WolvGambit Le Diable Blanc- LOL. Maybe you do, but sorry. Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long.

Tammy- Thanks. Just have to see. ;-)

Bored247- Thanks. LOL. I know how that is though. Especially with the getting distracted. You know, I haven't seen that movie in so long, you reminded me that I miss it. I'm going to have to go pick that up. That's just too funny.

Roguechere- LOL. Yeah, I couldn't do it, I did try though. Guess I'm just not that kind of writer. ;-) Thanks.

Nettlez- LOL. Hey, now there's a thought for a story...a tabloid. ;-) Might as well be though. Thanks much.

Enchantedlight- Thanks, I am certainly trying.

BlkDiamond- Yeah, I know. Sorry about that. It may be cruel and unusual, but you have to find me to charge me. ;-) Yep, I am planning on adding a bunch of stuff, from well, everywhere I can find it. ;-)

I'm not going to bother you with my excuses for your wait, instead, I'm just going to get down to the point...the story.

LIES

Gambit looked over the woman before him skeptically.

"Da X-men? You sure dat be such a bon idea chere?" Rogue looked at him curiously, trying to figure out the sudden change in his mood.

"What would beh the problem with that?"

"Have you even told dem 'bout me?" he asked her a bit sternly.

"Does it mattah?"

"Oui. What makes dem think Gambit ain't da enemy, or to think dat Gambit rejoinin'?"

"Are ya?"

"Is Gambit what chere?"

"The enemy, or rejoinin' the team?" Gambit just stared at her as he seriously thought the question over. The X-men, he didn't care if he was their enemy, at the moment, but hers, he didn't want to be. He wasn't at the point of switching sides though, not now. Why should he?

Rogue took a step back from him, fearing the worst out of his answer. She couldn't look at him, no matter how much she wanted to. To tell him what to do, to tell him not to leave her again. But she couldn't, and she knew that. This was still not her Remy, and even if it was, she couldn't force his decision, but she wasn't going to play both sides, no matter how much both sides hurt her. She wasn't about to switch sides and work for a madman, even if her and the X-men didn't all get along so well all of the time.

All of a sudden, Rogue felt a hand gently grip her shoulder.

"Chere."

That alone could have made her heart stop in that moment. She didn't know what to think or do, so she did nothing, except wish that she had never bothered to ask that stupid question. Of course he wasn't rejoining, although at this point, she couldn't blame him for that. But, was he an enemy. At the moment no, but what about once he left her front door? What then? They just act as if all of this, that today, it never happened before? Could she even do that?

Knowing that she wasn't going to acknowledge him, and hating the way he was making her feel at this moment, Gambit came up behind her, closer, wrapping his arms around her waist, he nuzzled his face into her neck. Then he took the longest breath he could, just trying to inhale her, as if she were some type of drug, which, at the moment, it felt like she was. Even in this position, Rogue stayed tense, almost unaware of his actions, let alone his intentions.

"Rogue, I-" Gambit was stopped by a ringing. Rogue, walked out of his grasp and over to her phone, almost like a zombie, completely emotionless.

"Hello." she spoke, making sure that Gambit could not see her face.

"Uh huh." was all she said before she hung up. She quickly placed it back upon the receiver, before she turned to him, her eyes full of tears just waiting to fall.

"Go." she told him weakly. In fact, it was barely audible.

"Rogue?" she lifted her finger towards the window.

"Go!" she repeated.

"Their comin' for ya." Not understanding why he just stood there watching her, she opened a drawer near her, concealing the item in her hands and quickly made her way over to him. She kissed him as she put the item in his hands, then she pushed him towards the window, along with his trenchcoat, which she grabbed along the way. Just as he had made it outside, they both heard a man yell, "Rogue?" then there was a crash against the door, until the man had broken through.

Rogue stood there before Wolverine, hoping that he would understand, or that Gambit had made his way far enough from here, not to be hunted down. It wasn't hard to notice his nostrils flare.

"Rogue?" It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what he might know at that moment. But before either said anything more, the other X-men came bursting through her now busted door.

"Rogue, get dressed...quickly." Cyclops commanded. Rogue, however, was getting angrier by the moment, now that Gambit was gone.

"Not 'til ya explain whay ya here, an' whay ya saw it necessary ta break down mah door." Storm decided to answer.

"We all know why we're here Rogue. You really should get dressed, unless that's how you want to look, that's up to you. But we are all leaving to try and...address this situation."

Rogue didn't know what they were talking about, but decided to keep quiet in order to better understand what was going on. At first she thought that this was about Gambit, but Logan looked so surprised, it wouldn't make sense. Not to mention, she had only found him last night. So she went without any major problems. Logan sat next to her, but at this point, she wasn't sure why. He didn't talk to her, probably not ready to confront her about the smell, but sat next to her like a guard dog. So she wondered if he wasn't ordered to do so.

Once they arrived at the mansion, all she received were stares and whispers. In a way she was glad she wasn't a telepath, but in another, she wished she was. All of the X-men kept close to her, as they lead her to the Professor's office. There he was, the Professor, when he wasn't suppose to be here, but on Muir Island. But that was not what puzzled her, more than the person sitting across from him. It was Mystique.

Mystique just looked at her daughter with a michevious grin.

"What th' hell...mama?" Mystique stood to her feet. Suddenly, Rogue felt her arms being grabbed, but she wasn't about to go after the woman before her. What was going on?

"My sweet, naïve daughter. I would have thought that I had taught you everything, but apparently not." Rogue's eyes looked to Xavier for understanding, but he gave her none.

"I told them everything Rogue." her eyes quickly darted back to Mystique.

"Excuse meh?" Mystique walked closer to Rogue, as she felt cold cuffs being quickly placed upon her wrists and ankles.

"Everything."