After her morning training session, Rogue had classes to teach for most of the morning, she entered her first class after changing into her workout suit. It was five minutes before class was to begin when Professor Xavier wheeled into the workout room. She had just finished warming up when she heard his voice from behind her.

"Rogue, may I speak with you a moment?" he asked. She jumped not realizing he was there. Remy was standing next to him, and she just now got a whiff of his cologne.

"Yes, Professor," she said as she picked up a towel and wiped the sweat off her face. She had her hair back in a ponytail high on her head. She usually wore it down except for her self-defense classes.

"I heard about your successful first session with Gambit this morning and was wondering if he could sit in on your classes this morning. Between the both of you i feel the girls could benefit from both your skills and experiences."

"Alright," Rogue said but she didn't look altogether thrilled about it. "Come on, Cajun, I'll give you a rundown before the kids get here."

"Whatever you say, Chere," he said and followed her to the mat. The Professor left with a smile on his face. He wasn't one to play matchmaker, but he felt the handsome Cajun may just give the push she needed to bring back her self-confidence.

"So, what we're going to teach the girls today is how to ward off a mugger with no use of powers, and you get to be the mugger."

"So, what you're sayin' is dat des girls get to beat on Remy," he said. "You alright wid dose girls puttin' dere hands all over me."

"Remy, be serious," she said and rolled her eyes as his attempt to make her jealous. "These girls need to know how to defend themselves without powers. So first we'll demonstrate, and then each of the girls gets a try."

She ran down the scenario and they practiced it twice, and as they were finishing the second time to girls came pouring into the workout room. There were twelve young teenage girls of the ages of twelve and thirteen. She gave Remy the protective gear to wear. Even though he was a mutant and could take a pretty good beating with no problem, she still worried about safety.

"Alright, girls, now I want you all to line up over here in front of the mat." They all complied standing like little soldiers but conversing like teenage girls. "Everyone, quiet down. Now, we are going to show you what to do if you should be attacked by a mugger."

"Miss Rogue, I know what to do," a girl with long red hair said. She had it pulled back in a French braid. "I'll just blast them with my fire power and fly away."

"Angie," Rogue said. "This is a no powers self-defense class. Now, we can't always rely on our powers, so we need to learn natural skills."

"I get it," a brown-haired girl said. "My power is invisibility, but if you've already been grabbed that might not help."

"Karen, you're absolutely right," Rogue said, and the red-headed girl stuck out her tongue at her. "Now, this is Remy and he's going to be our mugger today. We're gonna demonstrate what to do if your attacked from behind. Now, everyone, pay attention."

Rogue and Gambit started the scenario with Rogue walking casually across the mat. Gambit came up from behind and grabbed her putting his arm around her throat. First thing she did was give him a back kick to the groin and flipped him over on his back. Now, he was glad she made him wear the protective gear.

The girls clapped and cheered. "Way to go, Teach," a blond girl standing on the end said. She and Gambit went through three different self-defense moves and had the girls practice them on each other. Then they would have their shot at thwarting Remy, the mugger. The first girl did well and used the back kick, and two other girls used the elbow to the side, but when it came to Angie the boaster, she had a hard time getting her footing and on instinct used the arm twist move Rogue taught them last week.

"Did I do that wrong?" she asked, thinking she had failed.

"No, you didn't," Rogue said. "That was a good move, but you need to work on your back kicks before next week's class." Then she looked at the time and saw that the class was just about over. "You all did well today, but I want you to practice those back kicks."

"Yes, Miss Rogue," they all said together before heading out. They were all giggling and gossiping, not like the fierce little fighters they all were during practice.

Once they left, Rogue looked over at Remy who was taking off his protective gear. "Ya didn't do bad yourself."

"Oh, yeah, you like seein' dose little girls beat on me?" he asked and she laughed.

"You're a tough guy," she said and then took a drink of water. "You can take it."

"Oh, yeah," he said and pulled her close to him." He had one of her hands behind her back and while holding the other one. He tried to come close to kiss her but she pulled a fast one and twisted his arm freeing herself.

She let go after a few seconds and let him fall to the floor. "Next class is starting soon," she said in a soft voice.

"Whatever you say, Miss Rogue," he said teasing as he wiped the sweat off his face with one of the towels lying on a nearby bench.

They spend the rest of the morning teaching together, and it started to actually become fun. Rogue was taking the afternoon off to go on that shopping trip that Kitty roped her into. After a light lunch they would be off on their excursion, leaving both Remy and Piotr to train with Logan for the rest of the afternoon. Rogue could just imagine what her old teacher was going to put those boys through, and a smile came to her face.