Red Strokes
Chapter 2: I Feel You
By: Flyby Stardancer
"It's that feeling that someone is standing behind me, and I turn around and there's no one there. And it's the sensation that someone just whispered. I still hear your voice, but you're not really here. Your memory is like a ghost and my heart is its host. I can still feel you, just as close as skin, every now and then. All by myself, in a crowded room, or my empty bed. "-"I Can Still Feel You" by Collin Raye, written by K. Tribble and T. Hyler.
"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Ohmygosh!!"
A cry that steadily became shriller awoke the sleeper. A groan escaped Rogue as she tried to wake up. It was hard, waking up. She hadn't had a decent night's sleep and felt like she had only slept a few minutes rather than a whole night. Slowly she opened one green eye, and used it to give her roommate a sleepy glare.
"What is it, Kitty?" growled the southern belle.
"Someone, like, left something on your nightstand!" Excitedly, Kitty pointed to where the rose and card were. Still moving slowly – no one but Kitty and Kurt could move that fast in the mornings – Rogue rolled over and stared. It seemed inconceivable that someone would give her any sort of gift, even one so simple as a rose.
Yet someone had.
Now Rogue was awake. Quickly, she grabbed the rose and saw the card left with it. While still cradling the rose in one hand, she picked the card up, studying it.
"I'll go get a vase and some water," Kitty volunteered, taking her own personal shortcut to the kitchen. Rogue didn't notice, she was too busy looking at the card. It was the Queen of Hearts. She knew of only one person who would leave a playing card as a calling-card. Problem was, she didn't know if that was a good thing, or a bad thing.
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Rogue's head jerked yet again. When she didn't see anything suspicious, she sighed. She kept seeing someone familiar out of the corner of her eye, but when she turned to look, the person would be gone. It was very frustrating.
She made it to the corner, the feeling of being followed still with her, and waited for the light to change. A slightly disguested look crossed her face when Scott's red convertable zoomed by, just him and Jean.
"Bonjour, p'tite," said someone in a low voice, his breath tickling the back of her ear. Rogue jumped, berating herself for being so careless as to let someone creep so close to her. Swiftly, she spun to face him, and put a couple of feet between them in the process. Him being so close was dangerous after all, not to mention very tempting.
"What do you want, Swamp Rat?" demanded Rogue.
"Jus' the pleasure of your company, chere," replied Remy in his most pacifying voice. Unfortunately for him, it had no apparent effect on Rogue. She crossed her arms infront of her, unconciously adding another barrier between her and the demon-eyed thief.
"I doubt that, Swamp Rat."
Remy put his hands up in a gesture for peace, his eyes unreadable behnd dark sunglasses. "Even if it be true?"
"Even if it be true," said Rogue, doing her best to mock his accent. The beeping of the walk sign behind Rogue startled the two, but they quickly regained their composure. Immediately Rogue stepped back off the curb, not looking where she was going. The next thing she knew, tires were squealing and something very hard hit her side, sending her flying. A flash of pain, then all was black...
Author's Note: So sorry for the dely! I knew it'd take me a long time to update, but not 6 months and 14 days! And it's a relatively short chapter too... I kinda set a goal of 1000 words per chapter, but I think I'm pretty close to 400 short of that... But I just had to leave a cliff-hanger there because I'm that evil! (innocent/evil laughter) Eh... uh... Yeah. Let's see if I can write the next chapter faster, huh?
Chapter 1 Review Responses:
Niteflite: Well, I just whipped it out in about 2 hours. I had no time to tell you! And the paragraphs weren't my fault. It's because I had it saved as a .doc file, and I guess that's not the most reliable way to upload fics. So I'm switching back to .html formatting for the rest of the fic.
Lucky439: Well, here's your more! ^_^
Jade: Thanks. I love them too. There's so many ways their relationship can be twisted and turned.... it's fun!
RITA: See, I'm writing! Slowly, but I am writing!
Lady MR: I'm writing more Romy! It's just taking its sweet time to form in my head... Stupid Romy muses, always taking coffee breaks and never doing what I pay them to do! (Not that I have anything to pay them with... Maybe that's the problem...)
Aubs2006: (blushes) Thank you.
liltrick89: Well, like I told Nite, the paragraphs weren't my fault. I actually made it with a TON more paragraphs than how it was uploaded. And sorry I didn't update ASAP, but the Romy muses were taking too many coffee breaks and I had too much school work. And I'm not even out of high school yet! It's just not fair!
ishdandahalf: lol Here's more! And there definately does need to be more Romy fics.
klucky: Well, I think I answered part of your question with the first part of the fic!
Ironbite: Thanks IB!
starlightz6: Thanks. The first chapter was something that was just bugging me and bouncing around my head and I had to get it down. Now the second chapter was a lot harder to find inspiration for...
: Yes, Romy forever! And I updated!
evolutionary spider: Thanks. Don't worry, they're not going to be enemies. I do my share of Jean bashing time to time, but I just couldn't stand doing any bashing what so ever in this fic. It's just not the right style of fanfic to have any of that sort of stuff in. Cajuns on top? I hope it's Remy! ^_~
i: Thanks!
Rogue Star: Thanks, and see! I continued!
Queondapio: Wow! I'm flattered that you kept checking up on me! Ya know, it's your review that kinda kicked my butt into gear and reminded me how long it had really been since I worked on this fic... Thanks!
