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Chapter Thirteen
Most of the X-Men were up around ten, even if they weren't leaving until one. The kids were all in happy moods. It wasn't everyday that school was canceled, especially here. Many of them were sleeping in. Gambit, however, was one of the last X-Men to get up. He walked down to the kitchen with his bed hair and he was still wearing pajamas. Rogue wasn't the only one that had a second glance at him as he entered the kitchen. One of her friends, Jubilee, was eating breakfast with her and Bobby.
'Sorry, Gambit not late, is he?' he asked.
'It's only 10:30,' Rogue said.
'Ah, hell. I got up too early,' Gambit said as he picked over some toast.
'I hear you never go anywhere without your coat,' Jubilee said.
'What dat? Oh, yeah, I wear it almost all da time. Gambit don' t'ink he know your name,' Gambit said, realizing he hadn't seen her before.
'Oh, it's Jubilee,' she said, her face turning a light shade of red.
'Jubilee? Dat's a nice name,' Gambit said as he sat down opposite them and began munching on his toast, not noticing her blushing.
'Did you ever get a suit?' Rogue asked.
'Nah, don' t'ink I'd need it. It don' have da right number o' pockets for mah liking,' Gambit said. 'Mah coat's enough for moi.'
'Yeah, but what if you get hit? The suits serve as built-in protection,' Bobby said.
'Ah, don' worry 'bout dat. Dey won't git close enough to,' Gambit said as he grinned his boyish grin.
Two cards suddenly appeared in his hand. The other three jumped, but he just laughed.
'How do you that?' Jubilee asked.
'Practice, petit,' Gambit said simply, and the cards went away. 'Well, I'm a watch some TV. Au revoir.'
As soon as he left, Jubilee was all for questions.
'How come you didn't tell me he was good looking?' she demanded of Rogue.
'What are you talking about?' Rogue asked, realizing she was saying this only because Bobby was in the room.
'How old is he then?' Jubilee asked.
'Around 21, I suppose,' Rogue said.
'Oh, wow, that's so cool. Could you talk to him for me?'
'And say what? "Hi, my friend likes you?"'
'Uh, yeah,' Jubilee said as if this was the most obvious thing in the world.
'I'll try,' Rogue said, crossing her fingers under the table.
Just then, Professor Xavier wheeled in.
'Oh, hi, Professor,' Rogue said automatically.
'Hello Rogue, Jubilee. Bobby, could I have a word? It'll only take a minute.'
'Um, okay,' Bobby said.
Rogue gave him a look but he only shrugged at her.
'What's that about?' Jubilee asked Rogue when the Professor and Bobby had left.
'No clue,' Rogue said.
Bobby came back about five minutes later.
'Well?' Rogue asked as Bobby sat back down.
'I'm not going with y'all today,' he said.
'Why not?' Rogue asked, completely confused.
'They need a babysitter. Peter's already been asked, but since he's still not an X-Man, the Professor wanted two of us and an X-Man. Drake's the next oldest and the Professor picked me for the X-Man.'
'That sucks,' Rogue said. 'I'll miss you,' she added.
'Yeah, well, kick some bad guys for me,' Bobby said.
The rest of the morning passed on until it was one. Rogue was in her room, just having put on her suit, when Bobby paid her another visit. The girls she shared the room with excused themselves and shut the door. Then they fought for room as they leaned on the door, like girls, and listened.
By now, all the X-Men were in Xavier's office. Everyone was in a suit, save Gambit and Beast. Beast had his own pair of black pants that he wore, but he preferred to be bare-chested, but he held a coat in his hands. Scott had been quieter than normal all day long, but he looked better to Logan than he had the night before. Rogue looked a bit sad; Logan guessed it was because of Bobby's absence.
'Okay, now, you all know we're going to Canada. I hope everyone's seen what has happened to the collapsed dam we left. From what I retrieved from John's thoughts, that's where Magneto is headed. None of the scientists can determine what has happened. But I think I have a reason to believe that a mutant might have caused it. If someone can do that, I feel we need to meet them. We need to try and talk to them before anyone else can. I've located a mutant 10 miles from there with Logan. That may be our mutant. I believe Magneto is after the mutant as well. Who knows what he could do with a mutant that has that ability,' Charles said.
'And that's it. Storm, start up the Jet. We'll take off in three minutes,' Scott said, taking over.
Storm left to start the engine as the rest of them made sure they had everything they needed. Logan was flexing his claws, making sure his gloves had plenty of room for them. Gambit was counting his cards and checking all his pockets. Scott was checking his visor. Beast stretched his arms as Nightcrawler said a few Hail Mary's and Our Fathers in one corner. Rogue stood off to the side and watched everyone else.
'Why you so sad, mon cher?' Gambit asked, noticing her.
'What? Oh, it's nothing,' she said.
'You sure?' Gambit asked. 'It somethin' 'bout Bobby?'
'Something like that,' Rogue said.
'All right, let's go,' Scott said.
Scott and Storm took the controls. Xavier and Beast were seated behind them. Wolverine and Nightcrawler sat side-by-side each other behind Xavier. Gambit and Rogue sat behind them.
'So, how long should it take?' Gambit asked.
'It should take the rest of the day, unless Scott speeds,' Rogue told him.
'Ah, dat good. Might git mo' shut-eye,' Gambit said as he leaned back in the seat to get more comfortable.
'You know, I think you should think about wearing a suit,' Rogue said.
'Aou. Why dat?'
'Well, you know. We have some weird enemies and I wouldn't want ya to get hurt and all,' Rogue explained.
'Well, t'be honest wid ya, all th' tight leather's not to mah liking,' Gambit told her.
'Oh, well . . . just be careful, okay?' Rogue said, not knowing exactly where she was going with this.
'Anythin' fer you, ma cher,' Gambit said as Rogue blushed.
Some time passed. Gambit closed his eyes and Rogue heart light snores coming his way a few minutes later. She smiled and sifted more comfortably in her seat. Storm had set it to a rainy day again, the better to hide the jet from prying eyes. The Blackbird cruised swiftly through the rain clouds.
