Disclaimer : I don't own anything in the Evo world, much to my own disappointment.
A/N : It's been a while since I last wrote an Evo humour fic. Mainly cause there was a lack of interest in my last one, and also cause I needed inspiration. But I've decided to try again.
This fic has pretty much been inspired by the film Groundhog Day. Sorry if I've killed any of the accents.
Rogues Twisted Day
It was a typical morning in the Institute. The students were dashing around trying to get ready for school. The event with Apocalypse was finally over. The students were glad for this, but they were even more happy due to Wolverine. He'd relaxed slightly and was letting the students some time away from the Danger Room.
Kitty had finished in the bathroom and was now heading back to her bedroom. Instead of opening the bedroom door she casually phased her way through. As she glanced over to the second bed in the room she rolled her eyes. Rogue was still sleeping. She looked quite peaceful as she lay there, and if Kitty wasn't mistaken there was even a slight smile on her lips.
Kitty went over to her wardrobe and sorted out her daily outfit, this took her about five minutes to fully decide. After finally deciding what to wear, she glanced at her bedside clock. There was about 30 minutes to go. Casting another look at her sleeping room-mate she thought on how to wake her up.
Usually she'd use the old method of throwing a pillow, or simply shaking her awake. On odd occasions Logan had appeared to drag Rogue away from the comfort of the bed. But today Kitty decided to try something new.
"What the hell!" Kitty raised her voice. "What the heck are you doing in here Gambit!"
Kitty stifled a giggle when she saw Rogue bolt up out of bed. Slightly groggy Rogue glanced around the room looking for the Acolyte. Her eyes then settled on Kitty was try hard not to laugh.
"Cute Kitty. Very cute. Don't do that again." Rogue gave Kitty a deadly glare.
Shaking her head, Rogue left the room. After she closed the bedroom door she could hear Kitty's laughter.
Stupid Kitty, what the hell was she thinking? Or should it be not thinking. Ah swear Ah'm gonna kill her.
After having a quick shower, Rogue got herself ready and started to make her way down the stairs. Entering the kitchen she poured herself a steaming cup of coffee and grabbed herself a bagel. As she sipped at her coffee she glanced at the clock on the wall. There was 10 minutes till everyone was leaving, so that at least left her a couple of minutes to relax.
Rogue wasn't the only one that was taking a few moments to relax. Logan was sitting at the table silently drinking his coffee and reading the morning paper. Scott and Jean were talking quietly to each other, but going by the blushing cheeks on Jean, Rogue really didn't want to know what was being said.
Too busy concentrating on her coffee Rogue nearly jumped out of her skin as Kurt bamfed in beside her.
"Guten morning." Kurt reached over for the orange juice that was on the other side of Rogue. As his blue fingers got hold of the jug and glanced at the clock. "Only five minutes left, better make a move."
Jerking the jug towards him, he accidently knocked Rogues arm, which held her coffee cup. The coffee that was in the cup ended up over Rogue's top. Rogue jumped back off her chair which fell backwards onto the floor. The sudden noise of the chair hitting the ground got the attention of the others in the room.
"Kurt! Now look what you've done! Get outta here otherwise Ah don't know what Ah'm gonna do ya!" Rogue yelled at him. She grabbed a kitchen towel and began to dab at the wet patch on her top.
"Sorry." Kurt avoided looking at his sister and bamfed out the room.
"Great. It's gonna stain." Rogue growled. She slapped the now wet towel on the side and then rubbed her fingers on her forehead. Casting a glance at the clock she realised there was no chance of changing into a clean top.
Groaning she shook her head, and stormed out the room.
(---)
The walk to school was a normal one, nothing happening, the same old boring journey. A couple of moments before Rogue got into the school grounds, Rogue realised that someone was following her. Spinning around she saw a familiar figure leaning against a tree.
"Bonjour Chere. Pleasant weather we're having, non." Gambit had his usual smirk as he spoke.
"What the hell do ya want Swamp Rat?" Rogue demanded. "Haven't ya got an elsewhere to be?"
"Oui, Gambit does Chere. But he t'ought that he'd check on ye." Gambit pulled a cigarette out of pack and placed it to his lips.
"Well Ah'm fine. Not that it's any concern of yours." Rogue eyed him warily.
"If ye say so Chere." He lit the cigarette and inhaled. "But Gambit t'inks that ye gonna be late for school."
As if on cue Rogue could vaguely make out the sound of the school bell, indicating that tutorial was about to start.
"Thanks a lot Swamp Rat Now Ah'm gonna be late. And it's all your fault!" Rogue growled and turned her back on the Cajun. She ran quickly to get into school, only to see Principal Kelly glare at her as she walked through the door.
"That's a detention for you miss."
Great. Just what I always wanted.
(---)
Classes that day crawled past, every time that Rogue looked at the clock it seemed like time had actually gone back. Rogue inwardly groaned when she realised that she'd left her English homework back at the Institute. At the end of class when everyone had handed their homework in Rogue had to explain that she'd forgotten her homework. Surprisingly though the teacher let it slide and allowed Rogue to bring it in the next day.
It finally hit lunch time, Rogue went to her locker. She looked at the locker not really surprised but slightly hurt when she saw the graffiti on it. The words 'die mutant' was scrawled in black pen. She barely noticed as Kitty and Kurt came up beside her.
"You, like, got it too." Rogue blinked blankly at Kitty. "So did me and Kurt."
"Ah don't know why we bother. It's not like Ah actually though anything was gonna be different." Rogue sighed.
"So you gonna sit vith us?" Asked Kurt.
"Why? So you can spill more stuff on mah top?" Rogue noticed that Kurt winced as she spoke. "Ah'm sorry, Kurt. Ah'm just kinda having a bad day."
Kurt didn't reply and glanced at the floor. Kitty looked between the two and sighed.
"Come on Kurt. Let's, like, get our lunch. Catch ya later Rogue."
Rogue nodded at Kitty and gave her a small smile. Kurt looked glumly at Rogue then followed Kitty's lead.
Rogue watched them leave, then turned back to her locker. Grabbing a book and her lunch she made her way out the building. Once out the building she made her way to her favourite spot by a tree. She settled down and opened her book.
For the second time she felt eyes upon her, she started to ignore the feeling, but then a shadow came across her. Jerking her head up away from her book, she came fact to face with Gambit for the second time today.
"What did Ah do to deserve a second visit from ya Swamp Rat?" Asked Rogue irritably.
"Gambit just wondering if you made it to ya class on time." He teased her.
Rogue slammed her book to the ground and stood up. Eyeing up the Cajun that stood before.
"Why can't ya just leave meh alone! Ah don't like being watched." Rogue noticed that Gambits smirk grew larger.
"But Gambit likes watching dis femme."
"That makes meh feel so much better. Ah thought you had somewhere elsewhere to be." Gambit gave Rogue another cocky grin.
"Oui, Gambit did. But now he's finished for the day." Rogue rolled her eyes.
"So what, that means that you're free to bug meh?"
Gambit chuckled slightly, and his red on black eyes filled with mischief. Rogue sighed and sat back down and leaned back against the tree. Gambit crouched beside her and grabbed hold of her book, he cast his eyes over the cover.
"Macbeth? Nice choice Chere."
"It's got nothing do with ya, Swamp Rat." Replied Rogue, and she snatched the book back from him. Gambit stood back up and glanced around.
"Gambit has to leave you now. But he be seeing you around, non."
"Whatever, just leave meh alone." Snapped Rogue. Gambit chuckled softly and left but not before casting one more glance at the annoyed girl.
Finally, Ah don't know much worse this day could get.
(---)
The rest of the school day went quite smoothly, apart the odd student making mutant comments. But Rogue pushed all thoughts away from her mind. The end of school bell rang, and all the students started grabbing their books, eager to get out of the school grounds.
Rogue didn't hurry from her desk, she still had the detention from the morning to look forward to. It was just her luck to be issued a detention on a Friday in the first place. It was then that she realised that she hadn't told Kitty or Kurt that the detention had been issued. She pretty much knew that the two of them would've left as soon as the bell rang. She silently cursed under her breath.
Moving slowly along she made her way to the detention room. She saw the disappointed look on the teachers face as she entered the room.
"Take a seat, if you would please." Rogue nodded, and silently went to a seat at the back of the classroom.
Some work was placed on her desk, but Rogue barely paid any attention. She knew how much trouble that she was going to be once she got back to the Institute. Just the thought of Logan dishing out punishment was enough to send chills running up and down her spine. She made a half hearted attempt to complete the task placed before her. The topic, on why it's important to get to school on time and what the consequences could be later on in life.
Getting a damn detention more than anything. How much stupider could they get?
(---)
The nice weather that had been around all day, changed as soon as Rogue stepped out of the school grounds. The sullen mood that Rogue was in, went even deeper. She hadn't brought her coat, and the rain soaked her.
As she walked through the pouring rain, she kept her head down, not paying much attention to anything around her.
"Hey Rogue!"
The sudden sound of the name being called, made her snap her head up. Crawling along the road was Lance in his Jeep, the window was down.
"What do you want!" Snapped Rogue.
"Easy, easy. Just wondering what you were doing walking in the rain."
"Well Ah'm not singing and dancing." She growled at him.
Lance cocked his head to one side, then a grin appeared on his face.
"You wanna lift?" Rogue eyed him, and moved towards the car. "Then again on second thoughts I don't think so."
Lance laughed and rolled his window, and sped off. Rogue didn't expect for the puddle of water near her to splash up, making her even more wet than she already was.
"Ah'm gonna kill ya, yah hear meh!" She yelled at the speeding car. She stamped her foot, but only succeeded in splashing herself with muddy water.
At least Ah don't have to worry about the coffee stain any more.
(---)
As if by magic as soon as Rogue reached the Institute door, the rain that had plagued her journey home stopped. Rogue slammed her hand against the door in frustration, then pushed the door open.
"Stripes!" Rogue winced as she heard the voice. She turned to the place of origin.
"Hey Logan." She gave him a guilty look.
"Where have you been? Firstly you're late, secondly you're also soaking wet." He stared down at her.
"Ah had detention, and got caught in the rain." She sighed and glanced at the floor.
"Detention? Kitty and Kurt didn't mention anything about it. Tough luck about the rain though." he bit back a slight chuckle.
"Ah forgot to mention it to them. Ah didn't mean to." She said glumly.
"Okay..."
Logan was about to continue, but a message from Professor Xavier in their heads interrupted him.
"Could everyone please join me in the living room. I have some news."
"You heard him kid. We'll speak about this later." Rogue rubbed her forehead, and looked at Logan. Logan looked her over, there was mud everywhere. "You better not sit down, or Charles won't be happy."
As Rogue entered the living room she was well aware of the eyes settling on her.
"What happened to you?" Asked Scott, an eyebrow appeared his glasses.
"Don't even ask." Rogue crossed the room and leaned against the wall.
The murmurs that was in the room stopped abruptly as Professor Xavier rolled into the room. He quickly surveyed the room to make sure everyone was there. His sight landed onto Rogue.
"Rogue, could you please not lean against the wall, as it's rather hard to clean without destroying the paint."
This drew giggles from Kitty and Jean. Xavier cast them a look which made them stop, but Rogue still wanted a hole to suddenly appear underneath her. Xavier cleared his throat which caught every ones attention.
"I'd like to make an announcement. We have a new recruit to the team. We have been in discussions this morning while all you students were in school." Logan growled, and diverted his attention. "I know you're not keen on the situation Logan, but I'd like you to try and be nice to the new recruit." He glanced around at the rest of them. "That goes for all of you."
"Well who is it Professor?" Asked Jean frowning.
"Yeah, like, tell us" Kitty joined in.
"I'm glad you've asked." Professor Xavier then mentally called for the new recruit to make his appearance.
All eyes went to the door, and in walked a figure that everyone recognised. Rogue was the first to speak.
"You've got to be kidding!" Her eyes wide.
"You're glad to see Gambit, Chere." The Cajun responded.
"Rogue's got a point. How do we know if we can even trust him?" Asked Scott. Xavier cast a wary eye to him.
"Myself and Mr. LeBeau have spoken about his reasons for joining us I can confirm that his reasoning is true." Replied Xavier.
All the students in the room started muttering to each other, except for Rogue who kept her eye on the Cajun. Remy caught her doing this then gave her the once over, and chuckled slightly. Rogue suddenly felt even more aware of the mud that covered her.
"I suppose we can give you a chance Gambit." Stated Scott as he stood up, turning to the Cajun. "But if you pull anything we'll be onto you."
"Gambit gets that mon amie." He nodded in Scott's direction.
"That will be all. You can go back to what you were doing." Xavier nodded at his students. "Gambit, feel free to walk around the mansion, so you can feel accustomed to it."
"Merci"
Everyone started to file out the room, Rogue was just about to go through the door when Xavier's voice stopped her.
"Rogue?" Rogue glanced uneasily at Xavier. "If you would like to clean yourself up, then I'd like to have a word."
Rogue nodded and left the room. She started to make her way to her room to grab a few items when Gambit came up and started walking next to her.
"The mud really becomes you Chere." He chuckled.
"Leave meh alone Swamp Rat. Ah'm not in the mood." She entered her room and slammed the door.
The sudden slam of the door startled Kitty who was on her laptop.
"Like, what happened to you today?" Kitty asked.
"It's a long story, and Ah don't wanna get into it." Replied Rogue who grabbed her shower gel and shampoo.
"Isn't it weird about Gambit? I mean, like, just turning up like that. Thing's are gonna be different .around here for a while."
"Ah guess." Rogue then left the room and headed for the bathroom.
Ah can't believe this, today is just going from bad to worse.
(---)
Rogue turned off the tap for the shower, she pulled the curtain back and went to reach for a towel. She went to grab a towel that was closest to her, then she realised that the towel was being held by someone.
Slowly turning round she let out a shriek, and pulled the shower curtain back so she wasn't fully exposed.
"What the hell are you doing in here!" She yelled. "Get outta here!"
"Gambit t'ought ye could use a hand Chere."
"Well Ah don't need one. Now get outta here before Ah drain ya Swamp Rat!" She said angrily. This merely made him chuckle.
"But Gambit would just love to have ye touch him."
Reaching behind her Rogue grabbed the nearest object, and threw it at him. The instant she did it she regretted it. The object, the full bottle of shampoo hit him straight on his head. Gambit with a surprised look on his face, let out a slight moan and fell to the floor.
What have Ah done?
"Gambit?" She called softly. But the Cajun didn't stir.
Carefully she got out the shower and grabbed a towel, making sure that her bare skin didn't touch him. The last thing she wanted was for him to be floating about her head.
Wrapping the towel round her body she could hear a soft laugh. Glancing down she saw that Gambit was looking up at her.
"Now Gambit really liked that sight."
Rogue's mouth dropped open and quickly exited the room darting back into her room. She was relieved when she realised that Kitty was no longer there.
(---)
Later on after Rogue had been spoken to by Professor Xavier, everyone went for dinner. Rogue was the last one to enter the room and was glad that the only seat left was next to Jean. She felt Gambit's eyes land on her.
"Bonjour Chere. Gambit nearly didn't recognise ye with your clothes on."
Rogue started blushing as everyone set their sights on her.
"What does he mean by that Rogue?" Jean asked telepathically.
"Never you mind." Rogue answered back.
Rogue noticed that Logan was eyeing Gambit to see if he was going to say anything else. Gambit glanced over at Logan and merely smirked at him.
The rest of the dinner was awkward for Rogue, she didn't say a word. She knew that the others were wondering what happened between her and Gambit. She was pleased to go once dinner was finished. She made her way back to her room hoping for some privacy.
Opening the door she couldn't believe the mess that was there. In the middle of it all with some underwear on his head was Jamie.
"Jamie!" She shrieked. "What the...!"
Jamie looked guilty then pointed to the other side of the room. Bobby was sitting on Kitty's bed with a book in his hand.
"Bobby! Would you care to explain what the hell it is that you're doing?"
Bobby glanced up at Rogue and smiled cheekily.
"Sorry Rogue, can't talk right now I'm reading a really interesting book." Rogue stomped over to him.
"Excuse meh! Now wait one minute ... Is that mah diary!" Rogue's eyes went wide and went to grab the book for him. But he pulled it away from her reach.
"I'm having fun reading this bad boy. Can't wait to see how it ends."
Seeing the mad look in Rogue's face he leapt from the bed and hurried to the door. He left a patch of ice by the door which Rogue slipped on as she tried to follow him. She landed on the floor hard.
"Bobby!" She yelled after him.
She picked herself off the floor and attempted to get on the boys trail. As she got downstairs she could hear his voice in the living room. She burst in the room and saw everyone listening to him. He had her diary open and was reading from it.
"Dear Diary. I had another dream about Gambit last night. This time he was actually kissing me rather than just holding my hand."
Rogue uttered a loud gasp, and hid her face in her hands.
"That's enough Bobby." Said Scott. "Rogue is entitled to her privacy thank you."
"Don't be embarrassed Chere. Gambit likes that ye dream about him." Gambit walked over to her and placed an arm around her shoulders. Rogue shrugged him off.
"Just leave meh alone! All of you leave meh alone!"
On the verge of tears Rogue was about to run out the room when Jamie walked in. Remy plucked the off underwear that was still on Jamie's head.
"Red. Gambit t'ought you'd have black."
Rogue ran out of the room and upstairs to her room. Slamming her door hard it felt like the room was shaking. Making her way to her bed she grabbed the clothes that was on it, and threw them on the floor. Shaking she collapsed on her bed and let the tears flow. Eventually sleep came to her.
(---)
Rogue slept for a long time and didn't wake until she heard Kitty's voice the next morning.
"What the hell!" Kitty raised her voice. "What the heck are you doing in here Gambit!"
Rogue practically jumped out of bed. The last thing she wanted after yesterday was Gambit's appearance first thing in the morning. Glancing round the room she realised that there was no sign of the Cajun. Another thing Rogue realised was that the mess of the room from the night before was gone.
Rogue shook her head confused. She looked over at Kitty and noticed that she was struggling not to laugh. Rogue glanced at the clock. It was early in the morning.
"What are you playing at Kitty? It's Saturday. There's no school and no Danger Room practice." She demanded. Kitty looked confusedly at her.
"Um Rogue? It's like Friday. It's one more day till the weekend."
A/N : Well there you have it part one finished. Let me know what you think. I'll have the next part up as soon as possible. Until then review people.