BRING! BRING! The ring of the alarm clock woke Rogue up. She opened her eyes and checked the screen. Four digits showed up on the screen. 6:17. Rogue yawned why did her alarm clock was her up now? She set it up for 7:16. She sighed, but then she smiled. More time to dress up for John! She only had to get to the cure centre by 1pm and that was around six hours away. She grabbed her curler and started to curl her straight hair. Naturally, her hair was curly but she straightened it yesterday and besides, normal curls aren't enough. She then heard her bedroom door open,
"Oops. Sorry, uh... I mean, I shouldn't have barged in like... I'll wait outside," Warren said. Warren was new. He had only been at the mansion for a few weeks. He was the polite, cute and rich guy any girl would want. Rogue had befriended him and he was one of the few who would actually talk to her. Rogue opened the door and Warren smiled a guilty smile, "sorry, I wasn't thinking," Rogue smiled.
"S'okay, Ah was awake. Anyway, what's up?" Rogue asked as she put her hands in her front two pockets of her pyjama pants. Warren then noticed what she was wearing and immediately blushed. Rogue was wearing a two piece set of pyjamas and on the pyjamas were ducks. Her tank top was snug and she shorts were short. This was the least amount of clothes Warren had ever seen Rogue wear. Normally she was wearing piles and piles of clothing, why's she wearing these now? He then knew the answer, he even came this morning to her room to ask her, 'Is it true?' but he guessed that he didn't need to ask now.
"Oh, nothing. I guess I got my answer already," Warren said as he brought his hands up and down to show her body. Rogue looked confused for a second but then frowned, she didn't really take the cure and now one of her good friends is looking at her like she is a traitor. She sighed; she really didn't want to go through this now especially since she was looking forward to this day.
"Warren, Ah gotta get ready ta go somewhere, sorry; but Ah'll catch ya later, right?" Rogue asked. Warren then smiled.
"Sure, right, I know. Girl Stuff," he said whilst he grinned. Rogue then grinned.
"Yeah, girl stuff," Rogue said. Warren then winked and went down the hallway. Rogue went into her room and sighed. Warren was such a tease... but in a good way. She was also a bad girl, she watched his ass too intently when he left her room and also the way his abs looked in that tight T-Shirt he was wearing. And, his arms; his muscled arms, how much- STOP IT ROGUE! Rogue thought to herself. She realised that she was fantasising about one of her friends. Now that is just sad, she also is going out with a guy today, she shouldn't be distracted about this guy. She closed her door and finished her hair. She let the curls bounce on her shoulders and moved her white streaks all around her head. Since Rogue figured out how to control Magneto's power, her white streaks increased and now they were everywhere, especially since they did grow back.
Rogue closed her room door and went down the hallway. She got to the kitchen and felt a lot of stares, but before anything could make her feel angry or sad,
"Hey Chica!" Jubilee said.
"Hey Jubes, what's up?" Rogue asked whilst cutting an orange with a knife.
"I see you got your hair ready for your date today... hmm?" Jubilee said. Rogue just shrugged.
"Yeah, Ah guess, Ah really like him, y'know?" Rogue said whilst she squeezed the orange juice into a cup.
"Yeah, I know. Especially since you kissed him!" Jubilee nearly yelled.
"Jubilee... SHH!" Rogue hissed in her face.
"Don't worry, girlie! No one's here. Besides, we need to tell all of the guys in this place that you aren't available anyway," Jubilee said. Rogue's eyebrows furrowed.
"Why do we have to do that? Why would they want they want ta date meh?" Rogue asked. Jubilee just stared at her.
"Because Chica, you're hot! Especially since they know that you can touch and are seeing that curvaceous body of yours! Girl, you are definitely smokin'! That's why they need to know that you aren't available. Understand?" Jubilee said.
"Jubes, Ah'm not that good lookin'. B'sides, it's not like they would want meh anyway. Ah'm the traitor remember? Anyway, Ah can't trust anyone anyway; it went all down the drain when Ah caught my EX-boyfriend screwing another girl. Ah hate Bobby! Also, today Warren caught up with me and he was lookin' at meh like Ah'm some sort of weakling, they don't know meh, only you know meh," Rogue growled. Jubilee looked sympathetic. She stood up and hugged Rogue.
"Don't worry girlie! Everything is gonna be okay! Besides, your hubby knows your secret so there's nothing to be worried about," Jubilee said. Rogue just smiled a sad smile at her and thought to herself, 'I hope,'
"What hubby and what secret?" Bobby entered into the kitchen. Rogue body structure stiffened and her hands started to freeze. Luckily Jubilee noticed this before Rogue did and said to her,
"Rogue, unfreeze your hands," Jubilee whispered. Rogue went out her that state and inconspicuously opened her Zippo and let the fire do the job. When she felt the fire run through herself, she immediately felt at home. Fire was her favourite thing to manipulate, it made her feel warm and at ease. John's body temperature was always higher than the normal person. So was Rogue's when she used fire but she had normal temperature anywhere else because Bobby's ice cooled her down.
"What do ya want Bobby?" Rogue asked as she quietly closed her Zippo. Bobby looked down at the floor.
"I wanted to say sorry Rogue," Rogue was shocked, Bobby never said sorry to her before, "I'm sorry that Kitty was mean to you yesterday, I'm not quite sure what went through her at that moment. Personally, I think she has always been jealous that you were my first girlfriend not her. Yeah, so I want to say sorry on both out accounts," Bobby said whilst looking down and rubbing the back of his neck. Rogue just nodded. She didn't like him anymore but this made her feel sort of wanted. She also half smiled.
"Uh... Thanks, Ah guess," Rogue said. Bobby nodded at her. He went to the pantry to get some cereal.
"So... what hubby, again?" Bobby asked. Rogue froze, she said, "no-one!" whilst Jubilee said, "her boyfriend!" at the same time. Bobby's eyebrows rose.
"What? You got... a... boyfriend?" Bobby asked, jealousy rushing through him. Rogue blushed scarlet and Jubilee laughed.
"Well he's not ma boyfriend... yet," Rogue said as she looked down embarrassed. Bobby's jealously increased. He thought to himself, whoa slow down there buddy! It's been months since the break up! You shouldn't be jealous, you got Kitty! He grimaced, Kitty'd been an annoying prick lately and he really wanted to end it with her because he really got hypnotized by that butt Lorna has. No! Stop it Bobby, I thought we were jealous about Rogue here! Bobby sighed; he really was the slut Rogue said he was.
"Yet? You mean, you're gonna date this guy?" Bobby asked.
"Course she'll wanna date this guy! He's hot! Very, very hot Bobby, not like you Ice Man," Jubilee said trying to get him out of the kitchen. Apparently it worked when he glared at Jubilee and took his cereal and went to his room.
"Why did you do that?" Rogue asked Jubilee.
"Coz he's sooo annoying!" Jubilee said in a voice that voiced, 'Duh!'
"Ah know but its funny when he's jealous especially when he's jealous about meh!" Rogue said as her eyes glazed over.
"Y-you mean, you still have feelings for him after everything he has done?" Jubilee asked shocked. Rogue shook her head.
"No, Ah don't have feelings for him. It's just that Ah like it when he's jealous because that makes me think that my time with him wasn't really a joke, it was actually real," Rogue said whilst looking down. Jubilee smiled at her.
"Well, I don't really know but I do think Bobby still has feelings for you but they are more brotherly, sisterly type; although, remember what you said before, you hate him..." Jubilee said.
"True, but still, Ah just want ta know if Ah wasn't just a fake girlfriend," Rogue said.
"Of course you weren't!" Jubilee said although she wasn't quite sure of it.
Rogue sat on the top of the roof crying, she patted the cement rooster that showed which direction it was and said, "why, why does it only happen ta me?"
Warren went off to his daily fly around the mansion, he had to keep those wings moving or else they could get stiff and be a real pain. He took off his shirt and stretched his wings wide. He leapt of the ground and let the wings do the job. Flying was his favourite thing to do, it made him feel free and in control. He circled some of the trees and went higher and higher, he flew around the trees and dodged the branches. In and out, in and out in a soothing rhythm. After awhile he decided to go back to the mansion, when he was flying he saw someone on the roof. No one else besides him had the ability to fly, so who could it be? He flew close to the person and realised it was a... girl, with long locks of curly brown hair and many different white streaks. Rogue! But how'd she get up here and why's she crying? He landed on the patch of roof next to her and started to sooth her. After awhile she stopped crying.
"How'd you get up here, Rogue?" Warren asked. Rogue sniffled and it looked like she was debating something large.
"Um... Warren, can Ah tell ya something that no one else besides, meh, Jubes and... a... friend knows and you can't possibly tell ANYONE, can Ah tell ya something?" Rogue asked. Warren looked at her sceptically.
"Uh... sure," Warren said. Rogue sniffled and wiped her nose.
"Well, Ah never took the cure alright, Ah just got in control of mah powers," Rogue said. Warren looked shocked, he never thought of that situation, "Ah got in control of them a couple of months ago when Ah was going home to Mississippi. Ah was on the train and this lady called Carol told meh she was a mutant as well. She found out what mah powers were and immediately held on to mah hand for dear life. Ah drained her till she died. After wards, she helped meh gain control and told meh that Ah could use other people's powers when ever Ah want to. The power's Ah got are, ice, metal, telekinesis, telepathy, regen healin', fire, flight, super strength and invulnerability," Rogue said. Warren was shocked, he didn't realise that she could do that much stuff.
"Who's got, fire, flight, super strength and invulnerability?" Warren asked.
"Well, Ah absorbed John back in the day and Carol had the other stuff- Oops... you dunno about John," Rogue said. Warren shook his head; no, "well John used to go here but then he left us for Magneto and he's the one that Ah told you before that knows besides you, meh and Jubes," Rogue said.
"You mean, you told a traitor but none of the other X-Men?" Warren asked shocked.
"Ah don't think of John as a traitor Ah think of him more as a friend than anyone else here. He's tough around the edges but when you get inside he's sweet. He trusts meh but the question now is, can Ah trust you with mah secret or will ya tell anyone? Cos' Ah don't trust anyone here and ya pretty privileged ta know mah secret," Rogue said.
"Don't worry Rogue, I won't tell anyone, anyway, why were you crying just before?" Warren asked.
"Nothing, it was just nothing. Cat fights, just them. Yeah, CAT fights," Rogue said. Warren rubbed her back.
"Come on Rogue, you can tell me," Warren said tipping her chin upwards to make her look straight into his eyes.
"Fine, it was just Kitty. She's bein' so mean ta me lately, it's gettin' quite annoying. She always keeps saying that Ah'm a traitor ta mah own kind and that Ah should leave. Ah've also noticed that Bobby isn't really caring about Kitty anymore although she thinks he is. He's more interested in that Lorna Dane girl. Polaris, Ah think. The girl with the green hair and Kitty thinks the reason Bobby isn't that interested in her anymore is because of meh and now she's treating meh lahke some piece of shit. It's so hard now days, Ah don't even think Ah belong here," Rogue said as she buried her tear stained face into Warren's shoulder. Warren began to soothe her again.
"It's okay Rogue, don't worry about it. You belong here with me and the others," Warren said. Rogue's eyes then widened.
"Oh my god, what's the time?" Rogue asked.
"Um... it's 1:53pm... is everything oka-" Warren got cut off.
"Oh my god, Ah was supposed to meet him at 1:30. Damn! Ah gotta go Warren! Ah'm seein' Johnny today," Rogue said. Warren then sighed jealously.
"Okay, see you later," Warren said.
"Bye!" Rogue said as she jumped off the roof and flew off into the distance.
End of Chapter 3!
Hope you liked it and please review!