Author's Note:
"You For Me" – Terra Naomi
"Cuz I got what I want,
And I got what I need,
And there's nothing in this world
But you for me…"
Alrighty…here is another one! You can't stop this train! This one has nothing to do with previous chapters unless you want it to have something to do with them, I can't really stop you… I really do hope you will listen to the song: http (colon) watch?v (equals) bWnunVOfTXw (just remove words with the appropriate symbols and delete the spaces when you copy and paste). The link to the list is on the previous two chapters so yeah… Well…Come on! Vamonos! *whistles and treks forward with creepy blue monkey friend*
Disclaimer: Marvel hasn't sold me the rights to X-men…yet… I also don't own the song "You for Me" though I do love it!
20: Sing
Remy wasn't quite sure where he heard the song because the song was definitely not something he would usually listen to. But it had remained in his head for the past week or so and had refused to leave. Remy was plotting his next attempt to casually "bump" into Rogue. Johnny wasn't helping, as usual, with his constant antics; currently Sabertooth was chasing the pyromaniac around the base. It was only a matter of time before ol' bucket head intervened, which meant all of them would suffer.
With a sigh, Remy got up and went to try and stop the chaos that was Pyro. Rogue-wooing would have to wait. The scene in the rec room caused another sigh; Colossus was heroically trying to stop Sabertooth from ripping the still taunting Pyro to shreds. Remy pounced on the unsuspecting Johnny, firmly placing him in a headlock. Pitor gave a sigh of relief and sent him a grateful smile.
"What is going on here?" The Acolytes sighed collectively. They were screwed. After a two-hour long lecture and a week long of horrible, life endangering missions, Magneto said something that had Remy mentally cheering. "Since Colossus and Gambit showed the intelligence to try and stop you fools from destroying yet another base, you must help them with something no matter how big or humiliating.
Which led to the current group plan session on operation: Help Remy Woo Rogue! (So he'll stop moping). Remy stared at his three teammates. He didn't mope and he decided to inform them of that.
"Oi, you do mate! Besides can't change the title now!" Johnny said, waving the Sharpie pen around in the air before laughing maniacally. Sabertooth called him a pansy before grumbling about this stupid favor. Colossus wisely stayed quiet, though from the look on his face…he agreed.
Remy glared at his so-called friends. "Let's just plan and focus on that," he snapped. His teammates rolled their eyes simultaneously before growing serious, or well more serious than before. Ideas were tossed around from sentimental gift to roughly kissing her in battle, not that he was opposed to the last one, but nothing screamed this one. Besides he already did most of the ones suggested (yes, including that last one). He unconsciously began to hum that infernal song, while mentally going through and trashing more ideas.
"Oi! That's it!" Johnny shouted and jumped up effectively startling everyone in the group. "Serenade her!" Remy thought it over and abruptly trashed it.
"Mon ami, Remy don' sing," he explained simply. He could, actually he was quite good, but there was no way anyone would ever know that. His reputation for being awesomely, amazingly badass would be ruined. "It'd be humiliating."
"Exactly, which is why you have to do it. Sheilas love it when a man is willing to humiliate himself for her." Why Johnny thought he was suddenly the resident expert on "sheilas" Remy wasn't quite sure. The bigger wonder, however, was that what the arsonist said actually made some sense.
"Sing about how is perfect for you," Pitor started.
"Even if you don't mean it," Sabertooth quipped. Remy glared at the oversized cat, he wouldn't be doing something like that if he didn't mean it. The fact he was even chasing the girl meant she was more than a fling. The words to the irritating song interrupted his internal rant at Victor. His odd colored eyes widened. The song maybe wasn't as bad as he thought. It was perfect! Well not for him to serenade her, but maybe… Remy leaned in and began to plot with his fellow Acolytes.
Remy stood in the shade of a tree just outside the school grounds. Rogue's lunch was now and she and the X-geeks usually ate outside. There was a note on the tabletop they sat at instructing her to look over to where he and his teammates were standing and waiting. As they waited, Remy grew more and more nervous, the what-ifs rolling around in his mind
Rogue walked out the door, heading towards her seat with her group; too late to back out now. He watched her face scrunch up in confusion at the note sitting on the table, and the elegant 'Rogue' scrawled on top, courtesy of one Pitor. She sat down, setting her tray to the side, before hesitantly grabbing the note. Her friends peered in curiously as she opened it slowly and began to read.
"Look at the gap in the tree line to your left for a surprise. It's a nice one. I promise."
Her head tilted slightly in response to the odd instruction. Remy watched her pretty mouth move as she read it again. This time her head turned slowly to the left, which was Pietro's cue to start the music. How they got the Brotherhood in on it still confused Remy, but he wasn't complaining. Wanda and Pitor stepped out a little bit from behind the trees on both sides of the gap, just enough to be visible, 'playing' the air piano and keyboard. Pyro moved out a few seconds later with Victor moving opposite 'playing' air drums and air guitar, respectively. Toad obligingly set Pyro's stool down as he and the rest of the Brotherhood filled in the gap and would clap in time with the music as well as 'play' the air instruments they were missing.
Rogue's eyes were comically wide as Remy took his place front and center by the time the vocalist began to sing.
"I wanna make enough money
To run my life,
From the top of a mountain
In the dead of night," he mouthed perfectly with the singer's voice. The singer was a girl and high pitched and it brought giggles from everyone, but the still confused and wary X-men.
"It'll be you and me," he obligingly pointed to Rogue and then himself, so that everyone knew whom he was talking about,
"And a couple of dogs
And the rest of the world
Can just move on!" Rogue's face was carefully blank by the time the song reached the chorus.
"Cuz I go what I want
And I got what I need,
And there's nothing in this world,
But you
For me." This was the part Remy was worried about. Magneto had stumbled upon their plotting and wanted in on it, if only to mess with the X-men's heads. The metal outdoor picnic table groaned before moving forward, yanking a startled Rogue along with it. Magneto stopped it once she was only a couple feet away from the grateful Cajun, nodding briefly to him as her worrisome teammates raced to her.
"And there'll be fish in the lake
And there'll be chickens on the lawn," Rogue's beautiful green eyes rolled as he began to get really into the fun of his plan.
"And we'll never go to sleep
And I'll never even yawn." Pyro began to rock out on his air drums, completely out of sync with the song. A peal of laughter escaped her dark purple lips as a result. Remy smiled knowingly at herm making her glare fiercely at him, or at least attempt to.
"And you'll tell me lots of stories
About when I was old,
And I wasn't too much fun then
From all the stories I've been told!" Rogue shook her head in exasperation, while she studiously placed her gloved hand in front of her face to hide the smile that was spreading beautifully across her face.
"Now I got what I want
And I got what I need,
And there's nothing in this world,
But you
For me." Her cheeks were rapidly turning an adorable shade of pink as he flashed her a winning smile that spoke volumes about the way he felt.
"Yes, I got want I want
And I got what I need
And there's nothing in this world,
But you
For me." The other X-men were torn on how they should react. The girls were all dying to squeal an "Awwww," while the guys wanted to laugh at his humiliation. However, neither gender wanted to encourage a man that was supposed to be the enemy. Remy shook his head slightly at the odd expressions on all the X-men's faces, before he pulled a single red rose out of his trench coat. How it was still perfectly intact was a master thief's secret. The blush on his chere's cheeks intensified as he handed it to her as the bridge began:
"So tell me I'm the only one,
Nobody else could ever come close.
I want to replace all of your memories,
When you close your eyes
You'll see only me, someday.
Someday." Remy took a step forward and gently grabbed the hand she had resting on the table. He rubbed slow circles with his thumb, studiously ignoring her guarded glance.
"And we can sit up on the mountain,
I can hold your hand
And we'll forget all we learned
And we'll forget our plans,
And we can see things more clearly,
In the absence of the light,
And we'll realize there's nothing more
Than this tonight!" He pulled her up and away from the table, praying she would play along. She did much to his relief, leaving the rose and the note beside her forgotten food tray. There was a collective "Awwww" that had her blushing just as intensely as before.
"Now I got what I want
And I got what I need
And there's nothing in this world,
But you
For me," Rogue buried her face in the hand her currently did not have claim over, desperately trying to hide her blush and tearful smile. He stooped so that they were eye level, in order to catch her bright green eyes once more.
"Yes I got what I want
And I got what I need
And there's nothing in this world,
But you
For me." Her face reluctantly came up away from her hand, revealing her tearfully happy pink face. She inhaled deeply to stave off the happy tears gathering in the corners of her emerald eyes. The exhale came out shakily out as a laugh making him grin happily.
"So tell me I'm the only one,
Nobody else could ever come close.
Tell me I'm the only one,
Nobody else could ever come close," he repeated the phrase once more as the song came to a close, watching her laugh in disbelief and relative ease. He waited anxiously for her to say something in response, fearing rejection despite her current state.
"You have a very girly singing voice, Swamp Rat," she giggled while trying to compose herself, "But I think this has earned you one, count it one, date in a very, extremely public place." Remy smiled in relief, he would get more in time. She quickly jotted down her number on his bare hand with a pen she snatched from her back pocket.
"How about seven, Saturday?" he asked blissfully, not really caring how stupidly happy he looked at the moment.
"Saturday at seven it is," and with that she turned and sat down at her table currently located in its original spot thanks to the self-proclaimed master of magnetism. Remy walked back to his "air band" who gave a loud cheer at their success before they broke off to do whatever it was they were supposed to before being roped into this. He walked casually to his bike down the street as he hummed the song unconsciously.
Author's Note:
Well there's a cute, fluffy piece. It was almost too adorable to write without squeeing every ten seconds…. Blame the song if you don't like it. It got stuck in my head and wouldn't leave until I did something with it. Or don't. It doesn't affect me either way. This one was definitely more upbeat than the previous one's so that makes me happy. I like happier stuff, so don't ask me why my first two were so angsty, cuz I honestly have no idea. Time for reviews! Sorry I didn't do this in the last chapter!
Guest numero uno: Yeah I know, it was pretty emo… but I am glad you like it! She absorbed Jean who was possessed by the Phoenix like it was alluded to in the final episode, but for all we know her other psyches could be acting up as well. That's your call to !
Guest numero dos: Thanks! Each theme will most likely have its own storyline, but I may continue some of them if I like the idea enough or if I get a lot of reviews requesting it (my version of a lot is like one so…).
Rogue gal: Thank you! And here is more! Just like you asked! :)
tx peppa: Motivation hasn't kicked out yet! And here is more (though chapter 2 was the real continuation).
ALLREMS: Yeah…sad isn't it. It started off as an idea that Remy was the one in the hospital because he can't stop touching Rogue, but then my mind was like "Hold the phones! What if Rogue was the one in the hospital!?" and it dissolved from there. I am glad you really liked it ! It makes me soooo happy. Yeah I kinda left it open to interpretation, but I do plan on elaborating that plot further with prequels and in betweens (of Ch. 1 and Ch. 2) and hopefully name the chapters in the little drop down box accordingly. Thankies! Gracias! Merci!
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