Harrharr. And you thought I was done...

Friendly note: In X1, Marie was going to go on a road trip with Cody. I'm assuming she was in grade 12, but didn't finish her classes because her mutant power flared up and she ran away. In my story, Rogue has basically been catching up on the courses she dropped out at Xavier's school. That means, she's at the age of university entrance. (18 years old) Also, I don't know if UCLA and University of Washington are good... but they're the only US colleges that come to mind right as now.

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(Two blissful weeks since last chapter)

Summer rolled on and summer semester ended at the Xavier's Institute. To keep the students occupied, the teachers made constant trips to the parks and beaches. Today, though, it was a water balloon fight on school grounds.

"It's not fair! Dey got Grey. She use her telepathy." Remy grumbled as he pumped up the water pressure on his water gun.

"Don't worry. It's a no power's game, Cajun." Sam peeked over the ravine edge and peered into underbrush below. They had found the opposing team's cache of filled water balloons and now sat ready to ambush anyone that came to reload on the watery bombs. Kitty, a mutant who had the ability to phase through objects, slipped up next to them.

"Dr. Grey's coming. They just finished getting Rogue soaked and Dr. Grey's out of balloons."

Sam's eyes lit up.

"Good! Right, back to your position. We'll all hit her at once."

Kitty nodded and slipped back through the trees.

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Jean shouldered her Power Soaker 2000 and pushed past some branches that were in her path. She was so proud. Marie had managed to stay dry for the game so far and Jean had landed the first water balloon into Rogue's chest. Other's from her team, Alison, Jubilee and Piotr finished the job and soaked the young woman from head to toe. Jean smiled and mentally recapped the last two blissful weeks since Rogue had come to her in the night. No one in the Institute knew, except for Xavier and Hank, and Jean and Rogue decided to keep it that way for a little while longer.

*Snap*

Jean turned to face the sound, thinking it was one of her fellow teammates, but was instead greeted by a water balloon explosion on her stomach.

"Oof!" Jean scrabbled to get her water gun, but when the second balloon landed on her face, Jean instinctively shielded her head. She heard the students hooting and the whizzing of the water balloons flying at her but none connected with her skin.

"Ahem." Hank had dropped out of a tree and stood shaking his head. "Bad, little telepath."

Around Jean were ten or so balloons suspended by TK. Jean chuckled nervously.

"Whoops."

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Hank carried Jean over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes back to the Mansion. The students on Hank's side whooped loudly as Hank plopped Jean down onto the grass in the back yard of the Institute.

Charles, who had just finished preparing the dinner for the students, smiled amusingly at her.

"You know the rules." He said as Hank and Piotr lifted a huge cooler filled with ice and water and poured it over Jean.

Jean shrieked as the cold shocked her body, but sat glumly like a drowned rat as the second and third cooler was poured over her.

"Throw her in the pool!" Marie yelled as she and the other students made their way into the back yard.

Jean shot Marie a dirty look and squawked unattractively as Piotr scooped Jean up and tossed her into the backyard pool.

The Professor shared a laugh as well as his original student sputtered water and sulked in the water.

"Alright children, I think Jean has been punished enough for today. Dinner's almost ready and the movie is set to go. A quick shower for everyone and we can eat." Charles waited till the majority of students were in the house before wheeling in..

Marie and Jean were the last in. Marie walked over to the pool and held out a hand to Jean.

I'm sure you thought that was funny. Jean said in Marie's mind.

Marie grinned.

"Of course." She pulled Jean out of the water, and couldn't help but let her gaze travel up and down Jean's body. She admired how Jean's clothing clung wet to her skin, and how Jean's skin glistened in the setting sun. Marie coughed and looked away.

"Come on, you better take a shower." Marie turned and started to walk towards the house but Jean pulled Marie back to kiss her. Marie smiled in between the kisses and let her hand travel up Jean's wet top. She looked back into the house and saw that none of the students noticed them. Jean must have set a mental image up and masked their true actions.

"We should go in." Marie said softly, but then grinned suddenly. "You smell like garden hose water."

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(Six days later, Friday night. Three AM in the morning.)

Rogue silently waved goodnight to Alison as Alison quietly slipped into her dorm room. Alison, Rogue and Kitty had just returned from hitting some of the clubs that let them in even though they were underage. Everyone in the Mansion was fast asleep, but Hank had left the security system off so they could enter the Mansion without setting off the alarms. Rogue looked behind her one more time before she stopped at the door of her room. Jean had moved out of the room she had shared with Scott and into a room that she now shared with Marie that had one, queen-sized bed. To the others in the house, Jean and Rogue simply lived in separate rooms that had an adjoining door.

Inside, Jean lay on the bed stretched out on her side fast asleep. Next to her head and on Rogue's pillow was Jean's laptop, and spread on the rest of the bed were numerous papers and books. Jean still wore her glasses and the bedside lamp was still on. The telepath had been invited to be a guest speaker at a local genetics conference held that weekend and had just finished finalizing her presentation that was to be held later on in the afternoon. Marie took off her heels, tiptoed around the bed, quietly piled all the papers and books together and put them on the desk. She slid the laptop off the bed and shut it down before sticking it on the desk as well. As Marie gently removed Jean's glasses, the telepath opened her eyes.

"Hey." The red head smiled sleepily. "Have a good time?"

Marie nodded and sat on the side of the bed next to Jean.

"Yeah. A couple French guys hit on Kitty. It was funny to watch."

Jean smiled and pulled Marie down to her and gave Marie a kiss. The red head raised an eyebrow and sniffed Marie's mouth.

Been drinking? Didn't you get carded?

Marie smiled a little.

Alison and I won a couple rounds of pool and got some guys to buy us some drinks.

Jean grinned, but ended up yawning instead.

"Go to sleep." Marie patted Jean's hip and pulled the bed sheet over Jean's legs. "I'm going to go shower and brush my teeth, but you need to get back to sleep."

Jean nodded and closed her eyes.

"You'll be there right?"

"Yeah. I'll be the one in the corner smiling and nodding to everything because I don't know a thing about genetics."

Jean smiled again, and mumbled something in reply, but before Marie could ask for clarification, Jean was fast asleep. Marie stood up, gathered her sleep wear and sneak silently out to the bathroom. Life couldn't be better for either of them.

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(A week later.)

It was the last week of August and some of the students who left for the summer were beginning to return. Rogue sat on the bed she shared with Jean with various college and university entrance letters surrounding her. Jean sat with her and the two looked over the letters.

"Wow. These are good schools. UCLA, University of Washington... Simon Fraser University? Where's that?"

"Vancouver, Canada. I applied just to see if I would get in. On the road trip that I had planned with Cody, Vancouver was a stop over."

Jean made a thoughtful noise.

"Vancouver is a very nice city. It's been a while since I was there though. It's really... green."

Rogue smiled and flopped over on her side with her head propped up on her hand.

"I've still got time. I applied to start in January, so I don't have to decide now." Rogue's gaze fell onto the cordless phone that started to ring and Jean went to answered it.

"Hello?" Jean suddenly sat up straighter and the letter she held dropped onto her lap. "Scott? Oh, hi. No, I'm not busy. Just uh," She looked over at Rogue, "doing some work."

Marie sat up when Jean's eyes widened in shock.

"You're what?" Jean's tone was a little less than thrilled. ""No, no I am Scott. Happy. Wow, that's just sudden. What about the children? Storm's watching them? All of them?"

What? Rogue asked while she mouthed the word.

Scott. He's coming home in ten days.

"He's what?" Rogue said out loud before she could stop herself.

Jean continued to talk on the phone.

"What? Oh, yeah Marie's here. We were looking at some university entrance letters." Jean moved the phone away from her mouth and looked at Marie. "Scott says 'Hi,' and says they miss you there. There's a lot of kiwis where they are staying."

Marie gestured a little uncomfortably as she took the phone from Jean.

"Hi Mr. Summers. Yea, we're missing you here too. My powers? Oh they're good. I've got more control over them." She paused as she looked back at Jean. "Alright, see you in a couple days. Here's Jean." She handed the phone back and waited till Jean said goodbye before continuing to speak.

"Ten days."

Jean nodded and flopped onto her back. Marie lay down beside Jean and draped her arm over Jean's belly. Jean's relationship with Scott was over since the day Jean kissed Rogue the first time, but Jean didn't feel it was write to tell him that over the phone. For the past two weeks, Jean and Marie just pushed away the reality of Scott so they could enjoy their time together. Marie sighed. She liked Scott and could only hope that he wouldn't be too hurt when it came time for Jean to tell him. This, however, was something Rogue knew wouldn't be true.

Off with ye and review! 8D Don't you want to live at the x-mansion? Parks and beaches and water fights. Staying out late and what not. Man, I'd love to live there.