Chapter 5: Heart to Heart
"What's going on?" Kitty Pryde stepped into the living room only moments after Remy had left, Rogue was sitting on the couch, seemingly deep in thought, "I heard yelling, and I saw Remy in the hall, he just TOTALLY like, rudely shoved past me…what an ass," Kitty rolled her eyes.
Rogue rubbed her head, beginning to feel a headache coming on, "We had another fight…"
"Another fight?" Kitty sat down beside Rogue, "what's he done this time?" she queried, she picked up some television magazine that had been lying on a small end table near by. She flicked through it.
"He didn't do anything, this time it's what I did," Rogue sighed, she leaned back against the couch, she glanced down at her hands absently.
Kitty put the magazine down, "What'd you do?" She asked curiously.
"A few nights ago, the lab got broken into, a lot of stuff got stolen and stuff," Rogue stated.
"Yeah, Beast told me, they lost A LOT of money's worth of equipment and chemicals and serums that hadn't even been tested yet," Kitty admitted, "Moira's been in a bad mood with everyone since it happened," She added thoughtfully.
"Yeah, well…" Rogue sighed, "I was with Remy when the alarms went off and me and him found the lab the way it was," Rogue ran her fingers through her hair and rubbed her scalp, the pain of her head felt as if it were moving.
"So?" Kitty asked.
"So, I'm now kinda wondering if maybe he did it before I was with him…'cause Beast said the Rats set off the motion detectors which set the alarm off," Rogue explained.
"Why would Remy want to break into the lab?" Kitty asked curiously, she picked up an apple from a bowl of fruit on the end table and took a large bite.
"I haven't quite figured out that part," Rogue crossed one leg over the other, she tapped her fingers on her knee absently, "I just suspected him…and last night when he was out drinking, I snuck into his room and went through all his stuff trying to look for anything to suggest he DID do it…" she explained.
Kitty paused, "what'd you find?" she asked, she examined the apple for a moment, before proceeding with eating more.
"Nothing, not a single suspicious thing in his room at all," Rogue stated, "now I'm beginning to think maybe I was too quick to judge or something…"
"Why would you think Remy did it in the first place?" Kitty asked curiously.
"Because where he's from, he's the adopted son of the Leader of a Professional Thieves guild – and…Remy has all the training, I mean you know he broke into the Mansion, its pretty obvious he can sneak into most places without even being seen or setting off alarms, he's done it before…"
"I see your point," Kitty nodded, understanding, "wow…Remy, a Thief, huh?"
"Yeah…" Rogue nodded.
"So…you didn't find anything," Kitty said, "what happened then?"
Rogue laughed a little thinking about it, "He came home far sooner than I expected, and caught me in his room, so I had to pretend that I was there to seduce him."
"Oh my god!" Kitty spat out a piece of apple, gaping, "You did not!"
"I did!" Rogue nodded, "well…almost, he was drunk so he passed out – luckily for me," Rogue gave an expression of relief. "Anyway, a little while ago he came in and – god knows how – he seemed to have known I had been through his stuff…and he got REALLY mad…"
"What'd he say?"
Rogue paused for thought, "A lot of stuff…bout me and him…it all seems like a blur, now, all I know is that I really screwed up big time…"
Kitty looked at Rogue, "He's screwed up a few times too, its not like he didn't deserve it…"
"That's what I said to him, didn't seem to make him feel any better," Rogue made a face. "He walked out, told me to leave him alone."
Kitty took another bite of the apple, "what you going to do?"
"I don't know," Rogue sighed, "Kitty, can I tell you a secret?"
"Sure," Kitty munched on the apple.
"I…am SO confused about Remy LeBeau, my head tells me not to trust him, to keep away from him, but…my heart—"
"—Is telling you to get closer to him, to want to be with him, and to let him in, right?" Kitty smiled knowingly.
"How'd you know?" Rogue asked curiously.
"Oh come on, I had that thing going with Lance, I know what it's like," Kitty stated, "I'd spend most of my time thinking 'stay away from him, he's bad news, he can't be trusted, he's on the wrong side', etcetera, etcetera," Kitty explained, "But inside, I just…I don't know, I couldn't stop wanting to be with him, and thinking I could maybe change him or that somehow it would work out…it was totally headed for disaster anyway, thank god I got over him."
Rogue looked to the television distantly, "do you think I'll get over Remy?"
"Definitely," Kitty nodded, "Gotta look at it this way, if you and Remy were meant to be together, why is all this stuff happening to keep you two apart?" Kitty pointed out.
"I never looked at it that way," Rogue admitted, although somewhere inside she felt as if she'd come close to thinking it on occasions. "So…" Rogue paused, "What do you think I should do then?"
"I don't know," Kitty sighed, "I mean, I know what Remy did – he TOLD me," Kitty admitted, "so its obvious he's capable of some pretty heavy duty betrayal here," she looked at him, "And you know if you even TRY to make a go of it with him, he could hurt you – not physically but like, emotionally?"
"Yeah…" Rogue sighed.
"What do you want to do?" Kitty queried.
"I just don't know," Rogue sighed, "I want him, and I don't, I hate him, and I don't, I love him and I don't, my thoughts are just totally contradicting with each other, how am I supposed to know what to do?"
Kitty looked at her, "have you tried just talking it out with Remy?"
"Many times, we usually end up arguing," Rogue rolled her eyes, "He's so hard to talk to sometimes."
"Why?" Kitty finished the apple.
"Because he always ends up saying something that makes me mad," Rogue shrugged. "Okay so try talking to him, but ask him not to talk until you're finished talking," Kitty shrugged, "tell him what you just told me…maybe it'll help talking to him about it."
"He's not gonna listen to me now – not after I snuck into his room and went through all his stuff and then pretended I was gonna seduce him!" Rogue said exasperated, "He's really pissed at me!"
"Make him listen," Kitty stated sternly.
"But he won't…" Rogue sighed.
"You won't know until you try, Rogue," Kitty advised.
"Why are you so set on getting me to talk about it with him?" Rogue queried suspiciously.
"Because you both drive me nuts with your complaining about each other and all your fighting, maybe if you two can sort out your differences, the Mansion will find peace again," Kitty smirked.
Rogue smiled a little, "thanks Kitty."
