Title: Affairs of the Heart Chapter four: "Parties Make for Mischief"

Summary: Everyone knows Rogue falls for Gambit, but had a crush on Scott (in X-Men Evolution), and liked Bobby (in X-men the movie). Well what happens when she becomes a friend with Belladonna, the girl who was to be Gambit's wife, and Scott comes into play with her feelings? Find out what "adventures", misunderstandings, and other things happen when these three people create a triangle, or does it become a different structure with a fourth person in play? ^_^

Scott sat near the window so he could just stare outside and wonder off. He sat there looking at the picture Kitty had taken of a surprised Scott and Rogue, Christmas day when Rogue and Scott had exchanged gifts. Professor of course had to throw the kids a Christmas party.

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(Past)

Since basically everyone was low on cash, they decided to have secret Santa's. Everyone placed their names into a hat, and one by one they pulled out a name.

"Hey, like, Logan you wanna, like, be apart of our secret Santa thing?"

"Why on earth are you guys doing that for?"

"It seems that the mighty X-Men of ours, or rather yours, have run into some cash probs." Replied a dismal Rogue, Logan just gave her a look of really-they-have-know kind of look, but to others who did not share their 'bond' would have thought he had looked at her with a risen eyebrow look.

"Yeah and we realized it's a lot cheaper and faster to get a gift for just one person and not the whole lot of us." Bobby attempted to make Rogues rude comment seem, well not so rude.

"What the heck, I'm in. at least I won't have to waste my cash on all you brats."

"Ok everyone ready? Logan you can go first." Asked Jean after writing everyone's name on separate pieces of paper, and then placing them in to a brown paper bag.

Logan had pulled Storms name out. Then went Scott who pulled Rogues name; Kurt went after, he got Amara. Jamie who sat right next to Kurt got Logan, he let out a "Man I have bad luck," everyone just assumed he either got Logan or Rogue for his secret person. Hank, who had just stepped into the room to pick pulled Evan's name out, "That'll be easy." Amara pulled Jamie out. Bobby who was talking to Evan pulled Hank out, and Evan pulled out Kurt's name. Storm then volunteered to go next, she got the Professor, and the Professor had received Jean. Rogue and Jean were the only one's left to go, Rogue got Scott, and Jean got Bobby.

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(Still in the past, but on Christmas night)

As everyone were exchanging gifts, Rogue silently slipped into the room unnoticed to many but not all of the occupants. After giving Kurt and Jean their gifts Scott walked over to Rogue to give her, her present. Rogue was standing by the table with the refreshments, getting a cup of punch. Next to Rogue was a small rectangular box rapped in a starry night printed gift rapping paper with a yellow ribbon tied around it.

"Hey, I'm your secret Santa." Scott handed Rogue a small rectangular shaped parcel.

"Go ahead open it." Inside were two CD's, 'Fallen' by Evanescence and 'Jagged Little Pill' by Alanis Morrissette.

"Thanks. Umm. here I was your secret Santa." She handed him the little box that was on the table next to her. Inside was a sketch of Scott, Jean, Kitty, Evan, and Kurt hanging above them from a tree branch. The sketch was framed in a hand made wooden frame panted in a dark mahogany blue.

"Thanks. Did you draw this?"

"Yeah and I made the frame in shop class. Sorry it's not the greatest gift or for that matter a good gift."

"No it's a great gift, I love it."

Not aware that Kitty, Kurt, and Evan were not that far from them with a 'plan' in mind. Kitty had been taking pictures of everyone and wanted to get a picture of Rogue and Scott, so she, Kurt and Evan came up with a plan. Kurt wanted them to kiss, so he decided to place a missile toe above them, while Evan "accidently" pushed Rogue into Scott, as Kitty took the picture.

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(Present)

Back at the mansion Kitty had decided on throwing a pool party thing for the new recruit Remy. The party of course was for him to meet everyone at the Institute and also an excuse for the students to have fun. There was also another reason for this party it was for Rogue most importantly, after almost a month.or is it a year. of training with the Professor, Rogue now has complete control over her powers as well as the powers she has absorbed from other mutants. All she had left to do was for her to keep her mind separate from the others. However the party did not consist of anyone who was not a student at the Institute.

Kitty had underestimated Rogue and her abilities to estrange her self. Apparently Rogue had not showed up at the party as Kitty had expected, in a bikini without the entire gothic make up and most definitely without her Ann Price book, instead Rogue acted as she usually has. She showed up in her black vinyl skirt with black tights and her black boots, she wore a forest green tank top with a lighter green fishnet shirt over that. She had with her an Ann Price novel and her CD player.

"Hey Rogue, like, what's with the get up?"

"What, this is my usual wear? What'd you expect some itty-bitty swimsuit?" She gave her the oh so famous glare.

"Well.yeah. I kind of was."

"Kitty Ah may have control over mah powers but I ain't about tah tell dah whole damn world about it. Now if yah mind sugah Ah have some readin' to do." Her southern accent had taken complete control over her speech, this freaked Kitty out. Whenever she used her accent like that it meant trouble. As Rogue was about to turn around and find a nice shady spot where there was no one around, she added "And don't yah dare go tellin' anyone about mah having control over mah powers now." She gave her a devilish smile and added a wink to top it off.

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It had seemed as if an hour had passed since Rogue had started to read her novel, when a pesky annoying squeaky voice was heard.

"Why don't you go back to where you came from, freak."

"Yah do realize yah not only called meh a freak but yahr self, little miss perfect." Replied Rogue calmly from her seat on the grass.

"And you do realize you take up way too much space needed for you?"

"Yeah Ah do, but Ah take up all this space so yah won't have it." She gave Jean one of her own perky little smiles back at her.

"Why do you even bother to make an appearance when you won't even act normal, and just segregate yourself from the rest of humanity or shall I say civilization."

"Yah may say whatever yah want but Ah have one question for yah."

"What?"

"Why do you always tend tah notice me out of everyone else, and bother wasting your time on me, and why aren't you attached to Scott or, what's his name, Dave Matthew's arm like usual. You know being the sluty little bitch you are. Oh and you might wanna be careful before you choke on some of those very very big words, now." Said Rogue mimicking Jean's voice and emphasizing on the 'verys'. After saying that she just walked away from Jean without even giving her a glance.

"Hey you freak.." As Rogue stopped to hear what else Jean had to say, a boulder was flying towards the back of her head, but before it could hit her, it went soaring back towards Jean and knocked her out cold.

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Everyone had seen the two having a squabble and then rushed towards Jean after seeing her being hit by a boulder and being knocked out.

"I'll, like, go talk to Rogue and see what's up with what just happened and if she's ok." She added the last part silently wondering if her best friend had been hurt.

"Remy can go, you stay, you're the hostesses of this thing." Offered Remy.

"No I'll go the parties for you, and I'm sorry this happened."

"It's ok and Remy'll go. Remy thinks he'd rather go then stick around for Miss Marry Sunshine to wake up."

Kitty giggled and let him go agreeing with him not going to be able to handle Jean when she awakes from beauty slumber.

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*Knock, knock, knock*

Remy got no answer from Rogue, and suddenly he heard music.

* You know how us Catholic girls can be We make up for so much time a little too late I never forgot it, confusing as it was No fun with no guilt feelings The sinners, the saviors, the loverless priests I'll see you next Sunday

We all had our reasons to be there We all had a thing or two to learn We all needed something to cling to So we did *

Without hesitation Remy entered Rogue's room, to find half of the room was gothic and the other half to be something Kitty or Jean would do.

*I sang Alleluia in the choir I confessed my darkest deeds to an envious man My brothers they never went blind for what they did But I may as well have In the name of the Father, the Skeptic and the Son I had one more stupid question

We all had our reasons to be there We all had a thing or two to learn We all needed something to cling to So we did*

"Hey! Like what the hell do you think you're doing in mah room?" Rogue screamed above the blaring music. Rogue had been in the bathroom trying to get her redden eyes back to their normal color, when she had turned her music on, and walked out to find her intruder.

"Remy's sorry he didn't mean to offend you or do anything to harm yah. But Miss Kitty sent Remy to check on you and make sure you were fine."

"Well I'm fihne no need to worry about poor little ol' me."

* What I learned I rejected but I believe again I will suffer the consequence of this inquisition If I jump in this fountain, will I be forgiven*

Their nice quite conversation had been interrupted from a shrill Alanis Morrissette. Rogue had thought she had turned her radio down, so why was her music blaring again? As she turned to she what was wrong with her radio she saw a cloud of smoke and realized she was being spied on.

"Why do I live with such nosey people for?" Remy looked at her as if she had lost her mind.

"Kurt! Kurt! Kurt Wagner!! You stupid fuzzy fur ball get butt back here this instant before I blow completely!!" Out of nowhere a fuzzy blue elf appeared instantaneously.

"Jah you called for the fuzzy one?" He then turned to look at Remy and said, "The girls love the blue man," and then winked at him before he felt something smack the back of his head hard.

"Ow what you do that for?"

"Because you deserved you fuzz ball! I swear the next time I catch you spying on me you're dead elf."

"But.but.but it was Keety's idea." All of a sudden Kitty's head appeared through the wall.

"Hey! It wasn't my idea it was Evan's!"

"I don't care whose idea it was but I swear the next time yah'll do that your all dead." She said with a psychotic smile on her face. She then pick up her pillow and hurled it at Kurt, who teleported out of the way and it smacked Kitty. They ended up having a fight resulting in the Professor sending a mental message telling them dinner was ready.

"Ah'll catch up to yah'll alright?"

"Sure" Everyone agreed. Remy was the only one who stayed with her.

"Do yah'll do this every day?"

"Nah just when we get into an argument or fight."

"Yah'll know how to have fun."

"Sure we do."

"Remy wish he could do that everyday, well just him and you."

"Yah betta watch it Cajun." She replied while departing her room.

"Le bout un à la salle dinning est un oeuf putréfié !" (Translation "Last one to the dinning room's a rotten egg!") She yelled.

"Oh que nous verrons à ce sujet !" (Translation "Oh we'll see about that!") He said while grabbing an astonished Rogue, while running towards the dinning room.

A/N: I hope you guys liked it sorry it took forever to write this one. I may not be able to post another chapter for about two weeks, I'm being forced to go with my sister for a week. Well it's better than staying with my *mum* for the week. ^_^ I'm an evil child I know. ^_^ Please review?! I don't think you guys like my story, I haven't gotten many reviews so far lately. Anywyaz Hope You Enjoyed!! ::runs away screaming "YAY I finished! I finished! I finished! I finished!" like a maniac::