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Chapter 2: Going down
- Remy ah wanna have a baby.
- Later chérie right now I'm trying to fix this stupid motor bike, when I...WHAT??
He turned his red eyes to rogue, still holding the screwdriver, waiting an answer.
- Ah said ah wanna have a baby.
Gambit laid down the tool and stood up facing the women and the person who made him change the most. Both knew what they felt for each other but everytime they try to start a relationship or just talk about it, a villain shows up to ruin their plans and keep them busy.
- Look chérie this is not the right time to make such a choice. You know better than me what are the problems we have to solve before we take that step like... your powers, besides, we have responsibilities, we're X-Men. There's so little time in our lives...
- Sometimes ah just want to punch you in the face Remy LeBeau, but ah don't cause if ah do you wouldn't wake up that fast.
Gambit smiles and puts his hand in her shoulder. He would've wanted to caress her face and kiss her, but things don't work that way for them.
- And why is that?
- 'Cause ah don't know if you're telling the truth or just can't accept a commitment, and trust me it really pisses me off. - she crosses her arms and looks to the ground, as if she was watching a never-ending abyss. - ah know you're right, but sometimes ah... get tired of all this, we face death almost every week and in return we get hate, fear. I'm tired of it, ah just want to leave behind something of me when I'm gone so...
- Honey... nobody's going anywhere, you'll have the rest of your life to do something like that.. don't rush things.
- No ah won't - and she begins slowly to levitate away, her hair waves with the wind saying goodbye. Gambit realizes something's not right. She's frightened with something. What is it? He runs to her and grabs her hand, pulling her back to the ground.
- Rogue what's wrong? Don't do anything stupid...- He's still holding her back, but she's too strong. She releases her hand and flies backwards, facing Gambit.
- No ah won't have the rest of my life to do it...
Three days have passed since she found she was HIV positive. The doctor said the results of the second blood test were ready one day later, but she was putting it off trying to figure which was the best way to handle the situation. Rogue was afraid of the results, afraid of being one more life wasted in vain, and afraid of die in such a miserable way. Day by day, loosing her strengths, her hopes, her faith, not even glimpsing her attacker, victim of a silent death.
Sometimes she tried to remember the address or even the name of the girl she touched in that mall. But she couldn't. When rogue happens to touch someone she almost immediately tries to forget what she knew about the person, trying to give back the person's memories and secrets she stole, trying to give back the most intimate and private things people own. She vaguely remembered the girl physical appearance. She was quite young, had glasses, had short brown hair... She looked normal just like any other girl. So if the girl was infected with the virus she didn't know it.
Flying back to the hospital wasn't easy, she was all shaking, and couldn't even control right her flight. Rogue landed on firm ground and walked to the hospital. Sun timidly shone between some gray clouds who refused to move away.
Streets were crowded, so many people, so many life. "How will I say this to my friends? That I'm about to die... that there's no solution to my problem, what will they say?" she tried to picture their faces, one by one, but it was useless. Nobody knew how would they react to something like this. "Maybe the best thing to do is to lie, and move to another place and.." but deep inside Rogue knew she couldn't do it. They've been there for her everytime she needed, she couldn't hide something like this to her own family. "Just hope it was all a mistake".
She promised herself not to think about it in the way to the hospital, but her promise was broken when she passed near the mall, where everything happened. Rogue didn't move at all for a couple of minutes.
She arrived the hospital half an hour later. Nurses and staff rounded the space in a hurry, as if the life of someone depended on that. Most of the time it did.
17th floor. The doors opened and rogue stepped out of the elevator. She hesitated, turned back facing the elevator again.
- Are you going down miss? - asked an old lady inside.
- Ye... no.. i'm not going down.
- Ok. Have a nice day.
"Right." She continued walking to the doctor's office. When she got there, the door was closed, but she could hear him on the phone. She stopped right there.
"Oh raven it would be so much easier if I had you by my side... but I must do this alone. I must. So... hard. This is it."
Rogue knocked the door with strength enough to hear it in the floor above.
- Come in.
"This is it"
She opened the door and stepped in. Light invaded the room almost blinding her, like Sun himself was there, eager to learn the truth about her.
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Chapter 2: Going down
- Remy ah wanna have a baby.
- Later chérie right now I'm trying to fix this stupid motor bike, when I...WHAT??
He turned his red eyes to rogue, still holding the screwdriver, waiting an answer.
- Ah said ah wanna have a baby.
Gambit laid down the tool and stood up facing the women and the person who made him change the most. Both knew what they felt for each other but everytime they try to start a relationship or just talk about it, a villain shows up to ruin their plans and keep them busy.
- Look chérie this is not the right time to make such a choice. You know better than me what are the problems we have to solve before we take that step like... your powers, besides, we have responsibilities, we're X-Men. There's so little time in our lives...
- Sometimes ah just want to punch you in the face Remy LeBeau, but ah don't cause if ah do you wouldn't wake up that fast.
Gambit smiles and puts his hand in her shoulder. He would've wanted to caress her face and kiss her, but things don't work that way for them.
- And why is that?
- 'Cause ah don't know if you're telling the truth or just can't accept a commitment, and trust me it really pisses me off. - she crosses her arms and looks to the ground, as if she was watching a never-ending abyss. - ah know you're right, but sometimes ah... get tired of all this, we face death almost every week and in return we get hate, fear. I'm tired of it, ah just want to leave behind something of me when I'm gone so...
- Honey... nobody's going anywhere, you'll have the rest of your life to do something like that.. don't rush things.
- No ah won't - and she begins slowly to levitate away, her hair waves with the wind saying goodbye. Gambit realizes something's not right. She's frightened with something. What is it? He runs to her and grabs her hand, pulling her back to the ground.
- Rogue what's wrong? Don't do anything stupid...- He's still holding her back, but she's too strong. She releases her hand and flies backwards, facing Gambit.
- No ah won't have the rest of my life to do it...
Three days have passed since she found she was HIV positive. The doctor said the results of the second blood test were ready one day later, but she was putting it off trying to figure which was the best way to handle the situation. Rogue was afraid of the results, afraid of being one more life wasted in vain, and afraid of die in such a miserable way. Day by day, loosing her strengths, her hopes, her faith, not even glimpsing her attacker, victim of a silent death.
Sometimes she tried to remember the address or even the name of the girl she touched in that mall. But she couldn't. When rogue happens to touch someone she almost immediately tries to forget what she knew about the person, trying to give back the person's memories and secrets she stole, trying to give back the most intimate and private things people own. She vaguely remembered the girl physical appearance. She was quite young, had glasses, had short brown hair... She looked normal just like any other girl. So if the girl was infected with the virus she didn't know it.
Flying back to the hospital wasn't easy, she was all shaking, and couldn't even control right her flight. Rogue landed on firm ground and walked to the hospital. Sun timidly shone between some gray clouds who refused to move away.
Streets were crowded, so many people, so many life. "How will I say this to my friends? That I'm about to die... that there's no solution to my problem, what will they say?" she tried to picture their faces, one by one, but it was useless. Nobody knew how would they react to something like this. "Maybe the best thing to do is to lie, and move to another place and.." but deep inside Rogue knew she couldn't do it. They've been there for her everytime she needed, she couldn't hide something like this to her own family. "Just hope it was all a mistake".
She promised herself not to think about it in the way to the hospital, but her promise was broken when she passed near the mall, where everything happened. Rogue didn't move at all for a couple of minutes.
She arrived the hospital half an hour later. Nurses and staff rounded the space in a hurry, as if the life of someone depended on that. Most of the time it did.
17th floor. The doors opened and rogue stepped out of the elevator. She hesitated, turned back facing the elevator again.
- Are you going down miss? - asked an old lady inside.
- Ye... no.. i'm not going down.
- Ok. Have a nice day.
"Right." She continued walking to the doctor's office. When she got there, the door was closed, but she could hear him on the phone. She stopped right there.
"Oh raven it would be so much easier if I had you by my side... but I must do this alone. I must. So... hard. This is it."
Rogue knocked the door with strength enough to hear it in the floor above.
- Come in.
"This is it"
She opened the door and stepped in. Light invaded the room almost blinding her, like Sun himself was there, eager to learn the truth about her.
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