She stood there, hand resting up against the cold iron of the gate. She knew that if she could she would rip them open and run full force into the large house. She imagined the smiling faces she would meet there, the warmth, and the comfort. She let out a sigh, her head falling forward, forehead kissing the iron bars. From behind her she heard footsteps crunching in the icy snow. "I knew we'd find you here." The gruff voice stated behind her.
Turning around to face the people whom for most of her life she'd considered family she let a small smile creep across her face, never reaching her eyes. "Of course, there's nowhere but here."
* * * * *
It had only been a week, and while she wouldn't exactly call the occupants of the house friendly, they were at least making an effort. Settling down for the night she nodded off once her head hit the pillow.
Loud noises woke her up, and looking over at her alarm clock Rogue was shocked to find that it was two in the morning. "That's it!" She mumbled to herself, slipping on something respectable. She walked out into the hall once she was dressed, and followed the loud banging, which was beginning to sound more and more like music, all the way down to the basement levels, which she herself had only the barest access to. The sounds were coming from one of the rooms that she was allowed to enter, the Blackbird's hangar.
Punching in her code hastily she waited for the door to open fully before she walked into the room greeted by deafening rock music. Watching while Pioter and Kurt hosed down one of the jet's wings Rogue walked over and unplugged the stereo from the loudspeaker system. "Hey!" Kurt yelled from his position atop the plane. "Vat vas that for?" He asked accusingly after bampfing over to where Rogue stood with her hands on her hips.
"Sorry, Kurt." Rogue almost spit back at him. "But some of us are tryin' ta sleep up there, and this music ah yoah's was loud enough to wake the entire Shi'ar empire!"
"You are exaggerating a bit, I think." Colossus yelled over to her, still perched on the wing.
Rogue shot him a steely glance. "Then if I'm exaggeratin', shugah, why in the hell am Ah awake, hm?"
"Sorry Rogue." Kurt mumbled, looking humbly down at the ground. "Ve did not realize zat our music vas so loud." With that said he looked up at her hopefully, "However, since you do seem to be awake, vould you like to help us vis the Blackbird? She took a nice dive into a swamp, and ve could use some help getting ze mud off the roof, since neither of us can fly."
Rogue just smirked at him. "Ya woke me up at two in the mornin' and now you have the nerve ta ask me ta help y'all." Kurt just returned his glance to floor. "All right, fuzzy elf. Hand me that hose." But before she could react Kurt had turned the hose on and was aiming in her direction. "Ahhh!" She yelled as she flew up to get out of the spray. In the mean time one of the soapy sponges Colossus had hurled in Rogue's direction hit Kurt in the face.
"You're supposed to be on my team!" Kurt yelled, redirecting the hose towards Pioter while Rogue snuck up behind him with a bucket of suds.
Once the water fight was over, all three found themselves sprawled across the cement floor of the hangar soaking wet and soapy. "Guess we'll have to clean all this up too, huh?" Rogue asked Pioter who was face down in a puddle at the moment.
"True." He responded looking over at her. "But look on the bright side, now we will not need morning showers."
Rogue just looked over at Kurt, who smiled mischievously back at her. "Get him!" Kurt yelled, as they both jumped on the Russian and started attacking him with water and fists.
"What did I say?" Colossus yelled underneath the pummeling.