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The Wanderer - 227
🕑 Added 2023-06-25 04:14:53 +0000 UTC[A/N: I didn't want their school life to just vanish from the story, so this little interlude is to prevent that. Enjoy!]
Chapter 227 – “Are you serious?”
[2009 – October]
"A cheerleader?", Ellie asked, biting her lower lip as she looked at Jean and tried to force down her laughter. Though she failed eventually as she continued with a teasing laugh: "I have no problem seeing this happen."
Leaning back against my shins and knees, my Firefly retorted: "I didn't agree to do it. She just asked me if I would be interested in joining after she realized that I had some experience from my junior years."
"Also, being a cheerleader is hard work if you are doing it right, you goof.", Jean added as she gave Ellie, who sat cross-legged beside her, a playful push.
It was lunch break and we were currently in the large gym after having finished our lunch. There were a few large wide steps that simultaneously acted as a tribune during games, which was a spot many students like to hang out.
A few guys from the basketball team were playing on the field while dozens of other students were hanging around the tribunes or at the side of the field doing whatever. Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, Flash was amongst them, though I didn't pay him any mind.
Instead, I was sitting a step above Jean, Yukio, Laura, Ellie, and Rogue, my gaze fixed on the small booklet in my hands that was filled with Mongolian vocabulary, which was the language that I was currently learning.
To be more accurate, I held onto the booklet with one hand since it was small enough to comfortably hold it and turn the pages while doing so. The fingers of my other hand were busy lazily combing through Jean's flaming locks.
She, Ellie, Rogue, and Yukio sat around each other, even though there wasn't enough space for them to sit in a loose circle.
On a side note, I wasn't sure if it was because they were all mutants but none of the girls looked too tired despite the fact that we had been out late last night for karaoke. I assumed that this was the case though, since mutants generally had a better physique than normal humans, being able to endure more physical stress, including sleep deprivation.
Naturally, this thought was not applicable to Jean, Laura, Pietro, and me, as our innate strengths practically made us immune to sleep deficits as long as we drew on this strength, consciously or not.
At present, Laura was laying next to Jean, her head resting on mine and her own bag while her calves were placed in Jean's lap. She had an earbud in one of her ears while listening to the conversation around her with the other.
She generally did it like this as she always wanted to have at least one ear on her surroundings, which was undoubtedly a habit that she had retained from her childhood training as a living weapon.
The only times that she really listened with both ears was when she felt like she was in a safe place, where she didn't have to be ready for combat at all times.
Pietro was also present, though he was busy playing some games on two phones simultaneously while sitting right next to me. He also had his headphones on but they only covered his left ear as his right ear too listened to the girl's conversations.
He truly did his best to strain his mind and have it engaged, his urge for hyperactivity a clear downside of his abilities.
Naturally, I likewise didn't have a problem with splitting my attention considering my world-crushing mental strength. In fact, I could problem listen in on a million conversations without any effort, even if I saw no reason to do that.
I knew that the 'she' that Jean was talking about was her P.E. Teacher, Mrs. Delgado, who was a beautiful Latin lady that looked hardly a day over 30 even though I could estimate by her life force that she was in her early forties.
She had a very effervescent personality, which made her popular with the girls that she was teaching and she truly seemed to take an interest in her student's lives.
She was one of Jean's favorite teachers, even though my Firefly was actually a student that focused on her advanced technical and science classes as she wanted to study medicine and become a doctor.
That alone was proof enough to make me understand how nice of a teacher Mrs. Delgado was, which was why I wasn't surprised that my lovely redhead was finding it a bit hard to make up her mind about Cheerleading.
"I always wanted to try Cheerleading!", Yukio exclaimed somewhat excitedly before turning to Ellie and leaning in with a giggle before half-whispering into her girlfriend's ear, "And you didn't seem to mind it when we were playing 'The naughty cheerleader and her inexperienced geeky friend' a few nights ago, babe."
Even I wasn't sure if Yukio purposefully whispered loudly so we all could hear her or if she just didn't realize that she was being too loud.
Either way, Ellie turned beet-red almost immediately and opted to not comment on the topic any further, while Jean and Rogue threw her inquisitive and teasing looks.
“Swinging around pom-poms and constantly flashing your ass to some horny teenage boys, I am not sure where the appeal is in that.”, Rogue stated dryly after a short pause, “Since you are already taking dance lessons at Emma's school, might as well save yourself from being gawked at all the time.”
The untouchable mutant girl wasn't wrong with her words, but Yukio seemed to have another opinion as she giggled and said: "But isn't that like half the fun, being naughty and all?"
This time even Laura couldn't help but join in on the conversation as she stared at Yukio and uttered only a single sentence: "A dyke and a tease, you're quite the package."
She delivered those words with such brutal bluntness, her dry tone obscuring her humor so brilliantly, that Rogue, Jean, Pietro, and even Ellie couldn't help but burst out laughing while Yukio had a rather comically shocked expression on her delicate face, a faint blush rising to her cheeks.
I was smirking myself, about to laugh out loud when my Extrasensory Perception gave me a warning, my other senses catching up instantly as I moved before the others could even react, catching the airborne basketball that would have otherwise hit Ellie's temple.
My smile vanished as I stared at the blonde jock that had 'unfortunately missed' his shot at the hoop and almost hit Ellie by 'accident'.
Rising to my feet, I stared down at Flash, easily spotting the surprise and the glint of disappointment in his eyes, which disappeared quickly as he looked up at me with a provocative smile.
Carefully, measured, I asked in a low voice: "Are you serious?"
Comments
Virb24
20 years old I think
Shawn Muradzi
I’d just assume that considering she hangs out with them in her free time she’d at least be close enough to call an friend by association…but okay you’re right we’ll say he’s not petty…but you can deny that it’s creepy, like how old was he before he died and decided to start banging a 16 year old
Lord Shiva is right. There is no reason for Elijah to just help Rogue simply because he can. They aren't friends and Elijah has already shown that he is not particularly 'heroic'. That isn't to say that he won't help her in any case but why do you expect him to help her escape misery for no reason at all other than that you pity her? Elijah isn't petty in his actions, he simply does not care about Rogue all that much.
Shawn Muradzi
Very true, he’s already a creep since he’s a grown man in a kids body having regular sex with kids so it wouldn’t put it past him to be petty…I like his character but after thinking about him being an adult in a kids body i just been thinking how creepy it is u know and since then I’m finding hard to like him anyway
Lord Shiva
It’s a slice of life fic, ur just gonna have to deal with it. Beside I like those chapters, it literally the whole point of this story.
Lord Shiva
Or you know…he doesn’t know her all that well. People just don’t help someone they don’t know that well for the sake of it. Unless they are a Saint or someone who can afford it. And safe to say Elijah so far has been shown to neither be a saint or someone that just helps someone for the sake of it unless he feels like it.
Shawn Muradzi
He’s a grown ass man in a child’s body being petty over a 16 year old girl who because of her genuine trauma and inner demons got jelouse and had a moment of weakness over her best friend who in her eyes was ditching her to go have everything she could never get so he needs to grow the fuck up if that’s the reason he won’t help rouge…like could you imagine never being able to touch anyone skin to skin for years on years? Then your BFF who was struggling in a different way to you meets a boy for less than a few weeks and is already leaving with him…at 16?!? She was wrong to be mean to jean but Elijah is just being a pretty prick
I think it’s because he doesn’t like her all that much
Clutch Shadow
I hope he pulls a Andrew Garfield Spider-Man on him with the basketball
ExodiaTheForbiddenOne
Elijahs about to make lebron James look like a amateur
As I said, the problem is not the pace of the narrative, but the repetition. For example, for 100 chapters there are overly similar love scenes between Elijah and Jin, and these scenes are stretched out over 1-2 chapters. I like the story, but the same 2 chapters about karaoke did nothing from any point of view. They just are and there is literally nothing new or any development in them. Selena loves Laura, who in turn loves Elijah. In fact, for most of both chapters they admired the singing. The first hundred and fifty chapters were much more interesting in terms of everyday life than they are now. And by the way, I've read all of this author's work.
Shawn Muradzi
I agree it’s a good story but so much slice of life that it’s easy to forget it’s a marvel novel
Nieus The God Of Magic
Impunity is absolutely correct, the issue you guys keep pointing out is only an issue for you guys, this is how the story is going to go and thats what you have to read if you want to continue, the author is the writer not you, if its too slow read something else, because i know i dont mind reading 100 to 1000 more chapters if the author continues the story that long
Impunity
There was a whole conversation about this a while ago captain. To reiterate, it only really drags if you look at as such. The pacing of the the story is described in the synopsis(on WN) and in the title of the fic. The whole point from my view is the full account of Elijah's or "The Wanderers" journey(assuming that'll be his title). Shortening it by speeding into space exploration within the next 10 to 20 chapters would take away from the overall flow of the book especially at this point. So rather than trying to get it sped up just relax and enjoy or go and read some of the author's other work if you haven't already, those are also great and likely more to your taste since they are faster paced. I on the other hand prefer a slower pace if it enhances the story which i believe it does in this case
Nazarickk
Thanks for the chapter
On the one hand, these chapters are kind of important to the plot... On the other hand, you could just as easily fit all the events into one chapter. After 2 chapters about karaoke, I would like something more interesting. And, in principle, there is too much everyday stuff and water. It's hard to read such a big story when 4/5 of the story is literally about how Jean and Elijah adore each other. At the rate this story is going, God forbid we see Elijah begin his journey by chapter 400. I'm not trying to belittle this story, there's just too much everyday stuff... and it's repetitive. And lastly. I like Jean and Elijah's love... Only the description of their feelings is already boring. Author-san has written about them so often that some parts of the text are repetitive. I don't think I'm the only one who has noticed that.
Shawn Muradzi
Why doesnt Elijah help rogue with her powers using a barrier to teach her how to turn it off and on till she can do it herself? Life must be hell for her not being able to have any physical contact
