CHAPTER 15
Road Trip
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the wolf- Thanx. I get what your saying and I assure you that, from one Logan fan to another, Wolverine will be less rough and threatening Remy. He's just not used to and doesn't like the idea of Remy getting too close to Rogue because he knows what guys are after and is worried for Rogue. Just think of how you'd feel if an older guy who used to work for the enemy and had a reputation for being a player was lying on top of a girl who you saw as a daughter. I'd let the claws out if it were me.
Yumiko- Yes. I'm like marvel Super heroes and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I can die and come back more then once. Hope you like the next chapter.
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"Kay we're ready to go." Chloe announced as Kitty and herself walked down the stairs of the front of the mansion, earning themselves a few low whistles from the guys by the cars.
They were dressed in hardly anything, though in a very stylish way and this was with the bathing suit covers on them.
The two mutants figured they'd have a better chance getting past the Professor and Logan without either of them giving the girls a hard time about their attire if they kept themselves barely clothed, as opposed to just the bikinis underneath.
"De hell ya are!" Remy said, walking over to his little sister and giving her a shocked look. He glared at the boys who were hooting at them, which was probably a good thing because Kitty was about to blush to death from all the access attention.
She'd wanted to wear the one piece she'd had in her closet but Chloe had somehow convinced her to go with the two-piece that they'd bought together at the mall the previous day.
"What?" Chloe asked her brother. He slapped his hand over his eyes and groaned at how naive she was.
"Dere be no way Remy's gon' let his petite souer wear dat in public." He said, grabbing his extra T-shirt from the trunk of Jean's SUV and shoving it over Chloe's head. "Dere, dats betta."
Chloe sighed in aggravation and rolled her eyes. "Remy!" She wined. "This is so totally unfair!" She added, sulking at her brother who was obviously not in the sympathetic mood.
"I'm almost, practically fifteen in three months or something! I should so be able to dress myself!" She complained.
"Yeah Gambit, give her a break. I mean it doesn't bother any of us when she wears or talks the other girls into wearing stuff like that." Bobby said, winking at Jubilee and Amara who were in similar outfits. They rolled their eyes and groaned at his cockiness in return.
"Thank you Bobby.now shut up before you make things worse." Chloe scolded, when she saw that his input in the conversation was not helping her case.
"Hey I'm just trying to help the situation. I mean come on Remy, its not like that Conner guy is coming or anything. Now that boy is someone you should worry about." Bobby stated.
"Not helping Ice dork." Chloe scolded, throwing a towl at him.
Unfortunately Kurt chose that moment to port Amanda to the institute and got the towel in his face when it had been intercepted.
Amanda giggled as he took the cloth out of his mouth and studied it. Amanda was coming on the trip as well with her boyfriend who had blushed insanely through all his blue furr and the holowatch when he saw her in her swim suit and had insisted that she'd covered up more or it would not be right for him to see her.
She of course agreed and was now sporting an oversized T-shirt that stopped at her knees, similar to the one Chloe had been assigned.
"Couldn't get past your dad without a cover huh?" Chloe asked, motioning to Amanda's attire.
She'd seen Amanda's outfit before without the shirt when Amanda had shown her what she was going to where on their beach outing. The shirt was not part of the outfit.
"Don't tell me, your dad freaked out when he saw you in it?" Chloe guessed.
"Nope. Kurt did." Amanda answered, as her boyfriend walked over to the other boys by Jean's car.
"Come again?" Chloe asked, confused.
"You heard me. Kurt made me change." Amanda replied.
Kitty merely laughed. "Yep, that's Kurt for you. He's like a total gentleman 24/7.even when you really don't want him to be."
Amanda nodded and Chloe just smiled at her friend's statement which was in fact true.
She couldn't remember a time that Kurt hadn't volunteered to help one of the girls with a chore or an errand when he had free time. He was like that all the time and she was just now noticing it.
"Crawla ya gotta loosin up homme. She's yo' femme, an' if de fille wanna get dressed nice fo' ya den damn, don' make her hide it." Remy told Kurt.
"Oh yeah and your one to talk. This coming from the man who just attacked his little sister with an over-shirt." Bobby pointed out.
"Dat be different. Chloe's m' sista. An' she be younga den Kurt's femme."
"Yeah Ice man. I mean how do you think Kurt would feel if Rogue walked out here in something like that?" Scott put in.
"Now dat Remy wouldn' mind" He told the group. While everyone else laughed, Kurt, who was not as amused, frowned at the Cajun's statement.
"Das is mine Swezter!" Kurt said, nudging the Cajun boy in the rib.
"Hey Speaking of Rogue.anybody seen her?" Jean asked the crowd.
Everyone shook their heads in a no, thinking that she wasn't even coming on the trip.
"Is she even coming? I mean Rogue told us that she wasn't into this kind of stuff." Amara stated.
"Yeah Ah know. But it looks like Ah'm comin anyways." Rogue said, stepping off the last stair and onto the driveway.
Remy's eyes widened and his mouth actually dropped open a bit. If it weren't for her powers he'd probably have been tempted to run over and pick her up in his arms and not let go for hours.
Like always, she'd managed to make herself look hotter then ever to the boy and he had a feeling she knew it too.
Rogue was dressed without any of her makeup on and she was sporting a two piece with a cover that was see-through but covered her body like an oversized T-shirt. It stopped a few inches past her knees and the suit could be seen, hugging her curves.
"Mon Dui!" Remy said, taking in her features.
"Ach! Rogue, vat are you vearing?" Kurt asked, totally astounded at his sister's suit.
"A swim suit Kurt. Aintcha eva seen one befo'?" Rogue asked sarcastically. She knew they would all give her a hard time about her suit.
"He means why have you decided to um.let yourself go clothe-less a little bit more then usual." Scott said, trying to look at Rogue's face and not the rest of her.
"Oh come on Scott. If Rogue wants to wear a suit like the rest of us then don't give her a hard time about it." Jean scolded.
"I know, I just meant.that its unusual for her as a look." He explained. "In a good way." He added hastily.
"Dis Cajun be likin de new look as well chere." Remy said, closing his mouth and walking over to her.
"Yeah well, don't go gettin any ideas Cajun. Ah'm only wearin this cause mah one piece is too small." She assured him.
"Well like of course it is. You've only had it for like what, two years or something? You've grown out of it. Your lucky Chloe and I decided to like get you another one while we were at the mall." Kitty piped in.
"Yeah, Thanks a heap Kitty." Rogue said sarcastically, looking down at her showy apparel and groaning. This was so not how she'd planned on spending her day.
"Now how is this fair? You just gave me a hard time about my outfit when Rogue's swimsuit shows way more skin then mine." Chloe asked.
"Yeah, the only difference is the colors and the fact that Rogue's suit is covered up, and its entirely like see-through so it doesn't make a difference." Kitty added, not wanting to be alone in wearing an outfit like the one she had on. At least with Chloe she had someone wearing an outfit almost identical, with a few subtle differences.
"Dat be different." He said.
"How so?" His sister asked, clearly annoyed.
"Cause it be okay fo' her ta look hot in a swimsuit. Not you." He said simply, walking away, but not before winking at Rogue who had to blush.
"Come on everybody. If we want to get to the beach by noon we're going to have to hit the road now." Jean said.
Everyone shuffled into the two cars. Everyone except Remy, Rogue and Kitty that is.
"Dere be a change in plans." Remy said, taking out his Keys to the car.
"Change?" Rogue asked.
"Oui. Dere aint enough room fo' two o' us t' fit in de car." He said.
"Well then why don't you like have Rogue sit on your lap?" Kitty suggested with a grin. Rogue elbowed her friend hard in the ribs. "Ow!"
"How bout we not?" Rogue said, dismissing the idea from the Cajun's mind.
"Look if it's a problem then Ah'll just stay home an' Kitty can squeeze in with tha othas. Lord knows she's thin enough." The Goth said.
Kitty frowned a bit, deciding on weather it was a good statement or an insulting one. She decided against the ladder.
"Oh no y' don' petite. Y' not getting outta our agreement dat easily." He said, lifting her pool bag up and out of her reach so she couldn't take it inside.
"Agreement?" Kitty asked, confused.
"Forget it Kitty." Rogue told her.
"So how do ya plan on gettin all of us ta tha beach then Cajun?" Rogue asked.
"Simple mon chere. Remy gon' give de keys ta de X-van ta de Kitty-kat an' we get ta ride Remy's bike." He said simply.
"WHAT!?" All the recruits in the back of the van asked in unison.
Kitty wasn't exactly the safest person to be in a car with when she was driving. Actually she was the farthest from it. Even Wolverine didn't dare filling the passengers chair when Kitty was in the drivers seat.
"Gambit are you like serious?" Kitty asked, astounded.
"Does dis look like de face of a kidder petite?" He asked suavely.
"Naw, it looks like tha face of a Joker, a Playa, a Conceeded creep, a." Rogue would have gone on but was tuned out by Remy when Kitty let out a giddy squeal like a teenage girl, which she happened to be, and attacked Remy with a hug that was cutting off his circulation.
Rogue smirked a bit at the Cajun's shocked reaction as he tried to pry the overexcited valley girl off of him but felt the sudden sensation of jealousy for some reason.
Remy, being an Emapath, picked up on it immediately and called her on it. "Jealous Chere?" He asked cockily.
"Yeah, you wish Cajun." She said.
"Wait a minute. Ah aint getting on a bike with-" She was cut off again by Kitty letting go of Remy and saying "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" She grabbed the keys and headed for the car.
A second later she was gone and the car was no where to be seen. "Damn you, ya sneaky Cajun!" Rogue scowled at Remy who was now laughing.
His plan had worked. He'd gotten to ride all alone the entire way to the beach with Rogue in a vehicle that required her to cling onto him like a life preserver. Things couldn't get better.
He looked up to see Rogue's retreating figure walking back to the mansion. 'Or maybe not.' He thought.
"Chere, de beach is dis way." He said, pointing away from the mansion. She was not going to get out of going on this trip.
"Ah know that ya moron. Ah'm gettin' a pair of jeans if that's okay with you. Or would ya rather meh go ridin with ya in a bathin suit?" She asked sarcastically and walked away.
He opened his mouth to reply but was silenced by her saying "Don't answer that." And continued on her way.
She was outside with Remy a few minutes later, wearing a pair of faded, tight fitting jeans over her bikini. Remy raised his eyebrows suggestively at her and she replied by pushing him out of the way.
Remy bowed a little and let her pass him to get to his bike. "After you mon chere"
She sighed in agrivation and gave up. 'Well at least things can't get any worse.' She thought to herself as she scowled at him and walked toward the bike.
He saddled onto his bike and she parked herself on it behind him, sitting as far from his body as possible.
He laughed and turned on the engine. "Yo' gonna fall off. You can get a lil' closa petite. Remy don' bite." He assured her.
"Thanks but Ah think Ah'll take mah chances back here." She told him.
"Suit yo'self petite." He said, pushing a few buttons and zooming off away from the institute.
She was feeling uneasy about falling off and he could feel it so he moved the speed up a notch and she nearly fell off, but reluctantly held onto his waist. She cursed her luck when she ended up having to lock her arms around his waist.
He on the other hand was loving every bit of it. His grin was spread all the way across his face.
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"Hm. I wonder how Rogue and Remy are holding up." Chloe said, sitting in the drivers seat of the X-van. "Stop sign!" She yelled to Kitty, who came to an abrupt stop.
When the car jerked she caused Bobby, Amara and Jubilee to bump into each other. They'd decided to have Jamie sit in the way back by himself sense it was Kitty who was driving and they couldn't afford to have anymore of him.
Sam, Rahne, and the others were all in the middle, crouched together. "I feel like a sardine in a tin can." Rahn informed her friends.
"Tell me about it." Bobby agreed.
"Are we there yet?" Jamie wined.
"NO!" The rest of them said, very annoyed.
"We weren't there yet five minutes ago and we aren't there yet now." Jubilee told him. She then returned to the drumming of her headphones, tuning out the rest of the group's chatting.
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Scott put his arm around Jean who was busy, concentrating on driving. He caught sight of Kurt and Amanda, flirting insanely.
He elbowed Jean, and she caught sight of the two teens as well. She sighed in admiration. "If only everybody else in this town were so open-minded like Amanda." Scott said. Jean nodded in agreement.
"Well that just proves Magneto's theory wrong. Humans aren't all the same." Jean told him. He too nodded in agreement. 'Maybe there's hope for our future together after all.' She thought.
"Kurt!" Amanda let out, hitting him playfully. He was obviously doing something amusing for his girlfriend to entertain her for the boring ride to the beach.
"I vunder how everyone else is doing." He thought aloud. "I really don't like it.ze vay Gambit looks at mine swezter. He's nice and all but I don't trust him vit her. He's too old." Kurt said, over protectively. "Woah man, You taking a lesson in big brothering 101 or something?" Evan asked. The rest of the people in the car laughed.
"Look Kurt, don't worry about it. Rogue's a big girl and she can take care of herself." Jean assured him.
"Yeah besides, its not like they're alone or anything. They've got Kitty and the new recruits with them." Scott put in.
(Chloe is technically a new recruit. Gambit isnt because one, he's not technically an X-man, just there to help train and stuff. He's ranking like Scott only a bit higher cause he was a trained Acolyte and Two because He's so cool he skips the new recruits. : P)
"Ja, I guess your right." Kurt said, putting an arm around Amanda.
"Scott spit out the root beer he was sipping, earning a glare from Jean. "Scott! This car is new you know!" Jean nagged.
Scott was too busy choking to reply.
"Kurt.*cough* don't turn around." Scott said, catching his breath.
'Scott what's going on with you?' Jean asked telepathically.
'See for yourself. Look in your rear view mirror.' He answered the same way. There really are some perks of having a girlfriend that was a telepath.
Jean turned her head a little and did as he told her to. She gasped when she saw what her boyfriend was talking about.
"Oh my god!" She said aloud, then blushed when she realized she hadn't used telepathy.
Scott smacked his forehead. "Smooth Jean, real smooth."
"Vas are you two talking about?" Kurt asked.
Amanda and Evan were staring at the couple as well. To the three mutants in the back that weren't let in on the telepathic conversation, it appeared that their team leaders had gone nuts.
"Nothing!" The two in the front said in unison.
"Yeah right." Evan said, letting them know the other three were not convinced.
"Hey isnt that our exit?" Amanda asked curiously, feeling a little out of place with the group.
She was Kurt's girl friend but she wasn't really friends with any of the others. But that was what this trip was for partially. Kurt wanted his friends and his girlfriend to get to know each other. Amanda was all for it, thought she was a bit nervous about making a good impression.
"Jean she's right, turn." Scott said. She made a sharp turn and started speeding up.
"Woah Jean girl cool it. What's with the speed limit braker?" Evan inquired.
"Speeding? I'm not speeding. I'm just um.picking up the pace a little." She answered.
"Yeah, known to some cultures as speeding." He shot back.
A loud motorcycle's engine suddenly droned out all other sounds.
Evan gave a long, low whistle. "Whoa! Now that's what I call a bike. Its got looks, and a back for the girls." Evan said, getting a look at the source of the noise.
"Hey the chick on that bike has one of the girl's worn jeans. I've seen one of em wearin jeans just like those around the mansion." He continued.
Jean sped up even more and Scott kept giving Evan looks that said 'Shut up you moron' or something to that effect.
"Evan it is not polite to stare." Kurt said, not bothering to look at the couple on the bike.
Amanda blushed and turned away from the window, a little ashamed that she'd been nosy like her boyfriend had called Evan on for.
She paused a minute and whipped her head back at the window. Her mouth dropped open when she saw who the people were. Had Evan not noticed? Jean and Scott certainly did.
Jean saw the look on Amanda's face and knew that she'd found out.
'Amanda its Jean. Don't answer aloud.'
'Um. hi. Jean is that who I think it is?' Amanda asked, a little freaked out because she'd never actually telepathically talked to anyone before. It was weird.
'Yeah, what ever you do, do NOT let Kurt see them.' Jean told her.
'Uh.how do I do that?'
'I don't know. You're his girlfriend. Say something, or do something. Just don't let him see the window. He'll freak out and teleport and we don't need anymore news reports this week.' Jean explained.
Amanda nodded silently which Jean saw through the mirror.
"Whoa! Somebody else in the world has bangs that are.oh man it cant be. It cant be. But it is." Evan said, he was totally shocked when he realized who the girl was.
"Alright that's it. You've got mine attention. Vat is so special about zis bike?" Kurt asked, a little annoyed.
Everyone in the car went wide eyed. Kurt was in the middle of Evan and Amanda and the bike was on Amanda's side.
'Somebody do something now!' Jean yelled telepathically.
There just happeneed to be cars all around them and they didn't need Kurt teleporting on the news.
Amanda looked around and racked her brain for some way to distract Kurt. She didn't want her boyfriend ending up in a place like Area 51.
"Kurt!" She exclaimed.
"Yes Aman-" He was cut off when she kissed him straight on the lips.
Everybody stared at them.
"That'll do." Jean said aloud.
The bike went passed them by the time the kiss ended and Jean slowed down the car, letting out a deep breath she didn't even know she was holding in.
"Amanda!" Kurt exclaimed in shock, gasping for much needed air.
"Are you feeling alright?" He asked her, very concerned at her change in behavior.
This was not like his girlfriend at all. Not that he didn't enjoy it. He did. He really, really did. But something wasn't right.
"I'm fine Kurt." She replied with a smile and a face that was clearly blushing. "Just fine."
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"Aw Shit!" Rogue exclaimed.
"What is it chere?" Remy asked, turning his head a bit.
"That SUV back there. Did it look familiar?" Rogue asked.
Remy thought for a minute. "Oui, dat be Jeanie's car non?"
"Oui., that's what." She answered, taking on his French a little.
"Oh so what wrong wit dat? You fraid dey see ya havin a good time wit dis ol' Cajun?" He asked slyly.
"No! Its just that mah friends at tha institute are always givin meh a hard time about getting close ta people roun' here and them they see me with ya like this then I'll neva here the end of it."
Dat don't sound bad. He smiled at her.
"Not to mention the fact that Kurt's in the car and he'd probably have the entire male body of the X-men after ya cause he tends ta go a little. a lot ballistic when his big brotha mode kicks in." She added.
"Okay dat sound bad" He answered, changing his mind of opinion on the situation.
She smirked and he turned back around, keeping his eyes on the road.
"Uh.Remy." She called over the motor, tapping him on the shoulder with her free arm before latching it back onto his waist.
"Oui chere?"
"Ya'll wouldn't happen ta know what yer Teammates.X-teammates Ah mean, ya wouldn't happen ta know what kinda transportation they have would ya?" She inquired.
"Oui, John aint got any ting but Creed an' Peter bot' (both) got bikes like Remy. Why ya ask?" He answered, wondering where the random question had come from.
"Aw crap. Look in tha lane beside us and please tell me that aint who Ah think it is." She said in an aggravated and tired voice.
Remy hesitantly did as he was told and groaned.
"Damn it you two. Can't Remy get a day wit out ya messin up his dates?" He asked the two people riding the motorcycle next to them. Colossus sat in the front of a very large bike and John sat behind him.
"Fer tha fifth time Cajun, Ah aint ya girl and this aint a date." Rogue stated firmly. She didn't want people getting the wrong idea just because the Cajun liked to blab stuff. Even if the people were the enemy.
"Though thah two of them look like they make a cute couple dontcha think Remy?" She asked, hugging him unconsciously.
Though she didn't notice what she was doing , he did, and wasn't about to call her on it because if she knew she'd probably stop.
Remy smirked at her remark and at the look on the two mutant's faces.
John immediately let go of Peter and almost fell off the bike, which Rogue and Remy laughed at.
"Hey mate, looks like your newest Sheila's a feisty one aye?" Pyro asked, trying to get on their nerves. It was just a coincidence that they'd come in contact with the other two mutants but why waste a perfect opportunity to ruin two of the X-men's fun and make some of their own.
He lit his lighter and a little fire Rogue and fire Remy were making out like crazy.
Remy actually laughed in spite of himself. Rogue was not pleased at all. She leaned over and tried to reach the pyromaniac but Colossus pulled to the right.
"Well would you look at that Cajun, looks like your Sheila wants ta touch me, not you. Maybe your loosing your touch aye mate?"
John didn't particularly enjoy getting on Remy's nerves or anything. In fact it was far from it. Remy was John's friend, but Magneto was beginning to suspect their friendship and even though Remy was in a safe house, John was still an easy target for metal objects while under his boss's command.
The Aussie would just throw a few shots at Remy and the girl, make it seem like he actually hated the Cajun's guts, putting on a good show for Peter so he wouldn't get suspicious himself.
Hopefully Remy would know the difference between John's acting and real life.
"What d'ya wan' John?" Remy asked, sensing the uneasiness and guilt that the Aussie was feeling when he was egging on the X-men and knew that it was all just a charade.
"Hey, if you remember mate, Magneto gives us a day off once in a while. We're just making the best of it by goin out, maybe picking up some sheilas. Right Petey?" John asked his helmeted friend.
Colossus was silent but nodded his head just a tad. He'd been keeping an eye on the road, and Remy the entire time and didn't want to add on to the conversation.
"You picking girls up? So ya'll are goin ta tha senior citizens home? That's tha only place Ah could think of with girls that'd willingly go out with you." Rogue shot back.
Remy grinned. Rogue always had the best comebacks and could shoot them at you on the spur of the moment. One of the many things he loved about her.
"What ever Sheila. Be seeing ya mate." John said, raising his hand from his head into the air like a salute.
"Not if Remy has any ting ta do about it Mate." He replied and sped passed the Acolytes and toward the beach.
"You think they were followin' us?" Rogue asked.
"Non, Remy tink dey jus' be out ta have a good time today. Tomorrow dey probably be followin' us. Now lets get t' the beach. It be only five mo' miles." He assured her, smiling. She smiled back and rested her head on his shoulder.
She didn't realize she was doing that either but there was something about riding with him that made her totally unaware of the things she was doing with getting close to him, and even though she wouldn't admit it, she probably wouldn't mind if she did.
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"So do you think Gambit and his Sheila were followin' us?" John asked his friend.
"Its very doubtful. Gambit is sneakier and slyer then that. He wouldn't let us know if he were following us. He's probably just out enjoying the nice weather like us. Now stop squirming would you? It's only five more miles until we get to the beach." Colossus said to his hyperactive teammate.
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Ohhh! Incase you guys didn't guess, the Acolytes and the X-men are going to the same beach! Uh-oh! Plenty of situations for not seen everyday stuff.at the beach. ~Read and review plz! Thanx~
Ideas for what's gonna maybe happen at the beach I'm not updating until I have at least five or six more reviews okay?
(New x-evo episodes on the Wb! YAY!)
Road Trip
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the wolf- Thanx. I get what your saying and I assure you that, from one Logan fan to another, Wolverine will be less rough and threatening Remy. He's just not used to and doesn't like the idea of Remy getting too close to Rogue because he knows what guys are after and is worried for Rogue. Just think of how you'd feel if an older guy who used to work for the enemy and had a reputation for being a player was lying on top of a girl who you saw as a daughter. I'd let the claws out if it were me.
Yumiko- Yes. I'm like marvel Super heroes and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I can die and come back more then once. Hope you like the next chapter.
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"Kay we're ready to go." Chloe announced as Kitty and herself walked down the stairs of the front of the mansion, earning themselves a few low whistles from the guys by the cars.
They were dressed in hardly anything, though in a very stylish way and this was with the bathing suit covers on them.
The two mutants figured they'd have a better chance getting past the Professor and Logan without either of them giving the girls a hard time about their attire if they kept themselves barely clothed, as opposed to just the bikinis underneath.
"De hell ya are!" Remy said, walking over to his little sister and giving her a shocked look. He glared at the boys who were hooting at them, which was probably a good thing because Kitty was about to blush to death from all the access attention.
She'd wanted to wear the one piece she'd had in her closet but Chloe had somehow convinced her to go with the two-piece that they'd bought together at the mall the previous day.
"What?" Chloe asked her brother. He slapped his hand over his eyes and groaned at how naive she was.
"Dere be no way Remy's gon' let his petite souer wear dat in public." He said, grabbing his extra T-shirt from the trunk of Jean's SUV and shoving it over Chloe's head. "Dere, dats betta."
Chloe sighed in aggravation and rolled her eyes. "Remy!" She wined. "This is so totally unfair!" She added, sulking at her brother who was obviously not in the sympathetic mood.
"I'm almost, practically fifteen in three months or something! I should so be able to dress myself!" She complained.
"Yeah Gambit, give her a break. I mean it doesn't bother any of us when she wears or talks the other girls into wearing stuff like that." Bobby said, winking at Jubilee and Amara who were in similar outfits. They rolled their eyes and groaned at his cockiness in return.
"Thank you Bobby.now shut up before you make things worse." Chloe scolded, when she saw that his input in the conversation was not helping her case.
"Hey I'm just trying to help the situation. I mean come on Remy, its not like that Conner guy is coming or anything. Now that boy is someone you should worry about." Bobby stated.
"Not helping Ice dork." Chloe scolded, throwing a towl at him.
Unfortunately Kurt chose that moment to port Amanda to the institute and got the towel in his face when it had been intercepted.
Amanda giggled as he took the cloth out of his mouth and studied it. Amanda was coming on the trip as well with her boyfriend who had blushed insanely through all his blue furr and the holowatch when he saw her in her swim suit and had insisted that she'd covered up more or it would not be right for him to see her.
She of course agreed and was now sporting an oversized T-shirt that stopped at her knees, similar to the one Chloe had been assigned.
"Couldn't get past your dad without a cover huh?" Chloe asked, motioning to Amanda's attire.
She'd seen Amanda's outfit before without the shirt when Amanda had shown her what she was going to where on their beach outing. The shirt was not part of the outfit.
"Don't tell me, your dad freaked out when he saw you in it?" Chloe guessed.
"Nope. Kurt did." Amanda answered, as her boyfriend walked over to the other boys by Jean's car.
"Come again?" Chloe asked, confused.
"You heard me. Kurt made me change." Amanda replied.
Kitty merely laughed. "Yep, that's Kurt for you. He's like a total gentleman 24/7.even when you really don't want him to be."
Amanda nodded and Chloe just smiled at her friend's statement which was in fact true.
She couldn't remember a time that Kurt hadn't volunteered to help one of the girls with a chore or an errand when he had free time. He was like that all the time and she was just now noticing it.
"Crawla ya gotta loosin up homme. She's yo' femme, an' if de fille wanna get dressed nice fo' ya den damn, don' make her hide it." Remy told Kurt.
"Oh yeah and your one to talk. This coming from the man who just attacked his little sister with an over-shirt." Bobby pointed out.
"Dat be different. Chloe's m' sista. An' she be younga den Kurt's femme."
"Yeah Ice man. I mean how do you think Kurt would feel if Rogue walked out here in something like that?" Scott put in.
"Now dat Remy wouldn' mind" He told the group. While everyone else laughed, Kurt, who was not as amused, frowned at the Cajun's statement.
"Das is mine Swezter!" Kurt said, nudging the Cajun boy in the rib.
"Hey Speaking of Rogue.anybody seen her?" Jean asked the crowd.
Everyone shook their heads in a no, thinking that she wasn't even coming on the trip.
"Is she even coming? I mean Rogue told us that she wasn't into this kind of stuff." Amara stated.
"Yeah Ah know. But it looks like Ah'm comin anyways." Rogue said, stepping off the last stair and onto the driveway.
Remy's eyes widened and his mouth actually dropped open a bit. If it weren't for her powers he'd probably have been tempted to run over and pick her up in his arms and not let go for hours.
Like always, she'd managed to make herself look hotter then ever to the boy and he had a feeling she knew it too.
Rogue was dressed without any of her makeup on and she was sporting a two piece with a cover that was see-through but covered her body like an oversized T-shirt. It stopped a few inches past her knees and the suit could be seen, hugging her curves.
"Mon Dui!" Remy said, taking in her features.
"Ach! Rogue, vat are you vearing?" Kurt asked, totally astounded at his sister's suit.
"A swim suit Kurt. Aintcha eva seen one befo'?" Rogue asked sarcastically. She knew they would all give her a hard time about her suit.
"He means why have you decided to um.let yourself go clothe-less a little bit more then usual." Scott said, trying to look at Rogue's face and not the rest of her.
"Oh come on Scott. If Rogue wants to wear a suit like the rest of us then don't give her a hard time about it." Jean scolded.
"I know, I just meant.that its unusual for her as a look." He explained. "In a good way." He added hastily.
"Dis Cajun be likin de new look as well chere." Remy said, closing his mouth and walking over to her.
"Yeah well, don't go gettin any ideas Cajun. Ah'm only wearin this cause mah one piece is too small." She assured him.
"Well like of course it is. You've only had it for like what, two years or something? You've grown out of it. Your lucky Chloe and I decided to like get you another one while we were at the mall." Kitty piped in.
"Yeah, Thanks a heap Kitty." Rogue said sarcastically, looking down at her showy apparel and groaning. This was so not how she'd planned on spending her day.
"Now how is this fair? You just gave me a hard time about my outfit when Rogue's swimsuit shows way more skin then mine." Chloe asked.
"Yeah, the only difference is the colors and the fact that Rogue's suit is covered up, and its entirely like see-through so it doesn't make a difference." Kitty added, not wanting to be alone in wearing an outfit like the one she had on. At least with Chloe she had someone wearing an outfit almost identical, with a few subtle differences.
"Dat be different." He said.
"How so?" His sister asked, clearly annoyed.
"Cause it be okay fo' her ta look hot in a swimsuit. Not you." He said simply, walking away, but not before winking at Rogue who had to blush.
"Come on everybody. If we want to get to the beach by noon we're going to have to hit the road now." Jean said.
Everyone shuffled into the two cars. Everyone except Remy, Rogue and Kitty that is.
"Dere be a change in plans." Remy said, taking out his Keys to the car.
"Change?" Rogue asked.
"Oui. Dere aint enough room fo' two o' us t' fit in de car." He said.
"Well then why don't you like have Rogue sit on your lap?" Kitty suggested with a grin. Rogue elbowed her friend hard in the ribs. "Ow!"
"How bout we not?" Rogue said, dismissing the idea from the Cajun's mind.
"Look if it's a problem then Ah'll just stay home an' Kitty can squeeze in with tha othas. Lord knows she's thin enough." The Goth said.
Kitty frowned a bit, deciding on weather it was a good statement or an insulting one. She decided against the ladder.
"Oh no y' don' petite. Y' not getting outta our agreement dat easily." He said, lifting her pool bag up and out of her reach so she couldn't take it inside.
"Agreement?" Kitty asked, confused.
"Forget it Kitty." Rogue told her.
"So how do ya plan on gettin all of us ta tha beach then Cajun?" Rogue asked.
"Simple mon chere. Remy gon' give de keys ta de X-van ta de Kitty-kat an' we get ta ride Remy's bike." He said simply.
"WHAT!?" All the recruits in the back of the van asked in unison.
Kitty wasn't exactly the safest person to be in a car with when she was driving. Actually she was the farthest from it. Even Wolverine didn't dare filling the passengers chair when Kitty was in the drivers seat.
"Gambit are you like serious?" Kitty asked, astounded.
"Does dis look like de face of a kidder petite?" He asked suavely.
"Naw, it looks like tha face of a Joker, a Playa, a Conceeded creep, a." Rogue would have gone on but was tuned out by Remy when Kitty let out a giddy squeal like a teenage girl, which she happened to be, and attacked Remy with a hug that was cutting off his circulation.
Rogue smirked a bit at the Cajun's shocked reaction as he tried to pry the overexcited valley girl off of him but felt the sudden sensation of jealousy for some reason.
Remy, being an Emapath, picked up on it immediately and called her on it. "Jealous Chere?" He asked cockily.
"Yeah, you wish Cajun." She said.
"Wait a minute. Ah aint getting on a bike with-" She was cut off again by Kitty letting go of Remy and saying "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" She grabbed the keys and headed for the car.
A second later she was gone and the car was no where to be seen. "Damn you, ya sneaky Cajun!" Rogue scowled at Remy who was now laughing.
His plan had worked. He'd gotten to ride all alone the entire way to the beach with Rogue in a vehicle that required her to cling onto him like a life preserver. Things couldn't get better.
He looked up to see Rogue's retreating figure walking back to the mansion. 'Or maybe not.' He thought.
"Chere, de beach is dis way." He said, pointing away from the mansion. She was not going to get out of going on this trip.
"Ah know that ya moron. Ah'm gettin' a pair of jeans if that's okay with you. Or would ya rather meh go ridin with ya in a bathin suit?" She asked sarcastically and walked away.
He opened his mouth to reply but was silenced by her saying "Don't answer that." And continued on her way.
She was outside with Remy a few minutes later, wearing a pair of faded, tight fitting jeans over her bikini. Remy raised his eyebrows suggestively at her and she replied by pushing him out of the way.
Remy bowed a little and let her pass him to get to his bike. "After you mon chere"
She sighed in agrivation and gave up. 'Well at least things can't get any worse.' She thought to herself as she scowled at him and walked toward the bike.
He saddled onto his bike and she parked herself on it behind him, sitting as far from his body as possible.
He laughed and turned on the engine. "Yo' gonna fall off. You can get a lil' closa petite. Remy don' bite." He assured her.
"Thanks but Ah think Ah'll take mah chances back here." She told him.
"Suit yo'self petite." He said, pushing a few buttons and zooming off away from the institute.
She was feeling uneasy about falling off and he could feel it so he moved the speed up a notch and she nearly fell off, but reluctantly held onto his waist. She cursed her luck when she ended up having to lock her arms around his waist.
He on the other hand was loving every bit of it. His grin was spread all the way across his face.
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"Hm. I wonder how Rogue and Remy are holding up." Chloe said, sitting in the drivers seat of the X-van. "Stop sign!" She yelled to Kitty, who came to an abrupt stop.
When the car jerked she caused Bobby, Amara and Jubilee to bump into each other. They'd decided to have Jamie sit in the way back by himself sense it was Kitty who was driving and they couldn't afford to have anymore of him.
Sam, Rahne, and the others were all in the middle, crouched together. "I feel like a sardine in a tin can." Rahn informed her friends.
"Tell me about it." Bobby agreed.
"Are we there yet?" Jamie wined.
"NO!" The rest of them said, very annoyed.
"We weren't there yet five minutes ago and we aren't there yet now." Jubilee told him. She then returned to the drumming of her headphones, tuning out the rest of the group's chatting.
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Scott put his arm around Jean who was busy, concentrating on driving. He caught sight of Kurt and Amanda, flirting insanely.
He elbowed Jean, and she caught sight of the two teens as well. She sighed in admiration. "If only everybody else in this town were so open-minded like Amanda." Scott said. Jean nodded in agreement.
"Well that just proves Magneto's theory wrong. Humans aren't all the same." Jean told him. He too nodded in agreement. 'Maybe there's hope for our future together after all.' She thought.
"Kurt!" Amanda let out, hitting him playfully. He was obviously doing something amusing for his girlfriend to entertain her for the boring ride to the beach.
"I vunder how everyone else is doing." He thought aloud. "I really don't like it.ze vay Gambit looks at mine swezter. He's nice and all but I don't trust him vit her. He's too old." Kurt said, over protectively. "Woah man, You taking a lesson in big brothering 101 or something?" Evan asked. The rest of the people in the car laughed.
"Look Kurt, don't worry about it. Rogue's a big girl and she can take care of herself." Jean assured him.
"Yeah besides, its not like they're alone or anything. They've got Kitty and the new recruits with them." Scott put in.
(Chloe is technically a new recruit. Gambit isnt because one, he's not technically an X-man, just there to help train and stuff. He's ranking like Scott only a bit higher cause he was a trained Acolyte and Two because He's so cool he skips the new recruits. : P)
"Ja, I guess your right." Kurt said, putting an arm around Amanda.
"Scott spit out the root beer he was sipping, earning a glare from Jean. "Scott! This car is new you know!" Jean nagged.
Scott was too busy choking to reply.
"Kurt.*cough* don't turn around." Scott said, catching his breath.
'Scott what's going on with you?' Jean asked telepathically.
'See for yourself. Look in your rear view mirror.' He answered the same way. There really are some perks of having a girlfriend that was a telepath.
Jean turned her head a little and did as he told her to. She gasped when she saw what her boyfriend was talking about.
"Oh my god!" She said aloud, then blushed when she realized she hadn't used telepathy.
Scott smacked his forehead. "Smooth Jean, real smooth."
"Vas are you two talking about?" Kurt asked.
Amanda and Evan were staring at the couple as well. To the three mutants in the back that weren't let in on the telepathic conversation, it appeared that their team leaders had gone nuts.
"Nothing!" The two in the front said in unison.
"Yeah right." Evan said, letting them know the other three were not convinced.
"Hey isnt that our exit?" Amanda asked curiously, feeling a little out of place with the group.
She was Kurt's girl friend but she wasn't really friends with any of the others. But that was what this trip was for partially. Kurt wanted his friends and his girlfriend to get to know each other. Amanda was all for it, thought she was a bit nervous about making a good impression.
"Jean she's right, turn." Scott said. She made a sharp turn and started speeding up.
"Woah Jean girl cool it. What's with the speed limit braker?" Evan inquired.
"Speeding? I'm not speeding. I'm just um.picking up the pace a little." She answered.
"Yeah, known to some cultures as speeding." He shot back.
A loud motorcycle's engine suddenly droned out all other sounds.
Evan gave a long, low whistle. "Whoa! Now that's what I call a bike. Its got looks, and a back for the girls." Evan said, getting a look at the source of the noise.
"Hey the chick on that bike has one of the girl's worn jeans. I've seen one of em wearin jeans just like those around the mansion." He continued.
Jean sped up even more and Scott kept giving Evan looks that said 'Shut up you moron' or something to that effect.
"Evan it is not polite to stare." Kurt said, not bothering to look at the couple on the bike.
Amanda blushed and turned away from the window, a little ashamed that she'd been nosy like her boyfriend had called Evan on for.
She paused a minute and whipped her head back at the window. Her mouth dropped open when she saw who the people were. Had Evan not noticed? Jean and Scott certainly did.
Jean saw the look on Amanda's face and knew that she'd found out.
'Amanda its Jean. Don't answer aloud.'
'Um. hi. Jean is that who I think it is?' Amanda asked, a little freaked out because she'd never actually telepathically talked to anyone before. It was weird.
'Yeah, what ever you do, do NOT let Kurt see them.' Jean told her.
'Uh.how do I do that?'
'I don't know. You're his girlfriend. Say something, or do something. Just don't let him see the window. He'll freak out and teleport and we don't need anymore news reports this week.' Jean explained.
Amanda nodded silently which Jean saw through the mirror.
"Whoa! Somebody else in the world has bangs that are.oh man it cant be. It cant be. But it is." Evan said, he was totally shocked when he realized who the girl was.
"Alright that's it. You've got mine attention. Vat is so special about zis bike?" Kurt asked, a little annoyed.
Everyone in the car went wide eyed. Kurt was in the middle of Evan and Amanda and the bike was on Amanda's side.
'Somebody do something now!' Jean yelled telepathically.
There just happeneed to be cars all around them and they didn't need Kurt teleporting on the news.
Amanda looked around and racked her brain for some way to distract Kurt. She didn't want her boyfriend ending up in a place like Area 51.
"Kurt!" She exclaimed.
"Yes Aman-" He was cut off when she kissed him straight on the lips.
Everybody stared at them.
"That'll do." Jean said aloud.
The bike went passed them by the time the kiss ended and Jean slowed down the car, letting out a deep breath she didn't even know she was holding in.
"Amanda!" Kurt exclaimed in shock, gasping for much needed air.
"Are you feeling alright?" He asked her, very concerned at her change in behavior.
This was not like his girlfriend at all. Not that he didn't enjoy it. He did. He really, really did. But something wasn't right.
"I'm fine Kurt." She replied with a smile and a face that was clearly blushing. "Just fine."
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"Aw Shit!" Rogue exclaimed.
"What is it chere?" Remy asked, turning his head a bit.
"That SUV back there. Did it look familiar?" Rogue asked.
Remy thought for a minute. "Oui, dat be Jeanie's car non?"
"Oui., that's what." She answered, taking on his French a little.
"Oh so what wrong wit dat? You fraid dey see ya havin a good time wit dis ol' Cajun?" He asked slyly.
"No! Its just that mah friends at tha institute are always givin meh a hard time about getting close ta people roun' here and them they see me with ya like this then I'll neva here the end of it."
Dat don't sound bad. He smiled at her.
"Not to mention the fact that Kurt's in the car and he'd probably have the entire male body of the X-men after ya cause he tends ta go a little. a lot ballistic when his big brotha mode kicks in." She added.
"Okay dat sound bad" He answered, changing his mind of opinion on the situation.
She smirked and he turned back around, keeping his eyes on the road.
"Uh.Remy." She called over the motor, tapping him on the shoulder with her free arm before latching it back onto his waist.
"Oui chere?"
"Ya'll wouldn't happen ta know what yer Teammates.X-teammates Ah mean, ya wouldn't happen ta know what kinda transportation they have would ya?" She inquired.
"Oui, John aint got any ting but Creed an' Peter bot' (both) got bikes like Remy. Why ya ask?" He answered, wondering where the random question had come from.
"Aw crap. Look in tha lane beside us and please tell me that aint who Ah think it is." She said in an aggravated and tired voice.
Remy hesitantly did as he was told and groaned.
"Damn it you two. Can't Remy get a day wit out ya messin up his dates?" He asked the two people riding the motorcycle next to them. Colossus sat in the front of a very large bike and John sat behind him.
"Fer tha fifth time Cajun, Ah aint ya girl and this aint a date." Rogue stated firmly. She didn't want people getting the wrong idea just because the Cajun liked to blab stuff. Even if the people were the enemy.
"Though thah two of them look like they make a cute couple dontcha think Remy?" She asked, hugging him unconsciously.
Though she didn't notice what she was doing , he did, and wasn't about to call her on it because if she knew she'd probably stop.
Remy smirked at her remark and at the look on the two mutant's faces.
John immediately let go of Peter and almost fell off the bike, which Rogue and Remy laughed at.
"Hey mate, looks like your newest Sheila's a feisty one aye?" Pyro asked, trying to get on their nerves. It was just a coincidence that they'd come in contact with the other two mutants but why waste a perfect opportunity to ruin two of the X-men's fun and make some of their own.
He lit his lighter and a little fire Rogue and fire Remy were making out like crazy.
Remy actually laughed in spite of himself. Rogue was not pleased at all. She leaned over and tried to reach the pyromaniac but Colossus pulled to the right.
"Well would you look at that Cajun, looks like your Sheila wants ta touch me, not you. Maybe your loosing your touch aye mate?"
John didn't particularly enjoy getting on Remy's nerves or anything. In fact it was far from it. Remy was John's friend, but Magneto was beginning to suspect their friendship and even though Remy was in a safe house, John was still an easy target for metal objects while under his boss's command.
The Aussie would just throw a few shots at Remy and the girl, make it seem like he actually hated the Cajun's guts, putting on a good show for Peter so he wouldn't get suspicious himself.
Hopefully Remy would know the difference between John's acting and real life.
"What d'ya wan' John?" Remy asked, sensing the uneasiness and guilt that the Aussie was feeling when he was egging on the X-men and knew that it was all just a charade.
"Hey, if you remember mate, Magneto gives us a day off once in a while. We're just making the best of it by goin out, maybe picking up some sheilas. Right Petey?" John asked his helmeted friend.
Colossus was silent but nodded his head just a tad. He'd been keeping an eye on the road, and Remy the entire time and didn't want to add on to the conversation.
"You picking girls up? So ya'll are goin ta tha senior citizens home? That's tha only place Ah could think of with girls that'd willingly go out with you." Rogue shot back.
Remy grinned. Rogue always had the best comebacks and could shoot them at you on the spur of the moment. One of the many things he loved about her.
"What ever Sheila. Be seeing ya mate." John said, raising his hand from his head into the air like a salute.
"Not if Remy has any ting ta do about it Mate." He replied and sped passed the Acolytes and toward the beach.
"You think they were followin' us?" Rogue asked.
"Non, Remy tink dey jus' be out ta have a good time today. Tomorrow dey probably be followin' us. Now lets get t' the beach. It be only five mo' miles." He assured her, smiling. She smiled back and rested her head on his shoulder.
She didn't realize she was doing that either but there was something about riding with him that made her totally unaware of the things she was doing with getting close to him, and even though she wouldn't admit it, she probably wouldn't mind if she did.
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"So do you think Gambit and his Sheila were followin' us?" John asked his friend.
"Its very doubtful. Gambit is sneakier and slyer then that. He wouldn't let us know if he were following us. He's probably just out enjoying the nice weather like us. Now stop squirming would you? It's only five more miles until we get to the beach." Colossus said to his hyperactive teammate.
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Ohhh! Incase you guys didn't guess, the Acolytes and the X-men are going to the same beach! Uh-oh! Plenty of situations for not seen everyday stuff.at the beach. ~Read and review plz! Thanx~
Ideas for what's gonna maybe happen at the beach I'm not updating until I have at least five or six more reviews okay?
(New x-evo episodes on the Wb! YAY!)