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Chapter 3 Not Fine
Rogue woke up and from the moment she got out of her bed, she walked to her cd player to start her cd of Kelly Clarkson. She pushed the number 11 on her remote and the song "Hear Me" began to play.
She walked to her closet and got dressed in her usual clothes with sleeves, not wanting to expose too much skin. She didn't want to hurt anybody in the school by touching them. Although it was Sunday, she was planning to spend the day with John, Bobby, Kitty and Jubilee.
She entered her small bathroom in her room and splashed some water in her face to make sure she was completely awake. She dried her face off with a small towel and looked in the mirror. Her first reaction was her eyes widening.
Her cheek wasn't red anymore but it was now in a soft colour of light blue, only visible when someone got really close but it was visible non the les, she knew it would get worse but she decided it would be best if she would let it be like it was.
She walked down to the playroom and saw Bobby and Kitty sitting on the bench. John and Jubilee were playing a card game but John looked up when he saw her entering the room. He smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Hey guys. Mind if I joined you?" Rogue smiled
"Not at all Marie…"
Rogue rolled her eyes when John called her Marie. She hated it when people called her Marie. Only Logan was allowed to call her like that…but he wasn't here.
They played two games of card when Rogue's cell phone rang, she excused herself and left the room. However, the conversation was still hearable in the playroom.
"Hello?"
"Hey Rogue, How are you babe?"
"How do you think I am!"? Rogue retorted
"Come on sweetheart…I'm sorry alright? Please forgive me?"
"Sorry won't take it all away Vincent." Rogue was close to tears now but refused to let them fall. She hung up the phone and whipped the tears from her face before walking back in the room.
When she entered the room. John who just smiled briefly hugged her at her soft; his lighter was still in his hand. He looked at her with the look of "Are you alright" on his face. She just nodded and hugged him again.
He briefly touched her cheek confused; she looked away to the other side of the room as he touched her, not only for her powers, but also for the pain in her cheek. John just smiled at her, knowing she would tell him when she wanted and walked with her to the sofa to look at the television.
In the evening, Rogue walked to her room. From the moment she was in her room. She felt safe, secure, knowing she couldn't be hurt in her room with nobody there. She walked to the bathroom and finally saw what made John look so confused at her cheek.
Her cheek was bruised; in the morning it was still light blue but now it was light blue to dark blue and it hurted a lot when she touched it. She sighed and made a mental note to herself not to sleep on that cheek.
She got dressed in her sleeping clothes and went to sleep on her other cheek.
Trying not to think of Vincent or the bruise. She fell asleep with the thought of Logan in her mind.
When she awoke the next morning, the bruise had not changed colour, it was still half light blue and half dark blue. She knew John had already seen it so she knew Kitty, Jubilee and Bobby had seen it too, maybe not…
She sighed and decided to let it be like it was. Not caring about what the people would think. She would try to hide it but it would look suspicious then. She sighed; John had always taken care of her, he would not tell anyone from where the bruise was. Rogue knew that he knew from where the bruise was although she did not tell him.
She smiled, he was her best friend. She knew Bobby wanted to be with her but she didn't love Bobby as he loved her. She smiled, as she knew that John would protect her when Logan wasn't there.
Logan…he was like a father figure to her, but she didn't mind, she loved him and she hoped he loved her too. She was dressing herself as her cell phone went off again. It was eight o'clock in the morning.
"Hello?" Rogue asked kinda cold
"Rogue? Please let me talk this one out baby. I love you. It was never my intention to hurt you like that." Vincent sounded as he hadn't slept in days and was on the verge of tears
"Vincent, my cheek is blue, how am I supposed to explain that to the teachers!"
"I'm so sorry Rogue…Please forgive me…""I need time alone Vincent. Time to think about it." Rogue said with pain in her voice. She didn't want to show Vincent she was weak. She had survived Liberty Island, she would survive this obstacle on her way too.
Before Vincent could say another word, she disconnected the line between the two of them. She shut down her cell phone so she would not get another call of him during classes. She walked out of her room and was surprised to see John at her door.
John was in his normal Monday mood, which included his repeated line of "I hate Monday's", He was dressed in his brown jacket and his hair was backwards in gel. His lighter was in his hand. Click, click, click, and click…
Rogue smiled and John smiled back. Together they walked to the classes, ignoring the looks Rogue got on her cheek. Before they joined with the others, John pulled her into an empty classroom;
"John? What's wrong?" Rogue asked worried
"What happened to you? You're cheek is bruised." John nodded to her cheek
"Ow…that..." Rogue whispered guilty
"What happened Marie?"
"Just a small accident." Rogue shook her head, her eyes closed, afraid to look him in his eyes
"It was him wasn't it." John asked angry
"It was who." Marie asked innocent, trying not to tell from where the bruise was
"It was that boy you are dating with. He did that to you didn't he."
"Look John. I don't want to talk about it for now all right? Could you just drop the subject?"
John sighed but nodded, he knew it was Vincent who did this to her and he promised Logan he would protect her…
They walked to the group and didn't talk about the bruise for the rest of the day; Rogue saw Bobby look strange at the bruise but was glad he did not ask anything about it. When the classes were over at 4 o'clock, she got a mental note of Professor X to come to his office.
She knocked on his door and heard a soft "Come In" in her head. She smiled as she entered the headmaster's room.
"Hello Marie."
"Hello Professor, you wanted to see me?"
"Yes, I did. I heard from the teachers you have a nasty bruise on your cheek. Have you've been to Jean already?"
"No, not yet. I didn't plan to either." Rogue retorted
"Do you mind if I ask you how do you got that bruise?"
Rogue sighed, she knew he would ask about it and she knew she couldn't lie to him. She looked at him with a soft smile and nodded.
"I don't want to talk about it. But if you want I can show it to you."
"Do you really want to show it to me?" The professor asked concerned.
Rogue nodded and the professor made a movement that meant she should lie down on the bed. "I'm only going to look for the information I want. Nothing more." Rogue nodded again and closed her eyes, relaxing.
The professor looked into her mind and saw the Rogues memory of the event that caused her bruise. Rogue and Vincent were sitting on the bed, in his room.
He lifted her chin up until she looked at him and his lips met hers.
At first, the kiss was gentle, but after a few seconds of kissing, the kiss stopped and before she could regain her strength of the kiss, or even her breath. She was tackled down on the bed. Her eyes widened and fear began to rise in her mind.
Vincent was on top of her and before she could say anything. He was kissing her again. This time, she didn't kiss him back. This kiss was not one of love; this was a kiss of hunger. She did not like it one bit.
His arms held her arms down. His weight was on her legs so she couldn't move them. She couldn't move and the kiss kept during. After a minute, Rogue had finally gathered her strength to move and kick him from her.
Vincent was panting for breath. Rogue immediately stood up from the bed and looked at him, scared. Vincent was just smirking, still panting for breath. He stood up from the bed and came closer to Rogue.
Rogue backed away from him but when she was trapped between the door and the closet. She couldn't do anything against him. Vincent smiled at her and then slapped her across her face. Causing her to fall down on the ground.
She was confused by his actions. She looked up to him, tears sprang in her eyes as she felt the pain go trough her cheek. Vincent looked angry and Rogue quickly stood up and looked at him.
The professor stopped with looking at the memory and Rogue shot up on the couch. Small tears were in her eyes but she refused to let them fall. Seeing everything again brought back the pain in her cheek but she refused to let Professor Xavier see it.
"I'm sorry Rogue."
"It's nothing. You had my permission to see it Professor. Just promise me you won't tell the teachers."
"I promise but I don't want you to go that boy so much anymore…"
Rogue sighed, she knew he would tell her something like that but she did not expect him to allow her to go to him, he allowed her to go to him, but not as much as before.
"Alright, only if you promise me something.."
"What exactly Marie?" Professor Xavier asked her
"If Logan comes back, and I still have that bruise…don't tell him from where it is…"
"Alright, I promise Marie…now go make your homework…" The professor nodded and Rogue left his room.
While she walked to her room, she got some strange looks from the other students and it made her feel like she was a new student, it made her feel like all those years ago. All those years ago, when she and Logan came in the school, John had been the first one to welcome her.
He was sitting in front of her in history class and he had made a small ball of fire in his palm. Then Bobby froze it, causing him to shocked at the coldness in his hand, causing him to drop the fire that was frozen.
Bobby had made her an ice rose after that. She had smiled at him and since then, she was best friends with the two boys. Later on, she was more accepted in the school and she got along with everyone…or at least…almost everyone…
End of chapter 3I hope you all like the new version
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