- 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!
On with the story…
Somewhere I Belong
"LIKE OH MY GOD!" Kitty exclaimed loudly as she rubbed her eyes fervently with the thought that maybe she was just imagining things.
"Vhat are you doing?? Vhat is this? Vhat??? VHAT??" Kurt asked frantically as he paced around the room, occasionally he would glare at the smiling couple on the bed and point his fingers at them, and then he would resume muttering a bunch of incoherent German phrases while tugging at his hair.
"Kurt, calm down. Everything's fine, really." Rogue tried to reassure Kurt as she got up and walked cautiously to her 'brother'.
"Fine? FINE??? I valk in here and see you two on ze bed and you say everyzing's fine???" Kurt cried again. He didn't know what to think at this point. Half of him wanted to punch Remy out, the other half wanted to poke his own eyes out at what he just saw.
"You guys like soooo have like sooooo much EXPLAINING TO DO!" Kitty shrieked.
"Well, if you two will just calm down, ah'll explain!" Rogue answered irritatingly. Damn it, I should have locked the door, she thought to herself.
"ARGH! That's right you'll explain! You'll explain everyzing!!! And HE! Look at HIM!" Kurt ranted as he kept shaking a finger at the smiling Remy who was enjoying every minute of the show. Rogue looked over at him, and Remy just shrugged innocently.
"I can't stand how he's looking like zat!" Kurt explained and walked over to Remy. He grabbed Remy's arm, and suddenly…
BAMF
"Like where did they go?" Kitty exclaimed as she looked around the room.
BAMF
Kurt reappeared by the bed but he was the only one who reappeared. Rogue looked around the room with expectations that Remy was around but she did not find a trace of him. She suddenly grew angry with her 'brother'.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YA DO WITH MY BOYFRIEND?!?" Rogue screamed as she stomped over to Kurt with a look that could kill.
"SO HE IZ YOUR BOYFRIEND!" Kurt cried as he began to run away from Rogue. He ran to Kitty and took refuge from behind her.
"Kurt… like stop leeching on me!" Kitty whined as she tried to get him off her.
"Kurt… where did ya send Remy?" Rogue growled again.
"Like, you two have so much explaining to do! When we left you two were like still at each other's throats and now you're like a COUPLE?" Kitty stated once again.
"Yeah! Vhat iz going on??" Kurt asked.
"Ya know what? Ah don't see why ah have t'explain anything to the both of ya! It's my life and if ya two will excuse me, ah'm gonna go find my boyfriend!" Rogue exclaimed. She glared at the two of them once more before she walked out of the door in a huff to start her search for her missing beau.
"Did you hear her? She said it again!" Kurt pointed out in a confused frustration.
"Great Kurt, you like sure ruined that one! Now we'll never know the details!" Kitty blamed him and phased herself out of Kurt's grasp on her shoulders. Before she went after Rogue, Kitty couldn't help but slap Kurt on the back out of disappointment which left a bewildered Kurt wondering why he was made the scapegoat.
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"Remy? Ya around here anywhere?" Rogue asked as she peeked underneath his bed, but found no Cajun.
"Where the hell did Kurt teleport ya to?" She wondered out loud as she continued the search for her MIA boyfriend.
She walked out of his room and was in a state of anger mixed with aggravation. She had been looking around the mansion for half an hour now, and although she knew that she still had a vast amount of ground to cover, she couldn't help but be incredibly pissed off that she had to look for him in the first place. If only I had locked the damn door, she cursed herself.
She walked down the hallway while occasionally she would call out his name.
"Rogue, can we talk?" A nervous high-pitched voice asked from behind her.
Rogue ignored her and kept walking. The footsteps began to run against the hardwood floor in order to catch up with the angry Goth.
"C'mon Rogue, like don't be mad. We were just surprised. That's all." Kitty Pryde began to explain to her roommate.
Rogue continued to ignore her as she began opening random doors to see if Remy was in there.
"Rogue, I'm like totally sorry. Really, I am. I so shouldn't have overreacted like that. I mean it was like a surprise and all, but I should have calmed down after a while." Kitty apologized.
Rogue finally looked at her roommate and saw how remorseful she looked. Rogue gave her a faint smile since she did realize that it was probably a complete shock for Kitty to walk in on her and Remy being so incredibly close.
Kitty returned Rogue's smile, and pleaded, "So like you forgive me then?"
"Yeah, ah forgive ya. But ah'm still mad at Kurt!" Rogue stated.
Kitty laughed as she gave her friend a hug. "I don't care about that like fuzzy blue elf. As long as you're not mad at me, I'm happy."
Kitty withdrew from her friend and then looked at her excitedly. Rogue rolled her eyes and said, "Ah'll tell ya later. Do ya think we can just find Remy first?"
"Yeah, like totally." Kitty agreed and joined Rogue on her search. Their hunt for the missing Cajun led them down to the adult's wing of the mansion.
"Like maybe he's in Dr. McCoy's room." Kitty suggested.
"Check then." Rogue instructed and Kitty phased her head through the door.
"MS. PRYDE!" A startled voice cried.
Kitty immediately withdrew her head from the room and looked nervously at Rogue who was trying not to laugh. The door opened and a very annoyed Beast was staring at the two.
"Is there something I can help you with?" He asked in a forced calmness.
"Umm… I'm like totally sorry, Dr. McCoy. It's just that I came home and then Kurt and I like walked into the room and there was Remy and Rogue on like the bed and stuff. And then like we totally freaked out because we didn't know what was going on. Then Kurt went totally nuts and he teleported Remy somewhere and like we don't know where he is and stuff and…"
"What she's tryin' to say is that we're looking for Remy." Rogue cut off Kitty and explained.
"Hmm… well, I haven't seen him." Hank replied.
"Thanks Dr. McCoy. Sorry for the intrusion." Rogue said.
"Well, I supposed that's okay. But Ms. Pryde?" Hank directed his attention to the young mutant.
"Yes, Dr. McCoy?" She nervously replied.
"Next time, please knock." He stated simply.
"Like totally." She agreed. He gave them both a smile before he retired to his room again.
Rogue burst out laughing as she continued down the hallway. Kitty glared at her and said, "You like know that was so not funny!"
"It so was." Rogue replied between her fits of laughter.
"Like why am I helping you again?" She questioned.
"'Cause ya owe me, plus it's partly your fault that Remy disappeared." Rogue pointed out.
Kitty huffed and said, "Fine."
They searched all the rooms of the adult's wing, all the rooms except for Logan's that is.
"C'mon, Kitty. Just phase through and look." Rogue told her roommate.
"No! Dr. McCoy was nice but we like know that Logan will totally freak if he sees my head poking through his door. He'll harsh make me do a million danger room sessions!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Kitty, just do it! If we knock and Logan answers and he thinks that Remy is in his room, he'll kill Remy! Plus, ah don't even think Logan's home today." Rogue tried to convince Kitty. So maybe she didn't exactly know for sure that Logan wasn't home but she reasoned that Logan usually tended not to be home anyway.
"Rogue… I really like don't think it's a good idea." Kitty said fearfully.
"C'mon, Kitty! Ya be the one he would punish the least anyway. He always has a soft spot for ya." Rogue argued.
"I really don't know…" Kitty said apprehensively.
"Fine. If ya do it, then ah'll tell ya all that happened between Remy and ah. No holding back!" Rogue proposed.
Kitty's eyes lit up at her roommate's proposition. Nosey by nature, she really wanted to know the truth behind Rogue and Remy's sudden relationship. It didn't take her long to say, "Fine. But you so have to like promise!"
"Ah promise." Rogue agreed.
Kitty took a deep breath before she phased her head through Logan's door. She looked around the dark dreary room and heaved a sigh of relief. Logan was nowhere to be found but there seemed to be some sort of noise coming from his closet. She phased her head back out and looked at Rogue.
"I think there's like something in his closet." Kitty said.
Rogue's eyes widened and she said, "That blue elf sent him to Logan's room? That's just a death wish waitin' to happen!"
Within seconds, Kitty had phased both herself and Rogue into the room. They ran over to closet and heard some muffled noises. "Remy, ya in there, sugah?" Rogue asked softly.
"Mmmphhmmm." An incoherent response came from the other side of the door.
Rogue looked over at Kitty and not a word needed to be said before Kitty phased herself through the locked closet door. After several minutes, Kitty had managed to pull the bound and gagged Cajun through the door.
Kitty was trying to catch her breath since it was quite a lot of work for a 105 pounds girl trying to pull a 175 pounds man over a distance of five meters. Remy looked up at Rogue with his big puppy dog red eyes, as the sock was still jammed in his mouth. Rogue laughed and took her time with the job of untying her boyfriend from Logan's clothes that Kurt had used to tie him up. She took the rolled up sock out of his mouth and he breathed in a big gulp of air.
"T'ank y', chere. Where's dat frere of yours?" He asked bitterly as vengeance was written all over his face.
"Oh.. he's around. Ya okay, though?" Rogue asked with some concern as she looked over her boyfriend.
He got up and wrapped his arms around her. "Okay now dat y're here."
"Awww… that's like so cute!" Kitty exclaimed.
Rogue pulled away from Remy with a slight feeling of discomfort since there was an audience.
"So, are you two gonna like explain to me? You did promise, Rogue." Kitty stated.
Remy looked at Rogue with a curious arched eyebrow. Rogue rolled her eyes and said, "Let's just get out Logan's room first. He'll kill us if he catches us in here. Take the clothes too, we might as well burn 'em since they have Remy's scent all over 'em." Rogue ordered.
It didn't take long before the three mutants were safely on the other side of the wall.
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She put the last of her clothes back into her closet and grinned excitedly. It was her first day back at the Institute and although she had had a great time with her family, she couldn't help but feel giddy at the thought of seeing Remy. So overcome with anticipation of seeing him, she walked to her door and got ready to exit through it.
However, once she opened the door, she found her roommate standing on the other side.
"Jubilee! Hey!" Amara greeted. She dropped her luggage on the floor and gave Jubilee a hug.
"Hey 'Mara! What's up?" Jubilee welcomed in return.
"Well, my vacation was awesome! I met like this totally cute guy and it was also fun seeing my family and all. What about you?" She asked while she picked up her luggage and headed to place it on her bed.
Jubilee walked back into the room and thought that it would only be courteous if she talked to her roommate for a bit before she went to see her crush.
"Same old, same old. Nothing really exciting happened, but yeah, it was nice seeing my folks. I'm kind of glad to be back though." Jubilee told her.
"I bet I know why. It's because you want to see Remy." Amara stated frankly.
"No… that's not why…" Jubilee began but the knowing look that Amara was giving her finally made her say, "Fine. I guess it is that obvious. But c'mon, he's totally hot!"
"Yeah. You think he got a girlfriend during the break?" Amara questioned as she started putting her clothes back into their respected drawers.
"No way! I mean, who would he hook up with? The only chick that was here during the holidays was Rogue, and Rogue hates him. Plus, he wouldn't go for her. It's not like he can touch her." Jubilee explained.
"Well, maybe he didn't stay here the whole time. Maybe he found a girlfriend outside of the Institute." Amara suggested.
"I doubt it." Jubilee responded in a fake confidence, although she couldn't mask her doubts at all.
"Anyway, I'll see you later. I think I'm going to go see the other mutants and how they were enjoying their holidays." She told Amara and got up to leave the room.
"Sure. Whatever you say." Amara replied although she knew that Jubilee was definitely going to go see a certain red-eyed Cajun.
Jubilee exited the room quickly and practically ran over to the boy's wing. When she was near Remy's room, she slowed her pace and gave an air of indifference to hide her nervousness and desperation. As she was getting closer to the room, she heard woman's laughter.
"Sugah, that isn't funny."
"Well, den why y' laughing, chere?"
Jubilee instantaneously recognized the woman's voice. It belonged to Rogue, but why would Rogue be in his room, she wondered. She quickened her pace and when she reached the open door, she gasped. There on his bed in plain daylight, was Rogue lying on his bed while he rested his head on her stomach.
"Ohh…" Jubilee slipped out.
Rogue and Remy's eyes both directed to the sudden guest at the doorway. Rogue stifled her laughter when she saw the surprised teenager. She pushed Remy off her stomach and sat up. "Ah think your groupies are back, Remy."
Remy propped himself up with the help of his elbows. "Is dere somet'ing Remy can help y' wit', petite?" He asked the stunned Jubilee.
"Umm.. I was just passing by… and I was looking for Bobby… I guess he's not here. So see you guys later." She stammered her response and left before the couple could say another word.
She quickly walked back down the way she had just come from while a new round of laughter could be heard from his room. "What the hell was that?" Jubilee wondered out loud as she began running down the hallway.
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By dinner that night, all the students have returned from their winter vacation. Also, by dinner that night, the whole house had found out about Rogue and Remy's sudden romance. Some were in awe such as Jean, Kitty, and Tabitha. Some were confused such as Kurt. Some were indifferent like many of the male teenagers. And the rest were either extremely envious or pissed off like Jubilee and Scott.
The dining hall was already bursting with chatter when Remy and Rogue entered hand in hand. As soon as everyone saw them, they immediately silenced themselves as if they were waiting for some sort of major announcement from the two. Rogue looked up at Remy with an amused smile and he returned it. They didn't say anything though as they continued on to their seats. After a few minutes of realizing that the couple was not going to broadcast anything, the mutants resumed to chattering again.
Remy pulled out the chair for Rogue to sit down. She sat and he took his rightful seat next to her. A strand of white hair fell in front of her eyes and he gently brushed it back behind her ears.
She smiled and said, "Thank ya."
"De rien." He replied.
Although, they could both feel the glares and stares the other mutants were giving them, Remy and Rogue simply ignored it all. It was as if they were in their own little world among this chaos of a dining hall, where only the two of them existed.
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