Part 7
Remy stood in the doorway silently watching as Willow began to unpack.
Willow smiled as she glanced toward the door and saw Remy silently watching her.
"What?"
"Nothin', chere. Jes admirin' the view." Remy softly shut the door as he entered. "You okay?"
Willow nodded as she sat on the bed. "Yeah. It's a bit overwhelming but I'm dealing."
He reached over for Willow's hand and intertwined their fingers. "I'm sorry 'bout Rogue."
Willow interrupted before he could continue, "It's okay. I mean not everyone'll like me. Heck, Cordelia and I didn't get along and I managed to work with her in high school. I'm still not that happy about Anya but you know, teamwork."
Gambit smiled wryly, "Remy think Rogue like you jes fine if you'd come without Gambit."
Willow turned to look at Remy, "Bad history?"
He sadly nodded, "On both our parts."
Willow looked down at their hands and then back at Remy, "But history?"
He slowly lowered his head towards Willow's, "Definitely history." He whispered just before their lips touched.
He vowed if Wolverine interrupted him this time he'd see how well Wolverine's healing factor stood up to one of Gambit's cards.
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Buffy followed Jubilee and Wolverine into a large vacant room.
"This is the Danger Room? I get the room but where's the danger?"
"Oh, they'll be danger." Logan reached down and held up a bo-staff. "Ever use one of these?"
"Sure, though there's not much call for a staff weapon against a vampire unless I'm breaking it for wood."
He tossed it toward her and Buffy deftly caught it mid-air.
"No vampires here, you'll have to make do."
Buffy turned toward Jubilee. "You don't use a weapon?"
She just smiled and paff'd a small blob into the air. "Got my own built in weapon."
"Computer. Wolverine/Jubilee training program two. Beta Level."
The vacant roomed morphed into the dark streets of a large city.
Buffy's eyes bugged out of her head as she turned to look at Jubilee.
"Get out! Willow'd kill to have a look at this computer program."
Jubilee snickered. "Yeah, it's sweet. First time I saw it I thought I'd stepped into a Star Trek Holodeck episode."
"Huh?" Buffy looked confused.
"Never mind."
Wolverine softly growled. "Quit you're yapping and pay attention!"
Jubilee rolled her eyes. "And he calls me impatient."
Buffy heard footsteps behind them and quickly turned to face an attacker.
It was a young mother with a small child. The child started to cry in fright as Buffy quickly pulled back the staff. "S-sorry."
Wolverine stood against a building laughing at Buffy.
Buffy turned and gave him the evil eye. "I thought we were supposed to be fighting. You know something to take the fight out of me."
"Tell me, Buffy. When you patrol do you always face demons and vampires or are there civilians there?"
Jubilee whispered to Buffy, "I really hate when he gets in lecture mode." She turned to Wolverine, "Come on Wolvie. Let's fight!"
"Computer. Alpha Level."
The dark city streets remained but it was eerily silent. Then there was a whining sound from above and Buffy and Jubilee looked to the sky.
"Now that's more like it." Jubilee let the energy build and she shot a paf toward one of the incoming Sentinels.
"What are those? I thought we'd fight you know humans or at least demons, not robots."
" 'Fraid you can't keep up, Slayer?"
Buffy narrowed her eyes and determined to face whatever Wolverine dished out. "How is a wood stick supposed to fight against a metal machine?"
"Creative uses of what you have. Anything can be a weapon against anyone. Didn't your watcher teach you to use your brain along with your muscle?"
Jubilee snorted, "Like you ever use your brain." She grinned over at Buffy, "He loves a good bar fight. Just get in and let the bodies fly."
Buffy nodded, "Now you're talking. Can't we fight like that?"
Wolverine stopped. "Fine. Computer, end program. The city streets disappeared and it was a vacant room again. How about some one on one? Just the three of us."
Jubilee grinned, "Computer Wolverine/Jubilee training program three. Alpha level."
The Danger Room became an abandoned warehouse.
"That's more like it." Buffy turned to Jubilee but she noticed she'd disappeared. She turned to Logan and he had melted into the shadows, too. "Right." Buffy muttered and leapt onto an exposed beam.
She heard a snikt right before she turned and blocked a strike from Wolverine. He grinned, "See all sorts of uses for the staff."
"I can think of a few more." But before she could elaborate she ducked and jumped from the beam seconds before Jubilee's paf hit Wolverine.
"Too busy flirting and not paying attention, Wolvie." Her giggle echoed from the shadows.
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Remy reluctantly pulled back from Willow's kiss. His thumb gently caressing her cheek. "I've wanted to do that since Tante Mattie's."
Willow grinned, "Huh. I thought you might have wanted to do that when following me in the crowd at Mardi Gras."
Willow giggled at his shocked expression.
"You saw me in N'awlins?"
"Growing up on a Hellmouth you get used to the feeling of being followed. But I wasn't sure it was me you were following until just now."
Remy leaned in to plant a quick kiss on her smiling lips. "If Remy'd known you'd have let him I would have kissed you before now."
Rogue faltered outside Willow's room when she heard Remy's comment. She had come to apologize for her treatment of Willow. Talking with Jean and added to the professor's comments, she realized how childishly petty she sounded earlier.
She wasn't ready for this. It was too soon to see Remy happy with someone and as hard as she tried to deny it he was happy around Willow.
Rogue turned and returned to her room. She'd avoid Willow as much as possible and when she couldn't she'd put aside her feelings to work as a team.
Sorry to interrupt team, but Storm and Pyro have returned with our three newest guests.
The professor quietly spoke into the minds of Jean, Scott, Gambit and Wolverine.
"Computer end program."
Jubilee could tell from Logan's stance that something was up.
"What's wrong?"
"Professor needs to see us as soon as we can get there." Logan tossed towels to both Buffy and Jubilee. "Go get cleaned up and I'll meet you back here."
Buffy grabbed her towel and followed Jubilee. "How'd he know the Professor wanted to see us? Was there a signal or something that I missed?"
"Nah, the Professor's a telepath. Probably spoke in Wolverine's head."
"Well, that's a handy talent to have."
