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A/N : So we're onto day three. Once again I apologise for killing the accents. Also I apologise for taking so long in updating., so please don't kill me.
Rogues Twisted Day – Day Three
"It can't be Friday! It's been Friday! Ah done this already!" Rogue began babbling.
"Rogue! Calm down. What'd you mean?" Kitty asked feeling wary about Rogue sudden behaviour. Kitty tried to get out of Rogue's grip.
"Ah told ya. It's already been Friday." Rogue suddenly went slack and hit the ground bringing Kitty down with her. Her face lost all expression and looked at Kitty. A lone tear rolled down one of Rogue's cheeks.
"Rogue, what's wrong? You're, like, really starting to scare me."
"Ah killed him." Rogue whispered, she dropped her head. The strong grip that she had on Kitty's shoulders weakened.
Kitty carefully pushed away from Rogue,who limply allowed herself to lay on the bedroom floor. Rogue vaguely realised that Kitty had left the room, but she didn't move. The tears were falling freely now. She held back a sob as she heard movement outside the room.
She slowly moved herself to a sitting position. She pulled her knees close to her chest, and buried her face in her hands. She heard the door open.
"Rogue, child. What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?"
Rogue lifted her head slightly, but enough to see the figure of Ororo looking concerned. Rogue felt her stomach muscles tighten in response.
"Just stay right there, okay." Ororo then turned to the doorway. "Kitty can you stay with her for a moment. I'm going to get Hank."
(---)
After seeing the state that Rogue was in Hank had decided to move her to the infirmary. Rogue was now lying on one of the bed, she was on a monitor. Hank was currently checking her blood pressure.
"Hmm. It is rather high at the moment." Hank then made a few notes on his pad which was nearby.
"How is she Hank?" Asked Xavier as he rolled into the room.
Rogue watched as Hank made his way to him. But Rogue wasn't interested in what was being said. She knew that her so called dreams weren't dreams at all. They were too vivid for that. She could still smell the dust that settled after the explosion. She could still see the look on Logan's face as he realised that Gambit was dead.
She came away from the thoughts as Professor Xavier rolled to the side of the bed she was on.
"Rogue? Hank doesn't seem to be able to find anything wrong with you physically. Though I think it would be for the best that you stay here for the day, as your blood pressure is slightly high suggesting that you're suffering from stress." Explained Xavier.
Rogue nodded slightly but kept her eyes away from Xavier's prying ones.
"I'd suggest that you go to your room for now and get some sleep. I'm going to be busy this morning and Ororo is out of the grounds. But Logan and Hank will be around to keep an eye on you."
"Okay. That fine. Ah'll be fine." Replied Rogue. Xavier nodded at Rogue, then she saw him gaze slightly into the distance.
"I see my guest has arrived." With that Xavier exited the room leaving Rogue and Hank behind. Hank sent a worried glance at Xavier as he left the room.
(---)
After checking her fully over Hank finally allowed Rogue to leave the infirmary. All Rogue wanted to do at the moment was to hide away in her room.
She felt like such an idiot. She'd actually convinced herself that what happened to Gambit was real. It had occurred to her while Hank was checking her over that it could've been a dream within a dream. It sounded like a really strange idea, but it was possible. Rogue had some similar experiences like that before. She still found it odd that she could remember every detail.
She'd been careful while she was in the infirmary not to mention anything about it. She didn't want to know what sort of reaction she'd get.
Before heading to her room she decided to grab a drink from the kitchen. As she entered the room she saw the morning paper on the table near the spot where Logan usually sat. She picked it up and ran her eyes over the main headline. 'Body Found in Park.' in the smaller print under the headline there were the words 'victim suspected mutant'.
Rogue shuddered slightly and dropped the paper back on the table. She then went to the fridge and grabbed a can of soda. Pulling the tab, she heard she liquid inside fizz Once the immediate fizz calmed down she took a sip. She then grabbed an apple from the side and left the room.
As Rogue walked along the hall she was just about to pass Professor Xavier's office, when she heard muffled voices from inside. Curiosity got the better of her and she stopped, trying to hear who was
in the room. She recalled that the Professor had said something about a visitor to the mansion.
From within the room she could just about hear Xavier's voice. "Well, I personally welcome you to the team. I'll inform the rest later."
Rogue nearly dropped the soda, as a flash from her dream came into mind. In her mind she saw the figure of Gambit entering the room and being introduced as a new recruit. Almost instantly the image was replaced with Gambit's body among the rumble.
Rogue caught herself as she felt her legs weaken. Steadying herself against the wall, she heard movement in the room. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she forced herself to leave.
She was part way along the hall, when Logan's form came into sight. He was moving quickly towards Professor Xavier's office, he didn't look too happy, and barely noticed as he went past Rogue. She took the chance to turn back around and watched as Logan entered the office. Logan closed the door hard.
Rogue thought about trying to listen to what was happening, but decided not too. Instead she carried on with the original thought to return to her room.
(---)
After a few moments of being in her room Rogue found herself getting bored. She dug out her diary from the bottom of her middle drawer, and flipped through the pages. She came across the entry from the previous day.
Dear Diary. Ah had another dream about Gambit last night. This time he was actually kissing meh rather than just holding mah hand. Ah don't know why Ah keep dreaming about him, but it's been a reoccurring theme since the incident in New Orleans.
In fact at times Ah could swear that he's been watching meh. At times it's really creepy, but other times Ah'm not worried. Ah beginning to wonder what it means. Do Ah really hate him, or do Ah like him? Ah don't know. It's kinda confusing meh.
That's enough about that though. Ah swear Ah'll go mad if Ah keep thinking about it. Let's see, today, well, it was an average day. Nothing really happened at all, got up, went to school, came home, did mah homework, then decided to write in mah diary.
Rogue realised that she'd actually started to chuckle at her entry. She also realised that Gambit was one of the main things that she wrote about.
No wonder Ah dreamt Bobby read this thing out loud. There's plenty of stuff that Ah wouldn't want anyone knowing.
Grabbing a pen that was on her bedside table she decided to get started on todays entry.
Dear Diary. In a way Ah dreamt of Gambit last night. But it was very different. Ah dreamt he'd joined the institute, but in a freak accident Ah killed him. Weird thing was it felt so real, nothing like all the other dreams Ah've had about him. The thing about the dream is that Ah had a dream within a dream. Both were almost the same expect that in the first one Ah dreamt Bobby read mah diary out in front of Gambit, then second one instead of that Ah killed him.
Ah was pretty freaked after the dream and Ah've ended up not going to school, which is pretty much appreciated. According to the Professor Ah'm suffering from stress, but at least he didn't asked why Ah'm feeling stressed.
Rogue put the pen down, then closed her diary and put it back in it's hiding place. Rogue settled back onto her bed and was about to close her eyes when a noise outside her window caught her attention. Her eyes flew to her window and met a red on black pair of eyes.
Rogue jumped up from her bed and opened the window, and faced the grinning Cajun. Without even thinking about what she was doing, Rogue threw her arms around him.
"Gambit wasn't expecting dis Chere."
Suddenly embarrassed, Rogue pulled herself away from him. She avoided eye contact, as she didn't want to see his cocky grin for the moment. She felt the heat rise on her face, and realised that she wasn't wearing her make-up.
"You look beautiful when ye blush Chere." Gambit chuckled to himself. "Now Remy is wondering what he did to deserve a hug from dis femme."
Rogue looked up into his face and saw that he had an eyebrow raised. Rogue sighed and turned away and moved over to her bed. As she sat down, she watched as Gambit joined her.
"What are ya doing here?" Asked Rogue, but as she did so a flash of Professor Xavier came to mind.
Gambit looked slightly startled, but he composed himself quickly.
"Remy didn't see ye going to school today, and he..." Gambit paused then looked at Rogue, and placed a gloved hand on hers. "Well, he got worried."
Rogue looked down at his hand upon hers, and pulled her own hand away.
"Well, you shouldn't have. Why do you always watch meh?" Rogue noticed that Gambits smirk grew larger.
"Gambit likes watching dis femme."
"Does he now?" Rogue raised an eyebrow. "So do you have somewhere elsewhere to be today?" Gambit gave Rogue another cocky grin.
"Oui, Gambit did. But now he's finished for the day." Rogue rolled her eyes, but felt a small smile cross her lips.
"Can Ah ask ya something?"
"Sure Chere" He made a sudden motion with his eyebrows. "As long as it isn't about ole Bucket head."
"Nope, definitely not about him. About you." Said Rogue while trying to read his facial expression. But Gambit showed nothing but his normal confident grin.
"Mah Chere wants to know about moi." He raised an eyebrow.
"Well Ah noticed that ya referred to yaself by name, rather than codename. Does anyone call ya by name?"
"Only Gambit's family calls him Remy. But Chere you can call Gambit whatever she wants." He replied grinning once more.
"Okay, fine then. Swamp Rat." Rogue laughed slightly. Gambit smirked at her then glanced at her bedroom door.
"Gambit better get moving Chere. He doesn't want Wolverine ripping him to shreds." Gambit grimaced slightly.
"Yeah, Logan kinda has that habit. He looked like he was in a foul mood earlier, when Ah saw him heading towards the Professor's office." Rogue shrugged her eyebrows
"Remy thought he did, when he saw him." Gambit's eyes widened as he realised what he's said.
"What?" Rogue's own eyes widened. "What did ya just say?"
Gambit actually stuttered a few times, and his cheeks turned red. Rogue might have thought that this was cute but her thoughts were back on what he had said.
"You're the one. The one Professor Xavier was talking to. You're a new recruit. Ya were the reason that Logan was mad, and will be still mad later at the meeting." Rogues thoughts were now running at a hundred miles an hour.
"Gambit's sorry Chere. Ye wasn't supposed to know. Just tell Gambit that ya won't say anything to anyone else." Gambit's eyes bored into hers, and he caught her by the shoulders.
Rogue was caught off guard by his hands on her shoulders, he was applying a lot of weight onto them. A vision of him once more in the rubble came into her mind, as it did she began to breath slightly quicker. Gulping, she met his eyes and shook her head.
"Ah won't. Ah won't say a word."
Gambit let go of her shoulders and pulled her to his chest. He placed a hand on the top of head, and stroked her hair. Under her cheek and through his layer of clothing, Rogue could just about make out the beating of his heart. It was slightly erratic.
They sprang away from each others touch as they suddenly heard a mass of excited voices. Rogue ran her hands over her hair, and watched as Gambit made a dash for the window and disappeared.
Rogue was still looking at the window when Kitty came into the room. Kitty flung her school bag onto the bed and looked at Rogue.
"So you, like, feeling any better?" Rogue turned her attention to the Valley Girl.
"Yeah. Much better." Replied Rogue a small smile appearing on her lips.
"I'm really glad. It was, like, really scary to see you like that this morning. So what was wrong anyway?"
"The Professor seems to think it was stress more than anything." Replied Rogue.
"Well after all you've been through, I'm not surprised." Nodded Kitty. She then sat on her bed and opened her bag retrieving her homework for the day.
"How was school?" Asked Rogue.
"Pretty much a normal day. Only think is me and Kurt found graffiti on our lockers." Kitty glanced back at Rogue, whose eyes had widened, as if in shock. "We checked your locker too, it had the same thing on it."
"Die mutant." Rogue muttered.
"Like, how'd you know that?" Asked Kitty a surprised look on her face.
Rogue quickly shrugged her shoulders, not about to admit that in a way she already knew.
"Just guessed. After all mutant haters aren't really original."
Kitty nodded, then pulled her laptop to her and got started on her homework. Rogue sat silently on her bed and thought about her encounter with Gambit. She could still feel what it was like to be in his arms.
"Could everyone please join me in the living room. I have some news."
The sudden communication from the Professor made Kitty's head snap up from her laptop.
"Gee, I wonder what's going on?"
"Ah have no idea." Replied Rogue, as she got off her bed and left the room, with Kitty following.
Yes Ah do. Even if Gambit hadn't confirmed it, Ah would've known.
(---)
As Rogue entered the living room she, sat on the couch next to Kitty. The rest of the team entered the room and Jean placed herself on the pair seat. Scott sat on the arm of the couch next to Jean, he glanced over at Rogue.
"Glad to see you're feeling better." stated Scott, despite the fact he had his glasses on Rogue could tell that he was giving her a curious glance.
"Meh too." she replied simply.
Scott and Jean started speaking quietly between themselves, but stopped abruptly as Professor Xavier rolled into the room. He quickly surveyed the room to make sure everyone was there. His sight landed onto Rogue. Rogue nodded and gave him a small smile. Xavier returned with a warm smile of his own.
"I'd like to make an announcement. We have a new recruit to the team. We have been in discussions this morning while all you students were in school." Logan growled, and diverted his attention. "I know you're not keen on the situation Logan, but I'd like you to try and be nice to the new recruit." He glanced around at the rest of them. "That goes for all of you."
"Well who is it Professor?" Asked Jean frowning.
"Yeah, like, tell us" Kitty joined in.
"I'm glad you've asked." Professor Xavier then mentally called for the new recruit to make his appearance.
All eyes went to the door, and in walked a figure that everyone recognised. Rogue made herself appear to be shocked, but didn't say a word.
Ah hope no-one realises that Ah'm acting here.
She noticed the grin on Gambit's face as his eyes met with hers. She felt herself almost melt, but snapped to attention as she heard Scott speak.
"How do we know we can trust him?" Asked Scott. Xavier cast a wary eye over everyone to him.
"Myself and Mr. LeBeau have spoken about his reasons for joining us I can confirm that his reasoning is true." Replied Xavier.
All the students in the room started muttering to each other, except for Rogue who kept her eye on the Cajun. Gambit held her gaze for a short time, then before too much attention was brought to him he glanced away.
"I suppose we can give you a chance Gambit." Stated Scott as he stood up, turning to the Cajun. "But if you pull anything we'll be onto you."
"Gambit gets that mon amie." He nodded in Scott's direction.
"That will be all. You can go back to what you were doing." Xavier nodded at his students. "Gambit, feel free to walk around the mansion, so you can feel accustomed to it."
"Merci"
As everyone left the room, Rogue was slightly surprised that the Professor hadn't called her back. She felt eyes on her and began to separate herself from the rest of team.
"Gambit appreciates that ya didn't tell anyone about him." Rogue turned around to the sound of his voice.
"No problem Swamp Rat."
"Now that mah Chere has a free moment. Would she like to give ole Remy a tour?"
"Um ... maybe another time Swamp Rat." Rogue answered and dropped her gaze.
"Remy be holding ya to that Chere." Gambit commented with a chuckle and winked.
Rogue gave a shudder at this and licked quickly at her lips. Then not saying another words she walked off her her room. She boycotted the idea about having a shower and instead lay on her bed and closed her eyes.
(---)
When Rogue woke what seemed to be a while later she found herself laying under the covers of her bed. She looked around groggily and realised she was dressed in her normal night clothes. She gave a sigh and shook her head. Only glancing up briefly as Kitty came into the room.
"Like, wow. It's a school day and you're awake. I though I'd, like, have to wake you as per normal."
"Kitty? What day is it?" Asked Rogue, in a weary look, already knowing what the answer was going to be.
"It's Friday. One more day till the weekend."
A/N: There's the end of this Chappie. I'm starting to run a little low on ideas. So if any of you have and ideas of what could happen in the fourth day, please let me know within your reviews. Thanks.