A/N: Ladies and gentlemen, back by popular demand. Miss Rogue! Oh! And please go to my profile and vote. I have a poll thingy, and need votes to just flood in.

Everything I know,
and anywhere I go
it gets hard but it won't take away my love
And when the last one falls,
when it's all said and done
it get hard but it won't take away my love

His mind had to be playing tricks on him. There was no way that this was her. Rogue was not standing in front of him. Maybe she had a twin. No definitely not. If Rogue had a twin she would of told him as she always did. They knew everything about each other. So this is why the professor had sent him here with the twins. Well, well he really was a sneaky old man. Road trip yeah sure.

She was breathtaking. Her body was fit and she seemed to have outgrown all of her teenage awkwardness. Had it really been a year? He wondered. He was a little disappointed about her hair. Gone was the white and brown and all that was left was blonde. He'd never thought she rid herself of those platinum stripes. Then again he was the only one besides Wolverine who'd thought that it was beautiful. He wanted to hug her but she had a murderous glare on her face.

'Hey Rogue! You shift ends finishes in five minutes.' yelled a man at the bar.

She shook her to clear her thoughts before hurrying away. He sighed closing his eyes.

'John?'

He looked up. Malina had a worried expression on her face. Eris bit her lip and looked down. He shrugged not sure what to do. Malina took a deep breath and took his hand.

'Talk to her. Don't run away again.'

'Ok, let's wait for her outside'

The girls nodded and they stood up and headed outside. He leaned against the outside of the diner handing the key to the girls. They smiled and headed to the car. He watched them walk away feeling really bad it had come to this. He heard the door open beside him and she walked out. As soon as she was outside she tensed and clenched her fists. He reached over to hold her hand but she flinched away.

'DON'T TOUCH ME!'

'Sorry. I… I've missed you.'

'Well, I haven't missed you. I waited for you. For a month I waited for you to come back. To realise your mistake. But you didn't care.'

'Who says I didn't care? I came back.'

'That doesn't matter anymore. Like I said before it's over. I hate you, I hate you.'

He noticed her knuckles were white and she was shaking with fury. As he took another step closer she took a step back. He reached out to her and she slapped him. Anger boiled inside him.

'You never understood.' he whispered.

'Understood? Understood what? Your urge to kill? To join the side that was once responsible for my death. To choose my enemy over me. All I understand is that you're a selfish bastard.'

'Did it ever occur to you that maybe I'd want to do something for myself. Something for my life. Is it so wrong that I wanted to find myself? Did you ever wonder that maybe I thought if I told you I was leaving I'd knew you'd come with? You call me selfish but go look in the mirror Marie.'

Her eyes filled with tears and she turned and ran. He closed his eyes and focused trying to control his anger. When he opened them her car was driving away. He groaned and headed to the jeep. He climbed in and didn't look at the twins. He felt like he betrayed them and didn't want to see the disappointment on their faces.

-xXx-

John sat in the hotel room just staring at the window. His encounter with Rogue the previous night played in his head over and over again. He sat there thinking about how he could do better and how he shouldn't have shouted at her. The twins were sitting on the couch whispering to each other. He closed his eyes and sighed. It was afternoon and they needed to eat.

'You girls hungry?'

'No, that's okay.' called Eris.

'We can go somewhere else. A different diner.'

'We're not hungry John.' snapped Malina.

'Woah, okay I get the point.'

He ran a hand through his hair and went into his bedroom. He opened his bag and searched through the contents. Finding the picture he looked at it. It was taken a month after the Magneto incident. He and Rogue were on their second date and spent it in the woods. They'd taken her new digital camera. He'd spent hours watching her snap nature, animals and everything that she thought looked cute. Soon she'd put the camera aside and they'd fallen asleep, her in his arms. The next day when they were uploading the pictures they found out that someone had taken the picture. Due to Rogue's careful investigation they'd found out it was Jubilee. Rogue printed the picture and given it to him. She didn't put it in a frame knowing that he would not display it but rather just take it everywhere he went.

He smiled looking at the picture. She looked so peaceful. Her arms were on his chest as he had both of his wrapped around her. One hand of her hands even clutched his t-shirt. Her lips were parted slightly and the corners tugged up. She was happy and so was he. His days with her were the happiest, it's just the days in between. School, training it became a constant bore and he was losing himself becoming an x-clone. He just wanted freedom. Apparently freedom and happiness didn't come as a package deal.

'John?'

He looked up. Malina stood at the entrance of his room.

'Yeah?'

'I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap.'

'It's okay. I'm just…you know?'

'Yeah… I know where she lives.'

'Oh.'

'Look, I've never had a family and I'm too young to have been in love but you can't just let her go. So Eris called Xavier and he told us where she stays.'

'He's a sneaky old man.' called Eris.

'Quiet in the peanut gallery!' yelled Malina.

'Where is she?'

Malina turned her attention back to him.

'Room 305. One floor down.'

John clasped his hands together and sighed. She probably just kick him out. Suddenly two arms came around him. He looked up and was surprised to find Eris hugging him.

'Eris, did you steal from the mini bar?'

'No asshole. I'm hugging you because I like you. Don't ruin this or I'll have to zap adrenaline into you.'

'Um… thank you, I think.'

She pulled back and flicked his nose. He stood up but was knocked back down as Malina attached herself to him. He hugged her tightly before pulling away and playfully pulling a strand of her hair.

'I need to get my girl.' he whispered.

'Just try and come back without her.' threatened Eris.

He chuckled and headed to the door. Turning at the door frame he smiled at the twins before closing the door and heading out.

-xXx-

Room 305. He stood outside her door realising how stupid this was. Maybe she wasn't even home.

'Come on John, get this over with.' he muttered to himself.

Slowly he raised his hand and knocked at the door. No answer. He knocked again a few times.

'It's open.' came her voice.

His breath hitched as he heard her voice. He opened the door, stepped in and closed it behind him. Her room was a mess. There were clothes scattered everywhere, empty pizza boxes and dvd covers. He climbed over the mess and headed into the bedroom. He sat on the edge of the bed. She emerged from the bathroom and froze when she saw him. He couldn't help but smile. She looked beautiful in shorts and a black t-shirt. Her hair was loose and cascading down her shoulders.

'Get out.' she snarled.

'Look…'

'Leave!'

'We need to talk.'

'No, you need to leave. Just go, get on with your life. I don't need you.'

'I don't have a life without you.'

'Go!'

'Look Marie, I don't regret going. It was something I needed to do. I just regret how things worked out between us. I should have told you that I would be back. For you. I always intended to come back for you.'

'I can't…'

He stood up and walked to her. He stood in front of her, not giving her any escape. He could see the tears in her eyes.

'Johnny, I want you to leave.'

'Even though you're still in love with me?'

She shook her head and glared at him.

'How dare you… What makes you so sure?'

'Because I'm still in love with you.'

'What?'

'I love you Rogue. I always have. You're all that I have on my mind.'

'John…'

'Marry me.'

-xXx-

A/N: Muhahahaha! Cliffhanger. What! Don't get your panites in bunch. Review and maybe you get the next part. No review and I mark this story complete. Jokes! I put next chapter up in two days. Okay?