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Can't Stop Loving You
Well well, this took longer then expected. I am so sorry, I know last I checked the end of August was no where near the begining of November. And I'm still not finished, so I lied, this isn't the last chapter. It's part one of the last chapter. "Can't Stop Loving You" has evolved into something I didn't expect it to be. It was supose to be this short little song fic with some Romy fluff, but no, I had turn it into this huge story line.
So I need you guys to vote for me. Should I continue with this, or end it in the next chapter then start up a sequel with a new song? I think I'm going to go with the new song thing but I won't really keep to the song all that well unless I find a really good one. So let me know, okay? Sorry this took forever, I want to dedicate this chapter to: Lightspeed Suzuka and Ellie s.g. whom emailed me and told me to hurry up and update. I'm sorry to everyone that waited, but again I say better late then never. So enjoy...
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Cause I can't stop loving you
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It was her first night back home in her own bed. She was overjoyed to see Irene, Jacob and Eve again. Jacob and Eve were Irene's caretakers. They both knew how both Rogue and Irene were mutants and they both accepted it. The rest of the little town didn't seem to but that was there own choice. As long as she had a safe home and a warm bed she was happy. For now.
Irene had informed her that her friend Agatha Harkness would be coming in the morning and then the real work would begin. Rogue wasn't too sure if she should be really happy about that or be afraid. No, nervous was a better word. Rogue thought as she shifted underneath the thin sheets.
Apocalypse had been pretty quiet threw out the rest of the day after their little banter at the train station. Her shields so far had been strong enough to block him out and for that she was extremely grateful. But it was kind of hard to go to sleep with out him giving her a hard time. But she wasn't complaining. She just missed Remy was all. She had been trying not to think of him all day but it hadn't really been working all that well. It's kind of hard when everything kind of reminds you of the man you love. Rogue thought with a small sad smile and she tried to think of a time when she was with Remy.
There were a many times she could recall, but one of them stuck out to her at the moment it had been after they had finish there six hour danger room session with Logan for "borrowing" his bike for school on Remy's first day. It wasn't the best of moments but it stuck out to her and she would always remember it like many of her memories with Remy.
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" Mah legs feel like lead." Rogue informed Remy as they slowly emerged from the Danger Room. She had learned a very valuable lesson today, don't borrow Logan's bike unless you plan to die before you come return it.
" At least y'can feel your legs chere." Remy told her lagging behind, slightly panting.
" Remy can ya carry meh back ta mah room." Rogue asked whipping the beads of sweat off her forehead. Six hours was inhuman for a danger room session even for Logan.
" P'tite Remy can barley carry himself, let alone you. Sides, was 'bout t'ask y'de same question. " He told her limping along the wall, givng a small smirk.
" Oh come on you two. It wasn't that bad. See you in two hours for the group session." Logan said in a good mood walking briskly right past them looking as if he hadn't done a single thing for the last six hours. Both of them groaned when he was around the corner.
" He's kidding right?" Remy asked as he continued his slow moving walk to the elevator.
" Ah don' think so." Rogue complained. Logan never smiled for one and when he did you knew it was either really good or really bad. And this was really bad.
" Dis is inhumane. Even for Logan." Remy said in a bitter tone. Nearly tripping over his own two very weak feet.
" Ah'm not walkin' up ta mah room." Rogue stated slumping to the ground.
" What y'gonna do? Sit dere till de later session?" Remy asked looking back towards her over his shoulder.
" Nah are ya crazy?" Rogue asked him in a playful tone.
" Maybe dat's a question ya should be askin' y'self chere." Remy pondered out loud. Rogue laughed at his response but then stopped abruptly. She could feel him surfacing, just barley. He was breaking threw her new walls. He had been quiet since the incident at school but she could feel him just barely there but he was still there.
" Y' okay chere?" She heard Remy ask, but she didn't really pay attention to him it kind of went in one ear and out the other. " Chere?" She heard him call again but she was lost inside herself she was trying to hear him. See if it was him or her other physic. Both situations were a bad bet but she had to know which one it was. " Rogue?" She thought she heard Remy call out again but she chose to ignore it again.
Give up foolish child. It was him. He was breaking threw. At least she had a day of peace.
Go away. She called back to him, like that was going to work Rogue told herself. She could hear him laughing at her. This ain't your body. It's mine, so just go away.
Never. I intend to make you suffer as I have suffered. Do you have any idea how long I was trapped in that tomb? Just to be placed into another more hellish one by an insolent little brat like you? He roared. And Rogue felt fear grip her and hold on tight. This was it. He was breaking threw.
No, please no. I don't wanna go back in there. Rogue screamed. It was a hell in the part of her mind that she kept him but this was her mind and she didn't want to go back in there. He locked her up in there whenever he took control just to spite her.
You have no choice. He yelled out to her.
Her control was slipping and she was far too weak to do anything at the moment. She felt it she was almost gone and then he would go on a rampage, and try to kill everyone. Remy. Rogue thought at the last moment. He was here. In her mind but how? Unless. No. Rogue screamed as she felt his physic enter her mind at full force. A burning sensation was beginning to creep into her body starting at her fingertips.
No, fool. What is this? Apocalypse roared as Rogue's walls her reinforced and three times stronger then before. Rogue then somewhere off in the distance heard a small explosion and her hands felt cold.
No Remy let go, let go. " Let go!" Rogue yelled out. Remy instantly obeyed and removed his ungloved hands from her face. Slowly Rogue opened her eyes only to be wrapped up in a huge hug by Remy.
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" Rogue, oh t'ank God Cher,. I thought I lost y'dere fo' a moment." Remy said into her hair. Rogue was going to yell at him for being so stupid but she felt his worry. He was afraid, terrified was more like it.
" Ah'm okay now Rems. Thanks ta you." Rogue said with a smile on her face. She was actually now that she thought about it a little more, overjoyed that Remy was willing to risk his life to help her. He's returning the favor Rogue told herself and that was just fine with her at the moment. With Remy's mental walls helping her out she knew she was going to sleep well. For once.
" Y' gonna be okay chere?" Remy asked breaking the hug and helping her up he seemed out of breath Rogue thought as she nodded, and for the first time realized she wasn't wearing any gloves.
" Yeah, uh Remy where are mah gloves?" Rogue asked looking down at her bar hands.
" Over there. Y' kind of blew dem up." Remy answered stumbling a bit catching him self on the wall. Gesturing towards the black spot on the floor a few feet away.
" Oh Remy. Whay did ya have ta go an' do that. Now ya can barely stand." Rogue told him and Remy gave her a sheepish grin.
" Remy had t' save de damsel in distress. Always wanted t'be called prince charming to." He told her, as Rogue beginning extremely careful with her exposed skin, put his arm around her shoulder and helped him walk back up to his room.
" Yar something else Cajun. That and really heavy." Rogue told him as she slowly made it down the hall when Logan came running down the hall almost running into them.
" What happened down here Stripes?" Logan asked gruffly. Rogue smiled and began to hand Remy's body over to Logan to carry.
" Ah was just saved by prince charming ovah here." Rogue said with a yawn. Even with Remy's energy boost she was still whipped.
" Merci chere." Remy slurred as he finally passed out. Logan looked at the too of them and grunted something about weird kids and working them to hard was a bad mix.
" You going to be okay?" Logan asked. Rogue nodded.
" Yeah, fine. Ah'm gonna have ta talk ta the Professor tomorrow anyway about today so Ah'll tell him later about this." Rogue told Logan. He nodded his approval, and carried Remy to the med lab and escorted Rogue up to her room. Against her wishes mind you. Logan insisted that she get some sleep and that she and Remy could miss tonight's danger room session. He had the general idea of what Rogue dealt with, with Apocalypse trapped inside of her head to a certain extent. And that was just fine with Rogue. She would rather have no one know that much about it and treat her like they always did.
Rogue couldn't remember ever taking off her cloths and changing into her sweats and a t-shirt or removing all her make-up she figured that Kitty had something to do with it though. The last thing she remembered was hitting the pillow of her bed at 6 o'clock in the afternoon and didn't wake up until 5:30 am the next morning to go check on her prince charming before the others woke up.
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Rogue smiled at the memory, it was a content smile. And remembering how much Remy cared about her helped lull her to sleep it was comforting to think of him. As she slept a few mindless dreams came and left her none that she would even remember in the morning, which came around at 4:30 am. Not happening Rouge thought as she crawled out of bed after Eve had woken her up. She didn't even have to wake up this early at the institute.
Rogue quickly got dressed into a pair of blue jeans with the knees cut out and Remy's baggy sweatshirt. Yes she had taken his sweatshirt, she couldn't help it he said she could barrow it whenever. And taking his sweatshirt meant that she would have to see him again in order to return it.
Rogue was about to apply her make-up when another memory popped into her head.
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" Out o' Remy's way p'tite." Rogue heard Remy yell out as he was heading down stairs, running down the stairs was more like it, away from her. Which at the moment was the only safe place for him, away from her. The jerk had tossed out all her make-up. And she was pissed beyond belief.
" SWAMP RAT YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Rogue yelled out as she finished pulling on her last glove. Rogue then tore out of her room and nearly knocked Amara over but quickly missed her.
" Hey." Amara yelled out.
" Sorry 'Mara." Rogue yelled out as she made it down to the bottom of the stairs. Now which way did he go? Rogue thought as she checked for any signs of him. Rogue's ears then picked up the familiar and faint sound of Kurt's unmistakable bamf from up stairs. " Kurt, if you're helpin' him Ah'll be becomin' an only child real quick." She called out running back up the stairs taking two or three at a time.
" Rogue like what-" Kitty called out to here from the bottom of the stairs.
" Sorry Kit not now though. Ah'm busy." Rogue called out as she rounded the corner to Remy and Kurt's room. " Swamp Rat where th' devil are ya?" Rogue said under her breath, and then a little louder she called out. " You can't hide forever."
" But Remy can try chere." She heard Remy call out from his room. She quickly lunged at his bedroom door yanked it open and was bummed when she saw no one was inside.
" Dam." Rogue said under her breath. Slowly she walked in around the huge piles of filth that lay in Remy's half of the room. How he could live in this she would never know. She was about to leave the room when a she heard a small thud out side. Then she noticed that the balcony doors were left lazily open. Quickly Rogue made her way over towards the balcony and there lying on the ground beneath her feet was a playing card. One of Remy's and it was the joker.
Quickly Rogue went to the railing and saw Remy running down to the garage. Quickly Rogue thought what is he thinking? His bike was still being repaired and he wasn't stupid enough to try and take Logan's bike again. And she knew he was going to leave the mansion because that was the safest place for him.
She charged into the garage to find Remy struggling with Logan's bike. Trying to get it to start. Rogue yelled out at the top of her lungs. " Ah can't believe you did that."
Remy looked up at her and smiled which made her even madder. " Y' look better wit out it." Remy told her hopping off the bike trying to get away from her.
" Cheap flattery will not help you this time." Rogue told him as they circled Logan's bike.
" You wound Remy chere. Dat came straight from de heart." Remy told her putting his hand to his chest where his heart belonged.
" More liahke from that book ya hide under yar mattress." Rogue told him as Remy apparently saw his opening and darted outside. " Git back here." Rogue cried out.
" Does Remy look crazy t' you p'tite?" Remy asked as he began to take off down the lawn.
" A question ya should be asking yourself." Rogue shot back at him. " Ah'll get ya for trashing mah make-up. Ya owe meh thirty dollars." Rogue shouted at him.
" For make-up? Now you're the crazy one for buying thirty dollars worth of make-up." Remy shouted over to her tripping over a small rock out laying the concrete path. Despite herself Rogue laughed at his antics and lunged at him.
" Got ya.'" Rogue yelled as she lunged her body full force onto Remy. By the look on Remy's from what Rogue saw those few moments that she was in mid air he was pretty dam surprised. But even though he was running from her she saw him quickly put his arms out to catch her and she knew from the second she pushed off from the ground that this was going to hurt.
And it did. Rogue felt herself collide into Remy and both of them went sailing further back across the lawn. Even then Rogue knew that Remy most likely had ruined his trench coat. What with the way it was being scrapped across the ground like that. Funny how all she could think off before was getting back at him and now alls he could think of was how bad she would feel if his favorite coat got ruined because of her. Dam her priorities were a big jumbled mess.
" No chere Remy's got you." She heard Remy say. It was then that Rogue realized two things. One her eyes were closed and two she was in Remy's lap. Slowly Rogue opened her eyes and found that she had her arms wrapped tightly around Remy's neck and Remy had his arms wrapped protectively around her small body. She titled her head up and saw the bottom of his chin. But even though she couldn't see his face she knew he was smirking.
" Ya owe meh money." Rogue stated simply, and she heard Remy let out a small chuckle.
" Remy just catches you an' all y'can say is 'Remy y'owe me money.'" Remy told her in a very horrible and horrifying mock of herself, he was looking down into her eyes. Rogue smiled up at him and gave him a small nod.
" Got a problem with that Swamp Rat?" Rogue asked sliding her arms down from his neck.
" Jus' wanted a t'ank you." Remy asked in a mock pout voice. Rogue smiled.
"Remy thank you for catchin' meh when Ah was huntin' ya down for trashin' mah make-up." Rogue said sliding her arms around the inside of his coat to give him a hug. By the way he seemed to tense Rogue knew she had caught him off guard. She loved it when she did that to him.
" So…" Remy let out. " Does did mean y'forgive Remy?" He asked and Rogue removed her arms and gave him a huge smile.
" Course sugah." Rogue said getting up. Remy nodded. Rogue smiled at him an almost to perfect smile but she couldn't help it. She was horrible about keeping it a secret when she got one over on him. She turned her back to him and began to walk back to her room. She wondered how long it would be before he realized that the main reason she hugged him was just to get-.
" HEY!" Remy called out. And Rogue tried she really did, she began to crack up. " Chere y'stole Remy's money." She heard Remy call out from the other side of the yard. She hadn't realized she had gotten that far away from him.
Rogue took a quick look behind her and saw Remy jump to his feet and begin to chase after her. " At least Ah forgave ya Swamp Rat." Rogue called out as she began to take off running inside. The game of cat and mouse now reversed.
" Yeah but y'took fifty bucks." Remy shouted out gaining on her. Dam her combat boots she couldn't run all-that well in them.
" Would ya rather Ah took the hundred?" Rogue yelled out over her shoulder as she ran back inside threw the large mansion doors.
" I would rather you jus' give Remy back his money." Remy yelled out smiling as he entered the institute.
" Not gonna happen. Where'd ya get all that money anyway?" Rogue yelled out taking the stairs two or three at a time. She knew it when she took off after him when she found her make-up gone and a playing card in it's place that this little game of cat and mouse was going to go on all day. And she didn't mind it one little bit. At least by the end of the days she would be fifty dollars richer.
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Coming back into reality Rogue smiled. They had a number of days like that. Where they would take something of the others and they would chase each other the whole day or until the other couldn't go anymore. Or if Logan decided to brake them up.
She applied her make-up in a heavy fashion but decided to use more of a silver eye shadow instead of purple just because it was something new. Over the last few months her style of dress seemed to slowly change her make-up seemed to take a lighter tone. But for some reason she felt the need to show this side of herself to Irene and her friend. Why she didn't know. It wasn't like Irene would be able to see it.
Yet oddly enough she felt better then she had in a while for some reason, and yet she felt so empty as well. She pulled on her black leather gloves and grabbed Remy's note and shoved it in her back pocket. She didn't know why she did it but she just did. Her hair was a mess but she didn't feel like brushing it so she quickly ran her gloved fingers threw it and that did the trick.
Making her way down stairs towards the kitchen for breakfast Rogue felt a small chill run down her spine. Odd she thought and brushed it off. But once she got into the kitchen she realized why she had suddenly gotten an eerie feeling.
Sitting politely at the kitchen table was Irene at the head and to her left was an aging old woman with graying dressed in an old-fashioned cloak and dress. But she wasn't the reason Rogue suddenly gasped. It was the fact that her so called adoptive mother was sitting at the table to the right of Irene drinking coffee.
" Mystique." Rogue hissed and out of habit took a step back into a defensive position. There went her good mood.
" Easy child." The old woman told her. Irene's head turned in Rogue's direction.
" Rogue please relax and take a seat." Irene informed her. Rogue decided to listen to Irene and took a seat as far as possible away from Mystique. The last time they met they didn't leave on good terms you might say. "Rogue this is Agatha Harkness." Irene introduced them. Rogue smiled and gave a polite nod only letting Mystique out of her line of sight for a moment. This was going to be intersting.
Can't Stop Loving You
Well well, this took longer then expected. I am so sorry, I know last I checked the end of August was no where near the begining of November. And I'm still not finished, so I lied, this isn't the last chapter. It's part one of the last chapter. "Can't Stop Loving You" has evolved into something I didn't expect it to be. It was supose to be this short little song fic with some Romy fluff, but no, I had turn it into this huge story line.
So I need you guys to vote for me. Should I continue with this, or end it in the next chapter then start up a sequel with a new song? I think I'm going to go with the new song thing but I won't really keep to the song all that well unless I find a really good one. So let me know, okay? Sorry this took forever, I want to dedicate this chapter to: Lightspeed Suzuka and Ellie s.g. whom emailed me and told me to hurry up and update. I'm sorry to everyone that waited, but again I say better late then never. So enjoy...
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Cause I can't stop loving you
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It was her first night back home in her own bed. She was overjoyed to see Irene, Jacob and Eve again. Jacob and Eve were Irene's caretakers. They both knew how both Rogue and Irene were mutants and they both accepted it. The rest of the little town didn't seem to but that was there own choice. As long as she had a safe home and a warm bed she was happy. For now.
Irene had informed her that her friend Agatha Harkness would be coming in the morning and then the real work would begin. Rogue wasn't too sure if she should be really happy about that or be afraid. No, nervous was a better word. Rogue thought as she shifted underneath the thin sheets.
Apocalypse had been pretty quiet threw out the rest of the day after their little banter at the train station. Her shields so far had been strong enough to block him out and for that she was extremely grateful. But it was kind of hard to go to sleep with out him giving her a hard time. But she wasn't complaining. She just missed Remy was all. She had been trying not to think of him all day but it hadn't really been working all that well. It's kind of hard when everything kind of reminds you of the man you love. Rogue thought with a small sad smile and she tried to think of a time when she was with Remy.
There were a many times she could recall, but one of them stuck out to her at the moment it had been after they had finish there six hour danger room session with Logan for "borrowing" his bike for school on Remy's first day. It wasn't the best of moments but it stuck out to her and she would always remember it like many of her memories with Remy.
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" Mah legs feel like lead." Rogue informed Remy as they slowly emerged from the Danger Room. She had learned a very valuable lesson today, don't borrow Logan's bike unless you plan to die before you come return it.
" At least y'can feel your legs chere." Remy told her lagging behind, slightly panting.
" Remy can ya carry meh back ta mah room." Rogue asked whipping the beads of sweat off her forehead. Six hours was inhuman for a danger room session even for Logan.
" P'tite Remy can barley carry himself, let alone you. Sides, was 'bout t'ask y'de same question. " He told her limping along the wall, givng a small smirk.
" Oh come on you two. It wasn't that bad. See you in two hours for the group session." Logan said in a good mood walking briskly right past them looking as if he hadn't done a single thing for the last six hours. Both of them groaned when he was around the corner.
" He's kidding right?" Remy asked as he continued his slow moving walk to the elevator.
" Ah don' think so." Rogue complained. Logan never smiled for one and when he did you knew it was either really good or really bad. And this was really bad.
" Dis is inhumane. Even for Logan." Remy said in a bitter tone. Nearly tripping over his own two very weak feet.
" Ah'm not walkin' up ta mah room." Rogue stated slumping to the ground.
" What y'gonna do? Sit dere till de later session?" Remy asked looking back towards her over his shoulder.
" Nah are ya crazy?" Rogue asked him in a playful tone.
" Maybe dat's a question ya should be askin' y'self chere." Remy pondered out loud. Rogue laughed at his response but then stopped abruptly. She could feel him surfacing, just barley. He was breaking threw her new walls. He had been quiet since the incident at school but she could feel him just barely there but he was still there.
" Y' okay chere?" She heard Remy ask, but she didn't really pay attention to him it kind of went in one ear and out the other. " Chere?" She heard him call again but she was lost inside herself she was trying to hear him. See if it was him or her other physic. Both situations were a bad bet but she had to know which one it was. " Rogue?" She thought she heard Remy call out again but she chose to ignore it again.
Give up foolish child. It was him. He was breaking threw. At least she had a day of peace.
Go away. She called back to him, like that was going to work Rogue told herself. She could hear him laughing at her. This ain't your body. It's mine, so just go away.
Never. I intend to make you suffer as I have suffered. Do you have any idea how long I was trapped in that tomb? Just to be placed into another more hellish one by an insolent little brat like you? He roared. And Rogue felt fear grip her and hold on tight. This was it. He was breaking threw.
No, please no. I don't wanna go back in there. Rogue screamed. It was a hell in the part of her mind that she kept him but this was her mind and she didn't want to go back in there. He locked her up in there whenever he took control just to spite her.
You have no choice. He yelled out to her.
Her control was slipping and she was far too weak to do anything at the moment. She felt it she was almost gone and then he would go on a rampage, and try to kill everyone. Remy. Rogue thought at the last moment. He was here. In her mind but how? Unless. No. Rogue screamed as she felt his physic enter her mind at full force. A burning sensation was beginning to creep into her body starting at her fingertips.
No, fool. What is this? Apocalypse roared as Rogue's walls her reinforced and three times stronger then before. Rogue then somewhere off in the distance heard a small explosion and her hands felt cold.
No Remy let go, let go. " Let go!" Rogue yelled out. Remy instantly obeyed and removed his ungloved hands from her face. Slowly Rogue opened her eyes only to be wrapped up in a huge hug by Remy.
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" Rogue, oh t'ank God Cher,. I thought I lost y'dere fo' a moment." Remy said into her hair. Rogue was going to yell at him for being so stupid but she felt his worry. He was afraid, terrified was more like it.
" Ah'm okay now Rems. Thanks ta you." Rogue said with a smile on her face. She was actually now that she thought about it a little more, overjoyed that Remy was willing to risk his life to help her. He's returning the favor Rogue told herself and that was just fine with her at the moment. With Remy's mental walls helping her out she knew she was going to sleep well. For once.
" Y' gonna be okay chere?" Remy asked breaking the hug and helping her up he seemed out of breath Rogue thought as she nodded, and for the first time realized she wasn't wearing any gloves.
" Yeah, uh Remy where are mah gloves?" Rogue asked looking down at her bar hands.
" Over there. Y' kind of blew dem up." Remy answered stumbling a bit catching him self on the wall. Gesturing towards the black spot on the floor a few feet away.
" Oh Remy. Whay did ya have ta go an' do that. Now ya can barely stand." Rogue told him and Remy gave her a sheepish grin.
" Remy had t' save de damsel in distress. Always wanted t'be called prince charming to." He told her, as Rogue beginning extremely careful with her exposed skin, put his arm around her shoulder and helped him walk back up to his room.
" Yar something else Cajun. That and really heavy." Rogue told him as she slowly made it down the hall when Logan came running down the hall almost running into them.
" What happened down here Stripes?" Logan asked gruffly. Rogue smiled and began to hand Remy's body over to Logan to carry.
" Ah was just saved by prince charming ovah here." Rogue said with a yawn. Even with Remy's energy boost she was still whipped.
" Merci chere." Remy slurred as he finally passed out. Logan looked at the too of them and grunted something about weird kids and working them to hard was a bad mix.
" You going to be okay?" Logan asked. Rogue nodded.
" Yeah, fine. Ah'm gonna have ta talk ta the Professor tomorrow anyway about today so Ah'll tell him later about this." Rogue told Logan. He nodded his approval, and carried Remy to the med lab and escorted Rogue up to her room. Against her wishes mind you. Logan insisted that she get some sleep and that she and Remy could miss tonight's danger room session. He had the general idea of what Rogue dealt with, with Apocalypse trapped inside of her head to a certain extent. And that was just fine with Rogue. She would rather have no one know that much about it and treat her like they always did.
Rogue couldn't remember ever taking off her cloths and changing into her sweats and a t-shirt or removing all her make-up she figured that Kitty had something to do with it though. The last thing she remembered was hitting the pillow of her bed at 6 o'clock in the afternoon and didn't wake up until 5:30 am the next morning to go check on her prince charming before the others woke up.
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Rogue smiled at the memory, it was a content smile. And remembering how much Remy cared about her helped lull her to sleep it was comforting to think of him. As she slept a few mindless dreams came and left her none that she would even remember in the morning, which came around at 4:30 am. Not happening Rouge thought as she crawled out of bed after Eve had woken her up. She didn't even have to wake up this early at the institute.
Rogue quickly got dressed into a pair of blue jeans with the knees cut out and Remy's baggy sweatshirt. Yes she had taken his sweatshirt, she couldn't help it he said she could barrow it whenever. And taking his sweatshirt meant that she would have to see him again in order to return it.
Rogue was about to apply her make-up when another memory popped into her head.
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" Out o' Remy's way p'tite." Rogue heard Remy yell out as he was heading down stairs, running down the stairs was more like it, away from her. Which at the moment was the only safe place for him, away from her. The jerk had tossed out all her make-up. And she was pissed beyond belief.
" SWAMP RAT YOU ARE SO DEAD!" Rogue yelled out as she finished pulling on her last glove. Rogue then tore out of her room and nearly knocked Amara over but quickly missed her.
" Hey." Amara yelled out.
" Sorry 'Mara." Rogue yelled out as she made it down to the bottom of the stairs. Now which way did he go? Rogue thought as she checked for any signs of him. Rogue's ears then picked up the familiar and faint sound of Kurt's unmistakable bamf from up stairs. " Kurt, if you're helpin' him Ah'll be becomin' an only child real quick." She called out running back up the stairs taking two or three at a time.
" Rogue like what-" Kitty called out to here from the bottom of the stairs.
" Sorry Kit not now though. Ah'm busy." Rogue called out as she rounded the corner to Remy and Kurt's room. " Swamp Rat where th' devil are ya?" Rogue said under her breath, and then a little louder she called out. " You can't hide forever."
" But Remy can try chere." She heard Remy call out from his room. She quickly lunged at his bedroom door yanked it open and was bummed when she saw no one was inside.
" Dam." Rogue said under her breath. Slowly she walked in around the huge piles of filth that lay in Remy's half of the room. How he could live in this she would never know. She was about to leave the room when a she heard a small thud out side. Then she noticed that the balcony doors were left lazily open. Quickly Rogue made her way over towards the balcony and there lying on the ground beneath her feet was a playing card. One of Remy's and it was the joker.
Quickly Rogue went to the railing and saw Remy running down to the garage. Quickly Rogue thought what is he thinking? His bike was still being repaired and he wasn't stupid enough to try and take Logan's bike again. And she knew he was going to leave the mansion because that was the safest place for him.
She charged into the garage to find Remy struggling with Logan's bike. Trying to get it to start. Rogue yelled out at the top of her lungs. " Ah can't believe you did that."
Remy looked up at her and smiled which made her even madder. " Y' look better wit out it." Remy told her hopping off the bike trying to get away from her.
" Cheap flattery will not help you this time." Rogue told him as they circled Logan's bike.
" You wound Remy chere. Dat came straight from de heart." Remy told her putting his hand to his chest where his heart belonged.
" More liahke from that book ya hide under yar mattress." Rogue told him as Remy apparently saw his opening and darted outside. " Git back here." Rogue cried out.
" Does Remy look crazy t' you p'tite?" Remy asked as he began to take off down the lawn.
" A question ya should be asking yourself." Rogue shot back at him. " Ah'll get ya for trashing mah make-up. Ya owe meh thirty dollars." Rogue shouted at him.
" For make-up? Now you're the crazy one for buying thirty dollars worth of make-up." Remy shouted over to her tripping over a small rock out laying the concrete path. Despite herself Rogue laughed at his antics and lunged at him.
" Got ya.'" Rogue yelled as she lunged her body full force onto Remy. By the look on Remy's from what Rogue saw those few moments that she was in mid air he was pretty dam surprised. But even though he was running from her she saw him quickly put his arms out to catch her and she knew from the second she pushed off from the ground that this was going to hurt.
And it did. Rogue felt herself collide into Remy and both of them went sailing further back across the lawn. Even then Rogue knew that Remy most likely had ruined his trench coat. What with the way it was being scrapped across the ground like that. Funny how all she could think off before was getting back at him and now alls he could think of was how bad she would feel if his favorite coat got ruined because of her. Dam her priorities were a big jumbled mess.
" No chere Remy's got you." She heard Remy say. It was then that Rogue realized two things. One her eyes were closed and two she was in Remy's lap. Slowly Rogue opened her eyes and found that she had her arms wrapped tightly around Remy's neck and Remy had his arms wrapped protectively around her small body. She titled her head up and saw the bottom of his chin. But even though she couldn't see his face she knew he was smirking.
" Ya owe meh money." Rogue stated simply, and she heard Remy let out a small chuckle.
" Remy just catches you an' all y'can say is 'Remy y'owe me money.'" Remy told her in a very horrible and horrifying mock of herself, he was looking down into her eyes. Rogue smiled up at him and gave him a small nod.
" Got a problem with that Swamp Rat?" Rogue asked sliding her arms down from his neck.
" Jus' wanted a t'ank you." Remy asked in a mock pout voice. Rogue smiled.
"Remy thank you for catchin' meh when Ah was huntin' ya down for trashin' mah make-up." Rogue said sliding her arms around the inside of his coat to give him a hug. By the way he seemed to tense Rogue knew she had caught him off guard. She loved it when she did that to him.
" So…" Remy let out. " Does did mean y'forgive Remy?" He asked and Rogue removed her arms and gave him a huge smile.
" Course sugah." Rogue said getting up. Remy nodded. Rogue smiled at him an almost to perfect smile but she couldn't help it. She was horrible about keeping it a secret when she got one over on him. She turned her back to him and began to walk back to her room. She wondered how long it would be before he realized that the main reason she hugged him was just to get-.
" HEY!" Remy called out. And Rogue tried she really did, she began to crack up. " Chere y'stole Remy's money." She heard Remy call out from the other side of the yard. She hadn't realized she had gotten that far away from him.
Rogue took a quick look behind her and saw Remy jump to his feet and begin to chase after her. " At least Ah forgave ya Swamp Rat." Rogue called out as she began to take off running inside. The game of cat and mouse now reversed.
" Yeah but y'took fifty bucks." Remy shouted out gaining on her. Dam her combat boots she couldn't run all-that well in them.
" Would ya rather Ah took the hundred?" Rogue yelled out over her shoulder as she ran back inside threw the large mansion doors.
" I would rather you jus' give Remy back his money." Remy yelled out smiling as he entered the institute.
" Not gonna happen. Where'd ya get all that money anyway?" Rogue yelled out taking the stairs two or three at a time. She knew it when she took off after him when she found her make-up gone and a playing card in it's place that this little game of cat and mouse was going to go on all day. And she didn't mind it one little bit. At least by the end of the days she would be fifty dollars richer.
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Coming back into reality Rogue smiled. They had a number of days like that. Where they would take something of the others and they would chase each other the whole day or until the other couldn't go anymore. Or if Logan decided to brake them up.
She applied her make-up in a heavy fashion but decided to use more of a silver eye shadow instead of purple just because it was something new. Over the last few months her style of dress seemed to slowly change her make-up seemed to take a lighter tone. But for some reason she felt the need to show this side of herself to Irene and her friend. Why she didn't know. It wasn't like Irene would be able to see it.
Yet oddly enough she felt better then she had in a while for some reason, and yet she felt so empty as well. She pulled on her black leather gloves and grabbed Remy's note and shoved it in her back pocket. She didn't know why she did it but she just did. Her hair was a mess but she didn't feel like brushing it so she quickly ran her gloved fingers threw it and that did the trick.
Making her way down stairs towards the kitchen for breakfast Rogue felt a small chill run down her spine. Odd she thought and brushed it off. But once she got into the kitchen she realized why she had suddenly gotten an eerie feeling.
Sitting politely at the kitchen table was Irene at the head and to her left was an aging old woman with graying dressed in an old-fashioned cloak and dress. But she wasn't the reason Rogue suddenly gasped. It was the fact that her so called adoptive mother was sitting at the table to the right of Irene drinking coffee.
" Mystique." Rogue hissed and out of habit took a step back into a defensive position. There went her good mood.
" Easy child." The old woman told her. Irene's head turned in Rogue's direction.
" Rogue please relax and take a seat." Irene informed her. Rogue decided to listen to Irene and took a seat as far as possible away from Mystique. The last time they met they didn't leave on good terms you might say. "Rogue this is Agatha Harkness." Irene introduced them. Rogue smiled and gave a polite nod only letting Mystique out of her line of sight for a moment. This was going to be intersting.