Rogue walked into the institute gates that evening at around 7. She walked up the long drive way thinking about what she had done that day. She had met Jake, a really cut and funny guy who was also a mutant. They had so much in common. Both liked the same music and films. They had gone that day to see the latest Batman movie, followed by food at a small restaurant down the road. She smiled at herself as she remembered all the things they had talked about that day.

She reached the end of the drive, to the front of the institute. Logan was outside playing with his bike as usual.

"Hey Logan." she called as she approached the animal under his bike.

"What's up kid?" he could smell something different in the air, something mutant. "Who have you been with today?" he asked cautiously.

She grinned at the hairy man, "Ah made a new friend, he's a mutant. Gonna see if he wants t' join th' x men." she went to walk towards the entrance of the institute.

"Just be careful Rogue. don't want ya getting hurt like ya did with Mystique." she turned and scowled at him.

"Mystique has gone Logan, foh good. Jake aint gonna hurt me." she turned back and ran into her home.

She ran up the stairs to her bedroom. Kitty wasn't in as usual, so she had the place to herself. On her bed she found her bags full of shopping that she left with Remy earlier. After unpacking them and hanging up all her new clothes on her side of the walk in closet, she left her room, heading towards Remy's bedroom.

She tapped on the door a few times, but there was no answer. She opened the door to find the room empty. She checked the bathroom and balcony but there was no one in. she sighed and left. Closing the door behind her she realised she was hungry again, so she walked back down stairs towards the kitchen.

Remy was riding along, wind whipping through his hair as he sped along the long and winding roads. He had been out on his bike for almost 2 hours now. He couldn't believe that Rogue had done this to him. It was all he had been able to think about since she left him in that café earlier that day. She had seen his memories, so how could she do exactly what belladonna had done. She knew how he felt about her and she just went ahead and smashed his heart again.

He had gone to a bar after he left the café and took the shopping home. He found a small and dingy place that had dark corners. He sat there for almost 4 hours, with the same glass of Jack Daniels that he never touched.

All day women had been walking up and throwing themselves at him. He refused out of bitterness. He didn't want to look at another girl for a while. Instead he sat on his own in a dark corner, stewing in his own anger and hatred for the women who had broken his heart.

After 4 hours he decided to leave and head back for the institute. Launching himself onto his bike, he roared through the streets towards the home he shared with her. But not for long.

He reached the institute and left his bike in the garage. He walked inside using the backdoor, which lead to the kitchen. He looked up and saw Rogue standing to one side, leaning on the counter with a tub of ice cream in her hand and a spoon in the other.

"evening sugah, where have ya'll been hiding." she said as she reached in to scoop out another spoonful of vanilla ice cream.

"nowhere" he stated as he stomped across the room, heading for the exit as quick as he could.

"nowhere? Where's nowhere?"

"just nowhere"

"what wrong with ya Swamp Rat?" she asked curiously, placing the tub of ice cream on the counter and moving towards him slowly.

He stopped in the middle of the room. Damn this kitchen for being so large otherwise he would have gotten away quicker. He turned to face her.

"wat' does dis 'Jake' 'av dat I don't cher?"

Rogue stopped and blinked in confusion. "What do ya' mean?" she stared at him with her deep green eyes. Oh how he loved those eyes. But she hurt him.

"Don't play games wit' me Rogue. Yu' know exactly what I mean. so wat' dos' dis 'Jake' guy got dat I don't?"

"Remy ah, ah honestly don't know what ya mean." her eyes where welling up, tears where threatening to fall down her cheeks.

Remy threw his fist down on the counter. "yu' know exactly 'ow I feel 'bout yu', yu' absorbed me so you must know. Now tell me, what is it!" he shouted.

"Ah don't know, hes jus' different somehow, ah don't know Remy." the tears where falling. She really didn't have any idea what he was talking about.

"Different huh? How?

"Ah don't know Remy! Why are ya asking me this? And why are ya shouting at me?"

"How is he different?" he yelled. His eyes were glowing so brightly, they where so full of anger, Rogue didn't know what to say.

"Ah don't know ah've only known him one day, but he just is." she began to get angry as well now.

"'Ow? Good lookin'? Rich? Perfect life? never done anything wrong-

"If ya mean he hasn't killed anyone then yes!" she shouted.

She regretted it as soon as the words left her mouth. She watched as he turned and flew out of the kitchen. She fell to the floor and pulled her knees up to her chest. What had just happened? What did he mean when he said about his feelings? Rogue didn't know about any feeling that he was talking about. Now she knew he like her obviously. But she had never known that from absorbing him. She racked her brains out trying to remember, but she couldn't.

She remembered sitting in the professors office while they where going through Remy's memories. She remembered the memory about Magneto, but that was the last one;

- "well it seems we have learnt a bit more about our new friend." noted the professor as he spoke aloud. He looked up at Rogue. "I was able to empty the rest of the memories from your mind. All I need was for those to be removed by yourself…" -

The professor had removed the later feelings and memories. She had forgotten all about what she felt when she first absorbed him. She had known that he liked her, had strong feelings for her, but she had forgotten. Having the later memories and feelings removed must have wiped them out too.

She got up off the kitchen floor. She had to find him and apologise. She had to let him know that she really didn't know what he was talking about at the time, and if she had she would never had gone off with Jake that morning. There was something about this situation that told her it would be one of those things they would laugh about in the future.

She ran in the direction he had gone in, towards his bedroom. Running up 3 flights of stairs and down 2 corridors, she finally reached his door. Bursting in, expecting to find Remy, she found the room empty. All things belonging to Remy, his clothes, his pictures and his cards had all disappeared. There was no note left, instead there were bits of card on his bed, looking at them closely she saw that they were the King and Queen of hearts ripped up into pieces. He had gone, left the x men and it was her fault. She fell onto his bed. It still smelt like him, cigarettes and cologne. She hugged his pillow and cried herself to sleep. He was gone and it was her fault.

Remy couldnt believe she had said it. the hurt and hatred rushed through him like a shot of Adrenaline. he turned and flew out of the kitchen and went stright to him room. Running up 3 flights of stairs and down 2 corridors, he finally reached his door. He flung the door open and walked straight to his bed, picking up the duffle bag of clothes he had packed earlier that day, he threw it over his shoulder. Before he left he remembered one thing. taking out 2 cards from his pack of cards, he ripped them up and left the little pieces on his bed. never again would he offer his queen of hearts, never again would he have his heart broken.