Nathan closed his room door behind him, and smiled, as he saw Elizabeth walking down the hallway towards him, with her nose in a book. She nearly reached him, when she looked up. She smiled, closing the book in her hand. "You were awesome out there the other day!" Nathan smiled.
Elizabeth shrugged, "I try."
She had her backpack strapped over her shoulders, ready to go to school. "Need a ride?" Nathan offered.
Elizabeth raised an eyebrow, "With what car?"
Nathan shrugged, "I don't know, just thought maybe I'd take the X-Van or something, and give you a ride to school."
Elizabeth smiled, and placed her hand on his chest. "Thank you for the offer, Nathan, but I think I'll drive myself to school today." She grinned.
She then continued walking away from him, towards the staircase.
*~*~*~*
"Come on! We're gonna be late!" Rogue yelled throughout the foyer, as she walked towards the door leading to the carport.
Elizabeth then ran down the staircase. She met with Rogue, and walked with her towards the carport, "So, you figured what to get Nathan for his birthday yet?" Rogue coyly smirked at her.
Elizabeth grabbed her car keys from her pocket, "Well, I don't know, exactly. But then again, I can probably buy something better than what Jean's got him; I have more money." Elizabeth boasted.
They walked towards Elizabeth's silver BMW. "Wait up!" Tabitha called, running towards them.
Elizabeth looked towards Jean, as she walked to her SUV. "Well, looks like you've covered that bruise up pretty well, Jean." Elizabeth sniped, as she opened her car door.
Jean glared at her, "Yeah, just don't boast about it, Elizabeth. You know that was not fair!" Jean complained, as she hopped into her car.
Rogue, and Tabitha closed the car doors after them, as they settled into Elizabeth's BMW. The carport door was already opened, from Brian and Peter leaving earlier for morning football practice. Elizabeth started her car, and sped out of the carport. Kitty and Kurt rushed to Jean's SUV, and hopped in. Jean then sped out after Elizabeth out of the carport.
*~*~*~*
Brian marched through the hallways, scanning the crowd of students. His fists were clenched at his sides. He saw Jean digging through her locker. He marched towards her, "Where's Duncan?" Brian asked.
Jean glared at him, "Duncan? How about, hey, Jean, how are you?"
Brian sobered, "Sorry. Morning, Jean. Where's Duncan?"
Jean stood back, "I don't know, Brian. Why are you asking?"
Brian turned, ignoring to answer her question; he had his own agenda in mind. He began scanning the students around him. He saw Remy walking alongside with Rogue, with his arm draped around her shoulders. He rushed to the couple, "Hey, have you guys seen Duncan?" He asked, suspiciously.
Rogue looked at him, "No, hun, you've been lookin' for him too?" She asked, as he walked with them.
Brian ran his hand through his short blonde hair, "Yeah. He and I need to have a little discussion about what happened Friday night." He told them.
"Well, mon ami, I don't think he'll be easy to find. He probably knows that he's been caught." Remy pointed out.
"Eh, I have to get going, I'll see you two later." Brian said, waving them off.
"Bye hun!" Rogue called after him.
"Why's he lookin' for Duncan, petite?" Remy asked his girlfriend at his side.
Rogue sighed, "Well, Duncan was the one who spiked Betsy's drink Friday, that stupid prick." She snapped.
Remy shook his head, "Man, he just never gets it, does he? Messin' with one of us, is like a death sentence, if you ask me, chere." Remy told her.
"Yeah, no kiddin'." Rogue agreed.
*~*~*~*
Wanda and John walked into the classroom, and sat at the lab table with Elizabeth. "Hey there, Betsy. How you feeling?" Wanda asked, as she sat in the stool across from Elizabeth.
Elizabeth looked up at her, and nodded, "Fine. Why do you ask?"
John's mouth dropped, "Well, after Friday, we were kind of worried about ya, girl." John told her.
Elizabeth waved her hand down, "Oh, don't worry about that. How was your weekend?" She smiled.
John and Wanda looked at each other, smiling. Wanda's cheeks flushed, "Well, let's just say we happened to have been busy all weekend long." Wanda smirked.
Elizabeth let out a laugh, shaking her head. "Luv, your brother's lookin' for Duncan. Have you seen him around?" John said, as he unzipped his backpack.
Elizabeth raised her eyebrow with question, "Why is Brian looking for him?"
Wanda's eyes opened wide with shock, "No one told you?"
Elizabeth sat back, crossing her arms across her chest, "Told me what?"
"Betts, Duncan was the one who spiked your drink that night." John told her.
*~*~*~*
Brian slammed his locker door shut, and looked to see his twin standing against the locker, now showing from the closed door. "Oh, hi, luv." Brian smiled at her.
Elizabeth raised her eyebrow at him, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Brian threw his backpack straps over his shoulders, and adjusted the hem of his white shirt, "Tell you what?"
"That Duncan was the cause of my episode on Friday night! Why didn't you say anything to me?" Elizabeth snapped.
Brian rolled his eyes, "Look, I didn't want you to get hurt. I'm going to take care of it!" Brian protested.
Elizabeth's mouth dropped, as she placed her hand to her chest, "Me?! Hurt?!" She sobered, her eyes flaring with anger, "Brian, when are you going to realize that I don't need you to fight my battles all the damned time?!"
Brian shook his head, "Look, I'm your brother, it's not going to stop. Get used to it." He snapped, as he turned to walk away.
Elizabeth grabbed his shoulder, and swung him around to face her, "Look, I'm a grown woman!" She snapped.
"Oh? And if you're so much of a grown woman, maybe you can be a little responsible and tell me about your relationships with people?" He fired at her.
Elizabeth let go of him, as she prevented to let her mouth drop, "What do you mean?"
Brian scoffed, "Oh come on, I know what happened between you and Nathan on Saturday! I'm not stupid!" He snapped.
Elizabeth shook her head, "This is stupid, Brian." She told him. He glared at her, and she sensed the jealousy from him, "Oh my goodness. You're jealous?!" She asked.
"I don't want to talk about this right now. I have to get to class." Brian coldly told her, as he turned and walked away.
Elizabeth glared after her twin, her expression blank. He was jealous; she knew this was going to happen. He was so overprotective of her; he barely liked the idea of her and Pietro. And, now, with someone in the institute, she knew that it was going to cause friction. All their lives, it has always just been, Betsy and Brian; and then some others. He was not easy to accept change so fast. She ran her hands through her thick hair, and sighed, as she turned to walk to her class. She would have to talk with him when they got back to the institute. She knew what his fears were; someone would come into her life, and replace him. Since their father died, Brian had made a vow to be the only man to protect his sister, and watch over her. Now, with Nathan around, changes are always possible.
