Taryn smiled as Andy had his arms around her during the slow dance.
"I'm having a great time, Andy." She said softly.
"Yeah, me too." He said.
"I was really surprised you asked me." Taryn said, looking down. "I mean, you've never seemed like you had any interest in a freak like me or anything." Andy gave her a warm smile.
"Don't put yourself down. Besides, after hiding my true feelings for like, ages, I knew I had to act on it." He whispered. He lowered his face to hers. Taryn's eyes drifted shut. "NOW!" He yelled as he pushed her back. Taryn gasped as her eyes snapped open, just in time to have Andy's friends, Chad and Lou, dump the punch bowl on her. Taryn shrieked. Everyone laughed uproariously at her expense. Taryn looked down and then at Andy, tears in her eyes. He chuckled and stepped up. "You know, red does look good on you." He commented.
"I..I don't understand.." She choked out. "Why?"
"Because you're a nobody. God, I can't believe you fell for it. I mean, me, wanting to have anything to do with you? Man, you're dumb!" He laughed. Taryn's jaw hung open. She tried to speak, but was too hurt and angry to make a sound. She felt her anger beginning to boil over. She clenched her fist.
"No, Andy, you're the nobody. You think you're hot shit because you have some manufactured poser cool guy persona, but you're nothing!" She screamed. Andy glared at her. He shoved her to the ground. Taryn fell on her backside and looked up at him.
"Don't mess with me, bitch, or next time I won't be as nice." He said. He spit down at her feet. Taryn's anger boiled. Something inside her burned. She let out a ferocious scream and jumped at him. She gabbed the collar of his jacket. He grabbed her shoulders to push her away. Suddenly his hands felt extremely heavy. He got a look of horror on his face as his entire body turned into some sort of Andy statue. Taryn gasped, as did everyone else. She pulled away from him. The sudden movement caused him to fall over. Taryn screamed as the statue shattered on the gym floor.
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Taryn bolted upright in the bed as she awoke from the nightmare gasping and in a cold sweat. It felt so real. She looked around and remembered where she was. She was in the darkened girls' wing in the institute, surrounded by fellow sleeping students. She looked to the bed beside hers and saw Rogue, along with the other girls, was still sleeping peacefully. Taryn ran a hand through her hair and threw her feet over the side of the bed. She left, not bothering to put on her gloves.
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Taryn walked down the darken hallways of the institute. She decided to go raid the refrigerator of her new home. She walked down the stairs and saw the light on in the kitchen. She walked in to see Piotr at the counter in gym shorts and..nothing else.with his back to her. Taryn couldn't help admire his chiseled physique. Piotr must've felt her eyes on hi, cause he turned around..exposing his muscular chest. Taryn had felt his muscles on her back when he had grabbed her earlier that day, but she hadn't even imagined how defined they were. She cleared her head of those kinds of thoughts and gave a smile.
"Hey." She said. She went over and sat down across from him. He was drinking a class of milk. _Man, they weren't kidding when they said it does a body good.._ She thought to herself. _Stop that!_ She chastised herself. _Remember the last guy you thought was cute? He's now chunks of stone._ Piotr smiled.
"Hey. Couldn't sleep?" He asked. Taryn nodded. "Same here. Milk?" He offered.
"Sure. You can never have too much calcium in your system." She joked. Piotr laughed and got a glass from the cupboard. He pulled the milk carton from the fridge and poured some in the glass for her. He slid the glass over to her and replaced the carton back in the fridge. "Thanks." She said. Piotr smiled and sat back down across from her. He kept his eyes on her as she took a sip of milk and set the glass down, revealing a milk mustache. Piotr gave a small laugh. Taryn looked at him. "What?"
"You got a little.." He said, pointing to her upper lip. Taryn looked at him blankly, and then understood what he meant.
"Oh." She said as she wiped the back of her hand across her lip. "Thanks." She smiled. Piotr nodded.
"No problem." The two sat together for a bit, drinking their milk.
"Hey," Taryn finally said. "Rogue was telling me about people's powers and such. But she didn't get to mentioning yours. So, what's your gift?" She asked.
"Well, I can show you." He said. He stood up. Taryn watched as his body slowly became covered in silver metal armor. Taryn's eyebrows shot up.
"Wow." She said. His body went back to normal and sat back down again.
"Yeah." He said. Taryn smirked.
"Guess this stuff does make a body strong." She joked, holding up her class of milk. Piotr laughed.
"Yeah, guess I must've drank a lot of it as a kid." He joked back with her. Taryn laughed. The two continued chatting and laughing together.
"It feels good to be able to laugh and everything, especially after.." Taryn's voice trailed off.
"After getting harassed by Magneto and his right hand woman and boy?" Piotr asked. Taryn sighed.
"That too." She said. Piotr noted the tone of sadness her voice held. He looked down.
"Oh. You want to talk about it?" He asked. "I mean, you don't have to. I don't want to pressure you or anything." Taryn smiled weakly.
"No, it's ok. I mean, talking is supposed to be therapeutic, right? At least, that's what keeps therapists rich." She joked. Piotr nodded. Taryn took a deep breath, recalling the events that led to the accident. "I've never been part of the 'in crowd'. I guess those who felt the need to be accepted based on what clothes they wear and junk always seemed like thoughtless lemmings to me. I guess I was what you'd call a loner. It wasn't that I was anti-social, but...Well, I knew about my..abilities. They'd pop up from time to time when I was younger. I always pretended they just didn't exist. Never talked about them to people, not even my parents. I was afraid that if I let anyone get too close, they'd find out..Or worse...Get hurt. And then this guy, Andrew..Andy Marcus, he was like this big man on campus. All the girls wanted him. Anyway, he asks me to the end of year dance. At first, I was like hesitant. But, I mean, my powers hadn't really made any appearances for a while, so I thought it was ok. So I agreed to go with him." Taryn paused a bit. "I felt so special. My mom let me get this amazing black dress, let me get my hair done, the works. She, my dad, and my sister were so happy for me. It was so perfect. Andy came and picked me up and gave me a corsage, everything. We got to the dance, and everything felt fine. We were dancing, having fun. Then the first slow dance came on. He told me he liked me, and then acted like he was going to kiss me." Piotr couldn't help feel a little jealous as she talked about this guy. "Then, his buddies dumped punch on me." Piotr winced.
"Oh, man. What did Andy do?" He asked. Taryn gave a bitter chuckle.
"The jerk was in on it. The whole thing was just some stupid trick to humiliate me." Piotr felt bad for her. He momentarily forgot about her powers and went to put a hand on hers. Taryn moved her hand away and gave him a sharp look. Piotr blinked and remembered.
"Right, sorry." He muttered. Taryn continued.
"I was so angry and upset. I guess that released the floodgates of my powers, because when I went to like, hurt him, and he touched me, he turned to stone." Piotr looked at her.
"Is he ok?" He asked.
"He's dead. Well, at least I'd imagine so, since his statue-esq. self fell down and shattered to pieces." She looked down. Piotr's heart broke for her pain and sadness.
"I'm sorry." He said. He wished he could take her in his arms and give her a hug or something, but he knew he couldn't. Taryn knew he wanted to help her. Wanted to comfort her. That thought itself gave her some comfort and ease.
"It's OK." She said.
"Is that why you couldn't sleep?" He asked. Taryn nodded.
"Had a nightmare about it." She said. Piotr looked at her.
"I'm sorry you had to go through something like that." He said.
"Please don't pity me." Taryn said softly. "People feeling sorry for me is the last thing I need." She took a sip from her glass and wiped her mouth. Piotr had to admire how strong she was trying to be. He nodded.
"OK." Was all he could think of to say. Taryn sighed.
"I keep thinking if maybe I told my family about this, things would be different. I mean, best-case scenario, they'd understand and put me in a place like this, or worse, they'd lock me up in some mutant testing facility. Either way, none of this would've happened."
"Have you called them, or anything? Let them know where you are?" Piotr asked. Taryn shook her head.
"I don't think I'm ready to hear they've disowned their freak-slash- murderer daughter and sister." She said.
"Maybe they won't. Not all people are against people like us. Some are actually compassionate."
"Well, from what I gathered from Magneto and his friends, they don't seem to realize that."
"Magneto's just like the 'bad' humans. They think everything that isn't like them is evil and should be destroyed. Magneto thinks everything that isn't mutant is evil and should be destroyed. He even tried to use the Professor against them a little while ago."
"You mean that business with the whole mind feeling like it was going to explode thing?" She asked. "I remember. One minute I'm feeling like I'd like to die any second now, next thing I know, I'm ok, but my sister is withering on the floor. Then it was over. They said on the news that mutants were trying to wipe out all of humanity." Taryn shrugged. "At least that answered the question on whether or not my family was like me or not."
"Yeah." Piotr said.
"Although, it would've been kind of nice if at least my sister was.I mean, I could have someone I could relate too."
"Hey, you do now." Piotr smiled. "You've got everyone here who knows how it feels to feel isolated, alone and different. We're all like one big family." Taryn smiled.
"So, I guess Bobby and Rogue are committing incest." She joked. Piotr laughed. "Man, I can't help feel bad for them. I mean, to be with someone, but not able to have any like physical contact with them, it's got to be hell." She said. Piotr looked at her. He had a feeling he'd be having some things in common with Bobby from now on.Such as liking someone but not being able to touch them or anything.
"Yeah. But, I guess it helps highlight the less physical aspects of a relationship. Like, talking and such." He reasoned. Taryn nodded.
"Yeah. Which is good. It helps make things not superficial. I mean, how they're together, despite the inability to be able to touch each other says a lot about them both. And it sets Bobby apart from the notion that all guys care about is things relating to sex." She said. Piotr laughed.
"Hey, I'd like to think I'd be the same." He said. Taryn looked at him. She felt her heart quicken under her gaze. She stood up quickly.
"Uh, I think I'm going to try to get to sleep, see you tomorrow." She said. Piotr blinked. Taryn set her glass in the sink and left the kitchen.
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"Taryn, Taryn.." Came a voice. Taryn opened her eyes to see Rogue sitting on her bed trying to wake her up. She was already dressed in jeans and a long sleeve shirt and her gloves.
"Hmm..What time is it?" Taryn mumbled.
"Ten." Rogue said. Taryn groaned and threw her covers over her head.
"Leave me alone. You think about waking me up anytime before 12, I'll hurt you." Rogue laughed and pulled the covers away.
"Come on, a bunch of us are going shopping, get out of bed." She said. Taryn looked at her.
"Fine, fine." Taryn sighed as she got out of bed. "What kind of girl would I be if I passed up on shopping?" She joked. Rogue laughed.
"Yeah, some of the younger kids have grown out of their clothes, need new ones, and the Professor didn't think it'd be fair if just some of the students got to go shopping, besides, I'm guessing you'll need more things that the contents of the duffel bag." She smiled. Taryn rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"OK. Is the shower free?" She asked.
"No, Kitty's using it, but she should be out soon. We're only allowed 15 minute showers, since there's so many of us here." Rogue said. Kitty was one of the other students in the place. She was about Taryn's age with short brown hair. Her ability was to walk through walls and such. She seemed like a nice girl.
"Man, and I thought sharing a bathroom with my sister was rough. Well, home there's no time limit." Taryn said.
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A while later, a bunch of the kids sat in the school van with Ororo, Scott and Logan. It was obvious Logan had been forced to come along. They got to the shopping mall and climbed out. Ororo looked at the kids. She separated the younger boys among Scott and Logan, and took the younger girls. She looked at the older kids.
"OK, you guys have three hours to do your shopping. Meet on the 2nd floor food court at three, understood?" She asked. The kids nodded. Logan looked at his crop of kids.
"You better behave yourselves." He said lowly. The boys nodded quickly, not wanting to displease the man.
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Rogue and Taryn separated from the other girls, seeing as their outfits were pretty much going to be of the same nature.
"Here." Rogue said as she led Taryn to a store. "This place has got the best stuff." She smiled. Taryn let herself be led away.
"If I see clothes I'd normally see on Britney Spears or something, I'm ditching you." She joked.
"Trust me, she wouldn't wear this, unless she suddenly grew a brain and fashion sense." She grinned. The two entered Hot Topic.
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"So, I noticed you came back from your midnight snack excursion pretty late. That milk not cooperating?" Bobby joked as he and Piotr looked through racks for jeans.
"Taryn came down. We were talking." He responded.
"I realized. Your happy mood when you came back was very noticeable." Bobby smiled. "You like her, don't you?" He asked. Piotr looked at his friend, ready to deny it fully. He sighed.
"Maybe...A little.." He said. Bobby laughed and looked at his watch. "Oh, we better get ready to go. We're supposed to meet Rogue at Hot Topic in like fifteen minutes." Piotr rolled his eyes.
"Not really looking forward to playing third wheel." He sighed. Bobby grinned.
"Well, I guess I'll tell Taryn you didn't feel like coming along." He said. Piotr looked at him. He quickly picked up his selection of jeans and shirts.
"Let's go." He said.
"I'm having a great time, Andy." She said softly.
"Yeah, me too." He said.
"I was really surprised you asked me." Taryn said, looking down. "I mean, you've never seemed like you had any interest in a freak like me or anything." Andy gave her a warm smile.
"Don't put yourself down. Besides, after hiding my true feelings for like, ages, I knew I had to act on it." He whispered. He lowered his face to hers. Taryn's eyes drifted shut. "NOW!" He yelled as he pushed her back. Taryn gasped as her eyes snapped open, just in time to have Andy's friends, Chad and Lou, dump the punch bowl on her. Taryn shrieked. Everyone laughed uproariously at her expense. Taryn looked down and then at Andy, tears in her eyes. He chuckled and stepped up. "You know, red does look good on you." He commented.
"I..I don't understand.." She choked out. "Why?"
"Because you're a nobody. God, I can't believe you fell for it. I mean, me, wanting to have anything to do with you? Man, you're dumb!" He laughed. Taryn's jaw hung open. She tried to speak, but was too hurt and angry to make a sound. She felt her anger beginning to boil over. She clenched her fist.
"No, Andy, you're the nobody. You think you're hot shit because you have some manufactured poser cool guy persona, but you're nothing!" She screamed. Andy glared at her. He shoved her to the ground. Taryn fell on her backside and looked up at him.
"Don't mess with me, bitch, or next time I won't be as nice." He said. He spit down at her feet. Taryn's anger boiled. Something inside her burned. She let out a ferocious scream and jumped at him. She gabbed the collar of his jacket. He grabbed her shoulders to push her away. Suddenly his hands felt extremely heavy. He got a look of horror on his face as his entire body turned into some sort of Andy statue. Taryn gasped, as did everyone else. She pulled away from him. The sudden movement caused him to fall over. Taryn screamed as the statue shattered on the gym floor.
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Taryn bolted upright in the bed as she awoke from the nightmare gasping and in a cold sweat. It felt so real. She looked around and remembered where she was. She was in the darkened girls' wing in the institute, surrounded by fellow sleeping students. She looked to the bed beside hers and saw Rogue, along with the other girls, was still sleeping peacefully. Taryn ran a hand through her hair and threw her feet over the side of the bed. She left, not bothering to put on her gloves.
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Taryn walked down the darken hallways of the institute. She decided to go raid the refrigerator of her new home. She walked down the stairs and saw the light on in the kitchen. She walked in to see Piotr at the counter in gym shorts and..nothing else.with his back to her. Taryn couldn't help admire his chiseled physique. Piotr must've felt her eyes on hi, cause he turned around..exposing his muscular chest. Taryn had felt his muscles on her back when he had grabbed her earlier that day, but she hadn't even imagined how defined they were. She cleared her head of those kinds of thoughts and gave a smile.
"Hey." She said. She went over and sat down across from him. He was drinking a class of milk. _Man, they weren't kidding when they said it does a body good.._ She thought to herself. _Stop that!_ She chastised herself. _Remember the last guy you thought was cute? He's now chunks of stone._ Piotr smiled.
"Hey. Couldn't sleep?" He asked. Taryn nodded. "Same here. Milk?" He offered.
"Sure. You can never have too much calcium in your system." She joked. Piotr laughed and got a glass from the cupboard. He pulled the milk carton from the fridge and poured some in the glass for her. He slid the glass over to her and replaced the carton back in the fridge. "Thanks." She said. Piotr smiled and sat back down across from her. He kept his eyes on her as she took a sip of milk and set the glass down, revealing a milk mustache. Piotr gave a small laugh. Taryn looked at him. "What?"
"You got a little.." He said, pointing to her upper lip. Taryn looked at him blankly, and then understood what he meant.
"Oh." She said as she wiped the back of her hand across her lip. "Thanks." She smiled. Piotr nodded.
"No problem." The two sat together for a bit, drinking their milk.
"Hey," Taryn finally said. "Rogue was telling me about people's powers and such. But she didn't get to mentioning yours. So, what's your gift?" She asked.
"Well, I can show you." He said. He stood up. Taryn watched as his body slowly became covered in silver metal armor. Taryn's eyebrows shot up.
"Wow." She said. His body went back to normal and sat back down again.
"Yeah." He said. Taryn smirked.
"Guess this stuff does make a body strong." She joked, holding up her class of milk. Piotr laughed.
"Yeah, guess I must've drank a lot of it as a kid." He joked back with her. Taryn laughed. The two continued chatting and laughing together.
"It feels good to be able to laugh and everything, especially after.." Taryn's voice trailed off.
"After getting harassed by Magneto and his right hand woman and boy?" Piotr asked. Taryn sighed.
"That too." She said. Piotr noted the tone of sadness her voice held. He looked down.
"Oh. You want to talk about it?" He asked. "I mean, you don't have to. I don't want to pressure you or anything." Taryn smiled weakly.
"No, it's ok. I mean, talking is supposed to be therapeutic, right? At least, that's what keeps therapists rich." She joked. Piotr nodded. Taryn took a deep breath, recalling the events that led to the accident. "I've never been part of the 'in crowd'. I guess those who felt the need to be accepted based on what clothes they wear and junk always seemed like thoughtless lemmings to me. I guess I was what you'd call a loner. It wasn't that I was anti-social, but...Well, I knew about my..abilities. They'd pop up from time to time when I was younger. I always pretended they just didn't exist. Never talked about them to people, not even my parents. I was afraid that if I let anyone get too close, they'd find out..Or worse...Get hurt. And then this guy, Andrew..Andy Marcus, he was like this big man on campus. All the girls wanted him. Anyway, he asks me to the end of year dance. At first, I was like hesitant. But, I mean, my powers hadn't really made any appearances for a while, so I thought it was ok. So I agreed to go with him." Taryn paused a bit. "I felt so special. My mom let me get this amazing black dress, let me get my hair done, the works. She, my dad, and my sister were so happy for me. It was so perfect. Andy came and picked me up and gave me a corsage, everything. We got to the dance, and everything felt fine. We were dancing, having fun. Then the first slow dance came on. He told me he liked me, and then acted like he was going to kiss me." Piotr couldn't help feel a little jealous as she talked about this guy. "Then, his buddies dumped punch on me." Piotr winced.
"Oh, man. What did Andy do?" He asked. Taryn gave a bitter chuckle.
"The jerk was in on it. The whole thing was just some stupid trick to humiliate me." Piotr felt bad for her. He momentarily forgot about her powers and went to put a hand on hers. Taryn moved her hand away and gave him a sharp look. Piotr blinked and remembered.
"Right, sorry." He muttered. Taryn continued.
"I was so angry and upset. I guess that released the floodgates of my powers, because when I went to like, hurt him, and he touched me, he turned to stone." Piotr looked at her.
"Is he ok?" He asked.
"He's dead. Well, at least I'd imagine so, since his statue-esq. self fell down and shattered to pieces." She looked down. Piotr's heart broke for her pain and sadness.
"I'm sorry." He said. He wished he could take her in his arms and give her a hug or something, but he knew he couldn't. Taryn knew he wanted to help her. Wanted to comfort her. That thought itself gave her some comfort and ease.
"It's OK." She said.
"Is that why you couldn't sleep?" He asked. Taryn nodded.
"Had a nightmare about it." She said. Piotr looked at her.
"I'm sorry you had to go through something like that." He said.
"Please don't pity me." Taryn said softly. "People feeling sorry for me is the last thing I need." She took a sip from her glass and wiped her mouth. Piotr had to admire how strong she was trying to be. He nodded.
"OK." Was all he could think of to say. Taryn sighed.
"I keep thinking if maybe I told my family about this, things would be different. I mean, best-case scenario, they'd understand and put me in a place like this, or worse, they'd lock me up in some mutant testing facility. Either way, none of this would've happened."
"Have you called them, or anything? Let them know where you are?" Piotr asked. Taryn shook her head.
"I don't think I'm ready to hear they've disowned their freak-slash- murderer daughter and sister." She said.
"Maybe they won't. Not all people are against people like us. Some are actually compassionate."
"Well, from what I gathered from Magneto and his friends, they don't seem to realize that."
"Magneto's just like the 'bad' humans. They think everything that isn't like them is evil and should be destroyed. Magneto thinks everything that isn't mutant is evil and should be destroyed. He even tried to use the Professor against them a little while ago."
"You mean that business with the whole mind feeling like it was going to explode thing?" She asked. "I remember. One minute I'm feeling like I'd like to die any second now, next thing I know, I'm ok, but my sister is withering on the floor. Then it was over. They said on the news that mutants were trying to wipe out all of humanity." Taryn shrugged. "At least that answered the question on whether or not my family was like me or not."
"Yeah." Piotr said.
"Although, it would've been kind of nice if at least my sister was.I mean, I could have someone I could relate too."
"Hey, you do now." Piotr smiled. "You've got everyone here who knows how it feels to feel isolated, alone and different. We're all like one big family." Taryn smiled.
"So, I guess Bobby and Rogue are committing incest." She joked. Piotr laughed. "Man, I can't help feel bad for them. I mean, to be with someone, but not able to have any like physical contact with them, it's got to be hell." She said. Piotr looked at her. He had a feeling he'd be having some things in common with Bobby from now on.Such as liking someone but not being able to touch them or anything.
"Yeah. But, I guess it helps highlight the less physical aspects of a relationship. Like, talking and such." He reasoned. Taryn nodded.
"Yeah. Which is good. It helps make things not superficial. I mean, how they're together, despite the inability to be able to touch each other says a lot about them both. And it sets Bobby apart from the notion that all guys care about is things relating to sex." She said. Piotr laughed.
"Hey, I'd like to think I'd be the same." He said. Taryn looked at him. She felt her heart quicken under her gaze. She stood up quickly.
"Uh, I think I'm going to try to get to sleep, see you tomorrow." She said. Piotr blinked. Taryn set her glass in the sink and left the kitchen.
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"Taryn, Taryn.." Came a voice. Taryn opened her eyes to see Rogue sitting on her bed trying to wake her up. She was already dressed in jeans and a long sleeve shirt and her gloves.
"Hmm..What time is it?" Taryn mumbled.
"Ten." Rogue said. Taryn groaned and threw her covers over her head.
"Leave me alone. You think about waking me up anytime before 12, I'll hurt you." Rogue laughed and pulled the covers away.
"Come on, a bunch of us are going shopping, get out of bed." She said. Taryn looked at her.
"Fine, fine." Taryn sighed as she got out of bed. "What kind of girl would I be if I passed up on shopping?" She joked. Rogue laughed.
"Yeah, some of the younger kids have grown out of their clothes, need new ones, and the Professor didn't think it'd be fair if just some of the students got to go shopping, besides, I'm guessing you'll need more things that the contents of the duffel bag." She smiled. Taryn rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"OK. Is the shower free?" She asked.
"No, Kitty's using it, but she should be out soon. We're only allowed 15 minute showers, since there's so many of us here." Rogue said. Kitty was one of the other students in the place. She was about Taryn's age with short brown hair. Her ability was to walk through walls and such. She seemed like a nice girl.
"Man, and I thought sharing a bathroom with my sister was rough. Well, home there's no time limit." Taryn said.
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A while later, a bunch of the kids sat in the school van with Ororo, Scott and Logan. It was obvious Logan had been forced to come along. They got to the shopping mall and climbed out. Ororo looked at the kids. She separated the younger boys among Scott and Logan, and took the younger girls. She looked at the older kids.
"OK, you guys have three hours to do your shopping. Meet on the 2nd floor food court at three, understood?" She asked. The kids nodded. Logan looked at his crop of kids.
"You better behave yourselves." He said lowly. The boys nodded quickly, not wanting to displease the man.
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Rogue and Taryn separated from the other girls, seeing as their outfits were pretty much going to be of the same nature.
"Here." Rogue said as she led Taryn to a store. "This place has got the best stuff." She smiled. Taryn let herself be led away.
"If I see clothes I'd normally see on Britney Spears or something, I'm ditching you." She joked.
"Trust me, she wouldn't wear this, unless she suddenly grew a brain and fashion sense." She grinned. The two entered Hot Topic.
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"So, I noticed you came back from your midnight snack excursion pretty late. That milk not cooperating?" Bobby joked as he and Piotr looked through racks for jeans.
"Taryn came down. We were talking." He responded.
"I realized. Your happy mood when you came back was very noticeable." Bobby smiled. "You like her, don't you?" He asked. Piotr looked at his friend, ready to deny it fully. He sighed.
"Maybe...A little.." He said. Bobby laughed and looked at his watch. "Oh, we better get ready to go. We're supposed to meet Rogue at Hot Topic in like fifteen minutes." Piotr rolled his eyes.
"Not really looking forward to playing third wheel." He sighed. Bobby grinned.
"Well, I guess I'll tell Taryn you didn't feel like coming along." He said. Piotr looked at him. He quickly picked up his selection of jeans and shirts.
"Let's go." He said.