Okay... in the last chapter I spelled numb wrong. and if I don't say something my spelling pixie jessica will have my head on a... something.

11

Rogue shook her head with a frown. "Ah don't know what y'damn problem is."

"I'm nervous! And I feel a little bad too… Scott really should have been the first to know." Jean frowned.

"Hey, as far as he's concerned, he is." AJ said with a nod. "Your secret's safe with us."

Jean grabbed her purse with a smile. "You're right. This'll be fine."

As soon as Jean left to meet her newly wed husband, Rogue looked at AJ. "He's gunna flip, y'know that right?"

AJ laughed with a snort "Hey… y'don't wanna do the time…"

"Don't do the crime." Rogue finished with a smile. "So what about you… are you… feelin' better?"

"I'm fine." AJ waved her hand in the air. "Just a lot on my mind."

Gambit sauntered into the room with a grin. "How 'r Remy's ladies doin?"

"Fine, thank you." AJ grinned. "And you?"

He flopped down next to Rogue, putting his arm around her. "Better now dat Remy sees dis beautiful face…"

Rogue blushed and shook her head "Stop it Gambit."

"Hey… jus' answerin' a question."

She suppressed a smile to the best of her ability. He was beginning to break her.

"Bobby, wait up!" Storm called out, catching up with the blonde young man. "I wanted to talk to you."

"Yeah, me too." He nodded. "I think I'm gunna tell her."

Storm raised her eyebrows. "About that Bobby… I think I know who this mystery woman is."

He pressed his lips together, waiting for her following remark.

"I don't think this is such a good idea." She shook her head "When I say this, I mean no disrespect to either of you, but I believe you're a little too young for her. And she's a little too… experienced for you."

He furrowed his brow. "What is that supposed to mean?"

She let out a breath "Bobby… I know we don't know much about her past, but I can tell you this much-"

"No! You don't know much about her past." Bobby stepped back with a frown. "How can you say things like that!"

He spun around and started down the hall.

"Bobby… wait!" Storm called after him. "Where are you going?"

She followed his quick pace, coming to a stop in the rec. room.

Bobby looked at the three in the room, his eyes meeting Gambits with a determined look.

Gambit simply gave him a cocky smirk.

Bobby let out a breath, rubbing his hands together.

"Bobby?" AJ turned to look at him "Is everything alright?"

Rogue turned to look at him too.

"No. No it isn't." He shook his head. "The truth is… I like you Rogue. I really like you."

Rogue's eyes widened slightly. "Excuse me?"

Storm furrowed her brow "Rogue?"

Bobby took a step forward, ignoring the smirk on Gambits face.

"I know it's… I wasn't going to say anything at all… but I-"

"Wait…" Rogue stood up. "You're serious."

Bobby pressed his lips together, looking at Storm over his shoulder then back at Rogue.

"Bobby… ah don't know what t'say…"

Gambit shook his head "Don' say Remy didn' warn you mon amie."

He squared his jaw, ignoring Gambit's remark. "Listen… I didn't mean to drop it on you like that…"

Rogue let out a small laugh "A warnin' would've been nice…"

"But Storm here was telling me all the reasons I shouldn't tell you… and all I could think about was how much I wanted you to know."

"Bobby… I didn't realize it was-" Storm shook her head, stopping mid sentence. She met eye contact with AJ who obviously read her surprised reaction like a book. She knew Storm had thought it was her. And she probably knew that she'd tried to talk Bobby out of acting on it. AJ simply looked away.

Bobby shook his head as he turned to walk away.

"Bobby wait…" Rogue went to follow him when Gambit took her hand, pulling her to a stop.

"Let 'im go chère. It's hard enough fo'him t'admit defeat."

Rogue furrowed her brow. "What?" She pulled her arm away "You mean you knew?"

Gambit shrugged. "Remy is empathic, belle." He grinned, giving the back of her hand a kiss.

She pulled her hand away with a look of disgust. "This is all just a big game t'you. Isn't it?" She shook her head as it all dawned on her "Y'took a sudden accelerated interest in me. You just didn't want t'lose. Well guess what? Y'lost."

She spat out, moving towards the door, past Storm and after Bobby down the hall.

Gambit stood and followed her.

"So. If not Rogue… who did you think it was?" AJ asked, kicking her feet up on the coffee table, facing away from the ivory haired beauty in the doorway.

Storm rubbed her hands together. "It's nothing personal."

"I know." AJ nodded. "Hell, if I were you, I'd have probably said the same thing. After all… he is only 18. And I'm no angel."

Relax all you 'romy' freaks out there (by the way... I hate mixing two peoples names together like that... bennifer... brangelina... romy. it's so... :P ) It gets better... so I don't want a bunch of angry e-mails. k?