A/N: Please give this entry a chance, it's small and barely alive. It's my very first one, I worked on it for a while... so please read and review, let me know if I should set fire to it and watch it burn... but please do it in a nicer way... I don't respond well to rude criticism, then again, who does?

Chapter 1: Marie

Alone in her room, concealed to the only thought inside her head, she sits on her perfectly made bed. Bobby... With the recurring memory, confusion and sadness runs through her very soul. Why did I take the cure? She was about to take a shot at the puzzler, when Bobby comes barging in. Her thoughts vanish as he approaches her. They both stare at the ground.

Bobby knew sooner or later they had to speak. With that in mind, he raised his head and spoke, "So... you're back... I noticed you weren't here yesterday... " Rogue kept her head down and nodded, Bobby continued, "I looked for you, Peter told me you 'took off'... I went out to look for you, but I didn't find you, instead I found that jerk, 'Pyro'."

Rogue looked up, astonished, "You went looking for me?" Bobby nodded. "Was this after your make out session with Kitty, or only after you figured out I was gone?" Bobby looked confused and looked at her straight in the eyes. Rogue looked mad and glared right back at him. "What are you talking about? I never made out with Kitty."

"And I'm supposed to believe that?"

"Well, yeah... it's the truth."

"Oh sure, you froze the damn pond for her for no reason? You can touch her without fearing for your life... You're a guy, like I said, your mind's only on one thing. Besides, why wouldn't you be after something? "

Bobby looked hurt and stepped even closer to her, "Because I love you, not Kitty. She's only a friend, and she was feeling really sad about the proffesor's death... and you were mad at me. What was I supposed to do? I don't know what to do when people are mad at me... especially you."

Rogue now carried the confused expression, Bobby had earlier, "What do you mean? You could've-"

Bobby inturrupted her, "It doesn't matter, I somehow hurt you and I'm terribly sorry. In fact, I would've loved to kiss you, even if I ended up in a comma for a year... I'll prove it to you..."

Bobby leaned closer to her, and closed his eyes, Rogue stopped him with her bare hand over his bare mouth. Bobby opened his eyes and Rogue had tears coming down her eyes slowly and silently. In an instant, he knew...

"I'm sorry Bobby... I felt I had to... I..." she could not finish her thought, as her tear kept running down her face, faster, and faster.

Bobby looked shocked and took her bare hand off his mouth. "You didn't have to do this... especially not for me."

"Well, I wanted to be able to touch you... and live like a real couple, I wanted to hold hands and... kiss..."

Bobby hugged her tightly, "But you didn't have to do this," he repeated over and over.

Rogue hugged him back and her tears continued to run down her face, only this time, they slowed down. As they held their embrace, Rogue replied, "I'm sorry." Bobby pulled his head away and faced her, "No, I'm sorry, I'm the one who should be apologizing... I'm sorry, can you ever forgive me?"

For the first time, in what seemed like years, Rogue smiled. "Of course... I love you Bobby."

Bobby smiled back and said, "I love too, more than you can imagine..."

Rogue felt his embrace becoming tighter, and returned the gesture. And they remained that way, until Rogue finally broke their trance, "So... how's Kitty?" she asked with a light but sincere smile.

Bobby smiled widely, as they loosened their embrace to face each other, and replied, "Oh, she'll be fine, you won't have to worry about her, I introduced her to Peter... I think they might be going out now."

"Good," Rogue declared and Bobby leaned closer to her. Just as their lips were about to meet, there was a knock at the open door. They both turned their attention towards the person at the door, it was Kitty. She stood there smiling, as she noticed they had settled the misunderstanding. She reluctantly started, "Um... sorry to interrupt you... but Peter and I were wondering if you'd like to play a game... over in the... uh... gameroom."

Rogue, smiled and answered, "Sure, we'll be right there in just a bit."

Kitty lit up, "Great! We'll see you there!"

Bobby and Rogue exchanged a quick nod and announced in unison, "Bring it on!"

Kitty nodded, "Oh, we will."

Rogue and Bobby smiled as Kitty phased off towards the gameroom.

"So, Kitty and Peter, huh?" Rogue noticed.

"I guess so," Bobby admitted.

"They make a good couple, don't they?"

"Yep, just like us, Rogue." Bobby held her hand and kissed her lightly on the lips. Rogue backed away slightly.

"Bobby?"

"Yes?"

"Could you do me a favor?"

"Anything for you."

"Please stop calling me Rogue."

"Oh... why? Not that I have a problem with that."

"Well, I'm a different person now... I'm Marie." She smiled at him.

"Okay, so I'll call you Marie."

Rogue's smile grew as she leaned in towards him, and with that, they shared their first kiss without fear, and without interruptions.

End of Chapter 1.

A/N: Okay, I'm happy you made it this far, hopefully without the experience being too bad. I know there's hundreds of stories like this one, but I wanted to come up with my own... hopefully it'll turn out well. Thank You for reading, and please review.