He had been so stupid. Toad was squatting by a window of the trailer. Just starring out it, looking at the last spot he had seen her before she was out of sight. No, he wasn't just looking at the spot, he was glaring at it. Again, he had let hope get him. When Holly had kissed him the night before, it had felt awesome. He had actually thought it meant something. In a way he really didn't believe she liked him, but the fact that she kissed him…He had to know why. But no, it was just blew up in his face like everything else in his life. She had rejected him. Anger stirred inside him. He would get revenge. Then something dawned on him. Why hadn't he killed her when he had the chance….no, he had question her. His eyes widened as another thought shot to his mind. 'Had he talked her out of wanting to die?'. No, he hadn't. He had just changed the subject to her looking into his eyes. To use her powers…..Why? What did he expect her to do when she felt how he felt for her? Did he expect her to kiss him again? To actually want him? He felt angry and stupid at the same time. He looked away from the window. He got off the bed he was squatting on. He looked around the trailer, his hideout. No one knew about it, not even Magneto. No, someone did know about it. SHE knew about it. But she doesn't count. He looked around. The walls were rusted, the sink was rusted. The two beds were squeaky and the mattresses had wholes in them. He had to flip them , but then the other side was getting wholes as well. One of the beds folded into a table and that was it. It was all he had. He went to the small bathroom in the rear of the trailer. ' why does this always happen to me? Why can't I find someone? Why can't I be like everyone else? Why can't I love?' He thought to himself as he opened the door to the bathroom. The second he door was open he met his reflection in the bathroom mirror. 'That's why'

Holly ran down the road. She was losing her breathe. She stopped and leaned against a stop sign. She thought about what just happened. She didn't really have an option about it. She was too out of breath and her mind was busy thinking of a way to get back to the mansion. She didn't even know where she was. She just ran and kept running. When she first got out of the trailer it was grassy and muddy. Then she reached the road, which had been muddy, but then had become just dirt. Like a school's track field. Her footsteps made a crunching sounds as she walked. The sun beat down on her. She wondered what time it was. She looked at her wrist, she had forgotten her watch. "Dang!". She wondered if the other X-men were looking for her. She looked at the road ahead. It looked like it went on forever. She sighed and sat down on the ground. The road was also empty. 'Maybe if I went back to Toad….' She shook her head. Why was she thinking that? If anything he would call Magneto instead of helping her get back. She put her hand through her hair. Why had she done that to him? He liked her and she… she rejected him. This was so confusing. When she kissed him…it was nice. Was it a crush? Was it more? She felt bad for him. He was so sad inside. If he only had a friend. Yes, that was it. A friend. And that's what she'd tell him. She'd go back there and tell him that she wanted to be his friend. But would Xavier be mad about her being his friend. Then she thought something. 'Is that the reason I feel guilty about the kiss?' . Ever since she had lived on her own, she had never ever cared what other people thought. She lived by her own rules. Did what she wanted to do.

She got up. She started to walk down the road again. 'Just friends, Just friends' She kept thinking as she walked

Toad came out of the bathroom. He laid on the bed away from the window. He turned on the busted TV he had. He flipped through the channels. A news station was reporting the break-ins the Brotherhood had done, while he was at the hotel. Toad has found out that he had been a decoy. Magneto was hoping the X-men would fine him and think the other Brotherhood members were there. Magneto didn't care if Toad got hurt or killed. Toad changed the channel. He couldn't find anything on. He turned off the TV. He starred at the ceiling. This was his usually routine. Then Magneto would usually call and have something for him to do. Just then there was a knock on the door. He looked at the door like it was possessed. He got up and kept his eyes on the door. He walked to it. He opened it carefully. He saw it was Holly. "What do you…" He started to ask, but Holly rapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. He started to kiss her back, but stopped. "What do you want?" He asked. "You" She said and kissed him again. Toad pulled her inside and closed the door.