-1Rogue was still sobbing when she hears this annoying noise. After trying for fifteen minutes to figure out where it was coming from, she gets a sudden wave of nausea. It finally hits her that her bracelet's power had run out. She stands and walks over to her nightstand where she had place the box it came in. She removed the bracelet and places it on the charger Beast gave her for it. The lights start blinking letting her know that it has indeed started to regain its power. "At least now ah don't hafta touch anyone till tomorrow." She stands and walks over to her window. The sun has just begun to set and yet Rogue felt like it was three in the morning. She was exhausted from all the tears she had shed. She knew that shortly someone would come knocking to inform her that dinner was ready. She wasn't hungry but knew that someone would suspect something is she didn't show herself at the meal. Her glance moved to her mirror as she tried to put herself together again. Her eyes were all puffy from crying so hard and her hair was even crazier then normal. She couldn't even imagine attempting to fix her make-up that had slide down both of her cheeks in dark rivers of tears. After a few moments of hard work she finally make her self look half way presentable just as Kitty phases her head through the door. "Like, dinners ready Rogue." As fast as she popped in she was gone again. "Here we go." Rogue said as she opened her door to face the real world again.
Diner remained surprisingly quiet until Beast spoke up and asked her if she was having any difficulty adjusting to having her powers back. "Ah got a little queasy, other than that everything is normal." She said will pushing her food back and forth on her plate. About halfway through the meal Gambit asked to be excused giving some excuse of a phone call he had to make. Rogue watched as he walked out the door without even so much as a nod. "That was kinda weird," she thought to herself. After forcing herself to eat half of her meal and answer a few more questions, Rogue excused herself. She places her plate in the sink and walked out of the dining room. She didn't feel like retreating to her room again yet so she walked outside to the back yard.
Standing outside she just looked up at the stars. She watched the night sky turn darker by the minute. She started aimlessly walking around the grounds. She stopped when she came to a large tree and got the sudden urge to climb it. She hadn't climbed a tree since she was six or seven. She grabbed onto on of the lower branches and pulled herself into the tree. She kept climbing until the branches were too small to support her. She set herself down next to the trunk and looked out across the grounds. She had made it more than half way up the huge tree and was sitting even with the dorm windows of the mansion. She looked at the house and noticed that Gambit was in his room. She almost fell out of the tree when she saw him packing his duffle bag, "The Professa didn't say anything about a mission for him. Where in blue blazes is he going?" Rogue continued to watch as he packed all normal clothing, no uniforms. "Now ah know he ain't going on a mission."
She quickly made her way down the tree and rushed into the house hoping to catch him still in his room. As she approached his door she could hear him talking on the phone, "You sure everyting just as Remy asked chere, Remy want it to be perfect when he meet you. Ok Remy leaving tonight, so he be there late tonight. Remy can wait ta see." He ends the conversation. Rogue can't believe what she just heard. Remy is meeting some woman tonight, and from the way he was packing, he wasn't planning on returning for a couple days. Rogue heard him coming towards the door, she quickly ducked into the first room she saw and shut the door. She took a deep breath as she heard Gambit walk past the door and down the stairs.
"I must say it's quite a surprise to she you run into my room this early in the evening, Marie. I assumed that you might not ever come back to my room." Rogue's body tenses as Magneto spoke. In her rush she didn't realize that she had picked his room to hide in. "Are you going to say something or just sit there?" Rogue slowly turns to face him but remains silent. "Please Marie, don't do this to me. There isn't a crime on earth that I could commit that would justify this kind of torture."
"Ah . . . ah," she stutters, she know what she should do but she just can't seem to spit the words out. "Erik ah hafta tell ya something." She lowers her head. "Ah have come ta a decision. It was a mistake ta sleep with ya. Ah betrayed Remy and worst of all, ah betrayed mahself. Ah gave into mah desires for touch and it was wrong of me ta use ya like that. Ah hope that someday ya can find it in ya heart ta forgive me. What happened that night, can neva and will neva happen again."
With ever word Marie says Erik's heart breaks more and more. He summons the strength to reply, "I understand Marie and I will no longer bring the subject up. I see now that it was a mistake to give in to the pleasure myself. You are with Remy and I was well aware of that fact but still seduced you. It is I that should be asking for an apology. "
"Ah guess we both must carry the blame for what happened. Ah know that this will change everything between us but in time ah hope we can remain friends. Ah would hate ta lose that aspect of this situation." Rogue looks up to see his reaction.
"I agree but for now I think its best if we put some space between us. If only to make it easier for the both of us to return to our normal routine," Erik holds his tears back with everything in him.
"Ya right, ah will see ya around Erik." Rogue turns and exits his room.
No sooner did the door close then Erik's eyes overflow. He rests his head on his desk and let's go of all the pent up feelings he has inside. His hurt quickly turns to anger towards Remy. "Damn that Cajun. I know that he will never treat her the way she deserves to be treated. So help me I will prove to her that he is not worthy of her love."
Rogue returns to her room and sees a note on her bed. She walks over and opens it.
Dear Rogue,
Remy is waiting for ya at the address on de back of dis envelope. He been planning a little vacation for us for a while now. Don't keep Remy waiting. . . .
Remy
Rogue flips the envelope over and finds the address. Its one of the most expensive hotels in the area. She thinks back to the conversation she overheard earlier.
"You sure everyting just as Remy asked chere, Remy want it to be perfect when he meet you. Ok Remy leaving tonight, so he be there late tonight. Remy can wait ta see."
"Who was he talking to and how is gonna ask me ta meet him? He is meeting some other woman right now. Maybe this is just karma comin' ta get me for cheating on him." Rogue's curiosity gets the best of her and she packs a bag and heads towards the hotel.
