What's Worse Than What Happened?
As everyone un-boarded Rogue glanced towards the back of the plane. She was shocked to see Jean and Scott leaving together, hand-in-hand. She followed them quietly after grabbing a stick to help her walk. She followed them behind the building and to the waterfall and heard them talking.
"I'm so happy you're over Rogue, Scott." She pushed some red hair out of her face and landed a quick kiss on his cheek. "She is really uptight and doesn't like anyone, or so it seems."
"She did seem like that a lot, didn't she? And then when she got in the accident she begged me to bring her back. She's our friend; I couldn't say no." After finishing his answer he planted a kiss on her lips and then they stopped talking altogether. After a few minutes of them kissing, and tears filling Rogue's eyes, Jean asked the question Rouge knew would come.
"So have you told her it's over and we're with each other now?"
"Well, you're with Duncan, right?"
"Well yeah, but he doesn't pay half as much attention to me as you do."
"So he won't know and she won't know. It's as easy as that."
"I don't know; she gets pretty moody."
"I'll tell her then. It won't hurt her too; much I never had strong feelings for her and I doubt she ever did for me."
"Right.…" They continued kissing but softly enough to hear a whimper then feet running. The gazed at each other gasped and said softly, "Rogue."
She ran, crying, when she was caught by a speeding mutant. The tears wiped from her eyes and she was in her room again.
"This is your room, right?"
"Yes, Pietro, but I was doing fine I didn't need your help."
Then she heard rushed footsteps, two voices, and the doorknob turn.
"Rogue are you all right, sweetie?" Scott walked in and sat on the bed; he threw his arms around her. "What are you doing here, Pietro?" He sent a terrifying look towards him and Pietro didn't give him a chance to speak.
"What are you doing here? Come to hurt her more? She loved you but you couldn't live with that, could you? You needed more, so you went to Jean after she got kidnapped, didn't you? Thought she wouldn't come back. Well she did and I would do anything to be with her, and you're just going to throw her heart away. I can't believe you; you disgust me!"
"You are no prize Pietro, and Rogue deserves more then you."
"You mean a cheat of a boyfriend like you." Rogue stood up, wobbling for a moment, and then stood upright. "You said you loved me, Scott. You said that you felt the same way I did, but you're wrong. No; actually, I was a fool to have ever liked you, and Jean, you can come in now, I'm sure Duncan would love to here this."
"Rogue, I never meant to hurt you but I… love him and he loves me."
Rogue started packing her things. "You know that's fine, I never fit in so I might as well leave everyone alone; I'm leaving. Since you love each other so much as to destroy another's feelings then you'll love to go together and tell him I QUIT!!!!!!!"
"Rogue, you can't quit!! You're part of the X-team!"
"Quiet, laser-eyes, I shouldn't have listened to you from the start. I'm not part of the team; I am a freak and hurt those I touch; no more, goodbye."
With that she walked out of the room, Pietro following her, then Pietro stopped, turned, and spoke.
"You lost the best girl in the world, Scott, and damaged her. I hope you live with guilt."
He walked out of the room and Jean turned and hugged Scott. He pushed her off.
"Pietro…." He turned and sped into the room
"Yes?"
"I am… now."
"Good, now you realize what you've done."
He turned and ran from the room; Scott heard him calling after Rogue and in his mind he wanted to as well.
"Scott, are you ok, honey?"
"Jean I was terrible. We're over you're still with Duncan and I wish I was still with Rogue."
"I thought you didn't have feelings for her, Scott?"
"That's what I thought too, Jean."