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Chapter 3

Gambit woke up to a cold room. Not as cold as the boathouse, and nowhere near Antarctica, but cold none the less. Logan was gone. A pile of clothes he recognized as his were folded on the chair. As he picked them up, he realised they were warm, out of the dryer warm. He smiled. A note rested on top.

"Off to Danger Room.

Logan"

Gambit's smile disappeared. The Danger Room. He hadn't been allowed to train with the others since he'd returned. He could understand that, after all you couldn't fight side-by-side with someone you didn't trust. Dressing, he left to get something to eat.

As he walked down the hall, he was relieved he couldn't hear anyone. Figuring they were all out training, he opened the kitchen door. As he was preparing some scrambled eggs the door opened.

"Well, look who's stealing our food." Bobby smirked as he walked in followed by Warren.

"It's our own personal whore. Has Logan gotten tired of you yet?" Warren laughed, preparing some coffee.

Gambit straightened up, finishing his eggs and getting ready to go. "What's wrong Thief? Finally lost your tongue?" Bobby shot.

Taking a mug of coffee, Gambit turned around with his plate and stopped. Warren and Bobby seemed to be nursing some bad looking wounds. "What are you looking at, Thief?" Bobby shot angrily.

"I believe Mr. LeBeau is wondering about your wounds, gentlemen." Hank's voice was playful as he walked in. "Do not worry yourself Remy; they've just had a session with our grand Wolverine. I take it he didn't go easy on you today?"

Hank grabbed Gambit's arm and stirred him to the table. "It's good to finally have you dining with us once more. I myself could not comprehend why you would prefer dining alone, but our fearless leader's wife seemed to believe you needed time before forgiving our actions." Hank continued as Warren and Bobby left.

Gambit frowned. He could feel the truth Hank was saying, but he could also feel the doubt, as though his friend wondered if he'd been told a lie all along.

The two began to eat in comforting silence. Soon, Storm joined them as well as Logan. Gambit began to relax, feeling like he was once more accepted by a few of what he thought as family.

"Gleetings friends!" Kurt snagged some of Logan's pieces of bacon before transporting to the other end of the room. "Tis good to see you all again."

Gambit smiled, seeing their bleu friend wearing a Santa's hat. Like Logan, he hadn't seen Kurt since he'd been back, though he'd call regularly. Gambit smiled as Kurt demanded to know everything that was going on.