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A/N: I hope you guys liked that last chapter. I will now be incorporating the first film into the story a lot more (it's only taken me, what, two years?) I promise there will be many more dealings with Jean and Scott, along with Bobby and John, in chapters to come. Due to the extreme lateness of this posting (my pathetic excuse can be found below), I decided to give you guys a long chapter - Enjoy!
The next morning was hell. Gwen had nearly passed out from lack of sleep at least four times and her disinterest in the day's history lesson was not making the situation any better. She had gotten only an hour or two of sleep the night before because she had spent much of the night listening to and comforting a very crestfallen Rogue. Storm seemed to notice Gwen's exhaustion from her place before the students, though did not want to call any unwanted attention to the student.
Gwen rolled her eyes to a fixed position on the clock. Class was almost over, a fifteen minute break was soon to come. The secound hand taunted Gwen, reminding her that time moves too slowly. She attempted to listen to Storm's lecture on the lands conquered by Rome in the height of its empire, but could barely keep her mind focused long enough on a single thought to focus on the lesson.
Though it had felt like an eternity, the bell finally rang. To Gwen, it was a choir of angels led by the greatest Seraphim known in heaven. She grabbed her books and ran towards the door. There were fifteen blessed minutes for her to sleep before her next class. She blew past her classmates; not caring about the looks she received after elbowing the twelfth person in a row. Reaching her room, she slammed the door behind her, threw the books on the floor and toppled onto the bed. Sleep took her.
Fifteen minutes later, a familiar and otherwise friendly voice echoed in Rogue's ears - 'I think it would be easier on your own . . . You should go.' She fought the tears that were welling up in her eyes. She felt as though she had been stabbed in the back, and the knife was only digging deeper. She walked briskly through the mansion, ignoring the bell for fourth period. She wound her way through the halls, her own intentions clear only to her.
Gwen shot out of her room, books in hand. She was still half-asleep, and her hair was a mess, but she was going to make it - or so she hoped. She turned down the hall and sprinted. Turning another corner, she stopped in her tracks. Staring down the hall, Gwen noticed one solitary person walking down the hall towards her. Rogue's head was limp on her shoulders, almost as if she was crying. Gwen slowly walked across the hall to intercept Rogue; "What's up?"
"Nothing."
Gwen adjusted her angle in an attempt to look Rogue in the eye, Rogue moved so this was impossible; "You sure?"
Rogue nodded.
"Do you want me to get Storm, or the profess - "
"God, no." Rogue interrupted, Gwen noticed that her eyes were very red; "Just lay off, okay? Walk away and leave me the hell alone!"
Rogue pushed past Gwen, clearly angered. Gwen ran after her, unfazed, she had been threw worse threats at her former school; "Rogue! What the hell is going on!"
In one swift motion, Rogue swung around to face Gwen, her bare hand just about touching Gwen's face. Gwen backed off, her hands up, "Rogue, - "
"I don't care." Rogue cried, "I just don't care anymore."
"Where are you going!"
Rogue glared at Gwen. Gwen slowly backed away. Without another word, Rogue replaced the brown glove over her long, pale fingers and walked away. Gwen simply stood in the middle of the hallway, watching Rogue go away. Though it took her a moment, Gwen eventually continued on her way to class.
Again, it was hard to pay attention in her English class. Gwen was only focused on what was wrong with Rogue. She didn't understand. Rogue seemed to be better this morning. What was up with her? It didn't make any sense to Gwen, but, then again, she was extremely tired. After suffering through fourth and fifth period, Gwen went back to her dorm to try and talk to Rogue during lunch. Much to Gwen's dismay, the room was empty.
"Shit."
Gwen threw her books down on her bed and left the room as empty as she had entered it. She started walking, hoping that her feet would lead to Rogue, while her mind tried to figure out where she could be.
"Hey."
Gwen looked up, hopeful, and sighed. She had hoped that the voiced which had interrupted her thoughts, though clearly masculine, belonged to Rogue. She was, naturally, disappointed.
"John," Gwen said, getting straight to her objective, "have you seen Rogue recently?"
"No, I haven't. Not recently. Sorry." John replied, "Something wrong?"
"Possibly," Gwen replied, continuing on her search, "I'll talk to you later."
John ran after her, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, fine. I have to go."
"What's up?"
Gwen stopped and rolled her eyes; "And you said that I was stubborn?"
John smirked, "Well, it's true."
"Are you sure you haven't seen Rogue? At all?"
"Come to think of it, I did see her and Bobby talking during break outside. That was the last time though."
Gwen's eyes widened, then quickly narrowed, "That little bastard."
"Huh?"
"Do you know where Ice-boy is now?"
"He was looking for your mystery girl last time I saw him."
Gwen walked away, leaving a rather confused John behind. Gwen wasn't looking for Rogue anymore, she was on a mission to find Bobby.
It did not take her too long to find him in the halls, searching as well. Gwen walked straight at him, her eyes narrowing.
"Gwen!" Bobby said, noticing Gwen walking towards him, "Have you seen Rogue? I was supposed to . . . Gwen?"
Gwen came right up to the boy and trust her hands against his chest, knocking him back a couple feet; "You fucking son of a bitch!"
"Whoa, Gwen. What's wrong?"
"Like you don't know, you little bastard."
"Holy shit! What is going on? Did I miss something?"
"Where is she!" Gwen screamed, "Where is Rogue!"
"How the hell should I know! I'm looking for her too!" he yelled back, "She was supposed to meet me for lunch."
"What did you do to her?"
"Gwen! Listen to me! I have no idea what you are talking about!"
Gwen wouldn't hear any of it. She was so mad she couldn't control herself. She knew he had done something, but he was pulling the good boy act and not giving in.
"What did you say to her?" Gwen insisted, glaring at the boy in the eye.
"Gwen, I haven't seen, much less spoken to, Rogue since third period!"
Gwen shoved him again, "You're a fucking liar!"
"How the hell would you know!"
"John said he saw you talking to her during break!" Gwen yelled, "What - did - you - say - to - her!"
"I didn't say anything to her!" Bobby yelled back, getting into Gwen's face. She tried to push him again, but he grabbed her arms tightly, refusing to let go; "You want to know why? Hmm! I haven't seen Rogue since third period. I swear to God!"
Gwen struggled in his grasp, "You're a god-damned fucking liar. John said - "
"You know what! I don't give a shit what John said. I did not talk to Rogue during break. John saw someone else . . . or he's the 'god-damned fucking liar'."
Gwen broke from his grasp. She had two different, conflicting stories. She had no idea which one to go with, but was too angry to pick. Without warning, her anger began to boil up inside of her, and took control.
Gwen threw Bobby back again, putting all of her weight into her actions; "You're a lying son of a bitch!" she screamed. Just as Bobby was recovering his footing, Gwen's ring-covered fist came flying towards his face.
In one swift motion, Bobby threw his own hand up, catching Gwen's fist and unconsciously freezing it. There was an immense amount of pain at the impact, and Bobby silently prayed that she hadn't broken anything. Gwen, even more pissed now, refused to give up the fight. Blinded by her anger, she brought her other arm back, preparing for the chance to smash Bobby's face in, when suddenly there was strong hand pressing against her shoulder, forcing her away from Bobby. She felt Bobby's freezing cold hand release her own. Breathing heavily, she slowly opened her fist. It was a rather bright shade of blue.
"Now," a voice said above her head, "Somebody want to tell me what the hell is going on here?"
"Just a little conflict, that's all." Bobby said.
Gwen looked up. The man standing between her and Bobby was glaring at the both of them, clearly fuming. Looking closer, Gwen realized that it was the man from the night before who had stabbed Rogue. This man looked at Bobby with skepticism; "A little conflict, eh? Over what!"
Gwen looked at Bobby, who was trying to come up with some sort of explanation; "Um . . . "
"I was looking for someone." Gwen intervened, "I thought he knew where she was."
"So you tried to punch him . . . ?"
"I was upset, and angry," Gwen explained, "I thought he knew where she was, though he said he didn't."
"Who were you looking for?" the man asked.
"Another student, named Rogue."
The man froze when Gwen said Rogue's name. He knew something was wrong - he had to find her; "Are you sure she's not here?"
"Yeah," Gwen said, as if it was the stupidest question he could have asked.
"Damn it." the man muttered, then turned away.
Gwen and Bobby looked at one another, then watched the man run down the hall. Gwen knew that something bad was happening, or was about to happen. Her anger turned to worry, and she hated it. "I can't handle this." Gwen said to no one in particular. Without even thinking, Gwen started to follow the man down the hall.
"Gwen, what are you doing?"
"At least I'm doing something." she replied just before becoming invisible. She continued down the hall, following the man's trail. She ran after him, assuming that he was going for the professor. He was too fast for her to keep up with, much to Gwen's disappointment. She soon lost him through the various halls of the mansion. Loosing everything at once, Gwen screamed at the top of her lungs, and dropped to the floor in one great big heap. She could cared less what people were thinking; to her, it felt as if the world was on top of her, cutting off her air, suffocating her, killing her . . . Something really terrible was about to happen, and there was nothing she could do, or, at least that it what she came to the conclusion of. And then came the tears.
Another A/N: Oh dear lord, sorry for the late update. I, unfortunately, have no good excuses this time . . . Except that I was abducted by aliens and experimented on! Seriously! They turned me into a rat! . . . I got, um, cough better though . . .
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