Disclaimer: I'm sure that by now, I've established that I DO NOT own X-Men Evolution.
Ali sighed and dumped all the contents of her sports bag on the floor of her bedroom.
Rogue wrinkled her nose. "Do ya have to do that in here?" she demanded.
Ali nodded. "I can't do it in the bathroom," she replied. "Kitty's redecorating."
Rogue groaned. "What's she doin' to it?" Rogue asked, dreading the answer.
"She's making it pink."
Rogue grabbed her pillow and stuffed it over her face, then began to scream.
Ali nodded. "I know what you mean," she said as she began to sift through her belongings that were on the floor. "I'm never going into that bathroom again."
Rogue pulled the pillow away from her face slowly, revealing a slightly paler complexion. "Ya can't exactly use the boys bathroom, ya know," Rogue pointed out.
Ali nodded. "I know. I'll figure something out though," she replied with a small smile.
Rogue rolled her eyes. "Whatever," she replied, lifting the book back up to read.
Ali sorted through her many items that covered a small space. She tossed her basketball shoes into the closet, earning her a disproving look from Rogue. Ali then threw her basketball clothes into the dirty laundry basket and proceeded to toss her things around the room.
Rogue rolled her eyes and shut her book. "Will ya stop throwing yer things around mah side of the room?" she demanded, obviously annoyed.
Ali shrugged. "Sorry," she replied.
Rogue sighed and resigned to reading her book once again, this time trying to ignore what Ali was doing.
Ali tossed aside a pair of basketball shorts, only to find a rumpled piece of paper underneath. She reached down and picked it up, slowly opening it up to find a small note on it in hurried writing. It read:
This
is my email address. Pyroman@yahoo.com. Use it to talk to me whenever. I'll be waiting for your email.
John.
Ali's eyes widened. She threw her sports bag onto her bed and bid goodbye to Rogue, saying that she had to do something on the computer.
She used the computer in the rec room, careful to pull up another screen when someone else walked by. She quickly sent an email to John after she had logged into her own account: Electrogrl@hotmail.com. Her email was short, due to the fact that she didn't want anyone to find out about her emailing John. She asked how he had slipped her his email address and how he was.
A reply came only five minutes later:
Ali,
I slipped the note into your bag before the game ended. I'm surprised that it took you this long to
find it. Anyway, I'm good. What about you? You still locked up in that prison, sheila? If so, I could help you sneak out. Tell me if you wanna give it a shot.
John.
Ali felt excitement run through her. She quickly sent back a response:
John,
Sure, I can do that. But it depends on
the reason for sneaking out. Is it to
see you? Or what? Oh, what the heck. Just getting out of here for now would be nice. What's your plan?
Ali
*
Ali climbed down the outside of her balcony, holding onto the stone floor with both hands. She looked down at the ground, a good ten to twelve feet away.
You survived a drop from a cliff, she reminded herself. This will be a piece of cake.
She took a deep breath and let go, crouching low to the ground once she landed. She glanced around, finding no one outside. She ran under the shadows of the trees near the entrance, keeping her black jacket tight around her. She finally reached the gate and opened it slowly, careful to not make it creak. She then slipped out through the narrow opening and closed it again. Once she had closed it, she ran away from the institute and towards the pizzeria on Main Street.
She walked in and looked around for John, finding him over at an arcade game in the back.
"C'mon, just a bit further…there, got ya, ya little bugger!" he cried, grinning at his victory over the game.
Ali smiled and walked up to him just as he turned around. His eyes lit up upon seeing her. "Ali, ya made it!" he cried, giving her a hug. "Did ya have any trouble gettin' out?"
Ali shook her head. "None at all. No one was paying attention. They all thought that I was up in my bedroom. Rogue's gonna cover for me, too," she replied.
John's grin widened. "Perfect," he replied. "Now c'mon! We've got to have some fun tonight!"
The night passed in a blur. They ate at the pizzeria, and then went to a nearby ice cream shop. After that, they went to an indoor go-kart track, where they raced each other several times, banging the karts up in the process. They followed that up with going to an arcade, where they challenged each other in games and made total fools of themselves trying to beat a game on the hardest level for the first time.
Around ten-thirty that night, John and Ali split up to go back to their own homes. John bid her goodbye after giving her a quick kiss on the cheek and promising to get her out of the institute again next Friday.
Getting into the institute wasn't as easy as getting out. Ali climbed over the brick wall and into the small area of woods. She then made her way to the front door and slipped into the kitchen to get a drink.
Logan was there.
He raised an eyebrow upon seeing her wearing her jacket inside. "Aren't you a little warm in that, Spark?" he asked suspiciously.
Ali opened a bottled water and quickly came up with an excuse. "It's cold in here, and I slept with my jacket on because I didn't want to get out a blanket just to nap in," she lied.
Logan grunted. "Sounds kind of lazy to me," he said.
"Someone else might need that blanket sometime, and I don't want to be the one who's holding it back."
Logan grunted again. "Whatever, kid," he replied.
Ali scowled at being called 'kid' and left to her room, the water bottle in hand.
She opened the door and stepped in, being greeted with a mere glance from her roommate. She shut the door and sat down on her bed. "Hey, Rogue," she said.
Rogue nodded and continued reading her book.
Ali sighed and leaned back on her bed, staring at the ceiling. After a minute, Rogue bookmarked her page and set the book down. "So how'd yer adventure go?" she asked quietly, so as not to be heard through the door.
Ali sat up and smiled. "I haven't had that much fun in a long time," she replied.
Rogue shut her eyes tightly. "Please explain, Al, because Ah'm gettin' a bad mental image."
Ali giggled. "We did nothing like that," she replied. She proceeded to explain how the date went and where she and John had gone.
Rogue breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank ya," she said. "Next tahme, be more specific the first tahme so Ah don't have to go through that torture again, okay?"
Ali giggled and nodded. "Ok, Rogue, I will."
"Thanks."
A moment of silence passed before Ali spoke again.
"So did anyone wonder where I was?"
Rogue shook her head. "Ah told them ya were takin' a nap because ya were tired from practice today. They believed meh," she replied.
Ali sighed and nodded. "Good," she said. "Oh, and Rogue?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks a lot for covering up for me."
"As long as it includes me staying here and not seeing the damn Cajun, Ah'm fine with it."
***
hey, I'm back!! Sorry I didn't post for so long, but I've had basketball practice, went to a basketball game Thursday, went someplace last night, and have had a TON of homework in school. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter. On to reviewers:
Ivan's Kitsune: thank you SO MUCH for the idea!!! I was going to do something else, but your idea was so much better and I had a lot of fun writing this!! Thank you for the idea!
supergirlhv: I'm glad you like it!
o scorched eggy: yes, forbidden love IS the greatest, and it makes things so much more interesting. Thanks for the luck, I'm gonna need it at our next game on Monday.
Thank you for the reviews!! I'd be powerless without all of you, and writing really sucky chapters, too.
~Jojo~