Kurt was really starting to worry about his sister and Remy. They were starting to argue a lot more, and he sometimes could hear Rogue sobbing in her room. She never wanted anyone to come in when she was in that kind of state, and Remy was washing his problems away with alcohol more and more often.

Sometimes, he was reminded of Brian and Meggan a little too much when Rogue and Remy were arguing. ***
Rogue was prone to wandering in the woods after she and Remy fought, and each time the argument got worse, she came back later and later.

She was heading for the lake, tears sparkling as they fell down her cheeks. She and Remy had had another argument, but this one had ended worse than all of the others. ***
"Logan smelled the other woman all over you, Remy!" she cried. "He could smell it!"

"Look! It's not a big thing!" Remy said.

"Not a big thing?" Rogue screamed. "You're screwing other women, Remy! Why do you have to do this to me?"

"Oh it's all about you, Rogue! You act like I was the one who left you to die in Antarctica!"

"Don't bring that up." She said weakly.

"And why not? You always point out my screw-ups! Why not yours?" Remy shouted, leaning into her face nastily. "You act like I don't suffer from our relationship! You want to know why I'm banging other women? BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY WE'LL EVER BE ABLE TO TOUCH EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF YOUR POWER!"

It was like everything around Rogue had shattered like a mirror. Rogue only stared at him, her eyes wide and hurt. Remy looked perfectly calm, his eyes narrowed in uncontrollable anger. When the sting of tears first hit, she ran out of the room to hide them from him, ignoring Kurt as he tried to stop her and ask what was wrong. ***
Rogue sat on the dock, dangling her bare feet in the ice-cold water. Tilting her head to one side, she let a tear slide down her cheek and plop into the water, making small ripples.

"Why did he have to say that..." she whispered, lowering her head, her hair falling into her face. "He knew that would hurt me!" Trying to stifle her sobs, she placed her arms over her head and pressed her brow against her knees.

She sat like that for a long while, doing nothing but sobbing gently into her knees.

When she felt a hand touch her shoulder, she flinched and looked up in surprise, sighing softly when she saw it was only Kurt.

"What are you doing out here?" Kurt asked softly, tilting his head to one side. Rogue wiped an arm across her eyes, sniffling loudly as she tried to calm down.

"I should be asking you the same thing, Kurt? What do you want?" she countered, looking out at the water.

"You have missed dinner, schwester. There is something really wrong. Hank was cooking tonight, and everyone knows he is the best cook out there!" Kurt said, trying to make her smile. When he saw that it did nothing, he sighed and looked away, hugging his knees to his chest, his tail curling around his ankles.

"Rogue..."

"He hates me."

"Vas? What are you..?" Kurt stopped and he narrowed his eyes slightly. "Remy said something nasty didn't he?" he asked. When Rogue nodded he swore softly, his tail flicking to one side sharply.

"He said that he screws other women because of my powers." Rogue said softly, her voice wavering. "He said we could never touch at all!"

"That's not true..." Kurt tried. Rogue snorted, flicking her head slightly to move her hair from her eyes.

"Kurt, I put a boy into a coma just from kissing him." She said. "Do you honestly think we'll ever be able to touch?"

"The Professor is working on that, as is Hank." Kurt said. "You won't have to deal with that forever. Besides, you are still a beautiful woman, and if you cannot see that for yourself then I cannot help you, mein schwester."

"I'm just not sure he loves me the way he used to. He never complained about my powers before." Rogue said, resting her head on Kurt's shoulder.

"Yet he still loves you. Of this I am positive." Kurt said. Rogue looked up at him, raising her eyebrows slightly.

"Are you sure?" she asked. Kurt smiled at her and nodded.

"I am so positive, that I would swear on a Bible to it! He just needs time to actually say it to you." He said. "Did I ever tell you about Brian and Meggan from Excalibur?"

"I don't think so."

"Brian was a complete asshole to her for a very long time. He drank so much and hurt her so much emotionally, I was afraid for her a lot." Kurt said. "But finally, Brian stopped drinking and he actually stopped being an asshole...Well, not a BIG and TOTAL one anyway." He added with a smile. Rogue laughed shaking her head a bit.

"Do you think that will happen with me and Remy?" she asked.

"Yes." Kurt nodded.

Looking over at her brother, Rogue slowly smiled and she hugged him around the neck.

"Thanks, Kurt!" she said, smiling faintly.