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The ride back to the school was silent minus Hayley's sniffling. Gambit didn't even make any attempts to make jokes or sing along to the radio to try and make her feel better. She was glad. Hayley was tired but mostly her heart was broken by the one person whom she thought she could trust forever. But apparently, that wasn't the case on his end. He clearly hadn't been on the same page as she had been for all these years.

And it hurt.

Hayley felt so stupid for falling for John Allerdyce. Everyone had told her to cut him off when he had left the first time but she had been so stupid, so foolish to give him another chance. She had been blinded by love to really see the person that John was becoming. Being in a malicious group like the Brotherhood with an evil mutant like Magneto had really messed John up. It messed him up to the point where he couldn't tell between the good and the bad.

She was eating everyone's words. Everything that they had said about John was all kicking her ass right now. She never felt so humiliated in her life.

Hayley felt like an asshole for giving so much to him, for opening up her heart to him. He was the only one that actually listened to her, the only one that seemed to understand her. And for the most part, she understood him too. They were on the same wave length. They knew when to push and when to stop. They knew what the other person was feeling without saying a word. They just knew each other.

Or so Hayley thought.

Her heart was hurting so badly. She knew she wouldn't be feeling this way if she hadn't trusted him with everything in her life. She gave him everything and all she got in return was a mangled heart.

The car pulled into the driveway. Gambit pushed a button to open the garage and in the garage was a pissed off Logan and Storm sitting on the hood of the car. When they saw the car rolling up, Logan hopped off and unleashed his claws.

Gambit let out a low whistle. "Someone ain't too happy today," he chuckled.

Hayley didn't say anything.

As soon as the car engine was cut off, Logan had walked over to the driver's side and with one swift motion, managed to open the door and pull Gambit right out of the seat. He pushed Gambit against the side of the car and held his metal claws at his throat.

"What the fuck were you doing, taking Hayley all the way to Centerport without telling any of us?!" Logan growled.

Gambit laughed, holding his hands up in self-defense. "Easy there, boss. She wanted to g-,"

"That reason ain't good enough, bub!"

"You didn't even let me finish!" Gambit laughed again.

Hayley stepped out of the passenger seat and slammed the door as hard as she could to get everyone's attention. Logan looked up at her angrily.

"Enough! Stop hurting Gambit- this was NOT his fault. I wanted to go there and he offered to take me!" she yelled at him. "Leave him alone, Logan. What the fuck is wrong with you?"

Logan looked like he was ready to kill someone. "I'll get to you in a second cause that's all it's going to take for me to slice his head off!"

"Shut up, Logan!"

Storm suddenly stepped in. "Now.. let's just relax.." she said soothingly. Hayley was a bit surprised at how.. calm she was during this whole situation.

Logan shoved Gambit hard against the car and walked over to her. He withdrew his claws. "Hayley, I don't know what the fuck you think you're doing but you-,"

"Oh save it," she snapped. "Look, I went, found John and got an answer from him. Now let's just drop it!"

"And the answer?"

"Well, he's not here with me, is he?" Hayley yelled, tears starting to fall. "You can say I told you. Just say it, Logan."

Logan's face fell. He ran his hand through his hair. "I ain't gonna say that, kid." He stepped to her and pulled her in for a hug but she took a step back, shaking her head. He sighed, still moving forward to embrace her. She wanted to fight, she wanted to yell and scream at the top of her lungs but the will to fight was gone.

"Look.. I'm just gonna go to my room," she said softly, looking up at him. "I'm sorry if I worried you."

Hayley pushed past Logan and walked into the school. As she walked up the stairs and through the hallways, the people stopped to stare. She could hear their whispers but chose to ignore them. She walked towards her room when she heard someone call out her name.

"Hayley!"

She reluctantly turned around to see Warren and Jubilee running towards her. Both took notice of Hayley's red tearstained eyes. "Hayley.. what happened?" Warren asked softly.

She couldn't find the words to tell him but thank God for Jubilee who was quick enough to figure out what had happened. She gave him a Look and turned to her with a sad smile. "Do you need anything?"

"I just need to be alone." Hayley turned back around and continued to her room.

Once in her room, Hayley slammed the door shut. The first thing she saw were the photos up on her walls. Photos of her and John together. Her heart filled with anger as she ran towards them, ripping them off the walls. She tore every photo of him down, disposing them in her trash can.

She moved to her bed, got on her knees and pulled out a box. In it were little tokens, little things that she had collected over the years that were reminders of John. She dumped those into the trash can too.

Once Hayley had finished collecting anything that was related to John, she stormed out of her room and down the stairs. She ignored everyone, pushing those who were standing in her way. She ran out to the backyard and put the trash can down on the concrete table. She threw out her hand and a small stream of fire shot towards the trash can, setting the whole thing on fire.

Her eyes watched the photos wither, turning into ashes. It pained her to have to do this but she knew it was the right thing to do. Everyone had been telling her to move on and take the photos from off the walls. Before she had been naïve and have had hopes that one day, John would return to her. She didn't want to erase him out of her life just because of what other people said. She would only do so once she got a direct answer from him.

Now she did.

Now it was time to move on.

"Careful with that. Don't want to be starting a fire at the school, cherie."

Hayley turned around and saw Gambit approaching her slowly. He was shuffling a deck of cards in his hands. He stopped a few feet away, probably not wanting to invade her personal space just yet. He cracked a small smile towards her. "How you doin' cherie?"

"Peachy."

He chuckled softly. "Yeah, sure looks like it," he said, nodding his head over at the fire on the table. "I'm thinking you should put that fire out now, petite."

Hayley looked back over at the table and stretched out her hand. The fire died down, leaving nothing but black ashes on the table.

She heard him walking closer to her. His hand landed on her shoulder, squeezing it gently. "Sorry, petite- about you and your beau."

"Yeah." She sighed and looked down at the ground.

"You need anything?" He stepped in front of her, his hands gently brushing against her arms. "Cause, you know.. Remy can give you anything you need," he said in a sultry voice.

She shook her head sadly. "I'm not in the mood to joke around, Gambit."

"Just wanted to see you smile, cherie."

She shook her head again. "Now's not really a good time. Thanks for trying."

Gambit chuckled. "Alright, then." He tapped her nose gently with a finger. "I'll see you around then. If you ever want to talk, Remy's here." He took his hands off her arms and started to walk away.

Hayley watched him go, hearing his faint whistle. She sighed and stared at the black ashes.

"It'll be okay," she told herself. "Everything's gonna be okay."

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been kinda stuck with where the story is heading.

And sorry for this weak chapter. It's one of those filler chapters. Sorry :(