Hi guys, thanks so much for the reviews and the favourites. Just want to take a moment to mention a few of my favourites!

Chellerbelle: Wanted to say a big thank you to as you always leave a review on every chapter! Reminds me that even if no-one else is reading/reviewing this I must finish it cuz you're out there waiting!

LaniDG11: I'm glad you like it when I get carried away... I try for the slow build up but I just can't keep those two off each other! lol

Dark Moons: Keep the crazy! Loved it and it made me laugh.

Helenxxx: Don't worry I can't leave Piotr there, he's way too cute for the Acolytes!

Sorry if you left a review but didn't get a mention, I didn't have time for everyone sadly but each and every review is greatly appreciated!

So took time out of the regular story line to have a little fun with some of my favourite characters, hope you enjoy!

Ya'll know I don't own the X-Men or the characters so... yeah disclaimer blah blah blah

It wasn't long after Piotr left that Pyro strolled into the room, singing loudly along to his iPod and dancing to the beat. As soon as he spotted Rogue watching him he winked and danced his way over to the sofa before flopping down on it and removing the headphones from his ears.

"Why so glum, shelia? Hope you're not still mad about earlier. 'Cause you know it's not that big a deal and it actually gave me an idea for my new book. Nothing grabs a reader's interest like an explosion of sexual tension and man, you two have been building it up for a while now. You know back when you were still with the X-Men, and you and Remy used to go at each other in battle the first thing he'd do when we got back to base is lock himself in his bathroom and…"

"Pyro! Gawd too much info thanks," Rogue felt her cheeks warm but Pyro simply grinned at her, "what do you mean your new book?"

"Yeah, I'm a writer, only romance novels though. It's kind of a compliment you know, Remy only goes for really hot girls." He said with a wink.

"We both know Remy throws himself at anything with breasts." She replied while rolling her eyes at the pyromaniac.

"Well… yeah… but he's only really interested in hot girls, hot girls with a bit of personality mind you but still, he's a romantic at heart, I can tell."

"Because you write romance novels?"

"Exactly." Pyro replied while playing with a fireball the same way one would play with a coin. "You know what we need?" He stroked his chin thoughtfully as if he had a beard. "A night on the town! Everyone has been way too tense around here, we need to loosen things up a bit. You up for that? Of course you are! Come on let's go tell the others and get ready." Pyro jumped to his feet and pulled Rogue along behind him as he took off through the base.

"You guys are allowed to have a night out?" Rogue asked slightly shocked.

"Of course we are, this isn't a bloody prison camp ya know!"

"But Ah'm underage."

"Not a problem, shelia. The place we go Remy can get you in."

They made their way through hallways Rogue hadn't yet explored until Pyro came to an abrupt halt outside a door. He knocked it loudly then took off back down the hall, hiding around the corner. Rogue simply stared after him perplexed. After a minute of silence he stuck his head back around the corner to look at Rogue.

"No-one answer the door?" He asked with a grin. Rogue shook her head answering in the negative. Pyro's grin grew in size and he ran back to her side and swung the door open, revealing an expensive living room with other rooms connecting to its back wall. Pyro grabbed Rogues gloved hand again and pulled her over to what appeared to be a liquor cabinet. He quickly opened it up and passed Rogue a bottle of tequila, then took a bottle of vodka and bourbon for himself before taking off out of the room again.

"Why do we need alcohol if we're going out?" Rogue asked as she ran after him down the hall.

"You never go out without pre-party drinks first, everyone knows that."

"Okay, so… did we just steal 'pre-party drinks' from somebodies liquor cabinet?"

"Yep!" He announced happily. Rogue groaned inwardly.

"Please tell meh it wasn't Magneto's."

"Oy! I may be crazy but I'm not suicidal! It was Mystique's but don't worry she can't get too mad at her only daughter for stealing booze."

"Okay, but won't she be mad at you?"

"Me? Why would she be mad at me?"

"Because you just stole most of her booze?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, Shelia, I wasn't anywhere near her room. Can't blame a guy if he wasn't there."

"You're pinning this on meh?!" Pyro simply smiled at Rogue. He came to a stop outside the kitchen and turned to face her.

"Why don't you go get ready, I know you girls love to take ages and I want to get going before too long."

"Can't Ah just stay like this?" Pyro looked her up and down taking in her plain jeans, cat hoodie and wild hair pulled back in a ponytail.

"No way! No I want you looking sexy; a skirt and slinky top at the very least. You should leave your hair down too, you know, work those curls… Remy would love that."

"Why does it matter what Remy would like?"

"Err… no reason. Now go on, I'm not letting you out unless you look like you're ready for a serious night out." Rogue eyed the pyro sceptically but left to get ready without further argument.

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Thirty minutes later and Rogue was just finishing applying her make-up when she heard a knock on her door. She took once last look at herself in the small bathroom mirror then went to answer it. She opened to the door to find Remy waiting on the other side. He looked even more gorgeous than usual, wearing fitted dark blue jeans and an expensive black shirt. He'd even combed his hair back making his cheekbones look even more sculpted. Rogue was silently pleased that he looked like he was as taken aback by her appearance as she was by his.

"Hey sugah," she said as she tried not to let his heated gaze unnerve her as it always did.

"So John told me we're all going out, and dat you were de one who stole all de booze. I wasn't entirely convinced dat you'd agreed to dis but err… dat skirt would suggest otherwise." He looked down at her tight black skirt again before dragging his gaze back up to her face.

"Ah didn't steal the booze… Ah suppose Ah helped, but it's kind of hard to say no to that boy."

"Remy hope's you can say no to some of his suggestions… don't like de idea of sharing you, chérie."

"Ah didn't realise Ah was yours to share in the first place, sugah."

Remy smirked at her but didn't say anything in response, instead he held up a bag for her.

"What's this?" She asked as she took it and reached inside. She pulled out black material that was folded neatly in a way that showed off the rose embroidered pattern on the side. She recognised it immediately as the top from the alternative shop they had visited at the mall. She gasped and dropped the bag behind her so she could unfold the top that she had loved but hadn't bought because of the open back.

"I figured dis would be a great excuse for you to wear it." Remy said as he watched her marvel at her new top.

"Ah can't, remember the open back, the reason why Ah didn't buy it in the first place." She said sadly as she tried to give the top back to him, "its sweet of ya, but you should just get your money back."

"M'not taking it back…"

"But Ah can't wear it, it's not safe." She tried to protest.

"You seem ta be able to touch Remy just fine," as if to remind her of this he reached out and tucked a curl behind her ear, his finger gliding softly along her cheek bone as he did so, "have you tried your powers on someone else recently?"

"Ah curious as Ah am about that, Ah kind of doubt anyone would volunteer to test it." She said sceptically as she, once again, pushed the top towards him.

"Turn it around, chérie," he instructed her when he, once again, would not take the top back.

With a sigh she did as she was told and discovered that, where there was once an open back, there was now a soft black mesh. It was fine enough to see through but still protected anyone from touching her skin. Rogue studied the top carefully and decided that it actually made the top look even sexier, it showed a hint of skin without looking like that it was your intention to flaunt yourself.

"When did you get this done? It's amazing." She looked back at Remy with a smile.

"M'glad you like chere, Remy did it himself. You t'ink my trench coat comes wit' all de hidden pockets as standard? Anyway I'm going t' make sure Pyro doesn't burn de place down. He gets a little impatient… and excited. I mean, de way he's acting you'd t'ink it was de outing of de century." Rogue laughed at this and promised Remy that she'd be along soon as she changed her top. With that the two parted ways and Rogue headed back into her room and changed into her new top.

It fit her body like a dream, the material sliding over her curvy frame perfectly. She looked over herself in the mirror and smiled. This top looked much better than the last, it complimented the skirt wonderfully. She quickly applied some lip gloss to finish her look and headed back to the kitchen, secretly excited about being able to have some real fun without any instructors getting in the way of things.

As she made her way through the hallway she could hear music thumping through the walls of the kitchen and rolled her eyes; it should prove to be an entertaining evening at the very least. Rogue pushed the door open and recognised Marilyn Manson music blasting from the stereo system in the corner. Piotr nodded to her as she entered and Pyro waved her over to the table as he poured several shots. Remy stood beside the fire-started and made no attempt to hide the fact that he was checking her out, he even had the nerve to smirk at her when she glared with her arms folded across her chest.

"Right, shot of each then we're off little lady! Vodka, Tequila then Bourbon." Pyro announced happily and pushed three shot glass towards Rogue. Her eyes widened slightly as she looked down at the drinks.

"You don't have to drink any if you don't want to chere." Remy said with a smile as he picked up his vodka shot.

"Aww come on Gambit, don't spoil the fun." Rogue said nothing; instead she picked up her own vodka shot which caused Pyro to smirk in triumph. "Alright then, bottoms up!" Once they drank their shots they headed to the garage. Piotr, having opted out of doing shots, volunteered to be the driver for the night and so jumped into the driver seat. As the guys had pointed out, they couldn't get a cab to and from the base as its location was supposed to be a secret.

Rogue called shot gun first and jumped in next to Piotr while Remy and Pyro climbed into the back. It didn't take long to drive into town but Rogue could already feel the shots warming her insides and igniting an excited buzz deep within her. They pulled up outside a small club, music was blasting from inside and there was already a long queue to get in. Rogue groaned not liking the idea of waiting outside for an age when she was in the mood dance now but to her surprise Pyro walked up to the bouncer and greeted him with a fist bump before entering the club, completely skipping the queue much to the annoyance of the people waiting in line. Rogue tried to follow him in but the bouncer put his arm out to stop her. He was at least 6 feet tall and built like a wrestler but Rogue's alcohol influenced mind told her she could take him easily if she wanted to.

"ID?" He asked in deep yet bored voice. Rogue glared at the guy but before she could respond she felt a warm arm loop around her waist and pull her against a muscle body. She looked up to see Remy grin at the bouncer.

"S'alright George, she's wit' me."

"Have a good night ." The bouncer said with a nod. Remy returned the nod and pulled Rogue along with him into the club.

"Friends in high places, ?" Rogue asked once they were inside. Remy looked down at her with a smirk.

"Nah, I'm his boss. I owe de place." He released her waist and headed for the bar, leaving her to stare after him in disbelief. Rogue shook her head and wondered why she was still shocked by anything that man said when a girl surprised her by throwing her arms around the goth's slim waist. Rogue was about to shove the girl away when she recognised that it was Wanda who had attacked her with a hug.

"So John tells me you finally broke free from those goody two-shoes!" Wanda shouted over the music. "Nice outfit by the way, always knew you'd be fun away from those x-geeks!" Rogue could only smile back at the other girl and looked around the room to find that several of the brotherhood members were also at the club tonight. Fred and Todd were sitting on a leather sofa in the corner bopping to the music and Lance was dancing with a girl on the dance floor.

"Yo' girlfriend! You are looking fine!" Pyro announced as he danced over to the two gothic girls standing by the door. "Ladies let me get you a drink." He slipped in between the two girls with an arm around eithers waist and steered them in the direction of the bar. Once there Pyro leaned over to place the order while the girls waited behind him.

"So what made you change your mind about the X-Men? I mean you were always kind of the odd one out, but you seemed pretty defensive of them at the same time." Wanda asked casually as she watched people on the dance floor.

"Just needed a change Ah guess," Rogue replied quickly, desperately keeping her thoughts free of any headache causing topics.

"There you go get that down ya!" Pyro said as he handed Rogue a drink and turned back for the others. Rogue took a sip of the liquid and savoured the taste as the smooth liquid warmed her throat.

"So it's got nothing to do with tall, dark and handsome over there?" Wanda motioned towards Remy who was casually sitting at the other end of the bar, he had a glass of a dark liquid in his hand and was watching her with a hungry glow in his eyes that caused a deep blush to creep across Rogue's cheeks.

"Ah don't know what you mean." Rogue turned away and took another sip of her drink to hide the fact that she was blushing again.

"Oh please, the look on your face tells me you know exactly what I mean." Wanda smirked at Rogue, "and the look he's giving you, damn girl… he wants you."

"Yeah well, maybe that's the problem." Rogue mutter darkly into her drink.

"Woah, okay, why is that a problem?"

"It's just… Ah'm not sure if he's serious or if he just wants… well ya know."

"Well if he is serious, trust me, he'll let you know and if not… well why not have a little fun, I mean you do not find a man that good looking every day, and just because you flirt a little doesn't mean things have to go all the way."

"Ah don't know."

"Come on Rogue! Everyone deserves a little fun every now and then, including you." Pyro put a drink in Wanda's hand and took a long sip of his own before sliding his arm casually around her neck with a dopey grin Rogue hadn't seen on his face before. Realisation dawned on her and she smirked at Wanda with raised eyebrows, Wanda rolled her eyes at her in response but a small smile tugged at her lips.

"You wanna dance beautiful?" Pyro asked the fiery mutant he currently had his arm around.

"I don't think so firebug." Wanda replied quickly. The disappointed look on Pyro's face made Rogue feel a pang of sympathy in her chest and she opened her mouth before her brain caught up with what she was saying.

"I'll dance with ya if ya like." She said then quickly finished the rest of her drink. Pyro beamed at her, finished his own drink and pulled her onto the dance floor among the throng of bodies already dancing there. Pyro threw his hands in the air and began jumping to the music, Rogue couldn't help but smile and started swinging her hips to the music. His manic energy, combined with the alcohol, and all her inhibitions flew out the window.

Rogue got lost in the music and closed her eyes as she danced to the beat with her hands in the air. Pyro pulled her next to him and they moved in rhythm together for a few minutes before her brain caught up with her and she realised how close they were. She tried to step back from him but ended up bumping into someone behind her who wrapped their arms around her waist and rested their head on her shoulder.

"T'ought you said Remy didn't have to be jealous of him stealing you away from moi."Remy whispered in her ear causing shivers to run down her spin as he started moved them both to the music.

"Ain't nothing to be jealous of." Rogue stated while glaring suspiciously Pyro, who was now smirking, his grin spreading from ear to ear making him look like a cheshire cat. She started to wonder what Pyro's reasons for them all going out truly were.

"Don't mind me cutting do ya John?" Remy politely asked his friend.

"Go right ahead mate." He replied with a wink, but Rogue was not playing along with what she was starting to suspect was a plot to get her and Remy together.

"Don't be rude Swamp Rat," Rogue stepped out from Remy's arms and put her hands on her hips. "Pyro wanted ta dance first, Ah can't leave him without a partner now can Ah?"

"I'll dance with the firebug, you go on and have fun." Wanda said as she slid her arms around Pyro's neck with a smile on her lips. Rogue glared at the girl and wondered how many people were in on the plot against her; it couldn't all be coincidence surely? Meanwhile Pyro gazed down a Wanda in awe, looking at the expression on his face anyone would think he'd just won the lottery.

"Dat settles it den," Remy said as he pulled Rogue back against him and started moving them to the music once more. "Didn't see you putting up a fight when John asked you to dance, chere, Remy kind of feels like you don't want to dance wit' him."

"Ah just got the feeling that Pyro's whole plan for tonight was to get you and meh together. Ah'm not just some girl you guys can trick into getting with ya know. Ah won't let myself get used like that," Remy looked down at her shocked.

"Rogue, I don't know not'ing about any plan and if I did, I wouldn't be going along wit' it. Remy's not that type of guy." He replied as they continued to dance together. "Pyro probably just t'inks dat he needs ta make it up to me for interrupting earlier. He don't really t'ink t'ings through when he gets an idea in his head. I'll have a word wit' him later but rest assured chere, I will not take advantage of you tonight. You don't need to worry 'bout dat till you're eighteen." He jokingly added with a smirk.

"But Ah am eighteen." Rogue looked up at him in confusion.

"What?" He returned her gaze equally confused.

"Ah am eighteen," She shouted over the music.

"You're file at school says…"

"Ah lied about mah age when Ah moved here. Ah didn't want to be stuck sharing all mah classes with little-miss-perfect… Jean. Ah'm eighteen… gonna be nineteen in just over a month." Remy stopped moving and looked at her blankly for a few seconds. "Sugah, you alright?" Rogue asked slightly concerned but he soon recovered and grinned back at her.

"Never better, chérie." He said huskily as he slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her against his chest. They were so close now that their bodies ground against each other as they danced to the music. Rogue felt a gasp escape her lips as her body flushed with heat in response to Remy's dancing. Her body reacted to Remy in ways she hadn't dream it could and as if of its own accord she felt herself step into his dancing so that his leg was between hers. His eyes seemed to glow with heat as their gazes locked and he wound his other hand into her hair bringing their faces together so that they were almost touching.

"Tu es me rends folle, chérie. Je n'ai jamais rencontré une femme aussi incroyable que vous." He whispered as he brought his lips down to meet hers.

Translations thanks to google translator!

Tu me rends folle, ma chérie. Je n'ai jamais rencontré une femme aussi incroyable que vous:

You're driving me crazy, darling. I've never met a woman as incredible as you.

This chapter was going to be longer but it was already 7 pages in word and I didn't want to keep people waiting for too long this time so I split it in half. More fun to come, the party is just getting started =P

Let me know what you think of it,

Aza x