Isolation

Disclaimer: I will never own the X-men or Rogue and Gambit. Though I sometimes wish I did.

Characters may be OOC but I am doing this for fun. I hope you enjoy.

Prologue

Rogue, her name, she's had it for years. But now she was Marie. After taking that cure her life changed. She could touch people, but for how long? Her relationship with Bobby went great for a while, but soon fell to a stale mate. She soon was left alone in the mansion. Everybody avoided her, not because of her powers, but because she chose to lose them. Logan had run off somewhere again, and the teachers were too busy with the other students to notice what was wrong. She was like that for what felt like years to her, until a certain Cajun came into her life.

Chapter 1

The gym, best place for Marie to get her mind off of a few problems, or a certain problem. As the cool water of the pool washed over her body, while she was doing laps, she thought of what she could do to at least get along with the newer member of the X-men.

The door opened and the familiar man entered. He wore simple swim trunks and carried a towel over his shoulder. She had to admit, he had a good figure, masculine and tan. His lips curved to a half smile as he saw her continue her laps.

She reached the end of the opposite end of the pool from where he was standing and pulled herself out of the water. As she walked over to where her stuff was she heard the splash of the pool behind her. Grabbing the towel she brought she rubbed it against her damp hair, after she wrapped it around her body. Turning she saw the Cajun not even swimming, he was lying on his back watching her. When he noticed that she was watching his grin grew wider, he added a wink of flirtation hoping that it would catch her eye.

Simply ignoring the gesture she walked toward the door, only to feel a wet hand gently grab her shoulder. She turned and met her emerald eyes with his blood red ones.

"Come on, cherè, talk t' me" he said, "I tought I was yer friend."

"Well, ya' got that wrong Swamp Rat. Ever since ya' came here I've been though Hades and back." She gave a glare that made her eyes seem like green fire.

"Marie,-"he started but never finished.

"Don't ya' ever call me ma' name. Only a few can call me that, and ya' ain't one of them." She turned and opened the door. "Oh, and Gambit," he turned to look at her. "Don't call me cherè."From that experience she learned that she may never get along with the Cajun playboy.

XXX

Lunch, what Marie would use for study or just relaxing in the library, but today she couldn't relax effectively. That stupid Cajun won't stop following me around. She thought, as she adjusted to see him once again in the same room as her and doing nothing but watching her. She rolled her eyes and continued her book.

A few moments later a slight breeze passed by, she looked up to the wall clearly annoyed and closed her book. She turned to see Gambit now sitting in the chair beside her.

"What do ya' want Swamp Rat?" she said obviously irritated.

"The light was in my eyes. I had t' move, to see you better, cherè." A simple reply as he adjusted his position to his hands behind his head and crossing one leg over the other. He gave her a flirtatious smile again hoping to catch her.

Marie stood up and left the library, and she knew that he was following. "Listen, Remy, was it? I don't think that you would like to be with me. I have a bad reputation and I don't think ya' want that rubbin' off on you. I'm certain that maybe in the future we could become friends but right now I don't think it will work." She turned and continued to walk to her room.

"The future is closer t'an you t'ink, cherè." he whispered to himself.