Thanks for your reviews guys, I know that some of you might be getting frustrated with me because I'm taking to long for Harry to meet Clark and all that kind of stuff but there are so many things I want to write down so you guys just need to wait a little bit longer and soon all of that will happen in no time. Once again, thank you Tom for being my Co-Author and Editor.
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Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can't change
I can't change
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the things meet yeah
Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
Chapter 9
When Harry and Jean came home, the students thought Harry was joking for keeping Hedwig when they saw her in her cage. When Harry told them he wasn't joking, some of them went into a fit about having a wild owl live in the mansion but Jay, Warren, and Bobby thought it was cool for wizards and witches to have owls as pets.
Soon enough winter break was over and Harry had started the second semester of school. Xavier had told him he could wait till next year to start school since Harry had his magical school work to do but Harry refused and told the professor he would be fine. Harry had caught very fast in his muggle work, he had learned to do proper high school math in a day and he was learning magical school work quickly as well; he was already learning stuff for 7th year students and was already about a few days from knowing everything he needed to pass wizarding school.
It was Friday night in mid May and Harry was walking to his room after watching American Pie for movie night, Harry couldn't when he had laughed so hard before in his life.
'We need to have more movie nights in the week' thought Harry as he opened his door while thinking of Shannon Elizabeth's nude scene (E&CW/N: That was a great scene. A/N: Men are perverts) before someone tapped him on his shoulder, he turned around to face Rogue before he smiled broadly.
"Hey Harry" she said before she blushed. "I'm sorry to bother I just wanted to ask...would you stop smiling at me like that its giving me the creeps."
It actually really wasn't giving her the creeps but his smile made her knees week from how charming it was. The only other person that can give her that reaction is Bobby.
"I'm sorry Rogue" said Harry laughed. "Come on in."
She followed him inside his room before he turned the lights on
"So Rogue what did you want to ask me" asked Harry as he sat on his bed while Rogue took a seat on his chair by his desk
"Oh well uh" she said as he nodded for her to continue "I was wondering if you uh wanted...if we could..."
"Take a shower together" Harry teased with a fake dreamy look on his face as he sighed dramatically.
"No! God Harry you are so hard to talk to with your teasing" she said with an annoyed expression on her face while trying to contain her laughter but failing miserably.
"Than what?" he asked as she sighed.
"Iwaswonderingifyouwantedtogotothemovieswithme?" she asked very quickly before she blushed crimson again.
"Sorry I didn't catch that?" he asked, confused as to what she was trying to ask him before she sighed again.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go the movies with me?" she asked rather loudly.
"Wait, you're asking me out? Shouldn't it be the other way around?" asked Harry smirking slightly.
"Well I didn't know if you were going to do it or not so I decided to take the initiative" said Rogue. In truth Rogue was tired of waiting for guys to ask her out. She waited what seemed like forever for Bobby to ask her out but he never did and while it wasn't the same case with Harry since they haven't known each other as long she didn't want to take that chance.
"Don't get me wrong Rogue; I would be glad to go to the movies with you. It's just that you surprised me is all. Oh and I would have asked eventually" said Harry.
"So does that mean you will go out with me?" asked a hopefully Rogue.
"Yes Rogue I'll accept you invitation to go to the movies, and maybe afterwards we could go to dinner? It's your call" said Harry before Rogue hugged him then kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you Harry" she said as she let go of him. "Well I guess I should get going, it's getting late."
"So that's a no on taking a shower together?" asked Harry, trying to pass off that his feelings were hurt.
"Will you stop that!" said a laughing Rogue, punching Harry on the shoulder.
"Yeah goodnight Rogue" said Harry smiling.
"Goodnight Harry" said Rogue as she walked out his room closing the door. As she walked down the halls she noticed that she had kissed him and yet she didn't feel anything from Harry, she gasped; Harry was immune to her powers.
(X)
The next morning Rogue woke up early in the morning. She hated the morning (A/N: Don't we all...god I hate the morning) but she couldn't go back to sleep so she got up from bed and took a long shower still thinking about how her powers didn't affect Harry.
'Maybe it's because he is an alien' she thought as she got out of the shower and dried herself before putting on some comfortable yet nice looking home clothes. She headed to the kitchen but saw no one there, everyone must still be sleeping.
'Obviously, its 8 in the morning' she said before deciding to take a walk around the large mansion. As she walked down one of the long halls she heard music coming from the music room down the hall, as she walked closer she heard someone singing as well. She walked to the room and slowly opened the door; inside was Harry playing the piano as he sang.
'I never knew Harry could play the piano and sing' she thought as he sang.
'But time is on your side, its on your side now, and pushing you down and all around, its no cause for concern'he sang before he closed his eyes come on oh my star is fading and I see no chance of release and I know I'm dead on the surface but I'm screaming underneath a time is on your side its on your side now and pushing you down and all round oh its no cause for concern'
Rogue noticed the lyrics and gasped
'Is Harry depressed?' she thought as she closed the door frowning. 'He never seems depressed.'
She dropped the thought and headed to the living room to watch TV, when she reached there, she flopped on the couch before she turned the TV on. She wasn't much of a TV person but it did take her mind of things. She watched TV for a while before she got up and headed to her room at 10 o'clock to change clothes. Soon enough the thought of Harry being depressed hit her mind again. Harry never was a sad person; he only seemed a bit sad when he first came here but she never has seen him show any hints him hurting and she has never seen him once cry. To Rogue Harry seemed like the type of guy who liked to keep his emotions in check, and while he wasn't one to bottle up his emotions he didn't like letting "letting people in" as some would say. 'Well he has gone through a lot, so that explains a lot. I mean look at Logan" thought Rogue. As she thought of it more, she finally dropped it and headed out her room, towards the kitchen.
(A/N: I'll give you three guesses to guess what song he was singing. Oh, and good work on Rogue thinking about the psyche of Harry Tom. CA&E/N: Thanks.)
(X)
When Harry got up the next morning, he was drenched in sweat; he was a having a disturbing dream that night. Well, it wasn't disturbing but heart wrenching; the dream was about Hermione and she was in pain.
'I pray that she's okay' he thought sadly as he thought about how much he cared for her. Out of everybody that he missed back in England there was nobody that he missed more than Hermione, not even his godfather Sirius. If Harry was being honest with himself he never felt this way about a girl before ever. Sure he once had a crush on Cho, but that was more lust than anything else. To Harry Hermione is perfect and it hurts that he hasn't seen her in so long.
"I will come back for you Hermione," whispered Harry.
As the warm rays of the sun hit his face, he exhaled a deep breath of air and got up from bed. He started his morning routine by doing 150 stomach crunches (50 to the right, 50 to the left, and 50 strait crunches), then he did 100 push-ups before he headed to the washroom to brush his teeth and to take a shower. Once he finished he changed into some of his clothes, as he put his faded blue jeans, Audioslave shirt, red long-sleeved dress shirt, and his skateboard/walking shoes on he noticed it was 7: 30 in the morning.
'Since when have I become an early bird' he thought as he headed out his room to the kitchen to make breakfast. When he got there he sighed noticing it was empty, he needed some alone time for himself this morning. He helped himself to some Frosted Flakes, as he was eating he started tapping his feet to a random rhythm. As he took the last bite of his cereal he noticed he was tapping his foot to a slow song he had heard on the radio; the only thing he knew about the song was it was by Coldplay. He had heard there music on the radio a few times but this one he heard the most. He remembered the lyrics and the melody clearly.
He got up from the kitchen counter and washed his dishes before he headed towards the music room. When he got there, he opened the door revealing the room full of many different kinds of instruments. He sighed; it had been a long time since he had been in here. He headed toward the grand piano in the middle of the room, he sat down. He sat there for a few minutes replaying the song in his head umpteen times before he started to play the piano. As he got the first parts of the piano solo he started to sing.
'Come on oh my star is fading and I swerve out of control if I, if I only waited, I'd not be stuck here in this hole' he sang as the words stung deep into his heart.Come here oh my star is fading and I swerve out of control and I swear I waited and waited, I've got to get of this hole.'
As he sang he didn't notice someone staring at him through a crack in the door.
'But time is on your side, its on your side now, and pushing you down and all around, its no cause for concern'he sang as he closed his eyes come on oh my star is fading and i see no chance of release and I know I'm dead on the surface but I'm screaming underneath a time is on your side its on your side now and pushing you down and all round oh its no cause for concern.'
He was so into the song he didn't hear the door close behind him but he noticed that in the song, there were drums and guitars used in the song as well so he wandlessly charmed some of the other instruments in the room to play along with him.
'Stuck on the end of this ball and chain and I'm on my way back down yeah, stood on the edge tide to the noose sick to the stomach, say what you mean but it won't mean a thing, I'm sick of the secrets, stood on the edge tide to the noose, you came along and you cut me loose you came along and you cut me loose'
'You came along and you cut me loose'he finished before he realized that this song was exactly how he felt when he was in Azkaban and when Jean and Logan had saved him from there. He sighed as he got up.
'That felt good' he thought as he headed toward the TV room. 'That really helped out with my stress.'
As he entered the room he saw Bobby on the couch watching ESPN.
"Hey Bobby" said Harry as he sat down beside him "what are you watching?"
"SportsCenter. The Red Sox are playing the Yankees tonight. Plus there is nothing that I enjoy watching than ESPN" said Bobby (CA&E/N: Best channel on TV).
"Same here" said Harry as they continued to watch TV. After about an hour or so of watching SportsCenter and discussing topics from whether if Barry Bonds breaks the home run record it will be tainted (they both agree it would) and whether American football will ever be as popular in other countries as it is in the U.S. (they both agreed it's a possibility) to arguing over such things as whether David Beckham decided to play soccer in the U.S. for the money (which is what Harry thought) or because it was a new form of competition (which is what Bobby thought). After a while Bobby noticed that Harry was dressed up.
"What are you dressed up for?" asked Bobby as there was a commercial in the show they were watching
"I got a date" said Harry grinning as Bobby smirked.
"With who?" asked Bobby as Harry grin grew wider
"Shouldn't you know?" asked Harry as Bobby shook his head before Harry rolled his eyes "Rogue"
Immediately Bobby's smirk left his face with a frown as Harry laughed but quickly turned into a fake smile as Harry looked back at him.
"So when are you two leaving?" asked an increasingly upset and jealous Bobby which didn't go unnoticed by Harry.
"Now" said a voice behind them before they both turned around to face Rogue who was already dressed up ready to go; she was wearing blue skinny jeans, a green tank top, and sandals. She looked beautiful.
"So early?" asked Bobby, his heart slowly breaking as Harry got up and walked toward Rogue
"Yeah why so early?" said Harry nodding. "We do have a lot of time you know?"
"Yeah but you told me we can do whatever I want to and I would like to see two movies before dinner" said Rogue as Harry's rolled his eyes and Bobby's heart broke even more and his anger was rising.
"Two?" he asked looking at her as if she was mad before she nodded making her auburn and partly white hair shake. "Okay sure I guess, hey Bobby?"
"What!?" asked Bobby frustratingly.
"Can you tell Jean that Rogue and I went to the movies and dinner" asked Harry as Bobby finally snapped.
"You know what? What don't you do it your damn self!" said Bobby angrily.
Harry was about to say something back but Rogue beat him to it.
"What's your problem Bobby?! You never act like this!" screamed Rogue.
"My problem is that Harry runs around like he owns the place and that you are dressed like a complete tramp!" said Bobby. Right after he said it he regretted it, not only because he didn't mean anything he said because it isn't true but also because of the way Harry (somebody who he has started to think of as his best friend) and Rogue (the girl he has completely fallen head over heels for) are looking at him.
Harry was already up and ready to do something but Rogue beat him to it by slapping Bobby (her hands are gloved) in the face.
"How could you say something like that Bobby?! You're being a complete asshole!" said Rogue then turned towards Harry, "come on Harry, he isn't worth it!"
She grabbed Harry and started to leave the room
"Wait! I'm sorry!" said Bobby, but they were already gone.
"Don't worry, I'll just tell my aunt telepathically" said Harry from the hall
'Aunt Jean?'
'Yes Harry?'
'Rogue and I are going out on a date. I just thought I'd let you know so nobody will wonder where we are.'
'You are? Well okay, have a good time.'
When the communication ended Jean looked at Ororo (whom she was talking to before talking telepathically to Harry) and had an unreadable expression on her face.
"What's wrong Jean?" asked Ororo.
"Harry is going on a date with Rogue" said Jean.
Ororo smirked. "And that is a bad thing why? No offence Jean but have you seen your nephew lately? He looks like he should be an Abercrombie and Fitch model. It was only a matter of time before he started dating" said a grinning Ororo.
Jean sighed. "I know, it's just he is already almost an adult and I missed so much of his life. It also seems unfair to me that I am able to see him transition from a boy to a man but Lily and James, not to mention his biological parents don't get to see him grow up" said Jean with tears in her eyes.
Ororo hugged Jean then looked at her friends in the eyes. "Trust me; they are watching him and believe me, they couldn't be happier that Harry has you in his life to be there for him. Harry thinks the world of you. You are the closest thing he has to a mother and personally I can't think of anybody who is better suited for that role than you."
Jean hugged Ororo then said, "Thank you."
Meanwhile, Harry and Rogue were heading outside. By this time it was 1:00 p.m., they decided to have lunch at the mansion
"Can you believe Bobby!? The nerve of him!" screamed Rogue going on a tirade.
"I know, but let's not let him spoil our day. So do you know how to drive? I haven't learned how to yet" said a frustrated Harry.
"I'm guessing you realized that you can't drive" said Rogue noticing the look on his face as he nodded.
"I am going to talk to Aunt Jean about it tomorrow. It shouldn't take me long, I'm a quick learner" said Harry.
"I have noticed and yes I know how to drive" said Rogue smiling.
"Good, so which car are we taking Rogue?"
"Why mine of course" said Rogue, walking over to her red 2007 Honda Civic GX.
"Wait, how do you have a car? You don't work?" asked a confused Harry.
Rogue smiled and then said, "Professor Xavier and Logan gave it to me for my birthday this year. Xavier does that to a lot of us because he wants us to have lives outside of the mansion and X-Men."
"That's amazing. I haven't meet many people as kind-hearted as Professor Xavier is. Anyways, what movie do you want to go to first?" asked Harry.
"Your letting me pick?" said Rogue. "I thought we would pick together?"
"Nope, your choice. I know you'll pick movies that we will both enjoy" said Harry smiling.
"Thank you Harry. Well then, first we are going to see Shrek 3, then have dinner, then see Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End before we go home. How is that?" asked Rogue smiling.
"Sounds great, lead the way Rogue" said Harry with his now trademark smile.
Rogue smiled then said, "Well then let's go," and they both got in her car. As they headed towards their destination they talked about random things; their favourite movie, their favourite food, the villains that the X-Men had faced, and other things. After 15 minutes they arrived at the Cineplex movie theatre. When they parked Harry got out and opened the door for Rogue. As they got out a gust of wind came hurtling their way. As they walked to the entrance Rogue shivered, it was a bit cooler than she expected it today.
"Are you cold?" Harry asked as Rogue nodded hugging herself before Harry took his long-sleeved dress shirt off and put it around Rogues shoulder. "Here, I'm immune to hot and cold temperatures" said Harry smiling.
"Thanks Harry" said Rogue as the warmth of Harry's dress shirt warmed her. "Harry, can I tell you something?"
"Shoot" he said.
"Well after I kissed you last night on the cheek" she said blushing "I realized that you are also immune to my powers."
"Yeah I noticed that as well" he said smiling at her as they entered the movie theatre. "Good thing now don't you think? I could now probably teach you to control your powers with Aunt Jean and Professor Xavier's help."
"Yeah it is a very good thing" she said taking his shirt off her and handing back to him as they walked toward the short line. As they waited in line they looked at the screen board that showed the time of all the movies that were playing. Shrek 3 started at 3:00 p.m. and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End started at 7:00 p.m. They had an hour and a half to go before Shrek 3 started. Soon they reached the cashier that was a pretty girl that was about in her early twenties; she had blonde hair and bright blue eyes.
"Hello how may I help you?" asked the girl practically drooling over Harry making Rogue slightly jealous.
"May we have two tickets to Shrek 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean please" asked Harry as the girl clumsily pinned in the numbers before 4 tickets popped up from a slit in the desk.
"That would be $35.89 please" she said as Harry gave her his card, as she clumsily pinned more numbers and slid the card. Harry chuckled slightly before she gave him their tickets and Harry's card. "Here are your tickets, have a nice day."
"You too" said Harry winking at her making Rogue roll her eyes, Harry noticing this laughed "Jealous?" as they walked towards the concession stand.
"No" she said lying as he smirked at her.
"Don't lie" he said as she nodded in consent.
"Fine, I was a little bit jealous" said Rogue frustratingly.
"Its okay to be jealous sometimes, don't worry, and besides I was only playing" he said as she nodded again. "Say, do want to get something to eat or drink before the movie starts?" he said pointing to the concession stand.
"Just a diet coke please. I will wait to eat when we go to dinner after Shrek 3" said Rogue.
"That's a good idea" said Harry. So they both got cokes and went into the theatre 5, which was playing Shrek 3.
Later on Harry and Rogue exited the theatre after the movie was over with smiles on their faces.
"That was a good movie. I really enjoyed it" said Rogue.
"Me too" said Harry. "I just hope that they don't make another one because it will just ruin the story. Hopefully they won't because Hollywood tends to do that because the people who make the movies know they can make money off of them" said Harry, with Rogue nodding her head in agreement (CA&E/N: That is more my opinion about that subject than anything else). "So do you want to go to dinner now Rogue?"
"Sure" she said "there is a restaurant down the road if you don't want the food here."
"Okay lets go" said Harry taking off his long-sleeved shirt and handing it to Rogue as they headed out of the theatres and walked to the restaurant. Rogue shivered even more than before even with Harry's coat on. Harry noticing this put his arm around Rogue's shoulder, making her smile up at him.
"Thank you" she said as they continued to walk.
"Hey what are dates for" he said as she laughed before they reached the restaurant called Swiss Chalet (A/N: Don't you just love their Buffalo wings hmm). As they entered Rogue sighed from finally being out of the cold wind that seemed to be occurring tonight. The place was full of people; most of them with other people with some by themselves at the bar. As they waited in line to be seated, they talked about if the third Pirates of the Caribbean they were going to see were going to be good. Soon after a while of waiting, one of the waitresses led them to a table by the window. The waitress whose name was Debby gave them two menus to choose what they wanted to eat.
"So what do you want to eat?" asked Harry as they both looked at the menu.
"I don't know" she said shrugging. "What do you want to eat?"
"I don't know what do you want to eat?" he asked as Rogue rolled her eyes.
"Don't start that with me Harry" she said as he laughed. "I think I'll have the quarter chicken dinner."
"Great" he said nodding as they both put down their menus "I'll have the wing dinner."
Soon the waitress came back ready to order; after they ordered their food they didn't say a word. As Harry looked out the window it started to rain slightly; the wind blew in all different directions. He sighed wondering what Hermione was doing and if she was alright. It would be different if he could just see that she's okay, but not knowing was driving him absolutely nuts.
He sighed again before he was broken out of his thoughts by the sound of Rogue's voice.
"What's wrong?" she asked with a look of concern on her face.
"Nothing I was just thinking about something" he said as he looked downcast.
"Want to talk about it?" she asked as he shrugged. "You know I heard you singing this morning Harry, you sounded so sad. Please just tell me what's wrong?"
Harry looked up at Rogue with sad eyes, 'Just like Hermione,' he thought giving her a small smile but it disappeared as soon as it appeared 'always caring for others.'
Harry sighed looking downcast again; she had heard him singing when he was depressed
"I'm sorry if I worried you Rogue" said Harry looking back up at her "and I assure you, I was singing about when I was in Azkaban how sad I was and when Jean and Logan saved me. I'm not depressed, I was but not anymore"
"Oh" she said as she blushed "I'm sorry."
"Don't be" said Harry smiling at her putting his hand on hers that was lying on the table "its normal to be worried about the people you care about. "
She smiled back at him just as the waitress came back with their food.
"Thank you" said Harry smiling as the woman handed Harry his food before she gave Rogue her food too.
"Thanks" said Rogue as the waitress nodded before leaving them to eat. "So how are your mutant powers going?"
"They are going great" said Harry taking a bite out of one if his wings leaving buffalo sauce around his lips. "I sort of mastered my telepathic powers but I haven't gotten my telekinetic powers down right."
"Well your just going to have to work harder now won't you" she said as he nodded before she took a napkin, reached over the table and cleaned his mouth.
"No use in doing that" said Harry smiling at her making her blush slightly "it will get dirty again."
She shrugged before her curiosity got the best of her; she was dying to ask him what had happened during winter break when he started to break down in the kitchen, making the whole room shake. Everybody wanted to know what made him go off but neither Jean nor Harry told anyone.
"Harry what happened during winter break when you accidentally made the whole room shake?" she asked getting straight to the point as his smile left his face before he looked at his food.
"I-" he started to say but stopped to sigh before continuing. "Do you remember Hermione? The only student from my school that believed I was innocent (CA&E/N: He didn't know that Luna and Neville believed him too)?"
She nodded her head beckoning for him to continue.
"When Jean left the room to talk to Storm, I saw Storm mouth 'The Dailey Prophet' to Jean. I guessed it was an article about me so my curiosity got the best of me; I used my powers to hear and see their conversation. I looked into Jeans mind while she read the article to find out that it wasn't about me but about a small village on the West side of England was attacked by Death Eaters" he said as he began to become angry; not at Rogue but at everyone in the wizarding that thought him a murderer. "Everyone was killed save one."
"Hermione" said Rogue as tears came to her eyes "she was the only survivor?"
"Yes" he said barley above a whisper before looking back outside the window "the only survivor."
After a minute of silence they both began to continue eating before Rogue had to ask another question even though knowing it would really hurt him to answer but for some reason she knew the burning question inside of her was not going to hurt her but become a realization to her.
"You love her, don't you?" she asked as he stopped eating again but didn't look up. He was lost in thought for awhile thinking how to answer her with out hurting her feelings; finding it inevitable he answered her anyway.
"I am not sure. But there is one thing I know for sure and that is there is nobody in my life who I care more for than Hermione" he said looking up to meet surprisingly calm brown eyes before she nodded.
"Of course you are, even if you won't admit it" she said smiling slightly. "I caught you staring at a picture that I can only assume is of Hermione in History class the other day."
"I guess I'm caught then" he said sheepishly.
"What is she like?" asked Rogue before they continued eating again as Harry smiled.
"The most loyal person I know" he said smiling faintly at her. "She loves to read, she is the smartest witch of her age, she sometimes can become very motherly, she will give you a helping hand, she will stick with you in the end no matter if the situation is dangerous, she was my first true friend, she knows me inside and out, she knows how to put me in my place when I am being stubborn" Rogue laughed at that as Harry smiled and continued. "She is my rock, my crying shoulder, my everything."
Rogue just smiled at him as he talked about Hermione; he was so in love with her, a love that Rogue had never seen before. He had a deep appreciation for Hermione.
"You know that song by Lifehouse called Everything?" he asked looking at with slightly sad eyes as she nodded. "That song reflects how I feel about Hermione; she is my everything."
"Do you have the picture of her with you?" she asked as he nodded.
"I carry it with me everywhere" he said taking out the picture from the front pocket in his jeans and handed it to Rogue. As Rogue looked at the picture she smiled; she was happy that Harry had someone to care about him as much as she and the other mutants did, maybe even more.
"She is beautiful Harry" she said looking up at him "you are very lucky."
"I know" he said smiling as she handed back the picture of Hermione "but what about you?"
"What about me?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"Is there anyone who you have your eyes on?" he asked before she blushed slightly.
"I'm not sure" she said looking at her plate full of chicken bones.
"What about Bobby?" asked Harry as she looked up at him slowly.
"What about him?" asked Rogue as Harry sighed.
"You are in love with him aren't you?" asked Harry as she shook her head.
"No, why would I be?" asked Rogue taken aback from his sudden question.
"Because you were infatuated with me" said Harry as a matter-of-factly as her jaw dropped. "You thought of me like Bobby but it seemed Bobby didn't show the same feelings as you so you became infatuated with me to try to forget him. Don't worry I did the same thing with you because of my feelings for Hermione, I realized it a few moments ago."
She sighed giving in also realizing what he said was true.
"But" he continued smiling "what you didn't know is that Bobby did have the same feelings as you."
"What?" asked Rogue her eyes wide "Bobby never showed feelings for me Harry."
"Oh yeah well what about when he first met you?" said Harry crossing his arms over is chest smirking. "He did seem very nice to you, don't you think?"
"How would you know?" she said before Harry tapped his temple then realizing what he was saying she blushed. "Oh."
"Yup" he said as the waitress came back to retrieve their empty dishes. "Come on then tell me about yours and his relationship."
"Well when I first met him he was nice to me" she said as the waitress left to get their bill. "He showed me around the place, he helped me meet new people, he made me feel accepted, he was the first one who saw past my mutant powers, and he helped me get used to living in the mansion."
"See he was nice to you" said Harry smiling "and he still is."
"No not anymore" she said as Harry rolled his eyes "all he does to me now is tease me and pull pranks on me."
"Yeah that's because he likes you. It's childish I know, but its true" said Harry as Rogue nodded. "Have you ever heard of the saying that if you tease someone it means you like them?"
"Yes Harry" said Rogue as the waitress came back with their bill, he handed her his card before she stalked away again.
"Also Rogue, remember what you said before we left, that he never says hurtful things to you. You see, while he may play pranks on you he never once mocks you or says hurtful things to you on purpose. When I was in Hogwarts a lot of people thought that Hermione and my former friend Ron had feelings for each other when in fact they didn't, or at least Hermione doesn't, and do you know why?" asked Harry as Rogue shook her head. "It's because they constantly argued Rogue. No matter what people say, a relationship based mostly on arguing is doomed. But you see that is why your relationship is different, and that is because you two never are hateful to each other and when if you do argue it's never like them and you never lose sight of how much you care for each other. We are not all alike, but it's accepting everything about the one you care about, both good and bad, that makes a relationship work. Those two never had it but Hermione and I do and so do you two."
(CA&E/N: That little bit about the relationship between Ron and Hermione is my opinion on that poor excuse for a pairing A/N: Don't mind him….he really hates Ron)
"I understand what you are saying Harry but I don't know for sure if he feels the same way about me" said Rogue worriedly as Harry smiled.
"Well than I think it is time that you actually tell him about your feelings Rogue. You could get the answer you're looking for instead of just waiting for him to come around" said Harry as she sighed before he looked at his watch.
"We got half an hour before the movie starts" said Harry as Rogue nodded before the waitress came back with Harry's card.
"Thank you" he said as she nodded.
"Thank you for eating at Swiss Chalet" she said before walking away. As Harry and Rogue got up, Harry looked out at the window; it was raining hard now.
"Rogue I think we will need to run" said Harry as Rogue put on Harry's long-sleeved shirt once again.
"You're kidding right?" she said as they walked to the front door. "You're a way faster runner than me."
"Does it look like I'm kidding?" asked Harry opening the door before a gust of wind came through the door as Rogue shook her head.
"I thoughts so" he said as he went outside, Rogue following him. "Here get on my back."
"Okay then" she said jumping on his back before she yelped as he super speeded to the front door of the movie theatre. In seconds they reached it and Harry stopped, Rogue jumped off Harry's back feeling a little dazed. "Remind me to never do that again."
Harry laughed as they entered the theatre; they headed over to another door that had the number 14 on it. They entered it to face many rows of seats that already had a few people sitting in them; they walked up the stairs to the highest row and sat in the middle of it.
"How come the theatre is so empty?" asked Rogue after they sat down before taking off Harry's shirt.
"Well it seems that people weren't as willing as us to go out in this weather that's why" he said as she nodded.
"Oh" she said just as the movie started. "I hope this movie is as good as the reviews say."
"Ditto," said Harry moving into a comfortable position.
Little did either of them know but outside of the theatre they were just spotted by a certain known mutant with yellow eyes. Mystique walked into the alley between the movie theatre and changed into her real form. 'I must tell Magneto about this new mutant that Xavier has at his school' thought Mystique, before she changed back into her disguise form and left.
(HP)
Hermione was in the common roomit has been two weeks now since she had come back to Hogwarts. Everyone made sure that they give Hermione her space to grieve over her loss but they didn't know is that she was finished grieving. The reason why is that she had to move on in her life is that she couldn't just sit there and be depressed over the loss over her parents no matter how heartbreaking it was to lose them. The other reason was the lullaby Gaston had sung to her one night during her stay at the supposed Weasley mansion.
As she kept on doing her homework subconsciously, she remembered that night.
December 21, 2007
In the so called 'Weasley' farm mansion, everyone was asleep, dreaming peacefully save one. Hermione was having a nightmare of the night her parents died.
Dream
"Hermione go with your mother and leave!" said Mr. Granger as he pushed his daughter and mother out of the kitchen; they were just having dinner when about 9 people in black robes burst through there cottage where they were staying for Christmas.
"No dad I'm not leaving you!" said Hermione squirming out of her mothers grasp. "They will kill you!"
Hermione was scared; she knew that it was the Death Eaters that had broken into their cottage.
"And if you both stay here too they will kill you as well!" said Mr. Granger before there was a big bang, Mr. Granger immediately pushed his daughter and wife to the back of the cottage before 9 Death Eaters came from behind them.
"Avada Kadavra!" yelled one of the Death Eaters before bright green light came out of there wand hitting Mr. Granger squarely in the back; he fell with a sickening thump.
"Daddy!" screamed Hermione as she and her mother dropped to the ground next to him.
"John! No, no John!" shrieked Mrs. Granger hugging her husband as her and Hermione sobbed.
"Aww, look at this" said a woman mimicking a baby's voice "the little mudblood is crying."
"Shut up!" yelled Hermione taking out her wand after she stood up.
"What are you going to do mudblood?" asked a male voice "hex us?"
They all laughed, she could feel the anger boiling beneath her skin, not to mention sadness.
They all continued laughing before they suddenly stopped.
"Crucio!" yelled the Death Eater in the front before Hermione dropped to the ground, pain like she had never felt before went through her body. She refused to scream in front of the Death Eaters; she wouldn't let them think she was weak.
"NO!" screamed Mrs. Granger "Stop it! Leave her alone!"
"No problem" said the Death Eater coldly before lifting the spell from Hermione. "Avada Kadavra!"
"NO!" screamed Hermione as her mother dropped to the floor with a loud thump with her eyes wide open. They all laughed again as Hermione sobbed over her dead parents.
"Poor little mudblood" harassed a female Death Eater raising her wand to point between Hermione's eyes. "Now is the time to die."
"No Bella!" yelled the Death Eater in the front "the Dark Lords orders were to kill every "muggle in sight"
"Yes but what would a little mudblood mean to him if I killed her Lucius" said Bella her wand still pointing at the sobbing Hermione.
"What shall we do with the mudblood Lucius?" asked a man next to him but before he could answer there were sirens coming from outside.
"Bloody muggles!" said Lucius. "Come on lets get out of here!"
"But what about the mudblood?" asked the same women next to him.
"Leave her, she has no use to us" said Lucius.
"But-"
"I said no Bellatrix!" said Lucius before apparating followed by the rest of the Death Eaters except Bellatrix.
"Mudblood" she said under her breath before apparating away as well.
End of Dream
"Hermione!" yelled a familiar voice. "Hermione wake up!"
Hermione opened her eyes wide with fear before tears started to roll down her face.
"Gaston!" sobbed Hermione hugging the elder man; he had been woken up by her sobbing so he came to her room to see what was wrong to see her trashing her bed. "M-my p-parents th-they w-w-w-where k-killed a-a-and-"
"Shh Hermione its okay" said Gaston hugging the distressed teenager. "It's okay."
"No its not okay" said Hermione suddenly breaking from Gaston's grasp "My parents are dead and now I'm living with people who think I'm a betrayer of the wizarding world for my beliefs! I have no one left Gaston, no one!"
"Hey you have me" he said sympathetically "and let's not forget Harry. You know he will come back when the time is right."
Hermione gave him a watery smile; he was a good friend and a somewhat father figure she needed right now.
"Thank you" she said wiping away the tears.
"Come on you have to go back to sleep, Christmas is coming up you know" said Gaston as Hermione shook her head.
"No I don't want to" she said.
"But you have to" said Gaston reassuringly.
"But I'll have nightmares" she said shaking her head again.
"I'll make sure that you won't" he said before making her lie down
"How?" she asked as he pulled the covers up below her neck
"I don't know really" he said before she sighed "maybe I'll sing you a lullaby."
"I'm a little old for lullabies. I am sixteen and will be seventeen in a few months."
"That may be so but it will help calm you down and help you sleep. Believe me, Lily used to sing it to me when I was young" said Gaston.
"Okay" she said nodding "but can you sing?"
"Fairly well" he said smiling at her "don't worry; I won't make you ears bleed."
She laughed nodding again.
"Ready?" he asked before she nodded 'Slumber, my darling, thy father (A/N: I changed mother to father for those of you who know this song)is near, guarding thy dreams from all terror and fear, sunlight has passed and the twilight has gone, slumber, my darling, the night's coming on. Sweet visions attend thy sleep, fondest, dearest to me, while others their revels keep, I will watch over thee.'
As he sang Hermione's eyes filled with tears; her mother used to sing her this song when she was a little girl. She dropped the thought and continued listening to Gaston.
'Slumber, my darling, the birds are at rest, the wandering dews by the flowers are caressed, slumber, my darling, I'll wrap thee up warm, and pray that the angels will shield thee from harm. Slumber, my darling, till morn's blushing ray Brings to the world the glad tidings of day; fill the dark void with thy dreamy delight--Slumber, thy father will guard thee tonight, thy pillow shall sacred be, from all outward alarms; thou, thou are the world to me, in thine innocent charms' he sang as Hermione's eyes lids soon became heavy, she struggled to keep awake to hear the rest of the song.
'Slumber, my darling, the birds are at rest, the wandering dews by the flow'rs are caressed, slumber, my darling, I'll wrap thee up warm, and pray that the angels will shield thee from harm' he finished finally allowing Hermione to fall into a dreamless sleep. He walked to the door.
"Good night" he said softly before closing the door.
End of Flashback
Hermione had tried to sing that song in her head before going to sleep yet the nightmares would still be there. She sighed before putting away her homework and the headed off to the girls dormitory to go to sleep, it had been a long day for her.
(HP)
"I can't do this anymore Remus!" said an impatient Sirius Black. "I have to get out of this damn house!"
Both Sirius and Remus were in Grimmauld Place. Sirius had been stuck there for the past few months even after he was finally free. It had been Dumbledore's idea to keep him safe inside Grimmauld Place because Death Eaters might come and to kill Sirius; he didn't explain why to Sirius he just told him to stay there.
"Yes I know, I agree with you one hundred percent Sirius but Dumbledore says that you have to stay here" said Remus as Sirius started to pace the living room.
"To hell with Dumbledore!" practically yelled Sirius. "He believes Harry is a murderer. Why should I listen to him, that bloody bastard?"
"You've got a point there" said Remus as Sirius stopped pacing the room. "But that doesn't mean we are going to go against Dumbledore's rules, he is a powerful man you know."
"Yes but he...he destroyed Harry's life Remus! He is the one who let Harry participate in the Triwizard Tournament knowing that he could get killed, he was the one who let Harry live with those wretched muggles whereas he could've stayed with Jean!" said Sirius as Remus sighed.
"Sirius has it ever come to your thought that Harry is with Jean right now? Or that Jean had saved him from Azkaban?" asked Remus as Sirius shook his head looking down.
"No" he said quietly before he suddenly laughed. "Do you remember when we in our second year at Hogwarts, Jean had a crush on James?"
"Yeah, Lily thought she was crazy" said Remus as Sirius sat own next to him. "They were exactly the same Lily and Jean yet Jean had a little crush on James"
They both laughed
"And remember in out third year she asked him to go with her to Hogsmead?" asked Sirius as they both laughed again.
"Yeah and poor James, he thought it was Lily who asked him" said Remus between laughter "and he...he kissed her."
They both laughed so hard, that their sides started to hurt.
"Oh poor James, he turned so red when he found out that it was Jean when Lily came up to them completely shocked" said Sirius remembering the look on Lily's face when she saw her sister and James kissing "and you know Jean never noticed James call her 'Lily'."
"Oh those were the days" said Remus as their laughter died down. "Then suddenly she left Hogwarts after half of our fourth year."
"Yeah, and she finally got over her crush on James, I wonder where she went?" said Sirius. "Did she ever tell us?"
"No" said Remus shaking his head. "Although when we were having Christmas for seventh year at James house, she brought along some of her friends from some other school for his party."
"Oh yeah" said Sirius remembering Jeans friends. "Who were her friends again?"
"There was some guy with red glasses she said that she was dating, a blue furred guy, a guy with spiked up hair-"
"He was freaky"
"-and an African girl" finished Remus. "But I can't remember their names...wait I think I have a picture of all of them."
"What?" asked Sirius.
"I'll be right back" said Remus before getting up and headed over to the fireplace took some floo powder and threw it in the fireplace.
"Remus Lupin home!" yelled Remus before he disappeared in green flame. Sirius shrugged and headed towards the kitchen to get a snack, after he had made a sandwich he headed back to the living room to see Remus waiting for him on the couch looking in a photo album.
"Bloody hell!" said Sirius making Remus jump as well. "You almost gave me a heart attack!"
Remus just shrugged before Sirius sat beside him.
"Here" said Remus showing him a picture of a group of people that Remus had described who were standing next to James, Lily and Jean. "Do you remember them now?"
"Yeah now I do" said Sirius before pointing to the man with red glasses. "That's Scott, that's Hank (he pointed to the blue furred man), that's Logan (he pointed to the man with spiky hair) and that is Ororo or Storm as she said her name was (he pointed to the African woman)."
"I remember you flirted with Storm" said Remus before Sirius blushed but it went away as soon as it came.
"Yea because I liked her" said Sirius looking at the Storm. "Plus can you blame me? She was very pretty."
"I'm guessing you still like her" said Remus making a wolfish smirk.
"Yup" said Sirius nodding making Remus laughed. "I wonder what she looks like now."
"Who knows" said Remus standing up. "Maybe she looks the same."
"Or she could have matured into even more of a beautiful woman" said Sirius with a dreamy look on his face as Remus rolled your eyes.
"Padfoot, you put a new meaning to the term "love sick puppy" said Remus grinning
"Whatever Moony" said Sirius, who couldn't come up with a witty comeback.
(X)
It was 8 pm when Harry and Rogue headed home from the movies. They have been discussing the movie since they got out of the theatre.
"Oh that movie was funny" said Harry as after he had laughed remembering a scene from the movie.
"Yes, but it also had some drama and action as well" said Rogue. "I am just glad we stayed until the credits were over or we would have missed that last scene."
"Yep, you're right" said Harry as he nodded (CA&E/N: I saw the movie already and that is for anybody who hasn't yet. Wait until the credit's for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is over before you leave because there is a scene at the end that you don't want to miss. A/N: THANK YOU!).
Finally Rogue and Harry made it back from to the mansion. Unfortunately Rogue had to take one of the parking spots outside of the garage so that meant they were going to get wet again which didn't bother Harry but annoyed Rogue slightly because her clothes had just finally dried off.
"What do you say if I run you to the mansion?" asked Harry to Rogue while smiling.
"Run? You mean like me on you back while you run?" she asked as he nodded. "Well it is cold-"
"Than running it is" said Harry before picking up Rogue.
"Harry, don't you-" she was cut off when he started to run toward the mansion, in seconds they arrived at the front door of the mansion.
"Harry Potter, don't ever do that again!" said Rogue hitting Harry on his arms after he had put her down.
"Why isn't it fun?" he asked opening the door .
"No way!" she said shaking her head fast before she stopped and held hear head. "Oh god now I feel like barfing."
"Do you really need to?" asked Harry before she before she shook her head.
"No not really" she said as he nodded then they were silent for a few moments as they walked down the hall before Rogue yawned.
"Tired?" asked Harry as she nodded.
"A little, I woke up early this morning" she said as he nodded.
"Yeah so did me" he said.
"Maybe a good hot bath will wake me back up" she said as he nodded before she kissed him on the cheek "thank you very much Harry."
"No problem" he said as she yawned again. "If I don't see you again: goodnight."
"Goodnight Rogue" said Harry as she walked away to her room, he was glad now that she understood her feelings towards Bobby now. As walked down the hall to go to the kitchen he saw Bobby playing foosball by himself in the game room and watching what appeared to be the Yankees-vs.-Red Sox game. By the looks of it the Yankees were winning.
"Oh good, the Yankees are winning" said Harry pleased. Bobby turned around and looked at Harry as if he had lobsters crawling out of his ears.
"You're a Yankees fan?" asked a shocked Bobby.
"Yes, actually I am" said Harry truthfully.
"How can you be a Yankees fan Harry?!" asked Bobby frustrated.
"Gee I didn't know that was a crime against humanity to be a Yankees fan" said Harry sarcastically. "What have you got against the Yankees?"
"I am from Boston. We hate the Yankees like no other."
"Oh yeah that's right" said Harry. "Do you know what other team I like? The Indianapolis Colts. Peyton Manning is quite possibly the best Quarterback ever (CA&E/N: He is A/N: That's what you think smirk)."
"You see now your just trying to piss me off" said Bobby smirking slightly. He knew Harry was messing with him.
"Actually I am being serious about Peyton Manning but I was messing with you" said Harry smirking.
"Look Harry, I am an idiot. I didn't mean anything I told neither you nor Rogue" said Bobby sadly, who had stopped playing foosball.
Harry picked up the ball. "Want to play?" asked Harry as Bobby nodded and they started playing. "Don't worry; I am not mad at you. I know you were being blinded by jealousy."
"I'm not jealous" said Bobby but Harry gave him a look that clearly said 'You're not fooling me.'
"Alright I was jealous."
"Good of you to admit that buddy. Now I wanted to tell you that there is really no other person, besides Rogue, that I get along with better than you. In fact, I consider you my best friend" said Harry bluntly.
"You do?" asked Bobby as Harry nodded. "I feel the same way man."
"The thing is, both of us have been hurt and betrayed by our former best friends (Ron for Harry and John for Bobby) so in order for our friendship to work we have to understand each other, and one thing I would never do is try to hurt your feelings" said Harry as he lost once again in foosball to Bobby.
"I know you wouldn't" said Bobby truthfully.
"Well then, now that we got that settled I think the person you should be asking for forgiveness is Rogue. You really hurt her feelings" said Harry honestly.
"I know. Her and I never argue like that" said Bobby sadly.
"That's what she said to me as well. You need to talk to her" said Harry.
"I know" he said as Harry started to play again, "so how was your date?"
Harry could hear the pain in his voice; he knew Bobby liked Rogue a lot.
"Wasn't it obvious by what I have been talking to you about?" asked Harry, thinking he made it clear but Bobby shook his head. "Well I guess I didn't make it clear enough. We decided just to remain friends."
Bobby looked a little shocked but relieved. "But I thought you guys were attracted to each other and you seemed to be flirting with each other a lot."
Harry smirked then said, "Just because your attracted to somebody doesn't mean you love them or their right for you."
Bobby rolled his eyes. "I know that smart ass. It just looked like you two were really trying to start something with each other."
Harry stopped playing for a minute. "And do you know the reason why we tried so hard to do that?" asked Harry but Bobby shook his head. "It's because we were trying to make one another be somebody that are like us but aren't the same people."
"Dude I have no idea what you're talking about," said a confused Bobby.
"I'm saying we were trying to make one another be like the person we really have our hearts on and you can't do that and we realized it," said Harry.
"Who do you have your hearts on if it's not Rogue?" asked Bobby.
"Who do I talk about more than anybody?" asked Harry, trying to get Bobby to remember.
"That girl from your old school: Hermione. So wait? If you tried to make Rogue be like Hermione, then who did Rogue want you to be?"
"Isn't it obvious?" asked Harry. Bobby once again shook his head. "Let me ask you this, who is the one guy she hangs out with more than me? Who does she always ask questions to? Who does she always make time for? Who is the first student to be her friend here?" asked Harry smirking.
Suddenly Bobby realized who Harry was talking about. "Me? She likes me?" asked Bobby shocked but elated.
"Yes you dumbass! She liked you all along and yet you didn't know it. Wasn't it obvious? She said she has liked you since you met her but you never seemed to catch on. Clearly she was right."
"She likes me" said Bobby quietly before a smile etched his features. "I can't believe it! I thought she hated me for all my pranks and teasing ha! I'm so stupid! Damn it I wished I knew it earlier."
"Yup you are stupid" said Harry as they both laughed before his smile left his face because Bobby suddenly stopped and looked sad. "What is it?"
"Don't you remember? I can't kiss her or anything, she has poisonous skin remember?"
"Has that ever stopped you from trying to touch her?" he said going to leader mode as the other mutants called it when he talked to them about serious matters, Bobby just shrugged. "Bobby listen to me, you have to stop moping your ass around the damn mansion and ask her out. She is not going to wait forever you know, her asking me to go to the movies should be enough proof of that."
"I know" said Bobby before sighing.
"Well then you have to ask her" said Harry as Bobby sighed.
"Okay, I will. What do you mean now?!" asked a shocked and nervous Bobby.
"After this game is finished, the sooner you do it the better" said Harry.
"But what about the baseball game?" asked Bobby.
"That is why Tivo is such a great invention. Besides you already know the Yankees are going to win. It's the bottom of the seventh and the Yankees are up by five" said Harry before he finally won a game. "Yes! I'm good!"
"You not that good at Foosball Harry" said Bobby laughing.
"This is my first time playing so shut up. Now go and talk to Rogue, and believe me you better ask her tonight or I will find out and I will make sure everyone knows that it was you who put the laxative in Scott's coffee" smirked Harry.
"You helped out!" yelled an annoyed and frustrated Bobby.
"Yes but who is everyone going to believe? Me or the school's number one prankster?" asked Harry smirking again.
"Fine! I'll go right now!" yelled a frustrated but smiled all the same, thinking about how great being with Rogue will be.
As Bobby left Harry sat down on the couch and watched the game. "When the time is right, I will come back for you Hermione. I promise" whispered Harry.
(X)
Erik Lensherr (otherwise known as Magneto) had just finished being told about a new mutant at Xavier's academy by Mystique. From what Mystique had told him, this new mutant poses as a big threat to their cause.
"Sinister, are you here?" asked Magneto demandingly.
"I am here Magneto what do you need?" asked Sinister walking out of the shadows
"There is a new mutant at Xavier's school that I want you to find out about, his name is Harry Potter. I need you to find out everything you can then do what you want, but you must report back to me" commanded Magneto.
"It will be done" said Sinister grinning.
(A/N: Yeah I know: FINALLY!!! Sorry we haven't been able to update guys, me and Tom had lots of difficulties trying to finish this chapter and update it so forgive us. I hope you liked this chapter because I didn't really...I just think that the song part is really cliché but the Coldplay songs work well with the Harry's feelings and stuff. Anyways review me please I'd appreciate that :D. Oh and now is a comment from my co-author Tom.)
(CA&E/N: Thank you Raquel. I just wanted to say a few things. First off, I apologize if there were any misspelled words that I missed last chapter. I was very distracted when I edited it because my father just died at the age of 59 after a 10 year battle with Alzheimer's disease and I had to deal with the funeral and everything else during that point so I will go back over it as soon as possible. Secondly, this goes out to Bobin, I speak for Raquel when I say no we won't stop giving comments in the middle of the story because we both find them helpful for the readers and enjoyable as well. You see for too long have a lot of fan fiction authors forgotten that writing fan fiction is supposed to be fun, it's not supposed to be a second job as some make it out to be. So there may be a few misspelled words here or there that Raquel made and I missed, and so their may be times that we comment on something in the middle of the story, but that is because we both thoroughly enjoy doing this story and from all the positive reviews so do the readers. I close by saying to everyone that I implore you to spend as much time with your parents as you can because you never know when you will wake up and one of them will be gone so that when they are gone you will have nothing but positive memories with your parents. That is what I did with my father every chance I could get when I wasn't in school are working and because of that my relationship was stronger with my father in the end than ever. So please, spend time with your parents.
(A/N: Well said Tom.)
(CA&E/N: Oh, and one more thing. Raquel and I decided to make the time period now instead of in the nineties because it's much easier to go by the Smallville timeline than it is the Harry Potter timeline at this point so please just go with it.)
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