THE WRONG KIND OF RIGHT

CHAPTER 4: I CAN'T FIND MY SHOES!





It had been three weeks since Gambit had come to Xavier's school and for the last two weeks all of the students had been excited about the upcoming school dance. Remy had to fight off the girls with a stick. He was hoping to ask a certain green-eyed, skunk haired girl, but she was never alone.

The last bell had rung and the halls were full of young mutants. Gambit put his books up and shut his locker. A familiar accent caught his ear, and he turned around. There she was, walking towards him. She was talking with Kitty about some guy they both thought was cute. Kitty leaned in close to Rogue's ear, careful not to touch her, and whispered something that made both of them giggle. Rogue blushed a little. "That cain't be true. It's just a rumor, raht?" Kitty shrugged.

Gambit was about to turn around and go back to his room when Rogue spotted him at the end of the hallway. She waved at him, "Hey, Remy!"she called. He waited until she and Kitty walked up to him. "Hi," he said, smiling uncontrollably. Their eyes locked and Rogue smiled back,"Hi." Kitty suddenly got the feeling that she was intruding on something private. "Um, I'll leave you two alone now. Later Rogue." Rogue nodded absently at Kitty's parting comment.
"...So..." Rogue began, intent on saying something relevant, but as soon as she opened her mouth, words failed her. "...So...?" Remy echoed. There was a long silence between them as they became lost in their own thoughts. Just ask her! Remy's mind insisted. Just say it! Rogue mentally yelled at herself. It was Rogue who was the braver of the two. "So, how ya been holdin' up?" she asked nonchalantly. With Rogue so easy around him, some of Remy's own fears melted away. "I been okay. I'm doin' good. Dis place ain't exactly de Big Easy, but it kinda grows on ya." There was another long pause. Again Rogue was the one to break the silence. "So...ya goin' to the dance tonight?"

"Don't know. I haven' asked anybody yet. How about you?" Rogue shrugged, "Me neither. Ah mean, nobody's asked me yet." Remy swallowed and came to the logical conclusion. "Ya wanna go togther?" he sounded uncertain. "Sure," Rogue responded immediately. "I mean, not a date...but..." he faltered, his face turning red. "No, of course not," she was quick to clear up, "Just two friends hangin' out." "Right," he agreed, "see ya dere." As Rogue walked away, Remy's heartbeat slowly returned to normal. He let out a long sigh and muttered to himself. "Dat girl...she gon' be de death of me..."



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"Rogue! Hurry up! I have to pee!" Jubilee shouted, pounding on the door. "Ah'm almost ready!"she called from within the bathroom. "Arrrgh!" Jubilee shouted in frustration. She bolted from the room and down the hallway in a yellow blur, her coat billowing behind her.

Rogue finally came out of the bathroom. Kitty gave a mock-whistle and Rogue lifted her arms and twirled around, showing off her new dress they had shopped for earlier in the afternoon. It was a maroon colored spagetti-strap, velvet number that hugged her curves and stopped at mid-thigh. It came as a set with matching gloves that went up to mid-bicep on her arms. Her legs were clad in black panty hose. She was wearing barely any make-up. Just enough eyeshadow to give her eyes a smokey look, and some wine-colored lipstick.

Kitty took the bathroom, just as Rogue got out. Rogue padded her bare feet over to her bed and then knelt down and looked under the bed. She sighed and opened the closet. She rummaged in there a while and then she looked over her shoulder at Kitty. "Where's mah black heels?"

Kitty said from the bathroom, "They should be like in the closet," she replied while fussing with her hair. She finally got frustrated and just put it up in a ponytail, leaving the bangs out in front. "Not those ones," Rogue complained, "The ones with the straps in back."

"Dammit!" Kitty muttered. She blinked her left eye and set the eyeliner pencil down, reaching for some tissues. Her eye started to water and get red. "Oh, I think Silver borrowed them." Kitty said, tending to her self-induced injury.

Rogue yelled a " 'Kay, thanks!" as she ran out the door. She ran to the end of the hall and stopped at a door that had a sticker of a biohazard symbol on it. She knocked on the door, impatiently. A few seconds later, A girl of about fourteen popped the door open just enough to peek outside with one blue eye. Loud, violent music came from within. "Heya, Silver, um, I need mah shoes back, ya know, the ones ya borrowed, "Rogue shouted over the noise. The girl peered at Rogue through the crack in the doorway. "Don't have 'em. Jean needed somethin' ta go with her outfit for that picnic she an' One-Eye had a few weeks ago. Told her you wouldn't mind."

"Okay, thanks anyway...hey, you comin' to the dance?" Rogue asked. Silver's eye narrowed. "I don't dance," she said. Then the door shut in Rogue's face. Rogue sighed and headed to Jean and Scott's room. When she got there, Scott answered the door. "Hi, Scott, is Jean here?"

"Not at the moment."

"Do you know where she went?"

"She should be in the gym, helping to set up for the dance."

"Thanks, bye!"

Scott shook his head at the girl's energy and went back to looking for his black tie. Rogue, huffing and puffing, arrived at the gym. She glanced around and didn't see Jean anywhere. She saw Ororo putting up some crepe paper. She ran up to her. "Hi, Storm. Ya seen Jean?"

Storm looked down at Rogue. "Hello, Marie" she said, floating down to the ground on a wind current, " I believe she is with the Professor, discussing if the dance should be chaparoned. They should be in the Professor's office."

"Thanks, Stormy!" Rogue bolted off again.



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"....Charles, really, these kids are responsible. They're not your average teenagers. Besides they don't get to go out as much as other kids their age. We should at least show them that we trust them enough to have an unchaparoned dance. "

" It is only for their own safety from mutant hate groups that they don't get to go out a lot. I understand what you're saying, Jean, but teenagers will be teenagers. How about a compromise. There will only be two chaparones, instead of five. I desginate you and Logan. The curfew will be extended from midnight to 1 AM, and they will have the run of the upper levels of the mansion.......oh, and come in, Rogue..."

"That's trippy," Rogue said, as she entered the professor's office,"Ah was just about ta knock."

"Hello, Marie."

"Hi Jean, do ya still have mah black heels? Ah wanted ta wear 'em tonight."

"Oh, I let Storm borrow them."

Rogue took a few deep breaths and left the professor's office, clenching and unclenching her fists, her frustration was begining to mount.





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"Storm?"

Logan turned around when he heard Marie's voice. She glanced around the gym, and then looked at Logan. "Where's Storm?"

"She went out ta th' store ta get some more decorations."

"Do ya know when she'll be back?"

"Nope."

Rogue looked crestfallen. Her eyes were begining to water and her lower lip trembled slightly. She turned away from Logan and started to cry in her frustration. Not knowing what else to do, Logan walked up to her, turned her around and wrapped his arms around her, letting her cry on his chest. He had one arm around her shoulders and the other one was stroking her hair. "Whatever it is, it's not as bad as it seems, kid,"he reassured. " 'm almost 18," she muttered, her sobs fading away, " 'm not a kid."

"I know you're not." Believe me, I know you're not... he thought.

"Ah just....Ah just wanted ta look nice."

"For Remy?"

"No...Ah...." Rogue felt her cheeks getting hotter and hotter. Ah was hoping ta see you there, she finished the thought in her head.

"You look lovely, Marie. Have fun tonight," with that, Logan walked out of the gym. Rogue looked on in bewilderment. Logan was jealous? Of Remy?



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NEXT CHAPTER-- HOW DOES JUBILEE FEEL ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITCH? ALSO, ROGUE FINALLY FINDS HER SHOES !

PS-- NO VALLEY-TALKIN', PRISSY-SOUNDIN' MUTANTS WERE HARMED DURING THE WRITING OF THIS CHAPTER.....WELL AT LEAST NOT SERIOUSLY HARMED....HEHEHE.....