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You're right, I'm scared of it." Jean admitted. "To have so much power and not be scared that some day it would completely take me over would be wrong. Power corrupts people, Rogue, and you're going to have to understand that with your power as well."
Rogue just looked at Jean, stunned, as she held onto her hand. She took in the feelings, and then looked down at her hand in Jean's.
"I can't believe that I am actually touching someone again." She said incredulously. "It has been… so long."
"I understand." Jean said sympathetically. She placed her other hand on top of Rogue's. "It's okay."
Rogue was taking deep breaths again to calm herself down and to stop herself from crying. She could feel tears stinging at the corners of her eyes.
"You have no idea how much this means to me." She said as she looked back up at Jean again.
"I know a little about how it feels." Jean told her. "It is the kind of relief you feel when you find that being a mutant has no longer got total control of your life and you interactions with other people. I felt it when I was finally able to tell Xavier that I was alive, and when I saw you again."
"You miss everyone else so much, don't you?" Rogue asked her softly. "You miss Scott so much that it hurts."
"You're already missing Bobby. I know, Rogue, and I'm sorry to say that the pain is only going to get worse as time wears on."
"Yeah, I know." Rogue looked down again, but this time at her feet, and both girls just stood there in silence.

"So…" Jean said finally. "We should probably get on with this session since you have finally mastered your fear of touching people." She let go of Rogue's hand and stepped backwards again. "What we're trying to do here, Rogue, is to get you to concentrate on your power and what effect it has on other people. You can't draw my energy from me, because of the powers I have, but if it were anyone else, you would have. When you touch me again, you have to concentrate on your power and just try to ignore mine. Maybe that would be a good place to start." She sat down on the flowery couch and beckoned for Rogue to sit next to her.
"How do you know how to control my power?" Rogue asked.
"I don't." Jean confessed. "But we'll start from here and see what happens." Rogue smiled as she went to sit next to Jean. It was good for her to know that she wasn't the only one who was unsure of what to do. For the millionth time in the three days that she knew, Rogue was ecstatic that Jean was alive and well.

After the failed session (at least that's what Rogue thought). Jean led Rogue to the mess hall to eat lunch. As they entered the room, Rogue was disappointed to see the lack of any teenagers in the room. Jean saw her disappointment and smiled.
"Don't worry." She said. "It's a school day. Anyone who's your age here is at school."

"So there are kids my age here?" Rogue asked as they sat down with food.
"A few." Jean told her. "Most are not your age. There are quite a few runaways, though. Some that were kicked out of home, and some others who actually had a mutant parent who were kind of dumped. The world is very hostile out there for people who are found out to be mutants."
"I know." Rogue replied distractedly. Jean accepted her silence and didn't say anything else until she led Rogue back to 'LOUNGE B6'.

The afternoon session was much the same as the morning one, Rogue felt that she wasn't getting anywhere as she held onto Jean's hand and tried to get Jean's enormous power out of her head. She tried it with her eyes open, her eyes closed, sitting down, standing up, thinking of her own power, or of professor Xavier's school. Even the thought of Bobby couldn't even take up a small amount of space in her thoughts for any amount of time. She finally let go of Jean's hand in exasperation, tired of sitting for so long in silence.
"You should go meet the other kids now." Jean told her. "We can do this again tomorrow, and I have to be somewhere."

The training room was not like anything Rogue had imagined. She didn't really have a wild imagination in the first place, and the only real training room she had ever seen was the X-men's training room in Xavier's school. This room was nothing like that at all. It was as cavernous as the entrance hall was, and filled with various types of training equipment, from gym machines to targets. There were soft mats in various places around the huge room where mutants were sparring with each other, and Rogue was happy to see it all.
"Everyone has their own reason for being here…" Jean started. "More often than not it is to learn how to use their power, so you'll find most of the teens in here in the afternoon, and most older people in here during the day." Rogue was still looking around the room at all of the faces that were suddenly looking in their direction.
"You new here?" Came a voice from behind them. Rogue turned to see a dark skinned boy standing there. "I know." He laughed. "You have to be new, being given the tour by Jean and all. What's your name?" Rogue couldn't find her voice, so Jean answered for her.
"This is one of my old friend's, Rogue. Rogue, this is James. He's your age as far as I can remember."
"Nobody knows how old I am." James joked. "My age is indeterminable and everlasting." Jean sighed and rolled her eyes at him.
"I have to go, guys. Rogue, you can stay with James for awhile." James flashed Rogue a brilliantly white smile and bowed to Jean as she moved past him to get out of the door. Rogue felt everyone's eyes move off her as Jean left the room, and when she turned around, she was relieved to find that no one was looking at her and James as they stood awkwardly by the door.
"So…" James trailed off. "… Do you fight?"

Rogue sat one again in the cafeteria for dinner, but this time with a table full of chattering teens. A hush in the conversation made all eyes turn to Rogue.
"So, Rogue." The girl next to her started. "I heard the you're an old friend of Jean's… where are you from?"
"Jean's told everyone about Xavier's school where she used to teach, hasn't she?"
"You're from Xavier's school fro gifted children?" One of the younger teens across the table from her asked. "Did you know the X-Men?"
"Of course, they're the teachers there." Rogue explained. "I've even been out with them on some missions. I probably would have stayed there to become one of the X-Men after I finished school."
"Woah!" The kid explained as he slumped back on his chair.
"Why did you come here for, then?" James asked. Rogue played nervously with her gloves, and just looked down at her plate.
"There were some things that Jean needed to teach me." She said, then picked up her plate and stood up. "I'm still hungry, I need some more food." She said as she started to walk across the room.

As Rogue lay in he bed that night, she was suddenly very much aware that she was alone. There was no one sharing her room, there was no one in the room next to her that she knew. She barely knew her way to the kitchen. Even though it was quite warm in the room, Rogue drew the blanket over her body. She had had a good session with Jean, and was comforted to know that Jean didn't have a clue what to do about her problem with her power, but was also troubled by the thought that if Jean couldn't work out how her power was used, then who could? Rogue had felt Jean's power, and she was truly powerful. Who else could be so powerful that they were scared of what they could do? Rogue shivered as the thought hit her that she was scared of what her power could do.

Thankyou so much for constructive criticism, and some hints on how to write my dialogue. I'm sorry if I sounded like I was guilt-tripping people into reviewing (I actually was, but it was just a joke!) I worried myself thinking that I offended my readers now :p Didn't mean to offend, I know that I don't always review the stories I read, so I forgive those of you that don't review. :)
I like the idea of new characters, but I can't think of any new powers to give them. Any suggestions? My brain is working overtime, and I just can't think of many, so suggestions would help. Thank you for reviews, and thank you for reading this. :)
Eyliena