Overcoming Distance
All it takes is seven days with her and him in the same room, to make her realize how love moves unexpectedly. But when fate intervenes with love, their seven days together might be plagued first with several years apart.
A/N: No powers.
A/N 2.0: This jonda is attempted because Goldylockz requested it, but alas a Romy fan such as I am cannot make a fic without my favorite couple… ergo this is a JONDA and a ROMY as well.
Also this story is dedicated to roguishcharm my partner in crime, be noted that some of the ideas and concepts of this story are due to inspired conversations that involve our crazy minds. (Angie, you must read this part with conviction and emotion)
1. What Makes Her Blush
Wanda Maximoff surveyed the room when she entered, a tray of food in her hands. As a designer, this house is one of her biggest breaks and she was very excited. "You ready?" She asked as her best friend and partner entered the room holding a bottle of champagne in her hands.
"You know it." Lulled Rogue as she smiled at Wanda while tucking her white streaked hair behind her ear she then resumed opening the bottle and began pouring the liquid in two glasses.
"Cheers." Both said pushing their glasses together giving off a clank.
Twenty-four year old Rogue invited her closest friends to her newly bought home in Miami. It was a two-storey house with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, a kitchen, dining area, a cozy living room, a patio and a balcony over looking the magnificent blue ocean. This was her pride and joy, her designed piece and her first big investment. She smiled at Wanda from across the room, who in turn smiled back, before she heard a familiar sound from behind her "Ello stranger." said a husky voice, recognizing it as her boyfriend's, she turned around, wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a light kiss.
Wanda looked exquisite today, her black hair hung wildly on her shoulders and her hips swayed in a hypnotizing movement as she showcased their masterpiece to colleagues and old friends from Bayville, unlike Rogue, she likes it small and cozy like the condominium she lives in provided by the agency called Frost Design where they worked. Wanda's got her life in order and pretty much covered at this young age, probably because of her great intellect and her ability to excel in almost everything, everything but matters of the heart that is.
She was amazed at how far her success has gone, of course she wouldn't be here without her work partner, but as she glance at Rogue and her boyfriend, she can't help feeling a stab of jealousy and probably regret. She was jealous because Rogue had both success in the professional and personal field, and regret because of being a little too reserved in the area of relationships, not that it wasn't a good move considering her great lifestyle, only that the emptiness she now feels is beginning to take its toll on her.
She smiled as she remembered a time when people called Rogue "the untouchable woman" because of the same reasons and more. Any guy who would come near her ends up getting beaten up with words, but when Remy came, it sure changed everything. She looked at them yet again, starry-eyed and holding hands, she couldn't help but feel proud and happy for her friend. Rogue and Remy were together since college and it was probably the best thing that has happened to them. If only she could say the same for her…
Time went by fast as the others said their goodbyes and went to their cars and carpools back to the Xavier mansion where Wanda and Rogue stayed in their teenage years, it was a boarding house for well-to-kids whose parents are working far away.
Wanda decided on staying in Rogue's house, as she helped her best friend clean the clutter from the party and put up finishing touches on the decorations. When they finished, the two plopped down on Rogue's purple couch, which was designed by her.
"Wow." Exclaimed the southerner who is still in awe at the work that they made.
"Yeah, it was what we have envisioned and more."
"Ah know… thanks Wanda for helping me, Ah'm so glad yah decided tah learn how t'draw."
"You know, interior designing was not really fun for me back then."
"Good thing you had a change of heart." Rogue laughed at her friend who didn't know a pencil stroke when they were in high school, apparently Wanda didn't want to go to college without her best friend and Rogue bearing the natural talent of drawing pushed them to enroll in interior designing, much to her amusement and Wanda's tortured grumbling. Those four years were cruel for Wanda but when they graduated she passed with flying colors too, and look at them know, designing chairs, tables, gardens and houses.
Wanda then broke her chuckle after a few minutes and resumed at asking questions. "Where's Kurt, I didn't see him anywhere, it's not like him to ditch us on a party?"
"After what happened two nights ago, I don't think he'll show his face here for awhile."
"Why, what happened?"
"Trust meh yah don't wanna know."
"Try me, what did Kurt do this time?"
"Fine but promise meh that after this, we won't talk about it again."
"That embarrassing huh?"
Rogue gave Wanda her infamous death glare.
"Okay, I Promise!!" Wanda replied leveling her right hand on her face.
After a minute, Rogue began her long awaited speech. "Well it's not Kurt doing something, well it was actually us doing something and him catching us… doing something." Rogue replied a little nervous hence the repetition of her little phrases.
"When did this happen?" Wanda asked trying not to chuckle but failing miserably.
"Two nights ago… well Remy and Ah were tired, moving mah stuff can be pretty exhausting."
"Yeah tell me about it." Rogue slapped her friend's hand playfully at her comment.
"Let meh finish first okay… Ah decided to sit down for a moment and well… Remy went for the bed, Ah got angry of course, he was sweaty and the bed sheets were new. But he pulled meh in and Ah-."
"STOP! I don't want to know any details girl… it's too much for my ears."
"We weren't doing anything, but Ah was so mad at him."
"Why?"
"Ah was sweaty too."
"Poor ruined sheets." Wanda said mockingly clasping her hands together as if praying.
"Yeah, and then Kurt decided to show up, his first intention was to actually help. But when he saw us, wrestling on the bed, and Ah was still angry by the way." Rogue added. "He gave this really long lecture about how we didn't need his help, were playing around and bla bla bla." Rogue added imitating her brother's facial expressions.
"And then what did you do, I thought you said he caught you two doing it, was that it?"
"Well yah know Remy, he got one of his dirty schemes again, this time he knew perfectly how to reverse the embarrassment to Kurt so after he went down… We decided to yah know… Ah didn't want tah go through details."
"I could just imagine." Wanda was laughing hysterically now.
"Hearing the noises, he went back up thinking Ah was in trouble or something and the rest is… lets just say Ah was the one embarrassed, Remy was smirking all over the place before laughing and Kurt… Ah think he's pretty dysfunctional right now. Ah swear brothers are annoying."
She was answered by nothing but Wanda's shrieks of laughter. "Don't ask me how you look right now, cause I would answer that you look more mortified than the time when we decided to dye your hair blonde."
"Ah'm never gonna hear the end of this am Ah?"
"No." More laughing ensued.
"Very funny, Ah hope your brother returns yah the favor someday." Rogue answered as she slapped Wanda's leg with a magazine.
"I hope not, its way too embarrassing." Wanda answered stressing the last word.
"Whatever, Ah knew Ah shouldn't have told yah."
"Don't worry okay, your secrets safe with me. By the way, umm Rogue, I wanna ask you a serious question."
"Suh, go ahead."
"How do you know when you are ready to love?"
"What kind o' question is that? Ah guess yah just feel it."
"Feel it huh?"
"Yeah, sometimes it comes in the most annoying of packages but if it's fo' yah, its gonna find its way t'yah, not just once, but as long as yah haven't realize it yet, one way or another its gonna find its way back.
"You stay too much with that Cajun; you're getting dramatic and overly sensitive."
"You're the one t'talk, where did yah get this question so suddenly?"
"Nowhere, Ah just thought about it, out of the blue… don't mind me."
"Uh-huh, like Ah'm goin' t'believe that. What you in love now, who's the lucky guy?"
"There's none."
"Ya'll should try better than that; come on, Ah shared something didn't Ah, your turn."
"Love and Wanda… well not yet I think, there are still places to go, and things to see."
"Humph, it could be right under yer nose and still yah wouldn't know."
"I thought you would just feel it?"
"Not if you won't let it."
The words found their way into Wanda's thoughts but she didn't have time to answer as there was a knock on the door, startling the two women.
"Rems could yah get that?"
"Ya, could be Johnny anyway." Remy called from the dinning room, where he was doing his outlining for the blue prints of a building he was engineering.
"Hey Wanda, Ah'll get us some coffee ok." The woman in question only nodded in reply before picking up a magazine from Rogue's coffee table and browsing through its contents absent-mindedly.
...XXX…
"Mon ami, ya missed de party."
"Stuck in traffic mate." The man with the unusual orange hair answered whilst Remy ushered him into the cozy living room.
Upon sensing she wasn't alone, Wanda looked up from the magazine she was reading, to Remy who was now with a man with an adoring smile, as Wanda observed.
John Allerdyce, arranged his shirt as he followed Remy, when he entered the room, he was greeted with a pair of blue eyes belonging to a beautiful woman with flowing jet-black hair. He was speechless and was lost in a trance as he couldn't keep his eyes off her, so he stood there looking at her the whole time.
Remy was obviously clueless to what was happening in the room, he didn't feel the present tension as his friends locked eyes with each other, and neither were paying much attention to anything Remy was saying.
It wasn't until Remy made mention of John meeting his girlfriend that the Aussie broke eye contact. Surely he didn't want to get in trouble with Remy's girlfriend… No, it wasn't him to fancy his friends' Sheilas.
Remy felt John stiffen beside him and was about to ask him why when Rogue entered the room. "Ah mon ami, this belle femme is my girlfriend Rogue." Remy said walking towards her and wrapping his arms around her waist in a possessive manner.
John sighed with relief upon realizing that the woman on the sofa, who he was really fond of looking at, wasn't the infamous Rogue after all. Now there are shimmers in his eyes and a huge grin on his lips.
"And dis woman in front o' you be Wanda, Rogue's best friend, she co-designed the house too." Remy then looked at the two women. "Dis be mon friend Johnnny Boy."
"Call me John."
"John." Wanda repeated.
"Hi Johnny, nice tah meet yah." Rogue said from across the room before placing two coffee cups on table in front of Wanda. "What can Ah get yah?"
"Coffee would be okay Sheila." He answered looking at what the cups contained.
Rogue merely gave a nod before she pulled the smiling Cajun towards the kitchen leaving Wanda and John alone in the living room.
"Hi Oy'm John."
"So I've heard…"
John continued to talk, not minding the sarcasm in the woman's words. "How do you know them?"
"Rogue and Remy?"
John nodded in reply.
"Been friends with Rogue since high school, we went to the same school and lived in the same house. As for Remy, he has been hanging out with us since college. He was our senior but I guess Rogue did a number on him." Wanda laughed inwardly upon reminiscing her college days with her friends. "What about you?"
"I'm Remy's officemate at the firm; we share an apartment in New York too."
"Oh so you're the crazy roommate who's fond of lighters, I recalled one time where Rogue got angry at Remy for burning her folders with all her files for a presentation. Boy, I reckon he now knows what the word nag means."
"That would be me…"
"So you are for real, we kinda thought "Johnny" was Remy's imaginary friend from childhood who likes to play with fires."
John replied with a small laugh. "Remy can be unbelievable sometimes."
"You know, since that incident Remy hasn't smoked a stick, must have been to prove he didn't burn and will not burn anything in the future."
"Oh so that's why he quit."
Wanda nodded in return.
So, you have a boyfriend?"
"Wha?- I mean no." Wanda said, taken aback, feeling a little angry but blushing nonetheless.
"Sorry, Oy'm not very good at these things."
"It's okay." Answered a shy Wanda. 'I'm not either.' She added mentally.
"Maybe it's because I've never seen anyone so beautiful."
Again Wanda blushed as she tried to hide her face by pretending to read the magazine that she was holding.
"You don't believe me?"
"Its not that, it's just that… I've never been called that way before."
"And why not?" John asked, as he fought for her attention.
"Rogue's got that department covered, well I mean, she's got the beauty and I'm the brains behind the operation." John's eyes were fixated on her as if asking for more explanation. "I mean she tells me I am beautiful too but…"
"But?"
"I don't think so."
"Oy, you gotta go to self esteem therapy with me. I don't believe what you said."
"About what?"
"You, not being beautiful… Don't your boyfriends ever tell you so?"
"Well I… I-."
Wanda was blushing profusely now, much to her relief and John's disappointment, their conversation was cut short when Rogue and Remy re-entered the room.
"Remy sees ya two got acquainted already."
Wanda resumed reading and John only smiled back.
"Listen yah two, ya'll should stay the night. It's raining cats and dogs outside."
True enough thunder and lightning can be heard outside with the heavy clank of the rain making it difficult for John to make the long journey back to New York, and although Wanda had a condominium here in Miami, Rogue wouldn't let her friend out in a storm.
"Looks like were stuck here huh?" John said smiling.
"Yeah looks like it."
"Here yah go John." Rogue said as she gave John his coffee.
"Ah Rogue, I'm gonna use the bath." Wanda said as she stood up and dusted her clothes.
"Okay… yah take the red room, yah know that's yours anyway."
"Hmm-kay."
"Hey petite, don't forget dinner in 20."
"Yes dad, I won't forget." Wanda called back as she made her way upstairs but not before glancing back at the three chatting away below the stairs. Upon eye contact with John, he gave her a wink. Wanda cheeks grew red as she found her way towards her room, murmuring to herself. "It's gonna be a long, long night."
(huzah, chap 1 done.)
Translations:
Mon ami – my friend
Mate – buddy/friend
Shiela – girl/lady
Belle – beautiful
Femme – woman/lady
Huzah! – Its an expression
Hope I got everything right
A/N 3.0: okay, that's it for the first chapter… yey! I hope you like this one.
I try to be as humorous as possible, if this chapter made you cry, I dunno what's going on! Lol, anyway, I'm not gonna know unless you review.
Now excuse me as I need to take my long awaited bath…