They made their way down to the kitchen silently.

Bobby was sat in the kitchen. He was surprised to see Rose. None of the students had met her yet but they had all seen her be carried into the mansion. No one other than the teachers had got to see her or talk to her. Some students had caught glimpses of her walking down the corridors. Some students said they'd seen her walking away from the medical wing with Dr Grey, other said they had witnessed Logan saying hello to her as she walked into the kitchen. Other people said they saw her and Logan walking up the stairs carrying a baby. Now she stood in the kitchen right in front of him.

"Hi." she smiled at him. Bobby momentarily stumbled over his words and had to be rescued by Logan.

"Bobby, this is Rose. Rose this is Bobby." Logan hunted through the fridge. "got any beer?"

Bobby looked over at Logan. "this is a school."

"I'll take that as a no." Logan slammed the fridge door. "got anything that isn't chocolate milk?"

"there should be some soda in the top cupboard." Bobby returned his gaze once again to Rose, he didn't look at her directly but watched her from the corner of his eye. She never sat down and remained close to the door. She glanced out of the door occasionally and kept her head turned so her right ear was pointing at the open doorway.

"James is awake. I'm going to check on him." she left with a slight frown.

Logan froze with his bottle of soda half way to his lips. He had heard something. He tucked himself out of sight. And jumped on the back of a man as he entered the kitchen wielding a gun.

Upstairs Rose heard the commotion. She stood perfectly still holding James close to her chest. Her heart beat fast, her breathing slowed and became almost inaudible. She listened. Then she acted.

Most of the students were already out of the house and Rose had left James with them as well as an address to go to where they would be safe. She prayed they get there. The halls and corridors were flooded with tear gas and smoke from where doors were blown open. She peered over the landing and saw Logan, Bobby, Rouge and some other guy in the hall. Someone was walking up behind them. Rose was alarmed that Logan hadn't noticed him yet. In a moment of panic she leapt over the landing, claws unsheathed and landed behind the man. In one swift movement she buried the claws deep in his back and kicked his lower back. The man fell forwards lifelessly.

"lets not stand around here shall we? Lets move." she stormed forwards. The rush of adrenaline surged through her blood so fast it took over. She ran down the corridors. She was careful not to get too far ahead of the others. The only thing she could thing about was getting out. They reached a secret passage in the hall and Bobby, Rouge, Rose and John piled through it. Rose had over shot the entrance slightly and was taken by surprise by Rouge when she grabbed the back of Rose's t-shirt and pulled her backwards.

"Wolverine," A deep voice made Logan stop and look round. A man walked out of the smoke towards him. Logan froze as the man strutted towards him.

She was halfway along the passage when she realised she was the only one running. She looked back. Rogue, Bobby and John were stopped at the entrance. She panicked slightly when she realised Logan was nowhere to be seen. She rushed back in time to hear Logan shout "you go. I'll be fine."

"but we won't" Rogue shouted back. Logan didn't move. Rose sighed and stuck her head round back into the corridor.

"if it was just me you promised that would be fine. I wouldn't really care. But you promised Rouge too. So the least you could do is keep the promise you made her."

This hit something and Logan looked round. He peered at Rose and then Rogue. With a sigh he followed them. As they closed the passageway behind them the wall of ice that had been separating Logan from a group of men shattered into thousands of pieces.

When they reached the garage they headed for the nearest car.

"dude I am so totally driving." John said, ripping open the driver side door. Before he could get in Rose was by his side pulling him away from the door.

"my car so I drive." she pushed him towards the open back door of the car. She climbed in and slammed the door to prove she was serious. She then swore loudly and adjusted the seat to fit her tall frame. When they had all piled into the car Rose slammed her foot on the accelerator before anyone had the chance to put on their seatbelts.

Rose could hear the blood pounding in her ears. To her it sounded as if her blood was screaming "keep going. Keep moving. Keep going. Keep moving." over and over again. She heard it so much she soon found herself whispering "keep going. Keep moving. Keep going. Keep moving." over and over again under her breath. She kept her eyes fixed on the road ahead. She blocked out all noises other than the repetitive chant of her pounding blood. She didn't even realise she was whispering.

"keep going."

"Rose" she didn't hear Rogue talking to her.

"keep moving"

"Rose" she heard Rogue's voice but didn't hear what she said.

"keep going"

"Rose" she heard Logan speak but didn't hear what he said.

"keep moving"

"Rogan" she hadn't been called that in so long she stopped whispering. She swallowed.

"everyone ok?" she said quietly. She didn't know whether anyone had heard her. There was silence for a few solitary moments that felt like endless minutes.

"yeah. We're all fine. Are you ok?" Rogue leant forward in her seat. She could see Rose's silhouette. Even her silhouette looked worried.

"yeah I'm fine." she said. No one was convinced and Bobby and John became worried. They wandered whether Rose should be allowed to drive. They sat in silence for what felt like forever. Logan, who was sat in the passenger seat, kept glancing sideways at Rose. every time a they passed a street light the orange glow made the blank expression on Rose's face look eerie. After a while Rogue broke the silence. "where are we going?"

"I don't know. Just away from the school."

"Storm and Jean are in Boston. We'll head that way." and so it was back to normal. In the incredibly rare moments Rose panicked Logan took over. Rose nodded.

"yeah we'll do that."

"My parents live in Boston."

"good. We've got somewhere to stop for a bit." Rose said. She maintained the blank expression.