Rouge stood there in the door. It was good to be going home. She'd miss this place a lot but it wasn't the same without her powers. Despite, what she had told the others, she had taken the cure for Bobby. Bobby wouldn't even look at her now. He was disgraced by the very thought of her taking the cure, much less for him. It was ironic, he said he'd support her in anything she did but he didn't support her in this. She laughed slightly. It brought back memories of the day she first met iceman. The memories of how she got to Xavier's mansion/school for the gifted. The memories of how she first met Wolverine, but that was all ancient history and she wrote her feelings off for wolverine a long time ago as just a schoolgirl crush.

After all she had been through though, she could see where Bobby was coming from. It just wasn't of her to do something like that and he saw the cure as the disease not as away toward freedom. She could understand and that was what puzzled her.

It was a bitter, cold night of December and she was saying her final good bye to Xavier's school for the gifted. She didn't belong here anymore and she didn't want to stay here, there was nothing to stay for or at least that was what Rouge thought.

Wolverine was quiet. He could be contrary to popular belief. He snuck up on her and wrapped his arms around her. "Where you going?" He whispered in her ear. He was trying to tease but was not so sure whether he was succeeding in doing so or not. It worked a long time ago and he wanted to see if it would work again. He loved the moments when he got to be with her and her alone. She was one thing in his life that gave him pleasure even though she didn't know. He fantasized about her and about sex mostly.

She couldn't fathom who would be up this late and why. It was nearly midnight and everyone's curfew was at 8. It was way past time to go to bed. She heard his voice though and immediately knew who and why. "Away." She answered. It was answered with no emotion, seeming to be almost robotlike. She tried to fight all of the emotions welling up inside her. She was furious with him for finding her when she was running away, she loved him for caring, she hated him for making it that much harder to leave Xavier's mansion in her past.

Without notice and to the somewhat surprise of Rogue he turned her around so that she faced him and it forced her to look at him. "I know what's happening rogue and here's my advice. Stop running. Stop running away from yourself and your emotions." He told her and without warning he seized the moment, and kissed her with a deep passion.

Rogue a good student with a good head on her shoulder was completely stupid when it came to guys, except when it came to this one. She realized now that all of the feelings, all of her decisions, the reason she had taken the cure weren't for Bobby, they were for Logan. She had convinced herself she no longer had feelings for him but they were below the surface. She convinced herself it was just a crush when she knew otherwise. How could she have been so stupid?

She kissed him back with a matching intensity, now that all feelings were revealed. She realized she loved him and she cared for him deeply and that was the reason she was leaving so early in the morning to avoid his questions.

In that moment he could tell he loved her and she loved him back, It was the happiest he ever felt. The kiss seemed to last an eternity and Rogue and Logan didn't even notice that the door slammed shut.

Storm came to check out what happened. The door slammed and now that she was headmistress of Xavier's school for the gifted, it was her responsibility to check out what went on. She sometimes wished that the professor was still alive but he wasn't and there was no point in wishing for things that can never come true.

Storm saw Rogue and Wolverine kissing and figured she knew why the door had slammed. She bravely, went up to them. It was not supposed to be like this and she was certainly happy for them. They, however were waking people up and that needed to be stopped. She tapped on Logan's shoulder. "Guys." She said. "I'm going to have to ask you to go somewhere a little more private." She said, a little embarrassed about the fact that she was having to discipline Wolverine and Rogue about this kinda stuff.

Everyone laughed it off. Storm went back to bed and Logan and Marie got her Marie's stuff together and took it to Logan's room where the did not come out until late the next night.

The End!

a/n: Hope you guys enjoyed it. I'm still working on Please Believe Me for all of you who have read it and I welcome reviews. Good, bad, just don't review telling me you hat the pairing.