Two Friends II

Chapter 6

A/N: Well here it is, the long awaited Rogue and Todd first date chapter! Hope you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: Damn it's hard to keep admitting I don't own anything copyrighted by anyone else so as usual if you recognize it, it's not mine.

Todd "Mortimer" Tolensky was nervous. Not just the nervousness he felt when he had a test or even the feeling he got when he lifted wallets so he could keep the water and lights on at the Boarding House. He could hardly believe that he was going to meet Rogue for a date. Him! He'd always liked the girl but just assumed that he never had a chance with her. Not that he thought he had a chance with any girl who wasn't made of stone. Maybe that's why Wanda and him had become such good friends. She would shut him down sure, but she never made him feel bad for trying. Even though he knew now he didn't have a chance with her. Especially since they went to California for Magneto a few months ago and she met that Simon guy. Todd had seen that look in girls eyes before and knew it meant one thing : LOVE. Ah, well he thought maybe Rogue'll look at . . . Holy Crap! Todd had just seen Rogue sitting in the food court and lost all higher brain funstion as his brain turned to warm mush. The only way he'd even been able to get his legs to stop shakeing in the last couple of days was to convince himself that she just thought of this as payback for Tuesday afternoon. He stopped thinking that as soon as he saw her. He couldn't quite put his finger on it but something in her demeanor told him she was serious about this.Todd was just about to run the other way when -

" Todd!" Rogue exclaimed takeing her hand from from her bracelet and raiseing it slightly to get his attention.

"Um – Hi." Todd said approaching her with a slight shuffle to his steps. "So uh what do you want to uh do until the movie starts, yo." He asked with a slight croak in his voice as he saw that the marquis told them they had nearly an hour until tickets went on sale.

He's even more nervous than I am. Strangely cute. I've been around Kitty to long. Rogue thought to herself before remembering he asked her a question. " Oh ahh I don't know. How about getting something to eat ?" she said a bit quicker than she normally would have.

They went to a small burger place simply because it was close and both of them were way too nervous to start the " Where do you want to eat ?" debate. To Rogues surprise Todd offered to pay for her meal before she had a chance to offer to go dutch.

I hope he didn't have to rip off to many people to pay for this. She was torn between being flattered at his chivalrous behaviour and guilty at the thought of where the the money might have come from.

" This money's legit, yo! I borrowed it from Wanda this afternoon." He whispered beside her with his eyes slightly downcast. Rogue guessed he had seen the conflict on her face and decided to set her mind at ease.

"Thanks for letting me know. I'm sorry for being suspicious." and to her surprise she was. She knew that he didn't steal for kicks and that he would never use the money for such a trivial purpose as a date. She thought back to when she was with the Brotherhood and thought of a question she wanted to ask then but couldn't figure out how. Now she asked it as they sat down to eat in a booth. "What do you do with the wallets when you're done with them?"

He looked a bit shocked at her question and she was just about to tell him he didn't have to answer her when he muttered something to her , refuseing to meet her eyes again

" What was that, Todd?"she asked as she reached a gloved hand out to touch his shoulder on impulse. "I said, Promise you won't tell?"Todd asked looking in her eyes for the first time since they entered the restaurant. She could only nod her head as the look of hope and trust in his eyes had robbed her of the ability to speak. She almost missed when he started talking so intently she was studying his face.

" Well, if you want to know I return them. I phone the owners if I can and return them anonymously. Man, Lance'll rag me to the dogs and back if he finds out!" Todd told her as fascinated by the sight of Rogues face as she was by his. Before he had a chance to babble on any more Rogue did the most impulsive thing she'd ever done in her life. She leaned forward and kissed him lingeringly on the lips. To her surprise he didn't try to pull away or act scared in the least. As they separated he only had one thing to say.

"Wow,why am I not dead?"

A/n sorry it's so short but this was the best place I could find to stop and I love cliffhangers! R and R please!