Chapter 1: Mornings

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Rogue's alarm clock went off and she groaned. It was 5:45 in the morning and she had to get up to lead a training session in an hour and a half. 'Gawd, Ah hate mornin's. Least as a student Ah got t' stay in bed 'til 6:30. How the hell does Logan do this everyday?' she wondered.

Rogue rolled out of bed and grabbed her hair brush from her side table. She gave her hair a quick run through with it and then went through her drawers and closet pulling out clothes. She pulled out black sweat pants, a black bra, black tank top and a green over shirt with three quarter length sleeves. She placed the clothes on the bed and then proceeded into the bathroom to take a shower to wake herself up before breakfast.

Rogue turned on the water and stepped into the shower. Rogue almost screamed but bit her lip instead. 'Shit that's cold!' It was clear that she was one of the first ones up for although she had turned the dial to medium she was hit with a blast of pure cold water.

When she entered her room she was muttering about how she was going to give the professor a piece of her mind, and how the water tanks should always be set on high so no living soul in the entire house would ever have to bare a harsh blast of cold water as they were just waking up.

Rogue got dressed and headed downstairs for breakfast. It was only 6:15 so she knew the other students wouldn't even be waking up for another fifteen minutes. Rogue knew she had a good chance of getting one of the first cups of coffee, 'Thank gawd for coffee. People may actually be dead if it weren't for this drink.' She smirked at the thought of this. Almost everyone knew to leave at least one cup of coffee in the pot for Rogue, or there were dire consequences. The mansion had learnt this the hard way.

No Coffee

The first time Rogue had come into the kitchen and grabbed a mug with sleepy eyes. She then looked at the coffee pot. Seeing it was empty she tossed her mug to the side. As she stomped out of the kitchen there was a crash and the mansion was down a mug. This was followed shortly by a shriek down the hall, "GET OUTA MAH WAY!" A very scared looking Sam came into the kitchen while all eyes stared out the door landing on him. Kitty cleaned up the broken mug and everyone ate in silence.

The second time Rogue had grabbed her mug Kurt had just drained the pot. Rogue smacked him hard in the arm leaving Kurt both stunned and hurt at the same time. Rogue then proceeded to grab the box of lucky charms right out of Kitty's hands and pouring her own bowl of cereal. Kitty had just blinked and turned to Kurt who was rubbing his sore arm.

The final time Rogue had voiced her anger about the lack of coffee quite loud and clear. "Why the hell is there never any Gawd damn coffee! Where the hell does it all go! Ah get 'ere an' it's all gone!"

"Ya need to get down here earlier Stripes," Logan had said sipping his mug of coffee. Rogue walked over to him and punched him hard in the shoulder. Logan gave a quick look of surprise and put down his coffee mug. He started yelled, "What the hell was that for Stripes? All you need to do is get here five minutes earlier. Ya don't go punchin' people…" As he was yelling at her she grabbed his coffee and walked away. Logan had not been happy for that entire morning and part of the afternoon.

That was the day everyone learned to leave at least one cup of coffee for Rogue. As long as everyone saw that both Logan and Rogue had there coffee it was a fairly safe bet that the kitchen was not going to be filled with angry scrams and punches. At least not over coffee.

Current

Rogue sat on a stool sipping her coffee and eating a toasted English muffin with butter and strawberry jam. Logan walked in and got himself a cup of coffee and sat himself down next to Rogue. He shot out his claws and stabbed an apple from the fruit bowl. He then sliced it in half and then retracted his claws. "Morning Stripes."

"Mornin' Logan." Rogue took another sip of coffee and could hear the hustle and bustle above their heads. She looked at her watch, 7:00. "'ere they come." Logan looked at the clock on the wall and nodded.

Not two minutes went by and the kitchen door swung open and Jamie ran in followed by a yelling Jean, "Jamie I told you and everyone else, Stay Out Of My Room!" Jamie looked at Rogue who gave him the, 'What did you do this time?' look. Jamie tried to shrink himself but it was no good. Jean continued to yell at him, "Don't you hide behind Rogue! You owe me a new mirror and…"

Rogue and Logan cut her off together. "Jean!" "Red!"

Jean stopped yelling and looked around the kitchen that was now filling up with students and staff. If at all possible Jean's face went as red as her hair as she realized everyone was staring at her. After a few seconds of silence Rogue spoke. "Do Ah dare ask what happened?" She directed the question both at Jamie and Jean.

Jean took a deep breath and said, "Jamie came into my room, grabbed my make-up and I was so surprised I let go of my brush and it slammed into my mirror."

"You know, that's seven years bad luck," Bobby said ignoring the glares and continuing on with his breakfast.

"Jamie," Rogue said, "What were ya doin' in Jean's room? Ah thought we talked 'bout not invadin' people's personal space."

Jamie opened his mouth and then closed it. Rogue sighed and closed her eyes. 'Gawd give meh patience t' work with these kids. Why'd Ah let 'em talk meh int' this? Oh right, they wouldn't take no as an answer.' She opened her eyes and looked at Jamie again. Jamie gulped, "Sam and Jubilee said if I could get her make-up…"

Rogue stopped him putting up her hand, "Jamie, was this a dare or a bribe?" Jamie nodded. "Un huh, well then seein' as ya'll are involved Ah guess Ah only have one choice, would Ah be right Logan?" Rogue turned to him and he nodded. "All new recruits get an extra hour with meh at five o'clock tonight. Oh and ya'll have t' apologize t' Jean."

They all groaned and Amara and Rahne glared at the other three. They all knew if one person on the team messed up everyone paid the price. Rogue finished her English muffin and coffee and said, "All new recruits, Ah will see ya in the danger room in five minutes."

With that Rogue left the kitchen and headed to the danger room to set it up. All the new recruits gobbled up the rest of their breakfast and rushed out the door as to not be late. All the senior X-Men watched them scuttle off like a colony of ants. Finally Scot had the guts to say, "She's as bad as you Logan."

Logan just smiled, "That's my Stripes."