"Welcome again to the blue light lounge, our guest star tonight is the highly talented diva who will grace us with a sone here tonight. So put your hands together ladies and gentlemen for The Rogue." The MC for the Blue Light Lounge put the microphone back into the stand and stepped off the stage, again blue light filters down from the ceiling just above the microphone. All diners are quiet as they wait in anticipation. One in particular, his eyes hidden behind dark shades sit, watching the stage as he awaits the beauty.
Out from behind the curtains a flash of white in auburn hair catches the attention of all there, the woman before them is wearing a beautiful sleek blue gown that is set off from the soft blue light. The woman walks silently and elegantly to the microphone and stands there. Her green eyes scan the crowd and she stops on the man with the dark shades hiding his eyes, she stares at him for a few moments before closing her eyes. Stepping back from the microphone she turns to the small band that is just below the stage and whispers something inaudible to the head musician. He nods his head and she smiles sadly for a moment before she stands back up to face the crowd.
She hadn't known that that particular man would be there tonight, after all, this was her last performance in this area, after this she was moving away, away from the X-men, from her friends, and from the man she had fallen in love with. This would work well for her, for she could convey to the man before her her feelings, and why she had to leave. Waiting for a few moments to allow the silence to engulf her she starts her song, not even introducing it, or herself.
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.
Rain fell from the sky and Rogue stares up at it with some interest, she'd always been fascinated with rain, the feel of it hitting her had always felt so wonderful, she'd take off most of her protective layers of clothes and dance in the rain, she would have, except for the person sitting not too far away from her…Remy. She wasn't sure how to act around him any more, and for some reason she was afraid that he'd find her childish, why that meant so much to her she didn't know.
She didn't have much time to contemplate on this however since she was pulled to her feet and they were both heading to the front door before she even knew what was happening. He'd taken off his coat, the one he always wore and she smiled faintly at that, 'he loves that coat more then anythin'.' They were now both standing in the rain and Rogue tilted her head back before she started to strip off most of her layers, however she had to remember who was with her and made sure that she was somewhat modest before she grinned fully and started to dance around, playing games with the rain drops and laughing. Her mind went away from the fact that Remy was still just standing in the rain, watching her.
She found that quite strange, he could have just watched her from inside, maybe he wanted to feel what she was feeling? But how had he known that she loved this? And here she was sharing something she hadn't shared with anyone in the Institute, its not like she really had a choice about sharing it with Remy, but to her that's what it felt like.
And I watched from my window,
Always felt I was outside looking in on you.
Rogue closed he eyes again, feeling the beginnings of tears prickling at the corner of her eyes as she remembered and felt again her special times with Remy, for the last time.
It had been only a few days since it had rained, and she sat in her shared room at the Institute, looking at her school work with a disdainful look on her face. The sound of laughter floated through her opened window, curious she stood up from her bed and walked over, sitting down on the window seat she watched Kurt and Bobby trying to catch Kitty and put her into the mud that was still gathered on the ground. Not too far away from them was Remy talking a little with Logan as he watched the trio's antics.
Rogue felt a flutter in her heart as he looked up at her and gave her a bright smile before turning back to Logan, he too had looked up at her and waved, Rogue waved back at him, giving him a slight smile as she tried to control her raging heart. She had never felt like this before, the stupid Cajun was messing with her, she was sure of it. Just the way he looked so free, so happy and alive. The whole scene seemed unreal, and she herself felt like she was isolated from them, like there was some sort of barrier keeping them apart. She could never be as happy as Kitty, or Kurt or Bobby, never as carefree, well not until she gained control of her powers.
You're always the mysterious one with
Dark eyes and careless hair,
Rogue watched as the man with the dark shades on took his glasses off, his red on black eyes piercing through the dark lighting of the lounge, the man didn't even look when he heard a few gasps from the people around him, his eyes never leaving those green ones that were brimming with silver tears.
She was thirsty, something that usually happened to her in the middle of the night. Kicking off her covers Rogue pulled herself out of bed, not bothering to put her gloves on since nobody was up at this time of night except Logan who was doing his rounds. Tiptoeing down the stairs she flipped on the Kitchen lights and stifled a gasp as she realised that she wasn't alone. There leaning against the counter was Remy, his hair scruffy from sleep and his red on black eyes boring into hers.
"What y' doin' up dis late Che're?" his voice was hushed, that was the strange thing about talking at night, you always felt the need to whisper. Rogue reached over and opened the fridge pulling out a jug of water
"thirsty" she answered walking over to him and opening the cupboared above his head to get a glass. She handt even reaslised how close they were until she felt his breath of her neck, it was warm and moist, sending shivers all over her supersensitive skin. She shied away from him, almost dropping her glass.
"careful dere petite, don want non broken glass" Rogue didn't say a word as she filled her glass with water, jumping up on the counter after she'd put the jug back into the fridge she looked at Remy, not caring if he caught her staring, she traced the way his dark auburn hair fell into his eyes, sometimes shielding them from view, his face was half in shadows giving him a mysterious air that she noticed he usually had everywhere he went.
"see somet'in you like?" Rogue shook her head at his playful banter
"not really swamp rat, just lookin'" Remy grinned
"Remy don' care, y' look all you like" Rogue shrugged taking another sip of her water and kicking her legs a little.
"tell meh somethin' about yoaself" there was a brief silence
"Remy likes butterflies, dey be free, an beautiful, somet'in Remy cant be" Rogue looked up as she watched him turn away from her.
"ya are free Remy, ah don't understand" Remy shook his head
"no one ever be free beb, y' have y' powers dat stop y' I have m' past, dat will never leave Remy." Rogue sighed
"well fahn then, but yoah beautiful, cant deny that" Remy grinned and looked over at Rogue
"y' t'ink Remy be beautiful?" Rogue rolled her eyes
"don't act lhake you don't know swamp rat, now git ta bed" Remy smiled at Rogue and quickly bent over her to place a kiss on top of her head before he was out of the room. Rogue sighed and hpped down from the bench, her heart pumping wildly in her chest 'damn it, ah think ah'm fallin' foah him…damn it all ta hell!'
You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care.
The audience were now feeling a heavy emotion filling the air as they listened to the lyrics of the song the Rogue was singing to them, the beautiful melodic voice of the woman before them was filled with so much pent up feeling that the song had taken on another level, they could feel the tension between the man with the demon eyes and the singer who had yet to look away from the young man.
She'd had a run in with the Brotherhood on her way home, she had been yet again left to find her own way home, Jean had taken her spot in Scott's car and had told her in a round about way that it was bad for Scott's and her reputation to be seen with the likes of her, Kitty had tried to say something but Jean had cut her off with a scathing remark. There was something strange about Jean lately, like she was PMSing 24/7 or something.
Anyway she had had to walk home when they jumped out from the side of the trees taunting her, she knew they were still upset her for leaving them to become one of the x-geeks, but it was something she just couldn't help.
"Roguey Roguey Roguey, the little x-geek's own vampire, we've come to slay you." Even though it was the lamest thing she had heard in her life, it stills truck a cord, the vampire remark cut her deep. They knew she hated her powers, they knew it all so well, and they used their knowledge to their advantage.
"and who are you Pietro…Buffy? And the rest of you must be the Scooby gang?" they all glared at her, she could see them all redyeing themselves to use their mutant powers, however they didn't get the chance
"Bonjour Mademoiselle, y' need a lift?" Rogue allowed a tiny smile to appear on her face as she turned to the stony faced Gambit who was astride his motorbike, cigarette in hand. She tilted her head to the side, 'he must have been there for awhile, so he must have heard what they said, and just what is he doing here?'
"yeah, why not" she turned her back on the Brotherhood who stood back, eyes warily looking at the ex-Acolyte waiting for him to attack them. Rogue made sure that no part of her skin was showing lest she endanger her chauffeur, sitting behind him she realised just how intimate they must look as she wrapped her arms around the Cajun to make sure she didn't fall off. Remy swivelled around in his seat and placed a helmet on her head, and buckled it for her before turning back around and starting the bike up. His face never changing from the stern expression and Rogue wondered what had happened for the usually careless Cajun to be so serious.
They sped down the streets of Bayville, Rogue finding that she could feel his taunt muscles, she relaxed against him and enjoyed the ride and the feel of his strength through his duster. They arrived back at the Institute in no time at all, Remy quickly getting off his bike and taking the helmet off of Rogue's head, his hand lingered there for a moment before he turned back and went inside the building.
Rogue stood there for a few minutes, he'd just saved her from the Brotherhood, and he didn't say anything about it? She didn't understand, he cared enough to bring her home, to actually maybe even go out there and get her when he saw the others come home without her, but he had acted so coldly, not even uttering a word to her at all. Was he angry with her or something? She wasn't sure. Feeling some strange feeling of hurt course through her Rogue quickly made her way to the roof of the institute so she could be a lone to sort out her feelings and allow the few tears of confusion to fall without them being seen.
You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather.
The first tear fell from her shimmering green eyes but she held the others back, she hadn't even finished the first verse yet and already she was this emotional. Gritting her teeth she continued with the song, trying desperately to stop the flow of memories.
Rogue again sat on her bed, this time reading Victor Kelleher's rendition on Dracula. She could feel more then see the person leaning against her doorframe.
"whaddaya want?" she asked, not looking up, she'd just come to a really good part, he hated to be interrupted when she was reading.
"nice day for a walk?" it sounded to her more like a question then anything else. Rogue set her book down and looked up at the Cajun in her doorway. Brows creased she wondered what this was all about.
"nice day?" she questioned.
"hahn" Rogue rolled her eyes
"for a walk?"
"hahn"
"with?"
"y' beb" Rogue sighed
"ah cant find mah shoes, so I aint goin' outside, plus its windy"
"Remy got y' shoes and coat right here" Rogue raised an eyebrow and Remy smiled secretively at her. Shrugging she pulled her shoes on and her coat muttering under her breath something to the effect of
"this had better be damned good, ah'm missin' out on tha best part" Remy pulled her along, out into the windy, and overcast day.
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees, and...
Rogue closed her eyes, voice belting out the words, they were so heart felt and tears coursed down her face as she remembered the many times Remy didn't take any notice of her at all.
There was no denying that Remy was a major flirt, but when a girl develops any type of feeling towards a guy she gets extremely jealous as was the case with Rogue, she knew that she felt something for Remy, she didn't think it was love but she knew it was affection. Rogue had made herself up slightly today, wore less makeup, and had pulled her hair up into a pony tail allowing her white bangs to frame her face.
There was Remy, in the lounge room flirting with Jean, miss perfect, the princess, and a strange feeling of pure hatred for the girl swept over Rogue, first it was Scott and now Remy, Rogue clenched her fists, but thought, once she was in the room Remy might actually stop flirting with Jean and do it with her. Smiling slightly Rogue walked into the lounge and sat down across from them her book in her hand.
She sat down and waited for a comment, a change in their tones. When none came Rogue looked up to see Jean blushing furiously and Remy grinning like there was no tomorrow. Frowning and feeling her emotions stir, her nose felt funny and she realised that tears were coming. She didn't understand, Remy had seemed interested in her, had never flinched away from her at all, not even once, that must mean something right? Controlling her breathing Rogue stood calmly from her chair and started walking to the door of the Lounge, passing Bobby who whistled appraisingly at her
She was used to people not taking notice of her, but Remy, not even looking at her, even some nasty remark would have been better then him completely ignoring her. She knew now that she had fallen hard and fast for the Cajun and that was why it hurt so much that he hadn't even looked her way.
After finally admitting to herself that she loved Remy, she felt more and more depressed everytime he flirted with the other girls in the room, like had had lost interest in her, the other boys had noticed her changes, but Remy hadn't and that was what was worse. Bobby had become increasingly annoying, always sitting with her, making comments, but what was most frustrating was that Remy never said anything about it, it was like he thought the entire thing was a game, and that killed her more then anything, he didn't take her seriously.
These foolish games are tearing me apart,
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.
You're breaking my heart.
Rogue turned away from his eyes, her heart squeezing and her throat tight making it hard to sing, swallowing past the lump that had formed in her throat she looked back at Remy and was startled to see a lone tear making its way down his beautiful face.
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First half done, I've got the rest of the song to do, so what do you think so far? Is it making any sense whatsoever. And don't kill me cause I stopped here, I just thought people might like to read some Romy now and some later, keep it together, I'll finish it. I loved doing this, can you tell that Rogue is a little dense? Oooh, you'll like my ending, its fluff to the MAXimum, you'll love it I know you will :D
Written by Susannah De Silva, this is my first X-men evo fic, I got the idea from my good friend Ryoko Subaru formally known as Sujakata, or also known as KangaKilla (she changes her name a lot) she's written a few x-men fics as well, Romy's yeah!!!! So hmmm, hopefully mine are up to her standards hehehe.
Disclaimer: I don't own X-men, which really sucks. Damn!
Oh yeah and its called
Foolish Games
Song: Foolish Games by Jewel