Chapter 8

Clashing Dinner

"Can someone please pass the potatoes?" asked Warren.

Marie reached for the big bowl of potatoes in front of her and passed it to him. She looked around at every one at the table. She smiled to herself as she thought of how normal everyone looked. She turned to look at Bobby who sat next to her. He slowly chewed on his chicken as she smiled at him. She looked up and saw John and Kitty sit in front of her. She raised her eyebrow a bit. John looked like himself. But Kitty looked timid and uncomfortable; like she was punished for something she did or did not do. She quickly brushed those thoughts aside and continued to listen to a story Cain was telling them.

"So there I was, in the middle of the godforsaken wilderness with nothing but a pocket knife and the clothes on my back. The sun was slowly setting and I knew that if I didn't find shelter fast, I would certainly freeze to death. I walked and walked for hours it seemed until I finally found a house." he stopped to take a sip of water and continued, "I knocked on the door and there was a middle aged woman who answered it. She let me in and I asked her if I could stay the night. But she said that I had to give her something in return. That night, she barged into my room, ripped the clothes off my back and reached for my…"

"Cain!" said Wanda interrupting him.

Jubilee and Peter laughed quietly.

"That was a, um, very interesting." said Ororo.

"Please forgive my ass of cousin for sharing that very graphic story." said Raven

"That's fine." said Scott.

Marrow started to play with her pocket knife as Callisto snickered something in her ear. Callisto looked at Marie and smirked.

"So what happened to you guys today?" asked Callisto as she looked at Marie and John.

"Nothing." said Marie.

"Really? I heard you guys got lost." said Marrow.

"What?" asked Ororo nearly choking on her food.

"We didn't get lost." said John.

Callisto gave a loud chuckle.

"What does it matter anyways?" asked Peter as he took a bite at his chicken "We're here aren't we?"

"Peter that is beside the point." said Kurt.

"Well nothing happened either way. We found our way back and we're all alright." said John.

There were a few seconds of silence. All that could be heard was Marrow flicking open her pocket knife and closing it again.

"Sarah, would you please stop that?" asked Erik.

Marrow just rolled her eyes and put her knife back in her pocket.

Erik looked back at Marie. "Well," he said, "All that matters is that you're here now, safe and sound."

Callisto raised her eyebrow. She gave a cold stare to Marie who just glared at her in return.

"Marie," she said, "I went your room last night to see how you were doing and you weren't there."

Every one turned to look at Marie waiting for an answer.

"I couldn't sleep, so I came downstairs and read in the parlor."

"That's funny, because I came downstairs and I didn't see you down here."

"May be by the time you came downstairs I went back up using the stairs in the other end of the house." she said giving Callisto a cold look.

"Why would you use the other stairs?"

"What does it matter?" said Marie raising her voice a bit.

"It matters because we all know your history every time it comes to you not being able to sleep."

"And what exactly is my history?"

"I don't think it's appropriate to discuss this in front of guests."

"Then why are we discussing it?"

"Because we both know what happens when you lie to people."

"What are you talking about?"

"Do you really not know?"

"Callisto would you just stop it?" asked John.

"What, I can't even ask my cousin what she did last night?"

"That's enough Callisto." said Erik looking grimly at her.

"C'mon Marie, what lies did you tell this time?"

"Callisto." warned Erik.

"Was it the one about the ice castles?"

Bobby saw Marie clench her fist as she stood up and started to walk away.

"Callisto, I said enough!" shouted Erik.

"May be that's why they left." said Callisto taking a drink of water. "They finally saw you for what you really are." she turned her head to see Marie standing in the doorway. "You're nothing but a lying, conniving, selfish whore."

Marie turned around and glared at Callisto. She walked right up to where she sat. Marie leaned down to look at her cousin in the eyes. "You're one to talk."

"What-," Callisto tried to speak but Marie waved her off.

"At least people actually pay attention to me."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Girls, please." said Jean.

"At least, I'm not the backstabbing bitch that every one wants dead."

At that moment Callisto slapped Marie across the face.

Everyone gasped as Marie got a hold of Callisto's hair and pulled her up. Callisto Started to pull Marie's hair as well.

"You fucking bitch!" yelled Callisto.

"Girls stop it!" yelled Erik getting up from his seat.

John and Kurt quickly got up and tried pulling the girls apart.

"John get Marie out of here!" yelled Cain as he got up from his seat.

Marie suddenly punched Callisto in the face as she felt John hold her arms against her body and drag her out of the room. Callisto kicked Kurt between his legs before he could get a hold of her. Cain tried to interfere but tripped when Marrow purposely stuck her foot out.

"I'm gonna kick your ass you fucking whore!" Callisto yelled as she ran towards John and Marie.

Erik and the others got up and ran towards them.

Bobby tried to get past everyone, but found it hard when they all tried to get through the door at the same time. He could hear more yelling coming from the parlor. Once he finally got through he saw everyone crowd around the front door. He was able to get through them and run to help John and Pietro separate Callisto and Marie.

"Marie let her go!" yelled Bobby as he grabbed a hold of her arm.

"Callisto, stop this fucking nonsense!" yelled Pietro.

Marie kicked Callisto in the stomach as Callisto fell down on the snow. Marie then got away from Bobby's grasp and got on top of Callisto, punching her and pulling her hair as hard as she could. She felt Bobby try to pull her away but she held on hard to Callisto's hair.

Callisto felt around her and found a piece of ice. She got a hold of it and hit Marie in the head with it. She rolled Marie off of her and got on top of her.

"Callisto stop it!" yelled Jean.

Callisto punched her and left a deep scratch across Marie's face. Suddenly, she felt Peter grab her and pick her up. She tried to kick him away but Cain picked her up and put her over his shoulder. She looked towards Marie and saw her try to get away from Bobby and John's grasp.

Marie slapped John and ran towards Cain. Callisto saw this and Bit Cain in the ear.

"Fucking bitch!" he yelled in pain.

Callisto ran towards her but was suddenly stopped as she felt herself get slapped and fell face down on the snow. She looked up to see who it was and was shocked to see it was none other than Erik.

"ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU!" He yelled. He looked at Marie was currently being held back by Bobby and John.

"This is no way to act in front of guests!" he looked at both of them. "Now I want you guys to stop this nonsense at once." He looked at Marie, "Marie, get in the house NOW!" Marie slowly started to walk towards the door with Bobby and John still holding her arms. He then looked at Callisto, "Callisto, I'm very ashamed of you. How could you do this when you know the condition Marie is in?"

Callisto slowly got up and kept her head down. Marrow kneeled down next to her.

"Are you alright?" she asked her.

Callisto looked up and met her friends stare. "I will be once that bitch is gone."

Marrow smirked at her friend, "From what we both know, it might not be that long."

Callisto slowly got back up on her feet. "C'mon," she said, "let's go, the farther I'm away from her the better."

Marrow slowly nodded and followed Callisto into the woods.

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"Wow, that was some dinner." said Jubilee as she walked into the room she was sharing with Kitty.

"Yea, some dinner." said Kitty with a sigh as she sat down on her cot.

Jubilee raised her eyebrow, "What wrong with you?" she asked

"Huh," Kitty murmured as she looked at her friend, "um, nothing"

"Sweetie, you're not a very good liar." Jubilee said as she sat down on her bed across from Kitty.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, you've were acting so strange all during dinner, like you did something bad or something like that."

Kitty looked up and met her friends gaze.

"Tell me Kitty, what's wrong? You know you could trust me."

Kitty let out a bigger sigh. All the while she was thinking telling Jubilee what she heard; the conversation that somehow revolved around Marie and the condition she will soon be in. Should she tell? What would be the consequences of her actions? Whatever the answers may be, she knew that she had to act fast.

"What do you do" began Kitty, "if you hear something you know you were not supposed to hear?"

"I don't know." said Jubilee, "I guess it depends on the conversation I heard."

"So if someone were talking about, let's say Warren, would you tell him?"

"Yea, I guess would. I-mean he's one of my closest friends. Why wouldn't I tell him?"

"But what if you didn't know him that well, what if you just met him…um, let's say two days ago?"

"Well, if I just met him two days ago then I guess it wouldn't really matter to me."

"But what if its something so big it would affect the persons life forever?"

"Then yea, I guess I would."

"Even if you weren't supposed to hear what they said about him in the first place?"

"Ugh, Kitty where are you getting at? What did you hear that's so bad?"

This was the moment of truth. Should she tell, or shouldn't she?

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"Come in!" said Marie as she heard a knock on the door. Marie sat at her dressing table slowly combing her hair. She looked at her mirror as she saw Bobby walk in the door.

"Hey." he said as he sat on her bed.

She tied her hair up in a pony tail, "Hey". She tucked a strand of her silver streaks behind her ears and slowly traced the scratch that Callisto had given her earlier that evening.

"That's some scratch she gave you."

"This," she said tracing it, "its nothing."

"So, um…do you want to talk?" he asked.

She slowly turned around to look at him. "Talk about what?" she asked as she got up and walked over to her drawer. She started to fumble around with books and papers in the top drawer.

"About what just happened?"

She turned around and met his stare. She bit her bottom lip.

"Look, I don't know the reason why you and Callisto don't get along, but I do know that what she said to you hurt you a lot."

She turned around again and fumbled with her top drawer.

"Marie, what's wrong? You could talk to me you know you can."

"What do you want to know?" she asked as she closed her top drawer and opened the second one.

"Who was she talking about?"

She closed the drawer and turned once more to meet his stare. "It doesn't matter anymore. It was no one important."

"Are you sure?"

"Yea, you know what, just don't worry about it. I'm over it you know it was just a silly fight that I'm totally embarrassed of right now."

"Well if it helps, you totally kicked her ass."

She smiled as she went to sit next to him.

"What do you have in your hands?" he asked.

She looked down to look at what she held in her hands. He followed her stare and saw a gold locket dangling on a chain with the engraved letters L. J. on it. She sighed.

"It was my mothers." she said rubbing it carefully. "These are her initials on it."

"It's beautiful."

"I don't like wearing it because my mom accomplished so many things while wearing this necklace and I'm scared that if I wear it I'll do something bad and I'll disappoint her. So every time I do something that I know would disappoint her I get it and rub it hoping that she would forgive me for doing something foolish."

"I think your mom would be glad that you stood up for yourself." he reached over and grabbed her hand.

She looked at him and felt her heart flutter inside. She stared deeply into his blue eyes.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked him.

"You." he smiled at her and stood up. He walked over to her window looked out at the frozen lake. "Marie, there's something I need to tell you." He turned around to look at her.

Marie stood up, "There's something I have to tell you too."

"You can go first."

"No, you go first. It'll be much easier for me."

He turned to look out the window again.

"Marie, I don't know what it is. But ever since I got here I've been getting the strangest feelings that I've never had before."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know," he turned to look at her again. "I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like you. I like you a lot. And every time I hear Ms. Munroe or Mr. Summer's say that we'll be leaving soon I get depressed because I know that when we do leave I'll probably never see you again."

"Bobby…"

"I know its weird 'cause we just met about two days ago, but for some reason I feel like I've known you for a long time…"

Marie wanted to smile but she couldn't because at that moment, she got one of her piercing headaches again. The voices suddenly came back. Their voices were echoing around her head making her uneasy. She felt queasy as she started walked over to him.

"Bobby…" she said barely audible.

"Marie, what's wrong? You look tired." he grabbed both of her hands and kissed them gently.

Marie didn't know why, she didn't know how. But every time she seemed to get near Bobby or touch him her headaches and the voices go away. This only made her want to tell him her secret even more. But when? When would be the right time? She had wanted to tell him then, but he wanted to tell her something as well.

"I am a little. You see, kicking ass takes a lot out of you." she smiled as she pressed her lips against his. He gently cupped her face and pulled her closer to him. She wrapped her arms around his head gently ran her fingers through his hair.

At that moment Marie un-intentionally opened her eyes. She felt the air leave her lungs as she felt like she was flying. She looked up and saw a white eagle killing a snake while it flew high over large glaciers. She quickly closed her eyes as she felt Bobby pull away.

She opened her eyes and met his gaze.

"Hey," he said in a surprising tone.

"What?"

"Your scratch, its gone."

She touched the cheek where the scratch had once been. "I'm, uh, I'm a fast healer. See, I told you it was nothing."

"Oh," he said, "so what were you going to tell me?"

"Oh, right". She walked back towards her drawer and placed her locket inside the top drawer.

"Look Bobby, I haven't been completely honest with you." she turned to look at him.

"What do you mean?"

"There's something about me, about my family that you don't know."

"What are you guys like a Mafia or something like that?"

"No, it's something a little bit more serious."

"Oh. Ok then what is it?"

"Me and my family, we're cur-"

But Marie was interrupted when John and Peter suddenly walked in the room.

"Hey," said John.

"Hey." said Bobby.

"How are you doing?" Peter asked Marie.

"Fine, but I'm telling you right now, it's Callisto you should be worrying about not me." she said with a smirk.

"Hey Bobby, um Cain wants us to go out back to help him get some fire wood." said John.

"Sure," he turned towards Marie, "um, we can talk later right?"

"Yea, sure go ahead. I'll meet you afterwards."

The guys all nodded and left the room. Marie was left alone in her room. She suddenly became very tired. Slowly, she started to walk towards her bed and lied down. She rested her head on her pillow and closed her eyes. She had forgotten the feeling of taking a nap after a day of hard work. She was nervous about what she would be telling Bobby, but that would have to wait for now. She took in a deep breath while she slowly drifted off to sleep.

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Hey guyz,

sorry for the long update. School has totally taken over my life. I had 4 major projects due this week. I promise I'll try not to let it happen again. Anyways, I hope you liked it.

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