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Chapter 9 : Reunited
Almost the whole school was exited for the Christmas party later that evening. Rogue sighed, everything was to bright and cheery. She smiled at Logan passing her in the hallway and continued her way to the garden.
She stopped in the doorway, looking at the endless fields of snow that covered the green grass. Slowly, Rogue walked through the world of fragile things and made her way to one of the benches at the end of the garden.
Even the garden was decorated for Christmas. Rogue rolled her eyes and lay down on the bench, looking at the leaves from the tree above her.
"Zomething wrong petite?"
Rogue shot up and looked at the person of the voice. A long man was standing in front of her, he looked like a thief.
His long coat was torn on some places and his long brown hair was hanging in front of his face. Rogue's mouth opened slightly, she was thinking what to say. She stood up, trying to defend herself against the intruder.
"Leave her alone Remy" Another voice chipped in. Rogue looked at the person. The blonde hair, the brown eyes, the spikes in his hair, the attitude, the voice.
"John?" Rogue asked herself, afraid to be mistaken.
The smaller person that had been standing behind Remy smirked at her. Rogue felt her breath been taken away by his sight. He looked tired, fragile and weak, but he was still the same John she had known so long.
"Tell Erik we've found her." Pyro said to the twice as long man next to him. Remy looked at Rogue once more and nodded softly at the pyromaniac.
"What are you doing here John?"
"It's Pyro."
"I'm still calling you John." Rogue admitted stubborn "What are you doing here?"
John fell silent, he looked at his angel. Pain was visible in her eyes, sadness, loneliness. He sighed and hugged her softly. She returned the hug, small smile on her lips as she finally smelled his scent again.
"Aren't you cold? Dressed like that?"
"Don't change the subject John. Why are you here?"
"For you Rogue, for you." John admitted silently.
Rogue's eyes widened, she hadn't expected that John would come for her. She shook her head. She didn't want to be used in another one of Magneto's plans. Tears sprang in her eyes. She couldn't believe that John would be a part of something like that.
"We're not going to hurt you Rogue, trust me." John extended his arm towards her.
"I can't John…I can't follow you…I can't join the man who tried to kill me."
"Rogue, listen to me." Pyro whispered "Nothing is going to happen to you. I'll make sure of it."
She looks at his hand and then back at him. She couldn't believe it. She had the change to join Magneto and be with John again. What was she waiting for?
"I need time John. Time to think. I can't make this decision in mere seconds."
John nodded softly, dropping his hand. He smiled at her and kissed her softly on her lips. He held her hand and looked behind him. She saw him bit his lip while he was thinking what to say to Magneto.
"Has she given an answer yet?"
"She needs time to think sir." Pyro replied
Magneto smiled at the girl in front of him. She had changed, but not that much. Rogue looked at him and then at Pyro.
"I want an answer by tonight." Magneto said short and walked away. John looked behind him and smiled once at Rogue before leaving her again.
"So, ready for the Christmas party?"
Rogue's head shot up. She looked at Damia, Kitty and Jubilee. She forced a little smile on her face and nodded softly. The three girls looked at each other and smiled brightly.
"So, what are you going to wear tonight? Nothing to dark I hope."
Rogue was silent, she hadn't thought of what she would wear tonight, she was thinking about her answer to John. She shook her head and the three girls squealed in excitement.
"Come on! We're going to pick your clothes and Bobby Drake won't know what's going to happen to him when he sees you!"
Marie rolled her eyes and let the girls lead her away from the fire that burned silently. The fire she had been looking at for the past half hour.
John looked at the sky. They hadn't returned to the base yet. Their plan was to attack the X-Men during the Christmas party. They wouldn't expect it at all.
"Remy doesn't trust the girl. She can tell on us." Gambit told Magneto with a French accent
"I trust her, and that should be enough for you" Magneto said calmly.
Remy sighed and nodded. John smiled, it had been all Magneto's plan to try and turn Rogue to the brotherhood. He treated Pyro like it was his own son. Sometimes, it would annoy him. But on moment like this, he was glad to be treated like he was.
"Remy still doesn't trust the femme."
John rolled his eyes and hit Gambit in the arm. Remy glared at the pyromaniac who just smirked and walked up to Magneto to discuss the plans for tonight. It was going to be a night that they won't forget quite soon.
"How about this one?" Jubilee asked Rogue. Rogue looked at the dress. It was quite pretty. But it was sleeveless. She didn't like those dresses.
"I'll take it under consideration."
"Alright, we're getting somewhere." Kitty rolled her eyes.
Damia giggled a little and nodded at Rogue, she also liked the dress. It was a long red dress. Spaghetti straps and tighter around the chest. Rogue looked at the other dresses that she had seen since she's been trapped in Kitty's room but no other dress appealed to her.
"I know the perfect dress for you !It'll fit perfectly with your white gloves you got from Logan "
Kitty got out a simple white dress which closed around her neck. Rogue's eyes widened. Her gloves she got from Logan last year were until her elbows. If she had to wear that dress, she would expose a lot of skin.
"Come on Rogue, try it on!" Damia cheered.
Rogue sighed and nodded numbly. Kitty and Jubilee cheered, happy that they found a dress for Rogue. Marie took it and thanked the three girls before retreating to her room.
"Rogue, you look gorgeous."
"That would be the dress and not me."
She was indeed wearing the white dress with the white gloves, but she had a small vest over it. It wasn't all that warm and she didn't want to catch a cold. Her hair was tied up a braid with a white ribbon. Bobby smiled at her and took her hand while he lead her into the room.
To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils.
Why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.
Pyro smiled, she looked stunning in the white dress. He sighed and looked at Magneto. It wasn't long now. The time had almost come.
Bobby and Rogue looked in awe at the decorated ball room. The once so white walls were decorated with red ribbons and fabric. Rogue plastered a fake smile on her face when Bobby asked her to dance with her.
She wasn't in the mood for dancing but knew he would insist that they danced. Her mind was on John, and her answer to his unasked question. In her room, her bag was ready.
Only the most necessary things, the things that she didn't want to leave behind were in it. She let out a small sigh during the dance. Bobby looked at her, worried. She shook her head and managed another smile towards the ice manipulator.
She whished John was here with her, now more then ever. Last time she had been in this room, it was with John. Last time she danced was with John. She wished she could do it all over again.
"What 're we still doing 'ere?" Gambit asked annoyed
John rolled his eyes at the question ad hit Remy on the head. He yelled in annoyance of the hit as Pyro focused his eyes back at the window of the ballroom. Magneto chuckled behind him.
"I've been here before you know. I stood there on the balcony with Rogue until someone interrupted us!" Vincent glared at Pyro in front of him who smirked at Quicksilver. Quicksilver smiled back and knew the right story.
"You look a little pale, you sure you're alright?" Bobby asked worried
"I'm fine Bobby" Rogue said coldly.
She looked at Logan who smiled at her when he saw her looking. Storm was resting her head on his shoulder, moving with the rhythm of the music. She smiled back and turned her head back at Bobby.
When the third dance ended, she quickly walked of the dance floor. Her feet were beginning to hurt a little but it was not for that. She was tired of dancing. Bobby followed her worried.
An explosion soon followed. The smoke filled the room but when it cleared, Magneto stood in the middle. Gambit with a card in his hand, ready to set of another explosion. John stood on the left side of Magneto, smirking with two fireballs, one in each hand.
The younger students ran away, Bobby took Rogue's hand and tried to escape. Rogue ran with him. She was going to her room, get her bag and get back to John.
John looked around and didn't see her. He looked at Magneto and nodded. He shot a couple of fire balls at the X-Men. He ran out of the room, following his feeling. He knew Rogue, she would first go to her room.
He wandered through the empty house. Everyone was running for him and the brotherhood. He smiled softly when he heard the soft clicking of high heels. Rogue came around the corner and smiled at him.
She tossed her bag towards him. It landed right in front of him. He looked confused at it and then at Rogue but his frown quickly disappeared when he knew what it meant. He smiled at her, picked up the bag and tossed it over his shoulder.
John extended his hand towards her. Behind Rogue, Bobby, Kitty and Jubilee arrived, they looked at her and Bobby walked towards Rogue, but he was stopped by John who sent a fireball towards the iceman.
"Don't do it Rogue !" Bobby yelled at his girlfriend
"Forget it iceman, let her choose who and what she wants." John smirked.
Rogue was thinking, John was standing in front of her, smiling, his hand reached out to her. The rest of the her friends, Bobby, Kitty and Jubilee were standing behind her. She had to make a choice. John, or her friends. The brotherhood, or the X-Men. She knew the answer to the question.
The only problem was answering. She looked into John's eyes and smiled softly. Noises on the background, the teachers appearing behind her friends. The brotherhood appearing behind John. It was all about them. What were they going to do? Is she going to stay at the mansion? Is he going to stay with Magneto?
Question filled their minds. Rogue and John just looked at each other, smiling a little at each others presence. She heard the whispers of Kitty telling Jubilee to shut up. She saw Magneto and Mystique behind John, smiling at her.
She had to make a choice, she alone. Not Bobby, not Logan, not Professor X, not John, not Magneto. Only Rogue could make the choice.
The answer was simple. She only had to make sure everybody knew it. Logan said nothing, it was like he knew her answer before she did.
Slowly, her hand raised. Bobby looked at her, every move. She grinned wide as she fastens her move. Her hand lands into Johns. He smiled and holds her gloved hand, pulling her towards him. His arm surrounds her waist and he kissed her softly.
How long had he not waited to feel those lips again. He smelled her sweet scent. He smiled and looked at Magneto just like Rogue. He nodded and winked at Mystique.
She smiled at him and nodded. Soon, the brotherhood disappeared from the eyes of the X-Men just like they appeared. Gambit threw a card at the X-Men, who shielded themselves from the blast.
When the smoke cleared after moments, Bobby began to search for Rogue, she couldn't have left. She just couldn't. Logan looked at the ice man and knew that the southern girl wouldn't be coming back.
Rogue looked around the base in awe. She hadn't expected it to be so big. The metal covering the walls shined at her. Her high heels made a soft clicking sound on the metal floor and John smiled at her like there was no tomorrow.
"Welcome to the brotherhood Rogue."
"It's amazing" Rogue whispered softly
John lead Rogue to the living room. He kissed her softly and sat on the red couch in front of the unlit fireplace. A small flame appeared in his hand and Rogue took it over before shooting it to the wood.
Rogue smiled and sat next to him on the couch, she laid her head on his shoulder and took a deep breath, she was finally with John. John chuckled and kissed her on top of her head. He was finally reunited with his angel, his rose, his Rogue.
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A/N : I'm not good at writing accents but I will try to give Gambit a french accent ;-) Also, sorry for the late update, I'm have a huge writers block
