Title: This Can't Be It

Author: Gambit'sLady

Rating: Mature for language and scenes a little later on in the story

Summary: It's been three months since the 'deaths' of three dear friends and now Rogue questions whether or not they're really dead. The X-Men make some new friends as some old ones return. Romy, Jonda, and many more! Slightly AU from the movies

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters Marvel Comics does! I just came up with the plot and the story.

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Rogue sighed as she pushed herself off of her bed. Ororo had told her that she was to escort the new students around the mansion which is not something she really wanted to do. She wanted to go out and look for her friends. She wanted to get the feeling of uncertainty out of her system. She wanted to go back to sleep.

Grumbling she walked over to her bathroom and turned the water to hot and started to cleanse herself. She turned the water off and stepped outside of the shower, covering herself up with a towel when she heard a light knocking on her door.

She opened the door thinking it was Jubilee and Kitty so she didn't even bother turning to look. "What do yo-" she stopped as she saw who was standing there. She stared at three unknown people standing at her door.

"Bonjour chere" the man with auburn hair said as he reached for her hand to kiss it.

Rogue instantly jumped back when she noticed him reaching for her ungloved hand. "Don't touch meh" she spat.

The other girl grinned wickedly at the wo men. "I like her" she said. The silver haired man rolled his eyes as the man who tried to kiss her hand smirked.

"Désolé chere" he said. "Remy never mean' tah frighten ya"

"Yah didn't frighten meh Swamp Rat" she shot. "An' whay are yah referrin' to yoahself in thah third person?" she asked.

"Swamp Rat?" he asked with a perfectly arched eye brow.

"Yeah, yoah from N'Awlins raght?" she asked him with a confused look.

"Oui Remy be from der" he said wit a proud smirk. "Where be da belle chere from?"

"Mississippi" she said slowly. She realized she still wasn't dressed and sighed. "Now if y'all excuse meh, Ah need ta get change" she told them. Remy nodded and stepped into her room causing her to growl. "Ah'd appreciate it if ya got yoahself outa mah room" she said sternly.

"Ah but den Remy won't be able tah see tha belle femme" he whispered huskily.

"Ya have three seconds befoah Ah do somethin' we'll both regret" she warned.

"And what would tha' be chere?" he whispered in her ear.

"One, Ah'm not yoah chere, two, don't mess with a Rogue" she whispered back, giving him a seductive smile. She ran a finger down the side of his face, absorbing just a little bit of his powers.

He grinned but soon found his energy feel as if it was leaving his body. He instantly pulled back and fell to the ground. He shook his head, bringing his hand up to his face. "Wha-what was dat?"

"It's mah powers shugah" Rogue told him as she slipped on a glove over her hand and offered him a hand which he took. "Ah take people's memories, life force, abilities, and if they're mutants Ah absorb their powers" she explained.

"Dat be some powers of yoah's chere" he told her with a lopsided grin. "But if yah wanted tah get Remy on de ground all yah had ta do was ask" he said with a smirk. Instantly after he said that he was hit with a wave of sadness and noticed the change in her demeanor. "Chere, did Remy say somet'in' tah offend yah?" he questioned.

Rogue shook her head as she kept her eyes to the ground. "It's jus'- Ah can't touch anyone, evah" she whispered as she forced the tears back. "A-Ah'm sorry" she whispered. She turned around and wrapped her arms around herself as if she were protecting herself from the outside world and that there was no one to save her.

Remy walked beside her and wrapped his arms around her small frame, making sure he didn't make any skin contact. "Don't be sorry chere, dere be ways fo' yah ta get 'round t'ings like dat" he told her as he looked down at her through his sunglasses, his red on black eyes burning with a desire to console her and wash away all of her sadness.

Rogue looked into the sunglasses and sighed. "Ah can' control mah powers, Ah nevah will control them" she whispered. She wiggled out of his grasp and cleared her throat. "Now if yah excuse meh, Ah still have tah change," she told him, "alone"

Remy grinned and nodded as he walked out, taking one last once over before he closed the door.

"I think someone has finally stole the Prince of Thieves' heart" Wanda snickered. Remy rolled his eyes at her and she grinned. "I think this should be fun"

"You-think-anything-that-annoys-us-is-fun-Wanda" Pietro pointed out.

Wanda appeared as if she was deep in thought and nodded. "Yes, yes I do" she said with a smirk.

Rogue finished getting changed and leaned against her door. She bit her lip as she thought about the Cajun whom she had just met. Why had he affected her so much? She had just met him and she had felt herself being pulled towards the mysterious man. She sighed and shook her head. "Get a grip girl, yah can' touch him, he's a ladies man, destined tah break the hearts of thah innocent little girls" she muttered. "There's no way any one would want something they can' touch, 'specially a guy lahke him" she muttered darkly.

Deciding to hurry up and get her assignment done and over with she pushed herself away from the door and opened it before she walked down the hall towards Ororo's room.

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"Rogue should be here any moment" the African woman said with a smile to the three students before her. Right then the door opened and the young girl that they had met earlier stood in the door way.

"Sorry 'Ro" she said with a small smile.

"No worries my dear" Ororo, codename Storm, said. "Just show them around the mansion please"

Rogue smiled and nodded, turning to the group. "Come on y'all" she said to them.

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"So is there anywhere specific you guys would like to see?" Rogue asked as she pushed a strand of her white hair behind her ear.

"How about you show them to the garage" a familiar voice said from behind.

Rogue knew that voice and froze. "John" she whispered.

"Y'know dis guy chere?" Remy asked her. She nodded and turned to look at one of her closest friends.

"What are yah doin' here? Ah thought yah were workin' fo' Magneto" Rogue asked.

John shrugged and looked down. "I couldn't stand it anymore" he admitted. "I was actually hoping I'd find you, I need to tell you guys something important, something Magneto is planning" he told her. She nodded and signaled for him to follow her. He obliged and looked at the group of mutants. "So who are you guys?"

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A/N: Thanks for those of you who reviewed!

PirateElfKastel: teehee, yeah I noticed when I was reading it. I think that was one of the only mistakes in my french I made so far. I have about the first six chapters written and I don't think I have any errors. I'm glad you liked it.

Leash: Yeah Romy! So did I update soon enough for you? It won't always be like this though, I just wanted to put it up.

Well there you go! The first Chapter is done! Don't ask me how many chapters it'll be, I have no clue. Read and Review!