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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 19
Arguments
Bobby sat on the ground on one end of the cell, while Rogue sat on the pile of dirty blankets on the other. Even though Rogue wasn't on Bobby's list of favorite people, that still didn't prevent him from being the gentleman he was raised to be. Rogue kept fidgeting un-easily. Bobby knew she was never the kind of person who could stand uncomfortable silences.
"I'm sorry Bobby," she told him, while looking at the ground. "I just did what had to be done."
"Let's not talk about this now," Bobby replied to her. "Right now we should be worrying about our lives."
"What wrong with you?" She asked him. "You're not the same. What's on your mind?"
"Nothing," Bobby replied.
"Tell me," she said, inching further off the blankets.
"Hate to you give you a reality check but my life officially doesn't involve you," Bobby told her rolling his eyes. "Or did you forget you dumped me?"
"Bobby," she whispered standing up. "You know it would have never worked out. After I broke up with you, I realized that what I felt wasn't real. I was..."
"Was what?" Bobby demanded. "Using me? Leading me on? What!? Tell me!"
"I was using you," she yelled back. "I admit it."
"Using me for what?" Bobby asked.
"Bobby," she whimpered. "You were the only boy in school who wasn't afraid of coming within two feet of me. I had to take what I could get. Anyone who would have me..."
"Oh," Bobby replied sarcastically. "So I was the last resort?"
"Look," she replied to him. "It was a mistake. Let's just put this behind us. Friends?"
"No," he told her. "No... We can't be friends."
"Fine," she yelled and sat back on her blankets.
"Fine!" He yelled back.
The uncomfortable silence came back. The dripping of water from the ceiling was the only noise that kept them both from going insane.
"It's him isn't it?" She asked him.
"Who?" Bobby asked.
"You know who," she snapped back. "Your best buddy-'ol-pal, John."
"Listen... there is a lot that you don't know...," he started but...
"No! You listen! There is a lot that you don't know about John," she told him.
"What do you mean?" Bobby asked in an annoyed tone, wondering if she was just trying to find ground for argument.
"Remember back in Boston, at your place? John was attacking all those police with his power. I had to stop so I touched him and made all the fire go away," she started. "And when I touch people I get some of their memories..."
"What did you find out?" Bobby asked.
"It's not my story to tell. Let's just say that John has reasons for being the way he is," she told him turning her back. "His life hasn't been as easy as yours."
"What the hell?" Bobby yelled standing and putting his hands on the sides of his head. "All I've been hearing from everybody is how 'easy my life is'!"
"What would you expect?" Rogue replied. "You have."
"Please," Bobby replied. "If I recall correctly, you ran away from home while I had to 'lie' to my family for two years. Then after they find out my brother turns me in and my parents all of a sudden have nothing to do with me! Does that sound easy to you?"
"No...," she told him.
"Exactly, so don't tell me about my life!" Bobby yelled and turned his back to her.
"Well, I can tell you some things about your life," she whispered. "Remember the kiss? I got to kiss a boy again... and I got to peek into his life."
"Shut-up," Bobby said lowly.
"I saw one of your favorite memories," she replied. "The time when you got that go-cart you begged your dad for."
"Shut-up," Bobby replied a little louder.
"And then you wrecked it into a tree," she replied with a little chuckles. "You named it... it was... uh..."
"Stinger...," Bobby said to himself.
"And...," she started again, her face getting darker. "Then your dad got real up-set and then he..."
"SHUT-UP!" He told her. "JUST SHUT..UP!"
"Whatever you say," she replied calmly, but then finished her train of thought. "... and that was the last time you looked at your dad as a hero."
Bobby put his fists against the wall above his head. It was true. His dad spanked him for the first time. It was a strange thing. His dad was always this model father to him... someone he looked up to... and then after a stupid accident his father went off on him. It never happened again of course, but for some unknown reason Bobby just didn't look at his dad the same. Could someone who could punish him like that truly love him? Maybe he was just spoiled after all...
But that was in the past. They don't matter anymore. He promised to himself this was the last time he would ever give them a thought. They were done. They were close to not being there anymore to him. He didn't need them. He just needed the new 'family' he had back at the mansion together again... and he needed his run-away brother to come home...
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)
)-()()()()()()()()()()()-(
Chapter 19
Arguments
Bobby sat on the ground on one end of the cell, while Rogue sat on the pile of dirty blankets on the other. Even though Rogue wasn't on Bobby's list of favorite people, that still didn't prevent him from being the gentleman he was raised to be. Rogue kept fidgeting un-easily. Bobby knew she was never the kind of person who could stand uncomfortable silences.
"I'm sorry Bobby," she told him, while looking at the ground. "I just did what had to be done."
"Let's not talk about this now," Bobby replied to her. "Right now we should be worrying about our lives."
"What wrong with you?" She asked him. "You're not the same. What's on your mind?"
"Nothing," Bobby replied.
"Tell me," she said, inching further off the blankets.
"Hate to you give you a reality check but my life officially doesn't involve you," Bobby told her rolling his eyes. "Or did you forget you dumped me?"
"Bobby," she whispered standing up. "You know it would have never worked out. After I broke up with you, I realized that what I felt wasn't real. I was..."
"Was what?" Bobby demanded. "Using me? Leading me on? What!? Tell me!"
"I was using you," she yelled back. "I admit it."
"Using me for what?" Bobby asked.
"Bobby," she whimpered. "You were the only boy in school who wasn't afraid of coming within two feet of me. I had to take what I could get. Anyone who would have me..."
"Oh," Bobby replied sarcastically. "So I was the last resort?"
"Look," she replied to him. "It was a mistake. Let's just put this behind us. Friends?"
"No," he told her. "No... We can't be friends."
"Fine," she yelled and sat back on her blankets.
"Fine!" He yelled back.
The uncomfortable silence came back. The dripping of water from the ceiling was the only noise that kept them both from going insane.
"It's him isn't it?" She asked him.
"Who?" Bobby asked.
"You know who," she snapped back. "Your best buddy-'ol-pal, John."
"Listen... there is a lot that you don't know...," he started but...
"No! You listen! There is a lot that you don't know about John," she told him.
"What do you mean?" Bobby asked in an annoyed tone, wondering if she was just trying to find ground for argument.
"Remember back in Boston, at your place? John was attacking all those police with his power. I had to stop so I touched him and made all the fire go away," she started. "And when I touch people I get some of their memories..."
"What did you find out?" Bobby asked.
"It's not my story to tell. Let's just say that John has reasons for being the way he is," she told him turning her back. "His life hasn't been as easy as yours."
"What the hell?" Bobby yelled standing and putting his hands on the sides of his head. "All I've been hearing from everybody is how 'easy my life is'!"
"What would you expect?" Rogue replied. "You have."
"Please," Bobby replied. "If I recall correctly, you ran away from home while I had to 'lie' to my family for two years. Then after they find out my brother turns me in and my parents all of a sudden have nothing to do with me! Does that sound easy to you?"
"No...," she told him.
"Exactly, so don't tell me about my life!" Bobby yelled and turned his back to her.
"Well, I can tell you some things about your life," she whispered. "Remember the kiss? I got to kiss a boy again... and I got to peek into his life."
"Shut-up," Bobby said lowly.
"I saw one of your favorite memories," she replied. "The time when you got that go-cart you begged your dad for."
"Shut-up," Bobby replied a little louder.
"And then you wrecked it into a tree," she replied with a little chuckles. "You named it... it was... uh..."
"Stinger...," Bobby said to himself.
"And...," she started again, her face getting darker. "Then your dad got real up-set and then he..."
"SHUT-UP!" He told her. "JUST SHUT..UP!"
"Whatever you say," she replied calmly, but then finished her train of thought. "... and that was the last time you looked at your dad as a hero."
Bobby put his fists against the wall above his head. It was true. His dad spanked him for the first time. It was a strange thing. His dad was always this model father to him... someone he looked up to... and then after a stupid accident his father went off on him. It never happened again of course, but for some unknown reason Bobby just didn't look at his dad the same. Could someone who could punish him like that truly love him? Maybe he was just spoiled after all...
But that was in the past. They don't matter anymore. He promised to himself this was the last time he would ever give them a thought. They were done. They were close to not being there anymore to him. He didn't need them. He just needed the new 'family' he had back at the mansion together again... and he needed his run-away brother to come home...