Disclaimer: Um... I don't own Marvel, I think Tyco does, so I don't even have legal

Rights to this story anyway. Yea.


I haven't really got the time to write often so sometimes I write a story through a

Telephone conversation. I lay out the story and a friend of mine types and posts it for me.

The only draw back is my friend is also a writer so ideas can often be miscommunicated.

However, she encourages me to write, so what am I gonna do? Make her mad? Noooo!

I'd rather deal with Chi Chi! So here we are, I'm writing.


My Heart Has Been Burned Before.

"Dis ain't like Ah can explain dis none. B' for I met Rogue, my life was dis,

empty t'ing dat had been filled with nothing but de pain and muck Ah been

wading through, some'tin dat needed so much washing, seemed better to throw

it away den take de time to fix it."


"Den, Ah looked inta dose big green eyes and all de crud Ah been t'rough was worth it.

Ah found where Ah belonged an woul'n have any other way. Ah t'ought Ah'd always

been a thief, de best one, Dat wasn't so. Wasn't so because de girl stole somet'ng from

me Ah never let go of. She stole my heart."


" Ah ain't never wanted it back none either. No matter what we been t'rough, Sabertooth,

Antarctica, de Morlocks, dey ain't nothing. Ah get shooed away like a bad puppy, but Ah

come back. Ah come back to her. Never t'ought Ah needed nobody. Rogue showed me

different b'cause ya see, a man w' half a heart ain't gonna live all dat long. He need de

other half and Rogue is dat other half."

"Ah remember de sweetness of her body dat night she was all mine. Was her birthday

and Beast made her dis delicate necklace. Ah was jealous an wanted ta kill de man

until he took her gloves off and pressed her hand to my face. Den Ah wanted to shout his

name from ev'ry building inda world. A small selective power inhibitor was in dat small

t'ing. It was made from the notes Joseph made on Rogue's anatomy. Never had Ah

felt more ashamed and yet, more grateful in de same minute."


"Rogue was mine and her kisses melted on my tongue like de finest French dessert and

tasted like de best liquor money could buy. Her skin felt like expensive silk under my

touch and her hair caressed over my shoulders like an auburn running water fall. She was

warm. Warm like de burn ya get from a fire an' too much red wine. She felt good. For de

first time, life was good. Ah knew from dat moment on, Ah'd extinguish every star

twinkling in de sky if it made her happy. Ah was really in love."


"She loved me too. Any half wit fool could see dat. De way her green eyes lit up at

my name, de way de energy inda room jumped when she saw me. She loved me.

Den, she got sick. That bastard Stryfe's virus and that demon Ah done dealt with

To get de cure was our downfall. Ah said Ah'd do anything for her. Ah went too

Far. De medicine Ah got from Sinister helped Rogue. Because it was from me, she

refused to use it. She'd rather die. Ah couldn't take dat, Ah already killed one

man here for dis, she wasn't gonna make dat happened in vain."


"Beast agreed. Bless the man, he injected her in her sleep. Now Ah jus' need to get

de second half and even t'ough Rogue won't never be wi' me again, She'll be alive.

She'll be near me and dat makes dis nightmare worth dis. As for Jeannie, she
Understand why Ah done what Ah did, even forgive me some. But she won' never

Be alright w' me. Ah won' never be alright wi' me. If Ah could ever go back again

And change dis, Ah'd be de one dead. Not like Ah don' deserve it anyway."


"Tomorrow, Ah speak with Sinister an see if Ah can't get Rogue de help she needs.

Ah love her too much ta see her suffer so. So strange dat de woman still owns my heart."