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"What are you guys going to do now?"
At least, that was what Rogue thought Logan had said, seeing as how he was speaking through a mouthful of food. She swallowed, looking away from him, she thought Fred was bad, but that was just disgusting.
"We're gonna travel again. See where we end up."
Fred answered, looking down at the table top, wanting to afford the confrontation that had to come, there was no way these guys would allow Rogue to just disappear without a fight. He was right.
"What."
The bellow didn't come from Logan as expected, but Scott. His face was red and he looked furious.
"You can't just run away Rogue. Everyone at that school has to know what they've been doing is wrong. You cannot let them get away with it."
Everyone furiously shushed him as he was drawing attention.
"I'm not running away, we're just gonna catch up on the time we missed for a while. Sort of pick up where we left off."
There was a gentle smirk on her face as she said that and her hand slid across the table and she wrapped her fingers around his, to the amazement of everyone except Logan as he could smell the feelings rolling off them. Teenage lust, sickening this early in the morning.
"We're going to travel around for a while, maybe see Europe, it'd be nice to get out of the states for a while. I'll be back at the school in about a year, okay. 'Cause you're right, there is no way in hell I'm letting that lot think they've scared me away."
There were noises of agreement from the other boys, and as Scott watched he could see Rogue blossom in a way she never had before. It was as though every moment she was with these boys her self-confidence grew. The layers she had put up to protect herself fell away.
"Graduation."
He blurted out cryptically.
"Huh."
Was the unanimous statement from everyone around the table. Faces were painted with confusion and Scott thought he'd better explain.
"Come back on graduation day. Shock everyone. It's on the 17th of June, so it's about seven months away. Long enough for you to do your travelling and then you can come back on one of the most important days of their lives."
He knew his plan had been accepted when malicious smirks formed on everyone's face.
"Why, Mr Summers, I didn't know you had it in you. I think you've been a bad influence Logan."
As Logan and Kurt chuckled Scott protested that he wasn't the straight-laced idiot everyone thought he was, and they believed him eventually, possibly. With that settled they left the diner, the teenagers planning where they were going to go first. Their travel problems were solved easily when Scott offered the jet to take them wherever they wanted to go before they went back to the school. After a few moments argument they decided on Italy, it seemed to be a good starting point as any.
After a quick stop off at the apartment to pick up clothes and anything else they wanted to take with them, they were on their way.
On the jet
"What are you going to do when you get there?"
Kurt asked, curious about the spontaneity of their departure and the small amount of possessions, and even less money, that they had with them.
"Don't know. That's what makes it fun."
Rogue answered him, smiling widely, in her opinion, knowing where you were going to go before you got there spoilt the whole concept of travelling. It was much more fun to point in a direction and go.
After a few hours they descended just outside of Rome.
As they left the plane, Rogue was shoved in a direction and told to check their bags for any damage, it was time for guy talk. Sticking her tongue out at Pietro's back she walked away, mumbling about how they weren't talking they were having a macho contest about who could protect her.
And she was right.
"Look, I'm just saying that if anything happens, call us. We don't want anything to happen to her."
"You thing we'll hurt her!"
"No, what he's saying is that if anything happens we want to know."
"You want to take her away from us."
Fred, Todd and Kurt were sitting on the sidelines watching as the other four faced off. Rouge was watching the scene openly, wondering who was going to punch whom first. She was betting on Lance or Logan.
Just as it was about to get physical she decided to intervene. She slid into the space between the four and held her hands against Logan's chest because he looked as though he was just about to charge Pietro.
"Will you all stop. I don't need protecting, in case your forgetting boys I'm a one woman army with all my powers and it's not like I can't fight normally either, I was always kicking your asses.
And you two, I know that you haven't got used to what I can do yet, but I can look after my self. I'll keep in touch, I'll e-mail you every chance I get and tell you about the where we are, I'll even send pictures through so you can see I'm okay. Deal."
With a smile she hugged Logan and then Scott, before turning to Kurt. As she hugged him she whispered in his ear.
"Could you keep an eye on the way back, they've gone about four days without trying to kill each other, they might try to catch up on lost time."
With a grin he agreed and teleported into the jet, he hated goodbyes, they always made him cry. A quiet Scott and Logan, both of whom had suspiciously shiny eyes, soon joined him. Not wanting to draw attention to that fact he remained silent as they took off and headed back to Westchester. Each lost in their own thoughts; Scott and Logan were both planning on ways to make the lives of the students who had hurt Rogue hell. Kurt was wondering what had caused Ororo to leave, and how he could help her.
First month
Hi Scott, Logan, Kurt
How are you, we're in Venice now, it's gorgeous. We've had to buy a few new bags with all the stuff I've bought, jewellery, clothes, and the masks. Oh they're gorgeous shops and stalls filled with them. I've got you all one but you'll have to wait till I get back to see what they're like. I've got about twelve for myself, porcelain ones as well as wearable ones, and I've got one for each of the boys as well. I even got them to wear them; it's one of the photos I sent with this.
I don't know why they're complaining, Pietro's worse than I am, he's bought enough clothes here to clothe a whole country. And our flat is over flowing with the phone numbers he's got. He's beaten his old record, he went on eight dates in one night, and then the next night he took six girls to one party, and they all know about each other. Why would you do that? Anyway, even Todd and Fred have been out on dates, after Pietro and I took them shopping anyway. All that means that Lance and I have the flat to ourselves quite a lot and it's great. We're doing really well. It was so stupid though; as soon as the other three found out we were together they started doing that over protective brother bullshit Which is ridiculous, you'd think they'd know by now that he wouldn't hurt me.
We'll be leaving here in about a week so can you email back quick or I won't get a chance to see it until we reach the next place, and God knows when that'll be seeing as how we don't know where we're going.
Rogue
Hello Rogue
It's good to hear from you, we're glad you're having a good time. You might be interested to know that Logan is teaching self-defence classes, and he's found that Jubilee and Bobby make very good partners for demonstrations. Logan is dreading the mask you said you got him; Kurt and I think it'll be hilarious, assuming the ones you got us aren't too bad. That photo of you all dressed up in the masks is amazing.
Storm wanted to send you a message. Hello child, I am so very sorry about what happened, I shouldn't have left you. But I always had to explain to the younger children about how you weren't going to hurt them, and Jean was my best friend. It just all got to be too much I'm so sorry. I'll understand if you don't forgive me, but I would like to become your friend.
Have fun Rogue, and the guys as well, email us when you can.
Scott, Logan, Kurt, Ororo
Second month
Hey everyone. Storm, there's nothing to forgive, I know what they all said about my powers. And Jean was your best friend, after hearing what everyone was saying I'm not surprised it took hold. But I swear I never meant anything to happen. I'd love to have you as a friend, I'm surrounded by so many guys it'll be great to have girl around, even if it is only through email. For the moment anyway.
We're in Livorno, there's a great market here. We've been to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and in Todd's words, 'it's just a lopsided tower yo, what's the big deal.'
We're moving onto Greece next, probably one of the islands instead of the main land.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Rogue, Lance, Pietro, Fred, Todd
To Rogue
Rogue those pictures of the Leaning Tower are amazing, well we think so at least, Logan is a bit less pleased with them, I think he'd rather have embarrassing pictures of you r brothers again to cheer him up. He's been banned from teaching for a few weeks because he threw Bobby threw a wall, it was a funny sight really, but the professor wasn't too thrilled.
You should try Corfu if you're going to one of the islands, Jean and I went there for a holiday a few years ago, it's beautiful.
By the way, how are you getting to all of these places so quickly, and how are you paying for everything.
Scott, Logan, Kurt, Ororo
Thanks to DeamSprite for reviewing, there are definitely going to be fire works when they get back to the school.
Please review people, I love getting reviews and seeing what people think, good and critical, cause that way I can see what's wrong with it. ;)
