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Rogue awoke the next morning with only a small headache. She pulled the pillow closer. The smell of it was so comforting. It smelled of spice and cloves. As the smell surrounded her, something began to pull at her mind. Gambit, This was Gambit's smell. She waited for a memory to surface but nothing happened. She sighed, the Professor did say it would take time.
Rogue looked at the time and realized no one would be in the kitchen because from what Logan said classes would have started. This was a good time for her to get something to eat. She thought.
When Rogue got to the kitchen she saw Kurt standing there eating a muffin. "Morning." Rogue said quietly.
Kurt turned around. "Oh hi. Just grabbing a snack. Want a muffin?"
"Sure." Rogue replied.
Just as Rogue was about a bite Kurt spoke again. "They are apricot, Kitty made them this morning."
Rogue pulled the muffin away from her mouth. "Kitty made them?" She said warily.
Kurt laughed. "It's fine. About a month after Remy and Piotr got here she used them as guinea pigs. Remy freaked out and dragged her in the kitchen and began to give her cooking lessons so she wouldn't try and poison him again. He really helped her improve. Her muffins are amazing now."
Rogue took a small bite. The muffin was moist and yummy. "They are really good." She said with surprise.
"These are your favorites. That's why she made them."
"That was nice of her. I wish it jogged something."
"It's okay it will come."
Gambit watched them from the doorway. His heart skipped a beat just seeing her. He steeled himself and walked in to the kitchen. "Hey." He said.
Rogue froze and turned around to face him. " Um Good morning." She said with a shaky voice.
Gambit tried not to take it to heart. "I'm just gonna grab a muffin and I will be out of your way. I have a class in twenty minutes."
"Oh you teach too?" Rogue asked.
"Yeah French. I was tricked into it."
Kurt laughed. "Tricked?" Rogue wondered aloud.
Kurt laughed again. "Yeah they asked him to teach until they found someone else and then they never bothered to look."
Rogue giggled. That was pretty funny.
Gambit smiled at her laugh and Rogue felt her heart skip a beat. "I have to go. I will see you later." Gambit said and he walked out of the kitchen.
Rogue watched him leave. Then she turned to Kurt when a thought occurred to her. "Who has been teaching my class?"
"Scott took your Automotive class and Logan took your Danger Room session." Kurt answered.
"Danger Room session?"
"Yeah we all have a group of kids we take into the Danger Room to work on their powers."
"Oh." Rogue said taking this in.
"Sorry I have to go. I have my group soon and I need to get ready."
"It's fine. I will see you later."
Rogue sat in the kitchen alone and wondered what to do with herself. She began to wander the mansion to see what else had changed besides the kitchen. She came to a new part of the mansion that she didn't recognize. She wandered down the hall and realized that this is where the classrooms were.
Rogue watched as her friends taught the children. She passed Kitty teaching a computer class and Piotr teaching an art class. Then she came upon Gambit teaching French. She paused just out of sight to watch him. She listened to him speak. The french rolled off his tongue beautifully. She saw the girls in the class had mooney expressions on their faces. She laughed inwardly. She looked at him again. His hair was tied back but some strands were falling out and framing his face. Her heart skipped a beat. She walked away wondering if her heart was trying to get her to remember how she felt about him.
Rogue wandered around the mansion a while longer and then headed back up to her room. She began to go through the closet again. She breathed in the smell from Gambit clothes, spice and cloves. The smell was so comforting. She willed a memory to come from it. But nothing happened. She groaned in frustration. She really wanted to remember something from their relationship. Anything. She gave up and laid on the bed trying to decide what to do.
Gambit headed back to his guest room before he went to lunch. He had forgotten to grab his afternoon classes papers. He walked into the room and grabbed the papers. A small box on the nightstand caught his eye. He sat down on the bed and opened it. An emerald ring sparkled at him. He had been planning to ask Rogue to marry him on their four year anniversary. That was next week. Four years since he almost died and she admitted that she love him. Their fist mutual kiss which he thought would be his last. He was brought out of his reverie by a knock on his door. He looked up to see Scott standing there. "What ya doing? Ready for lunch?"
"Uh yeah." Gambit said closing the box.
Scott noticed the movement. "She gonna remember and you will be able to ask her."
"Yeah maybe."
"She will and then she will say yes."
"This is killing me. Every time I see her I want to pull her into my arms and make her remember."
"She will come to you. She just needs time. Try to remember what it was like when you first started trying to woo her. At least she's not hitting you. Or you're not passing out in random spots when you try to steal a kiss."
"Yeah I guess you do have a point."
"It was always pretty funny to find you in random spots unconscious when she just started leaving you where every you landed."
Gambit laughed. "Yeah that's because you and Kurt started looking for me as soon as you heard Rogue yell stupid Cajun and would draw on me."
Scott laughed. "You were such a good canvas. Come on lets go to lunch before the kids eat it all."
Gambit nodded and followed him out the door.
Unbeknownst to them they had, had an audience to their conversation. Rogue stood in the shadows listening to them. She had come up half way through their conversation. And had heard about the stealing of kisses. It seemed like Scott and Gambit were good friends. That surprised her. But not as much as the conversation. Gambit had tried to kiss her multiple times even though he knew about her powers? He must have really liked her. The thought made her blush. She had come up to ask Gambit about their relationship but now she was a bit unsure about it. Maybe she would try talking to him later.