V.

Erik was talking to Raven when he felt Charles. He smiled, thinking about other night. Raven was saying something about cure for her, but he really didn't care. He felt her attraction to him and it gave him advantage, which he willingly took.

Charles was sending him weird pictures; they on the bed; he biting Charles gently on the neck; Charles moaning under him-

Erik shook his head. Don't think about it, he warned himself and feeling that he's already hard. Charles, tonight you're going to regret this, he thought, trying to send it to Charles, but he had no clue how.

Suddenly he felt Charles' jealous. Erik raised eyebrow, trying to hide smile. He didn't know that Charles is so possessive.

He was about to hug Raven and keep her very close to himself, but Charles' mind disappeared.

"What-" he started, but Raven looked at him with a surprise look.

"Mmm, nothing" murmured. "Can you look after kids? I need to… do something."

"I thought you're going to train us today".

"That was the plan, but you're great and I need to do something so you will have charge while I won't be here, okay?"

Raven smiled, answering just like he thought she'd.

Erik didn't know where should he look for Charles, but it couldn't stop him. He knew Charles very well; he knew that Charles had his little secret place in the left hallway. One day he followed Charles; when he was bored he stalked Charles very often. It was some kind of his hobby.

But when he opened the hidden doors, Charles was already gone. He couldn't say if he was even there, but he had feeling that Charles wants to hide something from him.

And it wasn't a good idea.

About an hour later, Erik searched whole castle, but Charles wasn't here and his car was gone.

Charles, you moron, where did you go, thought Erik, trying to calm himself, but he couldn't. Something was very wrong.

And then he heard Charles' scream in his mind, his agony, and his helpless. Erik had seen a glade in the forest, full of blood; Charles' blood. And a men, standing near Charles, smiling, triumphing.

"Erik" he heard, Charles calling him over and over again, and Erik screamed, or maybe it was Charles screaming?

Erik was never scared that much like this day. He found Charles, but he felt that Charles's almost dead and he couldn't help it, so he turned around and looked at the other men.

"You" he said, his voice was shaking, his cheeks were wet and eyes red, but he didn't care, he wanted to kill, kill the men who took Charles away from him, who hurt Charles, who made Charles scream so loud.

But there was no metal.

The men smiled and said something, but Erik didn't listen, he closed his eyes, trying to forget for a moment about everything, he felt power surrounding him and men's mind, trying to make him believe that he hates Charles, and Erik wanted to laugh, because it was ridiculous, no, he would never hate Charles, but that men didn't know about it, he thought that Erik believed him, and that's good, because thanks to men's stupidity Erik had more time to concentrate.

And he did it; Erik made a magnetic field. He'd seen fear in men's eyes and men screamed, but screaming couldn't help him, just like it didn't help Charles, and men died.

Erik came to Charles and he fell next to his friend and he just cried, because it was all he could do.

Charles didn't die that time; he just lost consciousness. And when Erik heard Charles' heart beating, he'd taken him to the castle and hadn't left him and his bed for three days. After three days Charles woke up.

Kids were worried, especially Raven, but Erik hadn't let anyone come to Charles' room; he was too scared that they could scream or cry or just make a mess, and Charles needed peace and silence.

"I thought he said that Charles needs silence" said Havok, looking at Raven.

They were standing near Charles' room from which they heard Erik's loud voice, saying something about Charles being a completely moron.

"Guys, I'm worried about Charles too, but he is safe now with Er-" Moira stopped, listening to Erik's screams. "What are they doing there?"

"I think Erik is angry at Charles" said Banshee.

"Tell me about it" snorted Raven.

"He's absolutely right! But I think Erik isn't the right person who should be yelling at Charles…"

"And what, would you be better?" asked Raven. "Have I mentioned you that few days ago I found Erik in Charles' bed? Hugging each other?"

Moira raised an eyebrow.

"Oh please, Charles isn't gay. Raven, I know that you're jealous, but Charles has every right to be attracted to me, you don't have to be rude."

Raven started to laugh.

"That… was… funny" she said finally. "Wow. Are you really stupid or just blind? Everyone knows that Charles is attracted to Erik. That's not his fault, that you're attracted to him."

"She has right" said Hank. "Week ago I was talking to professor, but he didn't look at me. He looked at Erik."

"Oh, yeah, I remember that!" laughed Banshee. "Erik's ass!"

"You all are ridiculous" said Moira, walking away.

"My ears hurt…"

Erik looked at Charles, who was lying on the bed, keeping his eyes close and hard breathing. His friend was pale and looked very bad, which made him even angrier.

"Oh really? I'm surprised, why would anything hurt you? It's not like you almost died!"

"Can you please stop it…"

"No I can't! How could you do this to me? I thought you're dead, Charles! Dead!" Erik felt that he's going to cry again, so he turned back.

"I said that I'm sorry…"

"You're sorry that you were almost dead? OH HOW THOUGHTFUL."

"What can I say more? That I was stupid? Yes, I was! But I didn't know that I'd find a mutant who is planning to kill me! He was… well…"

"What? What did he want from you? Did he work for Shaw?"

"I… I… I don't remember" said Charles.

For the first time his mind was against him. Whenever Charles tried to think about his conversation with… he didn't remember man's name, memories flew away and blurred. It frightened Charles more than anything, because his mind was everything he had.

Erik sat near Charles, feeling friend's pain and fear. He gently kissed Charles, pressing his hips to Charles'. Charles moaned.

"I want you… now."

Erik laughed quietly.

"Kids are listening."

"We have kids? What kids? Oh. Wait. Raven?" Charles finally understood, blushing.

"I hope you remember others. But we can always kick them out."

"Erik, that wasn't nice." Said Charles, trying to hide smile.

"But funny!"

"If you say s-"

"ERIK STOP MOLESTING CHARLES AND LET US IN" shouted Raven, banging on the door.

"Sorry Raven, can't, I'm working!"

"That's disgusting!"

"Erik!" scolded Charles.

But Erik just casually sat on his friend, undressing Charles and kissing his chest, making Charles blush again.

"Erik" moaned Charles.

"You were saying what?" asked Erik, slowly unzipping Charles' pants.

"Don't… we can't… they're out there… they can hear us…" gasped Charles. "Get off me."

"Is this really what you want?"

"No, but-"

"So stop talking."

Erik was in the bathroom, while kids surrounded Charles, shouting over each other. Raven was talking something crazy about Moira (I WISH YOU COULD SEE HER, THAT WAS HILARIOUS, OH CHARLES, YOU HAVE TO TALK TO HER OTHERWISE SHE WILL RAPE YOU); Banshee was just hysterically laughing; Hank was considering making a machine, which could help Charles to find his lost memories (you know professor, they couldn't just disappear, I bet it's something related to psychology, which I fortunately studied when I was ten…) and Alex… Alex wasn't there.

"I'm sorry, but where is Alex?"

"Oh, he's still training."

"Alone?"

"And when Erik was with you in the forest, we weren't alone?" asked Raven, sitting on the bed, gently combing Charles' hair.

"First, Raven, don't touch my hair-"

"Oh gosh, what is this obsession with your hair? I bet Erik can touch your hair whenever he wants!" complained Raven.

"No, I can't either. Once he even said that I'm going to make him bald one day" said Erik, coming out of the bathroom.

"Erik, can you put some clothes on? Please?" said embarrassed Charles, trying to avoid looking at his friend, who had only a towel on his hips.

"Why, am I distracting you?"

Raven laughed, coming closer to Erik.

"Are you sure that you're gay?" she asked, sending Charles a smile.

"Stop it right now. No one is gay, you all need to leave, Raven stop flirting with everyone, Erik stop being almost naked, do I have to remember you that I'm the one who isn't feeling well?"

"I thought you're attracted to Hank" said Banshee to Raven.

"You know that I'm here, right?" asked Hank, blushing.

Erik sat on the bed, observing them.

"Did you have to adopt such an annoying kids? Couldn't you pick some nice, quite ones?"

"I think I need vacations."

"Ohhh, did I hear vacations? Charles, do you remember that time when we were on the beach with nanny?"

"Nanny?" asked Erik, raising an eyebrow. "I have to admit that your childhood was appallingly difficult."

"When I said vacations, I meant nice, quite place with a good book and without any of you, including Erik."

"Should I start crying now?"

Charles looked at Erik.

"Can you be nice at least for few minutes?"

"I think they're starting fighting again" whispered Raven.

"You were the one who didn't include me in your vacations!"

"We should save ourselves" said quietly Banshee.

"Because you made a mean comment about my childhood!"

"That's a pretty good idea" agreed Hank.

"It was a joke!"

"But a mean one!"

"Charles, please, don't act like a kid!"

Charles looked around.

"Speaking of kids, where are ours?"