A new dress and an invitation
New York, Westchester 2003
Rogue walked through the store with her best friends Jubilee and Kitty. All teachers and a few students were in the mall. Storm needed a new toothbrush, Scott and Logan needed things for their bikes and the girls wanted to buy their dresses for the ball.
"Oh my God", Jubilee screamed. Kitty and Rogue appeared at her side. "Look at this dress! This is absolutely incredible."
Kitty grinned. "But it's blue. I though you only wearing yellow things".
She nodded, looked at Rogue and smiled brightly. "That's not for me", she said.
Rogue stared at her and shook her head. "No way I'm gonna wear that". Her friends watched her and laughed.
"Why not? It's beautiful. You're going to look like an angel in it", Kitty said.
She stepped back.. "You can't call THAT a dress. I mean it's almost nothing, it's a piece of cloth. Okay, it's a beautiful piece of cloth. Doesn't matter, I can't wear that".
"Come on! Everybody will love it." Jubilee whispered. "Even Logan".
Rogue smacked her. "Shut up. It doesn't matter to me what Logan thinks about my dress."
Her friends looked at each other smiling. "Of course Rogue. Come on, we know you like him a lot".
"Of course I do. He's my best friend, he always was." She assumed feeling nervous.
"We see the way you look at him. He isn't just your friend. No.. you really fell in Love with him. But it's okay we believe he feels the same about you", Jubilee stated.
"Bullshit. It doesn't matter what I'll wear at the ball or what I'll say to him. He is always going to see me as his little, untouchable and helpless girl."
She sighed. Her friends stared at her and then grabbed her arms.
"Now we're going to buy this great DRESS and then we'll go to the hairdresser opposite. You'll be feeling much better when we done with you". They said.
She smiled. "God I love you guys."
A few hours later:
Logan sat in his bed, trying to read a book. But loud steps in the room next to his drove him mad. He groaned and stood up. When he opened the door and looked in it he saw Rogue wandering around.
"What the hell are you doing?" She looked up surprised.
"Just thinking", she muttered.
He sighed and leaned against the doorframe. "Do you mind to think somewhere else"?
She shrugged her shoulders, without stopping walking around. The next time she passed him, he grabbed her arm. He watched her thoughtfully face and smiled.
"Do you want to speak about it? Maybe I can help", he proposed.
She looked up and nodded smiling.
She followed him to his room and sat down beside him. The window was open and the cold wind blew into the room. Logan saw her shiver in her thin pyjama and laid a blanket around her shoulders.
"Thanks", she said.
He leaned back, watching her and smoked a cigarette. "How was your day? Heard you went shopping with your friends, while I spent my time with One-eye."
She nodded. "We bought our dresses for the ball. Jubilee and Kitty choose one for me", she answered and grinned.
He stared at her and laughed. "Let me guess. It's yellow with pink stripes, right"? She giggled. "No. Actually it's blue. It's beautiful."
He smiled relieved when he noticed her face flushed and her bright grin. She seemed to be in a better mood now.
"What did you do with Scott? I'm sure you two spent your whole time in this store to buy spares for your bikes."
He sighed. "We probably would have because Scott was dancing and jumping around. I've never seen him this happy. But when I told him that he would act like a girl, he proposed to got somewhere else. Thank God", he said.
Rogue laughed and leaned against his shoulder.
"What did you think about?" He asked.
She shrugged her shoulders. He smiled. "Come on Rogue. Tell me".
"Well, I tried to decide me for one boy. Bobby, James and Charlie asked me out for the ball. I don't know who to choose", she whispered.
Logan couldn't help but feel jealously. He knew he didn't own her but he didn't like to share her. Everybody but not her.
She watched him as he rubbed his chin. "Really? Well; I may be able to help you. You don't want to hurt any of them, right"?
She nodded. "Pick no one of them", he answered.
She raised her eyebrow confused. "What? But I can't do that. I would be all alone".
He shook his head and cleared his throat. "Well, if you want to.. we could.. I mean I haven't got a girl yet either.. and.. ", he stuttered.
She flushed and grinned. "I would love to go with you. I can tell the boys that you asked me first. I know they scared of you".
Logan sighed relieved. Wasn't this hard to ask a girl out after all. Maybe just because it's Rogue we're speaking about, he thought.
She yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"Aren't you tired", she asked.
He shook his head. "Are you"?
"No. Not a bit", she quietly said. He smiled. He knew she was lying but he also knew why. She was too afraid to sleep. Her nightmares would wake her up after all. He closed the window and saw her eyes already began to shut down.
He bent over her. "Want to stay here this night"? She simply nodded and rolled into a ball. He took the blanket to her chin and switched the lights off. Then he sat down on the couch in the dark. Just watching her, listing to her soft breathing.
And his book was totally forgotten.
New York, Westchester 2003
Rogue walked through the store with her best friends Jubilee and Kitty. All teachers and a few students were in the mall. Storm needed a new toothbrush, Scott and Logan needed things for their bikes and the girls wanted to buy their dresses for the ball.
"Oh my God", Jubilee screamed. Kitty and Rogue appeared at her side. "Look at this dress! This is absolutely incredible."
Kitty grinned. "But it's blue. I though you only wearing yellow things".
She nodded, looked at Rogue and smiled brightly. "That's not for me", she said.
Rogue stared at her and shook her head. "No way I'm gonna wear that". Her friends watched her and laughed.
"Why not? It's beautiful. You're going to look like an angel in it", Kitty said.
She stepped back.. "You can't call THAT a dress. I mean it's almost nothing, it's a piece of cloth. Okay, it's a beautiful piece of cloth. Doesn't matter, I can't wear that".
"Come on! Everybody will love it." Jubilee whispered. "Even Logan".
Rogue smacked her. "Shut up. It doesn't matter to me what Logan thinks about my dress."
Her friends looked at each other smiling. "Of course Rogue. Come on, we know you like him a lot".
"Of course I do. He's my best friend, he always was." She assumed feeling nervous.
"We see the way you look at him. He isn't just your friend. No.. you really fell in Love with him. But it's okay we believe he feels the same about you", Jubilee stated.
"Bullshit. It doesn't matter what I'll wear at the ball or what I'll say to him. He is always going to see me as his little, untouchable and helpless girl."
She sighed. Her friends stared at her and then grabbed her arms.
"Now we're going to buy this great DRESS and then we'll go to the hairdresser opposite. You'll be feeling much better when we done with you". They said.
She smiled. "God I love you guys."
A few hours later:
Logan sat in his bed, trying to read a book. But loud steps in the room next to his drove him mad. He groaned and stood up. When he opened the door and looked in it he saw Rogue wandering around.
"What the hell are you doing?" She looked up surprised.
"Just thinking", she muttered.
He sighed and leaned against the doorframe. "Do you mind to think somewhere else"?
She shrugged her shoulders, without stopping walking around. The next time she passed him, he grabbed her arm. He watched her thoughtfully face and smiled.
"Do you want to speak about it? Maybe I can help", he proposed.
She looked up and nodded smiling.
She followed him to his room and sat down beside him. The window was open and the cold wind blew into the room. Logan saw her shiver in her thin pyjama and laid a blanket around her shoulders.
"Thanks", she said.
He leaned back, watching her and smoked a cigarette. "How was your day? Heard you went shopping with your friends, while I spent my time with One-eye."
She nodded. "We bought our dresses for the ball. Jubilee and Kitty choose one for me", she answered and grinned.
He stared at her and laughed. "Let me guess. It's yellow with pink stripes, right"? She giggled. "No. Actually it's blue. It's beautiful."
He smiled relieved when he noticed her face flushed and her bright grin. She seemed to be in a better mood now.
"What did you do with Scott? I'm sure you two spent your whole time in this store to buy spares for your bikes."
He sighed. "We probably would have because Scott was dancing and jumping around. I've never seen him this happy. But when I told him that he would act like a girl, he proposed to got somewhere else. Thank God", he said.
Rogue laughed and leaned against his shoulder.
"What did you think about?" He asked.
She shrugged her shoulders. He smiled. "Come on Rogue. Tell me".
"Well, I tried to decide me for one boy. Bobby, James and Charlie asked me out for the ball. I don't know who to choose", she whispered.
Logan couldn't help but feel jealously. He knew he didn't own her but he didn't like to share her. Everybody but not her.
She watched him as he rubbed his chin. "Really? Well; I may be able to help you. You don't want to hurt any of them, right"?
She nodded. "Pick no one of them", he answered.
She raised her eyebrow confused. "What? But I can't do that. I would be all alone".
He shook his head and cleared his throat. "Well, if you want to.. we could.. I mean I haven't got a girl yet either.. and.. ", he stuttered.
She flushed and grinned. "I would love to go with you. I can tell the boys that you asked me first. I know they scared of you".
Logan sighed relieved. Wasn't this hard to ask a girl out after all. Maybe just because it's Rogue we're speaking about, he thought.
She yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"Aren't you tired", she asked.
He shook his head. "Are you"?
"No. Not a bit", she quietly said. He smiled. He knew she was lying but he also knew why. She was too afraid to sleep. Her nightmares would wake her up after all. He closed the window and saw her eyes already began to shut down.
He bent over her. "Want to stay here this night"? She simply nodded and rolled into a ball. He took the blanket to her chin and switched the lights off. Then he sat down on the couch in the dark. Just watching her, listing to her soft breathing.
And his book was totally forgotten.