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They stood there like they were frozen in time. His hand was still clutching her wrist. Rogue just stood there staring at his hand. Her mouth was slightly opened and formed an 'o' shape.
"Whoa." Bobby said when he caught up with her. His eyes were locked on the 'touching of skin.' Kurt then bamf'd into the hallway.
"Let go of her." Kurt ordered pulling Gambit's arm away. Rogue touched the place where his hand had touched then looked up at him. "Vhut happened?"
"Ah.. have ta go." Rogue's vision became burry. She quickly walked into her room and slammed the door behind her.
Gambit stared down at
his hand. "Remy touched de fille and nothin' happened."
"Wow. He's still
standing to tell about it." Bobby said, amazed.
Jubilee walked up behind him. "What happened?"
"Gambit's still standing, that's what."
That received an eye roll from Remy as he walked past him. "Gambit is goin' t' go talk t' de profess'o."
***
Rogue stared at herself in the
mirror. "Why was he able ta touch meh?" Her heart was beating so loud she was
afraid everyone in the mansion could hear it.
"What's going on?" Kitty asked, phasing through the door. "Kurt is mad at Gambit, Jubilee locked herself in the bathroom and Bobby went with Gambit to see the Professor."
"He went ta see da Prof?" Rogue groaned. She was already so confused and now the Professor was going to be brought into all of it. She looked over at Kitty who was waiting for a better answer. Slowly, she walked towards Kitty, took off her glove and before the Valley Girl could react, she gently touched her cheek. Kitty's eyes got wide and she fell to the floor unconscious. Rogue stumbled back surprised. She half expected not to absorb Kitty's power.
"Hey kid, the Professor wants to see you." Logan growled walking into the room. Rogue looked at him surprised. She hadn't heard the door open. He looked down at Kitty's body then back up at her. "Do I even want to know?" She shook her head. "I'll take care of her and you go see Chuck." Rogue hesitated but nodded. You didn't want to mess with a guy who could stab you with ejected pitchforks from his forearms.
***
"Do you think Gambit would
like me more if I went insane?" Jubilee asked walking into the living room.
Amara sat on the couch flipping through stations.
"Nah. If you went insane it would be like the fourth of July." Amara said setting down the remote. "Plus, I heard he's a bit taken to Rogue. Ororo found them sleeping together this morning."
Jubilee's jaw dropped. "Sleeping together?"
"Get your mind out of the gutter."
***
"Ah don't undahstand any of this. Why was Ah able ta touch him but Ah absorb anyone else Ah touch?" Rogue asked the minute she stepped into the Professor's office. Gambit did a bit of an eye roll. He thought she'd be happy when she found out he could touch her but no, she freaked out.
"It has to do with his powers." Xavier began. Now, Rogue did a little eye roll. Here come all the scientific words and meanings that she wouldn't understand. "You see, He charges things with a kinetic energy from his body-"
"Really? Ah thought it was charged by blasts from his eyes." Rogue muttered sarcastically. Remy gave her a look. "Sorrah. Go on, prof."
He cleared his throat. "Because of his powers, there's kinetic energy surrounding his body. Like a force field or an extra layer of skin. Therefore you can touch him without absorbing his powers or memories."
Rogue shot Gambit a look. "Remy did not know it 'till de Prof explain'd de force body t'ing."
"So Ah can touch someone.." Rogue trailed off staring at Gambit. After all these years of no physical contact with another person she finally met someone whom she could touch. It surprised her – A lot but she didn't agree at the choice of the person.
He winked at her.
***
"Remy will see y' later, chére."
Gambit whispered into Rogue's ear as he walked past her. She tried not to blush
as he disappeared down the hallway.
"The last thing I want to have is a sex talk with you, Stripes." Logan said leaning against the hard wooden door that led into Xavier's office.
Rogue made a face. "That makes two of us, Wolvie."
***
"You're going to have to talk
to her sometime. This place is only so big." Amara said, biting into a cookie.
Jubilee sighed and stared at her cookie.
"She's gonna freak out at me or something." Jubes shrugged her shoulders. "She might even touch me and steal my power."
"Rogue doesn't seem like the one who likes fire works." Amara teased as Bobby walked into the kitchen. "Rogue'll probably forgive you."
"Yeah. Didn't you hear? She can touch Gambit." Bobby said, taking a cookie. Jubilee dropped her cookie and stared at him in disbelief. "It's a short-'long'-story that's so complexed you wouldn't understand but he's the only one she can touch."
"There go my chances with him." She sighed unhappily. Bobby and Amara switched glances and rolled their eyes.
***
"Do you, like, have to play
your music so loud? I have a headache." Kitty shouted over the music. Rogue
just shrugged and turned off the CD player. "Thank you." She hesitated. "So..
Is it, like, you know.. true? That you can touch Gambit?"
"Yeah." The answer was short and simple.
Kitty smiled. "I'm glad you have someone you can touch. And by the looks of it, Gam is crazy over you." Rogue blinked at the word crazy. Kitty realized her choice of words and giggled. "Sorry.. You know what I mean."
"Ah like 'im too. He actually makes meh feel safe."
Kitty grinned. "Wow Rogue. You're turning into a softy. Never thought I'd say that. And it's over a booooy."
A pillow came in contact with Kitty's head.
***
Rogue smiled as she entered
Gambit's room. He was asleep – and snoring. But it wasn't a loud and annoying
snore. It was quieter and made her feel sleepy. She tiptoed over to his side
and kissed him gently on the lips. His eyes popped open.
"Mm.. chére.. was jus'
dreamin' 'bout you." He smirked, wrapping his arms around her waist. He pulled
her on top of him.
"Was it a good dream?" She asked playfully and kissed him again. He mumbled something but decided kissing was more fun and kissed her back.
"Hey Gambit.. Can we.." The door suddenly opened and a voice that belonged to Jubilee was heard as she walked into the room and switched on the light. "WHOA."
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To be continued..
Sorry about the short chapter and the
somewhat cliffy. It helps me write better.. Somehow. :)
For those of you who have read
my fic 'Growing' it won't be updated anytime soon. I might take it down until I
know what to do with it. My other fic, 'The Half Burnt Card' will be updated
sometime this month.
I have a lot of homework lately, which cuts back on my computer time, which is the reason I won't update for a while. But I'll try.
Have a nice night and don't forget to read and review.. ;)
