Chapter 6

Rogue stood in front of the mirror and held the dress in front of her body.
"Isn't it a little too much, a dress?"
"I don't know what kind of parties you throw here," Talyn laughed, "but it's cute, you should wear it."

Rogue plumped down on her bed next to Talyn and leaned back on her elbows as she looked at Talyn who was doing her make-up in a little mirror on her knees.

"You should curl your hair," Rogue suggested, "and…" she grabbed something out of the pile of clothes on her bed and threw in into Talyn's lap, "you should wear that."
Talyn laughed and held the black, sleeveless top up. "I don't know, it'll probably slide off or something."
"I don't think any guy would mind," Rogue grinned, "but seriously, wear that with this tight jeans," she threw another piece of clothing to her, "and that shoes," she pointed at the high heeled, ankle booths on the floor. "It looked gorgeous on you."
"I'm so glad I can borrow your clothes," Talyn sighed, "I think my own clothes burned in the auto crash or something. So sad."
"Such a shame," Rogue agreed, "lucky for you I have enough clothes for the entire school."

Rogue put on the dress while Talyn added some more eyeliner under her eyes, until the dark lines accentuated her blue eyes just enough. She saw how Rogue put on the long, black gloves so that most of her skin was covered.
"Is it worse?" Talyn asked.
Rogue shrugged her shoulders. "Yeah, I can touch for a few minutes now, but it gets worse every day."
"They'll probably find something to fix it," Talyn said. She got up from the bed and changed her clothes for the clothes that Rogue had for her. She looked in the mirror and pulled her hair up, but let it go again when Rogue let out a small scream.

"Oh my god, you have a tattoo!"
Talyn grinned and turned around again to show Rogue the tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Rogue stood up from the bed as well and gently touched the tattoo. "It's pretty, a compass right? What does it stand for?"
"I don't know," Talyn said honestly, "I got it before I lost my memory, but it's a nice compass. I still like it."

Rogue smiled and did her make up while Talyn put on the high heeled shoes. She walked through the room a few times, but was quite comfortable a few inch above the ground.
Rogue curled Talyn's hair, while they straightened Rogue's and Talyn had to admit she had quit some fun doing these girly things, she had missed that. She even started to feel comfortable around Rogue.

"So, I think we're done," Rogue smiled as they both looked into the large mirror, standing next to each other. "Well, if we don't get some attention now, I wouldn't know what's wrong with us. Not that I can, I have Bobby," she then added, "but I'm sure there's something in for you," she said with a grin. "Logan shows up mysteriously everywhere you are."
Talyn laughed and gently pushed Rogue in her back. "I don't think so."
"Why not? He's handsome."
"He's not my type."
Rogue's eyes widened. "How can he not be your type? A guy with a body like that is everyone's type."
"No men in my life," she said, putting her hands up defiantly.
Rogue laughed. "Well, let's just have a girls night out then."

Talyn looked around the big room that was decorated to be some kind of disco. There were a lot of people, they had arrived quite late, and she could smell a strong scent of alcohol and excitement among the young students in the room. The music was too loud for her ears, but she could still hear the conversations people were having a few meters away from her.

"I'm so excited, I haven't had a good party in ages," Rogue smiled. She dragged Talyn along with her towards the bar and bought the two of them a beer.
"Can you even get drunk?" Rogue asked grinning, "I mean, I can't remember seeing Logan drunk, so maybe you just can't."
Talyn grinned. "Yeah, I can get drunk."
Rogue started grinning as well, raised her glass and drank all of it at once. "I think we got ourselves a plan."
"Definitely," Talyn emptied her glass as well, "only you'll get the hangover, I won't," she grinned after.
"I hate you," Rogue said laughing, "but I thought you and Logan couldn't get drunk."
"I don't know about Logan, I guess he's just so used to beer that he won't feel a lot about it," Talyn started, "but as long as it isn't killing me, I can get pretty drunk. Guess it doesn't filter out of the blood that quick."

They drank another beer together, until Bobby came up and took Rogue with him to the dance floor. Talyn watched them as they disappeared in the crowd and wanted to turn around to look for someone she knew, but soon someone had already came up to her.

"I think we haven't met yet," a charming, blond man said to her. He shook her hand softly. "I'm Warren."
"Talyn."
"Talyn," he repeated, "I must say you look stunning this evening."
She smiled briefly. What an ass-kisser. "Thank you."
She noticed the white feathered wings on the back of the man. He had folded them up against his back, they seemed fragile.
He followed her gaze to his own back and smiled. "They also call me Angel."
"I can see why," she responded sarcastically.
He smiled again, pretending he didn't hear the undertone in her voice and held his hand in front of her. "Would you like to dance?"

Talyn sighed, looked around the room if she really didn't see anyone else, but she could only see Rogue and Bobby dancing close to each other. She laid her hand in his, "why not."

Warren bought her another drink before they headed to the dance floor. They danced, while he talked to her about stuff she almost immediately forgot, sometimes he touched her hand or her back while they danced. The scents of alcohol, sweat and excitement all filled her nose, it made her think about before she came to the mansion, when she worked at a bar to get some money and live an okay life. All the smells were intoxicating. The dancing was intoxicating.
Warren stayed with her, brought her drinks all the time, touched her more, maybe by accident or maybe not. She closed her eyes and just danced. She knew she was a good dancer.
He came closer to her, laid one arm loosely around her waist. She could smell his excitement, even though she maybe had a drink too much.
"You look great," he whispered in her ear as he casually touched her hand with his.
She smiled, not really knowing why.

He touched her earlobe accidentally on purpose with his mouth, whispered something else in her ear that she didn't catch. They were so close now that she could his heart beat if she wanted to. His wings were sort of glowing in the dark of the room and with his blond hair and blue eyes, he actually did look a lot like an angel.

Talyn smiled. "You look like an angel," she said in his ear. He took the opportunity of her head so close to his, to stroke his hand through her black hair. He rested his hand in her neck, while the other was still around her waist.

"I am an angel," he said. She could feel him smile against her hair. He then lowered his head a little and kissed her neck softly.
That broke the trance she had been in, probably because of the alcohol, and she took a step backward, gently pushing him away. He seemed to be surprised.
"I thought it was okay…" he said, not finishing his sentence.
She shook her head slightly. "No, it's not."
He took a step towards her again, but she raised her hands in a sort of barrier between them. She wasn't thinking with the alcohol in her body, but she didn't want this, right? She certainly missed the sex sometimes, but men weren't worth it. She had used her body enough, she could live without the sex.

Warren was about to say something, when a low voice from behind her distracted her.
"Everything okay here?"
She turned her head to see Logan standing there, wearing jeans and a shirt that was accentuating his muscular body on the right places.
Damn, if she didn't have a guy riding up against her to remind her of her sexless life, there was Logan showing off his looks unknowingly.

She still took the opportunity to get rid of Warren.
"Oh, I just wanted to talk to you," she said, while she pushed Logan through the crowd as he cocked an eyebrow and smirked when he saw Warren being left alone.
When they reached the bar they both leaned against the wooden frame. Logan looked at her sideways, still grinning.

"Wipe that smirk off your face!" she said while the bartender gave them more drinks. Logan took a gulp from his beer.
"Should've seen angel-boy's face, kid," he said, "priceless."
"What were you even doing there," she said annoyed, "supervising or something? It doesn't look like you're supervising anyone, so better not tell me that."
"No, it was fun," he said, still smirking.
"It was not funny!" she said and punched him against the arm. "I've had way too much to drink, not clear thinking up there." She pointed at her own head.
"Stop drinking then," Logan said sarcastically.
"Yeah, maybe you should stop drinking," she said laughing, "you're not that clear anymore as well. I can smell it."
"You can smell it?" he asked, "what do you smell kid?"
"Alcohol," she said.
"More?"
She sniffed. "No, it's too crowded here."
He took a step closer. "Now?"
She suppressed a smile and sniffed once again. "Cigars."
He took another step closer to her, until their bodies almost touched each other, but not just yet. He slowly bend his head towards her neck.
"You smell nice," his voice growled.
"'n you look even better," he added, so soft that she could barely hear it, even with his mouth so close to her ear. His voice made her shiver and he probably noticed. He kept the distance though, a little space between their bodies, his one hand holding the beer on the bar and his other hand casually in the pocket of his jeans.

She stuck both her hands in the back pockets of her jeans. "Tell me something I don't know yet," she said, trying to sound a little bit arrogant, but teasing at the same time.
She knew he grinned, even though she couldn't see his face.
"You think the same 'bout me, kid," he said, "your heartbeat has raised. Your senses are sharper." This time, his cheek brushed hers as he spoke. She wasn't sure if he did that on purpose or not, but a shiver went up her spine again.
She backed away before she wouldn't be able to gain control of herself again. "I'm not doing this," she said.
He raised his eyebrows. "Doing what kid?"

Rogue interrupted their little private chat and grabbed her arm to take her back on the dance floor again. Talyn got into the music again and danced with Rogue, both getting drinks from different people of who some she knew and some she didn't.
"I wanna go outside for a minute!" Rogue yelled in her ear, "I'm a little drunk I think!"
Talyn laughed and nodded her head in agreement, she followed Rogue to the exit towards the garden and they both plumped down on the nearest bench that was over viewing the small lake.
"I love this party," Rogue said louder than was necessary. "So much fun."
"Yeah, where have you been all the time?" Talyn asked, she could hear she wasn't sounding as clear as she wished she would sound. But now she could only laugh about that.
"Bobby," Rogue grinned, "you know, kissing for a few minutes each time can be quite exciting." She pulled her gloves a little up unconsciously. "I saw you with Warren!" she then squealed, "did you do something?"
"No, Logan pulled me away from 'm," she laughed. Rogue's smile grew wider.
"Logan wants you," she said teasingly, "you awake his beast."
Talyn grinned. "Yeah, well, my beast is sleeping right now."

"Bobby!" Rogue suddenly yelled excited, and she jumped up from the bench to ran towards her boyfriend who just appeared out of the building.
Talyn watched for a second as they kissed each other, but looked away and stared at the lake as the kissing became more intense. She wasn't surprised when Logan sat down next to her a few minutes later.
"You okay kid?" he asked while he put a cigar in his mouth and lighted it.
"I'm fine."
"Sorry 'bout before," he said. He nodded with his head towards the mansion, where the party was still going on. "The alcohol ya know."
She smiled briefly. She knew he saw that, he was sometimes looking at her sideways. "I know."
"Maybe you could try the next time to look less…"
"Look less what?"
"I donnow," he growled, "stunning."
She laughed.
"Seriously," he said, "I'm still a guy here."
"Yeah, I noticed."
He grinned. "Oh good, at least you notice."
Now she looked at him from beside, cocking an eyebrow. "Well yeah, what do you think, not a lot of guys out there with a body like that," she said while nodding her head towards him. "A girl needs her eye candy too."
He laughed and rolled his eyes. "Great, I'm eye candy."
"One of the better types," she said trying to sound serious. He laughed again and then they both stared at the lake for a short time. It became colder though, and Talyn crossed her arms in front of her body, trying to suppress a shiver.

"Here, put the jacket on," Logan said while he was already taking off his own leather jacket. He held it up for her and she smiled, slipping her arms in the sleeves. His hands accidentally touched her arms as he did so, causing Talyn to shiver a bit, but not enough for him to notice. He let out a short laugh when he brushed her hair aside and saw the tattoo between her shoulders.
"Nice tattoo kid," he said.
She turned her head to look at him and cocked an eyebrow. "At least try to not sound sarcastic," she said, "I like it."
"I'm not sarcastic," he growled as he touched the tattoo with his fingertips. He slowly went up her neck with his fingers, making her shiver again, and went down again when he had reached her ear. She couldn't move, but could feel how he pulled her a little bit backwards and she could feel his chest touching her back only a little bit. She could feel him breathing against her neck as he now slowly massaged her neck and shoulders with his too big hands.
She didn't exactly know whether she liked it or not. Hell yeah, she did like it, but she wasn't sure if she let him do that because she wanted to or just because she had too much drinks and just couldn't say no now.
He rested his head against her hair as he kept on rubbing her bare skin.
She sighed deeply and she could feel him grin.

"You like it, 'uh?"
"Yeah," she sighed again, "I guess…"

Her whole body tensed when he let one of his hands slide across her arm and he moved his head down her neck, to kiss her softly below her ear. She still wasn't able to turn around towards him as he kissed her there once more, held her by her neck with one hand and by her waist now with the other. She could feel how he tightened his grip around her waist as he kissed her on her neck once again.
She swallowed, then turned her head around, making him face her. She could see the beast live up inside him and she knew how he felt. She could still feel the alcohol running through her veins and wasn't thinking clear anymore. Logan was sitting there, facing her with a certain look in his eyes, his one hand still on her waist, and he was even more good looking than ever. The muscles of his arms showed through his shirt.
They looked each other in the eye for a second and before she even realized, his lips crashed on hers and she had started to kiss him back.
She wrapped her arms around his neck as he now laid both his arms around her waist. He kissed her roughly, his tongue fighting with hers as his hands went up and down her body. His hands felt good on her, big and gentle and his muscular chest against hers felt protective and warm. They both breathed heavier and she moaned softly when his lips trailed off towards her neck again and started kissing her there.
His one hand found the bottom of her shirt and he caressed the small of her back gently as he kissed her again. She couldn't help but moan softly again, only making him pull her closer to him. She slid one of her hands downwards until she found the top bottom of his shirt and slid her hand under the shirt, touching his upper chest and shoulder. She could smell the excitement coming off of them, she could smell his arousal and she could hear how his heartbeat had raised.

Neither of them dared to break the kiss, not knowing what to do after it, but sooner then they wanted to, they were interrupted by Rogue and Bobby who were stumbling towards the bench they were on, laughing loudly about something they were talking about. They hadn't even noticed Talyn and Logan sitting there.
Talyn pulled away as soon as she could hear them coming nearer. Logan stared at her confused, then turned his head and stared at Rogue and Bobby. They were both still breathing heavily and didn't say a word. One of his hands was still unconsciously still lying on her waist.

Rogue squealed when she saw the two of them sitting on the bench and ran over to sit down next to Talyn.
"This is the best party ever," Rogue told no one in general, "but I just came to search for you," she gave Talyn a look, "to say goodnight, because Bobby and I are leaving now." She giggled and then grinned at Bobby, who grinned back sheepishly.
Talyn had to grin now as well. "Okay, have fun," she said laughing.
"Yeah we will," Rogue winked at her. She stood up from the bench again and took Bobby by his hand. She turned around again after a few passes and grinned more widely than before. "You two have fun as well." Bobby laughed loud as they left again, leaving Talyn and Logan on the bench in an uncomfortable silence.

"Uhm, I'm going too," Talyn said as she pointed towards the door of the mansion. "I'm tired and it's late so…" She stood up from the bench. "So, I go to sleep."
She walked a few passes and was relieved to hear Logan wasn't going to follow her.
"Hey kid," he then growled and she turned around again, "good night."
She smiled briefly. "Yeah, you too."

She took a glass of water when she had reached the bar through the crowd and instantly felt better. Most of the alcohol was out of her system now, so she would be fine by tomorrow morning. She made her way through the rest of the crowd and walked through the quiet mansion towards her room, when suddenly an idea popped into her mind.

Now everybody was at the party, the rest of the mansion was quiet.
The professor wasn't there.
She still had one last job to do for Erik.
So, why not do it now? Now would be the perfect timing.

She sighed deeply as she turned around again and walked into the other direction, towards the students' rooms.

In particular, towards Jimmy's room.

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