STARTING OVER 6

ROGUE

After the sleep in the car and the hot shower, Rogue was feeling almost human again. Dressed in Victor´s bathrobe and surrounded but his amazing smell, the security and tranquility were coming back. She was still worried about the conversation, but her instincts were content in the situation. She was attracted to him, in many ways, and she kind of know that they met before, even if she couldn´t not remember how.

Her head was still quiet, the cat as a silent guardian, stopping the voices to get to her, he had only spoke once, to say the name, Victor. And that was a surprise, the cat voice even more growly than the man but obviously the same. She was as ready as she was ever be. It was time to face whatever Victor had to tell her.

He had a strange expression, when he saw her, a mix of pain and desire, but he tried to smile at her. The bathrobe covers her entire body but she still feels naked without gloves. No problems with no underwear, but gloves drive me crazy. I´m so weird! She tried to get her old gloves with him but he was not having it. Does he not know how dangerous I am¿ Why he is not afraid to get so close to me¿ And he was too close, touching her skin and she was trying so hard not to get in panic. She doesn´t want to hurt him. Not him, not him, please, I'm safe with him, safe, family, pack, stop. She tried to calm herself, tried to focus in the safety she feels in his arms. And for her shock, it worked. Her powers stopped. She had no idea how she made this happening. But she was not hurting him anymore. She smiled to him, but the hungry expression on his face, she knew he was gonna do it again, and she didn´t know if this is gonna last, she didn't want to hurt him.

He cut her protests with a torching kiss that left her breathless and trembling and shattered her control. She feels the pull again, her powers sucking him inside her. When he finally let her go, she was immediately hit with a memory. This was not the first time that he kissed her. She could see herself trapped in a strange machine, he was in front of her, but he looked different, hairier, dressed in furs, more savage, his eyes almost black, way dangerous. The beast was firmly in control there. He was looking at her, all lust and savagery, then he was too close to her, pressing his warm body all against her, his voice almost animalistic, he said that she had too much balls to die and was kissing her with the same passion and intensity, that he just did in the kitchen. She repeated his words softly while touching her lips and could see his guilty expression.

¨Did you kidnap me¿¨- she shrieks

He looked sheepish.

¨Well was not like that, technically I was just working for the guy that kidnap you. And we kind of bond over it¨. He tried to explain, and she look at him shocked.

¨Bond¿ We bond over my kidn…¨, she stops screaming, another memory coming to her, this time she was in a cell, and he was outside, and it looked like they were talking, and she could read herself saying: ¨I never told all this to anyone. Don't really know why I just did it. ¨ He growl and respond; ¨Well guess we bond over the circumstances, and the fact that I surely done worse, you don't care for my judgement, stress over captivity, pick your choice¨. And that made her laughs, ¨All true, and we did kind of bond, in a Stockholm syndrome kind of way. But I'm weird that way. ¨ The memory was so strong; she could still feel everything.

¨Oh my god! We did bond over my kidnap! What is wrong with me¿ Voices in my head, poison skin, stuck in the bottom of a freaking lake… ¨; another memory hit her, her voice sounding a mix of amusement and irritation, ¨Stop saying that I have a crush in my kidnaper, and technically he just worked for my kidnaper¨. Really, she was truly a mess, she looks at him again, his expression guarded since she began her ramble. ¨I'm a freaking mess, no wonder I'm afraid of getting my memories back, I must be totally crazy, crushing on my kidnaper…¨ She finish in a very low voice, but not low enough for him to listen. His worried expression became predatory again, and he was really close.

¨What you were saying about a crush, little girl¨. His voice grave and sexy in her ears, doing weird things to her. She wanted to melt in him and forget about all this crazy shit that was her life. But she knows she can´t. She needs some information, and he best start to talking.

¨Look Victor, I, I need to know some things, you are distracting me when you do that, and you smell really really good. ¨ She was almost melting in his arms, but find the strength to push him away. ¨How about a sit and eat some, I'm starving, and you tell me everything about our little meet cute. ¨

He laughs at her, eyes still glossy with desire, but he let her go and guide her to the table, while he tells her everything about their first meeting. He was honest all the time, but she could see that he was worried about somethings, he barely mention the people who saved her, or the mutant that heal her after the incident, and when he told her that they bring her to a school after, all her alarms went on. This is the place that the voices were talking about, this school, but she knows that she doesn't want to go there. All the feelings associated with this place were bad, she only feels sadness, and lonely and fear. She doesn't want to remember this place! She doesn't want to get back there.

Victor told her all the things that she had tell him during her captivity, about her travels and the bad things that happened to her. But it was only when he mentioned that school that she was scared.

¨You, I mean, hum, you don't want to take me back to that school¿ Please, I don't want to go there, I don't want to remember that place, is just sadness. I know I'm a mess but please don't send me away¨… She was almost crying all over her soup by the end, and Victor was immediately on her, taking her in his massive arms.

¨Listen to me, Rogue. You are family now! This is your home for as long as you want. I´ll never send you away. NEVER! You don't have to remember anything you don't want to. You are safe here. And it will be hell to pay for anyone who try to keep us apart, got it¨. She was hypnotized by his voice, so true, saying everything she long to hear. The sanctuary of his arms making her all safe and happy again.

She went back to eating while he told her his plans about training her, helping her with her powers, and later do some mercenary work with him, his descriptions making her eager to begin. This new life that he was describing for them much more appealing that anything she could imagine. She wants this, this adventure life, this control over her own powers, and she really want him. Who would thought that starting over could be so much fun?