Quick lil warning – This is where things shall begin getting a liiiiiittle naughty.

Also, I totally have to thank Destiny Phoenix for your review! I came up with the whole theory on Rogue's mutation as I was writing this piece and as I thought about it it really began to make sense. I'm glad you found it interesting. :-)

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The Wonders of Plastic

"What's your preference, luv, pants or skirts or dresses?" Betsy asked as they entered their first store and the girls split up to begin scanning the racks of clothing.

Rogue simply crossed her arms over her chest, blew a strand of hair away from her face and frowned at her friend.

"Don't say I didn't try to give you some choice in all this, luv," Betsy said as she began pulling out outfits she felt would do best for Rogue.

Suddenly she shoved a pile of clothing into the other girl's arms and steered her toward the dressing rooms.

"Try this lot on and I'll be back with more," Betsy ordered as she shoved Rogue through a door and into the cramped space of the changing room.

More, Rogue thought, horrified as she stared at what she already had.

~*~*~

Under the watchful eye of the saleslady manning the shop, the next hour was spent with bunches of clothing being passed by Betsy, Jean, Kitty and Tabitha into Rogue's dressing room.

After each new delivery the girl was forced by her friends to step from the cubicle and model the selections so that each girl could decide which ones should be bought for her.

Rogue argued almost every outfit they had her try and sometimes they agreed and had the selections returned to the racks. For the most part though, the outfits were added to the growing pile at the counter.

On the rare occasions Rogue actually liked an outfit from the store, the girls almost unanimously rejected it.

Finally, after trying on virtually everything the trendy place had to offer they let her slip back into her own clothes and leave the dressing room. She then went with them all to pay for what they'd chosen and stared wide-eyed at the amount of clothing that lay next to the cash register.

"This is way too much, ya guys," she protested thinking simply in terms of cost.

"Not at all, luv. It's all on me," Betsy said as she slid the cashier her gold card.

The numerous purchases were quickly rung up and a stunningly large amount was charged to that credit card.

"Ahh, the wonders of plastic!" Betsy gushed as the girls left the shop laden with packages.

~*~*~

"Aren't we done yet?" Rogue moaned as the others began pulling her up from the table that they'd just finished eating lunch at.

"Just three more places and you're going to love these ones. I swear, luv," Betsy assured her.

The other girls giggled at that, knowing full well that Betsy had saved the best for last, until Rogue glared at them furiously and they fell silent.

When she finally gave in and rose to her feet, they turned to exchange smiles behind her back.

In the five hours they'd been there so far they'd hit three other clothing stores after the first one, two shoe shops, three places for accessories and another for make-up and hair-care products.

They were all feeling a little worn out from running around the mall and lugging their purchases out to the car to free up themselves up to carry more, but knowing what was to come gave them all the energy to continue and keep pushing Rogue along.

~*~*~

Rogue was actually quite happy as they urged her into the leather shop she'd gazed at longingly when they passed it an hour or so ago.

Inside they found a delightful collection of leather boots, dresses, jackets, pants, shirts, skirts and vests.

This is what Logan's kinda woman would wear, she thought as she inhaled the fragrance of brand new leather that permeated the store.

Betsy and Jean both heard the thought and exchanged mental high fives for deciding to enter the place.

While they were primarily there to find things for Rogue, none of the girls could resist trying on a sexy tight leather outfit for themselves.

They all left with those outfits and several more for Rogue.

They'd chosen black, brown, green, purple, and some red for the girl to wear and gotten her boots, jackets, pants and skirts in each of those colors.

The bill for everything they carried out left all the girls a little shell shocked, but Betsy quickly reassured them.

"Not to worry, luvs. I'm positively loaded. We could do this every week if you like."

Rogue nearly fainted at the thought.

~*~*~

Their next destination had Rogue putting her foot down.

And again being completely ignored.

"Ah don't need anything from here," she protested vehemently as they pulled her into the Victoria's Secret store.

"I've never gone peeping at your knickers, luv, but I'm willing to bet they're mighty dull. You've got to start thinking of yourself as the desirable woman you are and nothing does that better than lingerie," Betsy argued.

"Yeah, Rogue, it's like essential," Kitty said.

They all paused to look at the younger girl and she blushed.

"Like, I'm not the only one at the mansion who shops here you know!" she stared pointedly at the three other girls who frequented the store.

"You shop here?" Rogue asked.

"Sometimes. I, like, really prefer the selection at Frederick's, but this place is nice for some things."

At that, Betsy, Jean and Tabitha all nodded then began discussing the differences between the two popular lingerie retailers.

Rogue just looked at them and groaned.

The sound got their attention and they instantly yanked her inside the store.

Once among the delicate garments of silk and lace, she became a captivated shopper, though.

Sighing with delight she stroked the fabrics that made up sexy slips and nightgowns and flirty babydolls and teddies.

The other girls watched her fall under the store's spell and grinned wickedly.

There was nothing else quite like exposing a fellow female to these naughty delights.

Though she protested that she'd never have reason to wear such things, Rogue left the store with a small assortment of thongs, demi bras, slips, chemises, sexy nightgowns, teddies, garter belts and silky thigh high stockings.

~*~*~

Much to everyone's relief and excitement they were finally at their last shop.

Frederick's of Hollywood.

There was no hesitation on Rogue's part about entering another lingerie store after her experience at Victoria's Secret.

This store was much larger and the selection more varied, instantly letting Rogue know why Kitty preferred it and Betsy had saved it for last.

She saw racks of nightgowns, teddies, corsets, bustiers, babydolls, chemises, slips, and sexy costumes.

All kinds of bras and panties lined shelves and tables.

Then there were the boots, shoes and wigs along the back walls.

It was a wonderland and as Rogue entered it she began to believe that maybe this could be a way to get Logan to notice her as more than a kid or teammate.

She picked a delightfully flirty red harem girl costume off the rack and sighed with the knowledge that the man she wanted was highly unlikely to ever see her in such an outfit.

Don't fret my pet. We're trying to help you reach that goal, Betsy thought as she watched her friend.

Rogue looked up at her suddenly and Betsy gasped, thinking she'd projected the thought.

"When would anyone ever wear something like this?" Rogue said sarcastically as she waved the outfit at Betsy and tried to deny to herself how much she'd like to have it.

"Oh, I can think of a few times and places, luv," Betsy said as she moved to take the hanger. "If they had it in another color, I'd get one and knock my Pie's socks off."

With that in mind, she flipped though the costumes on the rack until she found a black genie outfit, which was rather similar to Rogue's selection.

Rogue picked her jaw up off the floor from her shock at Betsy's actions and she whispered, "You mean you two are - "

"No no no. Not yet. The whole point of everything here is to be ready for when it happens, luv. When you've lined up the man you want if you go after him wearing something like this he'll be putty in your hands."

Rogue thought of Logan being putty in her hands and took her red costume back. She hesitated and picked out one of the genie costumes Betsy had chosen.

"Where are the dressing rooms here?"

Betsy bit her lip to suppress a chuckle and motioned in the direction Rogue needed to go.

As she watched her friend make her way to one of the tiny rooms she saw each of the other girls put something more in her arms for Rogue to try on.

Their time in this last shop passed very much like the time did in their first one.

Rogue stayed in the dressing room and tried on the naughty little garments that were passed in to her.

Unlike the first store though, they didn't demand she come out and model the outfits for them to judge. They all knew she was enjoying this enough to choose the right garments herself.

For the most part.

She rejected the pink bikini briefs that had a pair of red lips with "Kiss This" written over them on the back right cheek as well as the purple thong that had a pink pair of lips with the caption "Hey Baby" on the front, but the girls unanimously agreed they were must haves once they heard the items fit.

They also overruled her on the Pearl Cami Set, String of Flowers Babydoll, Georgette Fly-Away Gown, crotchless panties, thigh high boots, and platform sandals.

Rogue surprised them all by being the one to add a few bodysuits, crotchless and suspender style pantyhose and feather boas.

After the other girls took a few moments to select some goodies for themselves, they left the store with all their purchases and finally put the mall behind them as they headed back to the mansion.

If Rogue had been a Catholic she would have rushed straight to confession and broke down to a priest about all she'd purchased that day, in those last two shops, and the impure thoughts that had inspired many of those purchases.

She was utterly exhausted and fell right to sleep after they all unloaded the parcels from Jean's SUV, carried them to Rogue's bedroom and put all the new items away.

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Author Speaking: All readers, I highly recommend y'all check out the Frederick's of Hollywood website to get an exact image of the items I write of in that last section. The url is Ladies…I shop there and can vouch for the quality and success of their lingerie. ;-) Don't ever let mah mother know about that though!