Aburameclanhead: Attention my beloved readers. I apologize for my absence. But I have returned to finish my story just as I promised I would. Now enjoy chapter 7 of A Tale of Two Beasts.
Laura was sitting next to Rogue on her bed asking for advice on how to deal with Shawn. "Rogue, I really need your help. Every time I try to talk to Shawn I either run away or attack him," "Yeah, that could be a problem," Rogue joked. Laura just gave her a stern look and kept talking. "What do you think I should do?" she groaned, burying her face in her hands.
"Tell ya what, why don't I go with you to tell him?" said the southerner, causing Laura's face to light up, though she tried to hide it. "Thanks rogue" "No problem, why don't you tell him tomorrow after training?" "That sounds alright, so tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," They agreed on the plan and Laura went back to her room to sleep. Tomorrow she'd tell Shawn how she feels.
Shawn was with the Professor discussing how he came to the mansion. "Farthest back I can remember is about two months back. My earliest memory is getting hit by a truck and stumbling into the woods. I felt something telling me to go in this direction and after a few months I wound up here." said the scruffy young mutant. "So you have no memories before then?" the Professor asked. "Nope" "If it's alright with you I'd like to probe your mind for anything that could help us learn more about your past"
"Uh, I guess." And so Professor Xavier placed his hands on Shawn's temples and delved into his mind.
He saw the truck crash into Shawn but, before he could go further, something forced him out, something strong. The psychic was jolted conscious and felt very dizzy. "What was that?" Xavier asked himself. "Professor are you ok?" Shawn asked. "Yes, but I believe that there is more to your past than I expected. Let's try again later." "Sure" Shawn replied as he left. 'Who is this boy, and what was strong enough to force me out of his mind?' Xavier wondered to himself.
Shawn was on his way out when Kurt and Kitty spotted him. "He's been sneaking off about a week every day at five." Kitty said. "Dah, and vhere do you think he's going?"asked her furry friend. "Don't know but whatcha say we find out?" The duo followed him into town, where he went to the Bayville Mall. "Like what would he be doing here?"asked Kitty. "Let's keep following him." Kurt answered.
They saw him walk into the food court and go behind one of the counters, then he put on a uniform. "Your kidding me, Shawn works at the burger stand?" "Dah, why vould he need he need a job?" "Let's get back to the mansion and tell the others."
Kurt and Kitty got back to the mansion and found Scott and Jean. "Don't you two have anything better to do than follow people around?" asked Jean, clearly annoyed that Kurt and Kitty would spy on him. "Come on, aren't you curious about what he's using the money for? I mean his food and every thing's paid for by the institute." Kitty said trying to peek her interest. This is when Scott chimed in. "I think it's a bad idea to stick your nose into other people,s business. Especially someone like him, I doubt he'd be too happy if he found out you followed him."
"He von't find out." Kurt laughed. Just then the front doors flew open and an angry Shawn was headed straight for them. "Why did you followed me?" he bellowed. " We uh..." Kitty started but Shawn started yelling again "I work at the burger stand, I'm trying to save up for something alright, It's none of your business." Then he stormed up the staircase nearly bumping into Rogue. "Whoa what's wrong with him?" she asked.
"Ask them." said Jean pointing to Kurt and Kitty who looked ashamed of themselves. "We vhanted to know vhere Shawn's been going, so we followed him to the mall." said the blue fuzz ball. "And you thought that was a good idea?" she snapped. 'If he's still mad tomorrow it could ruin everything.'
Logan and Ororo were just getting back from a date. "I had a wonderful time tonight Logan." "Yeah it was pretty nice." he pulled her close and kissed her deeply. "So what do we do now?" she asked. "I have a few ideas" Logan grinned. "Logan what if someone catches us?" "You worry to much." they were headed to Logan's room when they heard yelling from downstairs. They went to see what it was and saw Shawn storming up the stairs, bumping into Rogue, and going the other way straight to his room.
"Should we go check on him?" asked Ororo. "He'll be fine, let's go." Logan replied, trying to goback to his room only to find Ororo went after Shawn. He turned around and followed her to Shawn's room, cursing under his breath. Shawn heard a knocking on his door. "Who is it?" he yelled. "Shawn are you ok?" Ororo asked. "Oh miss Monroe, it's you. Sorry." he said as he opened the door. "I wanted to see if you were alright." "Yeah I'm ok, I just didn't want anyone to know I was working at the mall." "Why no?" asked the weather witch. "Well Laura and I haven't been getting along too well so I thought I'd get her a Christmas gift to smooth things over." "Oh, that's so sweet. So what were you going to get her? Christmas is just three weeks away." "Don't know. What do you think would be good?" he asked. "Well I don't know what she would like but I think if you get her something from the heart it should be just fine." she said with a caring smile. "Thanks, I think I'll try that. See ya later miss Monroe." "No problem, and please call me Ororo." Shawn then shut the door just as Logan caught up. " Would've got here sooner but I went to ask the others what happened."he said as he walked Ororo to her room. "So what's the deal with him getting a job at the mall?" "He's going to buy Laura a gift for Christmas." she replied. "Heh. I guess he really doesn't want her to be mad at him." "If he only knew the truth.." "Yeah, wait, what do you mean?" "She didn't tell you? Shawn is Laura's first crush." "I better keep an eye on them." "Giggle, now who worries too much." she said going through the door to her room. Logan tried to go in but Ororo stopped him. "It won't be that easy." she said, planting a kiss on his lips before closing the door on him. Logan reached for the handle but before he could grab it he heard the lock click. Ororo stood on the other side of the door and, when she was sure he had left, she let out a sigh of relief. 'That was close' she thought 'I almost let him in'. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out
(a little friend) to help her relax.
Aburameclanhead: so how was it review and comment please.