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Disclaimer - I don't own X-Men: Evolution
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How could she sleep when he was in the next room? Rogue tossed and turned, for she was unable to sleep. Every time she slowly started to drift off to sleep, she would think about the Cajun and her eyes would snap open. He was their enemy. No. She mentally shook her head. He was now a part of the X team. Just weeks earlier he worked for Magneto yet Xavier welcomed him when he had showed up at the door. Logan was still cautious but Rogue.. She didn't trust him. At all. She couldn't even stand being in the same room as him. He was their enemy for crying out loud. Subconsciously, She was practically afraid of him but she wouldn't admit it. She wasn't exactly 'afraid' him. She just feared him somehow. There was something about him..
The sound of her alarm clock made her aware of all the sleep she didn't get. 'There's no way Ah can survive a dangah room session on no sleep.' The southern girl dragged herself out of bed. She stumbled towards her dresser, took out her X-uniform and got changed. After she was done, she stared all herself in the full-length mirror as she brushed her hair. Her white bangs framed her face while her auburn hair just went below her shoulders.
"Rogue, Are you ready?" Kitty's head phased through the thick wooden door. She looked around in the darkness until she spotted Rogue's white fringes, which seemed to stick out in the dark room. She phased in a little more and pulled her long brown hair into a high ponytail. "C'mon, we're going to be late and you know Mr. Logan will be, like totally angry as us if we are."
"Jus' go. Ah'll be there in a minute." She waited a few seconds then glanced over to make sure the Valley girl was gone. She sighed and looked down and then up into the mirror. She applied her make up much lighter now. Since Gambit had made a comment about her heavily applied make up and how it reminded him of young woman who stood outside cheap hotels asking men if they wanted a date, she had started wearing her make up much lighter. She blinked. Gambit. How she loathed him. Rogue didn't know how long she would last at the institute with Gambit there. He made her angry. Everyone realized the tension between the two. She looked down at her hairbrush. She had been griping it so hard, her knuckles turned white. She dropped the brush then left the room.
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"Y' goin' t' have t' move much fast'r 'den 'dat." Gambit whispered into Rogue's ear as he ran past her. She glared at the back of his head. A paintball whipped right past her head. She let out of a short cry of surprise then ducked as another one went right by her. Before she knew it, two came at her. She quickly dodged them and ended up landing hard on her hands and knees. "Crawlin' 'round on 'de floor ain't goin' t' help." Gambit smirked. He stood right behind her with his metal pole. Rogue quickly got onto her feet.
"Jus' keep yoah mind on the game, Swamp rat." She glared at him yet she made no eye contact with him. She barely made eye contact with him. Even when they fought.
"'Dere be othah things Gambit keeps his mind on, River rat."
She crossed her arms. "Oh yeah? Like what?"
"Oi. Wouldn' y' like t' know!" He poked her shoulder lightly. She gasped and stumbled back. He took a step back, surprised. He had merely poked her.
"Don't ya ever touch meh again." She snapped, regaining posture.
"Y' don' have t' be so damn rude. Gambit jus' bein' friendly."
"Why don't ya go be 'friendly' somewhere else? Ah bet Mags is lookin' foh ya since ya probably still work foh him, Lackey." Gambit looked at her both hurt and surprised.
"Do y' always have t' bring 'dat up?" He snapped with anger. "Gambit tell y' many times he don' work fo' 'im no more. Y no trust Gambit?"
She grunted and raised a brow. "Ask me that again."
"Will you two stop?" Kitty asked phasing up from the ground. "You both haven't even realized that, like, forty paintballs went by you and, like, missed."
"Sorry, Kitty-cat." Gambit winked at her. Kitty blushed.
"Ugh." Rogue mumbled, clearly disgusted. She turned on her heel and began to walk away as the lazors ejected from the ceiling and began shooting at the X-Men.
"Rogue!" She heard Kitty yell. Rogue ignored her and walked down. Before she knew it, arms wrapped around her, picked her up and dashed off just as a laser hit the ground she had been on.
"Y' be lucky Gambit saved y'."
Rogue elbowed Gambit hard in the ribs then dropped to her feet. "Ah don't need ya ta save me an' Ah said don't touch meh!"
"Fine 'den. Maybe next time yo'll die."
"An' Ah know that would make ya happy!"
Before he could answer, the intercom announced the session was over and Rogue quickly exited the danger room.
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"Ah can't stand him!" Rogue did a sidekick to the hanging bag. It swung back and hit her. She cried out in anger and punched it. Sweat slowly dripped down from her forehead. She wore black leggings and a black sweatshirt, which wasn't her usual work out attire because right now she was just letting off some steam. "Ugh!" Thinking about the danger room session again, she began kicking the poor bag with kick after kick. Round kick, sidekick, snap kick, step behind snap kick.. any kick you could name, she messily and quickly did it. After a few minutes she fell to her knees due to shortness of breath. "Ah hate him." She then got to her feet and staggered out of the room. 'Right now all Ah want is a nice warm showah.'
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Gambit sat on the couch in the living room. He sat between Jubilee and Amara who kept staring at him with big, glossy eyes. Yes, He felt very uncomfortable.
"I heard you saved Rogue." Jubilee sighed happily. "You're a hero." She stood up and stuck out her chest. "You're my hero, at least. What would we ever do without you?"
"Well, we wouldn't have any playing cards." Amara said seriously as she glanced down at the lump from his deck of cards in his pocket.
"We'd be lost." Jubilee proclaimed, leaning towards him. "We're so thankful for you, Gambit."
"Uhh.. Gambit has t' go.. take a shower."
"Do you need any towels?" Amara asked, standing up along with Jubilee. Gambit forced a smile and slowly made his exit.
"Non, Gambit is fine. T'ank y' fo' askin' though." He practically ran out of the room.
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"Ah really wish Kurt wouldn't blast that damn thing." Rogue said out loud to herself as she stripped down in the bathroom. Kurt's music blasted down the hall and echoed through the bathroom walls. She then stepped into the shower.
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Gambit stepped out of his room and looked both ways before he crossed the hall. Mostly because he wanted to make sure neither Jubilee nor Amara was stalking him. Plus, Kurt had the room next to him and was blasting some music. He adjusted the towel wrapped around his waist then quickly made his way towards the bathroom and went in. With the towel still around his waist, we walked over to the tub and opened the curtain.
"Merde!"
Both his and Rogue's screams were heard over Kurt's music and throughout the whole mansion.
"Get out!" Rogue shoved him back hard. Her bare hands had touched his exposed skin. She screamed again as she felt his memories swirl around in her head. She lost balance and fell out of the tub, wrapped the shower curtain around her and snapping it right off the hooks. She landed hard on him. Her exposed skin touched his until she unconsciously rolled off of him.
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Rogue groaned as she opened her eyes and quickly adjusted to the brightness of the room. Her eyes surveyed the room. Why was she in the medical room? Then it hit her; Her head was pounding. She slowly sat up.
"Mah head.." She mumbled, rubbing her temples.
'Yo head?' A familiar voice said from inside her head. She blinked. What on earth.. Then it hit her when she saw the unconscious body of the Cajun laying on a bed across from her.
"Oh mah gawd."
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To be continued. :)
Not exactly a Romy yet. But it will be.. soon. ;) This is probably going to be about four to five chapters long.
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