At Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters, a young girl was sitting on the steps.
She had brown hair, along with white streaks in it. She was skinny and she looked like she was fourteen… Maybe fifteen at the most.
She had the power to drain the life force out of other mutants.
Her name was Marie but everyone called her Rogue.
Her mother dropped her off not longer than ten minutes ago.
She was by herself as she was sitting there, waiting for her best friend Cheyenne to show up.
The two became best friends ever since they first met and transferred to the school.
Rogue sighed as she sat there and watched other cars coming in.
She remembered that Cheyenne's mother Nikki would be driving a burgundy Toyota car.
A corolla camry, to be exact.
As she was watching for the young girl to pull in, a silver car began to pull in.
It was the same make and model as the car that the young girl was keeping an eye out for.
The doors opened and a boy, along with a girl got out and began to walk together.
Their names were Bobby and Kitty.
Hand in hand, they walked over to where Rogue was.
"Hi, Rogue." Kitty said as she looked at the girl, with a smile on her face.
Rogue looked from the road to Bobby and Kitty.
"Oh...um...Hey, Kitty." Rogue said as she looked at her, nervously.
Kitty then looked at the watch that was on her wrist.
It was 7:24 A.M.
She looked between the two.
"I'm going to go ahead and meet up with Storm. Are you going to be okay by yourself out here, Bobby?" Kitty said as she remembered that she needed help on the last few questions of her science homework.
Bobby looked from Kitty to Rogue and then back again.
"Yes. I'll be okay. You go ahead, Kitty." He said as he embraced the girl and gave her a kiss.
Rogue watched in jealousy.
She has no idea that hell will be coming upon her once I get done with her. She said to herself as she watched Bobby escort Kitty in.
Once he escorted her in, he came back out to Rogue.
He sat down beside her and placed his arm around her.
"So...Rogue, what are you doing out here by yourself?" Bobby asked as he now embraced the girl in his arms.
Rogue began to feel uncomfortable.
She pushed him away from her embrace.
Bobby was now helping her up and standing beside her.
"I'm waiting on a friend…" Rogue said, hesitantly.
Bobby smirked at her.
"You and Cheyenne are something more than friends." He said as he looked at her, curious as to what she was going to say next.
The two began to walk inside together.
Rogue looked at Bobby and blushed.
"Yes. That is true. Though, Bobby…" She said as she looked at him.
"Yes?" Bobby said, in response as he looked at her.
Rogue took a deep breath and sighed.
"Please don't tell Logan or Storm." She said as she looked at him and began to smile.
Bobby chuckled.
"Don't worry, Rogue. I promise not to tell." He said as he smiled at her.
Then, he looked at his wrist watch.
School started at 8:15 A.M. and ended at 3:20 P.M.
Right now, it was 7:45 A.M.
"Rogue, would you like to go do a simulation with me real quick? We still have time before classes start. What do ya say?" Bobby said as he looked from his watch to the young girl.
Rogue looked around the vast entrance room that they were in before she looked back at the young boy.
"I'd love to, Bobby but I want to wait some more for Cheyenne." She said as she looked at him, truthfully in his eyes.
Bobby sighed.
"Okay then." He said as he smiled at her before he left to go upstairs.
After Bobby left, it was Rogue that was all alone, waiting for her best friend to arrive.
She sighed.
Oh Cheyenne. Where are you? She said to herself as she now was going upstairs to Quicksilver's class.
….
9:30 A.M.
"Okay, class. That is how you do triangulation and Pythagorean Theorem." Quicksilver said as he got through writing the last solution down on the chalkboard.
Rogue had just gotten done with taking notes for both her and Cheyenne when the bell began to ring.
"Alright, class. Y'all did great today. Remember to study. You are dismissed." Quicksilver said as he zipped to the door and opened it.
Rogue packed her math binder into her purple backpack and now began to leave with the other students.
When she got into the hallway, she saw Logan standing outside of the classroom.
Oh shit. Why in the hell is he out here? This is his planning period before third block. Dammit! What am I going to tell him when he sees me walking without Cheyenne by my side? She said to herself as she began to walk towards Storm's class.
Logan was out in the hallway, watching the students walk by him when he noticed Rogue by herself.
He began to get her out of traffic.
They were now standing inside his classroom.
"Hi, Logan." She said, nervously chuckling a little bit as she was now hugging him.
Logan hugged her back and looked at her.
He then looked around the classroom and began to sniff the air.
He looked back at Rogue.
"Hey, kid. How are you?" Logan said as he looked at her.
He could sense that something was off and whatever it was, was noticeable.
"Doing okay, Logan. How about you?" Rogue said as she looked at him, trying to get her mind off of Cheyenne being missing.
"I've had better days, kid. Anyways… Have you seen Cheyenne? She's usually walking with you." He said as he was now concerned for his sister.
Rogue shrugged her shoulders.
"I've been trying to figure that out all morning. She's usually fifteen minutes behind me, when it comes to arriving here early." She said as she smiled at the memory.
Logan nodded his head yes, silently agreeing.
"I could go talk to the professor and see where Cheyenne is. Then, I can pull you out of Storm's class and tell you. Is that okay, kid?" He said as he walked Rogue back out into the hallway.
Rogue smiled at him and nodded her head yes.
"That sounds great, Logan. Thank you." She said as she gave him one final hug before she began to enter the hallway traffic again.
Logan smiled at her as she was now walking down the hallway to Storm's class.
"Don't mention it, kid." He said, silently and began to go back into the classroom.
Once the late bell rung at 9:40 A.M., Logan decided to go visit Charles and see what was up with his sister.
(So...Rogue has feelings for Cheyenne, considering that they have been best friends for more than a year or two. I also added the soft spot that Logan has from the first X-Men movie. Anyways... Stay tuned for chapter three.)