I don't own X-Men. I wish I did. I hope you watched Hugh Jackman on Jay Leno.
Rogue walked down the hallway to Kitty's room. She knocked on the door. Kitty's head phased through the door.
"Hey," Kitty said.
"You wanted to talk to me?" Rogue asked.
"Yeah, come on in."
Kitty grabbed Rogue's hand and phased her through the door. They both sat down on Kitty's bed.
"I was just wondering," Kitty said. "If you've forgiven Bobby, does that mean you forgive me too?"
Rogue thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess so."
"I'm glad. Because I am sorry."
"You're my best friend, Kit. I don't want to lose our friendship over a guy."
Kitty held her arms open. Rogue smiled and gave her a big hug.
"I gotta tell you something," Rogue said.
"What is it?"
Rogue sighed. "I'm not sure I made the right decision when I took Bobby back."
"Yeah, I don't think you did either." Kitty stood up. "You want the God's honest truth? Bobby pursued me. I knew that I shouldn't have done what I did. I tried to resist his ways, but I gave in."
"I know. His powers of persuasion are very strong."
"Rogue, I can almost guarantee you that he's gonna try it again. People don't change that quickly."
"He wants to change."
"No, all he wants is to get laid. I'm telling you, when he is alone with me, it's like you don't even exist."
Just then, there was a knock at her door. Kitty got up and poked her head through the door.
"Hold on," she said. She turned to Rogue. "It's Bobby," she whispered. "You really wanna see what he'll do, hide in the closet."
Rogue got up and ran into Kitty's closet. She left the door open a crack to see what was going on. Kitty opened her door and let Bobby in.
"Hey, hot stuff," Bobby said as he walked into the room.
"Hey," Kitty said.
Bobby shut her door and locked it. He put his arms around Kitty's waist.
"Bobby, what are you doing?" Kitty asked.
"What?" Bobby asked. "You don't want me to hold you?"
"But what about…?"
Bobby put his finger to her lips. "I know what you're going to say. Don't you worry about Rogue. She'll never know. It'll be our little secret."
"Well, we do have to be more careful this time around."
"Why do you think I locked the door?"
Bobby kissed Kitty. Like he did with Rogue earlier, he guided her over to the bed and when she fell back onto the bed, he crawled on top of her. Rogue couldn't take it anymore. She burst out of Kitty's closet.
"Bobby!" she screamed.
Bobby got up quickly. "What the…?" he asked.
Rogue shoved him. "I trusted you! You're not sorry at all!"
Then she punched him in the face. He fell onto the floor and Rogue continued to hit him. Kitty pulled her off of him and they phased through the floor. They landed on the floor below, startling Logan.
"What the heck?" he asked.
Rogue threw her arms around him, buried her face into his chest and started to cry.
"Hey, now," Logan said, rubbing her back. "It's OK."
"I'm sorry, Rogue," Kitty said. "You had to know."
"No," Rogue sobbed. "I owe you a lot, Kitty."
Just then, they heard footsteps pounding on the stairs. Bobby came down the stairs and started over to them. He stopped short when he saw that Logan was with them. Logan released Rogue from his embrace and popped out his dagger claws.
"You're already on thin ice with us, Bobby Drake," Logan said through clenched teeth. "I wouldn't push your luck."
"Logan," Kitty said. "We've already lost three X-men. Let's not lose another one so soon."
Logan withdrew his claws. "Get the hell out of here," he said to Bobby.
Bobby turned around and went back to his room. Logan turned to the girls.
"Explain," he said.
"I think we're going to need some sundaes," Kitty said.
"Root beer floats," Rogue corrected.
Logan draped his arm over Rogue's shoulders. "Whatever you want, darling."
They all went to the kitchen.
X
"And that's when we ran into you," Kitty said and she finished off her root beer float.
Logan looked at Rogue. "How does it feel to hit that son of a bitch?"
Rogue smiled. "It felt pretty good actually."
Kitty let out a big yawn. "I think I'm gonna head up to bed. You gonna be all right?"
"Yeah, I'll be OK," Rogue said. "Thanks again, Kit."
"Goodnight," Logan said.
Kitty placed her cup into the dishwasher and went back to her bedroom. Rogue turned to Logan.
"You got any beer?" Rogue asked.
Logan laughed. "No. Storm pours whatever is left down the drain every morning."
"Oh. We could go get some."
"Rogue, that's not gonna help you."
Rogue leaned in towards Logan. "Alcohol seems to make good things happen."
Logan's lip curved into a small smile. "That it does."
"I don't want to drink to forget my Bobby woes."
"I think I understand. But just so you know, you don't need alcohol to have fun."
"I know that."
Logan finished his root beer float. "I'm gonna go to bed. You sure you'll be OK?"
Rogue smiled. "You don't have to worry about me, Logan."
"I do worry about you. You keep me sane."
Rogue giggled. "Goodnight, Logan."
Logan got up from his seat and started back to his room. He stopped when his super hearing picked up a whisper. He smiled to himself. "I will," he said, and he continued on to his room.
