By Nadja Lee 20/11/00
English is not my native language. Please forgive me my mistakes.
Disclaimer: "X-men" and all the characters here belong to Marvel , 20 Century Fox and I intend no infringement, this is a piece of amateur fan fiction, and I make no money of it.
Only the original idea contained within this work is the property of the author. Please do not copy this story to any website or archive without permission of the author.
Timeline: Set after the movie
Universe: Set in the movie universe. Only the movie NOT the book that goes with it!
Pairing: Scott/Rogue
Summary: Scott and Rogue are taken prisoners and out of darkness a new love is born.
Archiving: Want, ASK, take, have.
Feedback: Yes, please. My e-mail address is nadjalee2000@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13 or R ( Violence!) Depends on how tough you are.
Dedicated to: Viggo, my medicine professor yet again. We need to have a talk about priorities because I'm sure it can't be mine which are wrong. Or what???
Author's note: My first try at an action story; posted ages ago. Please, please be gentle with me.
Part 1:
" Hey, Rogue," Scott said and smiled at her. It was Saturday and most of the students were with their families or anticipating in one of the activities the teachers had arranged.
Some activities were more popular than others. Kurt, the new German teacher and
a very religious man, held Bible meetings and interest for that activity wasn't the highest on a sunny Saturday. Especially the non-Christian students had been a little offended by his class even though Kurt would never try and preach, only inform.
Only Rogue sat all alone in the garden of the mansion.
" Mr. Summers! You startled me," Rogue said and smiled strained at him.
" May I sit?"
Rogue nodded.
" You don't want to be with the others? They worry about you, you know," he
said, his voice showing his own concern for her well being.
" Ah know, but Ah'm…." She didn't know what to say.
" You miss Logan," Scott observed gently but in his voice was a hint of steel.
She looked sharply at him.
" Yeah," she admitted miserably.
" It's okay."
They sat in silence for a while.
" I miss Jean" Scott admitted, his voice filled with pain and spoken so quietly that she could barely hear it. She smiled sympathetic at him and lay her gloved hand over his. He looked surprised
at her.
" It's okay to hurt," she whispered. "Ah know Ah do."
"Yeah," he said softly. Then he smiled at her. "What a pair we are. Logan comes back and leaves with Jean and all we do is brood. We should be happy for them."
"We should," she agreed. They looked at each other and then burst out laughing over the insanity of it all.
"Or not," he said with laughter in his voice. Then he sobered up but still had a gleam in his eyes if she could have seen them.
" Well, enough brooding. They have been gone for six months now. It's about time we start living again," he said determined. "Come on."
He pulled her up with him and holding on to her gloved hand, dragged her with him through the garden.
" Where are we going?" She asked amused. She agreed with him. They had both been brooding for too long. It was time to face reality and move on.
"Out," he simply answered and took her to the garage after having picked up
their jackets; Rogue's cape for her and a leather jacket for him that she would
never have guessed he owned.
"Car or motorcycle?" He asked and looked from his red sports car to his black
motorcycle. Normally she would always have said the car but this was a crazy
time which bore crazy decisions.
"Motorcycle."
Scott raised an eyebrow at her but said nothing. He threw her his helmet and she put it on.
"Jump on and hold on tight."
Rogue did as he bid and they whistled by. Rogue found she liked the freedom of riding on the wind as it felt like they did and she now understood why Scott loved his motorcycle so much. She was glad that when Logan had left with Jean, she had refused to let him take the bike ( not
that Scott wouldn't have killed him if he did) because she hated riding it which had resulted in them leaving in Jean's car. All too soon for Rogue's taste, they stopped.
"Are we here already?" She asked disappointed after having removed her helmet.
Scott looked pleasantly surprised at her.
"You liked it?! Jean never…" He stopped himself but Rogue could see the pain
in what he didn't say.
"Come on," he took her by the hand as they walked. Rogue found that she liked his touch through her glove. She felt safe with him.
"We're at the Mall!" Rogue uttered surprised and happy.
" I thought you would like it. I have driven Jubilee and Kitty out here often enough to know that women like shopping. A lot."
" I do but….Ah have no money," she admitted embarrassed.
"Don't worry about that. Today it's on me," Scott smiled and gave her his credit card.
" Ah can't …" she began, overwhelmed by his gesture.
" I insist," he interrupted. "Being with you…pleasing you….makes me happy," he said seriously.
" Okay, but you hold the card," Rogue smiled as they walked into the Mall together, his hand still holding hers.
TBC