NOTE- I made up Rogue's so the last name is mine. Also if i said eariler in the story that Kurt and Kitty were 17 I meant for them to be 18 sorry.
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**Chapter Nineteen**
(wearhouse)
"Let me have those profiles," Mystique told John and he hand her a stack of papers. "What do we have here. 'Gambit' Real name Remy LeBeau, age twenty, power charging objects with kentic engergy. 'Iceman'. How do they come up with these names?" she asked herself. "real name Robert Drake. Age nineteen, power controlling and forming ice. 'Jubilee'. Jubilation Lee age 19, power 'fireworks' from her hands. 'Nightcrawler', Kurt Wagner. Age eighteen power teleportation, limited invisablity. Hmm, three fingers, two toes, blue fur and a tail. Intressting...next is 'Rogue' Marie Powell, age nineteen, power absorbing memories or power with touch, and lastly 'Shadowcat'. Katherine Pryde, age eighteen power corporal intangibility also known as 'phasing',"
"Is that it?" Toad asked annoyed at the long list.
"Yes,"
"Actually no," John pipped up.
"What?"
"I logged into the Xavier computer system last night. They have a new recrut," he handed her a paper.
"Lyric Parker, age nineteen, power controlling and forming water, turning into water and echo location. Boys I think she's what we're looking for.
***
(the school)
Lyric walked back to her room almost in tears.
"Hey," she saw Bobby sitting on Rogue's bed.
"Bobby, hey what are you doing here?"
"Waiting for Rogue. She's in the danger room,"
"So whats the occasion?"
"Huh?"
"The roses," she saw red roses with light ice on them laying next to him.
"Oh its out aniverssery,"
"Of what?"
"You'll laugh,"
"I won't,"
"Our first kiss,"
"That's sweet, but why so special for a kiss?" the word 'kiss' brought back what had happened between her and Scott just moments eariler. "I mean..."
"I know what you mean but its really special because thats also the day she got the power out or controlled it through her face,"
"That's so romantic,"
"What is?" Rogue walked in.
"This story that Bobby told me,"
"Are those roses for me?" she asked.
"As a matter of fact they are,"
"Oh my gosh you remebered!" she wrapped her arms around his neck careful not to let her skin touch his, and kissed him knocking him to the bed.
"Yeah I did, I couldn't forget even if I wanted to," she smiled kissing the blond boy again.
"Uh, I think I'll go find Jubilee," Lyric started to excuse herself.
"You won't find her," Rogue said sitting up.
"Why not?"
"Jean took her and Remy to New York to see the doctor. They'll be back tomorrow,"
"Oh. Then I'll just go do something...happy anniversery,"
"Thanks," Lyric left quickly closing the door behind her.
**Chapter Twenty**
Lyric found herself outside at he stables again. "Hey Raven." she walked up to his stall. "Wanna go for a ride?" the black horse neighed as if saying 'yes'. "Good, I need to clear my head." she found a saddle and reins within the stall and put them on Raven. She then led him from his stall. "Okay no stool." she wasn't short, 5'6'' but still not tall enough to get on a horse without help. "I know. Hopefully it'll work." she imanganed a pool of water beneth her feet when she looked down she found it. She then made the water lift her heigh enough to get on the horse. "Yes!" the water disappeared and she gently squeezed the horses waist with her legs and he trotted off.
Once out in the open she awed at the beuty secenerey but her mind wouldn't leave Scott. Why did he kiss me? Does he like me? What about Jean? her mind was going a million miles a minute with those questions. They repeated over and over and over again. Her thoughts were so focused that she didn't hear the other horse coming behind her. "It wasn't that good of a kiss. Was it?"
"Talking about me?" a grey mare came up beside her with Scott as its rider.
"Scott? What, uh what are you doing out here?"
"Came to talk to you,"
"Why?"
"I came to explain why I-"
"Kissed me? Yeah I was kinda wondering that too," she stopped Raven.
"I kissed you because...I have feelings for you,"
"What?" she was shocked at what she was hearing.
"I have feelings for you Lyric...I think that I may even be in-"
"Don't say it," she pleaded in a whispered.
"Why not?"
"Because...I..I've gotta go," she squeezed Raven's waist again and galloped off.
***
After putting Raven away Lyric rushed to her room in tears. As her fingers grazed the brass door knob she heard something from the room.
"Oh god...Marie..." Bobby moaned. She could hear his hands gripping the head board.
"Great," she cursed.
"Harder Marie..."
Lyric couldn't take any more and she ran down the hall but bumped into a small buddle of blue fur.
"Sorry,"
"Kurt, i'm so sorry," she helped him off the floor.
"Thatz okay, I guess I vas in a hurry too,"
"Where you off too?"
"No where really. Juz practicing my teleporting,"
"By running down the hallway?"
"Its not like that. You see I run then teleport 'till I'm ready to bump into something,"
"Not in this case I see,"
"You're right, I vas thinking of Kitty,"
"You really love her don't you?"
"Yeah. I really do,"
"Kurt can you teleaport other people?"
"Yes vhy? You vant to go somevhere?"
"Yeah if you would?"
"Of course, vhere do u vant to go?"
"Somewhere, where Scott can't find me,"
"Okay, I know vhere," he extended his three fingered hand to Lyric and she took it. "Hold on." she did.
*BAMF*
A few seconds later they reappeared on the roof of the mansion. *BAMF* "Iz this okay?" he asked.
"Yeah perfect," she inhaled deeply. "Question, why do I smell like sulfur?"
"Juz a side effect of teleporting,"
"Oh,"
"Vhy did you vant to get avay from Scott?"
"I'm not really ready to talk about it Kurt. Nothing personal,"
"I understand,"
"There you are," Kitty popped her head threw the roof and levetated threw it. "Ororo said she saw you and Lyric talking then you teleported. I knew you'd be up here."
"Yeah, Lyric vanted to go somevhere to think. Iz it okay I brought her here?''
"Yeah sure. You okay Lyric?"
"Uh huh, but I just want to be along for awhile okay?"
"Okay. Come on Kurt," she tugged at the collar of his shirt.
"Vill you be able to get down?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine,"
"Okay," Kitty wrapped her arm around Kurt and he picked her up. *BAMF* the faint smell of sulfur waffered.
Lyric sat down looking at the sunset. She had a perfect view. The sky was red and faintly blue in the area streaching east. Stars were starting to come out as the sun went down. She rested her head on her knees for support. What was Scott gonna say to me? Was he really gonna say 'I love you'? No. Why would a 25 year old be in love with a 19 year old? But that kiss...Damn it Lyric! Get it out of you mind! she buried her face in her knees so the jeans would soak her tears.
*(five minutes later)*
Lyric cried herself out and looked at the now dark sky. She looked at the watch that Jubilee let her borrow and it read 6:30. Dinner time. "Okay how can I get down?" she looked around and saw she was at least 30 feet from the ground. "I got it." she formed another wave and it gently took her to the ground. She sighed and walked in the building.
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**Chapter Nineteen**
(wearhouse)
"Let me have those profiles," Mystique told John and he hand her a stack of papers. "What do we have here. 'Gambit' Real name Remy LeBeau, age twenty, power charging objects with kentic engergy. 'Iceman'. How do they come up with these names?" she asked herself. "real name Robert Drake. Age nineteen, power controlling and forming ice. 'Jubilee'. Jubilation Lee age 19, power 'fireworks' from her hands. 'Nightcrawler', Kurt Wagner. Age eighteen power teleportation, limited invisablity. Hmm, three fingers, two toes, blue fur and a tail. Intressting...next is 'Rogue' Marie Powell, age nineteen, power absorbing memories or power with touch, and lastly 'Shadowcat'. Katherine Pryde, age eighteen power corporal intangibility also known as 'phasing',"
"Is that it?" Toad asked annoyed at the long list.
"Yes,"
"Actually no," John pipped up.
"What?"
"I logged into the Xavier computer system last night. They have a new recrut," he handed her a paper.
"Lyric Parker, age nineteen, power controlling and forming water, turning into water and echo location. Boys I think she's what we're looking for.
***
(the school)
Lyric walked back to her room almost in tears.
"Hey," she saw Bobby sitting on Rogue's bed.
"Bobby, hey what are you doing here?"
"Waiting for Rogue. She's in the danger room,"
"So whats the occasion?"
"Huh?"
"The roses," she saw red roses with light ice on them laying next to him.
"Oh its out aniverssery,"
"Of what?"
"You'll laugh,"
"I won't,"
"Our first kiss,"
"That's sweet, but why so special for a kiss?" the word 'kiss' brought back what had happened between her and Scott just moments eariler. "I mean..."
"I know what you mean but its really special because thats also the day she got the power out or controlled it through her face,"
"That's so romantic,"
"What is?" Rogue walked in.
"This story that Bobby told me,"
"Are those roses for me?" she asked.
"As a matter of fact they are,"
"Oh my gosh you remebered!" she wrapped her arms around his neck careful not to let her skin touch his, and kissed him knocking him to the bed.
"Yeah I did, I couldn't forget even if I wanted to," she smiled kissing the blond boy again.
"Uh, I think I'll go find Jubilee," Lyric started to excuse herself.
"You won't find her," Rogue said sitting up.
"Why not?"
"Jean took her and Remy to New York to see the doctor. They'll be back tomorrow,"
"Oh. Then I'll just go do something...happy anniversery,"
"Thanks," Lyric left quickly closing the door behind her.
**Chapter Twenty**
Lyric found herself outside at he stables again. "Hey Raven." she walked up to his stall. "Wanna go for a ride?" the black horse neighed as if saying 'yes'. "Good, I need to clear my head." she found a saddle and reins within the stall and put them on Raven. She then led him from his stall. "Okay no stool." she wasn't short, 5'6'' but still not tall enough to get on a horse without help. "I know. Hopefully it'll work." she imanganed a pool of water beneth her feet when she looked down she found it. She then made the water lift her heigh enough to get on the horse. "Yes!" the water disappeared and she gently squeezed the horses waist with her legs and he trotted off.
Once out in the open she awed at the beuty secenerey but her mind wouldn't leave Scott. Why did he kiss me? Does he like me? What about Jean? her mind was going a million miles a minute with those questions. They repeated over and over and over again. Her thoughts were so focused that she didn't hear the other horse coming behind her. "It wasn't that good of a kiss. Was it?"
"Talking about me?" a grey mare came up beside her with Scott as its rider.
"Scott? What, uh what are you doing out here?"
"Came to talk to you,"
"Why?"
"I came to explain why I-"
"Kissed me? Yeah I was kinda wondering that too," she stopped Raven.
"I kissed you because...I have feelings for you,"
"What?" she was shocked at what she was hearing.
"I have feelings for you Lyric...I think that I may even be in-"
"Don't say it," she pleaded in a whispered.
"Why not?"
"Because...I..I've gotta go," she squeezed Raven's waist again and galloped off.
***
After putting Raven away Lyric rushed to her room in tears. As her fingers grazed the brass door knob she heard something from the room.
"Oh god...Marie..." Bobby moaned. She could hear his hands gripping the head board.
"Great," she cursed.
"Harder Marie..."
Lyric couldn't take any more and she ran down the hall but bumped into a small buddle of blue fur.
"Sorry,"
"Kurt, i'm so sorry," she helped him off the floor.
"Thatz okay, I guess I vas in a hurry too,"
"Where you off too?"
"No where really. Juz practicing my teleporting,"
"By running down the hallway?"
"Its not like that. You see I run then teleport 'till I'm ready to bump into something,"
"Not in this case I see,"
"You're right, I vas thinking of Kitty,"
"You really love her don't you?"
"Yeah. I really do,"
"Kurt can you teleaport other people?"
"Yes vhy? You vant to go somevhere?"
"Yeah if you would?"
"Of course, vhere do u vant to go?"
"Somewhere, where Scott can't find me,"
"Okay, I know vhere," he extended his three fingered hand to Lyric and she took it. "Hold on." she did.
*BAMF*
A few seconds later they reappeared on the roof of the mansion. *BAMF* "Iz this okay?" he asked.
"Yeah perfect," she inhaled deeply. "Question, why do I smell like sulfur?"
"Juz a side effect of teleporting,"
"Oh,"
"Vhy did you vant to get avay from Scott?"
"I'm not really ready to talk about it Kurt. Nothing personal,"
"I understand,"
"There you are," Kitty popped her head threw the roof and levetated threw it. "Ororo said she saw you and Lyric talking then you teleported. I knew you'd be up here."
"Yeah, Lyric vanted to go somevhere to think. Iz it okay I brought her here?''
"Yeah sure. You okay Lyric?"
"Uh huh, but I just want to be along for awhile okay?"
"Okay. Come on Kurt," she tugged at the collar of his shirt.
"Vill you be able to get down?"
"Yeah. I'll be fine,"
"Okay," Kitty wrapped her arm around Kurt and he picked her up. *BAMF* the faint smell of sulfur waffered.
Lyric sat down looking at the sunset. She had a perfect view. The sky was red and faintly blue in the area streaching east. Stars were starting to come out as the sun went down. She rested her head on her knees for support. What was Scott gonna say to me? Was he really gonna say 'I love you'? No. Why would a 25 year old be in love with a 19 year old? But that kiss...Damn it Lyric! Get it out of you mind! she buried her face in her knees so the jeans would soak her tears.
*(five minutes later)*
Lyric cried herself out and looked at the now dark sky. She looked at the watch that Jubilee let her borrow and it read 6:30. Dinner time. "Okay how can I get down?" she looked around and saw she was at least 30 feet from the ground. "I got it." she formed another wave and it gently took her to the ground. She sighed and walked in the building.