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IMPERFECT ELEMENTS CH2
-0-One Month Later-0-
"My brother asked you a simple question." one of the human boys said.
"Why are you being such a dick?" the second one said and was almost immediately interrupted by the first repeating the same sentence.
Aidan stared across from her, her eyes caught John's and he smirked as he continued to open and close his lighter.
"Because I can." he chuckled slightly, fully enjoying riling these boys up.
"Can I have a light?" the second boy repeated, deliberately spelling out his words like he was talking to someone of lesser intelligence. Aidan turned her gaze up to him, a glare prominent on her features. John opened his lighter and flicked the flame to life, he stared at it thoughtfully for a moment.
"Hmm." he inspected the flame, before shutting the lighter and frowning. "Sorry, I can't help you out pal." he said laughing.
"John, knock it off." Rogue pleaded.
"Why don't you stop showing off?" Bobby interjected, seeming highly annoyed. Aidan continued watching the two boys as she listened to their conversation.
"For her? I can't help it is your girlfriend's getting excited." John teased, as Aidan notice one of the boys tried to give Rogue a seductive look. Aidan stifled a chuckle at the look. Instead of looking sexy, he looked like a pissed off clown without the makeup.
"I don't think she's getting excited." Bobby defended.
"We're trying to have a good time." John replied.
"I think you're the only one having a good time." Bobby said venomously, his frustration growing. Aidan suddenly felt a hand brush against her breast and she gasped in horror as the second boy leaned across her to grab John's lighter.
"Hey!" John yelled.
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John caught the man touching Aidan's boob out the corner of his eye and he stood to face the man, his anger flashed through him like a hot fire. The brother stood up to block the older brother from John's reach.
"That's real cute, man." John muttered.
"What are you gonna do?" the younger brother asked smugly as the older brother blew smoke in John's face. John chuckled angrily. "Suddenly, you're not so tough." John and the older brother connected eyes and he waited for his time to strike. The older one pulled in a drawl on the cigarette, and John saw the flames kick up if only slightly. He then winked and the cigarette exploded on him, catching his arm on fire. Being the quick thinker, Bobby stood up and iced the guy's arm down, putting out the fire as John stood there laughing. John backed over to Aidan and patted her on the back, a silent confession that display was in her honor. Suddenly everyone in the room seemed to freeze as still as the exhibits they had come to see. The only people left moving were the mutants from Xavier's school.
"Bobby, what did you do?" Rogue asked
"I didn't do this." Bobby replied as John walked over and waved his palm out in front of one of the boy's faces.
"No, I did." Xavier said as he rolled up in his wheelchair. John felt something cool press into his palm and he closed his hand around his lighter. He looked down and smiled back at Aidan. "And the next time you feel like showing off don't." They heard the newscaster on the T.V say that the president was attacked by mutants.
"I think it's time to leave, Professor." Scott interjected.
"I think you're right." Xavier agreed.
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Aidan sat in the common room of the mansion. Jason sat beside her, his arm thrown lightly over her shoulders, while John sat across from her, and Rogue and Bobby occupied the couch adjacent to the one she was on. She liked Rogue, and had actually become good friends with the stand offish girl. She was witty and quick on her feet, but also knew boundaries very well. John, on the other hand, was exactly the opposite. He was brass and in you're face, and he didn't treat Aidan like anyone else did. He didn't act as if she was a ticking time bomb, that could blow at any moment, he wasn't afraid to make fun of her, and throw jibes at her. He made her feel normal, even though she knew she was far from it. She remembered when John first got to see her temper at its worst. Luckily it was directed at Jason.
-Flashback-
Aidan and John were out in the courtyard, Jason had tagged along out of jealousy and was making snide comments. Aidan fought to keep her temper controlled, but ever single remark he made, and every gesture ate away at her, until she was holding on to it by a very thin line. The only thing that helped her by this point, was the fact that John wasn't acting any different, and he continued to joke around and play with fire. She kept her eyes trained on the flickering flame as he tossed it between his hands, almost like juggling it, and she caught a small smirk on his face. She returned it and she heard Jason give a indignant huff.
"Come on, my Aidan, let's head back." he muttered. That was the final straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. She turned on him.
"What is your ISSUE!" she screamed, her temperature rising with every word. Jason stood up, startled at her sudden outburst, and he looked around, checking to see how many people were in the courtyard. Luckily they were the only three. "I am sick and TIRED of all your little huffs and puffs, and stupid little remarks, and stupid 'my Aidan' CRAP, let me tell you one thing, bud. I belong to NO ONE! Especially not you!" she screamed. At some point during her rant, she had let go of her control completely, and her flame was lashing out from her body, threatening to engulf Jason at any moment. A smirk spread over her lips. She didn't care, she wanted it to, she willed for it to take him completely, even if his shield would protect his body, she could at least have the satisfaction of making him unbearably hot. She then realized her fire wasn't obliging her, and she frowned. Realization hit her and she turned her eyes to John. He had a look on his face she didn't recognize, and before she had a chance to analyze it, the look was replaced by a sheepish grin.
"Sorry, can't have you killing anyone here." he said quietly. Aidan groaned and turned her glare to Jason.
"You're lucky." she muttered angrily and let her shoulders droop. "Take them, John." she said, referring to the flames that were still licking out her body. John obliged, and as soon as her flames left, she felt suddenly cold and drained. John walked over and placed a hand on her wrist as Jason went ahead and walked back to the building.
"You are amazing." he said quietly, helping her sit on the edge of the fountain.
"Oh, that's not all I can do." she replied coyly. He grinned at her.
"And what else is there?" he asked.
"I can manipulate all the elements." she said as she made the wind concentrate enough to blow out the fire ball he still had held in his hand, and the earth rumbled slightly. She waved her hand over the water in the fountain and it sprouted up in multiple twisters. "The only element I can actually transform into, though, is fire."
"That explains why you are so hot headed then." he teased, and she laughed.
"Yeah, I suppose it does. It may be why I get along so well with you too, so don't complain." she replied.
"Who could complain? You are fascinating!" he brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.
-Present-
Aidan smiled at her memory. John was certainly one of the best friends she had ever had. She absently noticed Jason twirling a piece of her hair around his fingers, and she couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed.
-0-
John watched the range of emotion on Aidan's face: annoyance, confusion, pride, and happiness.
"Whatcha thinking about, Raze?" he asked, using Aidan's code name. She looked up at him, a smile on her face.
"My temper." she replied, and he nodded. Of course she had really been thinking about the day he saw her use her powers. He remembered it vividly. She was simply amazing to watch transformed. Her body gives off a milky glow, and her hair begins to blow around her head as flames erupt from her skin, circling her body completely in an aura of flames. Her hair turns a vivid red and her eyes become the same color as fire: red fading into burnt orange, and gold around her pupil. He didn't think it possible, but he could control her flames as well. They fought him a bit more, but still gave in the end, and her flames had the most satisfying song to hear. He saw the annoyance in Jason's eyes again and he smirked, but then his smirk faded as he realized who Jason was looking at with that annoyance: Bobby. He looked back at Aidan's face,wondering if she noticed it, and then out the window. He heard a motorcycle. Rogue jumped up and ran out of the room, with Bobby hot on her tail. "What's that all about?" Aidan asked. John shrugged.
"I think Wolverine is back." he muttered. Aidan nodded, and he could tell she didn't care. She looked at Jason, who was looking after the two who had left and narrowed her eyes slightly. She leaned over and whispered something in his ear, and Jason looked at her, worry evident in his features. Aidan looked back to John, suspicion all over her features and he knew what she had said. She stood and placed a hand on John's shoulder.
"We're gonna head out for now. I'll see you around later?" she asked. John smirked up at her.
"Of course, I'm always around." he repeated her words from when they first met, earning a true smile from her, that seemed to set his soul on fire.
"Wonderful." she replied and took Jason by the hand, leading him out of the common room. John watched after her as long as he could see her before turning his eyes back outside. He couldn't help but like the girl, she was perfect. Everything about her drew him in, her power, her look, her personality, even her temper. She was exactly like him, and yet oh so different at the same time. He couldn't understand how Jason could want someone more than her. He released a sigh and got up to go to his own room.
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