Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men:Evolution or Don't Think I Don't Think About It by Darius Rucker

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Flashback

"M tired of coming home to fight with the femme I love." Remy yelled.

"An' Ah'm tired of waitin 'round on ya. Ah've been waitin' for years to marry ya an' we're still not any closer to getting married!" Rogue covered her mouth as soon as the words escaped. She had never meant to say that to him. "Rem, hun, Ah'm so sorry. Ah didn't mean to say that."

"Mebbe we should just quit before either of us gets hurt more than we already will," he replied in a quiet voice. Her angry words had reminded him of what they couldn't have, especially since Belladonna refused to divorce him.

End flashback

I left out in a cloud of tail lights and dust
Swore I wasn't coming back, said I'd had enough
Saw you in the rear view standing, fading from my life
But I wasn't turnin' 'round
No not this time

Remy had packed his things after that fight. He had no idea where he was going, just that he'd never come back. He knew that he could never give Rogue what she wanted. He was tired of hurting her day after day. As his tail lights disappeared, he chanced a look back. He saw her standing in the drive, watching him leave. He gunned the engine, resisting the urge to go back. He wouldn't continue to put her through the same old stuff. She deserved better.

But don't think I don't think about it
Don't think I don't have regrets
Don't think it don't get to me
Between the work and the hurt and the whiskey
Don't think I don't wonder 'bout
Could've been, should've been all worked out
I know what I felt, and I know what I said
But don't think I don't think about it

In previous relationships, time had made it easier. After leaving Rogue, Remy found himself thinking about her almost constantly. Time found him back in New York where he had met her so many years before. He found his way to the Xavier Institute for Gifted Children in Westchester after discovering that the Bayville Xavier Institute was now a private home.

Charles was surprised to see him again. He had never thought the former X-Man and, more recently, the leader of Sinister's Marauders would set foot in the mansion again. Despite this, Gambit was welcomed warmly by most.

The two that seemed to have trouble with him were Kitty and Logan. Both knew that he and Rogue had broken up. They also knew that he was the one to walk out. While everyone else welcomed him, Logan left the room and Kitty stood quietly.

A short time after his arrival, Kitty cornered him. "You seem to be getting along well."

"That supposed to mean something?"

"I can't believe what you did to Rogue! I used to defend you when Scott and Logan would question why you were with her. Now you act like you don't care."

"I still care."

"I'm sure. I bet you don't even think about her."

"Is that what you think?" Remy asked. Kitty could hear the anger in his voice and see it in his eyes. She nodded.

"I think about her every second of my life. M' sorry that I broke up with her. It's probably the worst choice I ever made. Y' have no idea what it' like to live without her. You have any idea how much whiskey it takes to drown pain lie that, for even a minute?" Remy's voice softened. "I wonder 'bout it every day. I wonder if I should've stayed and tried to work everything out. I wonder if we could've worked it out. You haven't had to live with this for the last couple of years. I know what it feels like to lose everything because of my own damn stupidity. I replay every fuckin' word in my head and wonder why I ever said the things I said to her."

When we make choices, we gotta live with them
Heard you found a real good man and you married him
I wonder if sometimes I cross your mind
Where would we be today
If I never drove that car away?

"I made a choice an' I'm livin' with it every day."

"I'm so sorry. I guess that you heard the news?" Remy looked at Kitty in confusion. "She got married."

"When?"

"Last year. She doesn't come around anymore. After the wedding, they left for England. We haven't seen her since."

"She marry a good guy?"

"Yeah. He's a really nice guy. He'll take care of her."

"Good."

Don't think I don't think about it
Don't think I don't have regrets
Don't think it don't get to me
Between the work and the hurt and the whiskey
Don't think I don't wonder 'bout
Could've been, should've been all worked out
Yeah I know what I felt, and I know what I said
But don't think I don't think about it
Don't think I don't think about it


Don't think I don't think about it
Don't think I don't have regrets
Don't think you don't get to me
Between the work and the hurt and the whiskey
Don't think I don't wonder 'bout
Could've been, should've been all worked out
I know what I felt, and I know what I said
But don't think I don't think about it, no no

Don't think I don't
Don't think I don't

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