Chapter 45
Shadow dance
At the Institute
Rogue walked towards the subbasement elevator.
Suddenly Kitty phased through a door yawning.
"Not enough sleep? You and Lance were still on the phone at 1:30. So did you ask him?" Rogue asked.
"To the dance?" Kitty asked, "No, you know what everyone around here would say"
Kitty's relationship with Lance was strange at best. The two of them had a rough start, with Lance trying to use Kitty's powers to get the answers for their exams, but somehow the two never stopped talking. Alone that is, when they were with their teammates they kept up appearances and generally avoided one another. Since it would be frowned upon for the two of them to be friends, yet alone dating.
"Who cares?" Rogue said as she pressed the elevator button. Rogue wasn't one to judge someone's love interest, if Kitty likes Lance then it must be for a good reason.
"Hey, have you asked Dean yet? You better hurry before Jean moves in" Kitty said.
"Listen the last time I danced with a guy he nearly ended up in a coma" Rogue said looking down.
"But Dean knows, he won't touch you" Kitty reassured her.
"Ha, no touching? Sounds like a fun way to dance" Rogue said as the elevator doors opened, "I think I'll pass"
They both went in and the doors began to close.
"Hold that elevator!" Jean said from outside.
Kitty held the door for her and Jean walked in as the doors closed.
"Thanks guys forgot to set my alarm" Jean said.
"Why do we have to be at this anyways it's just a test for Dean" Kitty said.
"We work as a team so it's important to—"
"To know everything about each other's strengths and weaknesses" Rogue finished Jean's sentence, "Yeah, yeah, we know the drill"
As the elevator doors opened Rogue walked out first in a hurry.
Jean looked at Kitty, "What's her problem?"
"Aw she's just bummed about the girls dance, you know her no touching thing?" Kitty said.
"Oh" Jean said walking out with Kitty. She never gave Rogue a lot of thought but it must be frustrating to have her power.
The X-men plus Logan sat in the X-jet.
Dean sat in the pilot seat.
He'd been practicing on the jet simulator in the danger room for months and Logan thinks he's ready to do the real thing.
"Whenever you're ready bolt boy" Logan said.
Dean pressed a button and the hangar doors opened.
"Now don't forget, nice and easy" Logan said.
Dean rolled his eyes, "You mean boring" he fired the engines slowly and flew out of the hangar.
He flew through the sky like an expert.
"I'm impressed, even I wasn't this good the first time I piloted" Scott admitted.
Jean smirked, she was proud of her boyfriend.
Rogue on the other hand was concerned with something else. Dean looked like he wasn't enjoying himself.
"Is that the fastest you can go?" Rogue asked.
"No more like the slowest" Dean said.
"Spice things up a little bit!" Evan shouted from the back.
"I don't think Santa claws would enjoy it if I did" Dean said staring at Logan.
"I think you're too chicken" Rogue said with a smirk.
"Am I now?" Dean looked determined to prove otherwise.
He pulled up the jet and did a loop in the air.
"Oh man" Kurt said feeling a rush of adrenaline.
"Quit messing around kid!" Logan said grabbing his stomach. He gets very airsick.
"You think this is me messing around? No this is me messing around" Dean put full power into the engines and everyone became glued to their seats.
"Woo!" Rogue shouted in excitement.
Logan's hands couldn't move forward to grab the wheel, "Kid I'm gonna kill you!"
Dean then turned the wheel and the jet spun until it was upside down.
"Dude this is like a roller coaster!" Evan shouted.
"I think I'm gonna hurl" Kitty said covering her mouth.
"Dean I don't like this at all!" Jean shouted.
Dean sighed and rotated the jet to be right side up, "You guys are no fun at all" he turned around, and headed back to the Institute.
The sun was barely creeping over the horizon as the jet flew straight towards the waterfall, bold and determined, not showing any signs of pulling up. The hidden hanger revealed its doors, parting the water.
Everyone unstrapped their seat belts.
"That was cool" Kurt said spinning around from dizziness.
Kitty grabbed a paper bag and puked in it, "please don't ever let him drive again"
The sight of her puking almost made Logan do it, "Don't ever do that again" Logan warned him.
"Did I pass your damn test or not?" Dean asked.
"You're a natural pilot, but a reckless one" Logan reminded him, "I'm still gonna pick shades over you"
Dean shrugged, "I passed, so I don't care"
Later at Bayville high
Scott, Kurt, and Jean were walking down the hall together.
"He's way too reckless, he could have gotten us killed" Scott said.
"You might be right about him being reckless, but Dean knows better than that. He wouldn't put us in danger" Jean said.
"Don't waste your breath Jean, you know Scott has a stick up his butt" Kurt joked.
"What if one of us wasn't properly strapped in when he inverted the jet? We would have fell on our heads and broken our necks" Scott said.
"Geez man, give it a rest" Kurt said.
"Why should I? I may be a boy scout but at least my way of doing things ensures my teammates safety" Scott said.
Even though it could get annoying Scott's sense of responsibility made him seem so mature, which is one of the reasons why she secretly likes him.
"Sorry guys but I've gotta run" Jean said leaving.
Scott sighed, if only she wasn't going with Dean.
Jean suddenly stopped and faced him, "Scott, uh, can we talk in lunch?"
"Uh yeah sure. Outside in the yard?" Scott asked.
"Ok good, I'll see you then. Bye guys" Jean waved to them as she left.
Scott walked over to his locker while Kurt wondered about what Jean just said.
"Hey dude, I think she's gonna ask you to the dance today" Kurt said trying to psyche him up.
Scott opened his locker and thought about it for a moment, "Hmm, nah, she's going with Dean"
"Hey don't doubt the fuzzy one, I can sense these things" Kurt said with a cocky grin.
Scott smirked, "So fuzzy one" he grabbed a book from his locker and closed it, "Can you tell if that girl in your math class is gonna ask you today?
"Who? Amanda?" Kurt asked, "Uh maybe. Her friends say she likes me but she's so shy. Well I'm hoping" he crossed his fingers.
Scott chuckled, "Be cool"
They both went to their classes as the bell rang.
Lance was drinking out of the water fountain.
"Hi Lance" Kitty said with a happy expression, "What's up?"
"Oh uh, Hey Kitty" he wiped the water off his mouth, "Not much"
"It was fun talking last night" Kitty said trying to get his attention.
"Yeah" Lance admitted, "Well see you around" he kept on going.
"Uh Lance" Kitty walked in front of him, "Would you like…I mean would you go to the dance with me?"
Lance felt nervous but he tried to look more aloof, "Eh, I'll have to think about it"
"Oh, ok" Kitty said holding her books close to her chest awkwardly. He didn't sound very excited, "I understand, let me know" she turned around and walked slowly.
Lance watched her leave and mustered the courage, "Hey Kitty I thought about it, and the answer is yes"
Kitty turned to look at him for a moment with a bright smile then kept on going with a little skip in her walk.
"Alright" Lance felt pumped and accidentally shook the ground.
Kitty stopped and turned to look at him as she laughed.
Lance scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
The bell rang signaling all the students it was lunchtime.
Kurt and the rest of his math class got out of their seats and headed for the door.
Walking out the door simultaneously, coincidently, was Kurt and Amanda Sefton.
Amanda had caramel skin, long braided dark hair, and a cute face that Kurt was fond of staring at in class. She seemed to like him but he could never find a way to start a conversation with her.
"Have you been asked to the dance yet?" Amanda asked looking down awkwardly.
That threw Kurt completely off guard, "Uh, no uh, actually I—I mean no. Uh not anyone has asked me no not yet" he spewed out the first words that came to mind which made him sound like a toddler who was panicking.
Amanda smiled, she thought he looked cute when he was nervous, "Would you, uh, go with me?" she looked at him.
"Who me?" Kurt asked sounding shocked, "Uh, yeah, sure, ok!" he got excited really fast.
"You would? Awesome" Amanda turned around to leave in a hurry but she stopped, "So I'll call you later ok?"
"Uh huh" Kurt nodded.
Amanda waved at him as she walked away with her friends.
Kurt had a goofy grin on his face, the fuzzy one had a date!
Dean put his bookbag in his locker. Tonight was the Sadie Hawkins dance, the one he's been hearing about for months.
After enough banter with his girlfriend Dean decided to give in and go with her. He'd already bought a tux and everything.
Dean closed his locker and sniffed a familiar scent in the air. He turned around and saw Rogue standing right next to him.
"You're very quiet" Dean said.
"Thanks?" Rogue didn't know what else to say.
"You'd be a good assassin" Dean said.
"Is fighting all you think about?" Rogue laughed.
"You know sometimes, very rarely, when I'm alone" Dean leaned closer to her like he was about to tell her a secret.
Rogue leaned closer.
"I think about you dressed as a clown" Dean admitted with a smirk.
Rogue shook her head and laughed, "I hate you sometimes"
Dean laughed, "I can just imagine you with a squeaky red nose"
Rogue punched his arm, "Shut up"
Dean rubbed his arm as if it hurt, "So what can I do for you"
"I uh…" Rogue hesitated to speak, her heart was beating faster the more she thought about it.
Dean heard her heartbeat, she was incredibly nervous about something, "Rogue are you ok? Your heart is racing"
Rogue gulped, it made it even worse that he knew she was nervous, "Would you…go to the dance with me?"
Dean's face fell, oh lord, this was going to be painful.
Dean held her arms and looked at her with a painful expression, "I would love nothing more than to go with you Rogue, believe me. But I'm probably gonna go with Jean"
Rogue frowned, "I understand"
Down the hall three girls walked towards Dean.
Missy, Sissy and Chrissy eyed up Dean.
Ever since he arrived they had had their eyes on him. He was a gorgeous hunk. So far he had resisted their advances but they could be patient. They were certain they were wearing him down.
Missy looked at Rogue who was frowning and laughed, "Aw don't tell me you asked him to the dance? Hahaha"
Rogue's face became serious as she spotted the three blonde bimbos.
"You think he would ever go with a freak like you?" Sissy asked.
"You'd be lucky to if they didn't throw you out at the dance" Chrissy said.
"I think that's enough" Dean said glaring at them.
Missy inched closer and leaned on his chest, "Don't be mad handsome, you should take me to the dance tonight and show me a good time"
Dean pushed her away, "I already have a date"
Missy gasped and looked at Rogue, "Please tell me it's not her"
Dean put his arm around Rogue and pulled her close, "She is, deal with it" he walked away holding Rogue close just to spite her.
Rogue looked back and saw the three bimbos were furious.
"They looked pissed, don't they?" Dean assumed without looking back.
Rogue giggled, "Yes they do"
Missy crossed her arms, "That little freak is gonna regret getting in my way, c'mon girls" she stormed off and her followers of course followed.
"Thanks, that meant a lot" Rogue said.
"No problem, I'm always in the mood to annoy stuck up people" Dean said.
"Well, I guess I'll see you after the dance" Rogue walked away looking a little disappointed.
"Hey wait" Dean caught up to her, "You mean you're not going?"
"I mean why would I? There's no one else I wanna go with" Rogue said.
"So just go alone" Dean suggested.
"Forget that, I'll look like a loser if I show up alone" Rogue said not wanting to be embarrassed.
"I want you to be there, to have fun with your friends" Dean said.
"Yeah so I can sit there while you guys slow dance? No thanks" Rogue said.
"I'll dance with you" Dean said.
Rogue raised an eyebrow, "What about Jean?"
"Just because I'm going with Jean doesn't mean I can't dance with you. I'll see you later" Dean said as he left.
Scott, Evan, and Kurt were sitting outside having lunch.
"What should I wear? I mean is it formal? Semi-formal? What?" Kurt asked his friends. He seemed extremely worried about his situation, "The Prof's gonna have to reprogram my image inducer"
"That's right bro, she's gonna feel three furry fingers" Evan reminded him. His image inducer only made him look the part, people could still feel his body regardless.
Kurt facepalmed, "Oh man that's right! What am I gonna do?! Oh I've gotta call this off what was I thinking?"
"Whoa Kurt calm down. No problem just wear gloves, she'll never know" Scott said.
"Gloves? But won't she think that's kind of weird?" Kurt asked.
"Look just make up some excuse like you've got a rash or something. It's like whenever someone hassles me about my shades I just say I have an eye condition and they buy it"
"Hey Scott" Evan said drinking his juice.
Scott looked at him.
"Here she comes" Evan said pointing behind him.
Scott looked back and saw Jean making a B line towards him.
"Uh" Scott said feeling nervous, what could she want?
Suddenly Taryn sat next to Scott, "Hi Scott, will you like go to the dance with me?"
Evan and Kurt looked at each other, she couldn't have had worse timing.
"Uh?" Scott looked back at Jean.
Jean stopped as she got close enough to hear Taryn's thoughts and she left in a hurry with a frown.
Scott looked disappointed, he was hoping Jean would ask him but guess not.
After the school day was over everyone hurried home to prepare for the dance.
Taryn was walking out of school with two of her friends.
"When he said yes I just about melted right there!" Taryn said.
"You are sooo lucky, he's hot, and totally Hollywood in those shades" One of her friends said.
As they walked towards the street Jean was about to leave with Dean.
"Um hi Jean" Taryn said with a smile as she waved.
"Hi" Jean said as she hopped on Dean's bike with a sour face.
"See ya later Taryn" Dean waved to her as they rode off.
Taryn waved at Dean as they left.
One of Taryn's friends gasped, "Whoa did you see that? She's like so jealous of you"
"Yeah but it's her own fault, she's had plenty of chances at Scott" Taryn smirked.
Dean had noticed her sour mood, "You ok?"
"I'm fine" Jean said not really meaning her words. As they rode she looked at his motorcycle and had a thought, "You're not gonna take me to the dance with your bike, are you?"
"I can tell by your tone that I should say no" Dean joked.
"Yes, you should get a limo" Jean said.
"A limo? Screw that. If I'm gonna take you there in a car I might as well buy one" Dean said.
"I just don't want to ride a motorcycle because the wind is going to ruin my hair" Jean said.
Dean nodded, "I'll take care of it"
At the Boarding house
Lance's buddies were standing around him as he sat on the couch teasing him.
Blob was on the floor laughing.
Toad was making kissy faces at Lance.
Eileen sat on the armrest of his chair ruffling his hair, "What's gonna happen after the dance?" she laughed.
"We wouldn't be caught dead at that stupid dance" Blob said.
"Yeah haha" Toad said.
Lance sat there ignoring all of them, he expected as much.
Eileen looked at Blob, "Really Fred? Aw that's too bad, cause I was thinking about asking you" she said staring at him.
"Uh um, you were?" Blob asked.
"No! Ha!" Eileen laughed as she left.
Blob crossed his arms, "I knew she was lying"
Kratos passed by dripping with sweat from his workout, "You're all pathetic" he left again.
Toad watched him eave, "Man does this fool do anything but train and verbally shit on people"
Lance shook his head, "Nope"
At the Institute
Everyone who had to go pick up dates had already left and Lance had already picked up Kitty, which left Jean and Rogue.
Jean was standing in front of her mirror. She wore an elegant yellow dress and a silver necklace to go with it.
She was just handling the finishing touches when Rogue walked in, "Hey Jean"
Jean turned around to look at Rogue.
Rogue was dressed in her normal clothing.
"What is it?" Jean asked.
"Dean texted me saying we should go outside and wait for him" Rogue said.
"Ok" Jean grabbed her purse, "Wait we? You're going too?"
They walked downstairs, "Yeah, Dean convinced me to go" Rogue said.
"That's good, it'll be fun if we're all there" Jean said.
Suddenly they heard the loud roar of a car engine.
The two of them went outside and saw a brand new gold Camaro with black racing stripes pull up in front of the mansion.
The door opened and Dean stepped out of the car. He wore a black sports jacket, with a white dress shirt, and a yellow bowtie.
Dean walked around the car and opened the door, "Ladies, if you please"
Rogue whistled, "Don't you look sharp" she complimented him as she went I the back seat.
"Thank you, and you look as beautiful as you always do" Dean said with a smile.
"Oh, shut up" Rogue said with a smirk.
Jean walked up to him, "And what about me?"
Dean gave her a quick kiss on the lips and leaned in close, "I wanna do bad things to you" he whispered.
Jean blushed and sat in the car.
Dean walked around the car, "I'm so good at this"
At Bayville high
Like all school dances there was loud music to dance to, more food than you can eat, and a huge punch bowl that someone spiked with hard alcohol.
Dean walked in with Jean and Rogue.
"I'm gonna get myself some punch, do you want some?" Jean asked Dean.
"Absolutely" Dean said.
Jean walked over to the punch table.
Dean put his arm around Rogue, "Aren't you happy you came?"
Not too far away Missy, Sissy, and Chrissy spotted Dean with his arm around the freak.
"Ladies, I think it's time the freak learns her place" Missy said glaring at her.
On the dancefloor Lance and Kitty were dancing together.
"See? Being with me hasn't been so bad has it?" Lance asked.
Kitty smirked, "No it hasn't, but then again none of your friends are here for you to show off in front of"
Lance rolled his eyes.
Scott and Taryn were sitting at a table not too far from the dancefloor.
"Why don't you wanna dance?" Taryn asked.
"I just don't dance to music like this" Scott said feeling embarrassed.
"Hey Scott" Jean said walking over with Dean.
Scott noticed them, "Hey guys"
Jean looked at Taryn, "Oh hey Taryn" she said plainly.
Taryn pulled Scott close and smirked, "Hey"
Dean rolled his eyes, 'Well this is totally going to be fun' he thought sarcastically.
Kurt and Amanda were on the dancefloor.
"Sorry about the gloves, I feel like such a dork. I mean getting a rash the day of the dance? Must be my nerves" Kurt said.
"I think they make you look handsome and debonair" Amanda said.
"Really? You don't think I look like a butler or something?" Kurt asked.
Amanda giggled, "No" she said as she stared into his eyes, "I'm glad you came with me"
"Heh, well I'm glad you asked" Kurt said.
Dean, who wasn't paying attention to Jean and Taryn's conversation, looked over to Rogue where she was sitting alone.
She had a look of blank indifference on her face.
Dean took a moment to study her features once again.
Rogue held her hands over her stomach, pulling her shirt tightly against her and outlining her womanly assets. Beautiful indeed.
His eyes traveled up to her face, noting her smooth, pale, perfect skin. As if it were carved from white marble. He watched her eyes move over the crowd, slowly closing in on him.
After a moment their eyes met, and Dean was stunned. He was drawn into the deep pools of emerald green as a small proud smile grew across Rogue's lips. He managed to blink, realizing how intently he had been staring, returning the punch to his lips and his attentions to Jean as he continued.
Rogue sighed, why does he give her those looks? It only makes it worse.
Kitty walked over to where Rogue was sitting.
"You made it" Kitty said sitting next to her.
"What a great choice I made" Rogue said sarcastically.
"C'mon cheer up, it's not like you don't have people to talk to" Kitty said implying herself.
"Really? I don't see any" Rogue joked.
"You're a bag of laughs" Kitty said rolling her eyes.
"So what happened to Lance?" Rogue asked.
"He went to get some punch" Kitty said.
"I don't know if you guys should drink that" Rogue said as she sipped on punch.
"Why not?" Kitty asked.
Rogue shrugged, "No reason" she said with a smirk.
Lance brought back two cups, "Here you go" he gave Kitty one.
"Where's the rest of your group Lance?" Rogue asked curiously.
"Where's your date?" Lance replied with a question.
"Be nice" Kitty reminded him.
"Whatever" Rogue said walking away.
Suddenly a slow dance went on.
Taryn grabbed Scott's hand and dragged him to the dance floor, "You have to dance this"
"Wait hold on" Scott said as he was forced to dance.
Dean looked at Jean, "You ready to forget about Taryn and dance?"
He could tell from the beginning of their conversation that Jean wasn't happy with Taryn for some reason.
Jean felt kind of bad focusing her attention on just Taryn when she should be enjoying herself, "Yeah"
"Then follow me" Dean softly grabbed her hand and led her to the dance floor.
Dean placed one hand on her waist and the other held Jean's hand.
Kurt and Amanda were also enjoying the slow dance.
"Kurt I have to confess something" Amanda looking down and then back at him, "I know about you, that you don't always look like this"
Kurt felt his stomach tie into a knot, "Uh, yeah I know this is one of my good days. You should see me in the mornings"
Amanda smiled at his joke, "You know what I mean, the real you that you hide. Ever since I found out, I can't stop thinking about you" she put her hands on his cheeks and seemed like she was about to kiss him.
Kurt grabbed her hands and moved back a couple of inches, "Amanda, I'm not sure what you're talking about. I'm, eh, I'm what you see that's all"
Amanda nodded, "Ok Kurt, I can wait. Until you're ready to show me" she leaned on his chest as they danced.
Kurt's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of his skull as he was dancing.
Dean noticed Kurt's eyes and felt confused.
Jean noticed this, "What is it?"
"Kurt's making weird faces" Dean said, "Anyways, you having fun?"
"Yeah, you're a good dancer" Jean said.
"Am I really? Or are you just trying to get in my pants?" Dean joked.
Jean slid one hand over his rear, "What if I am?" She said seductively.
"Well then you might be the lucky girl that takes me home tonight" Dean winked at her.
Jean giggled, "You're too funny" she said putting her arms around his neck and pulling him in close.
Their lips met and they shared a brief kiss.
When they separated Jean still had her eyes closed and she lightly bit her lip in a lustful fashion.
"You look like you enjoyed that a little too much" Dean said.
Jean smiled then looked at him, "I feel so comfortable around you"
Dean grinned deviously, 'I think I know what that means'
Rogue, who was standing by the desert table, looked over to Dean. He seemed to be enjoying himself with Jean, she practically couldn't take her eyes off him.
What she would give to trade places with Jean right now.
Behind Rogue the three blond bimbos were sneaking up to her holding a cake.
Dean happened to glance at Rogue for a moment, just long enough to witness a cake get dropped on her head.
Rogue stood there for a moment. She wiped the cake off her face and looked at it in her hands.
Missy, Sissy, and Chrissy, who were the ones that dropped the cake on Rogue, started laughing at her.
Rogue slowly turned around and looked at the 3 blonde bimbos.
The blondes stopped laughing as they noticed something strange about Rogue.
Rogue was glaring at them with a hateful look, but for some reason her eyes were faintly glowing green.
She clenched her fists and looked like she was about to throw a punch.
Dean stomped his way over to the 3 bimbos, "What is wrong with you?!"
Rogue snapped out of her enraged state from the sound of his voice.
Everyone in the gymnasium stopped dancing and looked at the scene.
Dean looked beyond furious, "You don't have anything else better to do than harass other people?! Why don't you just go enjoy yourself for a change?!"
"I am enjoying myself!" Missy shouted back.
Dean felt the dying urge to throw his fist at her but he knew better than that. Instead he grabbed the punch bowl and dumped it over their heads.
All three of them gasped.
"My dress!" Missy said.
"My hair!" Chrissy said.
"My makeup!" Sissy said.
"Hope you enjoy your night" Dean tossed the bowl aside, took Rogue's hand, and led her towards the bathroom, "Let's get you cleaned up"
One of the teachers walked up to Dean, "Young man that is no way to—"
"Eat a dick!" Dean shouted at the teacher.
The teacher was startled as the two teens walked out.
Rogue was in the bathroom washing the cake out of her hair.
Dean was outside pacing back and forth muttering something about skanky bitches.
Rogue looked up into the mirror and the cake was completely cleaned off.
All her makeup washed off leaving her face bare and since her hair was wet it slowly reverted to its more curly state.
Rogue stared into the mirror at her natural look, as she always did every morning before she covered it up with dark makeup and her hair straightener.
Jean found Dean outside the girl's bathroom, "Hey"
Dean looked surprised, "Hey! I'm sorry I left you on the dance floor, I just wanted to make sure—"
"It's ok, I understand" Jean said sincerely, "I'm gonna see how she's doing"
Dean nodded, "I'll be inside" he went back to the gymnasium.
Jean went into the bathroom and saw Rogue looking into a mirror, "Did the cake come out?" she asked walking up to her.
Rogue nodded, "Yeah, but my makeup is ruined and I didn't bring any with me" she looked disappointed that she couldn't fix herself.
Jean raised an eyebrow, "Since when do you care what people think?"
Rogue sighed, 'Since I started caring about someone'
"You don't need your makeup, just come back inside and hang out with the rest of us" Jean offered.
Rogue shook her head, "No, I'll just head on home" she walked out of the bathroom with a sad expression.
Jean frowned, she can't blame her. If Jean had a cake dropped on her head she's want to go home too.
Inside the gymnasium, Dean was standing next to his friends as he spotted Rogue walking towards the exit in a hurry.
Dean stopped her, "Hey why're you leaving?"
Rogue was hoping she could avoid facing him, "There's nothing for me to do so I'm going home" she went to move around him but he once again stood in her way.
"That's not true. I get that what happened has you down, probably more than that, but you shouldn't let that stop you from having fun with us" Dean said wanting her to stay.
"Just face it Dean, this kind of thing isn't for me" Rogue said with a frown.
Dean was disappointed the night didn't go better for her, "Fine, I'll let you go. After I give you that dance I promised you"
Rogue sighed, "Fine"
"Gimme one sec" Dean went over to the DJ, told him something, and then passed him some money.
As Dean walked over to Rogue the song changed from a fast pace to another slow dance.
Rogue looked embarrassed, "You're really something you know that"
Dean smirked and led her to the dance floor.
He put his hand on her waist and pulled her close.
Rogue can recall the last time she was this close to him. On his birthday when they were inches apart.
Rogue tried her best not to look into his eyes, whenever that happened she would get lost into those baby blues.
Jean came back inside and spotted Dean dancing with Rogue.
There was a part of her that felt a little jealous, but Jean couldn't help but smile as she saw happiness on Rogue's face. A thing of rarity.
Jean doesn't know what it is but somehow Dean can bring a smile to anyone's face.
As they were dancing Dean noticed Rogue wasn't looking at him.
"Do I have something on my nose or something?" Dean asked.
Rogue laughed and finally looked at him, but not in the eyes, "What?"
"Cause you look like you're trying to avoid my face" Dean joked.
Rogue laughed.
On the plus side, Rogue was secretly smirking at the fact the bane of her existence, the 3 blond bimbos could only watch green with envy as she dances with the most handsome guy here.
In fact, when she spotted them looking at her she made that smirk. For once Rogue had to think it was good to be her.
Finally, her gaze lifted and eyes brightened as she looked into his eyes.
Rogue stepped toward him, raising a hand to his cheek. Her breathing fluttered, while her cheeks flushed pink.
Could this be the moment? She was so close. Could he lean in and kiss her?
Their eyes locked and he saw into her emerald pools. In them he saw the universe. And he saw her reluctance before her eyes could flutter and pull away. She turned away from him, and her statue-esque composure returned.
Once the song was over Rogue stood there still staring at him.
I..." Rogue's voice wavered for a moment, "I can't thank you enough"
"You don't need to thank me, your smile was enough" Dean said sincerely.
Rogue embraced him in a tight hug, "Thanks anyways"
Dean pat her back, "Any time"
Rogue let go of him, "Alright, I'm gonna go"
"Get home safe" Dean said as she left.
Jean walked over to him, "That was really sweet"
"I couldn't stand seeing her sad" Dean said.
Jean pulled him close, "You always know what to do to cheer a girl up don't you?"
Dean shrugged, "My dad was a ladies man after all, I must have gotten it from him"
Jean recalled the stories of Zeus, it was true. He was notorious for wooing princesses and more importantly cheating on his wife Hera.
But from what Jean can see Dean is nothing like that. A cheater that is.
"Now I think I have a bottle of Jack Daniels in my car that we can split with the group" Dean offered.
Jean gasped, "You're so bad" she said playfully.
"I know, but you love it" Dean said with a cocky grin.
Kurt and Amanda had gone for a walk outside as the rest of his friends kept on partying.
"So how did you know?" Kurt asked.
"A few months ago, I saw you arguing with your friend in the hallway at school. I already liked you then but I don't think you even knew who I was. Anyways, when you suddenly changed into…into…something else and then disappeared I couldn't believe it. At first I thought it must be some kind of trick or something but I couldn't stop thinking about it, I—I haven't told anyone else I mean who would believe me? All I knew was I just had to get to know you" Amanda said with a bright smile.
"I—I don't know what to say" Kurt said.
"Will you show me? Please? Like I saw you that day?" Amanda looked determined to see his true form.
Kurt frowned, "You won't like what you see up close"
"Let me decide that" Amanda said.
Kurt sighed, "Alright" he put his finger on the image inducer button, "Here goes" he pressed it and the image of him in a tux vanished revealing his blue form in his X-man uniform.
Amanda gasped lightly from the surprise and didn't say anything.
Kurt looked at the ground, not daring to look at her face to see the expression of horror he's always gotten, "Well?"
Amanda inched closer to him and touched his furry skin, "Did you know blue is my favorite color?" she said smiling at him.
Kurt chuckled and felt his heart skip a beat, "Eh so, I know a good shortcut to the ice cream shop" they started walking hand in hand, "Up for it?"
"I'm buying" Amanda said.
"Oh, an offer you may regret" Kurt said as his tail wiggled back and forth behind him. Then they teleported and vanished.
Later at the Institute
Dean and Jean finally got home. Much later than the others because Jean insisted Dean not to drive since he drank.
Dean helped Jean walk up the steps.
Jean almost fell but Dean caught her.
Jean laughed a little bit, "I shouldn't have had that 3rd shot"
"Shhh, we don't wanna wake anybody up" Dean said.
Jean nodded, "Right"
They walked by Dean's room and Jean stopped, "Wait, the nights not over yet (hiccup) let's hang out in your room for a little (hiccup) while"
Dean raised an eyebrow, "Ok"
They went in his room and he set her down on his bed while he sat on his desk chair and sighed, "What a night"
Jean's foot tapped Dean's shoulder, "Mmmm, come here" she said with a low voice.
Dean turned around and saw she was laying down, "What're you doing?" he sat next to her.
"Your bed is so comfortable, I wanna sleep in it" Jean said with a silly smirk.
Dean shook his head, "Yeah, that's not happening"
Jean pulled him close and gave him a deep kiss. As their tongues swirled around each other Jean's hand traveled lower towards his crotch.
Dean backed away and smirked, "What're you trying to do?"
"I'm trying to have sex with you" Jean said biting her lip in a lustful fashion as she unzipped his pants.
Dean carefully stopped her, "Jean you're drunk, you're not thinking straight"
"No I'm not!" Jean said playfully.
Dean covered her mouth, "Not so loud"
Jean laughed, "I'm sorry"
Dean closed his door.
"I've been thinking about it for a while now, and I decided that I'm ready" Jean said pulling him close and kissing him again.
Dean backed away slowly, "You're sure?" he double checked.
Jean kissed his cheek, then went to his neck, then she started nibbling on his ear, "I want you to be my first" she whispered in his ear.
Dean had a cocky grin, "Then prepare to have your world rocked" he gave her a deep passionate kiss as they both began to undress.
Author's note: Sorry for the late update everyone, I've been exhausted from work this past week and a half but at least I'm only 3 chapters behind. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter and I'll be posting the next one asap!