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Rogue decided she wanted to sleep for a little bit, and laying down on the slightly hard bed she closed her eyes and fell into restless sleep.

The hands they were so warm, traveling over her body and giving her pleasure. She could feel his hard lean body against her and she submitted to his warm loving mouth and hands. Tangled in the sheets and passion she made no attempt to stop him and he continued. She moaned and he grinned, she looked up into his eyes, they held so much emotion, she thought she saw love in those eyes. She felt the pain go through her body…

Rogue woke up with a start, breathing hard as she remembered that night, the night she gave herself to that man. Shaking her head she stood and walked to a small bathroom, the wooden door creaked as she opened it. The dimly lit bathroom was hard to see in, but she managed to shower and take care of bathroom-y things. Drying her hair she stooped down and tugged out a duffle bag and pulled out simple clothing. Fading blue jeans and a long sleeved black shirt, stepping out of the door she walked down to the basically empty lobby and asked quietly, "Can Ah Hav' a ne'spapah?" The old woman behind the counter nodded and tossed her a bag holding the paper.

Thanking the lady she walked back up the stairs, Time ta stahrt lookin' fer a place. Opening the door to her small room she sat on the bed and pulled a pen from the duffle bag, she knew she was going deeper into the city, away from quiet Bayville and to the loud city, the only way to conquer her fear of touch was to met it head on. Most of the ads said, "No mutants." But she found two that had, "anyone accepted." She figured the owners were mutants as well. The rents weren't to bad and she would get a job when she got there.

Closing up the duffle she folded the newspaper and stuffed it into her pocket, heading out the door she paid the lady for her stay and left for the city.

Kurt didn't want to go to school, no one wanted to, but the professor insisted that they had to. So each mutant piled silently into the car, squished In the seats. Kurt and Kitty both stared out the sides of the car, hoping to see rogue's unnatural hair or hear the sound of her laugh. They saw nothing, stopping at the school they climbed out, Jean sighed and looked at them all. She didn't want anyone to be unhappy so she said to them all,

"She'll be back you guys, she will. I know she will."

By the brother hood's jeep Lance looked up and caught Kitty's eye. He was immediately concerned for "his" Kit-Kat. So he left the conversation and walked towards the group of mutants. His face was sketched with concern as he looked at Kitty. Scott stood in his way though,

"What do you want Alvers?" Just because Rogue left didn't mean he could stop hating Rock boy.
"I want to talk to my Kit-Kat. Something's up and what is it!" Kitty pushed past Scott with a, "Scott stop being a jerk." and then launched herself into Lance's arms sobbing. She wasn't coherent as she spoke so all poor Lance heard was, "Gone…" and "She." Lance patted her head and held her close, Kurt came closer and said quietly, "Rogue…she left." Lance could tell by his eyes that he had done some crying as well, then it dawned on him, Rogue's gone? Oh no… Tears welled in his eyes, she was like his little sister, he never thought, oh god. Lance Alvers held Kitty closer, if not for her for him.

Pietro looked at them, spotting Lance he zipped over, "What's-going-on? Why-are-all-of-you-crying! Shouldn't-we-be-fighting!" Lance shook his head and murmured to him,
"Rogue…Gone…" For once, Pietro Maximoff was stunned to silence, until he exploded,
"No-She's-not-!She-can't-be! This-is-a-sick-trick!" The x-men shook their heads, all staring dejectedly at the two brother hood members. Pietro backed away, fear evident in his eyes. Rogue gone. That stunned him hard.

Blob lumbered over with Todd close on his heals, "What's going on?" He thundered, "Why ain't you fighting!" Pietro shook his head and walked, well, power walked past them with a mumble of, "Rogue's…gone." Blob looked shocked, but Todd just stared. They remembered all the times they were together and how she was there, but they then remembered her betrayal. The two turned without a word, walking to their classes. Lance nodded to the X-men,

"I'll take kitty to class…I'm…sorry Kurt." Kurt looked up surprised and Lance went on, "Rogue meant something to all of us." Taking Kitty's hand he led her away and towards their classes, whispering comforting words to her. Kitty couldn't help but think, This is something I love about you Lance…

The X-men split up, all heading for class.

Rogue was on the road for an hour after stopping at a building, walking inside she walked up three flights up stairs and then turned right stopping at door, 305. Knocking she waited for someone to answer, a female opened the door. Her hair bright pink and her eyes green, a lot of piercing covered her body and she was wearing a pink tank top and black jeans. Rogue nodded saying,

"Ah'm here fer teh room mahte." The woman looked slightly embarrassed before nodding, and saying, "Alright-y then! The rent here is $500 a month, and I'm Casy." She held out her hand and Rogue shook it, opening the door the two walked in. Looking around Rogue saw an old couch, pealing wall paper, and a tiny kitchen. Two doors were situated across from each other.

"This room can be yours." Rogue nodded and said,
"Ah'll look aroundah and see if Ah wan'a stahy here." The door across from Hers' opened and out came a man, he was wearing nothing, but a towel and had a slight stomach, black hair and blue eyes. Rogue's eyes widened and she heard behind her,

"Don't worry 'bout him, he's my boyfriend." Rogue grimaced and said,
"Um…Okah…" Walking into the room she looked around quietly, it was cramped and pealing. She walked in further and stepped on something. Rogue screamed.

A dead rat.

"Oh mah gawd!" Rogue turned and walked out of the room, "M'am Ah will not beh stayin' hereh, good byah." Rogue left quickly and sat down on her bike, crossing out this place's advertisement. She kicked the bike into gear and headed deeper into the city. An hour later she stopped at a small building, looking up she sighed. Room 607 she noted, six flights of stairs and seven rooms down the right later, she knocked. Rogue waited and waited, she was about to leave when the door opened a girl, maybe 19 or 20 was wearing a robe and said quickly,

"I'm sorry! I was in the shower! And…Who're you?" Rogue shrugged.

" A robbah, no Ah'm her' ta see thah apartment ya renting to." The girl nodded and laughed lightly at the sarcasm,

"Alright then, Com'on in." Opening the door she let Rogue inside. The walls were white and chipped here and there. A small kitchen and living room with a tiny bathroom off to the side. Two doors next to each other.

"Sit." Rogue was confused, but sat anyways, the girl sat down next to her. Turning the dark haired girl stated.

"First: Are you afraid of Bi-Sexual People? Second: Do you dislike mutants?" Rogue was slightly confused but looked at her and said,

"No Ah'm not, Ah'm a mutant as well, and noh I dohn't mihnd c'ts…I love 'em. Whyah?" The girl looked away, and responded,

"Because I am Bi-sexual mutant. Anyways, I have a cat, I hope your not allergic." Something seemed to dawn in her orange eyes, "Oh I never mentioned my name, it's Kesi." Rogue nodded, and asked,

"Wh't're your powahs?" Rogue asked.

"I can blend in with the environment, except my eyes…they stay the same. You?" Rogue flinched and murmured,

"When' Ah tou'h som'one Ah absorb the'r mem'ri's, feelin's, tho'ghts, and if they areh mutahnts, theihr powah." Kesi looked at her interestingly,

"Wow, that must be hard to cope with…"

"Ye'h." Rogue got up, "How much thah re't?" Rogue started walking around looking from the small t.v. to the tiny kitchen, and then she spotted the cat. It looks like kitty… She thought as she watched the small dark brown cat jump around, light gray eyes, It looks a lot like kitty…

"550 dollars." Rogue groaned, damn thas' a loht of moneh.The Gray eyed mutantchuckled and said, "Yeah, New York's a hell of an expensive place!" Rogue looked towards the rooms, but stopped, "Hey, whaht's yer cat's nahme?" Kesi looked towards the brown kitty and said, "Perfect Fit, you can just call her Perfect though." Rogue chuckled.

"Interesting, Ah think Ah'll stahy h're" Rogue continued to wander about, she opened the first door and walked in. Looking around Rogue's eyes widened, Whoa she's messy… Clothes lay everywhere, from bras to pants they were on the floor the tiny moth eaten dresser. Poking her head out of the room Rogue called, "Cahn Ah look anywhere?" Kesi grinned,

"Sure, I haven't got nothing ta hide." Rogue liked that, good because if you did I dohn't know if Ah'd still be here. With those thoughts Rogue continued to stare at the sloppy room, Kitty wouhld clean it…ugh stohp thinking' 'bout tha past! Rogue pulled open some drawls and again her eyes widened, Thos're a loht of toys… She shut that pretty quick, wandering about she found some pictures of people and a few explicate ones.

"You like Chinese, Rogue!" Kesi called from the kitchen, Rogue looked up and walked out of that room,

"Yeah, cahn ya get sohme of the Pork Fried Rice?"

"Sure thing." With that said Rogue wandered into an empty room, a very empty room. Even the walls were bare and white, with a plain mattress and no sheets the room gave an empty feeling. A small dresser in the corner and a nightstand were the only things she saw. Rogue walked out of the room and into the kitchen where Kesi was getting off the phone.

"Alright I'm guessing your gonna need a job? And your gonna need some sheets and other things right?" Rogue nodded and Kesi walked into her room and back out with dark blue sheets, "Here, and I guess you'll find a job on your own." Rogue nodded and said,

"Thahnks" Taking the sheets she wandered into the small room and started fitting them to the bed. As she finished that up Rogue walked out of the room, watching Kesi try and carry all the Chinese food inside, taking a few of the containers Rogue helped her. Smiling somewhat Kesi served herself and Rogue followed suit. It was about 5:30 and almost night time so they ate in silence, Kesi broke it though.

"I have work tomorrow. So I won't be here. You should look for a job as well." Rogue stiffened slightly, it felt like she was telling her what to do, but shrugging it off Rogue nodded. Cleaning up the mess Rogue went outside to get her bag and other things, going up into the building Rogue laid on her own bed, sighing slightly. She could still smell him. Closing her eyes Rogue fell into a light sleep, the dream swam inside her head.

She was laying on her back pain coursing through her petite body, the male body above her was holding her in a comforting embrace. The green eyed female shivered as he slowly moved in and out, and that was all she could feel, think about, visualize at that moment, that in and out movement. Soon her moans and his grunts filled the air, the young women murmured breathlessly, "I love you…" But when he opened his mouth…

Rogue's green orbs opened and she choked back tears, Whay are ya hauntin' meh now? Whay! Closing her eyes again Rogue forced sleep into her mind, her voices were speaking loudly to her, telling her why. And the last voice she heard before she went to sleep was, Because you're a whore…

Remy was laying on his back in his bed a smirk across his handsome face. Getting up He tugged on his boots and left his small apartment. Peter, John, and himself had decided to get together and go out, maybe cause a bit of mayhem. Meeting the two outside Remy watched in amusement as the two ran about, Peter trying to get the lighter from the insane aussie while the said austrailian tried to burn some poor woman's wig. Laughing insanely John exclaimed, "You'll never catch me, mate!" And then skipped, yes I said skipped, away, burning trees in his wake.

Remy laughed and him and Peter had to physically tie down the pyromaniac, putting him in the back seat Remy exclaimed, "Let's g' pick up some petites, mon amis!" Peter shook his head, and muttered, "Same old Remy." The trio headed to a bar, it was 12 in the morning when they got there and at 5 am in the morning Remy left with a buxom blonde, John was drunk and lighting things on fire, and poor Peter was sighing and rubbing his head, ending up taking home John, while Remy disappeared with the woman.

The X-men had gotten back from school and were still brooding, the new kids had no idea what was wrong with their older mentors, but didn't bother to ask, every time someone did, the person they'd ask would go silent, run off and cry, or snap at them. It was at dinner time when Jubilee asked the forbidden question, confusion lacing it, "Where's Rogue? She's normally snapping at me by now." Kurt glared at her and tears started covering his yellow eyes, the demon-like boy poofed out of the room. Kitty let a tear fall down her cheek and she also disappeared through the walls, Scott glared, although you couldn't tell, Bobby sighed disappointed and tried, key word tried, to stop Jamie from crying. Jean handled the situation with a weak voice, "Rogue's…she's…gone."

The table went silent.

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Sorry it took so long, although I have been provoked by the reviews I recieved. A slightly deppressed mood had taken me over and so, this is the second chapter. Flame me or compliment me, personally, both will provoke me to write the story. Delete or continue to write? Who's this mystery man? Remy? Pietro? Scott? Oh man, how'd his name get in there? You don't know? Niether do I, review and let's find out together!

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