They came out of the library a while later. "The ice cream shop is just down the way here," Remy pointed. It was within walking distance.
"Oh no. These idiots again," Remy muttered. Molly looked up to see an albino, a guy who might as well have been a giant compared to her, a boy with green skin, and a tall young man with brown hair. Off to the side was some scary looking girl dressed in red.
Molly stayed quiet at first, but decided to speak up, "What about them? Old...friends...of yours?" She wrinkled her nose. No way he could ever be friends with them.
"Something like that, but I wouldn't call them friends. Just some guys I know," Remy said.
"Heyyyy-it's-Gambit! Long-time-no-see-compadre!" The albino said in a very fast way.
Faster then Molly could see, the guy was at her side, looking at her from all angles.
"Excuse me!" She blushed. "Hmm-new-girlfriend? I like! Though-not-your-usual-type," The guy said.
"She's not my girlfriend," Remy sounded irritated,"Molly, this is Todd, Wanda, Freddy, Lance, and Pietro," Remy pointed to each of them. "Harmless dorks, but you want to stay away from them all the same."
"We're-not-dorks!-So-if-you're-not-his-new-girl-then-you're-single-right? Just-moved-here? I-could-show-you-around," Pietro said,
putting an unwelcome arm around Molly. Molly removed it, smiling nervously.
"Uh, sorry, but thanks anyway. Remy's showing me around today," She took a step back and bumped into Todd.
"So you're the new kid? What's your power? Bet it's pretty lame. You're not much to look at, right?" Todd said.
Molly furrowed her brow, feeling more then annoyed. These guys were starting to get on her nerves.
"I can turn into animals. It's not lame. And I-I'm so n-not ugly," She stuttered.
"'Oh, I-I'm so n-not ugly,'" Todd mimicked. Molly balled her hands into fists, getting angry.
He wasn't big and brutish like the others. Heck, they were almost the same height, if not for a few inches. She could take him, easy.
Molly suddenly let out a growl, but not a normal growl. It sounded more like a dog. She could turn into a great dane now, thanks to practice. She was vaguely aware of cyanide teeth starting to form in her mouth. Todd suddenly looked scared.
Remy put a hand on Molly's shoulder, "Easy. You can't change here," He said. Molly looked around. People were everywhere. Humans. Non-mutants.
They'd be scared of her. Molly regained control and changed back.
"You guys shouldn't be jerks. It might come back to bite you," Molly said with irony in her voice.
Molly and Remy walked into the ice cream shop.
After getting some ice cream they sat down. "I can't believe those guys. Are they always like that?" Molly glared at them from across the room as they too had come for ice cream.
"Pretty much. Sometimes they can be nice, if you can believe it, but I guess old habits die hard," Remy said.
"Hmph. Well I hope I can stay as far away from them as possible," Mollys' eyes narrowed as she looked annoyed.
"Might be a bit hard to do that. Lance is kind of dating Kitty,"
"What? You're kidding!" Mollys' eye widened, "How could she go out with a guy who has friends like that?"
"She likes him a lot I guess. And like I said, they can be nice sometimes. Like, they helped out against the fight with Apocalypse," Remy said.
Molly nodded, "Oh, yeah. I kind of saw it on the news. I mean, sort of. That was the day my powers kicked in.
Just a few months ago."
"Really? So what happened?"
"Nothing much. Just watching the news, the power cut, a bit of thunder, I got scared and when the lights came back on I was a bunny," She shrugged.
"Cute. Weird, but cute," Remy said. Molly looked at the floor. "Um, so, what about you? How'd you get your powers?"
"It's not worth getting into," Remy said. Molly didn't want to pry so she changed the subject.
"So how long have you been at the institute?"
"Not very long. Long enough to know my way around and stuff," He said.
"Everybody says you've had a rough life. They...they keep telling me to be on my guard and stuff. I don't think they like you. But I know you're a good guy and you've got a good heart. You're, like, so nice to me all the time. I don't care what anyone else says, I see the good in you, Remy," Molly smiled.
"Cherie, um, Molly-" Remy started to say.
Suddenly the manager walked up to them. "You're mutants, right? We don't allow mutants here, you're going to have to leave."
"But-but that isn't fair!" Molly said, "Just because we're different doesn't mean we have don't have the same right to be here as anyone else."
"I'm sorry, but its company policy," The man didn't look sorry at all.
"Fine, but if we're getting kicked out we at least want our money back," Remy said.
They got their money back and left. They saw the Brotherhood boys outside, sitting on the curb.
"You too?" Freddy said, "Wow, not even the X-Geeks get a break."
"I told you guys it would come back to bite you," Molly couldn't resist opening her mouth. They gave her dirty looks in return.
"Uh...sorry. Sometimes I run my mouth off," She amended.
"Sounds like Pietro," Wanda said. "Hey!" Pietro said. He raced over to Molly, "So-you-reconsider-that-date,-Marcy?"
"It's Molly, and I don't think showing me around town qualifies as a date."
"Well-you're-with-_him_-aren't-you?" Pietro pointed to Remy.
Molly blushed, "What the heck is that supposed to mean?"
"Oh-he-didn't-tell-you? Remy''s-probably-just-hanging-around-you-waiting-for-the-right-moment-to-
ask-you-out-then-he'll-move-onto-the-next-swooning-female," Pietro grinned with malice.
"That's not true. I mean, I'm not aiming to ask her out," Remy said.
Molly frowned and her heart cracked. Not broke, but cracked just enough. He really didn't like her. He just saw her as a friend. A kid.
'Petite'. Molly brought herself back to reality. "Uh, listen, not that it hasn't been fun, but we've got places to go. See you guys later," Molly started walking back to the car.
Remy caught up to her. "Sorry about that. Pietro doesn't know when to quit."
"Yeah. Noticed that," Molly said. They got in the car and drove to the next point of interest.
She wasn't going to cry this time, but the ache in her chest wouldn't go away.