A/N: First of all, thanks, everyone, for your kind words about my mom.  She had surgery to remove the cancer, and the doctors believe they got it all out and she'll be fine.  Here's hoping!!

Ororo waited outside Xavier's office, unable to stop herself from remembering that there had once been a time, not so long ago, she would have been able to enter whenever she wanted.  Once…She shook her head as his door opened and rose to meet him.

"Ororo," Charles said, surprise evident in his voice.  "I didn't expect to see you so soon, with the events surrounding our last parting."

"Neither did I," she admitted, entering his office and sitting in the chair he gestured to.  "But we've come across something that might be your concern…or, to be more precise, someone."

He sat up a bit straighter.  "I'm listening."

"Sam came across a young woman, names Anna, in Tennessee who was not only a mutant, but claimed to know Rogue.  She also seemed to be aware of the fact that he was a mutant.  Have you had any dealings with her?"

A strange look crossed his face.  "What did this woman look like?

Ororo's brow furrowed as she thought.  "Tan, I believe he said…short blond hair…"

Charles shoulders drooped slightly at that.

"…and completely black eyes."

His eyes lit up.  "So it is her," he murmured, fingers tapping lightly together as he thought.

"You do know her, then?"

He hesitated.  "…Yes.  Her name is really Leslie.  She was a student here, and left without notice after suffering rather traumatic events."

Ororo's brow lifted.  "Such as?"

Xavier's face slid shut.  "I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to discuss that with anyone not affiliated with the school, Ororo."  The words may not have been meant to hurt, but they did so, none the less.

She nodded, standing smoothly.  "Then I suppose that I should leave."

He merely rose, holding the door for her.  "Ororo," he stopped her suddenly, hand lightly on her arm.  "I must ask you not to mention this to Kurt."  At her glance he continued.  "She and he were…involved, to put it delicately.  He's been quite upset with her leaving."

Ororo nodded slowly before slipping out, finding the nearest window and taking flight.

She needed to think…about many things.