Y'all know the dilly yo, that I don't own these characters, marvel or anything else. Sometimes I wish I did, but wishing ain't having… oh well. Y'all know the drill.. blah blah blah.

This story doesn't really fit in with the X-Men Evolution timeline at all nor would I try to make it to. However, in this story, Gambit was an acolyte, and Magneto disappeared. Oh yes, and the first meeting with Gambit and Rogue and the card and the whole media thing still happened. Oh, and Evan doesn't exist in this story or he's off with the morlocks because I don't really need a whole bunch of characters to incorporate into the story, since this is really a ROMY story. Everything else is all A/U but in a beautiful way. Enjoy!

Author's Note: I love Gilmore Girls. Luke and Lorelei should get married. They make me giddy! Okay, read and review and enjoy everyone.

Somewhere I Belong

"Wow! This is awesome, Blue. Love it!" Tabitha exclaimed as she looked at the new Mp3 player she had just received from her secret santa.

Kurt blushed as he saw the happy expression on Tabitha's face. It was no secret that he had a small crush on the mischievous mutant. "It's nothing. I thought you could use a new one since you kind of blew your old one up." Kurt replied shyly.

Tabitha laughed out loudly as she walked over to her secret santa. She wrapped her arms around him for a quick hug and gave him a peck on the cheek. This just made the blue mutant blush even more and when red is mixed with blue, it caused him to have very purple cheeks.

"Thanks, Blue!" She said and walked back to her seat next to Amara.

Rogue smiled at her 'brother' who seemed to be floating on cloud nine. She gave him a little nudge, which did nothing to break his daze. She shrugged and looked on again to see who was next in line to receive a present.

The gift exchange had been going on for about half an hour now. Almost everyone had received a gift. She was still waiting her turn, but she really didn't care for the whole ritual. Truthfully, she wanted the whole thing to be done with, so she could return to her room and catch some sleep. Her mind had been bothering her of late and with the new addition of Remy's psyche, it was getting tiresome when trying to control all the psyches. She found that sleep was the easiest way to put them under restraint.

Besides that reason to want the whole gift exchange to end, Rogue was feeling very uncomfortable in the room and with no surprise to herself, it was because of Remy.

For the whole night, she could feel Remy's eyes staring straight at her from across the room. The first few times, she brought herself to meet his eyes, but realized that every time she did, it felt as if she was giving him a chance to look deeper. She felt uncomfortable under his gaze but he wouldn't relent on it.

He sat across the room from her, and was surrounded by his little groupies of Jubilee, Amara and Tabitha. Even Kitty had a seat near him. Occasionally, Rogue felt his gaze turned away from her to respond or laugh politely at one of the other girl's jokes, but she always felt his eyes back on her moments after. All she could do was try to ignore it.

"Okay, next person to receive his or her present is… Remy." Professor Xavier announced from where he was sitting by the Christmas tree.

Remy walked up to the Professor to claim his present. He took the present from the Professor and gave a polite smile. He opened the gift and found a pair of sunglasses, a deck of cards, and a book on card tricks.

He chuckled at the present and asked, "So, who does Remy owe his gratitude t' for dis wonderful present?"

Jean stood up, gave Remy a little smile, and took a bow.

Scott, who was seated next to her, blurted out, "YOU WERE HIS SECRET SANTA!?!?"

Jean rolled her eyes at the sudden jealous reaction that her boyfriend had expressed. She looked down at her boyfriend and sarcastically replied, "Aren't you the observant one."

Scott's mouth dropped a little at her rude response while a few of the other mutants snickered and cheered Jean on.

Remy walked up to his Secret Santa and gave her a quick hug. "T'anks, chere. Definitely need de shades, can't ever get enough of cards, and de book was cute." He said to her.

She blushed slightly. "You're very welcome, Remy. I'm glad you like it." She responded brightly, which received a scoff from Scott.

When she heard Scott's rude reaction, Jean wrapped her arms around Remy and gave him another hug. Scott immediately leapt to his feet when he saw that and pulled Jean away from Remy. Jean didn't try to put up a fight though, and settled back down next to Scott. Remy gave a little wink to her, which caused Scott to put a possessive arm around Jean. Scott even managed to let out a little growl, one that even Logan would have been proud of if he had been around.

"Alright. Next person up is… Bobby." The Professor announced and drew everyone's attention back to him.

"FINALLY!" Bobby exclaimed as he jumped up and ran to the present that Professor Xavier was holding. He ripped open the gift and smiled brightly at what he saw.

"Wow, this is so cool!" Bobby exclaimed as he held up a blue t-shirt that had a funky font on it that said 'Cool as Ice'. Also, he noticed that there was a thirty-dollar gift certificate to the local music store and an ice cube tray.

"Glad ya like it." Rogue commented from her seat.

Bobby's eyes went straight to her and he gave her an even bigger smile. "Thanks Rogue. This is awesome!" He genuinely told her.

"Y're welcome. Couldn't help it wit' the trays though." She said as she gave him a little smile.

Bobby let out a laugh. "Well, I still haven't perfected the formation of perfect cubes anyway. I love it!" He replied. He walked towards Rogue as he formed something in his hand. When he reached her, he presented her with an ice rose.

Rogue took the ice rose and smiled at Bobby. "Thanks, ice." She spoke.

"No, thank you!" The cool mutant responded and hopped back to his seat.

"Okay, I believe we are only down to the last name. So.. Rogue, if you may." The Professor requested. Rogue placed the ice rose in Kurt's hand, got up lazily and walked over to Professor Xavier.

She took the present from the Professor, and opened it with some care. Her eyes widened at the gift before her eyes.

"It's beautiful." She murmured as she held up the thick green down jacket with a fur-trimmed hood. She's never had such a warm expensive coat like this and without even thinking she slipped it on.

"So, Remy takes it y' like it, chere?"

Her eyes narrowed slightly as she realized who was her Secret Santa. She whipped around to see the approaching Remy. "Yah. Thanks, Remy." She told him.

"Remy's just glad it fits. T'ought y' needed a warm jacket. A lil' cold outside t'be wandering in your ot'er one." He commented, as he looked her over.

"How did ya… nevermind. Thanks." She said and changed the subject quickly. She was about to ask him how he knew about her 'walks' but figured maybe he didn't know anything about it. A part of her was convinced that he knew, but even if he did she didn't want everyone else to find out.

"Okay, now that the Secret Santa exchange is done with, Let's…"

"PARTY!" Most of the students yelled as they finished off the Professor's sentence.

Immediately, Kurt teleported to the stereo and turned on the music. The New Mutants all began dancing, although some of the shyer boys like Jamie was trying to hide behind the food table and pretended he was busy with drinking his punch.

Rogue looked around at the happy group. Her eyes wandered over to Jean and Scott who were sitting on the couch and laughing. It looked as if Scott had gotten on the better side of Jean again. Most likely, he had succeeded by whispering sweet nothings and apologizing like the jealous boyfriend he was. Not long after their make up, they sealed it with a few kisses under the mistletoe. Rogue winced a little at the public display affection that Scott and Jean showed. Not that Rogue was still hung up on Scott but it just hurt a little every time she saw other people touching intimately. It was a constant reminder that she would never have that in her life.

Her eyes wandered across the room to Kurt who was having a fine time dancing with the energetic Boom Boom. Rogue smiled and hung around for a few more minutes. She was extremely tired though, and all she really wanted was a good night's sleep.

"C'mon, Rogue! Like dance with us!" Kitty cried as she suddenly appeared next to the gothic mutant.

"Nah. It's okay. Ah'm kinda tired. Ah think ah might just head up to bed." Rogue declined politely.

Kitty looked Rogue over and decided that Rogue did indeed look tired. Kitty also knew better than to persist when Rogue actually responded nicely to her and not snapped at her. She didn't want Rogue to get angry any time soon. At least not the last night she would see Rogue before the New Year.

"Fine fine, but like you totally should have some fun. But whatever, I won't bug you about it." Kitty said and bounced off to re-join the party.

Rogue looked at the dancing mutants for a few more minutes and eventually caught Remy's eye. He gave her a grin and said something to his dancing partner, Jubilee. Rogue noticed that Jubilee's smile quickly disappeared and Remy was suddenly walking towards her. Rogue turned around immediately and began walking back to her room. She wasn't quick enough though and felt a hand grab her wrist.

"Where y'going, chere?" He asked her from behind.

She turned around to face him and said, "To bed and so if ya will excuse me."

He didn't' make any move to let go of her wrist though and so she had to yank it away from him.

"Y' ain't gonna be excused wit'out dancing wit' Remy first." The Cajun replied.

"Sorry. Ah don't dance. Especially wit' swamp rats." Rogue retorted.

"Aww.. chere. Y' gonna hurt Remy like dat? Where's y' holiday spirits?" Remy said as he pretended to be hurt by her empty words.

"It disappeared as soon as ya came over here. So why don't ya just go back t'ya groupies and ah'll go t'bed." Rogue stated and turned around to leave again.

She felt his hand on her wrist again and was beginning to hate how it was so naturally easy for him to touch her without flinching a single bit. What bothered her even more was the fact that she didn't cringe at his touch like she did with everyone else's. With him, she didn't feel afraid when he touched her.

"How about Remy go t'bed wit' ya instead?" Remy suggested in a low husky voice.

Rogue just rolled her eyes at his suggestion. She turned around to face him once more and yanked her hand away from him. "Don't ya get tired spitting out all those lame lines all the time?" Rogue asked him.

"Dey ain't only lines when Remy's talkin' t'y' chere. Wit' y', he means every word." Remy replied and gave her a wink.

Rogue rolled her eyes again. "Ya seem to be losing your touch, swamp rat. Ya said the exact same thang to me yesterday." She pointed out.

Remy chuckled at her response. "So, y' remember t'ings Remy says t' y' den? Guess dat means Remy's on y'mind a lot, oui?" He implied flirtatiously.

"Argh! No y're not! Ah'm going t'bed!" She cried but suddenly he had wrapped both his arms around her and pulled her close to him.

"Not 'til dis song is over." Remy told her and ran a finger lazily up and down her back.

The sensation of his touch was overwhelming for Rogue. She had never been this close to a person before and normally, she would have even been extremely scared of this amount of intimacy and touch, but with Remy, it felt right for some reason.

She tried to struggle out of his grasp for a bit, but he just held her tighter as they swayed from side to side. A slow ballad had come on and Remy was intent on keeping her in his arms. Eventually, Rogue stopped fighting and let her arms wrap around his neck.

He gave her a small smile when she did that. "See, isn't dis better den us fightin' all de time?"

"Ah'm only dancing wit' ya just 'cause ya have such a strong grip." She responded with a false hint of anger.

He didn't buy it though. "Wit' y' in my arms, chere, Remy won't ever let y' go dat easy."

She didn't have any words to respond with. Instead, she placed her head against his chest and enjoyed the dance. She figured they could get back to the fake game they play with each other later. Right now, she simply wanted to feel his arms around her and the security that went along with it.

She felt safe in his arms.

"Dis feels right, Rogue." He whispered to her as they continued to dance.

"Don't say that." She whispered in a muffled voice into his chest.

"But it's true." He stated.

"Ya don't want this. Ah know ya don't. And Ah don't want this." She whispered again.

"What is dis dat we both don't want, chere?" He asked her softly.

She held on to him for a few more moments and relished in his embrace, but then she put her guard back up again. She used all her might and finally broke away from him.

"Ah'm tired. Ah'm going t'bed now, Remy. Thanks for the present by the way." She said and turned around to leave.

He didn't follow her though. He knew that what she did was probably the best for the both of them. They both didn't want to risk trusting in each other. But he added a few last words.

"Dere's somet'ing in de pockets too, chere."

Rogue nodded and continued to her room without a glance back.

-xoxo-

She tied her hair up and got into bed. The faint music of the party could still be heard but she managed to ignore it. She was lying in bed for a few minutes, tossing and turning.

She couldn't get him out of her mind and was finding it hard to sleep.

Then she remembered his words. So, she got up and walked towards her Christmas present.

She dug her hand into the right pocket and pulled out a bottle.

It was a bottle of make-up remover.

On the label, Remy had written 'You're beautiful just the way you are.'

She smiled at his words. Then she dug her other hand into the left pocket and pulled out a card.

It was the Queen of hearts.

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