Rogue had always gone to great lengths to make birthdays special for her students and friends. She'd baked cakes for them, had cards signed by others at the mansion, thrown a few parties for the youngest ones who couldn't make their own plans. Once she'd even managed to almost surprise Charles on his birthday, but it was pretty difficult to hide things from the world's most powerful telepath, even when he tried not to intrude upon their personal thoughts - he'd still been grateful to everyone, of course.

"Next year's will be even better," she promised him with a grin before sitting up and giving him a gentle pat on the chest. "Now come on, handsome, I need my sugar fix."