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Disclaimer – I don't own X-Men: Evolution
After watching Rogue Recruit last night, I realized Cody had a slight southern accent. Every damn time that episode was on, I'd somehow miss the first half and see where Rogue absorbs Storm. Cody isn't a major character.. He'll only appear maybe two or three times if he's lucky.. :)
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"Cody?" Not only did her heart skip a beat, but also she choked on her spit. Standing right in front of her was the guy she first absorbed. The first guy she fell in love with; the first guy she like-liked. She shook her head. 'What is he doin' here?'
"Long time no see, eh?" Kitty and Gambit peeked from upstairs. Rogue usually would have noticed the two heads sticking out of the wall but she was practically in shock. "I guess I should explain myself.." He laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"Is he hittin' on 'er?" Gambit whispered, glaring at the younger male. Kitty jabbed him in the ribs and told him to shut up. She couldn't help but to smile at his suddenly jealous. Especially since the other male wasn't hitting on Rogue.
"Ah have ta admit, Ah'm sa'prised. Ah haven't seen yah since.." She looked away nervously. He had to know she was a mutant, but how did he find her? Especially since she last saw him when she lived in Mississippi.
"I was afraid somethin' happened to you." She blinked. Gambit blinked. 'Afraid somethin' happened to her?' She was the one who put him in a coma. She had nearly killed him with her powers.
"Ah nearly killed ya." She whispered, taken back. "Why would ya be afraid somethin' happened ta me? If ya haven't noticed Ah'm a mutant."
He gave her a weak smile. "I saw you on television back home a few years ago. I knew I just had to see you again, Rogue."
"'Dat is flirtin'!" Gambit explained, elbowing Kitty. "Look at 'de way he is lookin' at 'er. She ain't interested, right? Gambit mean she is.."
"Shut up." Kitty snapped. "Everyone knows that Rogue, like, has the hots for you still."
"He don' know 'dat!"
"A lot of things have changed since ya saw meh last, which was like four years ago." Rogue said, brushing her hand up against her stomach. Gambit nodded; he agreed with her.
"I know Rogue but I just had to see you again. After I woke up, I did hear that you did kind of leave the state." He laughed nervously but Rogue didn't look too amused. She hated thinking about the past. Especially about her past in Mississippi even through most memories before then were all just a blur.
"Ah don't know what ta say.." She trailed off. Gambit noticed how uncomfortable she looked and decided to save her but when he leaned forward, he learned that Kitty's grip on him wasn't all that strong and he phased through the rest of the wall and fell from the second floor to the bottom of the first. "Remy!" She ran to his side and helped him to his feet.
"Oi. Remy be broken." He groaned, shaking his head. Kitty snickered from above. Everyone looked up to see Kitty's head sticking out from the wall. When she noticed Rogue's icy glare she phased back.
"This is certainly a weird place." Cody laughed, not choosing his words more carefully. Rogue tried to help Gambit to his feet but he wouldn't let her and struggled to get to them on his own.
"Bonjour.." Gambit glared at the shorter male. Rogue rolled her eyes. 'Bonjour' was a word she hadn't heard in a while. Everyone in the room suddenly turned quiet. "'Dis is mon fille." Remy suddenly said, wrapping an arm around his Rogue. Cody raised a brow.
"I was just stoppin' by to say 'hello' and to see how she's doin', man.." Cody said, trying to act offended. Now, Remy raised a brow.
"Stoppin' by from Mississippi, eh?"
"I haven't seen Rogue in years. Nothin' wrong with stoppin' by to say hello."
"No need ta be jealous Rem. Ya know Ah love ya."
"Remy ain't jealous!"
"Sure sounds like you are." Cody said uneasily. Gambit shot him a look and Rogue smirked at him. This was getting interesting.
"Don' go gangin' up on Remy." He gave Rogue a slight pout. Her smirk turned into a smile. With his 'demon' eyes, goatee and that pout, he looked adorable.
Logan then wandered through the room, reading a newspaper. He didn't bother to stop, he just gave Rogue and Gambit a weird look as he went on his way upstairs.
"What's with the Cajun, Stripes and Blondie down there?" He asked Kitty when he saw her half phasing through a corner to get a better view.
"One word; Jealousy." He just grunted then went back on his way. Possibly to the can. "Man, this is, like, so weird. Things like this only happen in, like, movies." She blinked as she realized she was talking to herself.
"What is your problem? I don't even know you and you don't even know me." Cody snapped, taking a step forward. He was sick of Gambit asking him all kinds of stupid personal questions.
"Remy knows y' enough t' see yo're still in love wit' mon chére!"
"I-"
Rogue sighed, broke away from Gambit then made her way to the stairs. "Screw this. Ah need an aspirin." She walked past Kitty without noticing then stopped in her tracks, looked back, raised a brow then went back on her way.
"See! Y' upset Roguey!"
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'Why won't Remy evah realize Ah really do love 'im?' Rogue stared at her pale reflection in the mirror. She splashed her face in cold water. 'It was like he didn't even trus' meh with Cody. Ah'm pregnant with his baby an' he still don't even trus' meh.' She sighed, for what seemed like the hundredth time that day and walked out of the bathroom and made her way down the hall. 'Ah wondah if he is even gonnah propose ta meh.. Ah know Ah would say yes in an inst—' A sobbing sound from down the hall that broke through her thoughts. She slowly made her way towards the room and opened the door. "Jean?"
The red head sat on Scott's bed, crying. "Oh, Rogue. I miss him so much!" Rogue didn't have to asked who 'he' was. Scott. Who else? "He called and asked me if I wanted him to come back and I actually said no! Things were fine! How could I be so stupid?"
"Everythin' is fine, ain't it?"
Jean sniffled. "I guess. I just hate being away from him. Seeing you and Gambit together make me think of us."
Rogue blinked. "Remy an' Ah make ya think of yah an' Scott? Ah would have nevah guessed that." She laughed but stopped when she saw the serious look set upon Jean's face. "Ya really do love 'im, Don't'ch' yah?" Jean stiffly nodded. Rogue rolled her eyes, walked over to the nightstand and picked up the phone. "Then call Scott an' tell 'im that."
Jean looked at her dumbfounded. She tried to break into her mind to see if she was serious but Rogue had some mental block up so instead, Jean, just stood up and walked right past her. "Mind your own business."
"See.." Rogue slightly rubbed her stomach. "Stay away from that girl. She's got problems, Sugah."
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Gambit paced around the room. "Gambit don' believe y'."
"Well, excuse me for not knownin' where I was a year ago on September twenty-second." Cody snapped, rolling his eyes. "This is ridiculous. Can't I just say good bye to Rogue?"
Gambit ignored the last part. "Gambit remembers where he was."
"Well, apparently, Gambit has a stick shoved up his— Rogue." Cody smiled as Rogue walked downstairs. Gambit became confused.
"Shoved up Gambit's Rogue?" He asked himself out loud. He blinked. "Oh." He muttered when he realized Rogue was standing next to him.
"Cody, It's like ta see ya an' all but Ah'm not feelin' too well so Ah gonnah go ta bed."
"Understandable." He smiled at her. Gambit wanted to laugh because his smile looked a whole lot sexier.. "So, I'll see you 'round, Rogue."
And he left.
Which made Gambit a very, very, very happy man.
"Gambit don' like him."
"He seemed different." Rogue ran her hand through her hair. "A lot different."
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It was a perfect night out. Not a single star in the dark sky. Rogue laid next to a sleeping Gambit, wide awake. A small wave of nausea passed through her. She shuddered; she hated that feeling. She slowly made her way out of the bed – careful not to wake her sleeping mate up and walked into the bathroom.
Gambit rolled over in the bed and put his arm around the air. It fell limply onto the bed. His eyes opened immediately. "Roguey?"
Even through he had whispered, he heard a response from Rogue in the bathroom. "Go back ta bed, Rem."
He stumbled out of bed and walked towards the bathroom where Rogue laid in the bathtub. "Oi?"
"It makes meh feel bettah." She gave him a small smile.
"Y' know what would make y' feel even better?" She shrugged at his words.
"If Remy joined y."
"In a waterless tub?"
"Wit' y'."
She laughed and got out. "Aftah yah."
He then climbed in, and she got in on top of him. He wrapped his arms around her waist. "We're goin' t' wake up very sore t'morrow."
"It's worth it." She mumbled, already falling asleep.
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A little longer than usual.. erm.. A little..
The chapter was a bit sucky. Oh well.
:)
