"Ok...not that I'm against having random attractive girls laying around the house... But what in the fucking HELL is Rogue doing here!" Lance cried, throwing up his fingerless-glove-clad hands in exasperation.
Fred ignored him, glancing briefly at Rogue before sitting heavily in his self proclaimed "Throne" Which consequently was a ancient broken reclining chair. Lance looked from him, then to the tv where a rerun of The Powerpuff Girls was playing.
"How can you stand watching that shit?"
His large friend grunted in answer and dug into a messy sub sandwhich. A strong wind zipped through the open door, rustling Lance's tangled hair before the squeel of rubbed shoe soles on hardwood floor resounded throughout the house.
"Whatthehellisshedoinghere!" Pietro rushed out, pale blue eyes wide as he eyes Rogue's dazed form.
"That's what I'd like to know!"
"Chill out, yo.." A nasal voice drawled out, everyone in the house wincing simultaneously as Todd tripped and fell down the rest of the stairs."Oww..."
Lance roughly helped his teammate to his feet. "Alright, start explaining Toad."
"Me and Rogue...we were just chilling out, right? And she just happened to have some contraband and invited me to test it out."
The brunette smacked a palm to his forehead and groaned, dragging said hand down his face to finally glare half heartedly down at Todd."You have a serious problem, you know that?"
"So said the drug dealer to the mutant toad, yo." The other retorted casually, hopping in to side next to Rogue's feet.
"Mydadissogoingtokillmeifhefindsoutwe'rehousinganx-man!"Pietro ranted, running a hand through his feathery silver hair.
Lance shot a glare at Quicksilver, only to pale slightly in realization."What if Wolverine comes looking for her."
Cue simultaneous gulp of horror.
"Shehastogo!Somebodystartupthejeepwe'lldumpherinfrontofthemansion!"
Todd, now realizing the consequences that might very well occur, hopped hurriedly out the door, snatching the keys from Lance's pocket as he went. Lance in turn followed him and jumped into the driver's seat. Pietro looked around hurriedly, grabbed Rogue, shot out the door, leaving the room in silence except for the glowing of the tv screen and the Powerpuff Girls theme song.
"Guys?"Fred questioned gruffly.
A breeze blew past him, and back out the door again, and then the jeep zoomed off with a cough of smoke. "Forgot her bag."Fred slowly translated moments after his friends departure.
The heavy teen glanced at where Rogue had previously laid, eyes lighting up on the now almost empty baggy. He looked from his half eaten sub, to the baggy, then back again, finally heaving himself up with a sigh and drooling eagerly as he sprinkled the white powder that in his mind, resembled salt, and dug into his sandwhich once more.
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The jeep squealed to a halt twenty feet from the X-mansion's gates. Lance gripped the steering wheel tightly between his fingerless gloves, nodding tensely to Pietro. Pietro zoomed to the bushes beside the gates then back into the jeep, a squeal of tires peeling out signaling their departure.
"Uhn..." Rogue grumbled, sitting up and rubbing her strangely warm temples, blinking blearily at the brick columns next to the iron gates of the mansion.
"How the hell did ah?..." Tentively, she took her hand from her temples to instead rub slightly at her sensitive nose. "Oh..."
She glanced at her backpack laying prone next to her and stood shakily, slinging it onto her shoulder. Rogue glanced around and straightened her shirt and brushed off her pants, tucking a strand of white hair behind her pierced ear before striding slowly to stand in front of the gates.
With a creak they swung open before her, a monitor bleeping to life on the stone column beside her. "Welcome home, Rogue." The professor's voice said calmly. Rogue tensed, instantly recognized the look on his face.
"H-hey professor..."
"Back home from school already, Rogue?" A gruff voice said angrily, Logan's face appearing in front of the professor's.
Rogue glanced at her wrist before mentally smacking herself, she didn't have a watch.
"Umm...?"
"Its noon, and here I thought school didn't get out until 2:55."
The professor wheeled forward, forcing Wolverine to step aside,"Principal Kelly called this morning after roll call to confirm your absence. Luckily, he didn't seem to mind too much since there's an assembly that takes up half the school day. Would you like to explain your reasoning, Rogue?"
The girl desperately threw up her weak mental blocks before smiling sheepishly,"Actually... Meh an' Ritsy were kinda-"
"You played hooky!" Logan demanded before the professor cut in.
"I must say, I am disappointed in you Rogue. I hope you realize that your actions will not go unpunished."
"Yes Professor..."
"You're grounded until next weekend, Im afraid. Since the assembly has more than likely already begun, I will allow you to stay home for the rest of the day. I hope to not have a repeat of this incident again, and I will inform Scott that he is to make sure you ride with him to school from now on to make sure you get there."
Mentally, she groaned in despair. Gawd, anythin' but that. Ya practically have ta stand so as not ta scratch his precious car.
I'm afraid you have no choice in the matter, Rogue.Professor Xavier's voice interrupted her thought process, a hint of amusement apparent. You should be glad I didn't allow Logan to chose your punishment.
Yes Professor... She replied sulkily, readjusting her backpack before trudging down the walk and past the fountain to climb the steps and enter the large doors.
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"So Rogue, I like, heard that you're grounded till next year." Kitty chirped enthusiastically, flouncing into the room and tossing her bulging backpack onto her pink comforter before flouncing over to her vanity and checking her makeup."Like, what did you do to make Mr.Logan so mad?"
The goth groaned, turning over on her black and grey comforter to continue reading her book, hoping to every God in existance that her rambunctious roommate would take her bright and cheery self elsewhere, preferably to Wolverine who a few hours prior had finished his ranting and lecturing on her sorry hide.
"Don't be depressed Rogue! We'll have a totally awesome time since your like, caged in here! I'll rent a whole bunch of movies on Friday and we'll like, totally pig out and stuff and have a girls night!"The brunette continued, bustling around and chucking clothes every which way in her rush to put on a more "Afternoon" outfit to go wreak havok on the mall with the other X-girls.
"No offense, Kitty... But while ah'm grounded, ah plan on catchin' up on mah readin' and just generally bein' depressed..." Rogue grumbled, turning a page with her gloved finger.
"Like, if you're sure... But we're still doing something! I'll try to find scary movies or something." Kitty mused before waving and jogging out the door, slamming it behind herself unintentionally.
"Just great... ah'm lookin' forward ta it."Rogue muttered sarcastically, tossing her book over her shoulder and sitting up, reaching over to her nightstand and taking her sketchbook from a drawer.
"Shit...where did ah leave mah pencil?" The teen mused, rolling over to search along the floor beside her bed then crowing in victory when her gloved fingers wrapped around a charcoal pencil. She lifted it and flipped through the angst-filled pages of her sketchbook, finally pausing at a half-finished sketch of a certain Cajun.
She frowned, half in anger at herself, and half in bewilderment that she had pages filled after this when she hadn't even finished it.
The charcoal pencil twirled skillfully over and under her fingers and Rogue chewed on her black nails on her other hand absently, green eyes studying the image intently.
Even if that damned Cajun does need smacked silly, ah still need ta finish this picture... maybe shade it in a bit... Now determined and decided, she began to arduous task of adding detail and finishing up the lifelike picture.
Their bedroom door opened and Rogue jumped, trying to act nonchalant as she draped her arm over the picture, snapping up her head with a fierce glare, only to flush when her eyes met red on black.
Speak of tha devil...
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Yeaahhh... you like? I'm gonna start working on chapter 3 right away. Mwahaha, yes I said Gambit would appear in this chapter, I didn't say how lengthy and involved he would be with the particular chapter. But in the next one he gets to talk and blah blah blah. Yeah... Wouldn't you like to know! heh... jk. Anyways, please review!