She couldn't face the world right now so she locked herself in her new room, which she would not have to share with her old roommate Kitty. However locking herself in her room would not allow her to be entirely by herself. When you lived in a house full of people who could do all sorts just by thinking she could not avoid the constant disturbance to her solitude.

She had recently been in a battle with her former teammates, the brotherhood. They had obviously planned it (or more likely mystique) to show off their newest member, Ms. Marvel….

/FLASHBACK\\

"Hey X-geeks! It took ya nearly 20 minutes this time, your getting slow! What happened did Jean need to do her hair or summit?" Pietro called to the other team.

Jean flushed a deep scarlet.

Scott also turned a deep scarlet but for entirely different reasons, his was anger not embarrassment. He waited until Pietro's back was turned and sent a optic blast hurtling towards him, he must wish he hadn't now.

"PIE!" everyone turned to see a slim blonde girl around 17 come pelting through the air, gliding through the X-men and her team mates to take the shot for Pietro, she did. After taking a second to get over the shock she faced the X men, everyone was still in shock, no one (barely even Caine) could take a blast like that from Scott but she didn't have a bruise on her.

"Hi" She said in a sweet New Yorker voice then her face distorted into a grimace and she came pelting towards Scott and smacked him in the nose, which was Scott over for the rest of the battle. She then turned on the rest of us as the rest of the brotherhood began to advance to perfected stances slightly behind her to emphasise the menace that they intended.

"I'm Ms. Marvel." Began to float slightly over towards Jean who had been trying to penetrate her mind, " Stay outta my mind, prissy or you'll be joining your lil' boyfriend over there." She said maliciously.

With that she turned and the battle began everyone was dancing around with their partners whilst jean raised her-self up to Ms. Marvels height and started battling it out with her.

Then without invitation the acolytes showed up, just to perfect everything. This distracted Ms. Marvel long enough (that damned Cajun could distract any girl he pleases) for jean to penetrate her mind.

" Bonjour mon ami" He drawled in his sexy tune.

He turned to his other team mates and nodded, Pyro then raised up his flame throwers and created a circle of flame around the opposing team he then walked threw with colossus in metal form walking threw to his right, Gambit got out his bo staff and vaulted the towering flames.

This however also distracted Jean who lost her control on Ms. Marvel and was soon on the ground next to her lil' boyfriend. Rogue turned and noticed that her two fearless leaders had been vanquished. So she left her fight with Pietro and let Evan deal with him.

She snuck up behind her and slowly began to remove her gloves when she turned sharply and came face to face with her sneak, this was also at about the same time that beast bounded up behind her and smacked her in her back sending her hurtling into rogue slamming them both against a wall and landing with rogue on top of Ms. Marvel. The force of both of them smacking against the wall had coursed a big chunk of the wall to fall on top of them, rogue couldn't move, her bare hands were on Ms. Marvels shoulders.

"CHERE!" was the last conscious voice she heard before passing out.

/END FLASHBACK\\

It had all ended in Rogue waking in the Med-Bay, with a pounding headache and a very loud voice in her head.

" What have you done to me you BITCH!"

"Who the hell do you think you are, YOU STOLE MY LIFE!"

She screamed for 3 days running before the professor locked her up in a part of her mind, now the silence engulfed her and all she wanted was to be by herself to let her own thoughts flood her mind.

She walked out onto the balcony and pulled out a packet of cigarettes (A/N and why do none of the X-men smoke? So in this rogue does just coz I think it makes her look big and clever) she started fishing around for a lighter and was about to give up on the idea all together when a dark figure jumped of the roof and onto her balcony producing a flame.

"Ya'll been stalking' meh again swamp rat?" she said before leaning in and lighting her cigarette, he then lit his own flooding his immaculately sculptured face with a dull yellow light, rogue felt a wave of lust wave over her body, she soon recuperated.

"What do ya want?" She gave him one of her best death glares however he just saw that as an invitation to be more cheeky.

"T' see me favourite Chere" he said with a cocky grin.

"So there are more?" She mentally kicked herself, how could she be so stupid… his face lit up instantly.

"Was that jealousy? Remy heard coming from the ice queen of Bayville?" He said sliding his arm around her waist in mock comfort, she relished for a split second and then acted upon impulse and shoved him across the balcony…. He went over the railings.

"REMY!" she shouted running to the edge and leaning over to see that damned Cajun with another cocky grin on his face. Again with the mental kicking.

"Aw did Remy's lil' Roguey get worried 'bout dis old Cajun?" He said clutching the edge of the balcony and then swinging up back onto the balcony again with ease. "Damn girl d'ya have super strength or summit?" This question had a double meaning.

How does he know? She thought to herself. In response she just flicked the butt of her fag and turned to go back indoors.

"Have you got her powers Rogue? Have you got carols powers?" She had to restrain her self from gasping, she turned around and saw Remy's face inches from hers looking deadly serious mingled with worry, it frightened her, she almost wanted to see the cocky grin, but no gambit was looking at her with such intensity she had to look away, it was getting to crowded for her.

"Leave, now…. please." She pleaded tears silently collecting behind her emerald studs. He didn't he could feel her pain and had his answer, but he could not leave, he felt a sudden urge to comfort this girl, she was only young 17 at the most, he had let her down, he hadn't freed her from this future that now seemed inevitable, but most of all he just couldn't let go of this beauty that was standing there in his arms trembling with the threat of tears.

"I…I… don't wanta let you go, I…I… can't jus' leave yar like dis, chere." He said drawing her in closer, he could feel her struggle and felt a part of him sadden. But he held on, she looked up and met his eyes, his beautiful eyes and they held that gaze for a moment before Rogue finally looked away and began to struggle again only this time harder. She couldn't do this, not now…. Not ever she was Rogue and she was untouchable. He reluctantly let her go and watched her leave him in the cold, after she had closed the door he swiftly jumped of the balcony and run past the security systems with ease. Rogue watched from the window. She had wanted this for so long, but it could never truly be hers, besides she could not let herself get drawn in by Gambit only to come out broken hearted and with less hope.