the same day and became friends instantly.

Time took us apart slowly, but she still had a place in my heart. I cared about her. And when she made it to the team — after the test— and smiled to her friends, she looked right into my window and smiled at me too. I knew she cared about me either.

Cheerleaders chose. Now time for the boys. Professor Hank McCoy formed the teams with the new students mixed with some old students who wanted to try again.

I always hated sports, so I putted on my headphones and started looking for a song to listen. Until I heard his name.

Professor was yelling a lot of names, why did I only payed attention at his?

Oh, no. Could I be...? NO!

The game started. I chose "Every Breath You Take" by The Police to listen. Why didn't I close the window yet? Why was I staring at him? Why couldn't I just look away and do something else?

— Shit! — I murmured. I was so angry at myself!

There was a foul against John's team. They looked worried and that was when John looked up in my direction. Our eyes met and for the first time I realized I've always liked his attempts to make friends with me, I've always liked the dumb words he used and the jokes he tried to tell but always forgot the end. He was so light and I were so heavy. He balanced me.

And then he smiled. That was when I realized I was completely lost.