Now, onto the lovely reviews in question...
Misa1124: wow, that's a very nice review for me! Although now I'm worried that I'll disappoint :(
Lady Xiu Mei Phoenix: ah ha ha! You'll just have to wait and see who is unfortunate enough to end up with Bella...
Ishandahalf: yep, super points for you for your telepathic abilities! And my! You think this is too cool for school? That's good considering school is what's preventing me for updating quicker! I think everyone hopes Rogues dubious plan will work, Belle is pure evil, she doesn't deserve Remy! I'm glad you like the ending too ;)
Miya Reino: are you sure that's a good idea? Bunnies on sugar high sounds disastrous to me! The plot bunnies have abandoned me anyway sob I'm onto chapter 11 (yep, ya can't get rid of me that easily!) and I'm stuck...evil rabbits...
Roguewanderer: heh heh, I'm glad everyone likes cupid, like I said, he's based on a friend of mine, pretty much every character I've had to make up is based on someone I know! Thanks for the review; you're very encouraging!
Star-of-Chaos: ooh, a good question...and one I haven't actually thought about. Answer pending!
Zen Master White Dragon: ooh no I haven't heard of that book, but I'm going to do a little research on it now! If this fic is based on anything, it's all the angel films I watch, like Always and A Life Less Ordinary (both of which have Holly Hunter in them, so its all connected. Pointless fact for you there!) Thank you for the lovely review too!
Faith: yeah it is kinda strange, but hey! It's the best I got! I can't tell you if there's gonna be a happy ending or not...you'll have to wait and see...
One More Star in the Sky
Chapter Six (In which there is a set-up)
Remy had been careful not to get caught when he got back home, the last thing he needed was a ton of questions about what he had been up to. He was sure his Tante Mattie knew though, that woman never missed a trick.
Now, him and Rogue sat on his bedroom floor, discussing what to do next. She was holding an ice pack to his jaw to stop it from swelling, she already done her best with his other injuries.
Rogue finished telling him about her meeting with Cupid earlier in the day, to which Remy looked more than slightly confused, but now they needed to think about what direction the plan should take next.
"Well its onta plan B Ah guess" sighed Rogue, "can ya think of anyone we could get her ta fall for sugah?" she asked as she nursed his cuts and bruises. "A family member would be great, that would sort ya whole guild peace thing wouldn't it?"
"Oui chére, but none o' Remy's family gonna go near her wit' a ten foot pole, dey know what she really like."
"Hmm, ok, anyone else she was interested in? Its gotta be someone she at least kind 'o likes."
"Errrm..." pondered Remy. He couldn't think of anyone off the top of his head, but then a sudden thought struck him. "Dere was dis guy in one o' two of her classes at high school, Remy heard on de grape vine dat she liked him. Might not be dat good an option dough chére."
"Well we got no-one else sugah, tell me 'bout him."
"Don' really know dat much ta tell y' mon ange. His name be Jacques, he was definitely in her English class, might have bin on a couple of de sports teams too, don' really remember him much m'self."
"Ya don't remember him? Didn't ya go ta school with him?" Rogue raised an eyebrow. She remembered her school from the south. It was so small that everyone knew everyone, which made stuff a little uncomfortable sometimes; she remembered how quickly the news that she was a mutant had spread when she absorbed her boyfriend Cody, she also remembered how everyone had driven her out of town after that, it was painful to think back on. The high school she had attended in Bayville was much bigger though, not that she had ever really made the effort to get to know anybody there.
"Remy didn't go t' school all dat much chére, de family business, its much more fun non?" He smirked wickedly at her, causing her to roll her eyes.
"Well where does he live, we should go see him."
"Dunno, but Remy can find out. What would we say t' him anyway, dis ain't exactly an easy situation t' explain."
Rogue smiled, laughing a little. "Yeah Ah guess ya have a point there swamp rat. We have ta do somethin' though."
"Don't y' have some kind o' heavenly power dat y' can use in situations like dese?"
"If Ah do Ah don't know about it."
"Fine, be difficult."
Rogue rested back on her hands, her legs stretched out in front of her. A silence rested between the two, both deep in thought. Perhaps in this instance, the simplest plan would be the best one.
"Ok, here's what we're gonna do," Rogue told him suddenly. "We're gonna send a note ta Jacques, from Belle, and we're also gonna send a note ta Belle, from Jacques, telling them that tha other one can't stop thinkin' about them and wants ta meet them in a certain place at a certain tahme."
Remy looked a little skeptical, it was a very basic plan, he wasn't even sure that Belle liked Jacques, and vice versa, enough to meet up like that. However, he didn't have any better ideas so he was stuck with it.
"We can try it chére, but Remy don' know if Belle gonna fall for somethin' like dat, she cleverer dan she looks."
"It'll have ta do, Ah got nothin' else."
Remy fetched some paper and they set about writing letters to both Bella and Jacques. They decided to keep it short and sweet, not wanting to complicate the matter further with unnecessary detail. Once both were done, Remy snuck out of the house again and mailed them quickly. He was all for just breaking in to Belle and Jacques houses and leaving the notes there, but as Rogue pointed out, that would raise questions on both sides as to how they had gotten into each others places like that. Belle and her assassins might have managed it, but there was no way in hell that Jacques could have got past all the security there was in Belles mansion.
The trap was set, now all they had to do was wait...
-o-o-o-o-
Rogue and Remy had scheduled the meeting between Belle and Jacques to take place at a small café in the French Quarter at around midday a few days later. Now they both sat in one corner of the café, Remy hidden from view behind a large bushy pot-plant, anxious that Belle didn't see him. Rogue didn't care; she couldn't be seen by anyone other than Remy, she could have sat in Belles lap if she wanted to without anyone being any the wiser.
It wasn't long before into the café walked a tall, handsome young man of about eighteen. He was athletically built with dark hair and eyes. Evidently, this was Jacques. He took a seat at a table opposite Rogue and Remy, looking nervously round the quiet café, playing with his napkin.
A few minutes after Jacques arrival, Belle waltzed in through the glass double-doors and after quickly surveying the room, thankfully missing Remy who ducked down behind his plant even further, went to sit with Jacques.
Rogue was silently pleased. It was working so far, at least they were sitting there together, and from what she could see, they were getting along like a house on fire. The soft sound of Belles laughter floated across the café, she was flirting like crazy, so much for being totally devoted to Remy.
"Can't y' get a bit closer chére, hear what dey're sayin'?"
Rogue nodded and walked across the floor, sitting down at the table right next to Jacque and Belles. The conversation was inane, but anyone could see that the two had really clicked, Rogue was even starting to think she'd actually done Belle a favour by setting her up with someone new. Belle was twirling a strand of her honey blonde hair around her finger and giggling in a horribly girly way that made Rogue wince just a little. No matter how much her personality had softened, that was really pushing her tolerance.
Meanwhile, Remy sat on his own at the other side of the room, swirling his drink around the glass with his straw. He was finding it increasingly difficult to keeps his eyes off the angelic creature that was now eavesdropping on his fiancé. True, he had only known her about a week and they hadn't exactly gotten off to a brilliant start with each other, but she was beginning to fill his thoughts more and more.
'Dis is wrong' he thought to himself "de femmes dead! Its weird enough dat y' friends with her...she is gorgeous dough, y' gotta admit dat.'
However much he wanted Rogue though, he knew he couldn't have her. She was an angel, and he was the Diable Blanc. He really wished that he'd met her when she was alive, but it was just a little late for that particular wish. At that moment, Rogue sauntered back to table, a smile on her beautiful face.
"Ah think its workin'!" she exclaimed, happily taking her seat opposite him again. She was beginning to see why Kitty was so into all this matchmaking junk.
"Remy hopes y' right chére, or else he stuck wit' Bella for good."
I really wasn't sure who would want Belle. I was tempted to use someone in Remy's family at first, and then I was tempted to use someone evil like Mr Sinister...he's certainly psychotic enough to have her! But in the end, I decided making someone up could be the best way, so hello Jacques! He may not seem crazy, but its always the quiet ones you gotta watch...
Anyway, please review! I love and appreciate all the reviews I get!