I Knew One Day We Would Be Together Again
-Chapter
3-
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It was almost closing time and Remy couldn't wait to get out of there. He had finished collecting the dishes, and was waiting for the owner to dismiss him and the other workers. Johny walked over towards him and Remy took his tie off, relieved to finally be able to go to the hotel and rest.
"Hey Remy, before you leave we
have one customer left. Hurry up and get his order so we can all go home." Remy
couldn't believe it, he was so sure the restaurant was empty when he collected
the dishes, and he hadn't heard anyone come in. 'Guess I better hurry an' get
this guy outta here,' and he made his way toward the table in the far corner,
where the dim lights hid the person sitting down. Remy placed a menu in front
of him and when the man didn't pick it up, he decided to give him a few
minutes.
"I'll be back in a couple o'
minutes to see if your ready o' not," he turned around and began to walk away.
"Not even a hello for an old
friend, I'm startin' to think I made a mistake comin' here." Remy stopped. It
can't be him. There's no way he could have found me. I made sure they wouldn't
find me, I even wore different clothes, different colognes so that even he
wouldn't be able to find me. I put all my shields up 24/7 so they could never
find me. But it was him, and a thousand thoughts went through Remy's mind as he
turned around to face Logan eye to eye. He didn't know what to say, so he did what
he does best, he hid his nervousness and he played it cool.
"'Ello." So much for playing it
cool he thought.
"That's a start Cajun. Now why
don't we find somewhere private to talk, I'm sure we're both dyin' to get some
answers from each other."
"Alright homme, fair enough. We
can go to my place, unless you still wan' to order somethin'."
"So you still have your sense of
humor, this is gonna be fun. Now let's go. No offence, but I ain't too crazy
'bout your kinda food." Logan was pretty straight to the point. Well, that's
how he always was.
"This gonna be a long night,"
Remy muttered to himself and followed Logan out.
They arrived at the hotel a
while later and went up to Remy's room. Logan felt sorry for the Cajun, this
wasn't exactly a great hotel, and from the look of empty bottles all over the
room, Remy was doing as bad as Rogue. Remy brought a chair in for Logan and he
sat on the edge of his bed. He sat there silently, and Logan knew it was up to
him to start things off.
"How long yah been here?"
"A while. Had nowhere else to
go."
"Why didn't you come back to the
mansion?"
"Sorry, I guess I misunderstood
bein' left to die as a bad thing." 'Good answer Cajun, I didn't exactly expect
this to be a walk in the park.'
"Listen Gambit, I know this is
gonna be hard to understand, but me and most of the other x-men didn't want you
dead, we looked for you as soon as we heard what happened. We kept searchin'
everywhere with the help of a new and improved Cerebro, and we finally found
you.
"And now what, you expect me to
come back, after all dat happened? Because of me the Morlocks are dead, how
could I come back and face the others? How can I face Storm, or Rogue?
"They forgive you, listen to me,
I ain't gonna repeat this. Storm misses you a lot, she spends every waking
moment looking for you, and Rogue, she hasn't been the same since you were
gone. I like to mind my own business, but I'm not stupid, it's pretty obvious
she loves you, and she wants you back, and if you still care for her like I
think you do, you'll come back with me. You made a mistake, we all have. If
being an X-man meant never making mistakes, there wouldn't be any of us left.
Gambit thought about it. He
wanted to go back because he missed the X-men, he missed his home. But there was
no way he could ever face Rogue again. He believed when Logan told him that
Storm forgave him and was looking for him, he somehow knew their friendship
would overcome it, Storm wasn't someone who could hold a grudge against someone
for too long. But Rogue, he had lied to her, and she had left him there and
denounced their love, was Logan really telling the truth about Rogue's
condition? Or was it just to get him to come back? He had made a decision.
"I'll come back wit you, but not
because of Rogue, because I t'ink your wrong, she will never forgive me for
what happened. I do love her, I'd do anytin' for her, but she no longer feels
dat way towards Gambit. But I'll come back for anyone else who still cares dat
I'm alive, especially Storm, her forgiveness would mean da world to me."
"Have it your way Gumbo, but
don't give up that easy on Rogue, you'd be amazed at how powerful love can be,
but enough of this, let's get outta here before you change your mind and I
gotta carry you back with me." Wolverine always thought of Rogue as a sister,
and if this Cajun was the only hope for her being happy again, he would do
anything to bring him back to her.
"Professor, can I speak with you
for a moment?"
"Of course Scott, what about?"
"I know we've been looking for
Gambit and haven't found anything, but if we did find him, would he be allowed
to stay here, after what happened?"
"Of course he will. I hope
you've learned through your time with the X-men that we do not turn our backs
on a fellow comrade, a fellow friend."
"I know, it's just that I'm
worried about the reaction it will get from the others. Is it fair to make
Warren and Bobby, even Rogue, live under the same roof as him if he came back,
would they be able to work things out?"
"They are going to have to work
things out if they want to stay under my roof. I will not keep Remy out because
others cannot see the truth, that he is an innocent man with a troubled past,
just like most of them, and he deserves a second chance."
"I agree Professor, I just hope
they can all stand each other if he comes back, if he's still alive that is."
"I understand your concern,
but"………..ring ring……… "Excuse me one moment. Hello? I see, when will you
be here? That's fine, goodbye."
"What is it Professor?"
"It appears we're going to find
out whether they will work things out sooner than we expected."
I hope it's still good so far. I'm going to put the final chapter in, once again, as soon as I can. Thanks for all the positive comments; I can't wait till it's finished!