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Scott and Rogue sat near the lake in silence for a few minutes.
Scott took a swig from his bottle and looked at the brown and white haired girl who seemed to be gazing at the shimmering blue lake. He watched her bite her dark luscious lips and groaned inwardly. Her face illuminated from the moonlight and her bold make up contrasted her pale beauty. Her skin seemingly soft and gorgeous and deadly at the same time. If only she knew how much he wanted to kiss her and hold her. But alas, he couldn't do that to her. Not that he didn't want to, just that he did not see the point in dragging her into his mess of a life. He lied down on the grass and looked at the stars. On lonely nights, he would usually sit on his balcony and look at the red tinted sky and remember what it was to look at the marvelous creation in colour.
Rogue looked back at him as he was intently observing the sky. His chest slowly falling down and rising up with the light breathing and how his arms were casually cradling his head. His Jaws were set tightly as if he was trying to hold something back. The way his leather jacket had fit him perfectly defining his chiseled muscles. She wanted to explore his beautifully perfect body. She remembered the way he looked in his boxers and how she felt heat rush to her body. She wanted him. She sighed and thought why he would wan't the untouchable goth girl.
"Something wrong?" Scott asked, with a raised eyebrow as he heard her sigh. He saw her staring at him and felt the urge to possess her, to give in to the feelings he had for her.
Rogue got back to her senses and went red since he had caught her staring at him. She mentally scolded herself while responding, "Uh..No" and quickly turned away. She closed her eyes as he reached out to her and placed an arm around her shoulders. She felt herself relax and looked at him. Their faces were inches apart from each other, his eyes gazing into hers intently. Their hearts were beating rapidly as they inched closer. She closed her eyes in anticipation as his lips almost touched hers when they were abruptly cut off from the ringing sound of a phone. She immediately opened her eyes and they jerked away from each other, not expecting to have almost kissed each other.
"I..uh..need to take this. It's 'Ro." He said and answered his phone.
"Scott! Where are you? Is Rogue with you?" Ororo asked with worry.
"Yeah. She's with me. We won't be home for dinner. We've ordered Pizza." Scott answered, avoiding the subject of where they were.
"Okay. Tell her Logan was looking for her. The professor sent him on a mission and he won't be back for a couple of days." Ororo spoke over the phone.
"I'll tell her that." Scott said, clearly sounding relieved that they wouldn't get caught easily now that Logan wasn't around.
"Scott? I'm glad you two have patched things up." Ororo said and smiled.
"I'm glad too Ororo. I'll see you later. Bye" He spoke and hung up.
"Rogue, Logan's gone away for a mission for a couple of days." Scott said to her as she detected a slight relief with his tone.
She looked at him and gave a saucy smile. "This means we won't get caught!"
"Yeah!" He looked at her and grinned. "I should probably go near the gates, the pizza should arrive anytime now." He stated as he looked at his watch.
"I'll be waiting sugah!" She said deciding to play with him and leaned over enough to expose her cleavage. Scott's eyes widened behind his glasses as he gulped and tried to look away. He felt heat travel down his body and stop at his groin. He walked away quickly, trying to think of anything which would subdue his lust for her. Rogue laughed as he walked away and looked at the tree beside her.
"Spiders. Think of Spiders. Gross disgusting insects." Scott mumbled to himself trying to not think of her cleavage. He reached near the gates just in time when the pizza guy arrived. "Perfect timing." He said and paid him and carried the pizza and coke back to the lake.
Meanwhile...
Jean had entered the living room after spending an hour in her room, mulling over what happened at school. She saw Bobby, Amara, Tabitha, Jubilee and Jamie sitting in front of the Television, watching a crime - mafia related movie. Evan, Kitty and Kurt were seated nearby discussing something, While the other X-kids were in their rooms.
She went over to Kitty and Kurt and looked at them arguing about something, she decided to interrupt. "Hey, have you seen Scott?" Jean asked the fellow mutants.
"Hey Jean! Scott like wen't out with Rogue. We saw them leave on his motorcycle. Is everything like okay?" Kitty answered.
"Uh. Yeah. Just wanted to talk with him about the fight." Jean said mildly annoyed.
"Auntie 'O told me they won't be back until late!" Evan told the red head who looked a little disturbed.
"Oh! Did she tell you why?" Jean asked curiously.
"Nah. But i think he's mad at the professor. We heard them fight and he stormed off with Rogue." He replied nervously.
"What were they fighting about?" the telepath asked, trying not to probe into his mind.
"Dunno. Probably about the fight with...your boyfriend." Evan stated hesitantly.
"I see. Thanks Evan." She said and strolled away from the room in disappointment.
"Vat do you think is gonna happen now?" Kurt asked them with worry.
"Don't know Dude. From what you told me, blondie deserves it. But this is not like him. Ever since that accident..." Evan trailed off
"You like think that too? Oh my god! I like totally knew something had changed in him!" Kitty burst out in excitement.
"Vat? This is Scott!" Kurt said not believing his friends.
"Maybe he finally snapped!" Evan stated.
"That's so it!" Tabitha said and made her presence known.
"Tabitha! How long have you been standing there?" Kurt asked nervously.
"Long enough." She stated with a sly grin. "So what's up with Scooter?"
"We don't know." Kurt stated with a sigh.
Just then Ororo entered her room and looked at the young mutants as she heard them gossip about Scott. She shook her head and sighed inwardly.
"Auntie 'O! What's up with Scott?" Evan asked noticing her.
"He's just going through some stuff." Ororo said and tried to escape.
"Ha. Yeah right. Like what danger room simulation to run or which homework to do first!" Bobby chuckled out.
Ororo squinted her eyes and glared at him. She left the room without saying anything.
"Face it. Scott get's perfect grades. The guy has probably never stayed past curfew and gotten into trouble. He is a preppy school kid. He probably hasn't even kissed anyone. And he's in love with Jean. Another "perfect" girl. He's vanilla. The only thing weird is his cursing and the fight with Duncan, but then who doesn't wanna fight with that jock?" Evan said to the others, trying to make sense of it all.
"I don't know about that. He seemed to have flirted with Tabby earlier." Amara joined in.
"WHAT?!" Everyone said in shock.
"Yeah. Tabby, being *herself* mentioned something to him about not being whipped. And then he replied back and i quote, 'I don't get whipped. I do the whipping.'" Amara said with air quotes.
"WHAT?!" The others shouted again.
"Ugh. Do you guys know anything other than that one word?" Tabitha spoke out.
"You girls probably misread it. He must have meant, he does the whipping...as in...he whips everyone in danger room sessions. Like how he basically kills us all with all that training." Bobby told the girls.
" totally was like flirting!" Kitty chimed in.
"Nah. You girls are probably over thinking it." Evan said in denial
"Whatever. It's Scott we are talking about." Bobby said disbelievingly. The others sighed and finally succumbed to agree with him.
At the Lake
"I'm back with the pizza." Scott mentioned as he sauntered down the lakeside where Rogue was sitting.
"That was quick." She said as her stomach rumbled. "Lets dig in!"
They opened the pizza box and started wolfing down the pizza. He poured the bourbon into the paper cups and poured the coke in next and stirred lightly. He handed one to Rogue and saw her expression. "Dang Sugah! When did ya learn how to make a drink?" She said with surprise.
"Just something i picked up at one point or another." He shrugged.
He gulped down the drink and proceeded to make another one. "Whoa. Pace yerself! At this rate, i will have to carry ya home. And ya ain't light." She uttered.
"I can handle myself." He replied and drank slowly this time while eating the pizza. Rogue rolled her eyes at his comment and ate in silence. She watched him eat his third slice and then drink the rest of the liquid in his glass. He pushed away the box towards her and slightly rubbed his stomach. "I'm done."
"What? Those were just three slices. I know ya better than that. Ya usually polish off not less than 4 or 5 slices!" She commented wondering why he didn't eat much.
"I'm just not that hungry. Besides, i'd rather drink." He voiced. Something was troubling him.
"What's the matter?" She asked in concern.
"Nothing." He closed his lips tightly and looked away.
"I thought we were friends." She spoke in disappointment.
He breathed out and rustled his hair. "We are...Just...I don't want to discuss it. Okay?"
"Why not?" She asked trying to get some information.
"Because i don't want to think about it." He stated flatly, clearly annoyed by her persistence.
"Alright." She said and finished off the last slice. "Damn. Was i hungry!" She spoke and rubbed her stomach.
"Yeah. You've been drinking. So, it's obvious." He said and smiled faintly.
"Don't i know it?" She rhetorically voiced out.
"There's one more box if you're still hungry." He pointed at the unopened box.
"Probably later." She looked at the box and felt filled up.
"Alright." He looked at the sky and saw how the stars had formed across and decided to speak "It's a clear night."
"Yeah. I don't wanna go back to the mansion. Kinda wanna sleep here." She yawned out and stretched her limbs.
"Me too." He spoke out softly and massaged his forehead. "It would certainly do me some good. I can't sleep in my room."
"What's wrong?" She asked and placed a hand on his shoulders.
He exhaled and stayed quiet for a few seconds. "I have been having nightmares."
"What kind of nightmares?" She asked.
"Nightmares of my parents dying. Of Rebel...dying and the orphanage." He said put his palms on his face and rubbed them slightly.
"Oh. What about the orphanage?" She asked again.
"Me..being bullied...by this boy...Nate. He was my roommate. Everyone called him Lefty." He said in a low voice.