After what seemed like an hour Rogue finally lifted her head and washed her face in the cool water of the lake. Her headache had worsened and her eyes felt heavy and puffy and she would have liked nothing better than to fall asleep in her warm bed back in the mansion. But she knew she wouldn't do that. In the brief half an hour after she left the mill Rogue had come to a decision. She knew that she couldn't face Remy again in school. She really couldn't face anyone right then. She just couldn't resume her normal life going to school and training with Logan in the evenings like nothing had happened. She decided that she needed a break from Bayville and the mansion and the x-men and most of all from her heartbreak over Remy.
She reached the mansion in less than ten minutes and she stealthily slipped into her room through the balcony unnoticed. She knew that if any of the x-men found out what she was about to do they would try and talk her out of it and make sure that she never got an opportunity to even try. She looked around the room and let out her breath in relief thankful that Kitty wasn't in the room. She sat down and quickly wrote a letter to Kitty telling her not to worry and that she would be back soon. She just needed a break and would return to the mansion in probably two or three weeks. She quickly moved towards a particular plank on the floor and lifting it she retrieved the key to her drawer. She quickly opened the drawer and took out the money and carefully put it into a wallet. She hen took her clothes out and hurriedly dumped them into a duffel bag and throwing the wallet in it too she left the room through the balcony and after taking one last look at the mansion she turned around and left for the bus-stop.
She had to wait in line at the bus stop to get a ticket. She had no idea where she was going but she knew that it would have to be as far away from Bayville as the bus would take her. She consulted a map that she had brought at the stop and decided to go to St.Louis. She didn't know why she picked that particular place but she figured she might as well give it a shot. When she finally reached the counter she asked the woman sitting there if there were any buses to St.Louis that day. The woman smiled at her kindly and told her that there were no tickets left for any bus going in that direction except New Orleans and that there was a bus from New Orleans to St.Louis that left about five hours after she arrived at New Orleans. Rogue thanked the woman and said she would like to buy the ticket to New Orleans. The woman gave her the ticket and told her that the bus was due to arrive in about fifteen minutes. Rogue thanked her again and the woman smiled sadly as Rogue turned away and sat on the nearest bench waiting for the bus to arrive. "Runaways. They never get very far." The woman thought as she turned to the next costumer and greeted them.
Rogue gave a frustrated sigh as she sat down on the bench. Why did she have to get a ticket to New Orleans of all the damn places in the world? But she needed to get out of Bayville and fast and it was just five hours that she would spend there and hen she could leave to St.Louis and enjoy her little holiday. The bus arrived about ten minutes later and Rogue quickly boarded it and sat at the last seat avoiding the window seat. There were hardly any people on the bus and she had the two seats all to herself. The bus left soon and after they had left Bayville Rogue moved to the window seat and stared at the farms they were passing and the calm scene and the gentle rocking of her seat due to the buses movement lulled her to sleep and her head fell back against the seat as she fell into a deep sleep.
………………………………………………………………………………………………While Rogue slept Remy arrived at the mansion and bracing himself he rang the doorbell and waited for a few seconds before he heard someone fumbling with the locks and a second later the door swung open and Kurt stood there with a very worried expression on his face. Remy asked Kurt if Rogue was home and Kurt narrowed his eyes and asked him suspiciously "Vat do you want vit mein shewchter?" Before Remy could answer Logan came to the door and looking at Remy standing there he said "Let him in elf. The professor thinks that he might have some idea of where Rogue might be." Remy who had been listening to the conversation intently blurted out "What you don't know where she is either?" He then heard the professor telepathically telling him to come in first and they could talk once he was inside.
Once inside the first thing Remy noticed was Kitty who was sitting on a couch and was sobbing her heart out. The rest of the x-men were standing around her with worried expressions on their faces. Kurt teleported to her side and placed a comforting hand on the shoulder assuring her that Rogue would be okay and that they would find her. Remy turned away from her as he noticed the professor come into the room. He then requested Remy to come into his study with him and they could talk there. Kitty hen looked up at Remy and asked him if he knew where Rogue was. Scott who hadn't said a word since he found out that Rogue had left looked sharply at Remy "Have you kidnapped her again? If you have I swear to god I will blow your brains out." He said ready to take his glasses off and direct his beams at Remy. He had been feeling so guilty about his argument with her the other day and hoping that that wasn't the reason why she left and it felt good to direct his anger and guilt at someone else.
The professor silenced Scott and led Remy, Kitty, Kurt, Scott and Jean into his study. Remy saw that Logan, Ororo and Hank McCoy were already there sitting on armchairs. The professor then asked Remy to tell them if he had any idea where Rogue might have gone and why she had left in the first case. When Remy didn't say anything he showed Remy the note Rogue had left for Kitty. Remy sighed and sank into the seat that the others had left for him and began telling them about everything that had happened in the past two days.
You know the drill. Plz R&R.