Well… you guys seem to like it. Thank you for all the positive reviews so far, they are like drugs for the ego. sheepish grin. Anyway, we're coming up to the food court scene.

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Chapter 10

Road Trip

The next morning, Kitty and I woke up at about 8:00 to get dressed. I pulled on a pair of jeans and my American Psycho t-shirt and headed downstairs to the buses.

There were two buses waiting by the gates. Logan was driving one, Scott, the other.

I climbed onto Logan's bus and sat in the back with Rogue.

We were just about to pull out when I saw two figures making a mad dash for our bus. Logan threw the doors open and Bobby and John climbed in.

"I shoulda left you two." Logan said sharply.

"Sorry." Bobby said guiltily, shooting John a look.

"Forgot my lighter." John explained with a grin.

"We're going to the Natural History Museum, not a camping trip." Logan said.

Bobby and John made their way back to Rogue and I, stumbling as Logan flew around a corner onto a main road.

"Lighter?" I asked suspiciously, raising my eyebrows.

"Okay, okay. We slept a little late." Bobby said.

"What's 'a little late'?" Rogue questioned.

"8:50." Bobby said

"How is it that guys can wake up ten minutes before we're supposed to leave and look great, and if we did that, we'd look like Brides of Frankenstein?" I complained.

"'Cause girls get too hung up on their appearances. Nice shirt, by the way" John said.

"So me and Rogue should just do without makeup and brushing our hair tomorrow?" I asked them.

"No!" they both said quickly.

"Oh. Okay. If you really feel that way…" Rogue said, looking at me with a grin on her face.

"No!" they said again. Bobby gave Rogue his big blue puppy dog eyes, and she consented. I said I wouldn't, merely because I can't live without eyeliner.

We pulled into the parking lot about fifteen minutes later. As we filed off the buses, Storm was giving us an overview of what we'd be doing, so, naturally, we didn't listen, just nodded where it was appropriate and said yes and no. It's a handy little technique I picked up from Logan.

We went inside, and the first thing to our left was an information board plastered in articles about the 'Mutant Phenomenon'. I glanced at it, but didn't read into it, since it looked like a bunch of editorials about the Mutant Registration Act from a few years ago, some stuff on ex-senator Kelly, and some other dull political bits and pieces.

Storm and Logan went to the left of the food court, while Jean and Scott went to the right. I glanced at Rogue, and I saw Bobby and John exchanging similar glances.

As soon as our teachers were out of sight, so were we.

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