Rogue grimaced and turned to face him. She pulled his arm off of her and asked, "A bike? What kind?"

"Ahh, yes." Remy began, he then made his way for the garage. "Y'wait right here." He said as he left to go get it. A little bit later he drove up on a really nice bike. Rogue's jaw dropped as she examined it.

"A CrotchRocket?" She asked in awe as she looked at it.

Remy smiled broadly. "Yup. Dis baby's great!" He said, patting the side.

"How much did this cost ya?" She asked, running a hand across the bike.

Remy shrugged. "Not'ing really." He said with a grin.

Rogue looked at him, her hands on her hips. "What's that suppose t'mean?" She asked.

"It means dat Remy stole it, now hurry up and get on. I'm gonna want t'meet up wit' de boys sooner or later. But. as long as I'm wit you, later is just fine."

Rogue shook her head and got on the bike behind him after grabbing the spare helmet he was holding.

"Might want t'hold on chere." He warned, revving the bike.

"Yo'd lihke that wouldn't ya?" Rogue asked, wrapping her arms around his waist so she had a good grip.

Remy placed a hand on her arm. "Yup, I do." He replied before removing his hand and taking of with a burst of speed. Rogue was glad she had that grip on him. She was afraid that otherwise she might have slipped off. This boy wasn't holding back on his speed. At least he didn't until he got onto a real road. The country roads were actually pretty frightening to be on with him.

He took the turns so sharply it felt like the bike was going to fall onto its side, though Rogue knew it wouldn't. She never tightened her grip; but she wouldn't loosen it either. Nor did she ever let him see that she was frightened when he took those turns.

When they finally got onto a main road, Remy slowed down. This was after all a stolen bike. He didn't want to be pulled over by the police, or, well, to attract the police. He would probably just try to outrun them and also probably be successful.

"Y'like the ride?" Remy asked, turning his head back slightly, and Rogue could see a smirk there. She pinched his stomach with one of the hands wrapped around it. "Owe!" He said with a light flinch. He didn't stop smirking though. He did however, get the idea and he shut up.

Soon they arrived at the mall. It was large of course and Remy made sure to lock up his bike carefully. "No t'eif gettin' my bike!" She had heard him mutter. He had then grabbed her wrist and pulled her toward the door.

Rogue withdrew her wrist violently. "Ah can get there on mah own, thank ya." She growled, then fell in step beside the boy who looked amused.

They came in at the food court and saw Pyro and Piotr waiting for them. "What took you so long mate?" Pyro asked immediately, walking toward the two. Piotr waited behind him.

"Awww, dat's depressin'. Y'waited fo' us. An' here I t'ought I was gonna have some alone time wit' de fille." Remy complained.

"So where's this money Magneto said he'd be given us fo' shoppin'?" Rogue asked, ignoring what Remy had said.

Piotr took out a wallet and handed her some money, then Remy some. She looked down at it a little shocked. It seemed as if they each had two- hundred and fifty dollars. "Wait a tick." She said as they got prepared to move to another store. "How does he manage t'get so much money?" Rogue asked.

Pyro shrugged. "I think it's safer that we just don't ask."

Piotr and Remy nodded. They then began walking through the mall. "Ah don't see why he brought us here. This place is more expensive and there's not many places that'll sell school supplies." Rogue muttered, pocketing her money.

"Where should we head first?" Pyro asked, eyeing a candle store.

"Not there, this is for school supplies remember." Piotr said, looking at a piece of paper.

"Oh, lighten up Piotr, Ah wanna take a look at the incense. Maybe Ah can get a good smell in mah room then." Rogue said, grabbing St. John's elbow and pulling him into the store.

"We'll be in the next store. There might be some stuff there to get." Piotr called after them. Rogue shrugged in reply but doubted he had seen it. As soon as she and Pyro were in the store though, she let go of his arm and headed straight for the incense.

"Like fire?" Pyro asked her as he walked toward some candles on the shelf behind the incense one.

Rogue shrugged. "Ah guess Ah'd hafta say Ah do. But y'don't really have fire with incense; just a spark."

Pyro crinkled his nose. "That's why I don't really favor them. If something's going to involve fire, it should really involve fire!"

Rogue saw forest mist and decided on getting ten of those to really put a smell to her room. Pyro on the other hand got two really large candles. The two then met up with Piotr and Remy. They had notebooks and pens already. She and Pyro quickly headed into that store to buy their own notebooks and writing utensils.

"So what'd y'get?" Remy asked once they began walking again.

"Two candles! Aren't they cool!" Pyro exclaimed, pulling them out. One was in a skull shape and the other was in the shape of a dragon.

"Ah just got some incense. Ah warn all o'ya, mah room is gonna smell strongly of forest mist, so if y'don' lihke it, stay out." Rogue warned as they continued to walk.

As they passed Hot Topic, Rogue could not resist going in and Remy, Piotr, and St. John followed her. Piotr looked slightly frightened at the weird looking workers and customers and Pyro seemed oddly intrigued; nearly singing a girls pink mow hawk. Rogue had pulled him back in time though to stop him.

" 'I'm sorry, my fault. Forgot y'were an idiot?' " Remy asked, reading a saying off a shirt.

Rogue looked up at it. "Yeah, Ah thought o'getting that, but the sleeves are short and Ah don' feel lihke wearin' anythin' underneath it or ovah it." She then turned to some necklaces before Remy could ask what she meant by that.

In the end, Remy had bought a trench coat and Rogue had gotten a large spiked bracelet.

"I thought we were suppose to be shopping for school supplies." Piotr muttered as they walked out of the store.

"We are but, it doesn't cost two-hundred and fifty dollars t'get school supplies. Given us that much money is lihke askin' us t'get ourselves other stuff." Rogue replied.

"You know, you'll fit in just fine!" Pyro congratulated her, slapping her on the back.

Rogue eyed Remy evilly. "Yeah, if y'll let meh."

"What's that suppose t'-" Remy was interrupted.

"Well, look what we've run into." Pyro muttered as he noticed a group of teens. Rogue looked at Remy wondering who they might be, but Remy had a smile on his face.

"Be nice St. John, dey don' know who we're workin' fo' yet. Let's have a lil fun." Remy said, putting a hand on Pyro's shoulder, then heading to the group.

One person in particular stuck out to Rogue. He had dark brown hair, was tall, and muscular. He also was wearing sunglasses that had a weird red tint. But now that Rogue thought about it, Remy was wearing sun glasses too to hid his eyes.

'Thinkin' o' Remy.' Rouge thought as she looked around. He was approaching the group now, though his fast (most certainly eyes) resting on a very pretty girl with long cherry red hair and green eyes.

"Hello ma'chere. May I ask you yer name?" Remy asked once he had reached the girl, though Rogue figured that he already knew her name. She had been leaning against a wall and Remy had rested his hand on the wall and was leaning on it.

The girl blushed and held out a hand as if to shake his hand. "I'm Jean." She replied as Remy took her hand and kissed it. The look on the boy next to her wearing the shades turned to anger. He was obviously jealous. "And this is Scott, Kitty, Evan, and Kurt." Jean continued, pointing to each.

Scott was the boy that had caught Rogue's attention. Kitty had brown hair that was held up in a pony-tail and she looked as if one of those girls that would just die if a finger nail had broken. Evan had dark skin but blond hair. He looked like a skater boy in her opinion. He was probably the rebel. Then lastly was Kurt. He had longer hair that oddly looked blue. Otherwise he looked quite normal and was hard to interpret from first glance.

Remy didn't look at the people she had introduced him to, he just continued to look at Jean and her cheeks burned brighter. Pyro made his way towards Kitty.

"Nice to meet you Kitty, I'm St. John. You can call me Pyro though. That's my flirtatious friend Gambit." Pyro explained to the brunette.

Rogue just rolled her eyes, crossed her arms, and leaned onto her left foot. Piotrs expression of this was much the same. He crossed his arms and slouched slightly, which was new for her to see, for her normal stood up straight.

"This is Colossus," Pyro began to introduce them now too. "And that's Rogue." Pyro finished.

"Nice to meet you." The boy named Kurt said. He had an accent, but at the moment Rogue couldn't decipher it, her mind was elsewhere. She was watching fixedly on Jean and Remy. She couldn't believe that someone was actually falling for that. She quietly voiced that to Piotr. He chuckled slightly.

"Yes, it is hard to believe she's falling for that, especially considering that she's a telepath." Piotr said in an amused voice.

"She's a what?" Rogue asked.

"A telepath, that's where-"

"Ah know what it means t'be telepathic. But what, she a mutant too?" Rogue asked.

"These are the X-men." Piotr replied to her. Rogue's jaw dropped.

"These guys? They don' look very dangerous t'me." Rogue noticed.

"Don't let that fool you. They are admirable opponents and it is unwise to underestimate anyone." Piotr pointed out.

"Yeah, that's true." Rogue said with a nod. "So, what exactly is tha point in flirtin' with the enemy?" Rogue asked, eyeing Pyro now.

Piotr shrugged. "Competing on who can get the selected girl first. Gambit so far has not lost, but something tells me that this girl already has a strong love interest." Piotr replied, eyeing Scott.

"Yeah, somethin' tells meh that too." Rogue replied dryly.

"Would yo' be so kind as t'join me fo' lunch?" Remy asked, gesturing toward the food court.

Pyro had overheard and agreed. He said to Kitty, "Yes, come join us."

"Like, Okay!" Kitty said, her cheeks nice and red. Kurt seemed irritated by this; jealous.

Kitty began walking toward the food court next to Pyro. Remy, Jean, and Scott were next, Scott not taking an eye off of Jean. Kurt and Evan followed, Kurt mumbling in disappointment. And Rogue and Piotr made up the rear.

Once they got to the food court they put a few tables together so they were all sitting together. To Rogue's right was Piotr, to 'his' right was Pyro, who was next to Kitty, who was next to Remy, who was next to Jean, who was next to Scott, who was next to Kurt. This left Kurt on Rogue's left.

"You!" Came a voice suddenly from behind Rogue. She turned around to see none other then Todd Tolensky. He wasn't alone though. Fred, Lance, and Pietro were all behind her, and each looked ready to tear her head off.

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Red Fox7: Does that last paragraph answer any of your questions? lol. As for your other ones, you'll have to wait and find out. I tend to not give things away as much as I can. ^_^ Sorry.

kosumi: Don't worry, Remy will not be able to just up and turn Rogue into some love machine, but as for Rogue and Pyro, I think I've already addressed this. I don't know Pyro's character that much at all! I'm completely guessing at this! *cringes* Yes, I know, that's not a good thing to do, but I don't want to give up on this because I don't know how to portray a few characters very well. I just don't think I could do a good Rogue/Pyro. No, it would turn out really aweful, so you most likely (almost positively, so don't get your hopes up) not going to see a Rogue/Pyro here. : ( Sorry.

Sorry it took me so long to update. Does this satisfy you for now? Review please!!! ^_^

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