Chapter 12: Dinner?

Rogue sat across from Alistor, this time, thair eyes meeting as they talked.

"So, who was that guy again?" Alistor said, refering to Scott.

"The team leader. He can be cool sometimes but hes mostley just and old man about everything."

"And hes the 'leader' of the X- men?" He said, trying to understand everything that Rogue had just told him.

"Yea. Understand now?" She ast, mocking,

"wow. thats allot ta take in y'know."

"Ah don't think so."

"Well I do." He said as he brushed some strands of hair behind his ear and brought his fork to his mouth.

"So do you live at the school thingy with your'e parents?"

"Ha!" She said. "No. Perents are an issue for me...."

"Why?"

"Cos'...." She saw his inquizitive eyes and sighed. "Well, mah birth mothers dead, mah fathers unknown, mah foster mothers gone AWAOL and mah adopted mother is an evil boss kinda thing, that the x-men have fought over and over. So ah just make it simple and say ah don't have any parents."

"I can beat that." He said with a chuckle, as Rogue gave him a, Give-It- Youre-Best-Shot look.

"My birth mother and father, ditched me when I was 3 hours old, and my adopted parents, all three sets of them, ditched me too. Then I had about 5 pairs of foster parents, and not one of them was a nice experience."

Rogue took in a deep breath and raised her eybrow.

"Wow. Sounds like you had a sucky childhood." She said.

"You have no idea." He said with a slight chuckle, though his eyes looked a litle sad.

Rogue finished her dinner and glanced at the clock, it was almost 5.

"Ah gotta go Alistor, ahm gonna get killd bah everyone.....wonna join me?"

"Erm, no. I kinda wonna live to see my next birthday." He said with a smile. "But I'll drive you home if you want?"

"Good, come on then." She demanded and walked out the door.

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Alistor pulled up to the gates and staired in dissbelief. He gulped and looked to Rogue.

"You live hear?"

"Yep. Ah do............. So, do ya wonna come in and meet the 'familie'?" She said in a mock tone as she got out and closed the door behind her. She walked around to the pannel on the gates and punched in her code.

Then she bagan to walk in through the gates when she stopped and turned to Alistor and smiled, waveing him in. He shook his head and smiled as she came back and dragged him out of the truck by his arm, and pulled him along down the drive way, being greeted by storm who was sitting by the founin.

"Rogue, I realy don't think im sposed to be heare" He said, looking at the white haired godess who watched them intentley.

"Shut up ya jackass. If ya stay hear, yall ul' be more comfortable than that crappy motel ya wastin ya cash on." Rogue said, still tugging at Alistors arm as he stumbled behand her.

"Im not a jackass!" She choked out with a lagh, as they started up the steps, Rogue opend the door and shoved him inside.

"This is kidnapping y'know." Rogue just smiled. "You seem like the typ of person who always gets her way....don't know why though..." He said with a lagh as Rogue walked towards an office. "Ill just wait hear shall I?" He said as he fed his hands into his pockets and rocked on his heels, looking around the entrance hall.

After a whyl of looking, his crystal blue eyes fell upon a girl with brown hair tied uo in a poneytail, and a pink sweter. She was smileing at him. He looked around him and then back to her and realised that she was actually stairing at him. So he smiled and kicked his boots as he looked around again, feeling most uncomfortable.

"You ok? You like, seem lost...."

"Im waitin' for Mar- Rogue."

"Oh," She said, her smile getting wider. "Are you like, the guy she met yesterday?"

"That depends on how many guys she met yesterday...." He said with a smile as Kitty giggled a bit.

"Yea, im Kitty Pryde.." She held out her hand and met his shakeing it slightley.

"Im Alistor.....Smith." He said, almost forgetting his name as he staired at the young girl infront of him.

"So, are you guys like, going out or something?"

"No, she's alredy see-"

"HEY! Alistor, in hear." Rogue shouted to him, half in panic of what he was about to say.

Alistor noded to kitty and walked over to Rogue, and she grabbed his shirt and threw him into the office, as he stumbled and fell. He stood up rubbing his back as he glaired playfully at her.

"Im gonna get you back for that I promis." Rogue laghed and walked out the door closeing it behind her.

Rogue stepped out seeing Logan glairing at her. He just grunted and walked passed.

"Loagn! Ahm sorr-"

"Save it fer someone who cares kid." He growled.

"Logan come on." She said, now following him.

"Get lost!"

"Logan!" She said stopping at a door as it slammed in her face. She grited her teeth and noticed Even looking at her with a smile. So she gave him her best death glair and started walking towards him, slipping off her glove, Even jumped and sprinted into the garden to Ororo.

"Damn porcupine!!!" She growled as she walked passed Kitty whos smile faded quickley.