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."
They sat there, Rogue's head in Gambit's lap, for a long
time. Finally Rogue got up, composed herself, and looked at
Gambit lovingly.
"Thank you," said. "I've needed to let someone know for
a long time."
"Why didn't you tell Xavier?"
"I thought about it for a while, but I was afraid he'd think
that I was too broken up by it to stay on the team."
"Why not Wolverine, then?"
"I wanted to be able to deal with this myself. Besides,
Wolverine has had too much in his own life to deal with lately. I
didn't want to burden him with mine. I just hope he never finds
out. He'll destroy a lot of innocent people in a quest for
revenge. I just want to leave it behind me now."
They sat there, talking quietly and honestly, for several
hours. While Gambit was reassuring 's again, insisting that she
had done nothing wrong, Rogue fell asleep on his lap. Gambit
picked 's up, put 's to bed, and fell asleep on the sofa.
The next morning, Rogue awoke to the smell of frying bacon.
got up, changed into jeans, a T-shirt, and a
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