Hey Ya'll!
Thanx for all of you for reviewing and reading. Hope you like my next chapter. Next time I'm probably not going to update until I get at least five reviews. More would be better but the more reviews I get, the more inspired I'll be and the faster the next chapter gets loaded.
Well you guys know the drill. I answer questions and comments before the chapter so.
Goldylokz- Okay first of all thank you for giving your opinion on Chloe. Only two people did. Secondly, okay I just have to say how freaky it is that you would tell me about the wet clothes incident because right before I read your review I had just written the chapter's part about Rouge in Remy's clothes, but I guess its not all that weird because it is a pretty common cliché right? You telling me to write that just made me more confident to keep it in the chapter cause I wasn't sure if I should keep that part or not.
Classic Tinker- I was really happy to get a review from you. especially a positive one. I took your advice and I thank you because it made a difference in my story and made it better like with the indentation and all.
Thanks for answering me about Chloe. Means a lot to me, though I'm not exactly sure what you mean by making her character development. I know what it means but in what ways would you have it? Oh and just so you know, I don't want to give it away but your assumptions were pretty much on the button. Review again if you would plz. Thanx again!
Thank you everyone who read and took the time to review. You guys rock! (Though you'd rock more if I got more reviews!)
Enjoy the chapter and plzzzzzzzzzzzzz review!
CHAPTER 7
Running again
Rouge stood in the kitchen, wringing the water out of her hair as it dripped down onto the tiles. She was wearing her sports bra and her still soaked jeans. She had a towel draped over her shoulders and was starting to dry up.
Remy stepped out of his room, wearing the clothes he'd been wearing out in the rain. His soaking wet clothes were clinging to him, outlining his biceps and making him look even hotter than he already did.
'Damn!' Rouge thought in spite of herself at seeing him. She looked down at the water dripping from her hair so Remy wouldn't see her staring at him. He had looked up just in time to though. Remy smirked at this before turning the television on. "Jus' waitin ta get a fo'cast fo' de weather." He told her when she looked up.
"We'll be having rain, rain, and yep you guessed it. More rain. Expect flooding in the Bayville area. Schools will probably be closed on Monday if this rain keeps up at the rate it's going at. We severely suggest you stay indoors and high and dry for a while."
That was all that they heard the woman on the weather channel say before it switched to a commercial. Remy took off his shirt and wiped off his chest with a towel. Rouge looked up and saw his actions and blushed.
Her gloves were soaked as well. "Let Remy have de gloves." He told her. "What?" She asked, looking shocked. "Give Remy de gloves. He gonna put em in de dryer fo' ya." He explained. "Oh. Um.Ah don't think that's such a good idea." She told him, looking at her covered hands self-consciously "Relax petite. Remy be careful not ta touch kay?" Gambit told her, giving her a reassuring smile.
She hesitantly took off her gloves and carefully handed them to him. He himself had already taken off his gloves. He smiled at her and left the room. He came back empty handed. "It should take a few minutes fo' dem ta dry." He told her.
She nodded in response, turning her shoulder a little to the left. "Ow!" She moaned. Remy looked up and noticed the bruise on her left shoulder. "You okay chere?" He asked, coming closer to her. "Yeah, Ah'm fine. Just a little sore that's all." She told him as he examined the injury that she had tried not to notice. She was already mad at herself for blushing and letting it show that she was in pain with the moan.
"How'd ya get dat bruise on yo' arm anyway?" He asked. "Oh, Ah fell off a roof." She told him like it was no big deal. At least to her it wasn't. His eyes widened in shock. "COME AGAIN?" He was surprised that she had fallen off a roof and only gotten one small bruise on her shoulder. "Oh you don't understand. It wasn't a real roof. It was a battle simulation so I really only fell about ten feet or so." She explained.
Remy sighed. "Dis is why Remy don' wan' Chloe growin up in a place like dat. I don' wan' her ta have ta deal wit all dis." He told her. "Ya can't protect her Remy. She's gonna have ta learn to live her life by herself sooner or later or she'll never be able to go out into tha real world." Rouge argued. "Wanna bet." He asked, looking at her with a small grin. Rouge rolled her eyes. "She's a teenage girl. You know what teenage girls are like. Lord knows you've dated enough of em. She's gonna be doin stuff that ya don't want her ta do and dating boys you don't want her ta date and she's gonna fight with ya every chance she gets, but yer gonna have ta deal with it." Rouge told him.
"Unless of course ya'll would come an' live at tha institute. Than she'll have the Prof there ta act like the grown up and you won't have ta." She told him, hinting that it would be a good idea for him to reconsider letting his little sister move in with them.
"Nice try Petite." He told her. He handed her a pair of baggy sweat pants and a T-shirt. "Dis all Remy got fo' ya. Chloe's stuff be a little two small." He explained. She eyed the attire she was being given and sighed in surrender. She really didn't like the idea of wearing the Cajun's clothes but she disliked the idea of freezing to death in the run down apartment in wet clothes even more.
She took the clothes and walked into the bathroom. "Need any help?" He asked. Gambit was answered with a slammed door in his face. "Worth a try, non?" He asked through the wall with a smirk on his face.
A minute later the door opened and she came out wearing Remy's clothes. Remy looked up and sighed. 'How can she look just as hot with Sweats as she does in a sports bra?' He asked himself, smirking all the while.
She walked over to the window and watched the puddles form in the streets. The Goth shivered a little. The heater wasn't exactly working properly. She felt two strong arms wrap themselves around her waist. It was covered completely but she flinched non-the less. She would have pulled away but it was so cold in the room that she could see her own breath.
Rouge stood there in Remy's tight embrace for a few minutes saying nothing, and just looking out the window at the rain. She felt safe and at peace as he held her in his arms. Like the whole world had stopped except for them. Nothing else mattered. Rouge was pulled a little closer to Remy's bare chest and to his surprise she didn't slap him.
Their silence was broken when the doorknob turned from right to left. Both of them turned to look at the door. They could hear muffled grunts on the other side of the door. Someone was trying to break into the apartment.
Just then Gambit's beeper went off. It read, "Mags knows-Get out." It was from John. "Merde. Mags knows Gambits here." He murmured under his breath. Rouge heard it though. "He WHAT? But that would mean." She trailed off and turned to the door. "It's him. We gotta get outta here now." She told Remy, grabbing his hand and pulling him away from the door.
"Deres no otter way out monami." We gotta fight our way out." He explained. "Alright fine." She said, readying her bare hands for anything. "Ah knew I shoulda walked home." She mumbled to herself.
They stood together in front of the door in fighting stance, ready to attack. Remy had fired up a card and Rouge was getting ready to kick the ass of whoever decided to barge in.
The doorknob stopped turning for a moment. The door was locked and they couldn't get in. Then all of a sudden a field of electricity surround the doorframe. "No, no wait!" A female voice was heard on the other side of the door.
The field faded away and three very wet, and tired looking mutant girls phased through the door. They almost passed out once they got inside. They didn't even notice Remy and Rouge staring at them. "The next time you want to get into a building or something and you can't, try and remember that Kitty can phase through walls before you blow up the door." Jean suggested, out of breath.
"Ahem." Remy cleared his throat. "Remy? What are you doing here?" Chloe asked. "Well sense Remy be livin here an' all." Remy trailed off. "Yeah but she doesn't." Chloe said, pointing to a cold Rouge. Remy had let go of her and she was feeling the coldness coming back to her body.
"ROUGE????" Jean and Kitty asked in unison. "Like what are you doing here?" Kitty asked, though she didn't wait for an answer. "Oooohhh. I see." Kitty said with a grin on her face. "Sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt anything." Chloe said, catching on to what Kitty was thinking. "Oh grow up you guys. I'm sure Rouge has a logical explanation for being here. Right Rouge?" Jean asked her Goth housemate.
Rouge shifted her weight from her right leg to her left, finding herself very uncomfortable with the present situation. "That is.ya see what happened was ah.and then." "Gambit ran into de fille in de park an' seein how it was startin ta rain, Remy offer ta take de femme back to de mansion but he only got enough gas in de tank fo' de ride home." Gambit explained, helping out Rouge. "Yeah, what he said." Rouge added in a mumble that was clear enough to be heard by the other three girls.
"Remy your hands." Chloe shouted, seeing the glowing cards. Remy took note of them and as he calmed down a little, the card's glowing light dimmed. "What did you think we were gonna do? Raid the apartment?" Chloe asked sarcastically, looking over the run down, worthless junk in her home. "No we thought you were Sabretooth." Rouge shot back. "Sabretooth? You mean that over grown feline? How would he know where you were? Chloe turned to her brother for answers. "Dat ova' grown feline gonna be de end a de bof o' us if we don' get outta here." Remy told her, walking into his room and soon returning with a packed suitcase.
"Remy what's up? Why are you avoiding Bigfoot?" She asked. "Pack now, questions later." He told her, throwing her an empty suitcase.
"That still didn't answer my question." She said, shifting her weight. "I'm guessing Magneto didn't appreciate it when Remy just up and left all of a sudden." Jean spoke up. "But how would they like know where you are?" Kitty asked in confusion. "John. Mags musta gotten it outta him afta our little run in wit Sabretooth." Remy concluded.
"You told one o' tha Acolytes where ya'll were? Smooth move genius." Rouge scolded him. "We non got time ta argue. Petite get packed. We're leavin as soon as ya do." He told her, pointing to her stuff.
"What? Leave? But.We just got here. I made friends. Friends that like me for me, and not because their scared my family will come after them if they aren't." She complained. "Plus you've got that date Friday night with that Conner guy remember?" Kitty added.
Jean rolled her eyes. "I don't think we need to be worrying about that right now." Jean said, giving Kitty a 'don't be so immature' look. "Huh? Wait a minute. What's dis bout you havin a date?" He questioned his little sister who replied with a long "uhhh." and looked the other way so Remy didn't see her blushing and looking guilty, but he did. Merde Petite! Remy lets ya outta de apartment fo' one day an' you come back wit a date wit a total stranger? Now we really gotta go." Remy said, thinking about his little sister being not so little anymore. "Told ya." Rouge said, referring to the previous conversation they had about Chloe growing up. "Don' say it." Gambit told her, seeing the smirk on her pale face.
He was actually stressing over all of this. "Where are ya gonna go?" Rouge asked Remy. "Don' know. Remy gonna figure dat out once we on de road." He told her, throwing on a dry shirt.
"Why don't you just stay with us?" Jean offered. "Yeah, like that way Chloe can stay here and you won't have to worry about Magneto getting to you." Kitty added to Remy. "Non. Remy not gonna take dat chance. Mags wan' Remy an he non gonna give up dat easily." He told them. "An' sides, Remy already told ya he don' wan Chloe at de institute." He said firmly, starting to pack up Chloe's bag as well as his own. "But Remy." Chloe whined. "Non Petite. We leavin dis town an' dats dat." The discussion was over.
Chloe knew when it was time to stop arguing with her older brother and she had already crossed that line a while ago. "Sorry, but I don't think I'm gonna be able to let you leave." Sabretooth growled, standing in the open doorway. He was accompanied by Colossus.
Chloe's eyes widened. "Who's that guy?" She whispered to Jean. "That's Colossus." Kitty whispered the answered instead of the telepath. Jean hadn't even glanced at Chloe in response. She just stood there, not taking her glaring eyes off of Sabretooth.
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So? How was it? Good? Bad? Tell me in a review please!
Thanx! Oh and remember, I meant what I said. I'm probably not posting until I get at least five reviews or more. I need inspiration people. Or at least to know that my most recent chapter wasn't a total bust. As always, if you have any questions about the story then feel free to ask. I'll positively answer them the best I can.
I'll try and get the next chapter up by next Tuesday or soon after if all goes well, or maybe even before then but I wouldn't count on it.
Also, I'd like more info on what ya'll think of Chloe's character. Goldylokz and Classic Tinker were the only ones who told me and I need more feed back. Thanx!
Okay people, time to Review!
Thanx for all of you for reviewing and reading. Hope you like my next chapter. Next time I'm probably not going to update until I get at least five reviews. More would be better but the more reviews I get, the more inspired I'll be and the faster the next chapter gets loaded.
Well you guys know the drill. I answer questions and comments before the chapter so.
Goldylokz- Okay first of all thank you for giving your opinion on Chloe. Only two people did. Secondly, okay I just have to say how freaky it is that you would tell me about the wet clothes incident because right before I read your review I had just written the chapter's part about Rouge in Remy's clothes, but I guess its not all that weird because it is a pretty common cliché right? You telling me to write that just made me more confident to keep it in the chapter cause I wasn't sure if I should keep that part or not.
Classic Tinker- I was really happy to get a review from you. especially a positive one. I took your advice and I thank you because it made a difference in my story and made it better like with the indentation and all.
Thanks for answering me about Chloe. Means a lot to me, though I'm not exactly sure what you mean by making her character development. I know what it means but in what ways would you have it? Oh and just so you know, I don't want to give it away but your assumptions were pretty much on the button. Review again if you would plz. Thanx again!
Thank you everyone who read and took the time to review. You guys rock! (Though you'd rock more if I got more reviews!)
Enjoy the chapter and plzzzzzzzzzzzzz review!
CHAPTER 7
Running again
Rouge stood in the kitchen, wringing the water out of her hair as it dripped down onto the tiles. She was wearing her sports bra and her still soaked jeans. She had a towel draped over her shoulders and was starting to dry up.
Remy stepped out of his room, wearing the clothes he'd been wearing out in the rain. His soaking wet clothes were clinging to him, outlining his biceps and making him look even hotter than he already did.
'Damn!' Rouge thought in spite of herself at seeing him. She looked down at the water dripping from her hair so Remy wouldn't see her staring at him. He had looked up just in time to though. Remy smirked at this before turning the television on. "Jus' waitin ta get a fo'cast fo' de weather." He told her when she looked up.
"We'll be having rain, rain, and yep you guessed it. More rain. Expect flooding in the Bayville area. Schools will probably be closed on Monday if this rain keeps up at the rate it's going at. We severely suggest you stay indoors and high and dry for a while."
That was all that they heard the woman on the weather channel say before it switched to a commercial. Remy took off his shirt and wiped off his chest with a towel. Rouge looked up and saw his actions and blushed.
Her gloves were soaked as well. "Let Remy have de gloves." He told her. "What?" She asked, looking shocked. "Give Remy de gloves. He gonna put em in de dryer fo' ya." He explained. "Oh. Um.Ah don't think that's such a good idea." She told him, looking at her covered hands self-consciously "Relax petite. Remy be careful not ta touch kay?" Gambit told her, giving her a reassuring smile.
She hesitantly took off her gloves and carefully handed them to him. He himself had already taken off his gloves. He smiled at her and left the room. He came back empty handed. "It should take a few minutes fo' dem ta dry." He told her.
She nodded in response, turning her shoulder a little to the left. "Ow!" She moaned. Remy looked up and noticed the bruise on her left shoulder. "You okay chere?" He asked, coming closer to her. "Yeah, Ah'm fine. Just a little sore that's all." She told him as he examined the injury that she had tried not to notice. She was already mad at herself for blushing and letting it show that she was in pain with the moan.
"How'd ya get dat bruise on yo' arm anyway?" He asked. "Oh, Ah fell off a roof." She told him like it was no big deal. At least to her it wasn't. His eyes widened in shock. "COME AGAIN?" He was surprised that she had fallen off a roof and only gotten one small bruise on her shoulder. "Oh you don't understand. It wasn't a real roof. It was a battle simulation so I really only fell about ten feet or so." She explained.
Remy sighed. "Dis is why Remy don' wan' Chloe growin up in a place like dat. I don' wan' her ta have ta deal wit all dis." He told her. "Ya can't protect her Remy. She's gonna have ta learn to live her life by herself sooner or later or she'll never be able to go out into tha real world." Rouge argued. "Wanna bet." He asked, looking at her with a small grin. Rouge rolled her eyes. "She's a teenage girl. You know what teenage girls are like. Lord knows you've dated enough of em. She's gonna be doin stuff that ya don't want her ta do and dating boys you don't want her ta date and she's gonna fight with ya every chance she gets, but yer gonna have ta deal with it." Rouge told him.
"Unless of course ya'll would come an' live at tha institute. Than she'll have the Prof there ta act like the grown up and you won't have ta." She told him, hinting that it would be a good idea for him to reconsider letting his little sister move in with them.
"Nice try Petite." He told her. He handed her a pair of baggy sweat pants and a T-shirt. "Dis all Remy got fo' ya. Chloe's stuff be a little two small." He explained. She eyed the attire she was being given and sighed in surrender. She really didn't like the idea of wearing the Cajun's clothes but she disliked the idea of freezing to death in the run down apartment in wet clothes even more.
She took the clothes and walked into the bathroom. "Need any help?" He asked. Gambit was answered with a slammed door in his face. "Worth a try, non?" He asked through the wall with a smirk on his face.
A minute later the door opened and she came out wearing Remy's clothes. Remy looked up and sighed. 'How can she look just as hot with Sweats as she does in a sports bra?' He asked himself, smirking all the while.
She walked over to the window and watched the puddles form in the streets. The Goth shivered a little. The heater wasn't exactly working properly. She felt two strong arms wrap themselves around her waist. It was covered completely but she flinched non-the less. She would have pulled away but it was so cold in the room that she could see her own breath.
Rouge stood there in Remy's tight embrace for a few minutes saying nothing, and just looking out the window at the rain. She felt safe and at peace as he held her in his arms. Like the whole world had stopped except for them. Nothing else mattered. Rouge was pulled a little closer to Remy's bare chest and to his surprise she didn't slap him.
Their silence was broken when the doorknob turned from right to left. Both of them turned to look at the door. They could hear muffled grunts on the other side of the door. Someone was trying to break into the apartment.
Just then Gambit's beeper went off. It read, "Mags knows-Get out." It was from John. "Merde. Mags knows Gambits here." He murmured under his breath. Rouge heard it though. "He WHAT? But that would mean." She trailed off and turned to the door. "It's him. We gotta get outta here now." She told Remy, grabbing his hand and pulling him away from the door.
"Deres no otter way out monami." We gotta fight our way out." He explained. "Alright fine." She said, readying her bare hands for anything. "Ah knew I shoulda walked home." She mumbled to herself.
They stood together in front of the door in fighting stance, ready to attack. Remy had fired up a card and Rouge was getting ready to kick the ass of whoever decided to barge in.
The doorknob stopped turning for a moment. The door was locked and they couldn't get in. Then all of a sudden a field of electricity surround the doorframe. "No, no wait!" A female voice was heard on the other side of the door.
The field faded away and three very wet, and tired looking mutant girls phased through the door. They almost passed out once they got inside. They didn't even notice Remy and Rouge staring at them. "The next time you want to get into a building or something and you can't, try and remember that Kitty can phase through walls before you blow up the door." Jean suggested, out of breath.
"Ahem." Remy cleared his throat. "Remy? What are you doing here?" Chloe asked. "Well sense Remy be livin here an' all." Remy trailed off. "Yeah but she doesn't." Chloe said, pointing to a cold Rouge. Remy had let go of her and she was feeling the coldness coming back to her body.
"ROUGE????" Jean and Kitty asked in unison. "Like what are you doing here?" Kitty asked, though she didn't wait for an answer. "Oooohhh. I see." Kitty said with a grin on her face. "Sorry, we didn't mean to interrupt anything." Chloe said, catching on to what Kitty was thinking. "Oh grow up you guys. I'm sure Rouge has a logical explanation for being here. Right Rouge?" Jean asked her Goth housemate.
Rouge shifted her weight from her right leg to her left, finding herself very uncomfortable with the present situation. "That is.ya see what happened was ah.and then." "Gambit ran into de fille in de park an' seein how it was startin ta rain, Remy offer ta take de femme back to de mansion but he only got enough gas in de tank fo' de ride home." Gambit explained, helping out Rouge. "Yeah, what he said." Rouge added in a mumble that was clear enough to be heard by the other three girls.
"Remy your hands." Chloe shouted, seeing the glowing cards. Remy took note of them and as he calmed down a little, the card's glowing light dimmed. "What did you think we were gonna do? Raid the apartment?" Chloe asked sarcastically, looking over the run down, worthless junk in her home. "No we thought you were Sabretooth." Rouge shot back. "Sabretooth? You mean that over grown feline? How would he know where you were? Chloe turned to her brother for answers. "Dat ova' grown feline gonna be de end a de bof o' us if we don' get outta here." Remy told her, walking into his room and soon returning with a packed suitcase.
"Remy what's up? Why are you avoiding Bigfoot?" She asked. "Pack now, questions later." He told her, throwing her an empty suitcase.
"That still didn't answer my question." She said, shifting her weight. "I'm guessing Magneto didn't appreciate it when Remy just up and left all of a sudden." Jean spoke up. "But how would they like know where you are?" Kitty asked in confusion. "John. Mags musta gotten it outta him afta our little run in wit Sabretooth." Remy concluded.
"You told one o' tha Acolytes where ya'll were? Smooth move genius." Rouge scolded him. "We non got time ta argue. Petite get packed. We're leavin as soon as ya do." He told her, pointing to her stuff.
"What? Leave? But.We just got here. I made friends. Friends that like me for me, and not because their scared my family will come after them if they aren't." She complained. "Plus you've got that date Friday night with that Conner guy remember?" Kitty added.
Jean rolled her eyes. "I don't think we need to be worrying about that right now." Jean said, giving Kitty a 'don't be so immature' look. "Huh? Wait a minute. What's dis bout you havin a date?" He questioned his little sister who replied with a long "uhhh." and looked the other way so Remy didn't see her blushing and looking guilty, but he did. Merde Petite! Remy lets ya outta de apartment fo' one day an' you come back wit a date wit a total stranger? Now we really gotta go." Remy said, thinking about his little sister being not so little anymore. "Told ya." Rouge said, referring to the previous conversation they had about Chloe growing up. "Don' say it." Gambit told her, seeing the smirk on her pale face.
He was actually stressing over all of this. "Where are ya gonna go?" Rouge asked Remy. "Don' know. Remy gonna figure dat out once we on de road." He told her, throwing on a dry shirt.
"Why don't you just stay with us?" Jean offered. "Yeah, like that way Chloe can stay here and you won't have to worry about Magneto getting to you." Kitty added to Remy. "Non. Remy not gonna take dat chance. Mags wan' Remy an he non gonna give up dat easily." He told them. "An' sides, Remy already told ya he don' wan Chloe at de institute." He said firmly, starting to pack up Chloe's bag as well as his own. "But Remy." Chloe whined. "Non Petite. We leavin dis town an' dats dat." The discussion was over.
Chloe knew when it was time to stop arguing with her older brother and she had already crossed that line a while ago. "Sorry, but I don't think I'm gonna be able to let you leave." Sabretooth growled, standing in the open doorway. He was accompanied by Colossus.
Chloe's eyes widened. "Who's that guy?" She whispered to Jean. "That's Colossus." Kitty whispered the answered instead of the telepath. Jean hadn't even glanced at Chloe in response. She just stood there, not taking her glaring eyes off of Sabretooth.
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So? How was it? Good? Bad? Tell me in a review please!
Thanx! Oh and remember, I meant what I said. I'm probably not posting until I get at least five reviews or more. I need inspiration people. Or at least to know that my most recent chapter wasn't a total bust. As always, if you have any questions about the story then feel free to ask. I'll positively answer them the best I can.
I'll try and get the next chapter up by next Tuesday or soon after if all goes well, or maybe even before then but I wouldn't count on it.
Also, I'd like more info on what ya'll think of Chloe's character. Goldylokz and Classic Tinker were the only ones who told me and I need more feed back. Thanx!
Okay people, time to Review!