"Just tell her... JUST tell HER..." John thought. Making up her mind John's time slowing magic ended.
Kathy's lips started moving again finishing her though "-d me. Just going to grab some breakfast a-"
John blurted out "I'M JOHN!!!" Kathy just stared blankly at the girl who was also staring back in the way she had confessed.
Kathy put on an unsure smile and said "A bit feisty ain't ya? John's a bit of a guy's name but did you mispronounce it?... Either way I gotta get goi-"
John quickly said "Please!... don't leave. I know it must've been so hard on you and everyone... However I just can't continue delay explaining everything..."
Kathy turned around tears in her eyes and said "I have no idea what your deal is lady but... this is a terrible joke... just tell John-"
Then Rogue coming back from getting some coffee got up in John's face and asked "Hey, why is my little sister crying?!?"
Kathy asked "Where the hell did you find this girl anyways?!?... somehow it seems like she knows John but..."
Rogue said "I just found her on the streets out of a convenience store. She seemed to have run away from her home to me..."
John said "I am John! I did run away from home thanks to these two tits on my chest! Chronos the god of time made me his priestess an- You know what. Maybe this'll make it easier to believe..." and thus the two red headed sisters watched the homeless teen girl shrink down into a little girl.
Kathy muttered "So that Chronos rumor was true?"
little girl John asked with puppy dog eyes "Please believe me... I'm just tired of procrastinating and need help..."
Rogue looked at her sister and said "I'll give you two some breathing room." She then left leaving an uneasy silence between the two once friends.
Kathy said "...just get back to normal. Ms. Mavis... Fuck! How are we going to tell her without?"
John growing back up said "Can you see why I've been procrastinating? If I hadn't ran away in the first place..."
Kathy asked "So if you have time powers why don't you just rewind to before you ran?"
John said "By the time I thought of that I'd granted so many prayers, Chronos got so many followers, and he just isn't going to let me undo all of it."
Kathy sighed and said "...K... Come to school after classes and..."
The classes ended and Cindy was at her desk... having finished grading papers and finished double checking on the grades... Looking out of the window Cindy muttered to herself "Well... I'm done with grading... and all the paperwork... I guess I should go back home." Then her classroom's door opened although she didn't notice.
Kathy entered and asked "Um... Excuse me Ms. Mavis?"
Cindy took a second to register someone had entered and turned and put a forced smile on her face and said "Oh Kathy, nice to see you as always. What can I help you with?"
Kathy said "So I have a friend who wanted to see you about something..." then looked outside and said "Come on, you can't chicken out now!"
John entered her mother's classroom and thought "Alright, you can't just tell her the way you did Katrina... Try it with a little more grace, tact, an... Fuck why are my eyes watering? Breathe girl breathe, your just trying to convince your mother that you haven't talked to in who knows how long... and maybe thinks you're dead or..."
Kathy whispered to John "Are you alright?" having noticed John tearing up and slightly hyperventilating a little.
John tried saying something but she could only stammer out a "I... I..." She couldn't force out any words, but just ran into her mother and gave her the hardest hug she could. Feeling her mother's warmth she just shouted out "I'M SORRY!!!" and then started incoherently mumbling something.
Cindy a little freaked out that some random girl just suddenly... did that asked "Kathy... who is this?"
Kathy said "I know it sounds a little insane, but I think she's John... For sure there's a lot I don't totally get but."
Cindy said "I get that you want John back, but this is just some girl-"
John feeling a little better eased back and looked her mother in the face and asked "Please... can't you see any bit of John in me?" and then shrank down a little back to a child. Back when the sexual differences were a little less prominent. Then asked "Or maybe little John in little me?"
Cindy confused again asked "Really Kathy, who is this?"
Kathy said "If I got it right John was turned into a Priestess for the time god Chronos."
Cindy said "umm... Well... This isn't some fever dream is it? I didn't just fall asleep at my desk again right?"
Kathy shook her head and said "it felt like that to me too, my big sister was awake early and some random girl suddenly screamed at the top of her lungs "I'm John"... but I'm pretty sure this is real." Cindy looking at little John struggling to try to encircle her waist... and memories of a cute little boy came back... Something told her this was her child despite... all that odd stuff.
The older woman said "I hope so..." brushed her fingers through the kid's hair and embraced her child for the first time in a long time. John feeling very comfortable closed her eyes as she rested herself against her mother's body and whispered "never leave me like that again..."
Kathy chuckled and said "I think John's asleep."
Cindy said "I guess it should be time for us to get home. Hey Kathy can you help me get John to the car?"
Kathy was slowly backing out and said "Well... you see I have a few things I need to do fast and..." dashed out of the classroom leaving the two to have an extended movement.
Cindy concerned said "Not funny Kathy, I can't just drag-"
In the hallways one of the Student Council members Yumi came by and said "Hi Kathy, what are you doin-" she looked inside the classroom and saw Ms. Mavis hugging a little girl and asked "Ms. Mavis... Who is this?"