A Tale of Two Animals Chapter 4

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Logan: Hurry up kid, it's time to get started.

Aburameclanhead: Then without further ado, I present chapter 4 of A Tale of Two Animals.

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Laura was completely distracted from her classes all day, she'd been at this school for about a month and had straight As, until HE came. Shawn had been going to Bayville High for a week and Laura couldn't keep her mind of him. 'Ugh, I can't even concentrate on a simple word problem. Maybe I should ask Logan or the Professor if something's wrong with me.'

Little did Laura know, but Rogue already had a pretty good idea what was going on and was determined to set them up. 'Maybe a boyfriend's just wha Laura needs to help her loosen up.' Despite what some might think, Rogue was a hopeless romantic and she was determined to get her grumpy friend a bo if it killed her.

Shawn was on the other end of school, in the chem lab. "KABOOM." Everyone turned to the back of the class to see a smoking table and a burnt Shawn pinned to the wall. The teacher walked over and helped Shawn to his feet. "Are you okay son?" he asked the boy.

"Yeah, ugh, sure. I've been through worse." Shawn said, trying to brush it off as nothing.

"You should go see the nurse." said the teacher, concerned. "No, no, I'm alright really, see? No burns.

"Well alright, but if anything seems wrong then go see the nurse." said the older man, knowing he was getting nowhere. Shawn just nodded as the bell rang and ran out into the hall. 'That was close, can't risk even the slightest chance of being found out as a mutant.' thought Shawn as he walked upstairs to his next class. Then he heard something from higher up and when he looked up he saw someone falling. He caught her and as he looked down at her beautiful, tan features he had only one thought. 'OH CRAP!'

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The bell rang and Laura was heading down the halls, 'What was that noise earlier? Sounded like an explosion, but it was pretty far off.' she thought. 'Whatever it stopped me thinking about Shawn, damn it, there I go again.' Laura was too distracted by her thoughts to notice that she was about to reach the stairs. "What the…!!!?" she half said, half screamed, as she fell down the stairwell. Just as she braced for impact, something wrapped around her and stopped her fall. She felt safe and warm with her face buried into her savior's chest. She took in the familiar scent moments before realizing what she was doing and looked up to see the last person she wanted to be around.

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The entire school heard what sounded like an angry banshee shriek just before a deafening slap. "Did zat sound like Laura to you?" asked Kurt, as he and the rest of the X-men rushed to see what could make an ex-assassin scream like that. When they got there, they were surprised to see Laura at the bottom of the stairs, rubbing her but after she fell, and Shawn just four steps up rubbing his face.

"What happened?" Scott asked worried they'd been attacked. "She fell down the stairs, I caught her, and she slapped me." said Shawn still surprised. "You mean you weren't attacked?" Jean asked, hardly believing that Laura would even fall down the stairs, let alone scream like that. "Why would you think that?" asked Shawn. "Like we heard Laura screaming all the way from the lunchroom." said Kitty. Laura turned red with embarrassment. "I..I screamed because he was man handling me!" she pointed at Shawn and ran out of the stairwell into the hall, leaving everyone even more confused than before, well the guys at least. The girls however were starting to catch on and were getting into matchmaker mode.

Meanwhile back at the institute, Ororo also had her mind on a scruffy healer, just an older model. She and Logan had known each other for a few years now and she had always had an attraction to him. Unfortunately with bother of their lives being so busy she rarely got the chance to be alone with him, but now was her chance and she was going to take it.

Logan was just sitting in the living room watching tv when all of a sudden the screen went blank. He looked over to see a smooth, dark skinned hand on the remote. Logan started to turn and said "Hey, what's the big ideeaaa?" The last part he messed up, seeing Ororo in a long, white, slim dress with a dangerously low neckline, high heels, and sterling silver, lightning bolt earrings, and her hair let all the way down.

"Uh" was all Logan could manage. Ororo chuckled, she's still got it. "Logan, I was thinking, we don't see much of each other anymore. Why don't we get something to eat, your treat." "Uh yeah, sure." Logan said, un-characteristically speechless and wide-eyed as he followed her out the door.

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Logan: I wouldn't just gawk at Ororo like that.

Ororo: Oh really Logan.

Logan: Ehhehe. Not one word kid.

Laura: I wouldn't act like that.

Aburameclanhead: Oh hey is that Shawn?

Laura: EEP! 'hides behind me' you ass.