Longing....

[Rogue]

Rogue shook her head as she threw her hands up in the air. She didn't know how she could explain her "curse" without her gettin upset. But she went and tried to anyway, just as not to be rude towards trhe boy. "It's complicated....just don' touch mah skin..." she said looking down at the floor trying to hide any possible tears that could had filled her eyes.

[Mimic]

Calvin nodded. It seemed like a simple thing to do but he still wondered why. "Okay...I'll try not to. I'm really sorry." That was so far twice he had done something she really didn't like. "I guess some people just don't like to be touched."

[Rogue]

Rogue turned her head to the right slightly trying not to get any glance ofhim what so ever. She knew he didn't understand and the only way that he would was if she told him. Rogue took yet another deep breath and let it out slowly as she looked back up to him. "It's not that Ah don' like bein' touched...Ah actually long fo' it, but it's mah curse. Ah can't touch anyone without hurting them..." she said in a low voice.

[Mimic]

"Oh..." Calvin wasn't sure what else to say. It truly sounded horrible. "Only if you touch their skin?" He questioned. That would explain why nothing happened the first time when they collided. He still wasn't sure what would happen if they touched. How much pain could it really be?

[Rogue]

Rogue sighed as she knew she would have to explain everything to him. She leaned up against the hall wall and slide to the floor holding her knees. "Yes...if Ah come into skin-to-skin contact, Ah abosrb all of their energy, power's and mem'aries. The...the first boy Ah ever kissed...Ah sent into a coma and he..he neva' came out of it." Rogue took another deep sigh as she wipped away a single tear beginning to think about it all. Memories that she had tried to put away were slowly coming back to her as she brung up te subject.

[Mimic]

Calvin knelt down to her level. It was worse than he thought it was. He felt bad for starting to make her cry as obviously this upset her. "Skin to skin?" He questioned to himself. If that was completely true then there could be a way to get around her power.

One of the five bio-templates he had stored was Simon William's aka Wonder Man. The Avenger was composed of ionic energy. Calvin thought that it might come in handy and now here was the chance.

Using Wonder Man's powers made him lose his iris' and his eyes became a shifting red color. "What if I wasn't made of flesh?" He asked with a smile as he touched her cheek and wiped away with the tear with no effect to him.

[Rogue]

Rogue had sniffled a bit as she sat there thinking. She seen him come down to her level as he mentioned the skin-to-skin contact to himself questionably. She just wished people would be able to understand that she was a threat to everyone around her. That she was jsut a mistake. She had realized this when she had touched Logan for the use of his healing ability a year or so ago. She looked up at him yet again to see his eyes change. She had became really puzzled as to what he was doing, and before she knew it, he had reached up and wiped away a tear from her face. Nothing had happened. He seemed as fine as could be not affected by her mutant powers in any way. Rogue began shaking out of fear of not knowing what happened. Wha'....wha' did y'just do?! How did y'do that?!" she asked now slightly crying a bit more still yet holding back the majority of it all.

[Mimic]

Calvin couldn't help but grin. It had worked. Rogue had felt his touch and nothing had happened. She hadn't drained him of his energy or memories.

"I composed myself of ionic energy. Its something I picked up from another superhero." He started to explained. "Technically you're not touching your skin. Your power has that defining limitation." He offered his hand to help her up off the ground.

[Rogue]

Rogue wiped away the rest of her tears as she seen him smile. She couldn't help but smile her ownself knowning what he had just done for her. She listened closely to his explaination on how he was able to do it and was slightly stunned. How did he get them... she wondered to herself. When she seen him offer her his hand to help her up, she was quick to take a hold of it. She pulled herself up using his help and straighted out her clothes once she was on her feet. She sniffled once before smiling back at him again. "Thank y'Calvin. Tha' was...tha' was the sweetest thin' a person could'a eva' done fo' meh. But why?" she asked curiously.

[Mimic]

"Why?" Calvin questioned back. "Do I really need a reason? Obviously this makes you very happy." He said fully taking notice of her wide smile. "That's a good enough reason for me." He then looked down the hall not sure what to do now. "If you want anything feel free to ask. I should probably let you get back to whatever it you were planning to do before I ran you over."

[Rogue]

Rogue raised an eyebrow when he had questioned her back. Most people didn't really do that , but she liked it. Rogue began to blush slightly when Calvin told her that making her happy was a good enough reason. Not even her own boyfriend, Bobby, would try to attempt such a thing with her. She tried to hide her blushing from him by looking down the hall the same he was. "No..it's ok. Ah was just gonn'a go fo' a walk. Tha's all. Try t'clear meh mind...but Ah don' need t'now." she said smiling back at him.

[Mimic]

"Glad to hear it." Calvin said about her not needing to clear her head anymore. He may not solved her problem but at least he gave her hope. Hope was sometimes all you could give and often the best thing.

"I'm sure you've got something else to do or somebody to see. There shouldn't be any reason for me to keep you from it." He said and then one with one last glance started to walk away. He inwardly sighed. He wanted to spend some more time with her but he didn't want to make it completely obvious.

[Rogue]

Rogue turned her head slightly and smiled as she looked down at the floor. This was the first guy she had actually touched without causing any harm since her mutation manifested. Her head quickly shot up when he has said something to her about having something else to do or someone else to see. Honestly there was nothing for her to do. She was just there. At first she started to watch him walk away as she bit her lower lip. Hey!! wait up!!" she yelled after him as she quickly picked up her walking pace to walk beside him.

[Mimic]

Calvin stopped when he heard Marie call after him. He decided to stay ionic just in case she wanted touch or if something else happened.

"What's up?" He asked turning back towards her with slight smile and his odd shifting red colored eyes. He was glad she had not wanted him to simply walk away.

[Rogue]

Rogue stopped abruptly as Calvin turned back to face her. She wasn't expecting him to do that, but she didn't mind. She turned her head slightly to the left as she put some of her hair behind her right ear. It was mainly part of the white strip then brown, but she didn't mind she actually liked it. She looked back up at him slightly blushing, but hid it well. "Ah..Ah was wondering if y'wanted t'hang out or somethin'. Ah really don' have anythin' t'do, and Ah'm slightly bored." she managed to get out as she tried not to smile.