Not sure if anyone was reading this, but regardless I want to write on this story still, so here is the next chapter!
Rogue let out a sigh as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail as she headed towards where Storm and Cyclops taught. She was still nervous about actually training how to fight; it was something she thought that she would never really learn how to do. As she approached the gymnasium, Jubilulation Lee bounded over to her and she looped her arm through hers. "Hey Roguey what's up?" she questioned, "You excited to learn how to kick some ass?" she asked in quick succesion. Rogue couldn't help but smirk at her friend; she was always so happy and bubbly.
"Ah guess," she replied, still worried that the firework shooting mutant was going to hurt herself by accidentally brushing her skin with hers once more. She was always afraid that she was going to hurt someone if they got too close. "Careful sugah," she admonished, as the other girl's arm nearly touched her. "You're going ta get hurt,"
"Oh come on don't be such a chicken," Jubilee exclaimed suddenly.
"A chicken? Seriously?" Rogue questioned shockingly, "mah powers can kill. Ah put mah first boyfriend in the hospital for weeks," she shuddered thinking about the light psyche of his memories that was still inside of her head. She hated feeling those things, especially since she couldn't even reap the benefits of using the memories or skills that each person had.
"So could really anyone else's powers," Jubilee said with an eye roll. Rogue stayed silent after that, she wasn't sure she was entirely looking forward to learning to fight anymore. Sure she had been terrified when she nearly got attacked by that drunkard. "Stop living in your own head," she advised. John and Bobby had already learned how to fight, so they probably wouldn't be in class with them. Rogue readjusted the long sleeves on her arms.
"So," Rogue said changing the subject, "the guys were acting very odd last night," that actually shocked Jubilee to silence for a moment. "Oh mah god," Rogue giggled, "Did I actually get you to shut up for a minute?"
Jubilee wasn't sure if she should tell her friend about the male mutants trying to vie for her attention. Despite her bubbly personality, she couldn't seem to actually hold onto her friends. She bit her lip for a moment before responding with the truth, "They both seem to like you,"
Rogue laughed, "Why crush on someone that they can't even hold hands with never mind kiss?" she was actually shocked about that information. She wasn't sure how she was going to handle knowing that now.
"They kind of did the same thing with Kitty Pryde when she first came to the school," Jubilee said, "They got too crazy with it, and we kind of stopped being friends after she got with Peter Rasputin," Rogue thought about the couple and smiled; they did seem happy at least.
"Well that's not going ta happen here," she didn't have a whole lot of close friends here yet.
"I hope not," they got to the gym, and saw that there was a small class there. Ororo Munroe was standing in front of the small group, her long white hair pulled up into a low bun.
"Hello ladies," she said; her accent coming through slightly. Her blue eyes widened slightly as she saw that Rogue was actually in the class with them. She was glad that the girl was coming out of her shell slightly. Professor Xavier had worried about her when she wasn't making friend right away; especially after what had happened at the Statue of Liberty. Then the other day she saw Rogue going out with Jubilee, John, and Bobby. "Welcome to those who are new," Rogue admittedly was a little jealous of how much power Ororo had not just with her mutation, but with normal human things. She had confidence, and her body language screamed that she had the ability to fight.
Before she knew it, she was doing drills with the weather witch watching over her. It was a little scary seeing that she was so close, but at least she was trying to learn how to fight. When she managed to land a hit on Jubilee she actually was excited. About an of hour of training they finally called it quits, and she headed off towards the showers. "See Roguey you did great!"
"Thanks," she said, actually pleased with herself.
Meanwhile Bobby and John were in another class, and couldn't help but shoot each other looks. It was obvious that the two males liked the same girl. "Boys," Jean Grey said from the front of the room. Jean looked at them; most of the time she could block out most of the hormonal thoughts, but lately she was having difficulty doing it. It made teaching class a little distracting. Granted she knew that sometimes learning about biology wasn't the best thing especially for teenagers, but she would think they would like to learn about how some of the mutations could actually appear.
John glanced towards Bobby; he had at least tried to start paying attention. John's thoughts drifted back towards Rogue. He thought that maybe if he opened up a little more about his past; even more then he did with Bobby. That kind of made him stop for a moment; Bobby Drake was the first person at the school his age to actually talk with him. Of course he left him alone; ever since he almost burned down his foster home it was hard to actually make friends. He still could talk with Rogue as a friend though couldn't he? He always did what he wanted in the past.
Rogue, Kitty, and Jubilee came into class a little later. Rogue ended up sitting right next to John, and he smiled lightly at her. "Did Ah miss anything?" she questioned as she shrugged out of her jacket and sat back down.
"Nah," John said, passing what little notes that he had managed to take and she smiled at him. There was definitely a change in the girl already he noted. When she had walked into the room, she hadn't had her arms close her sides; her whole body language was starting to change.
"What?" she questioned slightly, with a small smirk; she had caught John looking at her.
"It's nothing," he said, and then forced himself to focus on what Jean was saying. John couldn't seem to focus on it, and suddenly felt someone kick the back of his legs. He turned around, and saw Jubilee flash him an innocent look and popped a piece of gum in her mouth. John rolled his eyes; he wasn't going to be fighting with Bobby for her affections.
A few hours later they had finished up all of their classes. Some of the students had adjourned into the living room area and were bickering over a movie again. Jubilee rolled her eyes at the other students, and suddenly hopped off of the couch, and popped a comedy into the DVD player. "God you guys are a bunch of goobers," she said. All the couples wanted to watch gushy romantic movies, but everyone else was wanting action. "I swear it's like we hang out with a bunch of sheep," Jubilee muttered to herself.
"Sugah they are going to hear you one of these days," Rogue warned in a hushed tone. She had to admit being out in public was an odd feeling for her. She reached up and started to play with the couple of snow white colored hair. She used to hate having it; she was always tempted to dye it, but never did.
"Ask me if I care," Jubilee said with an eye roll. John smirked at the mutant; she was always so outspoken and insane. He started to pull out his lighter and she shot him a dirty look, "Hey there Sparky don't even think about lighting that in here again," she growled, "last time you nearly set the couch on fire,"
"And last time we bickered your fireworks nearly exploded the TV," John shot back.
"Guys," Bobby said, rubbing his temples. Rogue couldn't help but smile; this is the most normal she had felt since she became a mutant. John caught the mutant smiling, and he pocketed his zippo for now.
"And you wonder why we have such a hard time picking movies out," Kitty Pryde's voice appeared from the floor. She was sitting in between her boyfriend's legs. Peter Rapsutin's much bigger body cocooned hers. Rogue noticed that the Russian American student was very quiet, but whenever he was with Kitty, he was a lot more open. In fact when they were in class one day, she had accidentally brushed her hip against his desk and had knocked over some papers. She noticed that he sketched quite a bit; he was talented. He seemed embarrassed at first, but once she complimented him it set his mind at ease.
Meanwhile Professor Charles Xavier was wheeling around his school; this was the dream he had when he first met Eric Lensherr; teaching students how to hone their mutant abilities and be comfortable with themselves. Granted he knew that certain things about his dream was flawed; mutants couldn't be totally at ease until humanity knew about their existence. Hiding was hard for mutants to do; especially the students. It was hard enough growing up as it was, and sometimes students viewed their mutations as curses. One particular student he had been worried about for a while was Rogue. After what happened with her and Magneto nearly killing her with his own powers really rattled the young girl.
Charles looked towards the living room, and felt a smile hit his face. There was the mutant he was worried about being around with other students and actually smiling. He was glad that the girl was finally getting out of her shell a bit. Now the only other thing that was on his mind was a lost soul he had encountered; he had no memory of anything that had happened to him. Charles had tried to help him as best as he could, so he was off 'finding himself'.
Rogue was glad that she took Scott's advice; she was feeling better about herself already. She had managed to find some good friends so far. Soon everyone got up and went their separate ways; for the most part anyways. Jubilee could tell that they were going to start fighting over Rogue once more and she was putting a stop it again. "Girl time," Jubilee said to her, and then dragged her towards her room.
"What are you doing?" Rogue questioned.
"We are doing something different," Jubilee said to her.
"What do you mean?" she questioned, not sure if she did like where this was going. She was wondering why she suddenly yanked her away. Maybe there was something that she wasn't telling her?
"Just…you haven't done anything really different since you started here," Jubilee said to her. "Now is the time to figure out who you are, change things up!" Rogue opened up her mouth to interrupt but Jubilee cut her off, "Don't be such a party pooper,"
"Fine,"
"We should start with that hair," Jubilee said.
"What's wrong with it?" she was always self conscious about it since the white streaks came in.
"It 's long and boring," she said, pulling out some scissors. Rogue's eyes opened up wide; was she really serious about this? "Come on Roguey trust me!"
"Alright alright," she was not sure why she was trusting the firework conjuring mutant so much, but she was bringing up some valid points. "Just….just not too short?" she requested. Jubilee started with the front of her hair, and shortened up her bangs. Rogue was worried about her touching her skin, but she was very smart about it. She added layers, and trimmed her hair to shoulder length.
"Did you go to school for this?" Rogue questioned surprised about how fast she was going.
"Not really," she said, "I kinda learned how to do these things when I was out on my own," she didn't talk much about her past when she was homeless.
"Thanks sugah," she said, hugging the girl.
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