Disclaimer:I don't own X-Men:Evolution, just myself (Called Molly Callum in 'fics.)
and any original characters/background characters that might pop up from time to time.
AN: Okay, here's the climax! However, it is _not_ the end of the series!
I don't know how it might read, if it's rushed or not (hopefully it's not!), but I hope you enjoy it. I was so worried that I've been putting off posting it for a couple days. I know a lot of my earlier stories were rushed, but I've tried to lengethen them out more and pace them better.
I _may_ still have that problem, but the more you practice at something,
the better you get. Please review!
Remy lay on his bed and flipped cards into a bucket. Should he tell her? Not tell her?
He knew that he was really in love. That was for certain. The problem was in how to express it, or decide to express it at all. Normally he wasn't one to be emotional, especially not when it came to women. He was always the one to play it cool and be the charmer, but now the tables had turned, except Molly didn't even know what she was doing to him. Just the opposite really. The girl never stopped being self-deprecating, always joking about how she looked and how she could never get a guy.
It made Remy annoyed that she couldn't see what he saw; Her inner and outer beauty were both stunning.
Even so, regardless of how she felt about herself, Molly had no clue of how Remy felt about her. Not even a hint. Remy found it mind boggling how oblivious she could be.
There was a knock on Remys open door. He looked up to see Molly standing there with a smile. "Hey," Molly said.
"Uh, hi. What's going on?" Remy asked.
"Ah, its just Bobby froze my stereo and I was wondering if I could borrow your CD player?" Molly looked shy.
Even if they were friends, he noticed that there were times it was hard for her to ask for things. Molly didn't want to be a bother. Another thing to find attractive about her.
"Sure. No problem," Remy got up, rummaged around through his somewhat unkempt room for it and handed it to Molly.
"Thanks. I'll bring it back later," She said.
"Uh, Molly?" Remy said, suddenly feeling apprehensive.
Molly turned around to look at him. "What?"
"...Keep it as long as you like."
"Uh, thanks," Molly smiled, walking away.
Remy stood there positively conflicted. Tell her? Don't tell her?
That was it. He was going to tell her. He took one step, hand out, heart beating and then...
'All students are to report to the briefing room immediately. We have an emergency,' Professor Xavier telepathically alerted everyone.
"Great. Now I'll never get the chance," Remy said quietly to himself.
He dragged himself down the hallway towards the stairs. Soon enough Molly had slid up beside him, wearing his headphones, bopping to the beat of the music and humming to herself. Remy smiled, tapping her on the shoulder, "It work okay?"
Molly removed one ear piece, "Yeah, great. It's the Festering Boils. Kurt said they were really good. I like them."
Molly put the ear piece back on and kept jamming to the music. They were just a few yards away from the stairs. She made a turn, not noticing her untied shoelace.
"Woah!" Molly yelped in alarm.
She fell forward, but she had fallen head-first into Remys chest. It was stupid. It was cliche. It was insane.
Molly clumsily took off her headphones and Remy could faintly hear a love song starting to play.
(Now it was just rediculous.)
"S-Sorry Remy," Molly said, straightening up. Remy was still holding her. He stared at her mouth then into her eyes.
"It's okay Molly. No harm done," He forced himself to let her go.
"Hey, you've been calling me by my name all day. You never do that. You feeling okay?" Molly crinkled her eyebrows,
then tying her shoelace.
"Well that's your name right? It's a nice name," Remy said as they continued to walk down the stairs.
Molly laughed. "You're funny sometimes Remy."
They made their way to the briefing room where everyone else was waiting. "Now that everyone is here I have some rather grave news," Xavier spoke, "Magneto and his Acolytes are in Ireland.
They're after Moira's son Kevin, but he's an extremely powerful mutant so we have to exercise caution when trying to restrain him while going up against the acolytes. Now suit up and we'll meet in the hanger shortly."
As everyone left Remy walked up to Molly. "Listen, after this is over I want to talk with you later. I've been thinking about some stuff and I just want to set the record straight. Is that okay?"
"Sure. It's not bad news is it? I hate bad news,"
"No. It's very good news,"
"So why not tell me now?"
"Because we have to leave,"
"Oh fine. I guess it can wait until later," She rolled her eyes and walked off looking irritated.
Remy grinned as he left to get suited up.
