Toad sat on the ledge of the roof of the hotel. He looked down. It was a long way. He thought about jumping. It would end the pain, end the loneliness. He was going to use a gun…until Cyclops took it. He thought about what happened in the airport angrily. He had had it all planned out. He would take gun and drive to some deserted lot. Then he would finished it. It's what he wanted, but no. That stupid X-man had to wreck it all. That X-man and…that girl. Toad had never seen her before. He guessed she was just another student from the mansion, who was drawn in by their empty promises. In a way he pitied her, but then he didn't. He really didn't care.

His thoughts went back to what Magneto sent him there to do. To watch. He was supposed to be watching for guests, and by guests he meant the X-men. He had been watching for the x-men, but then he had come to the roof. He had just come up to see if he saw them, but stayed at the thought of a new plan for suicide. He was about to get up when he heard a noise behind him.

The door to the roof opened and a woman walked out. Toad couldn't see her face from where he was. He was hidden by darkness. He listened. She was crying. He sighed, he didn't have time for this. She walked to the ledge. He could see her face. "You" Toad said moving out of the darkness. The woman jumped. "You were the one with that X-man." Toad said.

Holly was startled. She didn't think anyone would be on the roof. She looked at the guy who had just popped out of the darkness. She recognized him right away and he recognized her. "Yes, I am. You're the one who had the gun." Holly said. "That gun cost me 20,000." He said. "What were you going to do with it anyway?" She asked curiously. "none of your business." Toad snapped at her. "Was it for your boss?" Holly asked. "My boss?" He asked. "Yea, don't you work for Magneto?" Holly asked though she knew the answer. "And don't you work for Xavier?" He asked mockingly. "I don't work for him…not really….I don't think you call it working for him, exactly." She said now realizing that she wasn't sure. "You don't even know" Toad said smirking. "Well, I just moved in." Holly said explaining herself . "You just moved in? That's no excuse. Don't you know what your moving into? They could turn you into the anti-mutants for all you know." Toad said. "They wouldn't do that" Holly said protesting. "Are you so sure? I mean do you really know them?" He said smirking again. Holly didn't say anything. She didn't know what to say. She said want to allow herself to think that he was right. "well, what about Magneto? What makes him so great?" Holly asked. Toad opened his mouth to say something and then closed it. "Does he give you a home?" Holly asked. Again Toad was silent. "Well?" She asked waiting for his reply. "He gives protection" He said finally. "Protection? And tell me what does this protection cost?" Holly asked. Toad looked at her angrily. Holly knew she had struck a nerve. They just stared at each other. "You know nothing" Toad finally said. Holly sighed. "You have no idea what it's like" He said. "Like what's like?" Holly asked not quite knowing what he's talking about. "Being a mutant." toad said. She frowned. "But I…I am a mutant" . "I mean a real mutant. People look at you and don't see a mutant. It's not until you use your powers do they know…..but mutants like me on the other hand….well, look at me!" Toad said moving closer to her. Holly looked at him, I mean really looked at him. She looked first at his green hair, It looked like the color punkers use. His skin was green and his eyes were yellow instead of white, and they too were green. She understood how people could be frightened of him, but she wasn't. "Well?" Toad asked watching her check him out. "Your green." Was all she said. Toad laughed. "That's it? That's all you have to say?". "Well, what do you want me to say?" Holly asked. "Tell me why you want to save people who hate you" Toad said. "First, you tell me why I shouldn't" She said. "Because they hate you!" Toad said like it was so oblivious. "Do they really? Because according to what you just said, they don't hate me. They hate you" Holly said smirking. Toad looked at her and then he went over to the ledge again. This was pointless. He didn't even understand why he was wasting his time arguing with her. Holly just watched him. 'Is he going to jump?' She asked herself. She remembered how he had jumped earlier and wonder if he would survive if he did jump now.

Holly turned. She didn't care if he jumped. She had has enough air. She opened the door and as she did, she saw Toad getting ready to jump. He bent his knee about to leap. "Wait!" Holly said and went over to him before she really knew what she was doing. Toad looked at her frowning. He got down from the ledge. He just stared at her and she stared at him. Neither knew what to say. "Is this why you wanted the gun?" Holly asked. He searched her face. "why do you care?". She didn't know what to say. She knew if she tried to give him the 'You don't deserve to die, you're a special person' speech he would just laugh in her face. "why do you want to die?" Holly asked. "Why shouldn't I die?" And he got closer and looked into her eyes. When Holly made eye contact, Her powers let her see into his heart. She saw the hurt he had. The need for acceptance and the wanting of companionship. Whether it was friendship or more…he felt so alone. Tears came to Holly's eyes. Toad blinked. Holly looked away. "what did you do?" He asked rubbing his eyes. He looked back at her about to say something else, but then she did something that shocked him. She kissed him. His eyes widened. He didn't know what to do. So he just closed his eyes and kissed her back.

Iceman then came on her walkie-Talkie. "Come on, Holly were leaving….party is over" His voice cracked. She stopped kissing Toad and just looked at him. He looked at her a weird expression on his face. It was a cross between disbelief and wonderment. "I…um…I got to go. Don't do anything stupid" She said slowly walking backwards to the door. She opened the door and walked inside. She watched him until the door closed.