EXPLANATIONS

Rogue laid there on her bed staring at the ceiling for the rest of the night holding the card. She couldn't understand how he could want to be with her and then work for Magneto. 'Does he evah just pick one?' she thought bitterly. She started to wish that she did absorb him. Then maybe she would have a clue as to what went on in his head. But that was the funny thing. Even when he wasn't there with her, he was always a constant in her life. And she never, not even accidently absorbed him.

When morning came, she made her way downstairs and grabbed a bagel. Wolverine was the only one up, but that was a normal occurrence. He didn't say anything to her, just sat down with a cup of coffee, reading the paper, as if nothing ever happened. Just when she was about to finish her bagel, the Professor sent her a message telepathically, asking for her to meet him in his office. Wolverine must have had the same message, since he followed her there.

As soon as she arrived there, she noticed that Storm and Scott were also there, but still in their pajamas. The Professor gestured for her to have a seat, and then began with his questions.

"Rogue, I would just like to start out with how grateful we are for what you did yesterday-"

"But ya wanna know what happened." she finished for him. He merely nodded.

"Ah don't know, well at first. Ah was behind a buildin'. Truth beh told Professor, Ah didn't know what happened ta ya'll. Ah only found Wanda."

"I am sorry but I cannot actually answer that myself. I was still here at the mansion." but then Scott chimed in, still not fully awake.

"There was a mutant who was forced to," then he yawned, "forced to create some sort of portal and we all got sucked in."

"So how were ya taken back there Professor." he actually looked a little bit embarrassed when he answered.

"Someone drugged my tea."

"It was all Mystique." All of them stared at her curiously.

"How do you know that Rogue?" Wolverine asked. But she didn't answer. So Storm took a few steps towards her and placed a hand, carefully on her shoulder.

"Are you sure, my dear?" Rogue merely nodded.

"She wanted meh. I think Wanda was just an accident. She was too busy wanted ta kill her father." Rogue smiled wide when she mentioned the last part. The Professor mentally excused the rest of them, so that he could speak with Rogue in private.

"Is there something I should know about your relationship with Gambit?" Rogue could feel her anger starting to rise from that comment, but kept her emotions in check. She couldn't afford an outburst, she didn't know how anyone would react to her new abilities. Besides, she just wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. So she also kept her face emotionless as well.

"What'cha mean bah that Professor?" she asked him innocently.

"I noticed the way he handled you on the trip home. Just wanted to know if there was something that you might like to tell me, or if it was a mistake on my part. Either way would not be a problem Rogue." She knew what he was doing. He was trying to make sure she wasn't going to change sides again. She sighed and rubbed her temples.

"Nothing that needs ta beh discussed, he's not a problem." He studied her for a moment.

"Are you having problems with the psyches again?" she smiled gently at his curiosity about her welfare.

"Naw Professor, just been through a lot, that's all." He nodded smiling back.

"Am Ah excused now?"

"Yes."

After she left his office, she decided to go for a walk and get some air. She ended up wandering through the trees near the mansion. Rogue felt a pair of eyes on her since she entered the tree line. She smiled to herself, but did not look behind her. Suddenly she was gone in a poof of smoke and reappeared behind the person following her. She tapped him on the shoulder smirking. He turned around and grabbed her by her waste giving her a smirk in return. His eyes glowed intensely. Then he kissed her again. He never really knew exactly what it was about her, but he could never get enough of her.

"Remy? What'cha still doin' here?"

"We need ta talk, non." she nodded shyly, still recovering from his kiss.

"Ah can't do this, ya know? Ah can't love ya one minute and fight ya the next. Ya the enemy."

"Am I?" he asked her discreetly. She pulled out of his grasp and stepped back.

"Ya know what Ah mean." he sighed.

"Oui." he told her a little bit annoyed. "How dis get dis way?" She smiled.

"Ah'd tell ya but Ah'd have ta kill ya." then she laughed. He closed the distance between them.

"Remy miss dat laugh." she stopped suddenly, staring into his eyes.

"Remy." she whispered.

"We can't do this, not on separate sides."

"Pourquoi? Ya know Remy never hurt ya. Why can't ya come ta Magneto's side den?" she turned away from him, and walked away from him, bringing herself deeper into the woods.

"Ya know Ah can't. Ah came here for Kurt. We're the only family we got." He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, and snuggled his face into her neck.

"You have Remy chere." he whispered. "We still be married, non?" She couldn't help but enjoy their closeness, but knew she had to tell him.

"Remy, do ya know what happened when ya jumped in front of that bullet?"

"Non. Pourquoi?"

"'cause it might actually mattah ta yah." she turned around and faced him.

"Dat when ya powers start all crazy?"

"Yeah," she mumbled. "Ah thought ya were dead sugah." He pulled her closer.

"But Remy be very alive 'cause of ya chere." she nodded.

"But somebody else be very dead 'cause of meh too." He merely looked at her questioningly, not knowing what she was getting at.

"Ah personally killed and wounded all those assassins." she told him plainly.

"So what ya be gettin' at chere. Why Remy should care 'bout dis?"

"'cause Ah killed who shot ya." He shook his head in disbelief.

"Ah killed Belle." he took a step back, still trying to let it sink in. She sighed.

"Ah'm sorry. Ah thought that she killed ya, and then she tried ta finish the job on meh. Ah lost it. Seein' ya die, it hurt too much." She looked at the ground, tears brimming.

"Ah understand, if'n ya hate meh, if'n ya never wanna see meh again." she felt warm fingers on her chin, lift her face. She was afraid to look at him so she closed her eyes, allowing the tears to fall.

"Chere, Remy could never hate ya. Belle be an assassin, and if da femme want ya dead, she really does da job. You protected yahself and you saved me." she couldn't believe what she was hearing. She opened her eyes and gulped.

"Remy came all de way out here, even left da Thieves Guild for ya. Magneto, he called Remy up, Mystique told him 'bout us. He signed Remy up tellin' him 'bout ya. Thought-" he sighed.

"I thought I was comin' back here ta you Anna." Her eyes went wide with disbelief. She took a step back but tripped but he quickly caught her.

"Nuttin' back dere meant anythin' without you dere wit me. Don't know what it is 'bout you, but I need you." He pulled her up and leaned in to kiss her, but before he did he whispered, "Je t'aime."

After he stepped back to give her some air, after that kiss, he waited for her answer. But when she did, it wasn't the one he was looking for.

"Remy, Ah love ya too, but Ah can't just leave here. Ah can't, Ah'm sorry." He took her hand and caressed it in his.

"Den we can still make dis work, non?" then he lifted her hand to his face and kissed the inside of her palm.

"No. Ah can't do this. Ah'm sorry. Ah...Ah can't love ya and then have ya beh mah enemy. It hurts too much." She couldn't take it anymore, her tears fell like rain and she ran. She ran as fast and as far as she could away from him.