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A.N. Hey everybody. I'd just like to let you know that I'm not very good at writing, so I'm going to let you flame. I'm also making it so that Rogue didn't have her power when she was 13. Because if I don't, I can't do the story the way I want it. (And if you knew me, which I doubt, you would know that I'm only joking about what I'm going to say next.) And my opinion is the only one that counts. =)
One Wish
By BikerChick
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rogue woke screaming. She looked around trying to see where she was, and found herself on her bed, in a cold sweat. She started to cry. Why me? Out of all people why did this have to happen to me? Every time my birthday comes I have nightmares of that night. Why?
Then came a timid voice door. "Rogue? Are you, like, okay in there? The voice belonged to Kitty Pryde.
"I'm fine Kitty. I just need to talk with somebody." Rogue said, with little sniffles here and there.
Kitty couldn't hear the sniffles but she knew that Rogue was hurting. "You know, you can, like, always talk to me. I mean after all, I am, like, one of the best secret keepers there ever was." Kitty said through the still closed doors.
Rogue laughed a bit to herself. "Kitty, could I talk to you?"
Kitty phased through the door and walked over to Rogue's bed. Seeing that she had been crying, Kitty went over and hugged the girl. "Of course you can talk to me. What did I, like, just finish saying." Kitty let go of Rogue and sat down in front of her on the bed. "Just talk and I'll listen."
"All right, well, do you ever wonder why I don't want ya'll throwin' me a party when it comes to my birthday?" Rogue asked without looking at Kitty.
Kitty nodded while saying, "Of course I wonder, all of us do."
"Do you ever wonder what really turned me into a 'Goth'?" Rogue looked up this time and saw that Kitty was nodding with almost no emotion shown on her face. " Well, when I was thirteen years old I didn't have my power to protect me from dangers and bein' dangerous." Rogue paused to find the right words.
Kitty reached over and took Rogue's gloved hand in hers. She squeezed it lightly, silently urging her to continue.
"Well, it was on my birthday that my best friend, Roger, came over. I trusted him with my life and all my secrets. He was fifteen and my parents loved him. He said he had a big surprise for me on the beach. I told my parents what he told me, and because they trusted him as much as I did, if not more, they let me go with him. We walked to the beach. After walking beside the ocean for a while, we came to a small house. He told me to go inside and that he would start a fire. I sat on the couch and after he started the fire he turned around and jumped on me. I tried to get away but he was just too strong..."
Kitty gasped and hugged Rogue tightly. "I can't believe that he, like, raped you." Her voice was whisper, so that if anyone was listening they couldn't here. "That's terrible."
Rogue was too preoccupied in making sure that she didn't touch Kitty to cry. "Yeah."
"What happened after that, if you don't mind me asking." Kitty asked after letting go of Rogue and repositioning herself in front of Rogue.
"Well, the next day I woke before dawn. It was a struggle to find and put on my clothes without the sun, but I did it. I ran home to find my mother and father waiting up for me. They asked where I'd been, but I was too afraid to tell them the truth. So I said that I was really sorry to have burdened them with worry, but I just stayed over at a friends house. They grounded me, of course. Then after my week long grounding I went shopping and bought a lot of dark make-up and clothing, anything that I thought wouldn't attract guys. My parents also noticed that even though I hadn't eaten much, I was gaining a lot of weight. I didn't realize what was going on myself until I read this 'Reader's Digest'. I went to buy a pregnancy test and found out that I was, indeed, pregnant. My parents had decided that it was time to confront me about my gaining weight. I told them that it was because I was pregnant, but they wouldn't let me explain any further. They thought that I had had sex of my own free will. So my mom rushed upstairs and my dad took me outside. He told me that he didn't want a disgrace like me in his household, let alone family. My mom came out of the doors, then, with some suitcases in her hand. She said that she had packed all of my stuff and that there were some hundreds in all of the pockets. There was enough money to cover the hospital charge in one of the pockets. They asked if I wanted to give my child up for adoption. I told them no. I loved my child and everything about her. Then, when I was fifteen, I learned of my powers. I was afraid that I would hurt Larriessa, my daughter, so I wrote a note and left her on the front of the platform. I asked for her not to be taken to an orphanage and I watched over her for about a year. I decided she would be safe there, so I moved to another state. When ya'll came and got me, it was like starting a whole new life. I've never celebrated any of my birthdays ever since my thirteenth."
"That sounds awful. I think that if that ever, like, happened to me, I would be just like you." Kitty said matter - of - factly. "And to think, it was someone you trusted with your life. That's just awful." Kitty moved forward and hugged Rogue once again. "I'm really sorry this had to happen to you. And I'm also really sorry about always, like, pressuring you with questions about why you never let us throw you a party. I'll tell the others to leave you alone. Don't worry, I won't tell them about you." She said seeing Rogue open her mouth to speak.
Rogue closed her mouth and smiled at her newfound friend.
Kitty smiled back with love and understanding. I think she just needs a friend right now. Kitty thought leaving Rogue's room after tucking her into bed. As she walked down the hall she whispered to herself. "And I'm gonna do my best to be just that."
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