Going "Home" Again

[apache_banshee]

Sean had never been crazy about planes. Then again he'd never been crazy about heights period. He probably would have driven if it were more practical. Frankly he was glad to finally be on solid ground again. He had to admit he had some butterflies in his stomach after being gone for so long from the institute. Not the X-Man part, that had to be done as far as he was concerned. The part about seeing all the familiar faces he hadn't seen in..sheesh, how many years had it been? Eh, no point in ruminating. He made his way, trying not to get impatient at the disembarking line.

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[apache_banshee]

Neither of them were good when it came to moments of genuine affection.

"I missed you-all of you," he quickly amended, "but..wasn't the same without you around either."

[wild_child]

Words were not Rose's strong suit in general.

A car suddenly cut them off and she slammed on the breaks. "Oh fer... Where'd ya learn ta drive, pal?! The Savage Land?!"

[apache_banshee]

The moment officially ended, Sean allowed himself to chuckle a bit at Rose's choice of words.

"Somehow I imagine the driving would be much worse. Still I won't argue about them bringing their fashion sense over here."

[wild_child]

Rose snickered at that. "You would, Irish," she teased. "Still, if yer volunteering to go around in a loincloth..."

[apache_banshee]

"You know if I could get away with it I would," he said with a smirk, not kidding.

[wild_child]

"I say ya do it anyway," she told him.

She turned off a street. "Almost there."

[apache_banshee]

"Touche."

He nods. "Starting to recognize the area again."

[wild_child]

"Get ready not to when we get to the school. They did a heckuva job remodeling it."

Rose turned off another road, up the long and winding way to the school, soon coming upon the gates.

[apache_banshee]

Sure enough when Sean caught sight of the school it was barely recognizable from what he remembered.

"Holy..well you weren't kidding. I mean there's some old stuff left, but it almost looks like a completely different place."

[wild_child]

"Yeah, well, lots more students these days," Rose said.

"On the other hand, lots mores places to hide when you do something dumb and I have to chase you."

[apache_banshee]

"I can imagine."

He gave a dismissive sound at her latter statement. "Like it would last that long before you found every spot. Last time I had to actually hide in town>"

[wild_child]

Rose chuckled as she pulled into the garage. "That was a fun day. You almost lost me with all those cologne samples."

[apache_banshee]

"Would have worked longer if the manager hadn't thrown me out for "loitering"," he grumbled in reply.

[wild_child]

"Them's the breaks in "Catch the Hunk"," Rose said, as she put the car into park in one of the empty spaces.

[apache_banshee]

"How ever will I cope?" He deadpanned.

[wild_child]

"Oh, I can recommend a way or two..."

[apache_banshee]

He smirked. "Something to look forward to."

[wild_child]

"Later," Rose agreed. "We'll get ya settled in first, deal with any of the riffraff first."

[apache_banshee]

He raised an eyebrow. "What kind of riffraff?"

[wild_child]

"Just the usual gang of jokers. Feathers, Shake 'n' Bake, Fred, English, all them. Folks you ain't met before."

Rose led the way up to the Mansion from the garage.

[apache_banshee]

Sounds interesting. Meeting new people usually is."

[iced_cherub]

Bobbi came out of the doors with her soccer ball. Though she paused seeing Rose with a stranger.

"Okay, was wondering where you headed off to." Though she did look at Sean, "New student?"

[wild_child]

"Old one," Rose said. "Irish here used to go here off and on."

[apache_banshee]

Either this was Feathers or there was a giant bird in the mansion..which wouldn't be so far-fetched come to think of it. He extended a hand. "My name's Sean," he said with a smile.

[iced_cherub]

She smiled back, shaking his hand. "Bobbi, and you might want to use the other door around the side." Her hand's a lot cooler than you'd think a person's should be. Someone was having a little fun, and who would have thought you could fill a hallway with two cups of frozen water.

One of the wings shifted a little, they're real, and really part of her. "Welcome back."