Chapter 8: Conversing a storm

Title: It's About Us

Disclaimer: have you seen the ones in the previous 7 chapters? Well, if you haven't, tough luck.

In the student filled mansion sat one solitary figure; her thoughts blocked from the humane world and only terms of mathematics (which she hated dearly) occupied her psyche.

Rogue wished that schooling subjects could be a distraction from her problems but as much as she continually told herself to cease pondering and start solving she realised her lost. Nothing could separate her from the current events even if it seemed beauty Queen like to be thinking about breaking up with a much-loved boy. Rogue didn't know what she would end up doing, leave him and live a life filled with 'what ifs?' or continue her relationship with lurking thoughts of her curse.

Through the worst luck, the boy himself approached her bedroom door, knocking lightly.

"Rogue?" He said softly in a knee-collapsing tone, "may I come in?"

"Go away Bobby!" She snapped, not once taking her eyes off her maths task, "can't you see I'm trying to work here?!?"

Bobby rolled his eyes, going against her wishes and entering the room. He pulled out a wooden seat and sat down on the desk next to her, staring at her magnificent beauty. Wistful thoughts roaming around his own mind.

Rogue tried her hardest to just ignore him but his penetrating vision could be seen out of the corner of her brown eyes.

"What?" She, once again, snapped, "don't you have anything better to do than stare at me?"

Bobby blushed a very light crimson, averting his vision right away towards the window, he muttered a quick sorry. The icy mutant wondered why his girlfriend was being colder to him than his own power was, was she having secound thoughts on their relationship? His thoughts were bitter, cursing Xavier for asking them to go to the normal school. Ever since they had to attend it nothing good had happened.

"Rogue..." Bobby sighed, "Are we, ok? I mean I was just wondering... are we?"

Rogue shrugged without a twinge of emotion, "I don't know Bobby, you've always been the one who controlled our relationship."

"That's bull and you know it!" He muttered back, how could she be so crude to him? He jotted his brain for any idiotic thing lately he had done but nothing came to mind, was it just her PMS-ing? Bobby mentally shook his head; even his own girlfriend wouldn't hate her because of female hormones.

"It is now? You know you've always been the one to take charge of our relationship. I seem to remember that I didn't particularly wish to kiss when we were at your house."

Bobby sighed, he slowly placed one of his hands on her cheek, she flinched away before realising he was wearing a pair of black gloves. Bobby caressed her face with one hand, gently circling his thumb across her cheekbone. The male mutant watched as her eyelids dropped closed at his touch enjoying the soft feeling of someone else's contact even as artificial as it was.

"You know how much I care for you, Rogue, and you also know how naïve I was to the strength of your powers. I didn't mean to hold on to long... I guess you could say that... well, it was pure bliss to kiss you even if I suffered from some after affects." He said gently, voice below a whisper.

It was so obvious why Rogue was madly in love with her icicle boyfriend; he could act like a complete ass one moment then completely serene the next. The trace of his hand left a slight tingling sensation on her cheek, she let out a small sigh.

"Rogue..." his voice snapped her out of her never-ending thoughts, "I'm going to kiss you..."

He leaned over the table to move towards his frozen girlfriend, his warm breath tickling her cherry lips... only one more inch closer and their lips would meet.

Remembering her extremely annoying curse, Rogue leaned away from him, widening the separation between the both of them. Her temper once more fuming at Bobby's rash actions, how dare he try and take advantage of her after what happened last time!

"Go away Bobby!" Rogue yelled, standing up from her chair, "you know what, I don't even know why we even dated, I mean, you never could have what you truly wanted! ALL guys are the same! Just, go! Now!"

His frosty blue eyes appeared hurt, and who wouldn't be? His own girlfriend just viciously lashed out at him for a stupid reason. Bobby shook his head, he stormed out of her dormitory feeling both hurt and anger.

(next day (mini breaks should be here))

The next day of school approached all too quickly with both Bobby and Rogue avoiding each other throughout the first few minutes of the day. Bobby had driven in one of Scott's mechanically enhanced cars while Rogue opted to be dropped off in Logan's shoddy van. They both managed to alter their timetables so both were deprived of talking to each other.

The final class of the day had arrived and Rogue was extremely relieved; she had her much loved textiles class, a sanctuary away from her now ex boyfriend. Was it silly to be angry with such petty little issues? Rogue shook her head at the thought; she had been debating whether or not a break up was needed.

Logan had been a huge help; they didn't have English that day but he had spoken to her politely about the matters. Rogue smiled at their earlier conversation; towards everyone he seemed much vulgar but underneath his ulterior façade laid a very friendly man. She felt almost honoured to be closer to Logan than even Xavier or Jean weren't.

Rogue sat down on one of the many sewing machines, very keen in forgetting her problems in a quick stitch up of fabric. She truly loved fabric of all kind for it was the one thing that created a barrier between her skin and another's.

"Marie?" A surprised male voice chanted behind her, Rogue turned around, cursing herself for being face to face with David. His face showed a look between curiosity and revulsion.

Rogue stuttered with her words forming a sentence, which did not make sense to normal English-speaker. The day just got better and better...

AN: this was actually quite painful to write, I really didn't want to write more! But, alas, I thought I should update, this story has been up for a year with only 7 chapters! Ok, no reviewer's thanks this chapter, sorry! I don't have time right now, and maybe next chapter I will.

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