Rogue had spent the majority of the night doing breathing exercises until she had finally managed to go to sleep. But sleep hadn't lasted long at all, only about two hours, before she had finally given up and crawled out of bed. She found her suitcase in the dark and began looking through it to find cloths for today. If she was lucky maybe Remy would be gone by the time she got out of the shower, but then again when did she ever have any luck.

She squinted through the dark to where Remy lay on the couch, his back was to her and he looked very uncomfortable sprawled out over it. To be truthful she was honestly surprised he had shown up at all. She had been sure he had wanted her to leave, he had given her all the same signs that Bobby had. And yet there he was last night, she had been beyond shocked to see him standing there. At first she had been hopeful that he had come to apologize and ask her to come back, but then he had to go and open his mouth.

She turned the shower on and stepped inside. She hoped the hot water would wash away her troubles but she knew from past experiences that it wouldn't happen. She dreaded going back out there but knew that the window in the bathroom was too small for her to squeeze through. She also highly doubted she could quietly break the wall down to make her escape. She sighed as she stepped out of the shower into the steamy bathroom. She wiped down the mirror to get a better look at herself, the woman she saw before her was not the same girl she had been so many years ago. So much had happened in the last ten years she didn't think she could ever be the same girl again.

Rogue let out another sigh before she started to dry her hair, she was halfway done when there was a knock on the door. She paused for a moment before turning her hair dryer off and walking to the door. She opened the door to see a sleepy red eyed Cajun before her in nothing but a pair of low slung jeans. Rogue desperately tried to tear her eyes away from his chest and the v shape his hip bones made. It was like an arrow pointing the way to something she would never have. She thanked God he couldn't see her gawking because he was yawning and his eyes were closed.

"Can Ah help ya?" She asked in a clipped tone.

He looked back down at her and stared as he raked his demonic eyes down her body. It was then that Rogue became very aware how she was only clad in a damp towel. "Remy?" She tried again. This time when she spoke he snapped his eyes back up to meet her eyes and the red glow died down to a darker red.

"Gotta use de bathroom Cherie." He said.

"Oh, ok." She said and turned around to gather her cloths. She decided to leave her hair dryer in the bathroom; her hair was dry for the most part anyway. When she turned back around she saw Remy's eyes glowing again. And once again she felt acutely aware to her lack of clothing. She walked past him with her eyes set forward, avoiding his gaze.

He shut the door behind her and she walked over to the bed. She cast a quick glance at the closed door before dropping the towel to the floor and quickly yanking on her cloths. She was just pulling her tank top down when she heard the door open. She spun around and began looking for the shirt she was going to wear that day. She didn't see it anywhere and wondered if she had left it in the bathroom. She looked up to see Remy still standing in the door way watching her every move.

She willed away the blush that wanted to overtake her face and moved forward toward the bathroom. She had expected Gambit to move but he stood there like a stone wall, blocking her path. "Excuse me." She mumbled. And still he did not move.

Rogue chanced a glance at his face to see him staring at her still with his eyes glowing. She was getting tired of this fast. She put one gloved hand to his bare chest with the intent to push him out of her way but was stopped when he put his bare hand over hers. Rogue immediately froze in place for a moment before she yanked her hand away.

"What do ya think ya doin' Cajun?" She demanded as she took a few steps back. To her utter shock he began walking closer and closer to her.

"Stop dis Rogue, Ah know de truth." He told her as he backed her into a corner.

"What are ya talkin' about?" She asked as her back hit the wall. "Stop! Do ya wanna end up in a coma?" She yelled.

Remy was now only inches away from her. "We both know dat aint gonna happen. Why'd ya lie ta me?" He asked her as he leaned in. Rogue's mind was running a million miles a minute, for the life of her she couldn't think of what he was talking about.

"Gambit, Ah don't know what ya talkin' about!" She said, pressing her body into the wall.

Remy closed his eyes, Rogue could see that he was clearly pissed off, buy why? Rogue had no idea. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Please," She said quietly. "Please, Ah- Ah don't wanna hurt ya." She said. And she didn't, if it were anyone else she would have dropped them. But she kind of liked Remy some of the time and didn't want to hurt him.

She didn't look up but she felt Remy lean away, she lifted her head to see hesitation in his eyes. But it didn't last long before he grabbed her bare arms in his bare hands and pulled her closer to him. Rogue shut her eyes and waited for the pull of her powers to begin. She soon realized that her powers weren't working at all and her eyes snapped open. Rogue jerked her arms out of his grasp and pushed him away.

She pulled her gloves off and studied her hands. "What did ya do ta me?" She screeched. "What did ya do ta my powers?" She screamed at him, her voice raising another notch.

"Ah didn' do not'in' ta ya powers Rogue." Remy said in a booming voice.

"Then why aint they workin'!" She screamed coming closer to him and straightening herself to her full height.

"So ya tried ta use ya powers on me ta keep up de lie dat ya couldn't control dem?" He said coming closer to her as well.

"What!" She screeched. "Ah can't control my powers! That's the only reason why daddy let me marry ya!"

"Really, an' here Ah thought it was 'cause ya were crazy!" He yelled back and Rogue could just about see his blood boiling.

"Ah'm crazy? Are ya kiddin' me! Why are ya even here?" Rogue shrieked.

"Ta bring ya home!" He yelled he was practically vibrating in anger. "Yo' my wife!"

"Ugh! Stop callin' me that!" She screamed exasperated. She was so mad she only saw in shades of red. "Are ya gonna tell me what ya did ta my power?"

"Would ya jus' give it up already!" He said trying to back her in to the corner again but Rogue wouldn't budge. So now they were chest to chest with him looking down and her looking up. Neither one willing to back down.

"Ah aint gonna ask ya again Gambit," she spat. "Turn my powers back on now." Her voice was low and dangerous again and she was sure if Remy hadn't been so mad that he might have backed off.

"Well Ah'm gonna tell ya again," His voice just as dangerous making her narrow her eyes at him. "Ah didn' do not'in' ta ya power."

Rogue let out what sounded like a war cry. "Ah hate ya!" She screeched.

And before Rogue knew what happened, Remy had shoved her in to the wall and had crashed his lips down upon hers.

A/N

Just to clear things up I wrote all 29 chapters over a year ago and haven't written any new ones yet.