<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/Kh9oSPJ.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Highlights - Heather Donald<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Common Room TV (Showing scenes in New Jersey)<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>Sept. 4th, 8:00 PM<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>OPEN<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Highlights calms down. She was basically just confused. Kitty and Rogue's argument actually calms her down. Piotr's presence gives her inspiration and also informs her that Rahne is missing. Heather tries to gather the troops for a search party.<br/><strong>wearing:</strong>These Clothes (http://i.imgur.com/G9qoU9N.jpg) - Raised Sole Chuck Taylors (http://i.imgur.com/wZfNJhx.jpg)<br/><hr/>It was good that Heather was around these two. It would have been best if she hadn’t seen that report. If she had just heard about it through the rumor mill, it would have been a much more pleasant experience than this was. Actually seeing the broadcast on the television was a disturbing event in her life.<br/><br/>She might have joked about it the day after in the cafeteria for her 3rd breakfast.<br/><br/>Luckily for her, Rogue and Kitty were the perfect two to keep her grounded in reality. Heather had only seen the fight, and heard the words ‘Professor Xavier’s school’ as a destination. So in her mind, this was the cleansing. This was the beginning of the end. The streetwise anger coming from Rogue caused Highlights to understand more, as well as Kitty’s even approach to it. The tears slowed down and Heather almost smiled. Her eyes looked happy again. Her head was a tennis ball for a moment, bouncing between them, but she’d gathered enough information to feel the safety of the walls around her. Sure, the two girls were at odds. But this was exactly how Heather learned. She seemed to appreciate both points of view, and the idea of people arguing didn’t seem to rattle her at all.<br/><br/>There was even a pinch of a small in her left cheek when Rogue lashed back for being told to shut up. It was the last thing Rogue had said that made everything click for real.<em>‘Not only is Xavier’s safe. There isn’t even an attack. They’re just bringing that poor girl here.’</em>Heather honestly felt dumb. The humiliation looked good on her face, cheeks red, eyes full of understanding, her chin dropping a fraction of an inch. Her bangs fell over her left eye. She was a walking anime girl sometimes with that hair.<br/><br/><strong>“Thanks guys. And-”</strong>finally it didn’t hurt that both of them were connected to Heather, and that her panic had upset each of them. Highlights paused to catch her breath. They were making an effort to calm her. It had worked well.<br/><br/><strong>“I’m Ok, feeling-”</strong>She was speaking quietly, and had been interrupted by a a strange clanking sound. Somehow Colossus had been in their blind spots standing in the background. She turned, discovering him to be slightly off to her right, by the door. Piotr came into view as his body was still flashing and transforming into metal.<em>‘Oh goodness.’</em>Highlights lived an interesting life.<br/><br/><em>‘He’s a commanding force isn’t he.’</em>Heather felt her back straighten, and her upper lip go stiff when she listened to him talk. She liked having something so powerful in the room. Rogue was powerful, Kitty was deceptively strong. But, there was nothing like an Iron giant. She tried to put her astonishment to the side in order to listen to him.<br/><br/>The subbasement suddenly seemed like an over reaction. Heather was ready to start a long march down the road to runaway town. Hiding in her dorm with Rogue seemed like the far superior option. She was just hoping that Rogue was willing to hide with her. Sometimes the southern wildfire liked to do her own thing. Then Piotr mentioned Rahne.<em>‘What?’</em><br/><br/>Heather’s face folded into confusion and she spun on her hip, still seated on the sofa. Rahne was indeed missing. Heather was too shocked by the footage to notice Rahne’s absence. She might as well have had a blindfold on, her perspective was so limited at the moment.<br/><br/><em>'I hope she’s not running outside. I’ve heard she likes to do that…'</em>Highlights wasn’t sure where she’d heard that. There was a lot of misinformation about the Scottish new girl at the school. She wasn’t sure what she should believe or not.<strong>“I’ll see if I can find her.”</strong><br/><br/>Highlights had gone from panic, to calm, to helpful in a matter of moments. She was on her feet. She bent over naturally to pick up her candies, and she spun toward the door.<strong>“She couldn’t have gone too far.”</strong>When it came to people, Heather didn’t let much bother her. If Rahne was missing in her mind, she wouldn’t be able to relax. There were plenty of other students she hadn’t seen in the last few hours. But, for some reason, she felt like she was responsible for Rahne.<strong>“Search party?”</strong>She looked into Rogue’s eyes, asking if the girl wanted to come along. Heather’s gaze switched to Kitty’s. She raised her eyebrows at her, suggesting that she was asking both girls to join her.<br/><br/>Piotr seemed like he was upset, but he hadn’t really given orders, just a suggestion to stay safe. Rahne was included in the suggestion.