"zed!?!?" she said in surprise making everyone stare at her in silence even nick was silent as he didn't expect the body to be recognized so soon so he was somewhat panicked. "Zed, are you alright? It's me Sam" The girl had gotten out of her seat and approached him and was already in front of him before the teacher said anything.
"aww zed what did they do to your pretty face?" she stretched out a hand to touch his face where the scar was on his face but Nick grabbed her hand before she could touch him and with a smiled said.
"I'm sorry you must have me confused for someone else my name is Nicholas Grey it's nice to meet you" he gave her his best smile.
"Ahem... miss Samantha please return to your seat" the teacher ordered." And Mr Grey please take the seat by the window"
"yes sir "
"Y... yes sir "she stuttered as she returned to her seat.
"hey Sammy what the heck was that?" the friend whispered.
"I'll tell you after class"
After class the two girls met.
"So, care to explain what that was about Sam?" she asked
"Well Katie do you remember when I told you about my old school?"
"yeah, what about it? "she rolled her eyes
"well, I kinda, maybe had a crush on the most bullied guy in school "Sam said, Katie was more than just a little surprised when she heard.
"you've gotta be kidding me are you saying that's him? there's no way that kinda guy could get bullied "
"He can if he doesn't have abilities "
"He's a dud? Damn, would still let him smash though" she said as she licked her lower lip.
"Katie!!" she exclaimed.
"what? "Sam just sighed and wondered to herself how the too even became friends "Oh yeah but Sammy how are you sure its him?".
"well for starters he's got this Z shaped birthmark on his chest and under the bangs covering his forehead also he has this round scar on his wrist from when he- "Katie put up a hand for her to stop.
"Stalker much?".
"I wasn't stalking"
"oh, so knowing where someone lives by secretly trailing behind them, monitoring and memorizing their sleep and movement schedules and knowing nothing specific things on his body only family should know isn't stalking?" she asked with rhetorically.
"Hey I never said I did all that" she retorted.
"you didn't say it but you can't deny that you did, can you?" Sam remained silent confirming her accusations further "honestly girl stalking is a crime you know?"
"That's not the point I can tell he's acting different to before and then there's those injuries and his names different too and…." she had started to ramble on about what was different so her friend stepped in.
"so, in the end it comes down to stalking doesn't it guess following him around in school won't do much "she shrugged "come on Sammy todays Thursday we have ability classes next so we can cross of the list if he's really a dud or not "she said as she dragged her friend forward.
The room was pretty basic considering what is going to happen there everyone got ready seeing as the first was just basic sprinting she approached Nick although a bit more cautiously.
"um hey sorry about all that stuff earlier it must have been really embarrassing for you , so um can I know which ones you signed up for?" she asked as sweetly as possible to which he casually replied "all of them" this statement had left her speechless for more than one reason it not like having multiple abilities is uncommon but usually one would have a speciality and another thing if this really was zed and he was a dud this would end badly.
"so, what did he tell ya?" her friend asked seeing her look dumbstruck and when she answered she had the same shocked expression as well "well I do like a man who challenges himself "she said as she licked her lips to which Sam rolled her eyes and spoke
"would you stop being thirsty for one second and focus!!" she scolded her
'That girls dangerous she recognized this body immediately ill have to throw off her suspicions, if I remember correctly, he didn't have abilities, right? that should be enough I'll yell at Xavier for this after school 'he thought as he approached one of the runners and put a hand on his shoulder and smiled "Good luck" he said as they got into their positions
The teacher cleared his throat and started explaining " now I'm sure you all know the rules but for the sake of out transfer here I'll be brief , any and all methods of movement using your ability are valid provided they are used solely on yourself excluding those with the ability to slow others down you aren't allowed to use your ability, everything else goes" he stated then signalled them to their positions and cleared his throat once more as his mouth seemed to enlarge slightly and it was at that moment Nick understood why they called him Mister Big-mouth. "Ready…. set…. go!!" As soon as the race started the boy Nick talked to activated his ability and dashed forward.
"At times I wonder why people still compete after seeing me my ability is meant for this and besides my speed ability is the fastest in school there won't even be anyone near me "he said confidently but he couldn't be more wrong as running right beside him with the exact same speed was Nick.
"Sup "he said causing visible confusion on his face "see ya at the finish line "he said as his speed doubled and he speed passed him leaving him with his mouth hanging open
" it..that's...I-Impossible "he stuttered as he slowed slightly.
"Impossible!" both Katie and Sam exclaimed. And in the mist of this was Nick smirking as he ran