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"Scott!" A young red-haired woman called into the living room, "Have you seen my..."

"Notebook?" Scott appeared at the door, holding a thin black notebook in his hands, a sly smile appearing across his face. Tossing it back to Jean Grey he added, "Shouldn't leave it lying around, Kurt and Evan had it."

Blushing, Jean took her notebook back, "Thanks Scott. Are you coming to Duncan's party tonight?" She tossed the book into her knapsack, zipping it up. "Did he invite you this time?" She smirked, glancing up.

"Yeah, he invited me." Scott reassured sitting down, "I don't know. I told Rogue I'd see a movie with her tonight." Other times he broke dates with Rogue and she didn't seem to mind, but then always after she'd go out of her way just to be a bitch at him.

"Why don't you bring her to the party? I'm sure she'd love to get out for once. Duncan won't mind." Jean offered while she hunted in the pantry for something to eat. Pulling out a low-fat cereal bar, she sat down on a chair across from Scott.

"I suppose I could try," Scott mused, "She's not one for parties though. You understand." Thinking about the incident where Rogue's powers manifested themselves, Scott was sure that the emerald-eyed teenager wouldn't want to go.

"Totally. But maybe making new friends will be good for her. The only person she's around is Risty." Jean frowned, "I'm just worried about her. She's became so distant lately." Not like Jean was going out of her way to make Rogue feel like one of the X-Men in the first place.

"Was she ever close to us?"

Jean took a small bite from the Nutri-grain bar, lost deep in thought. "I guess not."

"She's closer to the Brotherhood," Scott said, mostly to himself. Looking up at Jean he added, "I'll ask Rogue if she wants to attend Duncan's party."

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"Come in!"

Scott heard the southern accented voice and slowly opened the door. "Rogue?" He called, "You here?" Well duh she was! She did answer you for god's sakes!

"What ya want, Scott?" Rogue laid on her stomach on the bed, reading 'Servant Of The Bones' by Anne Rice.

Scott entered the room, shutting the door. "I came to see if you wanted to come to Duncan's party tonight. We thought it might be better to make a few new friends."

"Ah'd rather not," shutting her book, Rogue stood up. "Ah thought we agreed on a movie." She looked up at Scott, brushing away a white strand of hair.

"We did. But I thought..."

"Ah don' wanna go. But don't let me stop ya. Ah'll call up Risty, maybe she'll wanna go see a movie." Rogue stared down at the ground, not wanting Scott to witness her crying.

"Are you sure?" Scott questioned uneasily. "I wouldn't want to..."

"It's fine," Rogue snapped back.

"O... Okay." Raising an eyebrow, he added, "See you at dinner."

"Yeah. See ya," Scott flashed her a quick smile then proceeded down the hallway back downstairs.

Sighing, Rogue flopped down on her bed. Why should she care if Scott just ditched her? She's use to it. No one, especially a guy, ever wants to get close to her. She picked up the phone and dialed Risty's number. No answer. Go figure, she was never home when Rogue called. Stopping for a moment, she dialed a second number.

"Hello," a cheerfully annoying voice answered, "You've reached Pietro Maximoff, the amazing. This is Pietro at your service."

"Knock it off, Pietro," Rogue giggled, "Ya're too full of yourself for your own good."

"Who said cockiness was a bad thing?" Pietro questioned, flirting slightly with the young gothic woman he used to call family.

"Whatever. Scott just ditched me, mind if Ah come over for a while?" Rogue ran her hand through her hair.

"Sure. We'll rent a movie!" Pietro's mood began to perk up for the first time today. Ever since Lance's unfortunate news.

"With what money?" Rogue laughed. The Brotherhood had barely enough money for food and the bills, how could they afford to rent a movie. Even if it was only five dollars.

"Umm...." Pietro paused. "Okay... We'll steal a movie."

"Don' bother, Ah'll bring one over with me. Later!" Rogue said her goodbye, hanging up the phone.

"Who was that, yo?" Todd hopped into the room, staring up at Pietro.

"Rogue." Pietro sighed, taking a seat. "She's coming over tonight."

Lately things with Rogue have been better. When those X-Geeks don't drag her away like a puppy dog, she usually spends lunch and break with them. Come to think of it, Pietro remembered that they all seemed happier when Rogue lived with them. Hell, even he missed the gothic bitch more than he could say.