A/N: I'm having fun with the twins! So they're still in here. Don't worry things will pick up.

Memories in italics

I'm here without you baby
but your still with me in my dreams
And tonight it's only you and me


The first thing Pyro was aware of was the considerable weight on his legs. Also the cool breath on his ear. As he carefully opened one eye he saw a figure near the area where the weight on his legs were. He also noticed that it was still dark outside. He groaned and tried to kick his legs but all he got was a flick on the ear.

'Hey!' he groaned.

'What? You just tried to kick my sister off.' came a voice near his ear.

'Well your sister shouldn't be sitting on my legs.'

'Why the hell not!'

'Ugh!'

Pyro raised his head a few inches, his eyes meeting sparkling silver ones at the end of his bed.

'Malina, if you would be so kind.'

'Sure.'

The weight from his legs was gone and he heard footsteps go across his room. Then the light in his room flicked on. He winced and threw his arm over his eyes to shield them.

'Malina, babe, I thought you loved me.' he teased.

He moved his arm so he could peek at her. She was looking at the floor guiltily using her hair to shield her face. She wore the red Minnie Mouse pj's he had got her last week. He sighed moving his arm, allowing his eyes to adjust to the light. He smirked at Eris who wore nothing but a black t-shirt that went up to her knees. Her arms were crossed and her eyes seemed to glow. He stood up and headed over to Malina. Slowly he tilted her chin up so that their eye's met.

'You okay?'

She nodded. A groan came from across the room. Pyro turned to the other twin and crossed his arms.

'You always fall for her sweetness.' mocked Eris.

'Jealous?'

'No.'

'Ok then, so gonna tell me why you're in my room when you know I have a class tomorrow.'

'Firstly it's already tomorrow. Secondly, we need your help.'

'What did you do? And it's what time!'

'Three in the morning, sorry John.'

'It's okay Malina.'

He turned to her and tucked a strand of ebony hair behind her ear. He never opened up to anyone but after spending a week and a half with the girls, they felt like family. Like the sisters he never had. He also learnt a lot about them. Malina was sweet and innocent. She hardly ever left his side and liked the fact he would hold her hand, trusting her not to slip up. Eris was feisty and pushed him away a lot when other's were around but it was just the three of them he would catch her smiling. Also they never gave him that look like he was about to betray them. Although sometimes he felt he didn't deserve this kindness. Not after what he did to Rogue.

'Hello? Earth to John?'

'Sorry zoned out.'

'That's okay. We just need you to hide this bag.'

Pyro raised an eyebrow at Eris and examined the bag at her feet. Then he let out a dramatic gasp.

'No! You've murdered Bobby and this is his body! And now I'm an accomplice.'

'Hehe, no John. We…um…we changed Bobby's wardrobe.' giggled Malina.

Pyro raised an eyebrow before unzipping the bag. Inside was blue gloves, bottles with a blue substance in and a box. He sighed realising what happened.

'You dyed his hair?'

'No shit Sherlock!'

'Eris…'

'Sorry dad.'

'Look I love the idea. But, this is going to come back to me...'

'And bite you in the ass. I know.' smiled Eris.

'Just hide the evidence John. We'll owe you.' whispered Malina.

'Is that a good thing?'

The girls stood up and walked over to his door. Eris walked out but Malina stopped and smiled at him.

'It's a very good thing.' she said, before walking out.

-xXx-

John found her sitting in Storm's garden. It was three weeks after what happened at Liberty Island. He'd heard a lot of rumours and finally put all the information together and was beginning to understand the truth. He watched as Rogue sighed and a tear fell down her cheek. He walked up to her. She looked at him and shifted away from him. He was used to this, she always shied away from other's. He sat in the chair opposite her. She frowned at him then turned her attention back to the lilies in front of her.

'Hi Rogue.'

'Hey.'

'Something wrong?'

'No.'

'You can tell me.'

'Why? It's not like you care.'

'Yeah, I do. You know Wolverine isn't the only person who cared for you.'

He saw a flicker of pain in her eyes and understood.

'You miss him.'

She nodded slowly. He reached out and took her gloved hand. She flinched but didn't pull her hand away. Just stared at him curiously.

'Aren't you afraid of me?'

'Should I be?'

'I can kill you.'

'I trust you.'

'That's stupid, how can you trust me?'

'Do you want to kill me?'

'No, of course not.'

'Exactly. I'd be scared if you wanted to kill me. But you don't, so you won't.'

'If only everyone saw it that way.'

'Yeah, well other people are stupid.'

She smiled and continued to stare at the lilies. He noticed she was still holding his hand. He guessed that maybe trusted him. Now for the tricky part. He'd mulled how he'd do this but now that they were so close it was harder. When he was around her, he found he could be himself. He was sometimes cocky and arrogant but only when she was feisty and irritated. And for both of them that was when other's were around.

'John?'

'Yeah?'

'Do you think my hair is weird?'

'No, why?'

'I was talking to one of the girls, and she said no guy would want to go out with me because of my hair.'

'You wanna ask ice-prick out right?'

'Huh? No, not the boy-scout in training. It's…um… hypothetically. Like…umm…fuck! I sound like Kitty.'

She huffed and buried her head in her hands. Well, hand since her other hand was still clasped around his. That's when John put a few things together. Firstly Rogue did put up with his insults the first week she was here. She always sat next to him during lunch and that she was now letting him touch her. He smiled and gently touched a white stripe. She lifted her head a fraction so that their eye's met.

'Rogue, I was wondering, do you want to go out tonight?'

She considred him for a moment and he smiled inwardly mesmorized by how cute she looked when thinking.

'Like a date?'

'Yeah, like a date.'

'Okay.'

'Really?'

'Sure, umm… meet at my room at seven?'

'Err…okay then.'

She squeezed his hand before letting go. He watched as she practically skipped off into the distance. Then he groaned realising he didn't have any money.

-xXx-

Pyro stood against the wall, waiting for the professor to say something. Of course Pyro was having problems trying to control himself from laughing at Bobby. Bobby sat in the middle of the room fuming, all due to his now very blue hair. It didn't help that the girls had stolen his bedroom and bathroom mirror so Bobby had to leave his room resulting in students seeing and mocking his new hairstyle. And then Bobby had dragged Eris in to the professors office, obviously putting blame on her. Malina had stormed in Pyro at a heels, demanding proof. Bobby of course had none and Pyro had already burned the evidence. So now it was up to the professor who simply had a mischievous smile. Well, it was pretty sneaky for a man his age. Finally he turned to Pyro.

'I have an idea.'

'Whoopee.' muttered Eris.

'I think you three should take a road trip. To Tulsa.'

'Huh?'

'It's a place in Okalahoma Malina. You'd know that if you'd listen in geography.' snapped Bobby.

Malina glared at him and for a moment Bobby looked oddly pale.

'Control Malina.' whispered Xavier.

John got out of his seat and put his hands on her shoulders. She smiled up at him. He looked at Bobby whose colour and breathing was back to normal. Pyro took a deep breath.

'We'll go.'

-xXx-