A/N: 'whimpers' They stole my section dividers! I thought I could beat them by putting them in afterwards, and I forgot to check.... cries..... And on a lighter note, I promise C.3 of 'DOUBLE TROUBLE' soon.... And I WILL redeem myself for that horrid cliffy....
Elanor Tique – Would you believe your review kept me laughing for a whole SEVEN minutes? (Heh, would you believe I timed it.... 7 minutes and 3 seconds.) Okay, ME, Bad girl? Naaaaaaaaaahhhh...... Okay, if you insist! Wohoo! Yeah, Rogue's touching problem is solved, I forgot to mention that.... Lauren/Lore fixed it for her – I forgot to mention that too. This is Post-"More Than A Feeling", so Rogue can touch.... But Lore isn't dead.... duh. State the obvious anyone? Umm.... Remy and Betts? blinks Did I say that? I forget.... sighs I'll have to read the first chappie sometime.... lol....
Umm.. .Charles and Mags.... All alone.... in the X-Mansion...... OH MY GOD! FILTHY MINDED PERSON! You're corrupting me!
Heh, like Star-of-Chaos didn't already get to me..... lol
Speaking of the Devil..... Star-of-Chaos – Thanks. Neither can I. lol. Tell me if you recognise any of this, and object to any of it.... lol. (If you do, I'll take it out, K? It aint a problem.).. Three words for you luv.... "OH! Holy Shit!"
SweetRevenge151 – Yay! Lots of O's.... well.... in my imagination. EVIL site. Thank you.... heres more! (have a cookie.... just don't tell anyone else....)
Ishy!!! – Yes, I give up typing your full name.... 'S too long, and 's too late to do it (Translate to: I'm too lazy). Thankies. And yes, they do, but you'll see why! I love Warren and All.... but.... he he he. Yes, ROMY goodness.... Yes, Romy Goodness is staying.... for now anyway. Only cos i'm Oh-so-scared of you. :P
Xmengirlzrule – I'm gonna hafta find a way to shorten your name.... I can't spell it off the top of my head.... lol.... Ill think of something.... Anywho, Thankies, as always, for your review. (You can have a cookie as well, as long as you hide it from Ish, K?)
Lady F – My dear, dear, dear Reviewer..... YOU'RE BLOODY BONKERS LUV! MAD! CRAZIER THAN MY BELOVED PYRO! Heh. Yeah. I can't remember if you reviewed this one as well as everything else, and if not, I know you'll get around to it, so thank you, Crazy-Obsessive-Remy-Fan-Lady! Heh, Waddya know, another CORF! 'cept that don't sound as good, so Ill call you all CORFYS! Heh. I like that. bonks her on the head Now as much as I love your reviews, my dear, Shhhh, So I can write.... Come back in a couple of hours.... I keep stopping to read the review alerts! Lol.
ONWARD, and Upward! Well.... Downward really.... Have I said this before? It sounds familiar..... Yeah, shutting up and writing now.... Honest.... I will....
Betsy was sat on the end of her bed, checking her nails, a small smile on her face as she watched her husband dress.
"Leaving me so soon?"
"I have work to do.... You know that."
"You're always working luv...."
"I have to work."
"But all the time?"
"Betsy, we've been over this...."
"Yes, and I already cleared your schedule for today." She hadn't looked up from her nails.
"I am going to fix the damage you did by that...." He tossed her the car-keys. "Get Scott to take you somewhere nice. Maybe buy something that isn't purple for the dinner next week." He walked out. Before he could close the door, her final, biting remark was easily heard.
"Yes.... Master." Warren winced at the venom in those two words, but shook it off. She'd be more like herself when she got back from shopping with Scott. To say he wasn't gay, he sure did like taking Bets shopping an awful lot. Maybe he just appreciated things of Beauty.... like he did.
Less than a minute after Warren had left the room, Scott walked in, closing the door behind him, and moving to stand behind Betsy.
"Mistress, I am to take you shopping again today, I hear." She smiled as his hand rested lightly on her bare shoulder, not bothered by the fact that she was sat in just the purple corset and panties she had just put on.
"Mmm, Mistress.... I do love the sound of that Scott Dear.... Although I like it even more when it comes from your lips." He moved closer to her as she was speaking.
"Doesn't Warren ever wonder why you never seem to buy anything on our shopping expeditions Bets?" She pushed his leg gently, so he was stood in front of her.
"No...." She smiled a little. "It's Warren.... Unless I purposefully show him something, he doesn't ask to see." He stroked her cheek gently.
"Poor Elizabeth...." She slapped his leg. "Betsy.... Sorry...." he bent down and kissed her lips softly. "As much as I love this...." he ran a finger across the top of the corset. "I think you should get dressed."
"What's the point?" She whispered.
"Show and tell Dear. You leave in your underwear with me, and someone sees.... they'll tell Warren."
"Like Warren cares what I do." She put a finger over Scott's lips to stop him from speaking as he opened his mouth. "Sssh luv." She whispered as her hands moved down his chest and to the zipper of his trousers.
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As Eliza, the secretaries hands, slid lower, Warren mumbled something that sounded very much like his Wife's name. Eliza froze and looked up.
"What was that?"
"Hmm? Nothing dear." He replied, just wanting her to continue.
"You just called me Betsy...."
"No, I didn't. I said Eli.." She smiled, her hands moving again as she convinced herself that he was telling the truth. Why would he want Betsy, when he had her?
Scott.... Warren jumped a foot when he heard the mental echo. It was Betsy's, he knew it. He knew her voice.... How could she? How DARE she do this to him? Who did she think she was? Turning his attention back to Eliza, he smiled winningly at her, bending to kiss her with such passion?... as never before, almost as if determined to prove something to his absent wife.
Eliza, however, didn't care. All she knew was that she had Warren Worthington III, while his wife was off playing with the Chauffer. Life couldn't get better.... well, not at the moment. She had plans for the future.
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"Je t'aime chere."
"Ah know."
"Chere?"
"Yes Remy?"
"Je t'aime."
"AH KNOW!"
"Rogue?"
"Yes Remy?"
"Je t'...."
"YA SAY 'Je t'aime' ONE Morhe time, and Ah swear, it'll be tha last time Ya say ANYTHANG! Ya got meh Cajun?" Remy flashed her a cocky grin.
"Oui Chere."
"Am Ah clear?"
"Oui.... Crystal."
Rogue smiled, and turned back to the painting she was trying to do of Remy, but he just wouldn't sit still, or shut up.
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"Tab!" the Silver-haired speed-demon called as she zipped into his sister's place. "TAB! Where-are-you-girl?" He stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking irritated. "TABITHA!" And with that, something exploded behind him. Pietro whirled around, and glared at her.
"You want somethin'?" She asked, sugary-sweet.
"Wheres-my-sister?"
"Wanda's taking a nap. She gets tired easily since KB pulled that dirty trick...." She frowned at the memory.
"Well-I-have-good-news. They-still-have-Her." At this, Tab's eyes lit up and her head jerked up.
"They have her?"
"Uh-hu."
"That means we can....
"uh-hu."
"OH MY GOD!" Tabby screamed, jumping up and down.
"Uhh.... Tab...."
"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!" She was still jumping.
"Tabby...."
"THIS IS AMAZING!"
"TABATHA!"
"No need to shout Pietro!"
"Behind-you."
Tabby turned slowly to come face to face with a cranky Wanda. A smile spread across Tabby's face as she gave the other girl a hug.
"Did we wake you Wanda?"
"Uh hu."
"We're sorry. Do you want a glass of water?" Wanda nodded. "Okay, I'll get you one and your brother will bring it up for you, now go on, back to your room." Wiping her eyes sleepily, and clutching the ear of a stuffed yellow bunny, Wanda went back upstairs slowly.
"She's...."
"I know."
"But-soon, she'll-be-herself-again."
"And afterwards, we'll destroy the red-headed btch that did that to her." Pietro nodded in agreement and went to fetch Wanda her water, re-appearing a moment later.
"So where are they keeping Red?"
"Well...."
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"Can we un-freeze her, just to freeze her again?" Robert's dislike of their Red-haired guest was obvious.
"No." Katherine replied automatically. "No, no, a thousand times NO!" She sighed. "Idiots."
One by one, the boys left her, knowing better than to stay while she was in a mood. "Why do I let them torment me like this? Why do I put myself through this hell?"
"Because," the polished female voice came back from the corner of the room. "I told you you will, and you will endure it Kitty, do you hear me?" The younger mutant nodded silently. "Now, Jean Grey is secure?" Another nod. "I didn't hear you."
"Yes she is m'am. We froze her, and phased her into the wall. Not even with the power of the phoenix can she get out. The phoenix was loosing energy, and the wall is a solid adamantium compound.... Indestructible."
"You are sure?"
"Yes M'am. Very hard to Phase through as well."
"Good. You've done well."
"Thank you.... Mystique." She nodded, before leaving Katherine to her own devices, which consisted of staring at the wall, until dinner was announced.
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"Rogue?"
"What is it now?"
"Remy loves y'."
"Ah know he does, but Ahm still gonna kill him if he says that one mohre time." He fell silent for a minute, watching his Fiancée while she concentrated.
"Y' concentratin' too 'ard Cherie."
"No, Ahm not. Ya don't want meh ta do this, do yah?"
"Remy does.... he jus' don' wanna sit...."
"Remy...."
"Oui Rogue?"
"Shut up!" He nodded, grinning at her.
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Warren sat in his office, watching as Eliza picked up her clothes and shrugged them back on in the outer office. Opening a silver box, he took out a cigarette and a silver lighter. He didn't take her eyes off her, as he held the cigarette between his lips, and lit it, taking a long drag.
Closing his eyes, he help the smoke in his lungs for as long as he could, before blowing it out slowly. Eliza looked up and frowned.
"Theres no smoking up here Mr. Worthington."
"I know." He continued to smoke it anyway.
"Did you not hear me?" She demanded.
"I hear you." He snapped. "I choose to ignore you. This is, after all, MY office, MY firm, and MY building. You think I don't know the rules?"
Silently, she stepped back into her office, slamming the partitioning door between them.
"Good riddance." He muttered, leaning back in his chair and taking another drag.
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"Rogue?"
"WHAT, Remy?" She forced herself to smile, although she had just broken the brush in frustration.
"I love y'." he pulled a Polaroid camera out of his pocket. "S' come 'ere." She walked across, not seeing the camera, only the smile on his face.
"What y' plannin' Cajun?" He pulled her down onto his knee.
"Smile f'r m' Rogue." She was smiling anyway. He held up the camera and took a snap of the two fo them.
"Dere. Dat's dat. Remy prefer.... I Prefer.... Une picture o' y' an' Remy.... Me.... Dan one o' Remy."
Rogue laughed.
"Ya a DEAD man Cajun!" At that, he stood, and started running, almost tripping over the chair as he did. He dropped the camera into John's lap and kept running, Rogue close behind him.
St John stretched his arm behind Lauren.
"Guess they're not comin' back fer a few 'ours, eh Sheilah...."
"It's Lauren."
"Sorry.... Lore.... So y' fancy that date then?" She turned and looked at the house.
"Well, I guess I aint got a better offer." Lauren laughed as John jumped up, in his excitement forgetting the camera on his lap, and letting it drop to the floor. Fortunately, Lauren caught it, and put it on the table inside.
"Let's go then.... before you break something...."
"C'mon Sheilah! I know this great place! Ya gonna LOVE it!"
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Yeah, I tried diff serperators.... Hope they work!
Next Chappie:
-What happened to Wanda, and what Jean has to do with it.
-What Warren's going to do to Betsy when he catches up with her.
-Whether or not St John burns down the restaurant.
-Whether or not Rogue catches Remy and he has to go to casualty....
-MORE of our favourite old couple.. I mean.. more Magneto and Professor X....
Damn reviewers.... affecting my brain....