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Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path. (NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
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Chapter 2
Rejection
Bobby had spent a week in the mansion after the long meeting. His bedroom was still empty...
Today was the day to the mall that the professor gave them once per three weeks. Even though they had to start taking extreme safety precautions, the professor still wanted them to have some normality in their life.
"This is now more of a privilege," he had told them. "If you make a mistake this time, or any other time in the future, you will not be attending these trips any longer."
Bobby wasn't a troublemaker, so he did not have much to worry about. He showered, got dressed in some decent clothes (are as much as he could afford since he was on his own budget without parental support) and walked in front of the school where he could board the charter bus.
The ride to the mall would be a bit different too... John wasn't here so he wouldn't have anyone to talk to besides his girlfriend.
He boarded with a crowd of others and got a seat towards the back. He sat by the window and waited for Rogue to come on to. When she did, she looked Bobby in the eye and just stood there... frozen...
She didn't walk back and sit next to him, she sat in the very front seat and grabbed the first person she knew to sit next to her.
"What's she doing?" A boy behind Bobby asked. "Did you two split?"
"No...," Bobby said.
"Well, hate to break it to ya' man, but it don't look like she wants to keep it together anymore," he said and went to another conversation with a group of guys in the back.
Why was she doing this to Bobby? He worked so hard to assure her that they could be together without touching... without any skin to skin contact... is she going to take all their efforts and throw them out the window?
Up at the front of the bus, Rogue sat with her friend Barbara and she was asking the same questions as the boy did Bobby. "Why aren't you sitting with Bobby?"
"I'm doing for him what he could never do for himself," was how she replied.
"What do you mean?" Barbara asked.
"Am I the only one that sees it? I'm ruining his life!" She said with anger. "His life is already messed up because he's a mutant, but having a girlfriend that he can't hold hands with without these stupid gloves getting in the way makes it all worse!"
"But he loves you," he friend told her. "He is willing to deal with this to be with you!"
"He'll find someone else...," was the last thing she told her and turned and looked outside the window.
Rogue and Bobby never spoke to each other very often after this... it was her way of letting him go, or as she put it, "doing what he can't do for himself..."
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AT THE MALL
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Bobby finally reached the mall. It was pretty big, with at least 200 places to shop, eat, and anything else you could think of. He decided that the food court was the only place for him to go right now... so that he could think.
He sat down at a table-for-two towards the left side of the food court and just sat there. He then let the thoughts he had flood his mind, now that he had time to sort through them.
He thought about his family. How they probably don't want anything to do with now that they burned half of his house and found out that he had been keeping a secret from them for the last year or two. John... his only friend that he could talk to and have fun with abandoned him for the evil... did he mean that little to John?
Why the hell would he break their friendship for some guy who wants to destroy all humans? That wasn't like John... well not like the John that Bobby thought he knew.
And Rouge... why did she did she do this to him!? He gave up almost everything he had before her so that he could make her happy emotionally. He couldn't touch her... but what was that all about? He needs to touch someone you love when all you need is to be able to love their soul and no matter how much he tried he could never touch hers, or anyone else's, because the only way to it is through her eyes... And God knows he didn't need anything else but her eyes to love her... his Rouge...
Someone sitting in front of him interrupted his thoughts. It was a she and she definitely didn't belong to "Mutant High". She had big and bright brown eyes, and brown hair that came down to her shoulder blades. She smiled at Bobby and started to talk.
"Hey... what's wrong gloomy bug?" She said giggling. "Whatcha thinking about?"
"Nothing," Bobby said and left his thoughts and aimed his attention to the girl.
"I'm Katy," she said and held her hand out.
Bobby shook it and gave his introduction. "I'm Bobby."
"Hi Bobby," she said smiling with pearly white teeth. "Do you want to go get a drink?"
"Well... um...," Bobby said, sticking a hand in his pocket. "I'm short on money."
"I'll buy," she said standing up and grabbing his hand, taking him to a Burger King line. She bought them both a coke and they went back to their seats.
"So... where do you live?" She asked.
"Not to far from here," he replied.
"Well... where do you go to school?" She said, obviously trying to start a conversation.
"I'm home schooled," Bobby replied with a not-much-of-a-lie reply.
"No wonder your so uncomfortable around me!" She said laughing out loud.
Bobby joined in on the laughter and closed his eyes. He could feel the energy of laughter flow through his body and it lifted up his overall charisma. He felt a tingle in his hands and when he opened his eyes to see the laughing Katy again, he saw her big brown eyes opened even wider. He looked down at his drink and saw that it was a solid block of ice... he lost control of his powers.
"Your... your a mutant!" She said, standing up.
Bobby set the frozen drink down and stood up to. "Please don't run aw-...," he began, but she interrupted him.
"I got to go!" She said and walked away quickly.
Bobby sat down and put his head down on the table... rejected... just because he could freeze stuff didn't make him completely unbearable to be near even though he was different. Why?
Before he could answer this question, he heard a scream from a store to his left. Inside a large electronic store was someone with a gun pointed at the person next to the cash register. Someone that was floating in the air...
Of Fire and Ice
Author: Flame
Archive: Yes
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Now that John has left with Magneto, Bobby is determined to make him come back. But attacks on the mansion and gangs of mutants are obstacles in his path. (NOT a romance)(Incomplete)
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Chapter 2
Rejection
Bobby had spent a week in the mansion after the long meeting. His bedroom was still empty...
Today was the day to the mall that the professor gave them once per three weeks. Even though they had to start taking extreme safety precautions, the professor still wanted them to have some normality in their life.
"This is now more of a privilege," he had told them. "If you make a mistake this time, or any other time in the future, you will not be attending these trips any longer."
Bobby wasn't a troublemaker, so he did not have much to worry about. He showered, got dressed in some decent clothes (are as much as he could afford since he was on his own budget without parental support) and walked in front of the school where he could board the charter bus.
The ride to the mall would be a bit different too... John wasn't here so he wouldn't have anyone to talk to besides his girlfriend.
He boarded with a crowd of others and got a seat towards the back. He sat by the window and waited for Rogue to come on to. When she did, she looked Bobby in the eye and just stood there... frozen...
She didn't walk back and sit next to him, she sat in the very front seat and grabbed the first person she knew to sit next to her.
"What's she doing?" A boy behind Bobby asked. "Did you two split?"
"No...," Bobby said.
"Well, hate to break it to ya' man, but it don't look like she wants to keep it together anymore," he said and went to another conversation with a group of guys in the back.
Why was she doing this to Bobby? He worked so hard to assure her that they could be together without touching... without any skin to skin contact... is she going to take all their efforts and throw them out the window?
Up at the front of the bus, Rogue sat with her friend Barbara and she was asking the same questions as the boy did Bobby. "Why aren't you sitting with Bobby?"
"I'm doing for him what he could never do for himself," was how she replied.
"What do you mean?" Barbara asked.
"Am I the only one that sees it? I'm ruining his life!" She said with anger. "His life is already messed up because he's a mutant, but having a girlfriend that he can't hold hands with without these stupid gloves getting in the way makes it all worse!"
"But he loves you," he friend told her. "He is willing to deal with this to be with you!"
"He'll find someone else...," was the last thing she told her and turned and looked outside the window.
Rogue and Bobby never spoke to each other very often after this... it was her way of letting him go, or as she put it, "doing what he can't do for himself..."
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AT THE MALL
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Bobby finally reached the mall. It was pretty big, with at least 200 places to shop, eat, and anything else you could think of. He decided that the food court was the only place for him to go right now... so that he could think.
He sat down at a table-for-two towards the left side of the food court and just sat there. He then let the thoughts he had flood his mind, now that he had time to sort through them.
He thought about his family. How they probably don't want anything to do with now that they burned half of his house and found out that he had been keeping a secret from them for the last year or two. John... his only friend that he could talk to and have fun with abandoned him for the evil... did he mean that little to John?
Why the hell would he break their friendship for some guy who wants to destroy all humans? That wasn't like John... well not like the John that Bobby thought he knew.
And Rouge... why did she did she do this to him!? He gave up almost everything he had before her so that he could make her happy emotionally. He couldn't touch her... but what was that all about? He needs to touch someone you love when all you need is to be able to love their soul and no matter how much he tried he could never touch hers, or anyone else's, because the only way to it is through her eyes... And God knows he didn't need anything else but her eyes to love her... his Rouge...
Someone sitting in front of him interrupted his thoughts. It was a she and she definitely didn't belong to "Mutant High". She had big and bright brown eyes, and brown hair that came down to her shoulder blades. She smiled at Bobby and started to talk.
"Hey... what's wrong gloomy bug?" She said giggling. "Whatcha thinking about?"
"Nothing," Bobby said and left his thoughts and aimed his attention to the girl.
"I'm Katy," she said and held her hand out.
Bobby shook it and gave his introduction. "I'm Bobby."
"Hi Bobby," she said smiling with pearly white teeth. "Do you want to go get a drink?"
"Well... um...," Bobby said, sticking a hand in his pocket. "I'm short on money."
"I'll buy," she said standing up and grabbing his hand, taking him to a Burger King line. She bought them both a coke and they went back to their seats.
"So... where do you live?" She asked.
"Not to far from here," he replied.
"Well... where do you go to school?" She said, obviously trying to start a conversation.
"I'm home schooled," Bobby replied with a not-much-of-a-lie reply.
"No wonder your so uncomfortable around me!" She said laughing out loud.
Bobby joined in on the laughter and closed his eyes. He could feel the energy of laughter flow through his body and it lifted up his overall charisma. He felt a tingle in his hands and when he opened his eyes to see the laughing Katy again, he saw her big brown eyes opened even wider. He looked down at his drink and saw that it was a solid block of ice... he lost control of his powers.
"Your... your a mutant!" She said, standing up.
Bobby set the frozen drink down and stood up to. "Please don't run aw-...," he began, but she interrupted him.
"I got to go!" She said and walked away quickly.
Bobby sat down and put his head down on the table... rejected... just because he could freeze stuff didn't make him completely unbearable to be near even though he was different. Why?
Before he could answer this question, he heard a scream from a store to his left. Inside a large electronic store was someone with a gun pointed at the person next to the cash register. Someone that was floating in the air...