"So what happened after I left yesterday?" Risty asked Rogue on the phone the next afternoon.

"Todd Tolansky came over and bothered me." Rogue asked.

"Gross." She said making a face even if she knew her friend couldn't see it. "Anything with Scott?"

"Actually, yes." Rogue giggled. "He offered to help me with the English project tonight."

"Ooh a date."

"It's not a date, Risty."

"Sure you call it not a date now, but later you'll call it a date."

Rogue heard laughter coming down the stairs. "I'll call ya later."

"It was kind of cute." Jean giggled.

"It was like so not cute." Kitty insisted. "It was disgusting."

"What happened?"

"Lance sent Kitty a bunch of flowers pulled from the ground, dirt, worms, and all." Jean laughed.

Rogue smiled. "At least he's thoughtful."

"Like no way. Lance Alvers is so gross."

"Vhich zis vhy you kissed his cheek when he left from joining us?" Kurt asked as he entered the kitchen in search for a snack.

"Kurt like shut up!"

"Easy there half pint." Logan said.

The phone rang and Evan answered it. "Hello?" He paused for a few second. "Yeah, I'll tell her." He hung up. "Hey Rogue, Risty just wanted to ask if you're going to call it a study date."

Rogue's face turned bright red. "A date?" Jean asked. "With who?"

"No one." She said leaving the room.

"Vhoa, every time you try to find things out about her, she always leaves." Kurt said biting into an apple with his fangs.

"Just give her some time." Ororo told the kids. "I'm guessing Rogue is still feeling on the outside."

"If you say so Auntie O." Evan said.

Rogue went into her bedroom which she shared with Kitty and decided to take a small nap before she had to meet with Scott. she smiled as she laid her head on her pillow and shut her eyes.

"Hey Scott." Jean said smiling at him.

"Oh hey Jean." He said looking up from his book.

"Did you want to catch a movie with Kurt and Kitty?"

"Sure, I'd love to." He said putting his book down. "Just let me get my coat."

"Evan did you want to like come?" Kitty asked.

"Nah, I'll stay." Evan said. "I think there was supposed to be some sort of monster movie on tonight."

"Ve'll see you later." Kurt said.

Rogue slowly opened her eyes and looked at the clock. It was almost seven and time to study with Scott. she went into the bathroom and washed up and reapplied her make up, grabbed her English book and papers and went downstairs into the living room. "Hey Evan."

"Hey Rogue." He said flipping through the channels.

"Have ya seen Scott?"

"Yeah, you just missed her."

"What do ya mean?"

"He just went to the movies with Jean, Kitty and Kurt." He said. "Did you need something?"

Rogue felt her heart fall from her chest and sink into her stomach. "No." She said going upstairs and back into her room and began to pack.

"This is crazy!" Peitro said angrily as he slammed her Science book. Since the remark Todd said yesterday at lunch he hasn't been bale to get Rogue out of his head. He grabbed his coat and headed downstairs.

"Where are you going?" Mystique asked.

"Out."

"Yo what's his problem?" Todd asked.

"Did you boys tease him in any way?" She asked.

"Well, Todd did yesterday." Fred said.

Mystique shot a look at Todd. "How?"

"Just about how he kept talking about Rogue during lunch."

"He teased Lance about Kitty too." Fred added.

"Shut up!"

Rogue wiped the tears from her eyes and she kept walking. She had packed up everything she could carry and left the mansion. luckily Logan was off on his motorcycle, Ororo and the professor were at a meeting of some sort, and Evan was into the monster movie on the television. She couldn't believe Scott had forgotten about her. he promised to help her, but he goes out with Jean instead. Walking quickly and not really seeing her surroundings she bumped into someone. "Ah'm sorry."

"Rogue?"

"Peitro?" She asked. "What are ya doin` out here?"

"Just taking a walk." He said looking at her bag. "Going on a trip?"

"No."

"Then you must be running away."

Rogue adjusted her bag on her shoulder. "Can ah pass?"

"Not until you tell me."

"Fine, ah'm runnin` away. Ah hate it there."

"Though you liked them and that's why you left us."

"Ah'm not gettin` into an argument with ya right now Peitro."

"Need a place to hide?"

"Like with ya'll?"

"No, once those geeks find out you ran away the first place they'll look is ours."

"Ah don` know."

"It's just a small cave in the middle of the woods, used to go there to think."

"But..."

"No one will know you're there but me." Peitro promised her. "I'll try my hardest to block Jean Grey of Xavier from reading my mind."

Rogue sighed. "Fine."

"Come on."

"That movie was like the best of movies ever." Kitty giggled as she saw someone familiar. "Hi Risty."

"Oh hi." Risty said as she saw Scott with Jean. "Where's Rogue?"

"At the mansion still." Kurt said finishing up his popcorn.

"Aren't you supposed to be with her?" She asked Scott.

"Why would he be with Rogue?" Jean asked confused

"You promised to help her with her English project, didn't you?"

Scott gasped. "I completely forgot."

"Good luck getting her to speak to you now." Risty called after them.

Evan snapped his head up as he heard the door open. "Dude don't do that to me."

"Sorry." Scott said hurrying upstairs and knocked on Rogue and Kitty's door. with no response he went downstairs. "She's not answering."

"Who?" Evan asked.

"Rogue, I forgot I promised to help her with that English project."

"Yeah, she came downstairs asking where you were and went back up to her room."

"I'll get her." Kitty said going up to her room.

Logan chuckled as he came in with Ororo and Xavier. "Funny Chuck."

They heard a scream coming from upstairs and rushed up. "Vhat zis it Keety?"

"She's gone."

"Who's gone?" Ororo asked entering the room and gasped.

"What is it?" The other asked noticing the room was practically half empty.

"Where's Rogue?" Scott asked.