Starting Over
John looked up from the television as Rogue entered the room, a sight that made him catch his breath.
"Wow, Rogue. You-you got your ears triple pierced... And your eyebrow..." John stared at her with his mouth slacking.
"Yeah, well Kitty and I thought we'd try something new. And when we got to the piercing parlor they had like this three for five deal or something," she shrugged her thin shoulders as she plopped herself down next to John. "So we figured we shouldn't waste a good deal if we were just getting one piercing. Well, I guess it'd be two since we were getting our ears pierced, but they only count as one." Rogue took a second to look at John's open mouth. "What?"
John shook his head. "Wait, you said three for five?"
"Yeah."
"I only see four."
"Mm." Rogue stood up and lifted her tank top to reveal a shiny sliver star dangling from her belly button.
"And how did they do this without touching you?"
"Well, they had gloves on."
John continued to look at her in bewilderment.
Rogue started to laugh, managing to get a 'what' out.
"I just never knew you to do something like this. I mean, wow."
"Yeah, it's pretty sweet ain't it?"
"Yeah, wait till your 'caretaker' sees this."
"My caretaker?"
"Yeah, you know. Kind of big, has claws, growls a lot."
Rogue gave him a look. "Logan is not my caretaker."
"Oh, yeah. Sure."
"Are you kidding me? I would seriously never see the light of day. I mean, you know. He'd be too protective."
"Well, I guess I can understand that." John pulled her closer to him. "A girl like you going around with a guy like me."
"Oh, please." Rogue stood up, rolling her eyes.
"Wait a sec." John hung on to her legs, pulling her tank top up enough to see her stomach. "That's pretty cool."
"It better be cool. For 20 bucks it better be damn cool."
John pulled on her gloved wrists, making her eye level with him. "It's amazing. You're amazing."
Rogue began to smile.
"And kind of stupid. I mean, 20 bucks?"
Rogue pushed him back on the couch. "I'm not going to take this." She said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, I think I deserve a spanking."
Rogue closed her eyes for a moment, then began to walk away, trying her best to conceal a smile. "I'll see you at dinner."
"What, hey, I was kidding!" he called after her. Shaking his head he turned back to the television and continued watching an old rerun of Saturday Night Live.
John looked up from the television as Rogue entered the room, a sight that made him catch his breath.
"Wow, Rogue. You-you got your ears triple pierced... And your eyebrow..." John stared at her with his mouth slacking.
"Yeah, well Kitty and I thought we'd try something new. And when we got to the piercing parlor they had like this three for five deal or something," she shrugged her thin shoulders as she plopped herself down next to John. "So we figured we shouldn't waste a good deal if we were just getting one piercing. Well, I guess it'd be two since we were getting our ears pierced, but they only count as one." Rogue took a second to look at John's open mouth. "What?"
John shook his head. "Wait, you said three for five?"
"Yeah."
"I only see four."
"Mm." Rogue stood up and lifted her tank top to reveal a shiny sliver star dangling from her belly button.
"And how did they do this without touching you?"
"Well, they had gloves on."
John continued to look at her in bewilderment.
Rogue started to laugh, managing to get a 'what' out.
"I just never knew you to do something like this. I mean, wow."
"Yeah, it's pretty sweet ain't it?"
"Yeah, wait till your 'caretaker' sees this."
"My caretaker?"
"Yeah, you know. Kind of big, has claws, growls a lot."
Rogue gave him a look. "Logan is not my caretaker."
"Oh, yeah. Sure."
"Are you kidding me? I would seriously never see the light of day. I mean, you know. He'd be too protective."
"Well, I guess I can understand that." John pulled her closer to him. "A girl like you going around with a guy like me."
"Oh, please." Rogue stood up, rolling her eyes.
"Wait a sec." John hung on to her legs, pulling her tank top up enough to see her stomach. "That's pretty cool."
"It better be cool. For 20 bucks it better be damn cool."
John pulled on her gloved wrists, making her eye level with him. "It's amazing. You're amazing."
Rogue began to smile.
"And kind of stupid. I mean, 20 bucks?"
Rogue pushed him back on the couch. "I'm not going to take this." She said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, I think I deserve a spanking."
Rogue closed her eyes for a moment, then began to walk away, trying her best to conceal a smile. "I'll see you at dinner."
"What, hey, I was kidding!" he called after her. Shaking his head he turned back to the television and continued watching an old rerun of Saturday Night Live.