Damn. He hated it here. Ever since they had come back from Alkali Lake, and brought him with them, it had been hell. He hated these people and didn't care that they hated him. Who gave a shit if they didn't acknowledge him unless to make snide comments or laugh at him? He didn't.

He couldn't run from it. Last time he tried to make a run for it, Logan had caught him and hauled him back to his room with bars on the windows. They even took his Zippo, unconsciously but still they had it. Had he been awake when brought to this hell hole, he would have burned it down. Not that he hadn't tried. Damn Ice-prick had caught him though. Every time Bobby came around to check on him, she was with him. Standing hidden behind him, like a scared shadow. He despised her. She was weak and disgrace to her own kind. Whatever kind it was. What kind of disgraceful mutant would give up their power to be normal? He hated her. The thought of her made him sick. Why she insisted on coming with Bobby when ever he would come to give daily insults, even though she would get shy behind him, Pyro would never know.

The one time he addressed her, she acted like he had hit her. Verbally maybe, but she flinched away physically At that point, Ice-prick shoved him back physically and told him if he ever even looked at her again he would make a iceberg out of him and dump in the North Pole. John responded by rolling his eyes and saying that he would never lower his standards to look her pathetic form again.

"You're going to be late for class, Fire ant." Bobby commented as he passed John in the hallway. As usual Rogue stashed behind him, her arm linked through his.

"Yeah, why don't you two go screw." He spat back and shrugged his backpack up onto his shoulder.

"Go to hell!" Bobby snapped.

John turned to face them, walking backwards with his arms thrown out, "I'm here aren't I? Hey, Icy, you her dad or her boyfriend?"

With a sudden feel of victory he laughed and ducked into his classroom.

"Rogue, I'm sorry." Bobby apologized. "He doesn't know."

"I don't want him to. He'd use it against me." Rogue buried her face into Bobby's arm.

"Hey, it'll be okay. He is an idiot. Doesn't he prove that more and more everyday?"

Rogue laughed hesitantly as Bobby wrapped his free arm around her waist.

Spur of the moment. Please tell me what you think and if I need to continue. I love the diea of where this story is going but I typed as much as I could, it now being 4:15 am I want to go to bed. Please tell me! I promise the next will be longer so long as I do get a response for this prologe thing.

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