Author's Note- Yes ladies and gents, it's all over. Thanks for joining me
on this ride, I hope you like reading the story as much as I enjoyed
writing it. Thanks for all your support.
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Normal?
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Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
You and me and my old friends
Hoping it would never end
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
Holdin' on - we got to try
Holdin' on to never say goodbye
-Bon Jovi
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Two weeks later
The mansion was pretty much rebuilt and mutants were allowed back in school. "Our first day back," Kitty, the person who usually loved school sounded pretty depressed about that.
"Look at it this way, Kit," Rogue said, "maybe you'll see Lance there."
Kitty laughed. "Lance was rarely at school *before* all this started happening. I doubt he'll be there now."
"Now he has a reason to be," Tabby said approaching.
"Hey, Tabs," Kitty said. "Did you and Ray make up yet?" The "sort of" couple had been fighting since they got back to the house.
"I told him that if he can't deal with me being friends with John that we'd just have to end it."
"And?"
Tabby shrugged sadly. "Well, I'm single."
"Oh, Tabby, that jerk!" Kitty said. The girls got into the car the professor had gotten Rogue. "His Jeep!" she exclaimed happily. "He's here!" She leapt out of the car as soon as it stopped and walked inside searching for him. "Todd!"
The freshman turned. "What?"
"Where's Lance?" Kitty asked.
"He's around," Todd shrugged. "I don't know where he went." Kitty sighed and made her way towards her locker. She passed Kurt and Amanda on her way, neither had seen him. She bumped into Duncan on her way.
"Watch it!" the senior snapped. He looked down and recognized her. "Hey, where's Jean?"
"She didn't leave yet," Kitty said and brushed past him. She walked to her locker and grabbed her books.
"Look, it's a mutie," a girl's taunting voice said. Kitty sighed and turned.
"Do you, like, have a problem?"
"Yes," the girl said crossing her arms. "You shouldn't be here! You and your kind are a danger to everyone." The girl and her friends crowded around Kitty pushing her into her locker.
"Gee, this feels familiar," Kitty muttered. She phased out of her locker and found herself in Lance's arms.
"We have to stop meeting like this," he grinned steadying her but not releasing her arms.
"Lance!" Kitty exclaimed happily.
"How are doing, Kitten?" he asked looking into her eyes.
"Missing you," she said honestly. His grin widened.
"I missed you too." He sighed. "I really wish I could be a lone with you."
Kitty nodded. "Me too, but class starts in a few minutes."
"Let go of me, yo!" The couple straightened and the ground rumbled softly as Lance recognized his friend's voice.
"Let's go save Todd," Kitty said lacing her arm through his. To their surprise the other X-Men, and John were already there. Wanda was kneeling beside Todd looking uncharacteristically worried about him.
"Back off, Duncan," Jean said stepping in front of the freshman.
"Jean, he's just a mut-"
"Just a what?" Jean demanded. "Duncan, we're *so* through! And leave the mutants alone."
"Mess with one of us, mess with all of us," Lance agreed helping Todd up.
"Oui," Remy said also approaching. "And trust me, homme, you *really* don't want to mess with some of us." The football players backed off. Rogue looked up at the Cajun in surprise. "Salut, chere."
"Hi," she said unable to keep the shyness out of her voice. He grinned taking her hand. The two walked a little away from the others. "Aren't you a little old to be in High School?"
Grinning, Remy held a finger to his lips. "Shh. . . Don't tell."
"What are ya doin' here, swamp rat?"
His grin merely widened at the nick-name. "Seeing if de river mouse would like ta get out of here."
Rogue frowned, she loved that idea, but. . . "Remy, Ah have school."
"Oui, mais you missed a couple weeks, what's one more day?"
"Ah. . . " Rogue paused. "What the hell. okay, sugah. But if Ah get in trouble, Ah'm tellin' `em that you kidnapped me."
"Oui, chere, Remy wouldn't expect any less." He led her outside to his motorcycle. The two got on. "Hold on tight, mon amour."
Rogue smiled wrapping her arms around his waist. "My pleasure, sugah."
Back inside
John stepped over to Tabby. "`Ello, luv."
"Hey," she said fighting the blush that was rising in her cheeks. She mentally kicked herself. She was the flirt, why did he affect her like this?
"What's your first class?"
"Art."
He grinned his maniacal grin. "See ya there." He walked away to find his locker.
"Tabby has a crush," Fred sang. Giggling Todd joined in the song. Wanda hit him on the back of the head causing him to stop and make puppy-eyes at him. Fred, however, continued the song. Tabby practically growled as she created and energy ball. Kitty grabbed it from her and phased it into a locker.
"We don't want to, like, get kicked out, Tabs," Kitty said. The explosion went off in the locker. Surprisingly, Jean began laughing.
"What's so funny, Red?" Lance asked.
"Nice choice, Kitty," Jean said. "That was Duncan's." Smiling the senior linked arms with Scott before walking away.
"I'm surprised you came," Kitty said looking up at Lance.
"I'm only here to see you," he admitted. "I'd really like to go home." Kitty glanced at the teacher down the hall then up at Lance.
"Let's go."
Lance blinked sure that he hadn't heard his straight-laced girlfriend correctly. "Pardon?"
"You heard me," Kitty smiled up at him. "I'm totally ahead in all my classes, even missing a couple weeks, I'll be able to catch up in no time. I need some relaxation."
Lance smirked. "If it takes me all day, pretty kitty, I'll make sure that you're relaxed." He softly kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too. Rocky." Lance groaned at the nickname leading his girlfriend out of the school.
.The End.
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Salut, chere- informal version of bonjour, basically, "hi, dear"
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Normal?
~*~
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
You and me and my old friends
Hoping it would never end
Never say goodbye, never say goodbye
Holdin' on - we got to try
Holdin' on to never say goodbye
-Bon Jovi
~*~
Two weeks later
The mansion was pretty much rebuilt and mutants were allowed back in school. "Our first day back," Kitty, the person who usually loved school sounded pretty depressed about that.
"Look at it this way, Kit," Rogue said, "maybe you'll see Lance there."
Kitty laughed. "Lance was rarely at school *before* all this started happening. I doubt he'll be there now."
"Now he has a reason to be," Tabby said approaching.
"Hey, Tabs," Kitty said. "Did you and Ray make up yet?" The "sort of" couple had been fighting since they got back to the house.
"I told him that if he can't deal with me being friends with John that we'd just have to end it."
"And?"
Tabby shrugged sadly. "Well, I'm single."
"Oh, Tabby, that jerk!" Kitty said. The girls got into the car the professor had gotten Rogue. "His Jeep!" she exclaimed happily. "He's here!" She leapt out of the car as soon as it stopped and walked inside searching for him. "Todd!"
The freshman turned. "What?"
"Where's Lance?" Kitty asked.
"He's around," Todd shrugged. "I don't know where he went." Kitty sighed and made her way towards her locker. She passed Kurt and Amanda on her way, neither had seen him. She bumped into Duncan on her way.
"Watch it!" the senior snapped. He looked down and recognized her. "Hey, where's Jean?"
"She didn't leave yet," Kitty said and brushed past him. She walked to her locker and grabbed her books.
"Look, it's a mutie," a girl's taunting voice said. Kitty sighed and turned.
"Do you, like, have a problem?"
"Yes," the girl said crossing her arms. "You shouldn't be here! You and your kind are a danger to everyone." The girl and her friends crowded around Kitty pushing her into her locker.
"Gee, this feels familiar," Kitty muttered. She phased out of her locker and found herself in Lance's arms.
"We have to stop meeting like this," he grinned steadying her but not releasing her arms.
"Lance!" Kitty exclaimed happily.
"How are doing, Kitten?" he asked looking into her eyes.
"Missing you," she said honestly. His grin widened.
"I missed you too." He sighed. "I really wish I could be a lone with you."
Kitty nodded. "Me too, but class starts in a few minutes."
"Let go of me, yo!" The couple straightened and the ground rumbled softly as Lance recognized his friend's voice.
"Let's go save Todd," Kitty said lacing her arm through his. To their surprise the other X-Men, and John were already there. Wanda was kneeling beside Todd looking uncharacteristically worried about him.
"Back off, Duncan," Jean said stepping in front of the freshman.
"Jean, he's just a mut-"
"Just a what?" Jean demanded. "Duncan, we're *so* through! And leave the mutants alone."
"Mess with one of us, mess with all of us," Lance agreed helping Todd up.
"Oui," Remy said also approaching. "And trust me, homme, you *really* don't want to mess with some of us." The football players backed off. Rogue looked up at the Cajun in surprise. "Salut, chere."
"Hi," she said unable to keep the shyness out of her voice. He grinned taking her hand. The two walked a little away from the others. "Aren't you a little old to be in High School?"
Grinning, Remy held a finger to his lips. "Shh. . . Don't tell."
"What are ya doin' here, swamp rat?"
His grin merely widened at the nick-name. "Seeing if de river mouse would like ta get out of here."
Rogue frowned, she loved that idea, but. . . "Remy, Ah have school."
"Oui, mais you missed a couple weeks, what's one more day?"
"Ah. . . " Rogue paused. "What the hell. okay, sugah. But if Ah get in trouble, Ah'm tellin' `em that you kidnapped me."
"Oui, chere, Remy wouldn't expect any less." He led her outside to his motorcycle. The two got on. "Hold on tight, mon amour."
Rogue smiled wrapping her arms around his waist. "My pleasure, sugah."
Back inside
John stepped over to Tabby. "`Ello, luv."
"Hey," she said fighting the blush that was rising in her cheeks. She mentally kicked herself. She was the flirt, why did he affect her like this?
"What's your first class?"
"Art."
He grinned his maniacal grin. "See ya there." He walked away to find his locker.
"Tabby has a crush," Fred sang. Giggling Todd joined in the song. Wanda hit him on the back of the head causing him to stop and make puppy-eyes at him. Fred, however, continued the song. Tabby practically growled as she created and energy ball. Kitty grabbed it from her and phased it into a locker.
"We don't want to, like, get kicked out, Tabs," Kitty said. The explosion went off in the locker. Surprisingly, Jean began laughing.
"What's so funny, Red?" Lance asked.
"Nice choice, Kitty," Jean said. "That was Duncan's." Smiling the senior linked arms with Scott before walking away.
"I'm surprised you came," Kitty said looking up at Lance.
"I'm only here to see you," he admitted. "I'd really like to go home." Kitty glanced at the teacher down the hall then up at Lance.
"Let's go."
Lance blinked sure that he hadn't heard his straight-laced girlfriend correctly. "Pardon?"
"You heard me," Kitty smiled up at him. "I'm totally ahead in all my classes, even missing a couple weeks, I'll be able to catch up in no time. I need some relaxation."
Lance smirked. "If it takes me all day, pretty kitty, I'll make sure that you're relaxed." He softly kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too. Rocky." Lance groaned at the nickname leading his girlfriend out of the school.
.The End.
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Salut, chere- informal version of bonjour, basically, "hi, dear"