This takes place after Turn of the Rogue. Anything after that is ignored for literary reasons. This was inspired by the song Still Holding Out For You by She Daisy but branched out so much it isn't really a songfic as originally intended. It was also intended to be a one part-er, but I decided to break it up since I wanted to start posting it, and because it's growing longer than I had intended. Feedback very, very, very appreciated.

Still Holding Out For You
By Lady Trunks
Part 1

Professor Xavier looked up sharply from his book as the door swung open and a breathless Rogue ran in. Seeing him setting there, she paused for a moment and smiled apologetically at him for causing such a disturbance. The look quickly fled as she glanced out the door and then slammed it. "You didn't see me!" With that she took off up the stairs.

He had just turned his attention back to his book when the door swung open again and Pietro appeared. "Whereisshe?" He asked, an evil look on his face. Xavier simply pointed up the stairs and in a flash the speedster was gone.

A few seconds later, the professor could hear shouts echoing down the hall, "No, Pietro. Stay away, get back!" The screams quickly faded and were replaced by hysterical laughter as Pietro caught the girl and started his torture again.

Professor Xavier smiled to himself as the sounds of their laughter trickled to him. A lot had changed since the Brotherhood had joined them. The mansion was a lot more chaotic for one. Another, but not any less extraordinary change, was the one that occurred in Rogue. She was now a lot more open as if a weight had been lifted off of her, something that could be traced back to her relationship to Pietro. Though he didn't really understand the bond between the two, it was obvious to anyone and didn't even require a telepath.

He had been hesitant at first, not sure if it was a trap or not when Mystique had first approached him about joining the two teams. He couldn't understand why she would willingly do that since they were supposed to be enemies. Of course that was before she had revealed that both Kurt and Rogue were actually her children. It made sense that she would want to be near them. And over the three months they had lived here, she had even formed a tentative relationship with the two.

The two teams had adjusted to the changes with surprising ease, which was only aided by the lack of battles. In fact this was the longest stretch of peace since the formation of the X-Men. He was grateful for the peace, happy that his students could enjoy just being kids. But at the same time, he felt tense, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Because in his experience it was just a matter of time before disaster struck.

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I'm also posting this fic in the fanfic section of my forum. I plan to post updates there first, so if you're interested in reading more you might want to check there. http://forum.jaded-soul.org/viewforum.php?f=23