So, I decided to continue, yep.
I'm also changing the main characters to Sean & Moira.
This took me over a week to write!
Thanks to my amazing Beta, On the wings of ravens!
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1. Water
Raven glanced at her clock:
2:00 A.M.
She smiled and jumped out of bed, fully clothed. She had been waiting all day to listen to the new Beatles record with Charles. She quickly ran out of her room and quietly closed the door.
Sean looked over at his clock.
2:00 A.M.
He stood up from where he was sitting on the edge of his bed. He and Moira were going to meet for one of their late night talks. He glanced at the clock again and ran out of his room.
Raven raced down the hall, she had two floors to go before her destination. She kept going on her path, until she ran into Sean. He fell over with a thud.
"Ow!"He said pulling himself off the ground.
"Oh! Sean I am so sorry!"
"I'm fine."
"I didn't see you and-" She paused. "Wait what are you doing up?"
He scrambled to create an answer. "Water!" He said. "I was getting a glass of water." He smiled triumphantly then his expression changed to a more quizzical one. "Wait, what are you doing up?"
"S-same as you!" she nervously giggled then went along on her path. Sean stared at her for a minute, and then went along on his path.
Raven reached the back room. She knocked on the door and it swung open.
"Hello, sweetheart." Charles smirked, took Raven's hand and led her into the room.
Sean smoothed his hair and knocked on Moira's door. She opened it with a smile.
"Hello, Sean."
"Hey, beautiful."
She kissed him and led him in to her room, locking the door behind her.
2. Mind
"Raven, why are you in such a bad mood?" Charles was very annoyed, Raven had been huffing and stomping the whole day.
"I don't know, Charles, why don't you just read my mind!" She said in a sarcastic tone. He ignored her tone and put his fingers to his forehead. He got fragments:
You're not alone Moira-
You're going to get through this-
Charles, I need-
Then he saw the kiss.
"Oh, Raven. I'm so sorry."
"Don't."
"Raven, it was just a ki-"
"I saw the rest too." Tears filled her eyes.
"I didn't mean to, darling, it just happened!"
"Save it." She turned towards the door then looked over her shoulder and said: "And while you're at it," She narrowed her eyes. "Shove it." And with that she stormed out.
3. Cake
"Bon appetite!" Raven said putting the last of the frosting on the cake.
"What kind of cake is it?" Sean's eyes widened.
"German chocolate."
Sean looked like he would explode with excitement.
4. Umbrella
It rained a lot in Oxford. On the worst days Charles and Raven used to huddle under their umbrella and wait for the rain to stop. Raven missed that.
5. Tree
Sean loved to climb the tallest tree on the grounds. He kept trying to get people to come up there with him, but nobody would. Until one day:
Sean loved the view, but it didn't make him feel better. Moira had betrayed him, he loved her and she just threw it away. The worst part is that she hurt Raven too. He and Raven were close, she was like his sister. He couldn't stop thinking about it. He wanted get out of that tree- no.
He needed to get out of that tree. That's when he saw Raven.
"Sean! Hide me!" She said in a hushed tone.
"Coming!" He climbed down, grabbed her hand, and helped her up the tree.
"Thank you so much." She whispered. "Now be quiet!" She pointed to the ground. Sean looked down to see the professor.
"Raven!" Charles looked around. "I'm so sorry! Raven!" He kept walking.
"I'm guessing you told him?"
"He figured it out." She sniffled
Sean looked at his feet. "I know how you feel."
"Did your girlfriend back home cheat on you?"
"Well, no." He looked at her. "Moira and I were together."
"Oh, Sean, I'm so sorry." She patted his shoulder. "How long have you guys been broken-up?"
"About twenty minutes."
"Oh my god, Sean! It's all my fault! I'm the one that told you and-"
"Raven, it's not your fault. Moira was the one that messed up, not you."
They were silent for a minute.
"The view is pretty amazing from here." She smiled.
"Sure is."
6. Proud
"Have you ever heard that thing that Raven says all the time?" Sean asked Moira on their favorite couch.
"What thing?"
"Mutant and proud." He said. "I like it, has a nice ring to it."
"Well, it doesn't really apply to me."
"Oh."
"You should probably get some sleep, Sean."
"You're probably right, Mo."
7. Magnetic
"Oh look it's the magnetic Nazi hunter." Raven stormed past Erik, with Charles following her.
"What's gotten in to her?" Erik asked Charles.
"Don't ask." Charles said with obvious tears in his eyes. "Raven!" He ran after her.
8. Whisper
"Nice dress." Sean whispered in to Moira's ear.
"Sean!" She angrily whispered. "Not here."
"What? Is the dinner table a bad place to flirt?"
9. Importance
"Mo, this is very important." Sean stared at her intently.
"Yes?"
"Don't let Alex use my bathroom."
10. Kids
When Sean was a kid he wanted to be a fireman.
When Alex was a kid he wanted to be a cop.
When Hank was a kid he wanted to be normal.
11. Shower
Sean knocked on the bathroom door. "Anyone in there?"
"Just me." Moira said.
"Oh! Hey, Mo, are you going to be much longer? I really have to pee and there are no other bathrooms on this floor."
"Uh, I'm about to take a shower."
"So?"
12. Christmas
"Hey, Mo?" Sean asked to Moira on their favorite couch.
"Yes?"
"What do you want for Christmas?"
"I already have what I wanted." She kissed him on the cheek.
13. Always
"So what are we going to listen to tonight?" Raven asked. She and Charles were going to listen to a new record after the whole 'boyfriend' fiasco that happened the night before.
"It's a surprise!" He put the record in player then music filled the air.
It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to.
"I love this song!"
"I knew you would."
"This is why I love you."
"My great taste in music?"
"No, silly." She laughed. "You always know what I'm thinking without having to read my mind."
"Always." He smiled. He knew it was a lie, Raven had asked him to never read her mind, but he would go ahead without permission whenever he wanted to. It had become a very bad habit.
One that she would soon find out about.
You would cry too if it happened to you.
14. Clothes
Dinner at the Xavier Mansion was never dull.
"Hey, Erik." Sean asked. "Why do you wear turtlenecks all the time?"
Erik stood up from his seat and walked out of the room.
"Okay. Charles why do you always wear that cardigan?"
15. Glass
Charles was going to his room when he saw something odd in Moira's room.
Moira?
Yes, Charles?
Did you know there's a broken window in your room?
Yes.
Do you know how it got there?
Uh, no idea.
Charles could tell that she was lying, but he carried on.
16. Beard
"God, Charles! Stop following me!" Raven was clearly annoyed by Charles.
"Just let me explain!"
"Stop! Or I'll tell everybody about '59."
"You wouldn't."
"What happened in '59?" Asked an eavesdropping Sean.
"It was the year that-"
"No!"
"Charles tried to grow a beard!"
17. Alcohol
Raven was quietly reading her book in the foyer when Alex and Sean came in with a big box.
'This can't be good.' She thought.
"We hit the jackpot!" Sean said, setting the box down.
"What's in the box?" Raven said cautiously.
Alex reached inside the box and pulled out a beer. "Liquor." He flashed a smile.
"You in?" Sean asked.
"Beer me."
A few hours later.
"I think we should get you Moira together." She slurred.
"We already are!" Sean slurred back,
"Did you hear that Alex?" Raven giggled and looked at Alex, who was passed out on the couch.
Someone knocked on the door.
"Shoot!" Raven whispered. "Quick, Sean, hide it."
Sean threw a sheet over the box while Raven got up to answer the door.
"Hello, Raven." Charles said with a grin.
"Hey, Charlie!" She tried her best not to slur.
Charles looked around the room and gave a little wave to Sean. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the box.
"You guys have been drinking!"
"Maybe." Sean said backing away and accidently breaking a beer bottle.
18. Time
It was time to tell Sean everything. Maybe he would understand that the mistake she made was just a stupid mistake. And that the mistake they made would be a good thing. So Moira braced herself and walked in to the little back room. She was greeted with:
"I know."
"Know what?" She lied.
"Don't play these games with me Moira."
19. Sleep
Sean was awoken in his bed by giggling coming from the next room. He groaned and went to complain.
He knocked on the door twice before opening. The second the doorknob clicked, Sean heard a loud thud. He saw Raven partially covered in a sheet. He quickly averted his eyes.
"Oh, sorry Raven didn't know you were in here. Could you do a favor and be quiet?" He started to close the door then realized. "This is Erik's room. Why are you in Erik's room?" She opened her mouth to say something but quickly closed it, a sign that she had no explanation. Sean made his way to the other side of Erik's bed.
"Hey, man." Erik said, covered only in the little bit of blanket. Sean walked away from him and stopped in front of Raven.
"Not cool, Raven. You shouldn't sleep with Erik to get back at him, it doesn't work that way. Now keep it down, I need to sleep." He had a look of disgust on his face. "Goodnight." He stormed out.
"Sean?" Raven whimpered, but it was too late, the door had slammed and he was gone.
Raven lost a friend that night.
20. Car
"Raven, where is my car?" Charles asked.
"Well Sean told me he never learned how to drive…"
"And?"
"So, I decided to teach him."
"I don't like where this is going."
"And he was doing well until we got to the lake."
"Oh no."
"So, long story short, if you want your car, Erik is going to have to fish it out of the bottom of the lake."
21. Silver
"Erik, can you set-" Charles trailed off when he saw the silverware fly through the air and set itself on the table.
"You're welcome." Erik said and then left the room.
22. Bed
After a long day of helping the mutants train, Moira had finally made it to her room. She was ready to just fall in to bed and sleep for hours. But when she opened the door she found that her bed was not empty.
"Hello, gorgeous." Sean said, attempting to lie seductively on her bed.
"Is this your best seduction technique?" She smirked.
"Is it working?"
She entered the room and locked the door behind her.
23. Books
Books. Charles loved books. When he was young, reading made up for lost social interaction. When Raven entered his life, reading became something he taught. Raven lived on the streets her whole life with no school, no family, and no love. So, when Charles asked her what the headline of that day's newspaper said, she struggled for minutes.
"Raven, do you not know how to read?"
She shook her head. "No."
"Well then I'll just have to teach you!"
It took a year for Raven to learn, but it was worth it. By the time she was eleven her favorite book was the hobbit. She loved the adventures and most importantly, she loved the riddles. She would challenge Charles with them every chance she got. He had heard them many times, but he acted like they were brand new whenever she would ask them.
"An eye in a blue face, Saw an eye in a green face 'That eye is like to this eye' Said the first eye, 'But in low place, Not in high place." She would recite.
"Hmm." He would think for a minute. "Sun on daises in a field?
Her eyes would light up. "Correct!"
But as the years went on, Charles grew tired of her constant quoting.
One night, they were walking back to their Oxford apartment. They hadn't really said anything since they left the pub. So, Raven attempted to break the silence.
"It cannot be seen-"
"The dark!" He yelled, clearly annoyed.
"Excuse me?" She stopped.
"Raven, I am tired of you always asking me the same riddles. Every day for the past fifteen years it's been the same questions and the same answers!"
"I'm sorry if I've been boring you." She said bitterly.
Charles' face softened. "I'm sorry, sweetheart. Why don't we go back to the flat and read it again?" He smirked.
"Perfect."
24. Alone
Alex was alone for most of his life.
Alone, in the sense that no one was like him, that he was a freak.
Alone, in the sense that he was in solitary confinement, cut off from the world.
It was nice to not be alone anymore.
25. Trust
"Sean, what if somebody sees us?" Moira was inches away from his mouth.
"Nobody will see us, trust me."
"I trust you." She whispered, then kissed him.
26. Party
"Ooh, what is this?" Sean asked Raven, he had a record in his hands.
"A record."
"Thank you, captain obvious." Alex snorted.
"It's It's My Party by Lesley Gore." She sighed. "And I'm very tired of it."
"Aw, I've never heard it!" Sean whined.
"Yeah, Raven, he's never heard it." He teased.
"Fine." She huffed and took the record from Sean's hands. "Here you go." She put the record on.
It's my party.
"I'm leaving, you two have fun." Raven said.
"Hush, woman!" Sean said, attempting to listen to the music.
"Bye." She whispered and walked out.
You would cry too if it happened to you.
Sean started to awkwardly dance.
"Alright, this is lame." Alex said then left.
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Moira heard music coming from down the hall, so she decided to investigate it. She reached the room where the music was coming from to see Sean dancing all by himself.
Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone,
"Sean? What are you doing?"
"Oh, hey, Mo! I'm just dancing, care to join me?"
She rolled her eyes as he held out his hand. She took it and started to dance.
Oh, it's my party and I'll cry if I want to.
27. Wizard
The boys were playing darts one day.
"No!" Sean said as his dart landed outside the board.
"Let me show you how it's done." Alex said and set the board up again. He threw a dart, Sean watched as it flew directly into the middle. "Boom."
"How did you do that?" Sean gasped then said in very hushed tone. "Are you a wizard?"
28. Phone
In the seven months Moira has been back at the C.I.A., she remembered everything from the mansion to the day Charles last kissed her. It had been a long day and all she wanted to was fall fast asleep, but as soon as she got home she heard a familiar sound.
Ring Ring.
She groaned and picked up the phone.
"Hello, Moira MacTaggart speaking."
"Uh, hello this is, uh-" A familiar voice said, one that Moira had longed to hear.
"Sean?"
"Moira, you remember?"
"Yes, it took me a while."
"The professor said you might," Sean paused. "He also told me everything else."
"Everything?"
"Uh, yeah, when do you need me to come?"
Moira felt a sharp pain. "Uh, how about, right now." She winced.
"Right now? Oh, coming! I'll be there in a couple hours, don't worry."
"Okay," She winced again. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
29. Weakness
"So, German chocolate cake is your favorite?" Moira asked Sean.
"It's my weakness." He said, shoving another piece of cake in to his mouth.
"I'll make note of that." She smiled.
30. Angel
Alex heard a small crash outside his window. He glanced over at his clock.
3 A.M.
"This better be good." He muttered and got out of bed. A light tap came from his window. He looked out to seen none other than-
"Angel?" Alex looked at the girl outside his window. Her wings were silently flapping and her eyes were full of sadness. He opened his window. "What are you doing here?"
"Can I come in?"
"Do you know what will happen if you get caught? Or if we get caught? You are practically leading Shaw to us!" He whispered.
"Shaw doesn't know where I am, sweetheart." She chuckled.
"Fine, just get in before someone sees you!" He pulled her in through the window and closed it quickly.
"Thanks, daddy-o." She quickly dusted off her skirt and pulled her wings in.
"What are you doing here?"
She looked at her feet. "Shaw isn't as nice as he seems." She pulled her jacket off to reveal a large purple bruise.
"What did he do to you?" He stared at her arm.
"Don't worry; he didn't do any more than hit me." She gave a little chuckle, but Alex could tell she was hurt. "I bet you have some questions."
"Uh, yeah. How about: Does Shaw know you're here? How did you know where were?"
"First of all, Shaw thinks I'm asleep. And Janos promised to make up a fake story if he woke up before I got back." She smiled. "And second, Raven told me all about how she grew up in huge mansion in Westchester, New York, overlooking a beautiful lake. It wasn't really that hard to find."
Alex chuckled. "Remind me to tell Raven to keep her mouth shut." He paused. "Why are you here?"
"For one reason, daddy-o." She strutted up to him.
"And what would that be?"
She stood up on her toes, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him. After what seemed like an hour to Alex, he pulled away.
"That's a good reason." He smiled.
"I've been wanting to do that for a while, now." She grinned. "Oh, crap, what time is it?"
Alex looked at his clock. "About four in the morning."
She gave him a quick kiss. "I have to go." She unfurled her wings and opened the window.
"Goodbye, Angel."
"Goodbye, Havok." She climbed out the window and flew away.
TBC
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