Taryn stood in the room the next morning, happily getting dressed.
"Someone seems happy. Good glass of milk last night?" Rogue asked. Taryn smiled.
"You could say that." She said.
"OK, what happened?" Rogue asked. Taryn grinned.
"I just took your advice." She said softly. She changed into jeans and a white short sleeve turtle neck top with elbow length gloves. She tied some strands from the sides of her hair behind her head. She walked out the room. Rogue quickly dressed in jeans and a black top. She ran after Taryn as she worked her hair into a ponytail.
"Explanation, details, now." She said. Taryn grinned. The two girls walked down the stairs and headed to the dining room for breakfast. They saw Piotr and Bobby sitting at a table. Taryn smiled and sat down next to him.
"Good morning." He said. He slid his hand in her gloved hand. Taryn smiled.
"Good morning." Bobby and Rogue looked at them.
"Please tell me we weren't as nauseating when we got together." Bobby snickered, Rogue laughed. Piotr looked at him.
"You were." Piotr said. Taryn giggled.
"Were? They still are." Taryn smiled. Rogue mocked being offended.
"Hey!" She laughed. She put an arm around Bobby. "We're not nauseating, we're just..."
"Sickening?" Piotr suggested.
"Disgusting?" Taryn smirked.
"Romantic." Bobby stressed.
"AKA.." Taryn said, she pretended to gag.
"She says while she's holding hands with her boyfriend." Rogue laughed.
"Hey, we embrace our nauseating-ness. We don't deny it." Piotr said.
"Right." Taryn grinned.
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Taryn's and Piotr's sudden mood changes were also noticeable to everyone in the institute. People had to smile to see these two teens who had been walking around with a black cloud hanging over their heads now happy, laughing, giggling, and together. Even if it was that their happiness came out at inappropriate times.
Hank McCoy, who was an old friend of the Professor, and fellow mutant, had always hid his abilities, they were always under his control. But after the incident at Akali, his inner abilites manifested into physical form, and now where a tall, proud scientist once stood, now stood a hunched over being with blue fur from head to toe.
After his mutation was triggered, the Professor offered him a place in the institute. He had offered Mr. McCoy a place before, but had always been turned down. But, after his change, Mr. McCoy knew he couldn't exactly spend his days discretely among other people. So he now taught science to the kids in the institute.
At first, Mr. McCoy, or, Beast, as he so aptly went by now, was apprehensive about going from a publisised, credited, important scientist to a science teacher. But after spending time with the children, he grew to adore them as the others did and didn't have problems with teaching them.Except when they were distracting him or the class. Today was one of those days.
Taryn and Piotr sat together in Beast's science class, giggling softly together as they whispered things to one another while Beast taught about chemistry. He glared at the new couple.
"Mr. Rasputin, Ms. Lewis, will I need to separate you two?" He asked. Piotr and Taryn separated slightly.
"No, sorry, Mr. McCoy." Piotr muttered.
"Very sorry." Taryn nodded.
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"So, how are things?" Leona asked as she and Taryn spoke on the phone. Taryn's good mood was noticeable even on the phone.
"Great." She said.
"Let me guess, you and that Pete guy worked things out?" Leona laughed.
"Yeah." She said.
"Wow. I'm sure mom and dad will be so happy. I'm sure they'll drive up there right away to give the boy the third degree." Leona joked.
"Ha, ha, very funny." Taryn said dryly.
"I'm serious. You're their first born, their pride and joy. Of course they'd interrogate the guy." Leona said.
"And that's why, my lovely sister, you will not mention this to them. I don't think Pete's ready for the treatment yet. And yes, I've seen how they've interrogated any guys who would come over wanting to date you. God, I had to push Andy out the door to avoid it myself." Taryn laughed softly. Leona picked up on Taryn's regret at mentioning Andy.
"Mr. And Mrs. Marcus had his death ruled as if he fell from some building or something." She said.
"I guess they didn't want it to be public knowledge that their son fraternized with a mutant." Taryn replied.
"They wanted to avoid questions and stuff from all those anti-mutant organizations." Leona sighed. "Tar, you know it wasn't your fault."
"Coulda fooled me."
"Hey! I was there, remember? The guy was a jerk. You had absolutely no control over what happened." Leona said. Leona had been at the dance as well, after the accident happened, she had stayed behind to run as some sort of damage control, or at least keep the mob from going after her sister. She thought Taryn would hide out at home. She didn't expect she'd run away.
"I should've. I shouldn't have let his stupidity get to me like that."
"You can't be totally emotionally neutral. You're only human....Or...Well...." Leona said. Taryn laughed softly at her.
"I get it." She said.
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Piotr and Taryn sat on the front lawn of the house together. He had his arms around her shoulder. Taryn was careful he didn't touch any of the exposed skin of her arm. She held his hand over her shoulder with her gloved hand and kept it around her shoulder.
"Everything OK? You seem a little sad." Piotr said softly.
"No, I'm OK. Talked to Leona. We talked a little bit about Andy. I guess it's still bothers me, you know?" She said. Piotr took her other hand in his and placed a soft kiss on her gloved palm. Taryn smiled and snuggled a bit closer to him.
"It wasn't your fault." He said.
"I know, I know. Everyone's saying that. But, I just can't get the way I jumped at him and how he looked when he touched me out of my head. I was fueled by my emotions, I know, but, I did do it, none the less."
"Well, the guy used and hurt you. You wanted to hurt him. Most girls would've done the same." Piotr said.
"I doubt most girls would've been able to turn him to stone." Taryn muttered sarcastically.
"You didn't mean to. You weren't consciously thinking about using your powers against him. It just happened."
"I know. But, he didn't deserve to die for being a prick. Get his dick chopped off perhaps, but not die." She said. Piotr cringed.
"I'm never making you mad." He commented. Taryn laughed and hugged him around his waist.
"I just..I mean...I played judged, jury, executioner on him, I had no right to kill him." She whispered. Piotr sighed.
"Hey, hey, listen to me." He said. Taryn looked at him. "You did not kill him. It was an accident. It's not like you touched him with the intent to kill. You said you grabbed his shirt and he touched you. It was an accident." He said slowly, making sure she believed it. Taryn sighed and stood up.
"Please don't patronize me." She said. Piotr followed.
"I'm not, I just hate seeing you upset." He said.
"God, why am I even talking to you about this? You have no idea what it feels like to know you hurt someone unintentionally with your powers. You don't know about how no matter what, the fact that you took someone's life, whether you meant to or not, stays in your head." Her tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You're right, I don't." Piotr said. He took her hands in his. "But I do know I care about you, I don't want you to blame yourself for this. I can only imagine what you're going through. Whatever it is, I just want you to know that I'm here for you, no matter what." Taryn looked up at him. She stepped closer to him and wrapped her arms around his waist, laying her head on his chest. Piotr put his arms around her shoulders.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lash out at you.I just..I hate feeling like this so much. I hate the fact that my family's got to take the hit of my actions because I'm not there. I hate it that I feel so helpless, scared, sad, everything, all because of that jerk." Taryn said. Piotr tightened his hold on her.
"It's OK." Piotr said. "Don't worry. You can lash out at me whenever you feel the need to lash out." He smiled. Taryn laughed softly.
"Thanks for playing therapist." She joked. Piotr laughed.
"Anytime." He replied.
"Someone seems happy. Good glass of milk last night?" Rogue asked. Taryn smiled.
"You could say that." She said.
"OK, what happened?" Rogue asked. Taryn grinned.
"I just took your advice." She said softly. She changed into jeans and a white short sleeve turtle neck top with elbow length gloves. She tied some strands from the sides of her hair behind her head. She walked out the room. Rogue quickly dressed in jeans and a black top. She ran after Taryn as she worked her hair into a ponytail.
"Explanation, details, now." She said. Taryn grinned. The two girls walked down the stairs and headed to the dining room for breakfast. They saw Piotr and Bobby sitting at a table. Taryn smiled and sat down next to him.
"Good morning." He said. He slid his hand in her gloved hand. Taryn smiled.
"Good morning." Bobby and Rogue looked at them.
"Please tell me we weren't as nauseating when we got together." Bobby snickered, Rogue laughed. Piotr looked at him.
"You were." Piotr said. Taryn giggled.
"Were? They still are." Taryn smiled. Rogue mocked being offended.
"Hey!" She laughed. She put an arm around Bobby. "We're not nauseating, we're just..."
"Sickening?" Piotr suggested.
"Disgusting?" Taryn smirked.
"Romantic." Bobby stressed.
"AKA.." Taryn said, she pretended to gag.
"She says while she's holding hands with her boyfriend." Rogue laughed.
"Hey, we embrace our nauseating-ness. We don't deny it." Piotr said.
"Right." Taryn grinned.
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Taryn's and Piotr's sudden mood changes were also noticeable to everyone in the institute. People had to smile to see these two teens who had been walking around with a black cloud hanging over their heads now happy, laughing, giggling, and together. Even if it was that their happiness came out at inappropriate times.
Hank McCoy, who was an old friend of the Professor, and fellow mutant, had always hid his abilities, they were always under his control. But after the incident at Akali, his inner abilites manifested into physical form, and now where a tall, proud scientist once stood, now stood a hunched over being with blue fur from head to toe.
After his mutation was triggered, the Professor offered him a place in the institute. He had offered Mr. McCoy a place before, but had always been turned down. But, after his change, Mr. McCoy knew he couldn't exactly spend his days discretely among other people. So he now taught science to the kids in the institute.
At first, Mr. McCoy, or, Beast, as he so aptly went by now, was apprehensive about going from a publisised, credited, important scientist to a science teacher. But after spending time with the children, he grew to adore them as the others did and didn't have problems with teaching them.Except when they were distracting him or the class. Today was one of those days.
Taryn and Piotr sat together in Beast's science class, giggling softly together as they whispered things to one another while Beast taught about chemistry. He glared at the new couple.
"Mr. Rasputin, Ms. Lewis, will I need to separate you two?" He asked. Piotr and Taryn separated slightly.
"No, sorry, Mr. McCoy." Piotr muttered.
"Very sorry." Taryn nodded.
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"So, how are things?" Leona asked as she and Taryn spoke on the phone. Taryn's good mood was noticeable even on the phone.
"Great." She said.
"Let me guess, you and that Pete guy worked things out?" Leona laughed.
"Yeah." She said.
"Wow. I'm sure mom and dad will be so happy. I'm sure they'll drive up there right away to give the boy the third degree." Leona joked.
"Ha, ha, very funny." Taryn said dryly.
"I'm serious. You're their first born, their pride and joy. Of course they'd interrogate the guy." Leona said.
"And that's why, my lovely sister, you will not mention this to them. I don't think Pete's ready for the treatment yet. And yes, I've seen how they've interrogated any guys who would come over wanting to date you. God, I had to push Andy out the door to avoid it myself." Taryn laughed softly. Leona picked up on Taryn's regret at mentioning Andy.
"Mr. And Mrs. Marcus had his death ruled as if he fell from some building or something." She said.
"I guess they didn't want it to be public knowledge that their son fraternized with a mutant." Taryn replied.
"They wanted to avoid questions and stuff from all those anti-mutant organizations." Leona sighed. "Tar, you know it wasn't your fault."
"Coulda fooled me."
"Hey! I was there, remember? The guy was a jerk. You had absolutely no control over what happened." Leona said. Leona had been at the dance as well, after the accident happened, she had stayed behind to run as some sort of damage control, or at least keep the mob from going after her sister. She thought Taryn would hide out at home. She didn't expect she'd run away.
"I should've. I shouldn't have let his stupidity get to me like that."
"You can't be totally emotionally neutral. You're only human....Or...Well...." Leona said. Taryn laughed softly at her.
"I get it." She said.
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Piotr and Taryn sat on the front lawn of the house together. He had his arms around her shoulder. Taryn was careful he didn't touch any of the exposed skin of her arm. She held his hand over her shoulder with her gloved hand and kept it around her shoulder.
"Everything OK? You seem a little sad." Piotr said softly.
"No, I'm OK. Talked to Leona. We talked a little bit about Andy. I guess it's still bothers me, you know?" She said. Piotr took her other hand in his and placed a soft kiss on her gloved palm. Taryn smiled and snuggled a bit closer to him.
"It wasn't your fault." He said.
"I know, I know. Everyone's saying that. But, I just can't get the way I jumped at him and how he looked when he touched me out of my head. I was fueled by my emotions, I know, but, I did do it, none the less."
"Well, the guy used and hurt you. You wanted to hurt him. Most girls would've done the same." Piotr said.
"I doubt most girls would've been able to turn him to stone." Taryn muttered sarcastically.
"You didn't mean to. You weren't consciously thinking about using your powers against him. It just happened."
"I know. But, he didn't deserve to die for being a prick. Get his dick chopped off perhaps, but not die." She said. Piotr cringed.
"I'm never making you mad." He commented. Taryn laughed and hugged him around his waist.
"I just..I mean...I played judged, jury, executioner on him, I had no right to kill him." She whispered. Piotr sighed.
"Hey, hey, listen to me." He said. Taryn looked at him. "You did not kill him. It was an accident. It's not like you touched him with the intent to kill. You said you grabbed his shirt and he touched you. It was an accident." He said slowly, making sure she believed it. Taryn sighed and stood up.
"Please don't patronize me." She said. Piotr followed.
"I'm not, I just hate seeing you upset." He said.
"God, why am I even talking to you about this? You have no idea what it feels like to know you hurt someone unintentionally with your powers. You don't know about how no matter what, the fact that you took someone's life, whether you meant to or not, stays in your head." Her tears rolled down her cheeks.
"You're right, I don't." Piotr said. He took her hands in his. "But I do know I care about you, I don't want you to blame yourself for this. I can only imagine what you're going through. Whatever it is, I just want you to know that I'm here for you, no matter what." Taryn looked up at him. She stepped closer to him and wrapped her arms around his waist, laying her head on his chest. Piotr put his arms around her shoulders.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lash out at you.I just..I hate feeling like this so much. I hate the fact that my family's got to take the hit of my actions because I'm not there. I hate it that I feel so helpless, scared, sad, everything, all because of that jerk." Taryn said. Piotr tightened his hold on her.
"It's OK." Piotr said. "Don't worry. You can lash out at me whenever you feel the need to lash out." He smiled. Taryn laughed softly.
"Thanks for playing therapist." She joked. Piotr laughed.
"Anytime." He replied.