"I really don't know where to begin." Rogue begins hesitantly.
"What about from the beginning?"
Rogue gave Kitty a poisonous glare before continuing.
"I guess it began a couple of months ago. Logan had been gone for two weeks
and I hadn't heard much from or about him save a phonecall or two. It was getting on my nerves,
you know, being here without knowing how he was doing or when he was coming home. I
was ready to quite literally climb the walls. So of course I jumped at the opportunity when Xavier said
he had a mission for me."
"The one abroad?"
"That's the one. A chance to do something else for a while. And to get my
mind of whatever Logan was doing in his search. Probably something violent. Anyway, I went
away on that mission. An undercover mission as teacher in a small German city. English
teacher for the American children living there. The mission was successful in the end but it
took some time to get there. Too much time."
"How so?"
"Well, the days went on easily enough. Between teaching my students and
being on the lookout for the mutant I was there to find, the day just flew by you know?
Before you knew what hit you, it was evening and time to go home. Which I came to dread more
and more. Here, I could always talk to you, Jubes, Remy or whoever. There I was all
alone. My students where just kids at around 10 years old so I couldn't really talk to them.
Most of the other teachers had families they were home with so they were also out of the
question. It also didn't feel right to try to make some friends there, since I didn't know for how
long I'd be there. Then there was the problem of language. All in all, I hadn't felt that alone
since I first ran away from home."
"I'm sorry."
"Yeah, me too. I couldn't even watch TV in the evenings since all programs
were in German. Even the American movies. Don't laugh!"
"I'm not."
"Oh, well. I lived like that for about a week, then I couldn't stand it
anymore. I had to do something before I made something stupid, like bolting home. So I did
something equally stupid. I went out to this bar."
"What's stupid about that?"
"It's damn stupid when you get yourself drunk enough to let yourself be picked up by some
guy you don't even know."
"Don't tell me you slept with him."
Rogue almost breaks down at that, sobs uncontrollably. "I did. Every night
until I flew back home here."
"And now you're worried Logan will find out?"
"Yeah, that's part of it. I can't believe I was stupid and alone enough to cheat on him. I really do love that big lug."
"Part of it?"
"Yeah. Because I will have to tell him, even if I'm not looking forward to it."
"Have to? I know it's not good to keep secrets from your fiancée but why do you have to?"
"Oh, I would keep it a secret if I could. Until I found a way of breaking it to him easily at
least. But there's no way this can be kept a secret. I almost broke down and told him when he called today, to tell me
that he's home soon. He said he'll be home this week."
"You didn't get pregnant did you?"
"No, but another little surprise."
"What?"
"I found out yesterday. A nasty little thing called chlamydia."
"Shit, shit, shit!"
"My sentiments exactly. You're the only apart from me and the doctor that knows and I like to keep it that way."
"Sure, my lips are sealed. The doctor? Not Jean?"
"No. She was away so I went to a doctor in town when I felt something was wrong. I'm now on an antibiotics cure for at least
another two weeks and a standing order to refrain from sex during that time. Logan's home in a couple of days. Now, how do you suggest
I tell him I not only cheated on him but was careless enough to get sick because of it?"
"What about from the beginning?"
Rogue gave Kitty a poisonous glare before continuing.
"I guess it began a couple of months ago. Logan had been gone for two weeks
and I hadn't heard much from or about him save a phonecall or two. It was getting on my nerves,
you know, being here without knowing how he was doing or when he was coming home. I
was ready to quite literally climb the walls. So of course I jumped at the opportunity when Xavier said
he had a mission for me."
"The one abroad?"
"That's the one. A chance to do something else for a while. And to get my
mind of whatever Logan was doing in his search. Probably something violent. Anyway, I went
away on that mission. An undercover mission as teacher in a small German city. English
teacher for the American children living there. The mission was successful in the end but it
took some time to get there. Too much time."
"How so?"
"Well, the days went on easily enough. Between teaching my students and
being on the lookout for the mutant I was there to find, the day just flew by you know?
Before you knew what hit you, it was evening and time to go home. Which I came to dread more
and more. Here, I could always talk to you, Jubes, Remy or whoever. There I was all
alone. My students where just kids at around 10 years old so I couldn't really talk to them.
Most of the other teachers had families they were home with so they were also out of the
question. It also didn't feel right to try to make some friends there, since I didn't know for how
long I'd be there. Then there was the problem of language. All in all, I hadn't felt that alone
since I first ran away from home."
"I'm sorry."
"Yeah, me too. I couldn't even watch TV in the evenings since all programs
were in German. Even the American movies. Don't laugh!"
"I'm not."
"Oh, well. I lived like that for about a week, then I couldn't stand it
anymore. I had to do something before I made something stupid, like bolting home. So I did
something equally stupid. I went out to this bar."
"What's stupid about that?"
"It's damn stupid when you get yourself drunk enough to let yourself be picked up by some
guy you don't even know."
"Don't tell me you slept with him."
Rogue almost breaks down at that, sobs uncontrollably. "I did. Every night
until I flew back home here."
"And now you're worried Logan will find out?"
"Yeah, that's part of it. I can't believe I was stupid and alone enough to cheat on him. I really do love that big lug."
"Part of it?"
"Yeah. Because I will have to tell him, even if I'm not looking forward to it."
"Have to? I know it's not good to keep secrets from your fiancée but why do you have to?"
"Oh, I would keep it a secret if I could. Until I found a way of breaking it to him easily at
least. But there's no way this can be kept a secret. I almost broke down and told him when he called today, to tell me
that he's home soon. He said he'll be home this week."
"You didn't get pregnant did you?"
"No, but another little surprise."
"What?"
"I found out yesterday. A nasty little thing called chlamydia."
"Shit, shit, shit!"
"My sentiments exactly. You're the only apart from me and the doctor that knows and I like to keep it that way."
"Sure, my lips are sealed. The doctor? Not Jean?"
"No. She was away so I went to a doctor in town when I felt something was wrong. I'm now on an antibiotics cure for at least
another two weeks and a standing order to refrain from sex during that time. Logan's home in a couple of days. Now, how do you suggest
I tell him I not only cheated on him but was careless enough to get sick because of it?"
