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Anchorage

Final Boarding for Flight 162 at Gate 42.

"Why are we at the airport?" Rogue asked James.

She followed him down the busy hallway, weaving through the crowd trying hard not to bump into others.

"Well, see, the man I'm taking you to doesn't exactly live in New York." James said, slowing down as he looked for their gate. "Ah, here we are."

He went over and sat down on a chair near a window, over looking the runways and other planes which were being boarded.

Rogue sat next to him, putting her bag on the floor next to his. She checked her boarding pass. "Anchorage? As in Alaska?" She asked not trying to hide her surprise.

"Yah. I know it's kind of short notice, but what was I supposed to do?"

Rogue sighed and roll her eyes. "You could have told me where he lived before I agreed to coming with you." Rogue pointed out.

James shrugged in an indifferent way. "You're the on that agreed to tag along for the ride." He reminded her.

"Oh whatever!" Was Rogue only reply back to this.

James checked his watch. "We don't board for another half hour. I'm going to catch up on some much needed sleep."

"You?" Rogue stuttered. "You need to catch up on sleep? What about me? I spent all day in line for the cure and just as I was falling asleep you came along waking me up."

James looked at her in amusement. "And what do you think I was doing all day. I followed you, then waited for everyone else to fall asleep before speaking to you. At least you got the chance to begin to fall asleep." He pointed out, slouching further in his seat, crossing his arms and closing his eyes.

"Oh." Rogue replied, looking around the gate area they were located in.

Not very many other people were there. Rogue sighed and slouched into her seat, trying to fall asleep.

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"So what? You both just slept there?" Storm asked.

"Well, I don't know about James, but I did." Rogue smiled slowly as though lost in the memory.

"What if you missed your flight?" She persisted.

Rogue shrugged indifferently. "Then it was James' money wasted, wasn't it?" She smirked in a conniving way.

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Rogue felt someone shaking her shoulder. "Leave me alone." She mumbled.

"I'd love to, but if you don't get up soon, the plane will leave without us." Rogue heard the laughing voice of James reply.

Rogue sat up, eyes opening.

James grinned. "Come on. You can sleep on the plane." He told Rogue as he got up, throwing his bag over his shoulder and walking over to the line to board the plane.

Rogue quickly stretched her arms before getting up, grabbing her bag and running over to James.

"Don't separate from me." Rogue warned him. "I lose you, then I'm going to have to go back to the cure building and be forced to wait at the back of the line."

James smirked. "Rogue, I only moved ten feet away from you. You can't possibly lose me if we're that close to each other."

Rogue glared at him slightly.
James smirked. "I know. I'm such a handsome guy you can't stand to be away from me. I understand, it happens a lot." Rogue's jaw fell open, but he kept talking. "Don't worry. I don't mind. You're pretty cute looking yourself."

Finally Rogue found her voice. "Oh, shut up!" Rogue handed her ticket over, it was checked then handed back to her.

She waited for James to get his checked and they went down the terminal and were on the plane.

"You want the window seat?" James asked, a politeness to his tone.

"Sure." Rogue said, in a neutral, non-caring way.

After securing their bags up above Rogue slid into her seat and James made himself comfortable in the one next to her.

"I've never been on a plane before." She admitted. "Well, I've been on the Blackbird, but I've never been on an actual plane before."

"Oh. Well, if you can ride the X-Jet, I'm pretty sure you can handle this." James grinned.

He proved to be right. The plane took off ten minutes later and Rogue was not at all disturbed by the take off, or the brief turbulence they got mid flight. In fact, she was so at ease she fell back asleep.

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"I didn't wake up until the plane reached Alaska." Rogue said, the memory replaying in her head. "Alaska is beautiful from up above..." She came back to it. "So the plane landed and we got off the plane."

"And so begins the next chapter of The Rogue's journey." Beast said from the corner of the room.

Rogue nodded, but inside she was smiling at the little bit of the story she had kept to herself.

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The whole plane gave a small shudder and Rogue jump started awake from surprise. She calmed herself down almost instantly though. She gave a small yawn and tried to go back to sleep, burying her head in her pillow.

Her eyes snapped open. She didn't have a pillow. She turned and saw her head was currently resting on James's shoulder and chest.

She knew she should move her head away and fall asleep in different position, but his shoulder was too comfy, and if she moved her head, he's wake upon account of the fact his head was currently resting on the top of her head.

Nah, she'd stay like this. If he woke up, he'd think she hadn't done it on purpose because she had fallen asleep sitting upright and somehow her head had found his shoulder. He couldn't get mad at her for an accident.

Seeming to be satisfied with that thought it mind, she drifted back off to sleep.

A/N: Ooooh. Cute?? Yesssss. Anyways sorry, it took me a little longer to get this done then some of the others. I got kind of stuck for a bit but I was able to finish the chapter off. Anyways review and byeeeee.