Disclaimer: Okay okay, I don't own any of the characters and everything in this story is pure fiction. But of course you know that.

A/N: This chapter is semi-mushy; so if its kind of boring don't' worry it'll get better very soon. I just want to establish the tight bond that B and M have so it's clear.

Oh and I saw X2! It was absolutely fantastic so go check it out. Now I can assure you that there are NO spoilers in this fic.

Bobby winced as he opened his eyes. He shielded his eyes from the intense light that shone into his face.

"Oww! Turn that light off! Where the hell am I?" He painfully pulled himself to a sitting position on the examining table. "Ouch!" he rubbed his shoulder after feeling a pang of pain shoot through his veins.

Jean appeared next to his bed, smiling a motherly smile at him. "Hey there buddy. We were worried about you for a while. You've been out for quite a while." She patted his shoulder with a heat pack.

Bobby looked at her, confused. "Where am I? Wait a sec, where's Marie? The last thing I knew was that…she had kissed me! No! Professor Xavier and I did all the calculations! It had to have worked!" he turned to look around the lab, searching for the face he longed to see. Bobby used the remainder of his strength to lift himself off the bed, but Jean held him down.

"Now hold on Bobby. Just relax. Let me explain." Jean laid a caring hand on his leg.

"No! I want to see Marie!" Bobby couldn't control himself and pushed his way off the bed. He almost reached the door before a strong Logan caught him and led him back to a chair.

"Listen to Jean." Logan moved to block the doorway that led to the other rooms.

"First tell me. Is Marie okay?" Bobby looked at her with a face filled with such fear that it just broke her heart.

"Bobby, Rogue is fine. She's resting in her room." Jean smiled, "Now would you please let me finish my gosh-darn story??" She shook her head disbelievingly before forcing out a smile.

"Last night, there was a bomb. The reason that you are in the lab is not that Marie's powers hurt you, because they didn't. Your calculations were very precise and she WILL be able to touch, but rather it was the bomb that exploded right behind the medication lab. You guys are very lucky that you weren't hurt even more. Unfortunately, some of us were not so fortunate." She shuddered before closing her eyes and regaining her breath. "What I'm trying to say is…we lost Kitty." A single piece of ice fell from Bobby's eye as Jean's knees crumpled and she collapsed; Bobby was quick enough to catch her before she fell and he wrapped his arms around his friend.

"Kitty…" He breathed, embracing Jean, who now was crying freely, tears flowing rapidly down her face. Bobby could feel her tears soaking through his suit, but he didn't care, for there was also a splotch of tears on Jean's, made by Bobby, who was moved enough to have real tears, and not ice tears. 

Jean sniffed before explaining even more. She spoke into his shirt, for she had no other way to dry her tears. "She was in the library doing some late night studying. She was studying for MY test! Can you believe it? The test I assigned! If only I hadn't…oh Bobby I can't believe I did that."

"Shh…no don't say that Jean. Shh…it's not your fault." Bobby held her close as her chest heaved up and down with the motion of her sobs.

He turned as the door opened and a tired-looking Marie entered. Her eyes were rimmed with red and she quickly walked into Bobby's arms.

"Oh baby I was so worried." He buried his face into her hair. Jean stood to the side, smiling a tiny smile at the sight of the young couple. For Scott and her had once been like that. But now that he was the leader of the X-men, they had more important things to worry about than love. She decided to leave Bobby and Marie in their own little world and left the room.

Marie ran her hands down Bobby's back before taking his hand. Bobby looked down and for the first time, realized that her gloves were gone. He gave her hand a small squeeze before bringing it to his lips to kiss it softly. She smiled before bringing her lips to his and giving her boyfriend a gentle kiss.

He leaned his head on hers before smothering her face with tiny butterfly kisses. Marie giggled as they tickled against her soft cheeks and the two swayed to a silent dance; just the sound of their heartbeats as one.

For a moment, their sadness was forgotten. For a moment, all that mattered was that they were in together in each other's arms in a Mutant School in Upstate New York.

Little did they know, but that moment would soon end.