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~ * ~
“So, Bobby hasn’t been paying much attention to you?” Colossus asked Rogue. “That’s rough.”
Rogue nodded, walking to class with Colossus. She had been quite lonely lately, and though Lily decided to stop being friends
with Bobby, that didn’t prevent him from still liking her. Rogue understood what Lily was doing, but was this really
right?
“Rogue?”
Rogue snapped out of her thoughts and looked up at Colossus. She smiled and walked into class. She had to stop thinking about
Bobby. Right now was not the time. She sat down at her desk and tried to concentrate on the lesson. When Professor McCoy said
that they could pair up with their partners Rogue walked over to her lab table, Colossus right behind her.
“Rogue, are you okay? You seem a little out of it today,” Colossus explained.
“I’m fine.” Rogue put on her goggles and started mixing chemicals.
“Is it Bobby still?”
Rogue sighed and nodded. “I can’t seem to get my mind off it. We started out so well.”
“It’s because that Lily girl arrived.”
“No.” For a moment Rogue stopped mixing chemicals. She wanted to blame Lily, but she knew it wasn’t her
fault. Lily was trying all she could do to help Rogue with Bobby.
“What do you mean ‘no’? The problem started when she came right?”
“No.” Rogue shook her head. “It started before Lily came, we just kept our problems to ourselves. We were
distant when we started out, but it got worse as we remained together. We were more open just as friends.” Rogue looked
down at their experiment, avoiding letting Colossus see how sad she really was. “The only reason we remained together
is we were hoping that eventually we could work it out. I should have known better.”
“That’s not true. I’m sure the two of you can work things out.” Colossus said, taking her hand to
reassure her
“Thank you Colossus.” Rogue smiled. “You’re probably right. I’m sure we just need more time.”
She nodded, continuing with her experiment.
“Um… Rogue?” Colossus said, reaching out to her. “Maybe you shouldn’t…”
“Hm?” Rogue looked over at him, but it was too late. There was a loud boom and Rogue jumped back. “Uh oh.”
Rogue sighed. “Guess that means I get an F.” Colossus just laughed at her.
~ * ~
“Here!” Kitty tossed a bag of cookies to Amara and Lily, who were sitting on Tal’s bed. Lily smiled, digging
into the bag. Amara only laughed and helped herself to some as well. Kitty sat on the floor right next to her two friends.
“Where’s Tal?”
“She said she’d be late,” Lily responded.
“Oh, okay.” Kitty grabbed some cookies from the bag and Amara started their movie. Today they were spending time
in Kitty’s and Tal’s room having a movie day. Really, Kitty had suggested movie day because she had wanted to
cheer Lily up. Lily had been wandering around in a daze lately, and she always had this sad look on her face. Everyone was
worried about her, so they decided to get her mind off of whatever was bothering her.
“So what movie are we watching?” Lily asked.
“Inuyasha,” Amara answered.
“Really? Which one?” Lily asked, a bit more upbeat.
“The second one,” Kitty responded.
“Oh, that’s the best one,” Lily explained. “I love when they kiss.” The three girls laughed,
enjoying their movie while stuffing themselves with cookies.
“Sorry I’m late!” Tal burst into the room out of breath. Lily almost dropped the bag of cookies. She held
her hand to her heart. Tal looked at the three girls, their faces covered in terror and shock, and she started laughing so
hard she fell onto her bed. “Sorry. Sorry. Didn’t mean to scare everyone.”
“Sure.” Lily grabbed a cookie and threw it into her mouth. “Like I really believe you.” Tal just
laughed and leaned back against the wall. Lily threw a cookie at Tal, but Tal just caught it and ate it.
“Yummy!” She reached for the bag, pulling out a handful of cookies. “So what mo… Oh! Inuyasha! Is
Sesshoumaru in this one?”
“Nope! Mwahaha.” Lily stuck her tongue out at Tal. “Too bad for you, huh?” Tal took one of her cookies
and threw it at Lily. Lily just ate it, still laughing at Tal.
“You’re so mean,” Tal pouted.
“Thank you.”
“You both are weird,” Kitty said laughing at the two of them.
“Hey, you’re all missing the movie,” Amara lectured. “Movie day, not throw cookies at each other
day.” As she said this, she took some cookies and threw them at everyone. Next thing she knew, cookies were being thrown
at her. Their laughter was so loud that they almost missed the knock on their door.
“Who is it?” Kitty shouted.
“Delivery,” they heard a muffled voice shout through the door. The four girls looked at each other. Tal got up
and went to answer the door. Before she could open it all the way, Sakura pushed the door open and tackled Tal to the ground.
“Surprise!”
“Ack!” Tal hit the ground hard, Sakura on top of her. “That… really… hurt.”
“Heh, sorry.” Sakura got up and helped Tal up. Jubilee walked into the room behind her.
“Sakura… Jubilee… Why are the two of you here? Don’t you have mischief to manage?” Lily asked.
Sakura shrugged and took a seat next to Lily, handing her the chips. Jubilee set down a box of sodas and sat down on the floor
next to Kitty. Tal resumed her seat on her bed.
“Wow, looks crowded in here.” Jen walked in, bringing Rogue in behind her. Jen held up a carton of ice cream.
“You can never have enough snacks.” Jen took a spoon from Rogue, and the two girls found places to sit on Tal’s
bed. They could have just sat on Kitty’s bed, but that would separate them from everyone else and the snacks. Jen dug
into her ice cream.
Lily just smiled. She knew they were all here to cheer her up, and she appreciated it. She loved them even more for it. “Thank
you everyone.” They just smiled back at her. As long as she was smiling, they were all happy. Rogue pulled Lily back
against her and hugged her tightly. Lily laid her hands on Rogue’s arms, and just stayed like that for the rest of the
movie. She was comfortable, and was able to relax for the first time in a while.
~ * ~
“Where are all the girls?” Colossus asked Bobby.
“I heard they were having a movie day over in Tal’s and Kitty’s room today,” Kurt answered for him.
“Just all the girls? That’s not fair!” Colossus complained.
“They’re trying to cheer Lily up. She’s been depressed for a while now,” Bobby explained.
“Hey, I heard that Lily wasn’t talking to you anymore.”
“Yeah.” Bobby looked down sadly and Kurt hit Colossus.
“Nice going,” Kurt lectured.
“It’s okay Kurt. It’s true, and Lily has reason not to talk to me anyway.” Bobby forced a smile.
“Hey, what are you guys up to?” Lance walked up to Bobby. “Hey, are you okay?”
“Yeah, you looking for Sakura?”
Lance shook his head. “Nah. I know that she’s having a movie day. She made me buy chips and soda for their little
party.” Lance laughed and sat down on the couch. “Lucky them.”
“So then what do you want?” Colossus asked.
Lance blinked and looked up at Colossus. “Geez, I’ve been gone for a while on a mission, and I just get back
today and this is how you treat me?” Lance shrugged. “I feel the love. At least Sakura welcomed me home.”
Kurt laughed. “Yeah, but then she asked you to buy her stuff and ditched you to go watch movies.”
“She explained it was for a friend. They’re doing a cheer up session.”
“Hm, so even you knew before me and you just got here,” Colossus complained. “Doesn’t anyone like
me enough to tell me anything?”
Kurt shrugged. “Probably not.” Bobby just laughed.
~ * ~
That night Lily slept better than she had in awhile. Her friends had really been there for her. Everyday they stuck with
her, and made sure to have her smiling somehow. She was actually surprised that they hadn’t given up on her yet. Even
back then, her friends stayed by her side, though she had no reaction to anything. She wasn’t sure where she would be
without her friends.
Rogue sat up, talking with Jen. She decided to sleep in their room tonight because she wasn’t sure how much longer
she could stand Tabitha. The girls were working on getting a room together, the three of them, but it was taking a while.
Xavier said it would take some time, but they wanted the room soon. Rogue spent most of her time here with Lily and Jen anyway,
so they might as well.
“She’s usually mumbling in her sleep,” Rogue pointed out. Jen nodded. “What happened Jen? I have
a feeling you know.” Rogue looked up at her friend.
Jen just stared at her cousin, and responded with, “I know nothing.”
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