The Secret of Gambit's Success.
Another fine day in Bayville, home of the mutants, the aliens, and the Elvis sightings. The sun was shining, birds were singing in the bushes (but were drowned out by the traffic noise), and Gambit was whistling as he sauntered up to the door of the Xavier Institute.
The knock at the door brought Kitty running down the stairs at about 90mph 'I'll get it!' She called happily before practically wrenching the door off it's hinges. 'Like, hello Gambit what are you doing here?'
'Gambit just stopped by to see if any of the people who lost their stuff in the poker match last Friday wanted to play chess tomorrow so they can have a chance to win their stuff back. It's really cluttering up Gambit's room and Sabertooth says he'll kill me if he trips over Scott's car or Logan's bike again.'
Kitty looked slightly confused. 'Isn't chess, like, totally out of character for you Gambit?' she asked with a frown.
'Sure is,' he replied 'But Gambit always cheats at poker and he does want to get rid of all that crap.'
It was very unfortunate for Gambit that Wolverine happened to walk up the drive at that exact time. 'WHAT?' Wolverine roared. 'You cheated me out of my bike and then you got the nerve to call it crap?!'
'Um, Gambit gotta leave now, bye.' Gambit ran for his life.