Disclaimer: Blah blah blah, I don't own the song Bad Day by Daniel Powter, even if I always feel like the the person in the lyrics... Except I can't drive and I don't drink coffee...


Chapter 4
(Rogue's POV)

Devastation. There was nothing worse. I was sitting in my room, just listening to whatever was playing on the radio. Right now, it was Bad Day by Daniel Powter.

"Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on"

I sighed and held the tissue box close. I had been crying pretty much all day, every day. There was no going back to the more cheerful version of me.

"You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on"

I turned off the radio and sat back down on my bed. There was nothing for me here, so why was I still here? I was just moping around, and still am when Jubilee walked into the room she and I shared.

"What the hell is wrong with you?"

I stayed silent, but I decided to finally say something. "The world. Bobby. Kitty. Myself."

"Whoa, someone's PMS'ing!"

I shook my head. "No, it's not that... It's just... Well... It's a long story."

"I've got time. And lots of it."

"Are you sure you want to hear the tragic life story of Anna Marie?"

"The more tragic, the better."

"Well... Now that you put it that way."

Jubilee smiled at me and jumped onto my bed. "Alright, now start with Bobby."

"...He was my second boyfriend."

"Second?"

"Yes, now stop interrupting."

"Okay."

"Anyway, back in Mississippi, I had a boyfriend... And when I kissed him, I got my powers. Alright, skipping from there, I'll go to where I got Bobby."

Jubilee nodded and grabbed a pillow, hugging it to her chest. I took a deep breath and continued.

"Well, you know how me and Bobby got together, and blah blah, yadda yadda, right? Anyway, after we've been together for a while, we got kinda frustrated, 'cause of, you know, me and my 'powers'... Umm, well, after a few mini-fights, he kinda... He kinda.."

"Kinda?"

"He kissed Kitty."

"Oh my Lord."

"Yeah... Anyway, after he kissed her, he broke up with me, and I kinda walked in on them gettin' it on... And then Kitty tried to apologize, and that's when I said I hated the world." I said all this in a rush, so quickly that I said it all in one breath.

Jubilee stayed silent, then stood up abruptly. "I'm going to kill them both." I grabbed her arm with my gloved hand and she sat down.

"No. It's fine. I don't really... I don't love Bobby anymore..."

Jubilee looked at me. Confused expression. "What?"

"Well... It's just... Well... I love someone else. At least, I think I love him... I don't really know... It's just... It's so confusing."

She scooched closer to me and laid an arm on my shoulder.

"It's okay, Marie. These things happen to the best of us."

"Or the worst," I whispered.

"Trust me, you're better than any of those jerks. Now, who's this guy you're confused about?"

"Well... That's the thing... I shouldn't be feeling this, but I've been feeling this for a while now.."

"And..?"

"I'm actually confused because it's about two guys..."

"And..?"

"It's either Pyro or Logan."

"What?"

"Yeah."

"Well... Ummm... This is out of my hands."

"It's out of my hands!"

"Yeah, I know..." Jubilee sighed and I frowned, sinking deeper into blankets.

"I'm so afraid that if I choose Logan, he'll be disgusted or something and leave, and if I choose Pyro, everybody here would disown me and everyone in the Brotherhood would kill me."

"Umm, earth to Rogue! Logan obsessed with you! I know he's like a thousand years old or something, but he's actually kinda hot."

"I know that."

"Well, act on it."

She placed a finger on her temple and smiled at me. Then she stood up and skipped out the door, a lone word floating at me from behind her.

"Try."