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She was late! 'Oh no! I'll never be able to catch a lift to school now, everyone will have left already!' Rogue was right. Everyone had left. According to Miss Monroe, Kitty and Kurt had tried to delay them as much as possible to give Rogue time but eventually they had left.
She took off at a swift pace, stealing a piece of toast from Miss Monroe's plate as she passed. Running through the streets to school was a hassle and she couldn't help but blame it entirely on Deadpool. 'First he stops me from sleeping by getting into my thoughts, then he keeps me awake by having psychotic episodes on the roof! Why did I talk to this guy when he came around?!'
This train of thought was cut off as she neared the school and picked up her pace, she could hear the first bell, so if she ran fast enough she might just make it 'Who am I kidding?'
Suddenly she saw a flash of what looked suspiciously like a black and red uniform in an alleyway to her right. She stopped suddenly, spinning to look, but there was nothing and no one there. She heard the second bell ring in the distance and turned to sprint the rest of the way to Bayville High.
'I know that was him! And now he's ensured I'm late for school!' She cursed, ignoring the fact that she was the one who had stopped to look for a strange man in a skin-tight leather body suit when she was already late.
Rogue was officially having the worst day of her life and it was only lunchtime. She had been late to her first class – maths – then struggled to understand the lesson that day, which had been awkward and embarrassing when her teacher had called on her to answer the question and Rogue responded with "Ummmmm…"
She had then had Phys. Ed. where they were learning self-defence, which had been going well until some of the mutant hating students that studied at Bayville High had started claiming that the mutants were using their abilities. Rogue had tried to point out that her Kitty and Kurt's abilities had nothing to do with hand-to-hand combat but they weren't having any of it. Worse, their teacher had even believed it! He had pointed out that the three mutants in the class were the top three students in the class, accused them of cheating, and made them sit out for the rest of the lesson.
Rogue sighed and slumped onto the bench to eat her lunch with Kitty and was surprised when Kurt and Amanda sat down to join them.
"Zat vas ridiculous! How stupid do zey vant to be!" Kurt fumed, jumping up onto the bench.
"It was so unfair. They know basically what your powers are, how can they accuse you of cheating?" Amanda asked while reaching up to tug Kurt back into his seat.
"That's jus' how they are Ah guess. They don' care that we ain't actually cheatin', they jus' don' lahke th' fahct we're different."
"Well, like, he said he was going to be getting in touch with Professor X, and we all know that Xavier will, like, totally make him understand. He hates it as much as we do when we're discriminated against" Kitty said.
"Ah spose" Rogue flicked food around her plate with her fork, playing with it more than actually eating it.
"You look way tired today Rogue" Kurt said "Ist something the matter?"
"Ahm jus' tahred Ah guess" She replied before pasting a smile on her face. Her day may have been terrible so far but Kurt was talking to her like normal and Rogue had been hoping for a chance to get to know Amanda better now that she was with Kurt, "Ah jus' can't wait ta finish hahgh school."
"Ya, me too. Me and Amanda have been thinking zat we might go to college. It vill make getting jobs easier, especially for me."
"Like, me too! I want to do a computer course, but like, only at a local college, so I can stay and be part of the X-Men still" Kitty replied.
"Thahts great guys. If Kitty's gonna study computers, what were ya two thinkin' of studyin'?"
"I vas thinking about trying a few classes before deciding on my major" Kurt explained, while Amanda said "I think I'm going to go and study law. I want to be able to work towards mutant rights, especially now they're talking about this Mutant Registration Act. I just think it's so wrong and now I'm with Kurt and I know all of you guys it makes me sick. You're no different to anyone else, and you use your powers to do so much good!"
At this Rogue hung her head slightly, remembering how her powers had been used to raise Apocalypse but jerked her gaze upwards when Kurt remarked "Exactly! We don't vant to hurt anyone, and if it vasn't for Rogue using her powers, Apocalypse might never have been stopped."
"Gee, er, thahnks Kurt" Rogue said, glad for the gothic white makeup that hid her blush.
"No problem, meine Schwester" Kurt said with a grin, and Rogue felt herself cheer up some more.
Kitty looked at them with a smile.
"So what do you want to do Rogue?" Amanda asked.
"Ah don' realleh get the best grades, an' college has neva realleh appealed ta me. Ah think Ahm gonna stay heah an' help Xavier in the mansion. Maybe train some more with Logan so Ah can go on ta do somethin' with that. Ah maght travel a bit at some tahme."
Rogue would be sad to see them leaving but she knew it was her own fault for choosing not to go to college. Amanda looked at her sympathetically but Kurt and Kitty looked understanding. Rogue would struggle to fit in in a college full of human students because of the nature of her mutation. She would be able to do much more with her skills with Xavier for the time being.
Kitty spoke up as the bell went, "Well we should, like, head to class if we want to avoid any more trouble today" She said. Rogue stood agreeing in the hopes that she really would be able to avoid trouble for the rest of the day.
Rogue's avoiding trouble plan went well right up until she walked through the doors of the Institute and noticed Logan scowling at her. She steeled herself and walked over, noticing him sniffing the air around her.
"Wanna explain to me why I could smell a weirdly familiar smell hanging around your room last night kid. Or why I can still smell it faintly on you now? I dunno where I recognise it from but I know that it doesn't mean anything good" he questioned her.
Rogue glanced around to see if anyone else was listening in. Satisfied that they wouldn't be overheard she turned back to Logan.
"What kinda smell?" She figured it was best to see how much he knew before she answered his questions.
"It smelled like a guy. But if it's any guy that I could possibly know then that really isn't a good thing kiddo" he growled in response.
"Ahm not a kid anymore Logan. Ahm not sure Ah know who ya're talkin' about, but if Ah do wanna be friends with a guy outsahde the Institute then Ah can. Ah dunno 'bout anyone that ya know though and Ah definitely haven't had anyone in mah bedroom. Kitty would have seen." Rogue was glad that she wasn't really lying, Deadpool hadn't been in her bedroom and she hadn't even been near him today so she couldn't be sure that it was him that Logan could smell (although she suspected that it was – she had had the feeling that she was being watched all day and reckoned now that Deadpool had been close by, watching her).
"Hmmm. I don't wanna invade in your life, and your business is your business, but if you're getting mixed up in anything dangerous then I will involve myself Rogue, and Xavier too if need be."
"Ah think Ahm always involved in somethin' dangerous Logan given that Ahm an X-Man. Comes with the jahb description, 'specially with this Sinister guy hanging ahround." She couldn't promise him that she wasn't in danger because after what had happened Friday night she knew that she was. That they all were. And given Deadpool's apparent psychosis she wasn't sure whether he was more of a danger to her than Sinister. "Ahm gonna go work out for a bit before dinner so Ah'll see ya in a bit" she said, giving him a small smile before passing him and heading up the stairs to her room.
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