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"Did you see their faces?"
Rogue collapsed with laughter again, leaning back into her boyfriend's chest as she pictured the faces of all the mutants who had made her an outcast, jaws dropping in shock as she reappeared in the middle of their graduation ball.
"You probably scarred icicle for life."
Logan was laughing just as hard as Rogue, only he wasn't laughing, it was more of a mixture of chuckles, sneers and smirks, all wrapped around a cigar.
"Logan, you shouldn't be so mean to the students."
"This coming from the woman who sent a bolt of light through Jubilee's desk when she started insulting Rogue."
The serene weather goddess blushed pink when the tale of her temper was told.
"Whoo, looks like you're not quite as calm as you say yo."
Todd had to duck out of the way when Storm flicked a hand towards his head. A motion that made everyone burst out laughing at the injured look on the teens face, not that they had ever really stopped since thy left the hall ten minutes ago. Suddenly Rogue sat up in Lance's lap.
"Who wants presents?"
Kurt shouted out and clapped his hands, then blushed indigo when he realised no one else had said anything.
"Well you're going to get them anyway."
With a nod from Rogue Pietro gave each of the X-Men a heart attack as he ran off the side of a building. As they dashed to look off the edge they nearly went into cardiac arrest for the second time when Pietro reappeared on the side of the building, this time holding large, very full bags. When he saw the looks he was getting from the X-Men and the way the Brotherhood were nearly in hysterics he guessed what was wrong.
"What? My powers super speed, I'm too fast for gravity to catch hold of me, so I can run up and down buildings if I want. It's not like I'm going to jump off the roof, there are too many girls out there that haven't had the pleasure of meeting the great Pietro Maximoff yet."
He probably would have continued with his self-congratulatory spiel but Rogue had detached the cape of her dress and flung it over his head.
"Now be quiet."
Was said amidst hoots and laughs from the boys while Pietro struggled to get out from under the gauze.
With that Rogue started giving gifts to the X-Men, there were masks from Venice that she made them put on, Storm actually managed to pull off a blue and black mask divided by a lightning bolt down the middle, with blue and black feathers forming a headdress at the top, the guys just looked ridiculous in their, although they were made to keep them on long enough for blackmail photos to be taken, mainly because Rogue had frozen them in place.
There were clothes, although Scott didn't seem to fond of the gold fish net muscle shirt Pietro had brought him.
"What? I should think it's about time you tried a new look."
Was the silver haired mutants only defence before he passed a shirt with a logo made up of a halo formed of the devil's tail to Kurt.
"I thought it suited you, soul of an angel in the body of a devil, according to some people anyway."
Rogue smiled as Kurt pulled the shirt on over his dress shirt, it actually really suited him.
Logan seemed to like the sword they got from Athens, he terrified Todd when he made several practice swings over the teens head.
There was jewellery and nice clothes for Ororo and more insulting t-shirts interspersed with some nice ones for the guys, and all kinds of other things that they'd picked up on their travels.
Finally all presents had been delivered and they were all scattered around the roof either sitting in comfortable silence or quietly talking. At least they were until Fred interrupted.
"What happened to the party, I haven't heard any noise from it since we left?"
"The professor will have ended it."
"What?"
"Why?"
There was an outcry at Scott's answer, what possible reason was there to cancel a perfectly good, if somewhat staid party.
"He didn't want to hold it in the first place, but he felt he had to."
It absolutely amazed Lance how the weather-witch could be so calm when her fellow X-Men were grinding their teeth.
"Do you remember how three months ago how Scott told you that Bobby had found out you were keeping in touch with us, and that the school was divided about you, some siding with Bobby and Jubilee against you, some siding with Kitty for you.
Well it just continued, whenever the slightest argument started one person would always bring up whose side the other was on in regards to you, and then all kinds of insults were thrown."
"I always said my best talent was causing trouble."
Although she didn't show it everyone on the roof could see how being the cause of all out warfare was affecting Rogue, and the Brotherhood moved in closer to her, offering support.
"I'm sorry Rogue. Anyway, about two week ago there was a fight throughout the whole school, every pupil was using their powers, and as they said that the cause was you, apparently Bobby had got someone to hack into Scott's email and was reading all the letters you sent. After that the professor didn't think that they deserved the dance, they could have the usual ceremony out by the lake, but no dance. Only they all complained and promised that there would be no more fights, about you or anything else, and so the professor let them have the dance, on the condition that if anything else was said about you it would be immediately cancelled."
"And as soon as we left I could hear 'em going on about you kid, Chuck wouldn't have stood for it."
Logan reached over and seized the hand of the woman he considered to be his little sister, if not his daughter.
"What are we going to do, I mean we can't stay in the mansion with them, God know what'll happen, and we have to stay here, Irene said and Destiny's always right about these things only she doesn't tell you why, I mean you think she would tell you if you were getting caught up in one of her schemes but she never does and I really should talk with her about that…"
She was cut off by Logan's hand moving from holding her hand to covering her mouth.
"You're babbling as fast as speedster over there. You don't have to stay on the mansion."
That elicited various comments from the X-Men which Logan just ignored while the Brotherhood looked on in interest. Rogue was now nestled into Lance's arms having managed to wriggle her way free from Logan.
"Shut up." The Canadian roared. "Give me a chance to finish.
There's a cottage down in the woods by the south wall. I think the gardeners must have lived there years ago when this was a private house. The point is that all it needs is a bit of fixing up before anyone could move in, a few paint jobs, plumbing and electrics and you're set to go."
A smile that looked oddly gentle on him lit up his face, a smile that grew even stronger as Rogue launched herself into his arms.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you."
She squealed as she covered his face with kisses, which made him look very embarrassed as she pulled away, dark plum lipstick really wasn't his colour.
"Hold on a minute Rogue, you'll have to ask the professor first. Although I doubt he'll say anything but yes."
Scott was laughing as well, and pretty soon all the others joined in. Rogue's and her brothers' happiness was infectious.
"We're going to have our own house again yo."
"Thanks Cyke."
"You guys aren't bad."
"How big is the kitchen?"
"You'll all help us fix it up won't you?"
The questions were answered in the affirmative while Scott smacked Pietro on the head for calling him 'Cyke'. Then after much cajoling from Ororo and several yawns from the teenagers they 'ported inside, and eventually a room with five beds was found for them all to share.
"Welcome home Rogue."
Was the last thing the adults said before leaving the mansions new occupants to their own devices.
QueenNarca: thanks; I love all the rogue pairings, especially the uncommon ones.
Chica De Los Ojos Café: thanks
DreamSprite: I'm glad you like it
Sirenic Griffin: why the ball got cancelled is in this chapter, shadowcat will appear and the other names will appear, it'll just take a while.
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