A/N: I found a beautiful Rogue and Bobby site. She's short on ff. Please send them to her! Please! Her email is ultimate_marie_dancanto@yahoo.com and her website is

It was during lunch period, a time that Bobby and Rogue usually talked. She looked at him. He looked really sad. She gave him a confused expression.

"I don't want you to leave," said Bobby sadly.

"What do you mean? How did you know? I didn't tell anyone yet."

"You told me when you were drunk the other night," said Bobby simply.

"Oh, God. God only knows what else I told you."

"It doesn't really matter. I don't want you to go. Stay here. You can help me teach. My students love you as much if not even more than I-"

"Bobby, please don't say it. Don't say what I know you were going to say. I am leaving. I have to. All of this has to come to an end," said Rogue sadly.

"It doesn't have to end like this. I have an even better ending. You live here, you teach, and you marry- someone- who isn't Rich. And whoever it is, you live happily ever after with. I like that ending better, don't you? You know you can't have it both ways. It's one thing to turn your back once. For some reason it's hard to do it twice because you know you could never do it a third time. It would be almost impossible."

"I'm going to get some tea from the kitchen because I think I should leave this room for now," said Rogue matter of factly.

"Or maybe I should."

"Yeah, you should."

"I will, I will. Oh, and to answer you're question from the other night I know you never stopped loving me. Look me in the eyes and tell me one thing. Just tell me one thing and I promise I will leave you alone forever. I'll walk away from you. I promise I will. I'll keep my end of the deal. Do you love me- like you used to? Do you still-"

"Bobby, please don't make me answer the question. I-I can't answer it. Bobby I just can't answer it. Too much has happen. I don't know if I love you still. I don't know anything anymore. I am so confused," said Rogue.

"I'm- sorry. Maybe you're right. Maybe I should leave you alone and get on with life. Maybe I should settle down with someone else. Goodbye, Rogue. I wish you all the luck in the world. I'll- I'm leaving now."

She waited until Bobby left the room. After she did she cried so hard. She couldn't remember the last time she had cried this hard.

"I love you Bobby, more than you will ever know. God I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

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Rogue found Bobby sitting on a bench where they had kissed when she had first come back. He gave her a faint smile, one she knew wasn't real.

"Bobby, three years ago Rich asked me to marry him. I told him I wasn't ready yet but that one day I hoped I would be. He still stuck around. God knew why. He asked me last night to marry him. I said yes. Two days from tommorow I leave, forever. Can I just ask one thing of you Bobby? Can I ask you to please not hate me," asked Rogue softly.

"Rogue, I don't hate you. How could you even think that I hate you? After everything we've been through together I don't hate you. After all these years I could never hate you. After all these years you should know this," said Bobby.

The two adults softly laughed together.

"Are you going to be okay without us? Will you make it? Will you always be alright with him," said Bobby.

"Still playing the hero, I see."

"Yup."

"Yes, Bobby. I'm fine. I'm an adult now. I don't need you to guide my way for me. I can do it on my own. I don't need you to do it for me," said Rogue.

"I want to though."

"You always were my hero," said Rogue.

"I always thought Logan was," said Bobby.

"He was for awhile. After awhile I realized he was like a big brother to me. After I got to know you well you became that hero to me. You always protected me from everything you could. After all this time I realize you're still that person. You're still my hero after all this time," said Rogue.

"Maybe I was for awhile. Richard is now, but I don't hate him because I was first and now I'm really going to let you go to him. I'll always love you though. I know you know that. This is for good-bye's sake."

Rogue felt tears light her eyes when his soft lips touched her. She couldn't help but kiss him back. She almost wanted to cry when he pulled away.

"Goodbye."

When she looked up instead of Bobby stood Rich.

"How could you? I thought you loved me."

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Rogue softly knocked on the door that was Richard's room for the time being at the mansion.

"Come in."

Rogue walked in and saw that he looked kind of sad.

"What happened earlier was a goodbye. We were both saying good bye to our past. You are my future. I want to be with you. I love you. I really do," said Rogue.

"I thought Bobby and you were just friends. Were the two of you ever together before you moved to California?"

"Yes, we were. That's the past. You are my future. Tommorow is Jean and Scott's anniversary party. I want you to go with me. It'll give me a chance to introduce you to everyone before we leave," said Rogue.

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The part was in full swing by the time Rogue and Richard arrived. It was being held in one of the many garden's at Xavier's school for the gifted. John, Kitty, Bobby, and Jubilee were sitting together and laughing. Bobby's expression turned serious when he saw Rogue and Richard come in.

"You know you could always go and wish them well," said Kitty sarcastically.

"Oh, yeah. I imagine that going real smooth. He'll probably end up trying to you. Then again you could freeze his hand," said John sarcastically.

"Shut up John. You know what? Sometimes I think you are way too much for me. You're way too much for anyone," said Jubilee.

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On the dance floor as John and Jubilee danced John gave Richard a warning look. Richard turned to see Logan giving him a watchful glare.

"You're family here isn't very fond of me, are they," asked Richard.

"What makes you say that," asked Rogue.

"You're friend, John gave me a dirty look and Logan won't let me out of his eyesight," said Richard wearily.

"It's just that they don't know you. That's the only reason why they don't like you," said Rogue.

"They know Bobby, though and they know you," said Richard.

"Yeah, but I went to school here and so did Bobby. What do you expect? I'm hungry. Let's sit down and eat," said Rogue hurriedly.

They were getting ready to sit at a different table when Kitty called them over to the table that Jubilee, John, Kitty, and ofcourse Booby were sitting at.

"Come on. Let's go sit with them. He's not going to do anything. They all are my friends after all," said Rogue calmly as her and Richard made their way over to their table.

"Hey, let's go get some food. We'll leave you to talk," said Jubilee as she guided both Kitty and Rogue over to the dinner table where all the food was.

"Don't look at me like that, Richard. She made her choice. It was you. I'm not going to try to take her away from you. I wish you both the best of luck. I may have been her first love but it's you who'll be her last. Congratulations. You won and you barely had to lift a finger," said Bobby with a sad look on his face.

"See, that's where you are utterly and completely wrong. I had to do EVERYTHING to win her love. I loved her since the first moment I saw her but she couldn't love me in the same way at first. It took her six years to learn to love again, but I can't hate you. And that's the worse part. I can't hate you because she doesn't hate you and she never will," finished off Richard.

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Bobby was mingling with people especially John and Kitty. Jubilee was off somewhere probably discussing with the professor how she wanted to take all of her classes to a particular art exhibit.

"You know it's not too late. She's not leaving until tommorow morning," said Kitty hopefully.

Look, you two, stop it. She made up her mind about what she wanted a long time ago. There's nothing I can do about it. I can't controle her."

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Rogue was currently dancing with Richard. She looked in his eyes and tried to smile. It used to be so much more easier than it was right then.

"Well, we missed out on a lot in these last two months. You know going skiing and stuff like that. We can go do some other stuff in the summer- that- that should be fun," said Rogue.

"Yeah, yeah it should."

Rogue leaned her head against his shoulder and let a lone tear slip down her cheek. Life just wasn't fair sometimes.

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