Southern Comfort

Chapter 4: It's a Date

By: Rogue-Slayer13

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of X-Men: Evolution, they belong to their respective creators.

Summary: Takes place from Cajun Spice and forward. Rogue returns with the X-Men, and Gambit decides to go abroad for awhile. What will happen when they run into each other again?

Note: This chapter takes place a few months after the previous one. Whole sentences in italics are thoughts, and single words are emphasis.

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Gambit couldn't stop thinking about what Rogue had said when he asked her what exactly her type was. She was pretty vague about the whole thing, but he couldn't quite get it out of his head. He also was having trouble figuring out why Rogue kept meeting him for their walks.

De fille claims to hate me, yet she doesn't seem to mind de fact dat I keep droppin' by to visit her. Dis is strange, non? Gambit pushed the thoughts aside as he finished putting on his boots, and made his way out of the Acolyte base.

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Rogue got up, and quietly got dressed in the dark, not wanting to wake Kitty or anyone else by turning the light on.

"Have fun," said Kitty as Rogue approached the door.

"Thanks, Ah guess" replied Rogue as she hurried out of the room.

It had become habit over the last couple of nights for her and Gambit to meet outside her window to go for a walk around the grounds. So far Kitty was the only one who knew about it, and she was sworn to secrecy.

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Gambit easily scaled the fence surrounding Xavier Institute, and landed gracefully on his feet on the other side. Carefully avoiding all the hidden security measures, he made his way across the yard and over to Rogue's window, where he was shocked to see Rogue already down stairs waiting for him.

"If I didn' know better, chere, I might t'ink you actually liked me."

"And why's that, Swamp Rat?" replied Rogue.

"Well, y' waitin' out here for me, aren't y', chere?"

He's too cocky for 'is own good. Serve 'im right to be wrong a few times.

"Ah couldn't sleep is all," lied Rogue as the two began their walk.

Gambit smirked, but didn't say anything.

"Are ya still livin' with the Acolytes?" asked Rogue after a while.

"Yeah," replied Gambit. "But we're not Acolytes since Magneto's gone."

"So, what are ya then?"

"Independent contractors," replied Gambit with a smile as the two came to their usual bench.

Rogue smiled and sat down right next to Gambit.

The two sat in comfortable silence for a bit longer before Gambit spoke.

"Y' wanna go an' see a movie tomorrow, chere?"

Why the hell did I jus' say dat? De Rogue doesn't like Gambit, and dat'll jus' make her mad at me.

Rogue was quiet.

See, you've mad her mad, and now she's gonna get up and–

"Sure," said Rogue interrupting Gambit's mental ramble.

Before either could reply Kitty suddenly stuck her head out the window of her and Rogue's room.

"You, like, totally need to get back up here! Logan's doing and impromptu room check!" exclaimed Kitty, raising her voice slightly.

"Where is he?" asked Rogue.

"He's still, like, checking the boys' hallway."

"I gotta go," said Rogue as she turned to Gambit.

" demain, mon chere," said Gambit as he kissed Rogue's gloved hand, before turning and hurrying away.

Rogue looked in the direction Gambit had gone, before turning and hurrying into the house.

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Rogue had just dived under the covers of her bed, when there was a knock at the door, followed by Logan sticking his head inside the room.

"Stripes, Kitty, everything all right?" asked Logan.

"We're fine," replied Rogue.

"Ya sure? I thought I heard yelling when I was down the hall."

Rogue sent Kitty a glare that no one could see.

"We're totally fine, Mr. Logan," said Kitty cheerfully.

"All right." Logan turned and closed the door behind him, and went on to the next room.

Kitty took a breath as if she were about to ramble on for a few hours, and opened her mouth to speak, but was cut off by Rogue.

"Ah'm tired, Kitty. Save your hours worth of questions for the morning."

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"So, how was your, like, talk with Gambit last night?" asked Kitty, the moment Rogue woke up.

"Ya sure don't waste any time, do ya?" Rogue sat up in bed.

"You guys were, like, totally sit close on that bench last night."

"It's a small bench," said Rogue in her defense.

"Whatever. So, what'd you talk about?"

"Nothin'."

Kitty gave Rogue a 'Don't try and lie to me' look from across the room. Rogue was about to reply, but her phone rang, so she reached over and picked it up off the night stand.

"Hello?" answered Rogue.

"Bonjour, ma chérie," came the reply.

"Swamp Rat? How'd you get my number?"asked Rogue in shock.

"I asked Lance to get it from Kitty."

"You asked him for it?"

"All right, I threatened 'im to get it from de petit, but de thought was dere, and dat's what counts, right?"

Rogue smiled despite herself.

"What do you want?"

"I was callin' to see if y' still wanted to go to a movie tonight."

Rogue had nearly forgotten about that.

"Yeah, Ah'd like too," replied Rogue happily.

Whoa! Where'd that come from?

"Anyt'ing y' wanna see?"

Rogue looked over to where Kitty was bouncy up and down on her bed as if she was about to pee her pants with excitement.

"Do ya like horror movies?"

"Gambit loves horror movies, chere."

"We could go and see High Tension, if ya want to."

"Sounds good. When do y' want me to pick y' up?"

Rogue was slightly shocked at the offer, but didn't let it show in her voice.

"Ya can pick me up at seven if ya want."

"I'll be dere."

"Bye, sugah."

Now it was Gambit's turn to be shocked.

"Bye, mon chere."

Kitty squealed as Rogue hung up the phone.

"OH MY GOD!" screamed Kitty as she grabbed a hold of Rogue and began jumping up and down. "You were totally flirting with him!"

"Ah was not," said Rogue as she got out of Kitty's grasp.

"Rogue, you called him sugar."

Rogue's eyes widened as she realized what she'd said.

"Oh my Gawd! Ah did not call 'im that, did Ah?"

"You, like, totally did. You must really like him."

"Ah do not!" Rogue flopped back down on her bed.

"Then why are you, like, going on a date with him?" Kitty sat next to Rogue on her bed.

"It's not a date," protested Rogue.

"He's picking you up, you called him sugar, and your going to the movies, which are, like, total first date material."

"Oh Gawd." Rogue sat straight up in bed. "It's a date."

What have I gotten myself into?

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Rogue was hanging out in the rec room watching TV when Kitty came, and stood between her and the TV, effectively blocking her view.

"Kitty, what the hell are ya doin'?" asked an annoyed Rogue.

"It's 6:30," replied Kitty simply.

Rogue gave her a 'And this means what to me?' look, which Kitty countered with a raised eyebrow.

"Crap!" cursed Rogue as she practically leapt off of the couch and hurried up to her room with Kitty in tow.

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"Which shirt looks better?" asked Rogue as she held two different tops in front of her.

Kitty looked at the two tops before pointing to the one on the left.

"Go with the green one. It's, like, way sexier then the blue one," said Kitty.

"As if Gambit isn't flirty enough already," said Rogue as she put the blue shirt back in the closet.

"If you don't like him, then why are you, like, worrying over your outfit?" asked Kitty as Rogue quickly changed.

"Ah don't like him, and Ah'm not worrying about my clothes."

"Then, like, why are you going to the movies with him?"

"I claim temporary insanity, okay?" said Rogue as she finished changing. "How do Ah look?"

Rogue had on a pair of black leather boots, black jeans, and a green velvet shirt, with sheer green bell sleeves.

"You look great," said Kitty as she glanced over at the clock. "We should probably get downstairs before Logan sees Gambit."

Rogue nodded.

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Logan came out of the kitchen in time to see a fairly dressed up Rogue hurry past with kitty.

"Where ya goin', Stripes?" called Logan, getting the girls to stop.

"Rogue's going to, like, see a movie," said Kitty.

"Alone?" Logan raised an eyebrow.

"No, Kitty's goin' with me," said Rogue. "Aren't ya, Kitty?" Rogue glared at the other girl.

"Yeah, that's okay isn't it?" replied Kitty trying to help Rogue cover for herself.

Logan eyed them for a while before nodding.

"Jus' be home at a decent hour."

Both girls nodded before rushing out of the house.

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Gambit had parked his bike a little ways away from the gates of the mansion to avoid being seen by Logan or any of the less then friendly X-Men. He'd just gotten off of the bike and started walking toward the mansion when the front door opened, and Rogue and Kitty came running out of the mansion and across the yard. Gambit met them at the gates, and was shocked when each girl grabbed a hold of one of his arms and proceeded to drag him back down the street.

"Mind tellin' Gambit what's goin' on here?" asked the Cajun as they trio reached his bike.

"Logan," replied Kitty simply.

"What's de Wolverine done?" asked Gambit.

"He nearly didn't believe us," said Rogue.

"Yeah so, like, if anyone asks, I went with Rogue to the movies, not you," said Kitty as Gambit got on his bike, followed by Rogue.

"Where are you gonna be, petit?"

"I'll see if Lance wants to, like, do anything," replied Kitty with a shrug as Rogue got onto Gambit's bike. "Just be, like, quiet when you come home, incase we don't get back at, like, the same time."

"Okay," said Rogue as Gambit kicked the bike into life.

"Have fun on your date!" called Kitty with a smile as the two drove away.

Ah'm gonna kill her when Ah get home.

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Rogue wasn't really paying attention to the movie. Instead she was staring at Gambit out of the corner of her eye.

God, he's hot. What? Ah did not just think that, did Ah? Rogue looked at Gambit just as he glanced over and smiled, which Rogue did as well. He's got a nice smile. Snap out of it, Rogue!

Rogue turned her attention back to the movie just in time to see a particularly gruesome scene. Even though she usually loved horror moves, Rogue found herself ducking her head toward Gambit's shoulder and away from the screen. Without even glancing over, Gambit reached over put his arm around her.

Oh, he's smooth. Rogue couldn't help, but smile, and turn Gambit's shoulder into a comfortable headrest.

Gambit smiled as Rogue laid her head on his shoulder. Maybe de Rogue, doesn't hate Gambit dat much after all.

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Gambit stopped the bike in the same spot as he had earlier when he'd picked Rogue up. They both got off of it, and Gambit walked her to the gate.

"Ah had a nice time tonight," said Rogue, feeling suddenly shy.

"Me too, chere." Gambit took hold of Rogue's hand. "I'll see soon."

Rogue watched as Gambit walked back down to his bike, and drove off. She turned to enter the code to open the gates when she saw that they're was something in her hand. Looking down Rogue saw that it was a playing card, which she then flipped over to reveal the Joker. A note along with a phone number was scrawled at the bottom:

Anytime y' wanna talk, chere.

Remy

Rogue smiled before turning and walking back up to the mansion.

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To Be Continued . . .

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