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Chapter Two
Hope stood there, waiting for something to happen. Anything- she just didn't want silence.
"Logan", Xavier said, "Will you please take Hope's bag and show her to her room."
Logan nodded in reply and headed towards Hope. She stepped back, her knuckles turning white from the strong grip on her guitar case.
"I ain't gonna hurt you, kid, I just wanna carry yer bag", Logan said softly.
Hope bit her lip and reluctantly handed over her duffle bag. Logan grabbed the bag and looked over his shoulder at Xavier. The professor gave him a look that said, "I'll explain later."
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Hope looked around the small room, figuring it was better than home.
But this was her home now.
':That's right:' her conscience kicked in, ':And you better try to fit in around here, or else someone's gonna back you into a corner and make you spill all your secrets:'
'Not if I keep quiet and stay out of the way', she fought back.
':Well, your going to be eating with them, training with them; you might as well get used to it:'
Hope sighed, thankful her room was the farthest away from all the other rooms.
She looked around, soaking in all her surroundings: A dresser with a circular mirror was in the middle of a wall facing her double bed. The walls were painted sky blue and her blankets and sheets were a simple black color. She looked to her left to find herself looking out a window that overviewed a lake a couple of minutes away.
She flung her guitar case onto her bed and took out her acoustic guitar, strumming some cords before playing full out.
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The next morning, a lonesome figure came downstairs into the kitchen, hoping just to get an apple and go back to the solitude of her room without being noticed.
No such luck.
"Hey, Hope!" a boy called. Hope remembered him as Bobby aka Iceman.
Hope turned around, looking sheepish.
"I noticed the guitar case you had", Bobby said, coming closer, "I was wondering if you could teach me how to play. I saved up enough money to get a guitar, but I realized I didn't know how to play one. Wanna take the offer?"
Hope glanced around nervously, cursing the weekends: no school. Hope bit her lip before finally meeting Bobby's blue eyes, "Um, I don't know. I'll get back to you", she said quietly. With that, she hurried back up the stairs, hoping he wouldn't follow.
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Someone knocked on her door. "Hope?" a soothing voice came through the door.
Hope shoved the photo album under her bed and said, "Come in", in a hoarse whisper.
A woman with brown skin came into the room, her white hair flowing behind her.
'Ororo', Hope instantly remembered, taking an instant liking to the weather witch.
"You have a phone call", Ororo said softly, and then leading her to the nearest phone.
The phone just happened to be in the Rec. room, where all the team members were watching their Saturday night movie.
Hope nervously picked up the phone, thankful no one noticed her.
"Hello?" her voice was unheard throughout the room.
"Baby", a gentle woman's voice said on the phone, "Why didn't you tell me you had powers? I could have helped you."
Tears clouded Hope's vision as her fist clenched tightly, "Maybe because I didn't know where you were. Or it could be the fact that I just don't love you anymore."
Logan picked his head up at her voice, his keen hearing being an advantage at the time. Hope didn't notice him staring at her.
Hope's monotone voice even frightened herself as she said, "Goodbye", and hung up.
She looked up at the huge TV screen, tears blurring her vision. She couldn't even see Bruce Willis' face in "The Whole Nine Yards". (A/N: I love that movie! It is sooo funny!)
Hope walked out of the room silently, trying to control her temper.
Logan looked at Xavier, sending him a message: 'Can you find out what's wrong with Hope?'
Xavier looked at him and raised an eyebrow: 'I'm not sure. The girl is similar to Rogue and has built mental walls. All I know is that her mother abandoned her father and herself when she was seven. That's probably the reason she dislikes her mother so much.'
Logan nodded and continued watching the movie.
TBC!
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