xp_communication | Letters from Chicago (Reply)

June 6, 2004

Dear Jamie,

God I miss you so much. My mother is being a complete... Ok, no. I’m not going to start this way.

Jamie, I love you and I miss you a lot. Things here in Chicago are less than optimal, and not just because you’re not here. My mother has decreed that I spend far too much time with my computer, and far too much time not being social, so she’s decided that I’m not allowed to go online practically at all and has, somehow, gotten my father to agree to this. I think I’m going to go totally nuts.

So, it seems actual letters are the only way for me to write you – we can, of course, call each other, but... No buts. I want to hear your voice.

The parental ping pong probably won’t be as bad as I worried, because it seems my father’s apartment hasn’t got a second bedroom – which means I’m spending most of my time with my mother, which I can live with.

I hope you’re ok, and that things at school aren’t too insane. I want to see you so badly, but I’m resolved to the fact that I probably won’t be able to until classes start again – every time I mention going back to school my mother gets all sort of weepy, so I’ve kind of dropped it.

My days, so far have mainly been spent getting used to Chicago again. There are a couple people here who were friends of a sort when I was here all the time, so spending time with them is interesting. Of course, some of them seem to think I’m some sort of snob because I go to ‘a fancy schmancy private boarding school on the east coast’, but I’d rather they think that than know that I go to Xavier’s, I guess. Not entirely sure what they’d think if they knew I was a mutant.

How are you? I miss you. I said that already.

I should probably stop before this turns into a dissertation on your merits and how much I want to be with you. I’ve still got months to survive and I don’t know how I’m going to, but I will, if only so I can see you again in the fall.

Love you so much,
Yours,
Kitty

June 6, 2004

Dear Illyana, Jubes and Terry,

How are things back at the mansion? It’s really weird being back in Chicago where no one knows I’m a mutant. It’s so strange always being with people who are ‘normal’, and they just take it for granted that everyone is. But then, I guess at school we sort of take it for granted that everyone isn’t, or something.

Hope you three are getting by without me, but not too well. I miss you guys. It’s really different having my own room again – got used to your snores, Jubes, and now my room’s too quiet.

How is everyone? I’m so out of the loop, because my parents have decided that the computer’s bad for me, or something, and now I’m not allowed online unless I go down to the local library. It’s really frustrating.

Is there anything interesting in this year’s selection of summer courses? I hope they’re not too hard, and good luck with them!

Say hi to everyone for me, and make Jamie not mope too much. I figure, since I don’t have anything better to do I can mope as much as I like, but he should at least get out sometimes. Miss you guys tons.

-Kitty