WARNING: Scott/Rogue story. If you do not like this couple please close to window now. (A/N: Okay this is AU. Rogue is 18...Scott would be about 20. And as far as the other characters are concerned you do the math! This: "..." is speaking. This: '...' is thinking. Got it all?)
Chapter 1: Why not?
"Awww Scott..." Ah said. "Come on. Ah wouldn' be askin' you unless Ah really needed you."
"No Rogue," Scott said. "I can't go with you."
"Why not?" Ah asked.
"Because I just can't!" Scott said.
"You don' wanna be seen with me. Is that it?" Ah asked and stormed off to mine and Kitty's room.
"Hi Rogue!" Kitty said. "Like what's like wrong?"
"Ah needed a date for the prom. Okay? So Ah figured Ah'd ask Scott to go with me, so that Ah wouldn' be seen with one of the guys that go to Bayville. And Scott, told me 'no' but he wouldn' say why."
"Wow! That like doesn't sound like Scott at all. Do you want me to like ask him what's up?" Kitty answered.
"No! Ah can handle this mahself*," Ah said. (*myself) Rogue left her room, not wanting to deal with Kitty's happiness. 'How can she always be so damned cheerful?'
Ah was headed down stairs to find Ororo (Storm) and ask her advice. Unfortunately for me, Ah ran into Jean. "Hi Rogue. What's the matter?" she asked.
"Nothin," Ah said casually. 'She'd better keep outta mah head. There's some stuff in here she wouldn' like knowin.'
"Are you sure Rogue? You seem troubled." Jean said.
"Yes, Ah'm sure. I hate to cut this short but I have a meeting with Ororo."
"Okay," Jean said as she started on her way upstairs. "Oh by the way, have you seen Scott?"
'Damn her!' "Ah think he's up in his room. But why would Ah know?"
"Thanks," Jean said and left.
Ah continued looking throughout the institute for Ororo with no success. 'Maybe Evan will know where she is? Evan is probably outside on his skateboard.' Ah wondered outside to now look for Evan. This was taking to long. "EVAN!" Ah yelled at the top of my lungs. Then next thing Ah know Evan comes speeding around the corner on his skateboard.
"Hey Rogue," Evan said. "What do you need?"
"Do you know where your Aunt is? Ah have a meeting with her but I can't find her."
"I think she had a danger room session with some of the others." Evan said and took off again.
"THANKS!" Ah called after him. 'So danger room it is. Ah'll just have to wait until she's done.' Luckily for me when I reached the danger room Ororo was just finishing up and giving the kids some tips.
"...So you see that just because you don't do something perfectly doesn't mean that you have failed at it." Ah heard Ororo telling them. "We have another session the day after next. Don't think to much about the mistakes you've made but think about how you could stop that mistake from happening next time." The kids went running by me as Ororo dismissed them. She then walked over to where I was standing. "Hello Rogue."
"Hi Ororo. Ummm I need you advice." Ah said.
Ororo nodded, "Go on."
"Well Ah have this friend. She asked a guy friend of hers to the prom. Not that she likes him romantically or anything, she just didn't want to go to the prom alone and he was her last chance of having a date. And he won't give her a reason why he can't or doesn't wan to go with her. What should she do?" "I think that you should tell her to talk to him and tell him that she would like to know why he can't go with her. But if he tells her it's something personal or something he doesn't want to talk about, she shouldn't push him about it."
"Thanks Ororo. I'll tell her." I ran back to mah room. 'Now how to Ah ask Scott about this with out him getting mad.'