Chap. 3 Lunch Hour
Later that day the X-Kids gathered for lunch. Sitting together at their usual table, talking, laughing and so on.Jean however could tell as soon as Rogue sat down something was wrong, different about her and luckily the loner had sat next to the redhead.
"Everything okay Rogue?" Jean asked quietly so only Rogue could hear her after taking a bite of an apple.
Rogue looked up and over to Jean,"Um......yeah. Why ya ask'n?" Rogue picked at her salad a moment.
"I dunno, something just well seems different about you. Like maybe something's not right, you feeling okay?" Jean flashed a worried look. She had never seen Rogue so well quiet and deep in thought like she had been ever time Jean had seen her the whole day.
Rogue sighed and picked up her tray,"Ah ain't hungry.....ah'll be in tha library if y'all care ta know" She left the lunch room only to run into trouble.
A large group of Football jocks were headed into the lunch room as Rogue was heading out. Thus they ran right into each other with a slightly bad result. Rogue and on boy's heads hit ,skin to skin contact she knocked him cold making his buddies mad.
"Yo freak what you do to Ted?" One shook his fist at her threatening.
Rogue was scared she backed up against a wall allowing the boys to corner her,"Ah....Ah didn't do anythin' Ah swear " She was scared to death,"Dun' touch me" She warned. A dark haired boy grinned at Rogue in a manner that made her swallow hard," Jus' dun't touch me....ah mean it y'all will be sorry if ya do" she warned again.
"Oh really? Let's find out" The dark haired boy grinned and stepped towards Rogue she really had to where to run she was stuck and they were much bigger than her. The boy grabbed her arm removing her glove,"So why do you were these all the time Rogue?"
She struggled," lemme go ah mean it!" Rogue tried to get away, out of the kid's grasp but he was too strong.
Suddenly a blazing playing card wizzed passed the crowd around Rogue hitting the wall creating a small explosion. The group of boys turned around eying the direction from which the exploded object came, Rogue did the same aswell.
All eyes fell on the new kid Remy LeBeau who stood a little ways away from them smirking arms crosses each hand lined with playing cards glowing a faint pink hue,'You heard de girl let'er go Homme or wise you gotta deal wit' me an' I deal a mean hand" Just to prove his point, he shot a card at the floor near the football players' feet.
Rogue mean while stood there eyes wide at this a bad guy helping a good guy? Odd indeed, She blinked her dark emerald gaze a few times in total shock. That is until it registered with her who her hero was, and thus, her eyes narrowed.
The card hit the ground making most of the bullies jump a few screamed slightly aswell,"You not listen to Remy are yous?" The Cajun shook his head," Tsk, Tsk prehaps he teach you a lesson on how to treat de ladies?" Remy tossed another card this time above their heads. It did the trick the group ran down the hall, the dark hair kid dropping Rogue's glove as he escaped.
Gambit smirked laughing as they ran,"Some football team dis school has." he muttered, then approached Rogue her glove held out to her in his hand," I t'ink you drop dis Petite"
Rogue lifted her gaze meeting his again. Such a strange gaze, red like a ruby,'Um.....thanks" she smiled slightly taking the glove without even looking at it. Then just like before when the duo had first met Remy moved closer to her as they both held the glove, gazes locked and that familiar smirk across Remy's lips.
The moment was quickly broken however as the sharp shrill bell sounded announcing that it was time to head to the next class. Rogue snapped out of her sudden daze again,'Thanks again....ah gotta git ta class.....um see ya 'round" she waved slipping the glove back over her porcelain skin and melded into the crowded hallway out of sight but not out of mind, out of Remy's mind that is.
Rogue glanced back a moment he was still gazing at her, and once again she got lost staring back. Suddenly she hit into someone again,"Oh not again....." she looked to see who she had bumped into this time. It was Evan.
"Hey Rogue......you look a little lost, everything cool?" Evan the skateboarding, bone throwing nephew of Storm placed hish ands into the baggy pockets of his shorts.
'Um.....ah'm cool" She smiled, then glanced back over her shoulder again only to find Remy gone,' huh......"
Evan also known as Spyke gave Rogue a curious look," okay well catch you later girl" and disappeared into a class.
Later that day the X-Kids gathered for lunch. Sitting together at their usual table, talking, laughing and so on.Jean however could tell as soon as Rogue sat down something was wrong, different about her and luckily the loner had sat next to the redhead.
"Everything okay Rogue?" Jean asked quietly so only Rogue could hear her after taking a bite of an apple.
Rogue looked up and over to Jean,"Um......yeah. Why ya ask'n?" Rogue picked at her salad a moment.
"I dunno, something just well seems different about you. Like maybe something's not right, you feeling okay?" Jean flashed a worried look. She had never seen Rogue so well quiet and deep in thought like she had been ever time Jean had seen her the whole day.
Rogue sighed and picked up her tray,"Ah ain't hungry.....ah'll be in tha library if y'all care ta know" She left the lunch room only to run into trouble.
A large group of Football jocks were headed into the lunch room as Rogue was heading out. Thus they ran right into each other with a slightly bad result. Rogue and on boy's heads hit ,skin to skin contact she knocked him cold making his buddies mad.
"Yo freak what you do to Ted?" One shook his fist at her threatening.
Rogue was scared she backed up against a wall allowing the boys to corner her,"Ah....Ah didn't do anythin' Ah swear " She was scared to death,"Dun' touch me" She warned. A dark haired boy grinned at Rogue in a manner that made her swallow hard," Jus' dun't touch me....ah mean it y'all will be sorry if ya do" she warned again.
"Oh really? Let's find out" The dark haired boy grinned and stepped towards Rogue she really had to where to run she was stuck and they were much bigger than her. The boy grabbed her arm removing her glove,"So why do you were these all the time Rogue?"
She struggled," lemme go ah mean it!" Rogue tried to get away, out of the kid's grasp but he was too strong.
Suddenly a blazing playing card wizzed passed the crowd around Rogue hitting the wall creating a small explosion. The group of boys turned around eying the direction from which the exploded object came, Rogue did the same aswell.
All eyes fell on the new kid Remy LeBeau who stood a little ways away from them smirking arms crosses each hand lined with playing cards glowing a faint pink hue,'You heard de girl let'er go Homme or wise you gotta deal wit' me an' I deal a mean hand" Just to prove his point, he shot a card at the floor near the football players' feet.
Rogue mean while stood there eyes wide at this a bad guy helping a good guy? Odd indeed, She blinked her dark emerald gaze a few times in total shock. That is until it registered with her who her hero was, and thus, her eyes narrowed.
The card hit the ground making most of the bullies jump a few screamed slightly aswell,"You not listen to Remy are yous?" The Cajun shook his head," Tsk, Tsk prehaps he teach you a lesson on how to treat de ladies?" Remy tossed another card this time above their heads. It did the trick the group ran down the hall, the dark hair kid dropping Rogue's glove as he escaped.
Gambit smirked laughing as they ran,"Some football team dis school has." he muttered, then approached Rogue her glove held out to her in his hand," I t'ink you drop dis Petite"
Rogue lifted her gaze meeting his again. Such a strange gaze, red like a ruby,'Um.....thanks" she smiled slightly taking the glove without even looking at it. Then just like before when the duo had first met Remy moved closer to her as they both held the glove, gazes locked and that familiar smirk across Remy's lips.
The moment was quickly broken however as the sharp shrill bell sounded announcing that it was time to head to the next class. Rogue snapped out of her sudden daze again,'Thanks again....ah gotta git ta class.....um see ya 'round" she waved slipping the glove back over her porcelain skin and melded into the crowded hallway out of sight but not out of mind, out of Remy's mind that is.
Rogue glanced back a moment he was still gazing at her, and once again she got lost staring back. Suddenly she hit into someone again,"Oh not again....." she looked to see who she had bumped into this time. It was Evan.
"Hey Rogue......you look a little lost, everything cool?" Evan the skateboarding, bone throwing nephew of Storm placed hish ands into the baggy pockets of his shorts.
'Um.....ah'm cool" She smiled, then glanced back over her shoulder again only to find Remy gone,' huh......"
Evan also known as Spyke gave Rogue a curious look," okay well catch you later girl" and disappeared into a class.