Y'all know the dilly yo, that I don't own these characters, marvel or anything else. Sometimes I wish I did, but wishing ain't having… oh well. Y'all know the drill.. blah blah blah.
This story doesn't really fit in with the X-Men Evolution timeline at all nor would I try to make it to. However, in this story, Gambit was an acolyte, and Magneto disappeared. Oh yes, and the first meeting with Gambit and Rogue and the card and the whole media thing still happened. Oh, and Evan doesn't exist in this story or he's off with the morlocks because I don't really need a whole bunch of characters to incorporate into the story, since this is really a ROMY story. Everything else is all A/U but in a beautiful way. Enjoy!
Author's Note: Well, didn't update for a few days because of ff.net. It was so NOT my fault. Anywho, two chapters up today. Enjoy everyone!
TheRealMai: Queen of Hearts is something Remy tends not to go wrong with when he gives it to a special lady like Rogue. It's a signature thing for those two. His lucky lady for his special lady. Hope you enjoy the next two chapters and thanks for reviewing. I really appreciate it! hugs Miss J: Thanks for those words of endearment! Means a lot to me! Ishandahalf: You like Gilmore Girls too?? It's the best show I bought the season 1 dvd's and it gets me all antsy because we know that luke and lorelai don't officially hook up until this season which is the fourth. Geez… every time I see them on screen together in the past episodes, I just yell "Kiss and make out already!" LoL… I have no life. You are so going to be happy with the season finale of the show! I couldn't wait to watch it so I downloaded it! It's awesome! Enchantedlight: Two new chapters for you to read! Enjoy! RoguesHeart: Yes, I'm sure you have read this before and my other story, Shouldn't Be So Hard. They are being re-posted because my original account got deleted so you're not going crazy. Star-of-Chaos: Big smiley face for you too! :) Scoobyd0530: I'm pleased that you are enjoying the story so far! Keep reading and reviewing and telling me you think! Much appreciated! Lady Farevay: Thanks for the words of support and encouragement! I really appreciated it and don't worry, in a couple of weeks or so I'm hoping I can start writing new chapters for this story and Shouldn't Be So Hard. Just don't quote me on that! Arikitten: Thanks! Romy is my favorite too! They are so THE coolest couple in the Marvel Universe! Hope you continue to read and leave a review here and there :) XxFleurdelySxX: Sorry about the inbox flood! You really don't have to review everything you know? I know you did the first time, it's okay if you don't However, I appreciate it nonetheless! hugs Peace215: Your comments are one of the nicest things someone has ever told me! Thank you so much for your kind words. And you are very perceptive about the whole irony in the make-up remover and Remy preferring beautiful women and all that. I am extremely impressed! I hope to hear more of what you think of later chapters and what nots! Much love!
Somewhere I Belong
"Rogue! You sure you don't want to come home with me for Christmas? It could be fun." The young Kitty Pryde asked once more as her luggage was by the door and she was waiting for her parents to pick her up and go home for the holidays.
"Thanks, Kitty, but ah'm sure. Tell your parents ah said merry Christmas and a happy new year." Rogue declined politely.
Kitty let out a little sigh and wrap her arms around her roommate. "Fine. But you like have a good one too, okay?"
"Ah will. Don't worry." Rogue replied reassuringly and gently patted Kitty while Kitty still had her arms wrapped around Rogue for a hug. Rogue was not exactly too comfortable with the closeness. When am I ever, she wondered.
When you're with Remy, her mind answered her.
"Argh.." Rogue let out and Kitty broke away from the hug immediately.
"Rogue, I'm like sorry if I like just made you mad or something." Kitty apologized as she suddenly became confused with Rogue's weird response.
Kitty's voice snapped Rogue out of her thoughts and she realized that she must have really confused her roommate with the weird outburst.
"Oh, it's not ya, it's just something stupid. Forget it. Just have fun and Merry Christmas, Kitty." Rogue said and gave Kitty a small smile.
Kitty wasn't so convinced but she accepted Rogue's response nonetheless. "Okay, you too! I'm going to like go say bye to the other people. Happy New Year too!" Kitty replied and she ran off to give her last holiday greetings to the other mutants.
The sun was shining surprisingly bright for a cold Christmas Eve morning at the Xavier Institute. Almost all the students were getting ready to leave and go home for the holidays. Well, everyone except her and Remy. She sighed slightly as she realized that the next two weeks would be incredibly hard for her to avoid Remy. It would mostly just be her and him in the big mansion with the Professor and Mr. McCoy, but the adults weren't exactly around all the time anyway. Not to mention, Rogue still had danger room sessions with the Cajun. Since their first session together, they have both been rather cautious about using their powers. Rogue had basically refused to use her powers for most of the sessions and would beat Remy with her martial arts skills. Remy stopped using his powers in order to make it fair for Rogue although Rogue had reassured him plenty of times that he needn't do so. Yet, he still did.
"ROGUEY!" A voice from behind her yelled.
Rogue whipped around and was soon enveloped in a hug from her 'brother'. She let out a laugh of surprise as he hugged her. She politely hugged him back, but still felt uncomfortable from another person's touch.
"Hey Kurt. Ya have a good Christmas, okay? Tell your parents to have a good one too and a happy new year." She told him.
He released her and gave her the warmest smile. "Vill do! You sure you don't vant to come back? It'd be a lot of fun. Tons of stuff to do in Germany! C'mon!" Kurt tried one last time to convince his 'sister'.
"Very tempting, but ah just wanna have a quiet relax holidays and wit' ya around, that is never easy." She commented.
Kurt chuckled at her response. "Vell, it's not like you're Little Miss Quiet! Fine, but just don't do anything crazy vithout me. And remember to have fun!" Kurt replied and gave her one last hug.
"Ah will ah will." Rogue murmured half-heartedly to Kurt.
"Bye Roguey! I think my taxi iz here." Kurt said, gave Rogue one last smile, and bounced off to grab his luggage.
"Bye Kurt. And don't call me ROGUEY!" She cried after him.
Rogue heaved a big sigh as she watched Kurt load his luggage into the taxi. She waved goodbye to him as he got into the car.
Most of the other mutants were gone or still waiting for their parents or the taxi to pick them up. The only ones left were Rahne, Amara, Sam, Jean, and Scott. Rogue scanned the room and caught Scott's eyes. Suddenly he was walking towards her.
"Hey Rogue." He said to her when he approached her.
"Hey Scott. Have a great time with Alex and tell him ah said Merry Christmas." Rogue told him.
"I will. You have a good one too. Remember last Christmas when we met Angel?" Scott brought up.
"Sure do. That was fun." She replied as the memory of her and Scott spending last Christmas together resurfaced in her mind.
"Yah. Well, just have a good Christmas and a Happy New Year." Scott wished her.
"Ah will. You too." Rogue replied.
"Hey, Rogue, one more thing." Scott started
"Yah?" She asked him.
"Watch out for Remy. I don't trust him and you shouldn't either." Scott warned her.
Rogue's eyes widened at the unexpected advice. How dare he tell me who to trust and who not to, she thought as her eyes narrowed and she glared at Scott.
"Ya shouldn't stick your noses in other people's business and Remy isn't as bad as ya like to believe!" She snapped at him.
"I was just giving you some advice. Don't tell you've gone love struck over him too!" Scott said with a hint of annoyance.
Rogue fumed at Scott's allegation. "No! And it's none of your business. Ah don't like how you're telling me what to do and the last time ah remembered, ah didn't ask for your advice! So why don't ya go back to your girlfriend and mind your own goddamn business!" Rogue practically yelled at him.
She turned around and stormed off, leaving a bewildered Scott.
"Who the fuck did he think he is?!? Fucking telling me what the fuck to do." She grumbled as she walked rapidly to her room.
All of sudden she hit something hard. She looked up and realized it was actually someone that she ran into. She almost fell back but his arms looped around her waist and caught her before she could. A pair of emerald eyes looked up at a pair of ruby eyes and their eyes locked in contact for a few moments. He leaned in closer to her and when he was a breath away from her lips, she realized the potential disaster that could happen. She pushed him back with her arms and his arms went loose, and she went crashing to the floor.
"HEY!" She cried as her bum landed on the floor hard.
Remy chuckled at her humorous fall. "It's y' own fault, chere." He stated between his chuckles.
Rogue got up from the floor and with one hand rubbed her sore behind. "Well, if ya weren't so goddamn close to me maybe ah wouldn't have fallen!" She responded angrily.
"Aww.. is Roguey derriere sore? Why don't y' let Remy help y' wit' dat?" He commented and tried to place a hand on her bruised bottom.
She slapped his wandering hand away and glared at him. "In your dreams, swamp rat! Don't get sassy wit' me!" She cried.
Remy laughed at her response. She's so cute when she's mad, he thought to himself.
"How did y' know what Remy dreams? Perhaps, Remy appears in chere's dreams too?"
"NO! Y're so gross!" Rogue commented and gave him a look of disgust.
"C'mon chere, dese hands are tres experienced." He purred and out reached his hands again.
His actions landed him another two hard slaps to the hand.
"Oh no, ya don't! That's just anot'er reason why ah ain't gonna let your filthy hands near my bum or any other part of me!" Rogue practically yelled at him.
"Y' sure know how t' crush a guy's dreams, chere." Remy commented and pretended to pout.
Rogue looked at his cute boyish expression and the ends of her lips began to curl up slightly.
"Is Roguey smilin' for Remy?" He asked her as his pout turned into a cocky grin.
Rogue's mouth quickly formed a straight line and she glared at him in response.
"Don't care what y' do now, chere. Y'smiled for Remy." He told her, as his grin grew wider.
"Well… well… Don't call me ROGUEY!" She told him the only thing that came to her.
Remy laughed at her outburst. He knew he had stumped her and it felt good winning an argument with her for a change.
"Fine, but only on one condition, Roguey." He stated and drawled out her name.
"WHAT?" She hissed.
"We go to lunch. Remy be starvin'." He suggested and rubbed his belly to signify his hunger.
"Lunch? We just had breakfast like two hours ago." She reminded him.
"Correction, they had breakfast. Y' and Remy didn't touch a thing. We ain't mornin' people, chere. Let's go eat lunch." He suggested once more.
"And how do ya know what kind of person ah am?" She questioned him. She hated when people tried to figure her out.
"Enough of dis bickering. Remy knows y'better den y' want to admit and right now he knows y're hungry so let's go get some good ol' southern cookin'." He tempted her. He knew she loved a good southern meal. Every southerner did.
Rogue's tummy began to growl as she realized that some fried chicken, corn bread, sweet potato pie and grits would be rather nice. She really didn't want to spend any alone time with Remy though. Her idea of trying hard to avoid him for the whole break had fallen through within the first hour. Her mind wrestled with her stomach about the idea of whether or not to go. In the end, her stomach won out.
"Fine. But y're payin!" She exclaimed.
"A gentleman always does, chere." He told her with a grin on his face and gave her a wink.
She rolled her eyes.
"Ah'm driving."
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"Mon dieu! Where de hell did y' learn t' drive like dat?" Remy asked her with astonishment.
They had just entered a small Southern restaurant on the outskirts of Bayville. Rogue ignored his question and politely asked the waitress for a table for two. The waitress led them to a booth at the back of the restaurant. As soon as they were settled in their seats and had given their orders, Remy turned his attention back to Rogue and asked, "Well, where did y' learn t' drive like dat? Y' must have broken at least five driving laws."
Rogue laughed at him for he did look rather frightened still.
"So when did y'care about breaking laws my thief?" She asked him with amusement.
Remy's eyes lit up and he said, "So, now Remy's y't'ief?"
A deep pink came across Rogue's cheeks as she realized what she had implied.
"No." She replied nervously.
Remy let out a chuckle and Rogue's cheeks grew pinker.
"Okay, Remy will drop it now dat he knows his chere t'inks of dis t'ief as hers. So y' gonna tell me where y'learn t'drive like a maniac?" He asked her seriously again.
"Well.. umm.. truthfully, ah only have my learners." She told him shyly.
Remy's mouth dropped in shock. "WHAT?" He exclaimed.
"See! Ah knew ya wouldn't let me drive if ah told ya." She reasoned.
"OF COURSE NOT! Y' could have gotten us killed like about ten times on de way here!" He cried still in shock that she had pulled a stunt like that.
"Geez, Remy. Didn't know ya be so goddamn stiff. Ya are worse then Scott." She huffed and insulted him intentionally.
His red eyes burned with fury at the comparison. "Remy is no way in hell like dat prick!" He practically bellowed.
Rogue laughed in response. He's pretty cute when he's trying to be all macho, she thought to herself.
"So like you do totally like him!" Kitty's psyche suddenly surfaced in her head and said.
"He is not good enough for you, Rogue. He's just a common thief. You deserve better than him, child." Mystique's psyche added in as she surfaced.
"Just admit y' like me, chere." Remy's psyche said as it surfaced too.
Rogue grabbed her head as she tried to get control of her own mind and body. "Stop it. Stop it!" She cried as she struggled for control.
Remy practically jumped over the table to her side as he wrapped both his arms around her.
"Rogue, y' okay? Rogue?" He asked her as he became seriously worried about her.
As soon as Rogue felt his arms around her, all the psyches vanished. For some reason he had that effect on her. The night when he had found her wandering the halls, he had made her pain disappear. And now, he had helped her gain control of her own mind just by a simple touch.
Rogue looked up at him, tears forming in her eyes. He tightened his hold on her when he saw that her eyes were filled with tears.
"It's okay, chere. Remy's here. It'll be okay." He cooed to her soothingly. She held on to him and placed her head against his chest. He rested his chin on top of her head as he continued to whisper soothing words.
Rogue held on to him for a few more minutes as she could feel her own mind being completely hers again. She took one last whiff of his musky spicy cologne and memorized the feeling of being in his arms and the sound of his heart beating before she gently pushed him away.
She looked away from him and whispered, "Ah'm sorry."
His gloved finger lifted her chin and turned it to look into his eyes. He stared into her vulnerable green eyes and the honesty that filled it. He knew she tried to hide who she really was by being mean, an introvert, and covering her face with layers of make-up. But he knew that her eyes told the truth of who she really was and it almost hurt him looking into those sad eyes of hers.
"Don't be sorry, chere. Remy will hold y' any time y'want him to." He whispered back.
"Remy, ah don't think ah'm so hungry anymore. Can we go back to the institute?" She asked him softly as if she was a little girl asking for permission from her parents.
He wiped away a tear with a gloved thumb and answered softly, "Anything y'want, chere."
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