Kitty watched as the tables were gradually turned on her. Where as it used to be her ignoring Bobby, now Bobby was ignoring her. It really didn't take a genius to figure out why, he thought what happened with Rogue was his fault. He thought Rogue turned because he had been ignoring her, because he was spending too much time with Kitty. She just didn't like it, even though she had done the same thing,
She never said she wasn't selfish.
And now, she was in front of his door, ready to do what he tried doing the past month or so with her. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Kitty took a deep breath and raised her raised to knock on his door.
"Bobby?" No response. She rolled her eyes. "Bobby, I know you're in there. Open the door while I'm asking politely. You know I can and will enter this room with or without your permission. I'd just rather have your approval." Kitty was fully prepared to phase into his room without a second care in the world as to personal privacy. And if he was naked, well she did give him a warning.
Still no answer.
Well, she did try to do this nicely.
"Alright Bobby, I'm coming in. You have twenty seconds to put on a shirt."
One, two, skip-a-few, nineteen, twenty.
She casually slid into the room and was pinned with an icy cold glare. She shrugged it off. He did have the decency to put on a shirt, although Kitty most certainly wouldn't have minded if he hadn'-
Bad Kitty, Bobby is strictly no touchy.
"Lovely day outside," she chirped, ignoring that it was currently muddy and rainy outside. "Just a really great day to bond and get to know the team, don't you think?" Kitty ignored the glare that was intensifying. Bobby was too much of a gentlemen to be rude for too long of a time.
He'll start talking in three.. two... one...
"Why are you here?"
Bingo! Was she good or what?
"Would you believe me if I say your room has the best?" He raised his eyebrows.
"No, Ororo's does. Besides, it's raining outside." He was still glaring at her, but it was definitely less intense. Kitty ignored the subtle get out message hidden within.
"Oh we're talking about that view."
His lips thinned.
"Yeah, I'm not talking about that kind of view," she said as she not so subtly dragged her eyes up and down his body, smiling innocently when he caught her eyes.
That's right, keep it light, get him off his guard.
"Ha."
Well at least he's too courteous and polite to tell her outright that he wants her to leave.
"So, here's what the gang's thinkin-"
"Just cut to the chase already and then get out." Or maybe not.
"Gee Bobby, someone's touchy today. Someone melt your popsicle?" His frosty gaze didn't waver and she sighed.
"Alright fine. I'll say it. You've been ignoring us and-"
"You'd know all about ignoring people, wouldn't you?" Kitty recoiled back, flinching.
"Hey, th- that's not fair-"
"You're one to talk about fair. Was it fair that I got shoved aside and ignored?" He got off his bed and started advancing onto her. "Was it fair that I was treated like dirt for trying to help? Was it fair that I was suddenly rejected by someone who I thought was supposed to be my best friend?"
Kitty felt herself tear up. He was right. She was being selfish.
"That's not what you're so angry about right now." She said, trying to prevent her voice from wavering.
"No. It's now. But since you're here, we might as well talk about how I felt- or did you forget the rest of us had feelings too?"
"That's different. You're blaming me for something that you can fix, and only distantly relates to you." Her voice shook. "How about you try having fainting spells because you had to be the one to send everyone back. How about you realize when you wake up that it was all fake, that the one you had feelings for was with someone else in reality? How about you dread and look forward to something at the same damn time because you don't want to know, but at the same time you do want to know?" She shook her head, tears flowing freely now.
"You know what? Fuck you Bobby Drake." She turned tail and fled, leaving Bobby standing there. Kitty stumbled into the kitchen, barely able to see.
"Hey Kitty." Rogue smiled at her. Kitty sobbed, reaching out to her.
"Rogue..." She choked out.
If this was some other time, she would have noticed the malevolent edge in Rogue's smile. She would have wondered how she got past Kitty's security systems that Kitty personally keyed to alert them if Rogue came back.
"Shhh... here take a sip of water... yes like that...now you hold that, I'll go get the Professor."
If this was some other time she would have been more careful. She would have remembered Rogue wasn't someone that was to be trusted.
She would have remembered fucking Snow White.
But it wasn't another time.
Glass shattered on the ground.
