A/N: Sorry took a long while again. School just started and I finally got to finish this. Well, if you got a problem with Gambit/Rogue, then why read this? Don't complain if I'm another author of these fics but I choose to write this alright? Okay…here's Chapter 8.
Chapter 8 – Heading Home
"Um do you mind waiting a little while, we still have to go one more place." Said Rogue to the driver.
"Sure." The driver told Rogue. They got out of the cab and headed to Hailey's house. John pulled out his communicator.
"Hey." He said.
"What's up? You got her?" Remy asked.
"Yeah…we'll be there soon." Said John.
"Okay, just try to hurry up." Said Remy as he hung up.
"Mom? Dad?" Hailey knocked on the door.
"Hailey?" A lady called. She opened the door and rushed Hailey in. "You must be from the Institute. I'm Heidi, her mother. Please come in."
"Thank you." Said John.
"Hailey, I got your luggage ready." Said a man. "Oh hey, I'm Gerard, Hailey's father. So, how's everything in the institute?"
"Well we haven't been there in a while, but I assure you everything's safe there. We'll be heading back there soon." Said Rogue.
"Okay good." Her father smiled.
"Honey hurry up. Just change once you get there. Come on get going." Her mother handed her a jacket. "I love you, and you better take care."
"Yeah I will." She kissed her parents goodbye. "I'll call soon, love ya guys!!" she headed out the door with her bags. John loaded her bags into the trunk and got back into the cab.
"How exactly are we getting to the school?" Hailey asked.
"Oh." Said John. "We're just…" John didn't want to say in front of the driver.
"Oh!" smiled Hailey. "Okay." She winked. John chuckled as he felt his stomach jolt. After a few minutes, they arrived back to the street where the X-Jet was.
"Thanks." Said Rogue as she paid the driver.
"So what exactly are we riding in?" Hailey asked.
"We have a jet." Said Rogue.
"Are you shitting me?" Hailey asked.
"No shit." Laughed John. They got to the X-Jet, and knocked on some invisible object. Suddenly, the X-Jet appeared. "Here's are ride." They entered the X-Jet, meeting with Jean.
"You guys okay?" asked Jean.
"Yup." Said Rogue as she shut the door behind her.
"Hailey, this is Jean. She's got um, Telekinesis and she can read minds." Said John as he handed Hailey's bags to Rogue.
"This is Scott, or call Cyclops…whatever. Don't ever ask him to take of his glasses." John introduced Hailey to everyone.
"Listen to him. Don't wanna try." Scott smirked. Hailey let out a little laugh.
"This is Remy, Gambit…whatever. Just put it this way, our real names are not the funky sounding ones. Those are our X-men names." Said John. Hailey nodded. "This is Bridget, Jasmine, and Ricky…they're new recruits like you. Hey has anybody seen Jin?"
"He's in his room." Said Remy.
"Nice uniform." Jasmine noticed she was still in her uniform. "On a Saturday?"
"Thanks. Um, we have to wear our uniform in detention." Said Hailey. "Hey, what's your name? You know…for X-men and stuff."
"Pyro…" said John. He held our his lighter to start a little flame, then he formed the name 'Pyro' on his hands.
"Cool." The flame made Hailey's face glow, which John couldn't help but stare. Hailey stretched out her hand, and touched the flames without a fuss. She smiled.
"It doesn't hurt?" John asked.
"No…" Hailey stared at the flames. John suddenly made it disappear.
"It's cool huh?" said Rogue.
"Yeah." Agreed Hailey.
"Come on, I'll show you to your room." Said Rogue.
"Hey John can you check on Jin?" Remy asked.
"Sure." He was following Hailey and Rogue through the hall. Suddenly, a door opened.
"Whoa!" Hailey suddenly stopped.
"Oh sorry…did I hit you?" Jin asked.
"Oh you finally got out." Said John. "Oh and this is Hailey, our newest recruit. Hailey, this is Jin."
"Hi." Jin smiled.
"Hi." Hailey blushed. Rogue looked from Jin to Hailey then to John, who was rolling his eyes.
"WELL," Rogue coughed. "Come on Hailey, still gotta show you your room."
"Oh yeah…right." Said Hailey. "Excuse me." She said as Jin got out of the way. Rogue opened the last door on the right, which was Rogue's room.
"Sorry, you've gotta share a room with me." Said Rogue as she put Hailey's bags down in the corner. "We should be heading to the institute sometime soon."
"Okay, maybe I'll just stay outside. But I'll just change out of my uniform." Said Hailey.
"Okay then. Just call if you need anything." Said Rogue.
Meanwhile…
"You think X-Team 1 is heading back already?" asked Ororo.
"Maybe." Said Logan. "Kitty!"
"Yeah?" she answered.
"Go give a call to the other team. Check what's the team's status." Said Logan.
"Sure." Kitty nodded and went over to the speaker on the table.
"Are you going to call up the other team?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah. You wanna talk to Rogue?" Kitty asked.
"Yeah…please." Bobby smiled.
"Sure…" Kitty sighed as she turned on the speaker.
"Hello?" the voice said.
"Hey Remy." Said Kitty.
"Oh hey Kitty. What's up."
"Logan wants to know where are you guys. We're almost at the school." Kitty wondered.
"Uh, we're heading there right now. How long Scott?" Remy asked.
"Half an hour!" Scott yelled from the background.
"Ya hear that?"
"Yeah heard it." Said Kitty. Bobby nudged Kitty. "Oh and could you put Rogue on the line?"
"Why?" asked Remy rudely.
"Cause I wanna talk to her." Said Bobby. Remy muttered something under his breathe.
"Hey." Remy called Rogue.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Your boyfriend." Said Remy blankly. Rogue stared at him. Without a response, she headed over to the speaker.
"Bobby?" she called.
"Hey." Said Bobby. "Are you okay? How's everything?"
"Um," Rogue looked at Remy. "Yeah, everything's fine…" She sighed.
"You don't sound okay. Are you sure you're alright?" Bobby asked.
"Yeah don't worry." Rogue assured him.
"Okay, can't wait to see you. I love you." Said Bobby.
Rogue hesitated and looked at Remy, who left the table. "I love you too. Bye." Rogue followed Remy into his room. "Remy…"
"After all he is still your boyfriend." Said Remy not turning back to look at her.
"I'm sorry…" sighed Rogue. She had no idea what to tell him.
"How long till we get there?" Hailey came out of her room now wearing jeans and a blue shirt.
"Scott said less than half an hour." Said John. "Just sit around, get comfortable."
"Thanks." Hailey smiled as John headed to the cockpit. Hailey looked around and found that only one person was there, Jin. "Hey."
"Oh…hi." He smiled.
"You mind if I sit here with you?" Hailey asked.
"Oh sure." Jin made space for Hailey. "Hey what was up with the uniform earlier?"
"Oh." Hailey blushed. They heard Rogue go back to her room and shut the door. "I go to an all-girls Catholic school. And I had detention for something I didn't do, and as the rules are, we also have to wear our uniforms during detention, even on weekends."
"Harsh." Said Jin. "I actually go to a boarding school you know, the whole uniform thing going on too."
"Really?" Hailey smiled. "Well, I heard the Institute is kind of the same thing, only no uniforms."
"Yeah I heard that too." Said Jin.
"How'd you take it, you know, having to leave…" Hailey wondered.
"Oh." Jin looked down and back at Hailey. "Not too well…had to leave a lot behind. You know family, friends…a girl…"
"Oh…" Hailey said.
"Hey…" John came out of the cockpit. He stared at Jin and Hailey talking. "Um, we're almost there. If you want a good view of the school, you can stay in the cockpit."
"Sure." Hailey got off the couch. "You wanna check it out?"
"Uh no thanks. I think I'll just wait till we're actually there." Said Jin as he remained seated.
"Um, ok." Hailey smiled at John as she followed him into the cockpit. She entered the cockpit to find Scott and Jean sitting on the pilots' chairs.
"Hailey, you might wanna check on this side. It's a good view." Jean smiled. Hailey moved towards the window. It was a clear view of the city, and a spot that was the Institute, was surrounded by green trees and grass.
"Wow." Hailey smiled.
"I think I'm picking up a signal of the Institute." Said Scott.
"Come in X-Team 1." Said Ororo.
"Storm, we're almost ready for landing. Please keep the garage open." Said Scott.
"Opening basketball court for garage…" said Storm. "Good to go."
"Thanks." Said Jean. "Okay you two, might wanna sit down." John and Hailey took their seats as they prepared to land.
"Ah…we're home." Said Scott as he slowly landed the X-Jet through the split basketball court. They had finally reached underground.
"We're here." Said Jean. "Come on, let's get your bags." Jean followed Hailey out the cockpit. Rogue came out of her room.
"We're home!" John yelled as he went inside his room to get his stuff out. Everybody got their bags out of the X-Jet, and met up with X-Team 2 and the Professor.
"Rogue!" Bobby called. He ran towards her and gave her a hug.
"Hey Bobby." She smiled.
"I missed you." Bobby leaned in for a kiss as Rogue reluctantly gave in. Remy saw the two of them mackin and led Jin inside the Mansion.
"So this is it?" Hailey asked John.
"Yeah…this is Xavier Institute." John smiled. "Classes don't start till Monday, so I can show you around if you want."
"Sure!" Hailey smiled. Once again, John's stomach flipped. "This place looks really cool and I'm in for a tour."
"So how's tomorrow morning?" John asked.
"Sounds good. Come on I'll show you to your room. You're probably sharing a room with the rest of the new girls." Said John. They walked into an elevator, then stopped at the floor where the rooms were. "This is the girls' hall. I'm not supposed to be here but you're my counterpart so…I guess I can go this once."
Hailey chuckled. "Whatever." They stopped at a room that had the door open and three beds cleaned and ready.
"I guess this is your room. You're the first one here so I guess you can take whatever bed you want." Said John as he brought her bags inside.
"I'll take this bed near the window." Said Hailey as she looked out the window.
"Okay." Said John as he put her bags on her bed. "Um, just call if you need anything. I'll be on the first floor. Oh and the Professor might call us so just try not to wander off or something."
"Don't worry." Hailey smiled. John returned a smile and left her room and back to the elevator. John met Kitty in the elevator with her counterpart.
"Hey John where you headed?" Kitty asked.
"Downstairs maybe. Why?" John asked.
"I was wondering if you can show Johnny here to the boys' hall…" said Kitty as she pointed at her counterpart. He was a tall teenage boy with short curly black hair, dark eyes, and a little hoop earring on his left ear.
"Oh…sure. Why not?" John said as they went up to the boys' hall.
"Thanks John." Kitty smiled as the elevator doors closed on them.
"So what's your name?" John asked.
"Johnny Park." Said Johnny.
"Hey another Johnny. Park…that's Korean right?" John asked. Johnny nodded. "Ah. Trying to keep up with everyone here. We got two new kids, one Japanese, and the other is a mix breed of Asian-Caucasian. Oh and I'm John Allerdyce."
"Okay so you're John…and I'm Johnny." Said Johnny.
"Yeah. No one calls me Johnny anyway." Said John as they entered the new room. "So what can you do?"
"You mean…" said Johnny. John nodded. "I can jump high and climb almost anything in a split second."
"Kind of like a spiderman thing?" John asked.
"Um actually no, I prefer not to be called that but not anywhere near spiderman. I don't have webs, and I can't stick on walls or ceilings." Johnny opened his bag.
"Oh." Said John.
"Attention X-men who were on the trip and new recruits, please report to my office for a conference in five minutes. I repeat, X-men who were on the trip and new recruits, report to my office in five minutes." Said Professor Xavier through an intercom.