"Well, I think you should play dumb, Rogue." Evan said as everyone stared at him.
"What do ya mean?"
"Tomorrow at the beach when we see Alex you know he's going to ask if Lance has spoken to you right?"
"Yea."
"So just say no, pretend you don't know anything, but you can make all the faces you want at him when his back is turned."
Rogue sighed. "Okay, but ya'll will be with me right?"
"Von't let you out of our sights." Kurt said smiling at her.
"Yo, how did it go?" Todd asked.
"Alex is a jerk." Lance said angrily.
"So he was there with that girl?" Fred asked.
"Yeah, he was there and with the girl."
"How's Rogue taking it?" Peitro asked him.
"Not so well, neither is Scott."
"What was he doing there?"
"Watching out for his teammates no doubt."
"Let's just say don't get on Summers nerves while we're here okay. He was close to blasting his own brother."
Kitty giggled as Kurt splashed her on the beach the next day. "Kurt like cut it out."
"Well, at least someone's having fun." Jean said taking a glance over at Rogue who was reading a book.
"Don't worry Jean." Scott told her. "Rogue is going to be down in the dumps for a while, I just wish it didn't happen while we were on vacation. I hate the thought of having fun while she isn't."
"Dude here comes your brother." Evan said in a low voice.
Scott looked up and saw Alex coming towards them with his board. "He seems in a good mood."
"Hey." Alex said smiling. "Where's Rogue?"
"Over there." Jean said.
"Be right back." He said setting the board down and hurried over to Rogue. "Hey." He said sitting next to her.
"Hi, Alex." She said smiling at him.
"You okay?" He asked looking at her face. "You look kind of sad."
"No, ah'm fine. Just I shouldn` have asked Ororo to borrow this book even after she told me it was sad."
Alex smiled. "Well, why don't you put that book down and come swimming with me."
"Ah don't know."
"Come on, we can do more surfing lessons."
Rogue sighed. "Fine."
"Why are we here?" Fred asked.
"And yet so close to them." Todd indicated.
"To keep an eye on Rogue."
"I think there's more to that." Peitro chuckled.
"Nothing more to anything you know or don't know about." Lance warned him.
"Sure." Todd chuckled. "Well they don't seem to be fighting."
"What?" He asked in shock as he saw Rogue on top of Alex's board and him trying to teach her to surf again.
"Hey Rogue can I ask you something?"
"Sure, Alex."
"Last night at all, did you speak with Lance?"
Rogue's face went paler then usual and kept her face down. "No, why?"
"Well, last night he met some of my friends and we got into this argument."
"Why would you talk to me though?"
"Cause he called my friends some pretty bad stuff and would probably warn you to stay away from me."
"Sorry, haven't seen Lance since we were all in the lobby." She said as she heard Alex sigh with relief. "So am I ready to go out there?"
"Not yet."
"Why not? I can keep my balance on the board."
"Yes, but can you keep it while standing up."
