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Chapter 25 : Meeting the family
It took until the next morning when they finally arrived at Bobby's house.
Click, click, click, click"John, what did I tell you about that lighter?"
"Not to use it unless it's necessary?"
"Exactly. So stop it."
"Alright." Pyro sighed but did not put the lighter away
At the door, Logan, Rogue, Pyro, and Bobby stand on the porch, still in their nightclothes. Bobby grabs a key from the top of the doorjamb and opens it. They walk into the foyer.
"Mom? Dad? Ronny? Anybody home?" Bobby yells in the house and no one answers. Bobby turned to Rogue
"I'll try to find you some clothes." And then he turned to Pyro "Don't burn anything." Pyro just shakes his head.
Sometime later, Rogue is up in Bobby's room while he searches for some clothes for her to wear. Rogue ties her hair into a ponytail and thumbs through some of Bobby's CDs. Snowboarding posters line the walls.
The door opens and Bobby walks in with some clothes. He averts his eyes, even he hasn't seen this much of her.
"Hey. I think they were my mom's...from before I was born." Bobby tells nervously.
"Groovy."
Bobby approaches apprehensively, and hands her the clothes. He walks out of the room while she dresses." I don't need a angry Wolverine at my hands right now."
When she was dressed, he walked back in the room and smiles at her.
"Oh...and these were my grandmother's." He holds up a pair of beautiful long opera gloves. She stares at the gloves...and at Bobby. As Rogue reaches for them, Bobby tries to gently touch her finger. She flinches, pulling back. They stare at each other.
"You know I would never hurt you. " Rogue just looks into his eyes. He inches closer to her.
"I know. "
"And you won't hurt me."
"How do you know?" Rogue asks
"Because you can control your powers."
"Again, how do you know?"
"I saw you holding Logan's hand, without gloves."
"That doesn't mean I can control them."
"What does it mean then?" Bobby asks angry
"It's means his healing factor is healing immediately."
"That's impossible ! Otherwise he wouldn't have that seizure when you first arrived."
"What do you know about it !"
"I'm sorry." Bobby shakes his head
"It's...okay. " Rogue sits on the bed...staring at the gloves.
Pyro flicks his lighter, staring at a series of family photos on the wall, his eyes full of envy. He smiles, nobody can hear him using his lighter
click, click, click, click
Logan is visibly agitated, playing with the Com device. He pushes a button and it slides open.
"Hello? Hello?" Logan says and mutters under his breath "Jean, where are you? "
There's nothing but static. He puts the device back in his pocket and spots a fridge behind him. He opens it and grabs a beer. As he shuts the door, a house cat leaps onto the counter. Startled, Logan jumps, and...his claws shoot out.
But the cat doesn't run away...it approaches Logan, licking his claws. He smiles. The front door opens, revealing Bobby's mother, father and younger brother
Logan quickly retracts his claws.
"Who the hell are you! " Bobby's father asks
Logan freezes, still holding the beer. Bobby and Rogue come running down the stairs.
"Honey, aren't you supposed to be at school? " Bobby's mother asks
"Bobby, who is this guy! " Iceman's father asks
"Mom, Dad...This is...Professor Logan. " Bobby answers
The stare at him, still sceptical.
"Uhh...there's something I need to tell you" Bobby speaks nervously
The Drake family sits on a couch across from Rogue and Bobby. Pyro is leaning on a nearby table, twirling his lighter.
click, click, click, click
Logan is in the doorway drinking a beer and glares one time at Pyro who just smirks, while Madeline sips a cup of tea. Ronny stares at the floor, unable to look at his brother. It's silent. A clock ticks.
"So...when did you first know...that you were a...um... " His mother began
"A mutant? " Pyro asks while still flicking his lighter
"Could you please stop that? " Bobby's mother said to Pyro who just continued with his lighter
Click, click, click, click"You have to understand, we thought Bobby was going to a school for the gifted. " Bobby's father said
"Bobby is gifted." Rogue cut in
"We know that. We just didn't realize that he was... " Bobby's father continued
"We still love you, Bobby. It's just that...the mutant problem is very... " Bobby's mother reasoned
"What mutant problem? " Logan asked offended
"...complicated. " his mother finished
"Excuse me, what exactly are you a professor of, Mr. Logan? " Bobby's father asked Logan
"Art." Logan said "And it's just Logan."
The air thick with tension, Rogue tries to lighten the mood.
"You should see what Bobby can do. "
The Drakes look at Bobby. He reaches across the table, and they flinch, pulling back. Bobby smiles. He gently touches his mother's tea cup---and it's covered in a thin layer of frost. Madeline turns the cup over...
"BOBBY! " His mother yells
...and the frozen tea plops onto the saucer. The cat leaps onto the table and gently licks it. William is amused, almost proud. Madeline is not amused. Neither is Ronny.
"I can do a lot more than that. " Bobby said but was interrupted. Ronny gets up and storms upstairs.
"Ronny!" Bobby's mother yells behind him but he doesn't stop
"Oh, God, this is all my fault. " Bobby's mother laid her head in her hands
"Actually, they've discovered that the males are the ones who carry mutant genes and pass them on to the next generation, so actually..." Pyro points at Bobby's father "...it's his fault". Bobby's father looked mortified
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Ronny storms into his room. He's on the phone.
"911, what is your emergency?"
"I need the police. " Ronny told the operator
"Alright, tell me what's happening."
"There are people in our house...and they won't let us leave."
"Are they armed? " The operator asked
"They're mutants. "
End of chapterI hope you all like the chapter
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