Katie had gotten Lance back easily enough. He didn't feel his legs at all over the weekend, and couldn't do a thing. Katie had been bedridden, actually laying on Mystique's bed in her room at night. She was kicked out in the morning, but she felt it was worth it.
Two weeks passed, and Rogue became Katie's regular sparring partner. They fought before school, after school, and teamed up against the boys when they tried to get Katie back for paralyzing Lance. It was funny, because nobody bothered to give Alvers any food since they didn't think about giving him anything until after Fred ate. Of course, Katie had been out for forty eight hours, so she thought it was a fair deal.
Katie had been sparring Rogue, technically taking a break where she was staring at Scott, when Mystique decided they were going on a trip, bags packed for both of them. "There was an open spot after someone got sick, and Miss Grey has too many absences to go."
"Uhhh," Katie said dumbly. Her body was ready to move, but her mind definitely was not ready to go around and think about things.
"You should stop wasting your time on Mr. Summers, Rogue," Ms. Darkholme said. "You remember when he attacked you, don't you? And I just heard about their training simulations where you're both the enemy."
"Me?" Katie yelled. "I mean, what'd I do?!" Katie fell back as Rogue gave her a look, though the auburn haired girl herself was trying hard not to smile. "Besides, what difference would it make? They don't like us, we don't like them, and you still want me to shut up most of the time. I just find it funny. " Katie crossed her arms over her chest. "I asked Kurt about it the other day, and he said that Scott, Ms. Monroe, nor Jean knew what we were talking about it. Funny, hunh?"
Mystique knew the only reason Katie was still with the Brotherhood was Rogue, and that she was still unsure of the X-Men after the whole Spyke incident, and when Scott almost got her with his blast when she accidentally pushed Jean as she fell because of Pietro. Yeah, he didn't hear out of one ear for an hour. But even Mystique knew when to leave it alone.
"Well," Katie said, taking off the gear she wore to spar with Rogue. "What're we waiting for? Seems like we haven't got much choice." She picked up a bag Mystique had dropped.
Katie saw Jean on her way to the bus after Rogue left, and felt pity. She grabbed Jean's arm, stopping her for a second. "I'm sorry. About the absent thing. Ms. Darkholme told me about it when I found I got the spot. I hope it gets sorted out so you don't miss anymore of them... Field trips, I mean." Katie laughed sheepishly.
Jean gave her a strange look. "Oh, uh, thank you." She peered into Katie. "Your mind seems to believe that enough anyway."
Katie's hands flew to her hair. "Bro! I do not like people invading the mind." The bus honked. "Oh, I'll see you later!" Katie waved bye as she rushed to the bus, handing her bag off to Scott before getting on the bus and sitting near the back. She had her phone in hand that her mother had given her. She sent a text to her mom before turning it off and putting it up.
Katie's mother knew all about it. Her curse and everything. Katie thought it was cool that her mom still accepted her, but her mom turned out to be a mutant too with super strength and high regenerative powers. Her mom was actually planning on coming up here eventually to meet her friends and everything... Not that she even had any.
"Man, you'd think people would have something better to do," Rogue commented.
"Nah," Katie said. "There's nothing to do in Bayville unless you're us anyway." She bumped clothed shoulder with Rogue. "We're the cursed ones after all. Doomed to be together until the end of time, right?" Rogue smiled bleakly.
"I guess so. At least we actually enjoy each other," Rogue responded before bumping back. Katie motioned her to wait a minute and grabbed a piece of paper from her pocket. "Who're you throwing it at?"
"See the girl two rows in front of Scott?" Rogue nodded. "Her. I'll make it look like he did it, so be sure to get in the middle of a conversation when this thing flies." Katie threw it, and turned to Rogue without looking to see if it hit.
"And so Lance was like, 'but she's a girl' and then Kitty was like, 'I don't think he even likes girls' and so I was like, 'who cares, it's the game of truth or dare, so do it', and then they like popped two differently colored M&Ms in and spat it into each other's drink before taking a sip." The two girls laughed quietly as the girl threw the paper back at Scott and the teacher frowned at him.
They high fived. "We are so good." Minutes later, Katie was asleep on her friend's shoulder.
The bus swerved, and Katie woke with a start as the kids began screaming. "Jesus!" Her blue eyes found Scott, who was looking back at them. "Do something!"
Scott hesitated only a moment before opening the window, and using his blasts. Katie had all of her weight on Rogue before the bus was set back down. After a few minutes, Katie took a piece of paper and wrote down a quick message. "'Thanks. Didn't mean to put pressure on you. Rogue's thankful too.' Why'd you put me in there?"
"Because you have a major crush on him, friend." Katie threw the paper at the seat in front of Scott, bouncing it onto his seat. He looked back with a raised brow before reading it. He smiled after a moment and wrote a quick message.
"'Think about it next time before you throw paper at someone and blame it on me.' Aww, he knows us so well, Rogue!"
"We head back." Rogue and Katie glared at the teacher. They actually wanted to go on this trip now that they were so far along. They weren't the only ones unhappy. "Now who wants to get out and push?"
Rogue stood up and walked past Katie so she could be heard easier. Katie made a note to make fun of Rogue because she stopped and placed a hand on Scott's seat. "Why not take our snow mobiles to the cave and wait out the storm there?"
Someone in the front spoke up, "Yeah, that's a great idea!" Katie thought that Rogue's popularity went up for that after all the shouts of agreement for what she said.
So, of course, Katie volunteered to ride with Rogue, no matter how much of a bad idea it probably was. Katie knew Rogue was competitive, so was Katie, but she didn't know how much. "Wanna test 'em out, tough guy?"
"You're on!"
"Huh?" Katie asked dumbly before wrapping her hands around Rogue's waist. She screamed in joy as they took off. "So that's what you meant!" Katie smirked as Rogue drove them around, swerving and attempting to pass Scott. Her smirk changed when Rogue tried to push Scott over.
"Scott! Rogue, chill out!" Katie yelled in her ear. Rogue didn't say anything, but Katie felt her tense up as she drove past. "Where did that come from? I mean, I know I always think about pushing them over a cliff, but at least I don't waste snow mobiles while I'm at it!"
"He deserves it for making us the enemies in simulations!"
"Once again, no need to waste valuable snow mobiles!"
When Rogue pulled to a stop, she was breathing hard. Scott showed up, and Katie smirked at him. "Sorry, no trophies for second place," Rogue said in a dark voice.
"As if you'd get first anyway. You don't have the guts to do anything face to face," Katie scowled.
"How did southern gals like you learn to handle a snow mobile?" Katie scowled.
"I'm from the Carolinas," she mumbled. Then dangerous Rogue turned to flirty Rogue.
"Let's just say I'm full of surprises."
Katie was positively bored from the pop quiz the geology teacher decided was necessary. In all honesty, she could care less about metamorphic rock. And Rogue wasn't even around to entertain her. Of course, she'd lost track of Scott long ago. No one else around really piqued her interest until a dark haired boy came by.
"Let me guess, you're as bored as I am if not more so," he said quietly. Katie blew out a sigh that blew some of her bangs from her face. "Where's the goth number you're usually with?"
"No idea. Rogue ditched me to be with Scott," Katie sighed. "They're probably fighting more than talking though." She leaned against the wall and let the group pass her by. "It sucks. I miss my goth girl."
The boy laughed. "I'm Killian. And you are?"
"Katelyn, though I prefer Katie. Killian, huh? Sounds like a tough guy name." Killian laughed, scanning her with dark blue eyes.
"I prefer to call myself a charmer. You're the girl who always has gloves on beside your goth friend, right?"
"I am," Katie confirmed. "It's a, uhm, germ thing?"
"A, uhm, germ thing?"
"Yes, a germ thing," Katie said with more confidence. "I'm fairly positive that it is a germ thing I have that makes me wear gloves all of the time. That and my hands are always cold."
Killian grabbed her wrist, about to pull her gloves off. "Can I feel how cold? I bet I'm colder."
Katie jumped, taking her hand back. "No. No, you can't feel how cold my hands are." She crossed her arms so her hands would remain unavailable to the boy trying to flirt with her. He seemed to feel bad though.
"I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable."
"It's fine," Katie lied. "It's perfectly fine. I just... germ thing. I can get really disgusted."
"Oh... Well, now that I've made this awkward, how about we make it unawkward?"
"I swear you just made that word up."
"I did," Killian grins. "And now I'm going to add it to the dictionary somehow." Katie giggled as the rest of the trip didn't seem so bad anymore. Except for the stupid quiz thing. She definitely could have lived without that for the rest of her life.