Chapter Seven: Alistor Smith.

It was 7am, the sun was glistening through the dew on the bushes, as the air brushed by, cool but far from fresh, the stuffyness of the heat already smothering the lungs. A young man stepped out of his dark blue, truck, his huge black boots hitting the floor with a thud, followed by his jeans which draped, losley over the boots, as all the spair material creased itself ontop of the rest.

Following the jeans up, as the many pockets passed, he wore a sky blue shirt, untucked and buttond just above the abdomen, with a white vest underneath, a black lace around his neck holding a tiney piece of blue crystal. His skin was bronze, and fresh looking, clear and soft with outstanding blue eyes, like the bright blue crystal around his neck. He brought a large hand to his hair and scrubbed at the sholder length black strands before letting out an annoyed sigh and kicking the smokeing truck.

"Damn it!" He yelled as he reached to pick up the hood, but burnt his hand and snatched it away.

He looked aroud the deserted road, seeing nothing. But then he saw a young goth girl walking down the road, there was no-one els in site. Rogue looked up seeing the man stairing at her, as if he'd never seen another person before in his life. She put on a frown and glued her head to the graveld floor as he bagan to walk over.

"Excuse me...... miss?" She egnored him. "Could you possabley help me........"

She carried on walking passed him, onley glanceing up once.

"Hay! All I wan't is some help, could you maybe tell me where the town is?" She still egnored him so he stopped in the middle of the road as he watched her walk off. He clenched his teeth together as he raised his hands to the sky.

"What did I to to the damn world!"

Rogue stopped and turned back to the guy. He looked desperate, like he realy needed to get out of Bayville. 'Maybe he did just need some help?' She thought as she started walking back to him, hugging her arms around her sholders.

"Ah can help if thers somethin wrong with ya truck?" She said in her strong southern accent as he snapped his head down to her, wondering where she'd come from.

He gazed at her for a second, wandering in her emerald eyes, and then shook himself out of his daze as his arms fell to his sides and he smiled in relief.

"You know mechanics?"

"Not me personally, but ah picked up some things along the line." She said, personally refuring to the minds that she has picked up with her mutation.

She walked over to the truck and lifted the hood, revealing a misty hissing mess. She looked around the moter and smiled, reaching into her bag for a bottle of water, which she pored into a tank, and then took off her gloves as the man watched in amazemeant, as she fiddled around with some wires and clips. About ten minuets later she pulled her head from the hood and closed it, wipeing off the oil from her hands with a cloth that he handed to her.

"Wow...." He said. " I've never known any girl to know cars n stuff."

"And ahve never known any man to not know cars n stuff." She smiled.......she smiled?

The man reached out his hand to shake Rogues. "My names Alistor Smith." He cringed at his own name, and watched as Rogue as she brought her bere hands to her chest. She saw the confused look on his face and gave him a smile.

"Ahm Ro-." She paused a moment. " Mah names Marie."

"I won't hurt you y'know."

"No, it aint that. Ah just, ah don't touch people......it's a....a fobia. Ah don't like skin on skin contact." Rogue felt confused inside, why had she said that, duh, what an idiot. The mans face flooded with suspision as a small smirk edged his mouth.

"Oh. Alright, Well, thank you....Marie." He shot her a mischivous glance as she sliped on her gloves and picked up her bag and continued walking.

"Can I drive you somewhere Marie?"

"No." She said withought thinking. "Thank you but ahm almost where ahm goin so,........ nice meetin ya..... Alistor." She smiled and walked again.

Alistor smirked and tied back his shiney black hair as he watched her. 'Marie Huh?' He thought as he got back in his truck, and continued on the other way down the road.

(A/N: Thanx for all the revies every one....its nice of ya. Erm,.......MischievousFair?......Squirels? Erm?....... crack?.......erm, a phone cal?.....and all in one review okydokie. Ill put in another chapter later on today.)