The Marvel Academy For Gifted Students

New friends, old friends

Anna-Marie

People called her Rogue, even she did. It seemed more fitting, she hated the "Anna" or "Marie", it made her sound delicate which she was not. She couldn't be, even if she had wanted to.

Other mutants would declare they were gifted or more evolved but for her that was complete garbage, she was cursed. If she had had a choice she would have preferred to be born as normal as possible, still here she was, a killing machine walking down the halls of the Academy. The place was better than she could have ever asked for or even dreamt of having but it was still difficult for her to feel accepted, even in the Academy made for freaks she was an outcast.
The Professor was very kind and she had found some good friends in Ororo and Bobby but she felt out of place... she always did.

As she left McCoy's class for the cafeteria she came across Jubilee and Scott, the two seemed to be sharing a serious conversation, she had meant to walk away but Scott noticed her and smiled "Hey Anna"

"Hi" she greeted

Jubilee smiled at her as well "Well I have to go, see ya later"

When the two were alone Scott pointed the way to the cafeteria "We're you going to get lunch?"

"Yeah" she answered, he looked​ off

"Do you mind if I join?"

"No, let's go"

After they got their food Scott suggested eating outside, it was weird for her to bond with new people but she went with it, he was a nice guy.
She looked around the tables, everyone seemed to be hanging out with their friends, even that antisocial alien with green eyes had gotten himself a girlfriend...damn it, now Rogue was officially the most awkward student in school...wow.

"So, how have you been feeling?" He asked

"Okay I guess" she knew he meant with the school, after all Scott was one of the "leader students" in the Academy.

He smiled proudly "That's great, how about your roommate, are you two doing okay?"

Rogue frowned, why was he asking so many questions? "Yes ehmm, Jubilee is great"

He nodded triumphantly "I knew you two would get along, you know at first they were going to assign you with Kitty but it didn't seem right so I told Fury and...well I hope you don't mind"

"Oh no, it's fine, I really don't like Kitty"

Scott took a bite of his apple "Oh, why?"

Okay, this was too much "I don't know...umm Scott? Listen I appreciate your concern but you really don't need to worry, I mean I consider you a friend but... you are kind of asking a lot of things"

His face suddenly dropped "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable"

"It's okay really just, let's just..." She sighed and smiled deciding to make an effort, one couldn't hurt "what about you? are you okay?"

Scott took a deep breath "Not really, that's probably the reason I'm acting weird... it's just that things haven't been okay with Jean"

She didn't like Jean either, the girl had probably everything she wanted and Rogue hated that, it wasn't something to be proud of but at least she was being honest with herself.
"Oh, what happened?"

"That's the thing, I have no idea of what happened, one day she was okay and then the next thing I know is she is cancelling all of our plans, and not just with me, Jubilee​ and Ororo have told me it's the same with them, even her teachers have noticed she's been skipping classes and.... you'll probably think I'm being paranoic but that's just not how Jean is"

Rogue wanted to arch her eyebrows and make a mean sarcastic comment but she contained herself, see? Jean had a loving boyfriend that cared about her, as for her...she could never be loved, how can you love someone if you can never be close to them?
"She's probably only a bit distracted, I'm sure she's fine, just don't pressure her"

"You think? Well I kind of  screwed up the other night and we had a fight, I haven't seen her since then"

She was the last person that could give romantic advices still she shook her head "I'm sure it's fine, you only need some space"

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Turns out it wasn't fine, she overheard by mistake Jean and Jubilee talking that night in her bedroom.

Jean's frustrated voice had said "At first he technically broke up with me! So I put a lot of thought and went out to him to apologize but as he saw me he stopped me from​ talking and told me that for the sake of our relationship we needed some space, what the hell does that mean?!"

Her friend was trying to calm her down "I'm sure it's all a bad understanding"

"Space?! What space?! Is that even a thing?"

Anna bit her tongue... oops.

Jubilee's voice was soothing "What did you do?"

"I nodded and left, what else?!"

Rogue wasn't going inside to be a part of that silly drama, so she decided to take a long walk in the gardens, she hadn't had a chance to explore them and now it seemed like the perfect timing. Everything looked wonderful and it would have been a great night but instead of a relaxing walk she found herself bumping into a tree, except it wasn't a tree...but a man, a familiar face.

"Wolverine?" She asked surprised. It couldn't be him, she had met him what seemed to be ages ago.

The man frowned, it was dark but she could see his face
"What the hell are you doing here kid?"

"I go to school here? What the hell are you doing here?! I'm pretty sure the Professor doesn't know"

"No one knows and I prefer it to stay that way since I'm leaving soon"

"Sure" she answered right away. She had been alone at a bar one day, just a few weeks after her mutation had manifested, she had been so scared she ran away from home and since then tried to keep a low profile, people had seen her almost kill a person by touching him, the police had been very close to take her.
It was dark and late and she just wanted a place to crash in, she had sneaked before into that bar, the owner never paid much mind to the money counter...she would only​ take what she needed and pay it later but another costumer saw her, he picked her up from her jacket and threw her out on the street, he was the biggest guy she had ever seen and probably the drunkest one too. Outside he started checking her pockets and take the money she had been saving with one hand while the other pressed her head against the floor, she couldn't even touch him, the drunk had trapped her under him. Anna remembered crying for help, it was then when another guy took the big one with a single hand and shoved him away, he then helped her up.

Anna was so angry that she walked towards the guy, took a glove off and touched his face, his scream made her feel so good.
Almost immediately the guy that had saved her pulled her away from the man "Stop that!"

By then everyone was looking at them so she obeyed.

"Behold everyone" a man said "the great Wolverine in now a hero and protector"

She assumed it was him they talked about, the stranger grunted and let her go, "Don't touch anyone else or the next one in the ground in going to be you"
He then walked over to the guy lying down unconscious and threw at her his wallet, finally Wolverine said "Don't ever still shit again"

And she nodded before running away.

So now​ they saw each other again, different escenarios
"What are you doing here?"

"A girl is helping me get my memory back, so against my better common sense I'm here"

She shrugged, that was enough explanation, and well something about him made her feel safe so she was going to stay silent...still who else knew?
Oh...it made sense now, her least favorite red head telepath.