Okay, I apologize for the last chapter being so short. I want to clarify Scott calling Rogue Kate, I know her name is Marie, but Scottdoesn't know that yet, no one does. His nick name for her is KAte.


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"I wonder what this is." Rogue said absently, fingering through the mail. She pulled the letter from the stack. From Germany? she thought curiously. It was adressed to her. The day after Christmas, who would be sending her something from Germany. She gingerly opened the letter pulling out a note.

Rouge,

I hope you're enjoying your Christmas. Enclosed is a late gift, a charm from my home town. It's supposed to be able to grant one's ultimate desire. I'm not sure why, but when I saw it, I thought of you. Anyway, I doubt it works, but it's pretty.

Love,
Kurt

Slowly, she pulled from the envelope a small rectangular paper. It looked like a japanese charm, but the writting was in German. She thought for a moment. My ultimate desire? Up until a few days ago, it would have been to have Scott...but, now Warren's here, and I'm not so sure. She sat in the rec room, holding the charm in her hand. I guess my desire would be to touch...to be able to control my power. False hope she told herself quickly, stuffing the charm in her coat pocket. Quickly she got up, grabbing her ice skates. She was late meeting Scott at the lake. She took off out the door, Warren watching her curiously. She was so flushed with being late, and the thought of possibly being able to touch she didn't realie the ever so slight tingling in her skin.


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"Well, you're really late." Scott called to her as she ran to get to the ice.

"Ah' know!" she cried, plopping down into snow, and pulling on her her skates. Scott continued skating figure eights upon the frozen lake. She pulled herself off the ground, brushing herself off. She pulled off her heavy over coat, revealing a sugar pink fleece sweater which Kitty had gotten her for Christmas. It had been a long time since she had been skating. She had never told any of her team mates that she had taken skating lessons. Irene had enrolled her when she was young, and not to brag, but she wasn't too bad. Come to think of it, shehad never told anyone that she had also taken ballet, gymanstics, Muay Thai, piano lessons, or singing lessons. Irenee thought it was important to culture the southern belle. Rogue dissmissed the thought and stepped onto the ice, gaining speed before twisting and skating around the rim orf the lake with back crossovers. She continued to gain speed until once again she twisted and threw herself into the air, completing a single toe loop.

"Why didn't you tell me you could skate?" Scott asked, mouth dropped.

She smiled before replying,"You never asked."

"Teach me something." he said, looking at her.

"Like what?" she stared back, curious.

"I dunno', something cool."

Rogue shrugged, grabbing his hands. She pulled him into the center of the lake be fore letting go skateing to gain speed, she stopped suddenly, falling into a spin that gradually gained speed. Slowly, she pulled her leg up, grabbing it to the back of her head with her hands, spinning faster and faster, she released it, slowing. Unnoticed, she spun her way right onto a pebble that had found its way onto the lake and she fell, hands first onto the ice.

Scott laughed a little before leaning down to help her up,"Well, that looked really cool until you fell."

"Yeah, ha ha..." she said, yanking on his ungloved hand as he reached down to help her. He came down with a thud, a death stare in Rogue's direction. Slowly she pulled her hand up to her face, looking at the gash from landing on the ice.

"Crap." she said plainly, pulling off the glove and pulling hte ice out of the wound. It hit her suddenly, she had touched his hand with some of her own skin bared. Oh my God...she thought absently befoer bolting up off the ground.

"Rogue," Scott asked, a little worried at her expression.

"Ah'...ah' touched you." She said unbelieving.

"What?" he asked, getting up.

"When I pulled you down, some of my glove ripped away, exposing the cut on my hand, and I touched you...and, you didn't pass out. I didn't even feel anything." she said looking at him worriedly. Hesitantly, Scott reached forward, touching Rogue's face. Her skin was warm, and her breath was sweet. He felt no wooziness, atleast not from her mutant ability anyway. He motioned his way a little closer, his breath now mingled with hers. Rogue couldn't move, she had wanted this for so long. She felt her mouth twist into a smile and the tears fall down her face. She could touch!

"Ahem." the two were starteld, turning to see who interupted their moment. I'm going to kill Warren Scott hought bitterly, looking in the direction of the sound.

"Jean?!" Scott asked astonished,"What're you doing home already?"

"I came home to be home."she said, sounding bitter as she glanced at Rogue.

"You seem to have been certainly busy." Rogue backed away at Jean's words, skating off the ice and grabbing her shoes. SHe began to hed back to the mansion. This was akward.

"Rogue!"


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Dum dum dum..! That was chapter three! Anyway, please send me your ideas, I need them for the next chapter, I'm kinda' stuck! Thanks! and please review!