Again: I don't own X-men

Gambit's Day Out

I hate it up north. It's cold. Dere aint no people partying late into de night and early in de morning. Dere's people, just not de people I'm used to, all dey do is rush off to work. And de ladies are all wrapped up in coats, no mini skirts or baby tees. Dey all in such a rush dat all dey do is give me ONE look. All de people are dead. Hell, I'd take dealin with Julien, he's at least alive. Speakin of bad attitudes….

I wonder what Rogue is doin….

I haven't seen her in a while. And come to t'ink of it, dat is why I came up here… De fille barely said good bye. I t'ink she might still be bad about that "kidnapping" (as she calls it) incident. She's had plenty of time to cool off d'ough, and with all dis rain and cold weather, it had to of helped do dat. Dat school of hers was just around de corner anyways… It's… 9:30, so she's on her way to de coffee machine near de front door to wake up.

10:00…

De fille must have skipped out because of some test she didn't study for… Dat means she's playing sick in bed.

She took it personally enough with dat charged card back before dat centinal mess. Course, den she did keep dat Wolverine from tearing me apart. I don t'ink she hates me dat much… she's just confused. I've watched her enough to know dere was something between her and dat red-eyed leader, what's his name? Cyclops. She was de only one to feel dat "special connection" d'ough. Now she takes it out on me. I'll have her won over yet.

Dat mansion's security is easy to get around. It only activates when it senses motion, but dat aint a problem fo' me. I learned how to move without setting dem off a long time ago. It's de others dat are de problem. Dat Wolverine is always prowling somewhere, and den de weather witch has that room in de tower, and de blue-haired guy who's always reading. De blue-haired one and weather witch are no problem. Dey're predictable, it's de short-tempered guy I've got a problem with. He's had it out for me since Mardi Gras. I don see de problem either. She (Rogue) had a perfectly good time up until she touched me. It's not like I was gonna put her in any sort of danger I couldn't protect her from.

Protect her…

She's got enough security livin in dis mansion.

Her window's de 3rd one on the left. She's got a loft and everyt'ing. Good view too. Sorta like mine back at dat place I used to call home. Used to. Dat's over. Merde she don know how much she and I have in common when it comes to nurturing backgrounds. All I ever had was a "father" who's first question when I got hurt was, "Did it affect your powers?" Dat Mystique went pretty low. D'ough… I did get a kiss outta it. I wonder if she remembers kissing me when she was under Mesmero's control. Did he make her do dat, or was it her choice?

Dere she is. Looks like she didn't lie. She looks pretty outta it. Her nose is red from having the flu, it's kinda cute. Like when some one goes outside in the cold for a long time.

I'm getting soaked out here in dis rain, might as well go in and keep her company.