~ Recap ~
A woman slid onto the barstool next to him. "Sleeman's Honey Brown." She told the bartender in a lilting voice.
"Here you are." He said, handing to her.
"Thank ya sugah."
Remy looked over at the woman who had sat down beside him. "Rogue?" he asked.
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I wonder how you sleep
I wonder what you think of me
If I could go back
Would you have ever been with me
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"Yeah, it's meh." She said quietly, head bent so her hair fell over her face and she didn't have to meet his eyes. She was afraid if she did, she'd totally forget who she was.
"So…how was Japan? Did dat meditative stuff work?" he was also avoiding the real topic. He looked at her. Even with her hair hiding her face somewhat she was still as beautiful as she had been before she left- more so, he corrected himself.
"It wasn't so bad, really nice scenery. Ah got y'all souvenirs too. And yeah, "dat meditative stuff" worked. I can touch now." She smiled slightly.
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I want you to be uneasy
I want you to remember
I want you to believe in me
I want you on my side
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"Kurt, like, whose Remy talking to? I thought he, like, promised not to do that again- he was going to wait for Rogue." Kitty said, looking over at Remy with disdain.
Kurt looked at the two, remembering seeing the vivid green eyes. "We need to trust him."
She looked at him incredulously. "Last time he did this you almost ripped him to shreds. Now we should trust him?"
"Kitty-" he sighed.
"You know something I don't, don't you? Remy wanted to wait for Rogue, you say we should trust him, and Rogue is, wait- she couldn't be, could she?"
"Katzchen?" She turned to Kurt distractedly, eyes widening slightly as he bent down to kiss her before closing in pleasure as she leaned into the kiss. All rational thought was driven from her mind as they disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
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Come on and lay it down
I've always been with you
Here and now
Give all that's within you
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Kurt 'ported them into the rec. room, in front of the TV, which Jean and Scott just happened to be watching. The two had been in the middle of Sleepless in Seattle, and Jean was not all that happy that she couldn't see what was happening.
"Guys." Jean said.
"Guys!"
"GUYS!"
Kitty and Kurt broke apart, Kitty turning a very interesting shade of red. Kurt was adversely turning a shade of purple, and the two older mutants watching found this quite amusing.
"Have a good time at the bar?"
The blushes got darker.
"I'll take that as a yes." Scott said. "You guys want to move a little to the left? You're blocking the television." Kurt and Kitty hurriedly removed themselves from the room.
"Scott, you're horrible." Jean said, rebuking him.
He shrugged. "You wanted to do that too."
"How'd you know that?" she asked.
"I didn't, but I sure do now!" he laughed.
"Scott!"
"What?" he asked innocently.
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Be my saviour
And I'll be your downfall
Here we go again
Ashamed of being broken in ~~~
"Okay, that was like, totally embarrassing." Kitty said as they wandered up the stairs to her room.
"Tell me about it." Kurt said.
"Don't have to. You were there." They stopped at her door. "Um, I'm going to go get some sleep. See you in the morning fuzzy?"
"Oh, ja. Sleep vell Katzchen." He bent down and gave her a quick kiss before porting off to his room.
"You too fuzzy." She said quietly, slipping into her room.
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We're getting off track
I wanna get you back again
I want you to trouble me
I wanted you to linger
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John popped his head into the rec. room. "Any of ya seen Amara?"
…
"Take that as a no." he walked out and thought for a second. "If I was Amara, where would I be?" he wondered out loud.
"You try her room?" Bobby asked as he was passing by.
"No, hey good idea!" John hurried up to the girls' dorm.
"He's got more than just a few screws loose up there." Bobby said to himself as he walked away.
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I want you to agree with me
I want so much so bad
Come on and lay it down
I've always been with you
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"'Mara!" John called as he knocked on the door.
"Come in!" she was sitting at her desk, pushing some hair behind her ear as she scribbled a few words and then frowned at the paper in front of her. John sat down on the bed.
"Hey John." She said, smiling at him before turning back to the paper and sighing.
"Problems?" he asked.
"Not really."
"Oh good. Then you won't mind coming out with me."
"John, it's-" she looked at the clock over her desk. "Eleven. Why do you want to go out now?"
"Hungry." John shrugged. "And fuzzbutt's eaten all the good food."
"It's not nice to call Kurt that."
"He ain't here, so he don't know." Amara sighed. "Let me grab my jacket."
"Great!" he grabbed her hand and dragged her out the door. Amara grabbed her jacket off the chair before she was swung around the corner. A laugh burst out of her mouth as she pictured what they must look like to anyone passing by. A few minutes later they were in the car and on the way to McDonald's for some Reese's Pieces McFlurrys.
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Here and now
Give all that's within you
Be my saviour
And I'll be your downfall
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Rogue snuck a quick glance at Remy before turning away. "Ah'm- Ah'm really sorry Remy."
He shrugged nonchalantly. "We all gotta do what we gotta do."
"Oh." She said quietly, toying with her bottle. "Ah guess." He looked at her, feeling her mood drop.
"What's wrong cheré?" he asked, touching her shoulder. For a second at least, he could pretend it was like old times. Rogue leaned into his touch, sighing in contentment.
"It's just- are ya mad at meh Remy?"
"Mad at y'? Non cheré, just upset y' didn't tell Remy."
"It's just I thought- well…" she trailed off.
"Would y' know how to act either?" He asked her.
"No, proven by what I just said." Remy couldn't help it- he smiled. Rogue laughed quietly.
"So- how are things at the mansion?" she asked.
"Same old same old. Well, actually- Cyke's well on his way to getting that stick outta his ass." Rogue laughed. "Yeah, Remy knows. Shocker, ain't it?" He got another drink and continued.
"'Course, Red's helping a lot. Y'r frere and the chat-"
"About time." Rogue said. "They've been dancing around each other for years." Remy snaked his arm around her waist, pulling her chair closer.
"And John and the fire fille." Rogue nodded, her head resting on his shoulder.
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You'll be my saviour
Only love can save us now
Only love can save us now
I'll be your downfall
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"Lesse- wat else?" Remy mused. "O' course! The Brotherhood broke up a few months ago- well, broke off from Mystique.[1] Then they moved over here- Remy can hardly hear himself think now, there are so many people over at de mansion."
"A lot's changed since I left, hasn't it?" she asked Remy.
"A lot has changed here cheré, but a lot's still de same." He replied, wondering if she still felt it.
"So much has happened…" she said, staring off into space.
"Rogue?" he asked quietly, looking at her.
"Yeah Remy?" she turned to look at him.
"Missed y' while y' were gone."
"Meh too sugah."
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I've always been with you
Hear me now
And with all that's within you
Be my saviour
And I'll be your downfall
~~~
"Remy got some business in a while, but after dat mebbe…" he looked at his watch. "Merde. Com'n Rogue." He got up and gave Rogue and hand and led her to his motorcycle. "Hol' on cheré." He told her, tearing out of the parking lot.
"So what kind o' business?" Rogue yelled over the wind.
"Got somet'in to prove, is all. On'y an hour or so."
"Kay." They pulled into a poorly maintained residential area and Remy pulled into the second driveway on the left.
"'M just going to play a game of poker- idiots think they can beat Remy."
"Well Ah'm not staying here. Ah do not need some guy's thoughts in my head."
"Y' leaving already cheré?" he asked, disappointed.
"No, Ah'm coming with ya." Remy brightened and grinned when she grabbed Remy's hand as he headed in the door.
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Hear my feet
Will they make you go
Where I go
Can I take you home
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An hour later and a few thousand dollars richer, Remy and Rogue were on their way back to the bar.
"Swamp Rat you're one of the craziest people Ah've ever met."
"It's makes Remy all warm and fuzzy inside when y' call him pet names." He said, smiling brightly.
"So we starting at the beginning again?"
Remy pulled over and faced Rogue. "Wat if I want to continue from where we left off?" He kissed her on the mouth, and discovered she tasted even better when there was no fabric between them. Rogue moved closer to Remy and returned the kiss before she reluctantly moved back.
"Remy…" she said.
"Mm…" he moved on to her neck. Rogue melted into his touch before she pushed him off.
"Remy! We shouldn't. A lot of things change over the years."
"People shouldn't do a lot of things that we do anyway. And change is inevitable."
"But you probably have a girl-" Remy cut her off.
"She's standing right in front of me." He thought a second. "Let's go."
"Where?" she looked at him curiously. Remy noticed how she tilted her head slightly to one side and her mouth had curved in a tiny smile, and how it made her even more stunning then normal.
"Well, Remy gotta get rid of his money somehow." He looked at her innocently, the spark in his eyes giving him away.
"Ya are going to get me drunk in some hotel room and have yer way with me, aren't ya Swamp Rat?" she asked, a grin tugging at her own lips.
"Only if y' want Remy to." He shrugged, giving her a devilish grin. He started the motorcycle and Rogue had to slide forward and tighten her grip around his stomach to stay on at the speed he was going.
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Now I'm back
On my own
I'm coming home
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"Ya tryin' to kill us Remy?" she hollered to be heard over the wind, leaning forward near his ear so her hair was whipping him in the face as the wind blew it around.
"Non. Then life's no fun, hn?" Rogue just tightened her grip. They pulled up half an hour later in front of the Continental Hotel.[2] Remy hurried in and reappeared a few minutes later dangling a key. He waved the valet over and handed him the motorcycle keys. The valet drove it off.
"Come on cheré, there's a room waiting for us." Rogue followed him up to the seventh floor. They ordered a bottle of red wine from room service. It showed up a few minutes later, and Remy and Rogue settled on the couch, Remy pouring them both a glass.
"Ah've got somethin' to confess." Rogue said, moving closer to Remy.
"Wat is it cheré?" Remy asked, turning to face her.
"Ah missed ya while Ah was gone."
"I missed you too petite." They sat in silence for a few minutes, each sipping their glass of wine. Rogue put hers down and turned to Remy, putting his down and kissing him softly. "Missed doing that too." She whispered. Remy pulled her onto his lap, facing him, and trailed kisses over her face and down her neck. Rogue shuddered and would have fallen had she been standing. "Missed dat." He said. Rogue lent in and kissed his mouth, melding her body to his as Remy deepened it until they had to pull apart so they could breathe. He scooped her up into his arms and stood up, kissing her again and then looking down at her. "Bedroom?" he asked.
"Bedroom." She agreed.
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Let me be your downfall
Let me be your downfall baby
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[1] Mystique may not be one of the nicest people in Evo, but I thought it would be nicer to have her leave instead of killing her.
[2] I seriously doubt there's a "Continental Hotel" in or around Bayville or New York. Just liked the name.
Okay, I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a while. Hope the double hitter makes up for it. There will be a least a fifth chapter to this story, but my inspiration has not yet fried my brain with a lightning bolt, so I hope you guys don't mind waiting for a while. Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers, I give you all cookies for making me feel good. I will not be writing what happens after, for I suck at that, so just imagine if you want to.
