'Hello petite. Is chere in?' Remy said strutting up to the door, a beautiful boquet of roses in hand, a grin on his face. Stokely looked up. She had been sitting outside Rogue's door for the past 32 hours, listening to her cry.

'I wouldn't go in there just now.'

'Why? Is chere still upset?'

'Upset would be an understatement…I don't know what happened! I came back from getting some…ice…and she ran in and screamed at me. I don't know what's wrong with that girl, but whatever it is, I know she doesn't want me around.' Stokely got up and walked down the hall.

Remy knocked on the door, ready to be plunged into the hornet's nest.

'GO AWAY STOKELY! I TOLD YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU AND THAT STUPID REMY! YOU CAN BOTH JUST GO TO HELL!' Remy was a bit taken aback by Rogue's voice. Stokely had forgiven him…why wasn't she?



'Hi Remy.'

'Not now petite.'

'Why not?' Kerri had a pout on her face. She looked down, saw the flowers and put her hands on her hips. Remy glanced over at her.

'What is it?' she smiled.

'Nothing at all.' Remy was getting a little tired of these games. He whipped around and threw Kerri down the hall. Kerri stumbled back, laughing. Feisty…

'WHAT IS IT?!!?' Remy shouted, losing patience fast.

'Meet me in your room in ten minutes. And I'll tell you everything you need to know about Rogue.' Remy let Kerri get up. She dusted herself off lightly and skipped down the hall. This bugged Remy, but he shrugged it off. He would know why Rogue was so upset soon enough.



'Rogue?'

'Get out Kurt. Ah don't feel like talkin' right now.' Rogue said, wiping her puffy red eyes. Kurt smiled a sad smile. He bent down next to her and patted her on the back.

'Vhy are you so sad, sister?' Rogue sniffled.

'Remy. Remy is such a back stabbin' little…'

'Really? Vhat did he do?'

'He and Stokely. Ah don't know. It was early this afternoon an me and Stokes were restin' till she had to leave fer some unknown reason. Then Ah found her an Remy kissin'…Ah jus' can't believe it.'

'Neither do I, sister.' Rogue looked up at him.

'But ah can't ignore what ah saw.'

'Vhat you saw was wrong.'

'What?'

'Hey Professor.' Adam said as Xavier sat down beside him. Xavier smiled and looked over at the other sofa. It had three bags stacked up in top of it.

'Leaving so soon.'

'Yeah, well, Stokes says that Rogue doesn't want us around; she's having a mental break down or something. Usually Stokely likes to stay and help but she thinks she's the cause.' Xavier frowned.

'Stokely always seemed to be very kind to Rogue. Why would she cause pain?' Adam shrugged as he turned the page of his history book.

'Dunno.'

Knock, knock.

'What?' Rogue said lying in bed.

'Hey kid.' Rogue turned and met an icy blue gaze. 'You okay. I hate to leave you like this.' Daring stroked Rogue's cheek, his warm touch sending chills up her spine. Rogue caught his hand and gave it back to him.

'Ah'll be fine. Jus' need some time.' Daring smiled.

'You always did.' Rogue frowned a bit, 'You always pushed away the ones you loved. But I won't let you anymore.'

Daring grabbed Rogue's arm and pulled her toward him. He caught her with his mouth, and began to kiss her, restraining her. Rogue tried to pull away, but he wouldn't let her. Suddenly her eyes drifted to the door. It was Remy standing at the door, behind him stood Stokely. Both looking shocked.

Rogue managed to break loose for a second. 'Remy!' She cried out. Remy frowned, his face gloomy and miserable. He turned and began to walk away. Stokely looked stunned as well. After all the fuss Rogue had made over Remy, she turned around and started to lead Daring on. Stokely turned…this wasn't the Rogue she had been friends with…

'Remy! Wait up!' Stokely said running after him. Rogue felt tears surface in her eyes. Why did all this crap keep happening? Why?

'Remy, hunny, slow down.' Kerri said as Remy ran down the hall. He must have forgotten about their little rendez vous in his room. He stopped in front of her.

'What, petite?'

'This.' She grabbed his head and pulled him down into a kiss. He didn't resist at first like she thought he would. He actually deepened the kiss, pulling her closer to him, so that their bodies were pressed against each other. Kerri pulled away for breath…

'Oh Remy!' She said as he began to kiss her neck.

'I'm not Remy.' Kerri looked up as the tall figure stood up.

'ADAM! What the hell are you doing? They aren't supposed to know about you!' Adam shrugged and smiled.

'Why have the power to change if I can't use it?' Kerri pushed him away and started to walk in the opposite direction. But Adam followed a bit pissed. 'Listen Kerri, we had a deal. I get this Remy guy to hate Rogue, and Rogue to hate Remy, and you go out with me. But you don't seem to be holding up your end of the bargain.'

'That's because I don't love you. I love Remy. And he loves me, deep down.'

'Give me a shot?'

'Buzz off.'

'What is it about this Remy guy that seems to attract women? Huh?' Kerri smiled.

'He's handsome and mysterious…'

'And I'm not?'

'You're cute…just cute. Besides you'd rather read a novel then be romantic.'

'I can learn! I'm sure there's a book about it…'

'Hah! You're such an idiot. Call me when you get a clue, Sherlock.' Kerri went upstairs to her room, while Adam stood at the bottom, absolutely fuming.