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"So...um I will bring your dinner up." Rogue said to Scott and hurried away to the kitchen to help Ororo with the dinner.
Scott nodded as he climbed up the stairs.
Rumors had been circulating over Scott's accident and Rogue and Jean's fight outside Professor's study. Although Scott was unaware of their fight, nobody wanted to tell him about it.
He reached his room and opened the door to find Jean sitting on his bed. "Uh..Jean! What are you doing here." he asked with a slight disappointment.
"I see you aren't happy to see me Scott Summers. For your information I just wanted to check on you, but have it your way." She spoke icily and got up from his bed.
Scott snapped at her attitude. He proceeded towards the desk as he scoffed at her. "Door's that way. You can show yourself out."
Jean was shocked at his comeback. "By the way, I know something is going on between you and goth girl." She spat back accusingly.
"Fuck off Jean. You can walk yourself out that door, before i do something you'll regret. " He said with his eyes glowing in anger.
Jean felt anger boiling in her. "You know she's a slut. She's nothing like me."
"I agree she isn't like you. There's a chasm of difference between her and you. And you know what that is? She doesn't use me like you do. She isn't blinded by popularity. You're just jealous that you aren't getting anywhere with your shitty excuse of a boyfriend anymore."
"Say one more word about Duncan and I will push you through the damn wall." Jean said seething in anger.
He laughed, shaking his head. "Speaking of walls, how does it feel like having them close in on you." He said in a low, threatening voice and stared at her in anger.
Jean couldn't think of a reply and left his room. She banged the door loudly and skulked back to her room.
Kitty opened the door to her room as she heard the sound. She saw Jean walk in anger. "Umm. Everything okay Jean?" Kitty asked the red haired girl, knowing it had to do something with Scott and Rogue.
Jean didn't respond and went to her room and shut the door loudly behind her.
Scott groaned in frustration. He was finally back in his senses. The pain killers were wearing off and his body started hurting again. 'I can't do this to Rogue. I can't pull her into my life. I am too messed up to be in a relationship. She deserves better.' He thought in his mind. He didn't want to hurt her. She was an amazing person. She was beautiful, daring and thoughtful. If he would drag her in his life romantically, she might get hurt. And that was the last thing he wanted to do. He hoped they could go back to being friends.
Kitty went to Scott's room to find out if he knew anything. She met Tabitha, Jubilee and Amara on her way. "Where ya going girl? Tabitha asked kitty.
" I'm just going to Scott's room to check on him." Kitty said as she walked past the girls.
"Whoa. So it is true! Wait up, we are coming with you to see scooter!" Tabitha said as they walked with kitty to Scott's room.
Kitty knocked on his door and opened it as she heard him tell her to come in. "Hey Scott" kitty greeted him and saw that he was sitting in front of his laptop on his bed.
"Hi... what's up?" Scott said sounding a little depressed.
"We just wanted to know if you knew something about Ms. Cheerleader being in a bad mood." Tabitha joined in. "By the way, how are you doin?"
"I'm fine. Yeah but i'd rather not discuss it." He replied.
"Is everything like alright between you two?" Kitty asked with concern as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"No. Don't you have something else to do besides gossip about people?" Scott spoke in annoyance.
"Whoa! I'm so glad I came here." Tabitha remarked sarcastically.
"Tabitha! Be serious. Rogue and Jean had a fight." Amara told Scott.
"What fight?" Scott asked curiously. "When did it happen?"
"Uhh... I don't know the exact details but it had something to do with your accident. Apparently Jean called Rogue names and Rogue retorted back and the professor had to stop it." Amara continued "Happened while you were asleep, I guess."
"I'll talk to Rogue and see if she's alright." Scott said frustrated that Rogue dint tell him about the fight.
"Uhh. What about Jean?" Kitty asked.
He was tired of how everyone perceived him as a boy scout. He had enough of it and couldn't tolerate it any longer. He was tired of people thinking that he and Jean belonged together. In fact, he was way different than Jean.
"You know what? I don't care." Scott said with a poker straight face and pursed his lips.
The girls eyes popped out at the nonchalant way Scott had just spoken about Jean.
"Scooter's not whipped after all." Tabitha said with a devious smile on her face.
Scott scoffed at her remark. "I don't get whipped. I do the whipping. Now if you could please leave, I have work to do."
The girls were shocked at what he just said. Tabitha laughed as she said "Now that's the Scooter I wouldn't mind getting whipped from!" She flirted shamelessly and winked.
"Out. Now." Scott told them. He wasn't being rude but he wasn't interested in being Tabitha's boy toy either.
"Yes Sir" Tabitha spoke and saluted. Amara and kitty rolled their eyes and the three girls left his room. As they shut the door, they ran to kitty's room.
'Great. That should give them enough time to think about the whole boy scout image.' He thought to himself. If only they knew what it was like for him when he was a kid.
"Did Scott just say that or am I hallucinating?" Amara asked and giggled.
"That accident sure made him interesting!" Tabitha chimed in and smiled naughtily. "Boyscout has it in him after all."
"Like yeah, I have never seen him like that before!" Kitty said in a dazed state.
The three girls looked at each other and giggled. "Wait till the others hear this!" Tabitha spoke. The girls groaned at her remark.
Rogue entered the room she shared with Kitty and spoke, "lets NOT do that." She said menacingly.
"What? No way girl! This is too juicy!" Tabitha spoke "By the way, what was the fight with Jean about?"
"Stop gossiping you three." Rogue glared at them as she went to get her clothes so she could take a shower.
"Rogue, we aren't like gossiping! Besides Scott and Jean had a fight, you have an opportunity girl. Make your move!" Kitty said excitedly
Rogue glared at kitty but Tabitha spoke up. "You have a crush on boy scout? Since when? Better make your move before I do. "
"I don't have a crush on him! " Rogue lied as she turned red. "And since when were you interested in Scott?" She asked a little jealous.
"Since he fought with Jean!" Kitty mentioned.
"You guys have fun gossiping like six year old girls. I'm outta here." Rogue said annoyed, as she left to take a shower.
Rogue had finished taking a shower. She felt fresh and proceeded to go to the kitchen to have dinner. All the students were present there. Dinner was loud and noisy as usual with the talking and chewing of food and running into each other. Meal times at Xavier's had always been chaotic because of a good number of mouths to feed. She grabbed two plates, one for her and one for Scott. Logan and Hank were seated at the adult's table along with the rest of the senior X-Men. She avoided looking at them directly due to the fact of having been caught kissing Scott outside the Professor's study. As she filed the plates with food, Logan eyed her suspiciously. She looked at him straight in the eyes. Apart from Scott and the adults, she was the only one who wasn't scared of him. "Stripes, Why aren't ya staying for dinner?" Logan asked narrowing his eyes at the second plate.
"Just keeping Scott company." She stated without flinching.
Logan growled softly and muttered something under his breath which earned a glare from Ororo.
Jean was busy glaring daggers at Rogue while the rest of the students at the table sat in an uncomfortable silence. Rogue avoided her glares and decided not to say anything as it would only cause more problems.
"Slim can get that food himself." Logan uttered finally breaking the silence.
Rogue scoffed and shook her head. "Doctors orders." She simply said and turned.
"He sure din't have any trouble lif...ow!" the man said not being able to complete the sentence and he turned towards Ororo as she jabbed him on his ribs with her elbows.
"Rogue, child..let me know if you and Scott need anything." Ororo told Rogue and continued eating dinner.
"Thanks 'Ro." Rouge smiled at her and went upstairs.
Rogue knocked on Scott's door as he motioned her to come in.
"Thanks for the food." Scott took the plates and placed them on the table. "I...Uh...We need to talk.." He saw the disappointment and hurt in her face when he uttered those words. It crushed him inside seeing her upset, but this had to be done. He didn't want to cause her any further pain.
"Don't say it Scott." She said softly, tears glistening her eyes.
"I'm sorry but this shouldn't have happened between us. It wasn't a good idea." Scott said, unable to look at her.
"Right. Why did ya kiss me then!" She cried out.
"I..uh..I wasn't thinking. I just...Rogue, you're amazing. You deserve someone better than me. Someone normal." He blurted out.
"If i told ya, i don't want someone normal, i just want you. What would you do?" She asked him knowingly.
"Rogue... I can't do this..." He looked away from her. He wanted to shout out to her that he loved her, he wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her everything was gonna be okay, but this wasn't gonna happen. "I'm sorry but i can't be with you." He felt his heart was being torn apart. He resisted reaching out to her and wiping those tears away from her face. He resisted pulling her to him and hugging her.
Tears flowed freely from her eyes and cascaded her cheeks and lips. "I don't get it. Why can't ya be with me? Is it because i can't touch longer than a minute?" She asked. She felt like he just blasted her heart with his powers.
"No. I can't be with you Rouge... I hope we can be friends." He said choking on his words.
Rogue looked at him as she was crying. Without saying a word, she simply left his room. She went to the room she shared with kitty. As she entered the room, she closed the door behind her and started sobbing uncontrollably.
Scott was in his room. 'I had to do that. I had to.' He said trying to convince himself. He started crying but his powers wouldn't let his tears flow down.