Hey everyone, here's chapter four it's a little short and I'm sorta in a funk at the moment so it's probably not as good as it could be but I can alway's edit it later on. Hope y'all like it, don't forget to tell me what you think, and thanks to everyone that has faved, followed, and reviewed!

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Training and 'Truth'

Rogue huffed slightly, this was her 3rd attempt at picking a mannequins pocket and the bell's kept ringing! She was beginning to get frustrated, her 'teacher' as he called himself, wasn't much help. He chuckled as she made the bell go off again.

" What's so damn funny?" She asked in annoyance, Gambit stood up and walked over to her.

" You're thinking to much chére," he shook his head " Don't think. Just do." Rogue blinked, that was his helpful advice! Don't think. Just do?! She sighed and didn't think about it. She walked past the mannequin, stuck her hand in it's pocket, and slowly pulled out the wallet she cowered slightly, waiting for the bell to go off, but it never did. She grinned like a manic and couldn't help but jump up and down.

" Ah did it! Ya see that Swamp boy, Ah did it!" She said happily, Gambit nodded and he opened a comic book.

" Good, now you just gotta do that 999 more times." Rogue's eye's widened, her jaw dropped, and her mind went blank.

1 MONTH LATER:

Rogue breathed a sigh of relief, she had just finished pickpocketing the mannequin for the 1,000th time and she felt pretty damn proud, She threw the wallet at Gambit and he caught it with ease.

" There, Ah finished your 'training' now what?" She asked, hand on her hip, Gambit looked at her and he stood up, walked over to her and he pulled out something small and made of metal.

" One, I can't believe it took you a month to learn that," Rogue rolled her eye's. " Second, here." He handed her the metal piece.

Rogue moved it from one hand to the other, she had no idea what it was, she saw a small red button and she pressed it. The short metal object extended into a long metal staff she looked from the staff to Gambit and back again.

" It's called a bō staff, ever used one before?" He asked and she shrugged slightly, Gambit pulled his bō staff out and he pressed the red button.

" Well I guess you'll be getting a lesson." Before Rogue had time to react, Gambit lightly hit her in the ribs she yelped slightly, more in surprise than in pain, she got into her defensive position and was ready for his next attack. He went to hit her left arm but she blocked it, than she feigned a left but actually went to hit him on the side of the face but stopped short.

" 1-1." She said, Gambit nodded and he went to hit the back of her leg but Rogue blocked it, she countered by trying to hit his knee but he blocked it. They continued parrying each others attacks, occasionally one of them would get a lucky hit. Rogue swung the staff and almost hit his abdomen but he caught it with his left hand and he kicked her legs out from under her and she fell down on the ground, Gambit straddled her hips and he held her bō against her chest.

" 10-9, I win." He said a little out of breath, their body's glistening in sweat, their breathing heavy, his brown eye's seemed to have a bit of red in them and he had a look in them, a look of want or maybe lust, Rogue looked at the muscles in his arms as they went a little lax. That's when she remembered that she was wearing a short sleeved top and wrist length gloves, she pulled her legs toward her, positioned them underneath his stomach and, with all he strength, she pushed him off of her. He landed with a thud, all the wind knocked out of him, he sat up and looked over at Rogue, who stood up, and glared at him.

" Is something wrong, chére?" He asked, he didn't know if maybe she had a boyfriend or maybe a husband.

" Yes something's wrong! Ah could've-!" She stopped, even though they had known each other a month, she hadn't told him she was a mutant, her ability was to absorb people's thoughts, memories, and their power, if they were a mutant.

" You could've?" He asked, Rogue blinked than she shook her head.

" Never mind, Ah think we're done for the day." She said as she walked past him and toward the warehouse doors, Gambit stood up, grabbed his bō staff, and his leather duster and followed her out the door.

They began walking toward Rogue's apartment, which happened to be in the French Quarter, they walked up the stairs and they stood in front of Rogue's room. She turned to look at him a small smile on her face.

" Thanks for walking me back here and for the training today, same time tomorrow?" She asked and Gambit nodded.

" Yep, well, g'night Rogue." He said and She nodded as she opened her room door, she stopped, and turned around to look at him.

" Hey umm Gambit," he turned and looked at her, she stared at her shoes. " Do you wanna come in and have dinner with me?" He blinked, this was the first time she had invited him for dinner, he nodded and followed her inside.

Rogue closed the door behind her, the room was 1,100 square foot, it had two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was a little big for just one person but she used the other room mostly for storage. She walked into the small kitchen area as Gambit walked into the sitting area.

" Nice place." He complimented, he sat down on the couch and Rogue nodded, she poured two glasses of wine and she walked to where Gambit was sitting.

" Thanks, it wasn't cheap that's for sure." She laughed slightly as she handed Gambit his glass, he nodded in thanks and he took a sip Rogue sat down next to him and she also took a sip of her wine.

" It's a pretty big place for only one person." He commented, Rogue set her glass down on the coffee table and she nodded.

" Yeah, but it provides great storage space." She joked and he nodded as he took another sip of his wine, they sat there in silence for, what seemed like an hour, as the pizza cooked.

" Ah hope you don't mind pizza for dinner." She stood up and walked into the kitchen and grabbed a pizza out of the oven and she walked over to the coffee table, placed the box of pizza in the center, and sat down on the floor. Gambit stood up and he sat down across from her and he grabbed a piece of the pizza but quickly dropped it.

" It's hot." She said and he rolled his eye's, he up the piece of pizza again, when it had cooled some, and he took a bite. He and Rogue ate quietly, and once they had finished Rogue grabbed the empty box of pizza and threw it away, she walked back into the sitting area and she sat down on the couch next to Gambit. He looked over at her, she seemed really weird when they were sparring earlier he took a sip of his wine before speaking.

" What happened earlier? When we were sparring?" He asked and Rogue looked over at him and frowned.

" What're you talking about?"

" The skin thing, you started to say something but stopped. What were you going to tell me?" Rogue sighed as she took a big gulp of her wine, she could tell a lie or suck it up and tell him the truth.

" Ah... Ah have a rare skin condition." She lied, well, it wasn't a flat out lie. She just couldn't risk telling him she was a mutant, but wait, why did it matter? Why did she hate lying to him? And why was she so concerned about what he thought? His eye brows raised considerably.

" Okay, and is that why you wear gloves all the time?" He pointed at her gloved hand and she nodded, she usually never felt this bad about lying, but this time, she was really starting to regret it. Gambit looked at his watch and saw the time, he stood up and put his duster on.

" I should be going, 6:00 a.m. sharp." He said as he walked toward the door and Rogue followed.

" Ah wouldn't miss it for the world." She said with a small smile, and he nodded, opened the door, and walked out. Rogue closed the door behind him, locked the door, and took a shower before heading to bed.

Gambit pulled out a pack of cigarettes and, as he walked toward his hotel, pulled one out of the pack and lit it with the tip of his finger. He took a drag, held the smoke in for a little while, and he let it out slowly, something was off about Rogue and he couldn't put his finger on it, if she actually had a skin condition than he couldn't tell. He took a longer drag of his cigarette and he held it much longer, relishing in the taste, before he let it out again. He put the cigarette out as he walked up to his hotel room, opened the door, and walked in. Gambit took his duster off and threw it over a chair before going and taking a shower, once he got out of the shower he put on some shorts and a t-shirt and he crawled into bed and fell asleep quickly.

Rogue walked into the warehouse and frowned, there was rope tied to the rafters, going in all different directions, and crouching on one of the ropes sat Gambit Rogue shook her head.

" What in the world are you doing?" She asked as Gambit jumped down and landed with a small thud, he walked over to her with a cocky smirk.

" I'm just testing your balance today, every good thief has to have good balance and flexibility." He said and Rogue nodded slightly.

" What happens if Ah fall?" She asked and Gambit shrugged.

" I'll catch you, but hopefully that won't happen." Gambit said as he walked underneath a rope, Rogue walked over to the ladder and she climbed it till she reached the beam. She stood up slowly and swallowed hard, her palms began to sweat, her heart was racing, and she had butterflies in her stomach she was liable to throw up at any point. She took her boots off and she walked over to the rope.

" You're gonna catch me right?" Rogue asked worriedly, Gambit nodded.

" Yes chére, if you go to fall I'll catch you." He than mumbled. " Or at least I'll try to anyway."

" I heard that!" She yelled down at him, she took a deep breath, held it, than let it out slowly. She began to slowly walk on the rope, she began to tilt slightly to the right, than the left, and she was getting even more anxious as she slowly walked. She than felt a huge gust of window come through one of the broken windows, it blew her off balance and she gripped the rope with her toes, hoping to stay on, she went for ward than backward, arms flailing every which way till finally.

She fell.

Did he catch her? Or did he not? Hope y'all enjoyed, I'm currently writing a sad one-shot but it's really not connected to this story I'll put two hints on my profile, any-who, thanks for reading!