Truth Will Set You Free

Author's Note: wow. Lots of reviews. Explanations will be said in this chapter. Not to mention more fluff! ^-^

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Marie stood, still in shock at what had occurred. Jubilee had been bombarding her with questions, ignoring the fact that the Southern girl was rooted to her spot, still in her nightgown.

" Hello? Rogue?"

Marie shook her head, still touching her lips. She still felt the heat of John's lips on them. Bobby had never made her feel so- alive. The rush was amazing, as if she was being devoured by fire itself. Jubilee waved her hand in front of Marie's eyes, hoping to get her attention.

"Sorry Jubes, I was-"

" What was John doing here?" Jubilee asked again, not caring if she had just cut off the girl. She went to Marie's closet and took out an outfit for the girl to wear. " And wear this, and hurry. We're going to be late."

" I was just returning his lighter," Marie replied, changing into the denim jeans and the black tank top. She put on a sheer green sweater and put on her sneakers. Looking at the mirror, she liked how she looked. The jeans had a rip on the knees, due to her encounter with Logan when they had first met.

" Woah… he actually let you touch the Holy Zippo?" Jubilee asked sarcastically. " Must be serious!"

Marie laughed and threw a pillow at her friend. " Right, sure. He's Bobby's best friend!" she replied, mostly to reassure herself. 'But then… why did he kiss me? HOW did he kiss me?'

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John felt exhilarated; he had just kissed Marie. It took him so long, denying his feelings, accepting them and finally just hoping… and now, he had kissed her. How, he had no idea, but- he felt like he could do most anything.

His heart was beating so fast; he thought it would just burst from his ribcage and start running. Before he reached his room, he realized that he had just made his friendship with Bobby so much more difficult. Now that Marie would be wiser about his feelings for her, she's sure to act different.

'Crap!'

Bobby opened the door and grinned at his best friend. " Did she yell at you?" he asked, smug as he crossed his arms over his chest. " If you'd just played it cool, you wouldn't have been embarrassed!"

" Shove it, Drake. I'm not in the mood," John replied, scowling. As he went inside, he found Bobby's side of the room tidy and neat; not to mention sparkling with a small layer of ice.

" Thought I'd give my powers a little test today," Bobby gloated. " I'd have waited for you and start a competition, but we can't have you burning your furniture, now can we?"

Bobby made his way towards the kitchen, leaving John to vent his anger out on his roommate's furniture.

'Well… wet things make good pranks' John thought mischievously, snickering as he watched the ice melt into his mattress. He flicked the lighter off and examined his handiwork. Satisfied with the waterlogged bed and clothes, John changed into different clothing.

Sleeping with Marie had been a challenge to do at first, wearing nothing but sweats and sweaters. Later on, John discovered that Marie's mutation wasn't quite as strong when she was asleep, in fact, he could touch her face for a few minutes without feeling drained or being drained.

With that in mind, he made it a habit to wear muscle shirts and his pants. As he rummaged through his closet, he failed to see the doors open.

" Allerdyce, I want to know what you did to Rogue."

John turned around and found a scowling Kitty. He backed away from the girl, knowing what her temper could make her do. Katheryn Pryde was a girl who could phase through anything. She didn't have it under 100% control, but she could control what she could phase through. She could just as easily phase through a person, leaving both of them unscathed, or phase through a person taking their heart along with her- literally.

" What do you mean?" he asked, wary of the girl. Another reason he feared Kitty was because of her friends. They could get a hold of any man from high status and practically degrade them until you could no longer call them 'men'.

" St. John Allerdyce, if you don't like, tell me what you did to Rogue… you can kiss your magazines goodbye!" Kitty threatened.

John's eyes widened. He had no idea that the girl knew of his secret stash of Playboy™ magazines. " I only went there to get m'lighter back, I swear!"

Kitty narrowed her eyes at the Australian boy and stepped closer to him. " Then why was she so shocked!? Jubes came running back to our room to get me thinking Rogue was sick or something!"

John smirked. 'I had that effect on th'sheila… sweet'

Kitty frowned, seeing his smirk. " I repeat. What did you do to Rogue?"

John shrugged, not seeing why he should keep it a secret. After all, be did have a reputation of being a jerk, a playboy, and one helluva kisser.

" I kissed her."

Kitty deflated. " You kissed Rogue? But… you're not dead."

John laughed, resisting the temptation to tell Kitty that he had been able to touch Rogue for the past month without having any effect on him- except one… he fell in love…

" Y-yeah… I'm not," John said. " Well, if that's all… can you leave? I kind of have to continue getting dressed."

Kitty blushed and nodded, phasing through the closed door.

John sighed, knowing that he couldn't back out now. He wanted Marie. He was going to get her.

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Author's Note: That was kind of fast and strange. But I liked it. Hope you review and for those of you whose stories I read: UPDATE! ^-^ I'll make a deal w/ y'all. You update THEN I'll update! ^-^