FYI:

~Personal Thoughts~

~"Inner Voices"~

ESP

[Flashback]

"Normal Conversation (Duh)"

ROGUE

~Fall's gone by so quickly. Where'd all the time go?~

~"Y' spent it all wit' Remy, remember?"~

~"Like how can she forget, you're like constantly gloating on that fact."~

~"Would you two mind shutting up?"~

Mah inner voices were at it again. For the most part they stayed quiet except for when Ah made the mistake of thinkin' a question. Usually, it was mostly inner Remy who did all the talkin', inner Kitty would butt in when it had somethin' ta do with fashion or gossip, an' mah inner Logan kept quiet except when he was tellin' them ta be quiet or threatin' ta kill Remy.

Ah sat up in bed an shook mah head tryin' ta clear the voices out. It was December 18, the first day of Christmas break. We'd all made plans ta go shoppin' for Christmas an' Hanukkah gifts (for Kitty) today as part of our celebration. In three days everyone would be leavin' the institute for where ever they called home—well almost everybody. Remy an' Ah were the only students stayin' since we really didn't have a home or even a boy/girlfriends home ta go ta. Ah thought about everyone who lived at the institute an' tried ta remember wear all they were goin'.

~Let's see…Kitty an' Piotr are goin' ta Kitty's place, John's goin' home with Tabitha since they're now official, umm…Scott's goin' with Jean, big surprise there, then ta Hawii ta see his brother, Kurt's spendin' most of it in Germany than the last few days with Amanda, most of the younger students are just goin' home, Evan still hasn't come back so Storm's goin' home alone, that's pretty much everyone.~

Ah'd walked over ta the mirror an' started ta dig around for the makeup Ah wanted ta use.

~Damn, where is it…~

~"Like there's the cotton candy eye shadow, like my absolute favorite shade of pink and blue!"~

Ah picked up the eye shadow an' applied the blue shade only. ~Why did Ah buy this with pink in it?~ As Ah finished changin' an' applyin' mah makeup Ah headed downstairs ta the livin' room where Ah found Piotr an' John hard at some PS2 game. Remy was leanin' over the back of the couch refing for the two of them.

"I win again."

"No way, Mate, you had to have fucking cheated."

"Non cheating, homme. He's beaten y' ten times in a row."

"Come on Mate, you play me now."

"Oui, only if y' want me t' kick y' ass as well, mon ami." Remy jumped down on the couch an' took the controller from Piotr. Ah took his place behind the couch an' two minutes later Remy had won. "What did I tell y'? Y' horrible, homme." Ah placed mah hands on Remy's shoulders an' gave them a little squeeze. He turned around an' smiled his cockiest smile. "Bonjour, mon Cherie!"

"He cheated, come on Sheila tell me he fucking cheated."

"Ah don't think so, John. He beat ya fair an' square." John slumped down in his seat an' turned the PS2 off. "Aww…don't be a sore loser, Ah'll play ya one before we hit the mall."

"You any good, Sheila?" He looked at meh warily as Ah sat down on Remy's lap takin' the controller from him.

"Truthfully, Ah don't even know what the game is called."

"Good, it's Mortal Combat."

"Umm…how do ya play this anyway."

"Just try and beat up y' opponent, Cherie. I'll help y'."

"No way, Mate. It's just me and the Sheila." Ah shrugged mah shoulders as the game started. Ah lost the first round but durin' the second one Remy put his hands over mine an' guided meh ta win the second round, an' the third one. "Shit, you helped her cheat, Mate!"

"Non, I'd never do t'at." Piotr an' Ah grinned as Remy threw his hands up in innocence as he winked at us.

"It is really sad when you lose to a girl as well, John."

"She fucking cheated! You all did!"

"Forget it, Ah'm goin' ta get some breakfast. Ah'll be back in a minute." Ah went ta stand up but Remy grabbed meh around mah waist an' pulled meh back down. "Somethin' ya wanted, Swamp Rat?"

"One kiss, before y' leave."

"An' if Ah don't?"

"I'll tickle y' until y' scream." He said this with such seriousness it made meh laugh as Ah went ta stand up again. True ta his word he started ticklin' meh an' Ah fell back onta the couch screamin'.

"Stop that! Remy, cut it out!" He stopped an' kissed meh quickly on the lips before lettin' meh back up. It still got ta meh, that he could touch meh without getting blasted by mah powers. "Are ya happy now?"

"Oui, I t'ink I'll join y'."

"I will too."

"Yeah, what the hell."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Hey this is just to wet your appetite for "New Roomates In Past Thieves". Hope you like it…it'll give an explanation as to what Remy did for that week and will include Rogue and Kitty getting a new roomate. Yeah, I know it's only October, but I'm in the Christmas spirit!