Chapter 2: Bedside Visit
Two afternoons later, the weather seemed to grow worse and worse, harsh winds were more constant, rain was presenting itself more and more, and the once blue skies seemed to remain ever grey, with dense dark clouds looming over Bayville like a filthy shroud.
Rogue slept through most of the two days in the hospital wing, under constant surveillance. She spent the two days coming in and out of sleep, dazed, confused, and upset.
It was a Tuesday afternoon at lunch time when Kitty Pryde decided to skip her own lunch during her school hours, and prompted herself go to visit Rogue in the Hospital wing for the first time since her breakdown.
Rogue seemed to be sleeping when Kitty arrived in the Hospital Wing, Hank McCoy was sitting at a small desk nearby going over some mathematics homework that some of the students had done – he looked tired. In between keeping vigils in the hospital wing – which seemed to be constant within the last several months – he'd been still teaching, and doing research in his spare time.
"How is she?" Kitty asked in a very hushed voice, she walked over to Hank's desk.
"She's tired…"
"No wonder, you guys have her doped up like some sort of dangerous animal," Kitty stated, "I don't see how sedating her is gonna like, help her," she admitted.
"We understand your concerns…" Hank nodded, he put the homework papers into a plastic folder and shoved them away in a pile of other work he'd been sorting. "She was very distraught."
"I know that," Kitty nodded, "I saw her, remember, I found her."
"Yes…" Hank sighed, he looked at his watch, "lunch time," he mumbled, wondering if he even had time to go run to the kitchen and make himself a sandwich.
"If you're hungry go get something to eat, I can sit with her," Kitty stated. "I doubt there's gonna be any emergency if she wakes up…" Kitty shrugged.
"Alright, but…just press that red button on the panel on the wall there if anything happens, alright?"
"You mean like she wakes and takes some sort of major anxiety attack?" Kitty raised an eyebrow.
"Exactly," Hank smiled, he got up, brushed his large hand against Kitty's shoulder affectionately as he passed her, and then left.
Kitty wandered over to Rogue's bed and sat down, looking at her, looked like Rogue was already stirring from her sleep.
"Hey, sunshine," Kitty said brightly, as if Rogue was just waking up from a nights sleep in their own room.
Rogue stifled a yawn, she looked groggy, her eyes a little glazed and sleep-crusted, "hi…"
"How you feelin'?" Kitty asked.
"Lousy," Rogue sighed, she was so tired she could barely move, "they give me these pills…just make me feel so weak…"
Kitty nodded, "you'll probably back out of here in a few days."
"Seems like I'm never out of here," Rogue tried to lean up, but barely had the strength.
"Here…lemme help you…" Kitty got up and yanked Rogue up a little in her bed so she was at least in a half sitting position, propped against the pillows.
"Did he really go…?" queried Rogue, she rubbed her eyes wearily.
"Did who go?" Kitty asked stupidly.
"Remy…" Rogue sighed.
"Yeah, I think so. He didn't say anything to anyone really, Professor Xavier said he got a letter delivered from a messenger service yesterday," Kitty began, "Remy had said he was going, that he didn't fit in with us or something," Kitty shrugged, "What happened."
Rogue sighed, "I…can't talk about it right now," she sighed, suddenly feeling like crying again.
Kitty sensed this, and seen Rogue's eyes glaze over with fresh tears, "oh, c'mon, Rogue, don't cry again, he's like, JUST a guy, a stupid Cajun," Kitty tried to cheer Rogue up a little. She thought for a moment, "hey, y'know what?"
"What?" Rogue asked tiredly.
"You're going to be out of here at LEAST by Friday," Kitty stated, "And I heard from Scott that Logan and Professor Xavier are going to Muir Island over the weekend," she said excitedly.
"So?" Rogue raised an eyebrow.
"So, remember that place we went to the last time?" Kitty asked, her voice hushed, and full of mischief, "maybe we could go back, and totally have fun…and with Professor Xavier AND Logan out of the way, no one is bound to catch us…
"You hated it there," Rogue said, knowing the place Kitty was talking about – a gothic nightclub in a bad part of town, one night she and Kitty had gone there – Rogue had gotten very drunk, and Kitty had needed to find a way to get Rogue home – Remy had come to the rescue.
"Yeah, only 'cause we didn't have a way of getting home!" Kitty reminded, "I figure this time we could fly home," Kitty admitted.
"We could have flown home the last time," Rogue reminded.
"You were drunk, you might have flown us straight into a building," Kitty rolled her eyes, "Besides…I didn't even think about that at the time, I'm still not used to you being able to fly. Could come to our advantage though," Kitty smirked, "so how about it?"
"Well…alright…" Rogue shrugged, then tried to change the subject, "How are you anyway?" Rogue asked quietly.
"Well, I'm fine. Oh my god you will never guess what!" Kitty suddenly became excited. "Kurt and Amanda broke up!"
"Really?" Rogue rested her head wearily against the pillow, "wow…now you have a chance with him."
"Yeah, I know," Kitty grinned, but Rogue's face was full of bitterness, Rogue was looking away, into space, but her expression spoke volumes, Kitty could see she was thinking about Remy. "Do you want something to eat?" Kitty tried to change the subject.
"I'm…not really hungry…" Rogue felt herself beginning to fade again, the tiredness overwhelming her, her eyelids becoming heavy.
"I think you should rest some more," Kitty said, "I'll come visit you later though, I promise," She patted Rogue's shoulder, "I should probably go get some lunch before I have to be back in the library for History class," Kitty made a face. "But I reckon Hank will be back in a minute," Kitty admitted, she could hear footsteps coming down the hallway, heavy ones at that.
Rogue was already asleep before Kitty had even finished her sentence.
Kitty sighed, "bye…" she said, then left.
