Chapter Two
Thank goodness. Thank goodness. This one's pretty short, I'm sorry, but I couldn't exactly find the time.
"What if I just refuse your deal and then have my comrades steal your whole stash later on?"
He smiled.
"I haven't told you where it is."
.....
"You are a hard kid to intimidate. I'll take 15% and three twizzlers, since you say you dislike them that much."
"You drive a tough bargain. But since you're nicer than your buddy Sarah, I'll throw in a snickers bar and call it a deal."
"Excellent. I'll pick up 15% of your candy stash tomorrow morning."
"Thanks fer' yer buisness, Odee."
"The pleasure's all mine, Luno."
Logan was just folding one of his shirts when Rogue came in.
"You're foldin' it wrong," she stated bluntly. She wouldn't look Logan in the eye.
"You wanna' do it for me?" he asked.
"No."
"Then whatcha' doin' here, Rogue?"
She stared at the ground. There was an awkward silence, and she hesitantly said, "You're leaving, aren't you." Logan sighed and looked up from his clothing.
"We went over this, Rogue." Logan walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder, trying to hide (and failing at it) how uncomfortable he was with touching her all light and gentle and caring. "Rogue, you know..."
She snatched her arm away. "Don't touch me!" she yelled. She stepped back and then stared at Logan, her eyes obviously saying, "Why are you doing this to me? Again?" There was another awkward silence, and then she ran out of the room. Logan put his hand up and reached for her, as if to catch her, but she was already long gone.
He hadn't even left yet, and yet Rogue was already long gone. Logan disappoints me sometimes.
~ o-O-o ~
"Whaddya' think's taking them so long?" Kitty whined.
"It's a large mansion, Kitty. The stairs are probably..."
"A million bajillion quantillion steps high!" she groaned. "Maybe we should just, like, gooo."
Ororo sighed. They immediately switched their faces when they heard footsteps coming down the stairs, though. They saw Calvin, the butler, tromping down the staircase. "Please, come inside." Calvin said when he reached the front door. "Miss Odelia is waiting."
Kitty and Ororo felt quite out of place in the mansion. It all seemed to be made of gleaming black and white marble. Kitty was sure that she saw a room filled with solid gold furniture, but they didn't have time to stare at everything as Calvin was rushing them along quickly as possible. They were led into a room that had cute little white chairs and a fancy oak coffee table in the middle. Sitting on one of the smaller chairs was a little girl with black hair. She looked Asian-American, and she was wearing a frilly pink dress that seemed unusual on her. Calvin left them alone.
"She looks like a 5 year old with that dress on!" whispered Kitty.
"Shhhhh!" Ororo and Kitty sat down on a white loveseat, looking uncomfortable. They squirmed a bit and then tried to get a conversation started. "Uhm, hi there, Odelia?" said Ororo, trying not to sound so uneasy.
Odelia's face didn't change.
"We'd really like to know if you've experienced any changes in your... abilities lately."
Odelia tried to keep a straight face, but hearing that, her eyes grew wider and she gasped. Odelia blinked twice and thought,
STRAIGHT FACE! SMILE SWEET, DON'T PANIC!
YOU'RE PANICKING!
SHUDDUP!
Aieeeeeeeeeee!
But the 10 year old is known for fast recoveries, and she was back to her straight face. "No. Not at all, care to be more specific?" she said sweetly as possible.
"Did you seeee that?" Kitty whispered, earning her an elbow. "Well uh.. we mean... Like um... You wanna' come to our academy?"
"That is a matter you must converse with my father. "
Psychos who wan't ME in their school? I'm not smart!
"Kitty..." Ororo mumbled under her breath. "You see, Odelia..."
Ororo went on to explain the school, and told Odelia to talk to her father about it. They were all feeling very uncomfortable until Ororo left to use the bathroom and came back to find Odelia and Kitty laughing hilariously and imitating Calvin's accent. Ororo disapproved teasing people, especially their British accents, but she was glad to see that Kitty actually got through to the girl.
"Pleeeeeeeeeeeese, come with meeeeeee," teased Kitty in a low voice. Odelia laughed, really laughed, for the first time in her life. However, they coughed and quieted down when Calvin came into the room with a tray of tea. He looked at them despisingly, but as soon as he left they started laughing again.
Ororo smiled.
~ o-O-o ~
As they hours past, the two X-men found they had to leave. As they put on their coats, Odelia thought about their offer and smiled.
I've gotta get into this school.
"Think about it okay Odelia?" Storm said.
You bet I will!
"Alrighty!" she grinned and waved as they left. She couldn't believe how fast the time had gone by.
"Talk to your father too, 'kay?" called Kitty.
Odelia's smile faded.
If you really want to get out of this dump, you gotta' get into that school.
And to get into that school, you gotta' convince your father.
Like that's gonna' happen.
Charlotte, I'm sorry.
Like I care.
We're alive aren't we?
Yah yah. But you really shouldn't have.
Well you're the one who should water her plants more often.
We're wasting post-its you know.
I'll buy you another pack.
C'mon, I'm sorry.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I wrote sorry on three post-its. Is that enough?
Yes.
Would you post my story now?
Yes.
Anything else?
Yes. Stop using my post-its, Burlechee.
I told you, it's pronounced Bur-lek-eee.
Be happy I spelled it right..
I'm happy my sister and I aren't mad anymore, but I have to stop now. I must buy another pack of post-its.