I'm just letting you know if you haven't read The Future Isn't Always Certain you might be a little lost but you don't have to if you don't want to.

An Altered Time And Love

" Well it's a pleasure to meet you, Rogue." The man called Gambit smirked, he grabbed her hand to kiss the back of it but she yanked it out of his grip.

" Well Ah'm not so sure it's a pleasure to meet you, yet." Rogue said with a smirk of her own, he blinked and his smirk fell off his face, no woman had ever turned down his advances. This one seemed different, he felt like he was being pulled to her by some invisible force, it wasn't her beautiful green eye's, or her odd white as snow streaks, it was something else entirely.

" So, are you going to be teaching?" Bobby asked, Rogue just remembered he had been sitting next to her, glaring at the newcomer, Gambit turned his attention to him.

" I'm not sure yet, Stormy said she'd let me know pretty soon." He shrugged as he suddenly stood. " I think I'll leave you two kiddies alone, see ya later petite." He winked at her before turning and walking away, Rogue watched after him, her breakfast forgotten.

" Rogue, Rogue are you listening to me?" A woman's voice said, Rogue opened her eye's and looked next to her, her best friend was talking to her.

Katherine Pryde, aka Kitty, had suggested they sit outside and watch everyone enjoy the summer weather that afternoon, the summers here in New York were nothing compared to those in Mississippi, which were humid, sticky, and just plain old hot. The students were swimming, playing basketball, or doing something just as exciting.

Rogue was watching Gambit with interest, he was playing basketball against the few students, who didn't stand a chance against him, she watched him jump up and slam dunk the ball. Rogue was slightly mesmerized by his athleticism, his muscles contracted as he maneuvered around each person as they tried to block him. He stood still for a moment, talking to his team mates, and she looked him up and down, the sweat glistened in the sun light, making him look like one of those gorgeous greek gods you'd read about, he was muscled but not terribly so, it was the well balanced muscle, he looked in her direction and seemed to catch her staring at him. His eye's were hidden behind sun glasses so she couldn't tell if he was actually looking at her, she looked quickly away and began occupying herself with staring at the clouds in the sky.

" Y'know, he is really cute." Kitty said, a smile on her lips, she watched Rogue stare at Gambit from the corner of her eye, Kitty couldn't blame her though, she had been staring at him too.

" W-What? Ah haven't really noticed." She said as she closed her eye's, why was Kitty thinking she was staring at him when she clearly wasn't.

" Uh-Huh, I'm sure you didn't notice his chiseled body and jaw, how the sun seems to be shinning on him like a spot light." Kitty said, Rogue sighed and shook her head.

" Yeah and if Ah recall correctly, you and Ah are both taken." Said Rogue, Kitty rolled her eye's.

" Just because we both have boyfriends doesn't mean we can't admire another man's good looks." Kitty shrugged, she and Piotr had been dating about six or so months, Rogue's eye's snapped open.

" Uh Ah believe that's what having a boyfriend means, you can't admire another man." Rogue said, Kitty rolled her eye's and shook her head.

" Well, no one ever said we couldn't secretly admire him." She laughed, Rogue sighed again before closing her eye's, reveling in the warm sun light.

A couple of days past and Rogue felt someone watching her, she had decided she would go to college, she had been trying to decide which college to go to. But the mansion was so noisy sometimes she could hardly think, so she sat in the library, looking at all the applications when someone came up to her.

" Whatcha looking at Roguey?" A voice whispered in her ear, she jumped slightly and turned to see onyx eye's staring back at her. Gambit's face was so close to hers, she could feel his warm breath on her face, she leaned back a bit.

" Ah'm looking at College applications, why?" She said as he sat down next to her, he looked at all of the applications and smiled.

" You should go to the one in New Orleans, great education there." He said, she rolled her eye's as she pulled the application out of his hands.

" You want me to go there just because it was the city you were born and raised in." She said, he blinked.

" How did you know I was from New Orleans?" He asked, an eye brow raised, Rogue was just as surprised as he was, how did she know where he was from?

" Ah, uh, could tell by your Cajun accent." She said. " She had assumed he was from Cajun country but she wasn't sure what city.

" Mhmm, and I can tell from your accent you're from... Mississippi? Probably Jackson or Meridian." He said, Rogue was now even more surprised, how had he known where she was from? Only a few people knew where she was from.

" Meridian."

" Hmm?" He said as he looked at the applications.

" Ah'm from Meridian." She said quietly, he looked over at her in shock, he didn't know a thing about this girl and yet he knew where she was from?

" Huh," he shrugged it off as a coincidence, but inside, he felt something strange was going on.

" So," he started, trying to change the subject. " What college are you thinking of going to?" He asked, he saw her shrug out of the corner of his eye.

" Ah don't know yet, Ah don't even know what Ah'm wanting to study." She laughed dryly, he looked at her thoughtfully.

" Well, you could be a model, an actress, possibly a lawyer." He said.

" A lawyer?" She said with a frown on her face. " Ah'm not sure that's what Ah wanna do."

" Well, maybe you should take mechanics or something like that." He shrugged as he went to stand up. " Oh, let me know which college you'll go to."

" Why?"

" That way I'll know where to visit ya." He winked at her before turning around and walking out of the library, Rogue sighed and rubbed her forehead. This guy was a bit relentless but she couldn't help but think it was flattering that the most handsome man in the school was flirting with her. She looked at her watch and stood up, the X-men were doing a training session in a few minutes and she didn't want to be late.

That Afternoon:

The X-men were standing in the middle of the Danger Room, wearing their uniforms, they were about to start the newest simulation. They divided into two teams, one blue, the other red. The Blue team consisted of Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue, and Jean while the red team's roster was Storm, Colossus, Kitty, and Gambit.

The sim started and both teams were amongst rubble and debris, it was a town that had been attacked by the Friends of Humanity, the town was a mutant's only town, so the FOH had decided to start a rally that got way out of hand.

" Okay team," Scott said as he stood before his team. " This is like capture the flag, but mutant style, we have to, not only dodge the red team, but also FOH members." He said, the team nodded and they split up.

" Okay team." Storm said as she addressed her team. " We need to capture the blue's teams flag as quickly as possible, be sure to use stealth and observation, that is the advantage we have over our opponents." She said, her team nodded and also split up.

" Ready everyone?" Bobby asked from the Observation deck.

" Ready!" Both teams said, He than started the clock and both teams took off.

Rogue slid underneath a piece of crumbling building, trying to avoid Storm and her team, she knew they would probably hide their flag where no one could find it. So, she looked for the highest point and saw a clock tower that happened to be in Storm's territory.

'Ah have a feeling that is where the flag is hidden.' She smirked to herself as she ran toward it, she than heard a buzzer and froze.

" Kitty's out." Bobby announced, they than resumed the game, she kicked the clock tower door in and ran up the stairs as the buzzer went off again.

" Jean's out." He announced, Rogue continued running up the stairs when she saw someone out of the corner of her eye. It was a FOH member, the man spotted her and ran toward her, she shook the banister, to make sure it was sturdy, and she held onto it as she kicked him in the face.

The FOH member growled before pulled out a gun and shooting at her, she barely dodged the bullets, she than jumped onto the banister, balanced herself, and she ran on it until she was behind the FOH member and she jumped back onto the stairs and ran up to the tower.

She opened the door at the very top and saw the flag as another buzzer went off.

" Storm and Cyclops are out."

She shook her head before grabbing the flag, but she felt something grab her jacket and yank her away, she still was holding onto the flag though, she saw it was the same FOH member as earlier. She growled and went to punch him, the FOH member barely dodged it and he reposted with a left jab, it hit Rogue in her side and that just got her pissed. She than hit him with a left jab and a right hook, the man stumbled back slightly before Rogue kicked him in the stomach, the man stumbled some more before he roundhouse kicked her and she fell to the ground.

He grabbed the back of her jacket and pulled her forcibly up, he than punched her continuously in the stomach as he held the back of her jacket with his other hand. Rogue backed out of her jacket as he went to punch her again, she landed on the ground with a small thud, the FOH guy blinked before Rogue kicked him in the stomach and punched him in the face. He began trying to punch her but he backed her up to a window and he smirked before feigning a right hook but kicked her in the stomach with so much force that she fell out the window.

Rogue accidentally screamed as she came closer and closer to crashing on the ground, but, instead of landing on the cold hard ground, she landed on someone else and they went 'oof' as she landed on top of them, she saw she had accidentally landed on Logan and he was glaring at her. She smiled sheepishly at him, but she didn't realize a piece of her uniform had ripped and she felt that familiar pull of her powers, she was absorbing Logan's memories.

A/N:

Hey everyone! Here is my newest story, and this will be the last one in the series and I have an entirely new story coming up soon but I can't think of a title for it -.- anyway hoped this wasn't to confusing and I hope y'all liked it! Thanks for reading and reviewing!