Inevitable
Finally, it was the weekend. Rogue could not have been happier. All week she had gone through the motions. Gone to school, pretended to be happy, etc. But she still couldn't get over Remy.
At least when she was at home she didn't have to walk around with a fake smile on her face. She could just hide in her room.
Kitty walked in and sat down on her bed with a sigh.
"Hey Kit, what's wrong? Ah thought you were supposed to go see a movie with Lance."
Kitty fell back on the bed. "Yeah, we were supposed to. But Pietro caught up with us at the theater. He insisted on seeing the movie with us. I couldn't take it, I said I had a stomach ache and came home. Don't get me wrong, Pietro is my friend and all, but he is starting to seriously annoy me." she said.
"Ah've noticed it too. He's always hanging around the two of ya at school."
Kitty groaned. "I know. He never used to. It's like he decided to make hanging out with me and Lance the sole purpose of his life."
Rogue smirked. "Ah think he might like ya, Kit. Ah mean, what other explanation could there be for his behavior as of late?"
Kitty stared incredulously at Rogue. "Pietro? Like me? That's insane Rogue. We're just friends, we've never been romantic at all. Maybe he's just craving attention or something. Or maybe he feels like Lance is hanging out with me more than he hangs out with him. They're best friends, maybe he thinks I'm coming between them."
"Ah don't know," said Rogue doubtfully. "It still seems to me like there's something more to it than that."
Kitty sat up. "But that can't be it. The idea of Pietro liking me crazy. Besides, he's the type of guy who will tell a girl if he likes her."
"Well, maybe he's afraid to tell you because you guys are friends. Maybe he thinks it'd be too weird, or maybe he thinks it would ruin your friendship."
"What am I going to do Rogue? I can't take much more of him conveniently popping up wherever Lance and I are. Sooner or later, I'm going to snap."
Rogue considered this for a minute. "You have to talk to him. Otherwise he'll never stop. Just sit him down, and explain that you and Lance need some alone time."
Kitty nodded. "That makes sense. But it's gonna be so, I don't know, awkward. I'm basically telling him to leave us alone. What if he gets really offended or hurt or something by it?"
"Still. Pretending that you actually want him on all your dates is just as bad. If he's really your friend, then he'll understand. Just be gentle about it."
Kitty shook her head. "I hope he takes it the right way. I mean, I like hanging out with him, just not during my dates with Lance."
"I'm sure he'll understand," said Rogue. "He would hate it if you followed him on all his dates. And he definitely wouldn't hesitate to tell you how he felt."
"You're right," said Kitty. "I'll try talking to him the next time I see him. Which will probably be really soon, considering his current obsession with appearing wherever Lance and I happen to be." ***************************At Gambit's Apartment************************
Remy was a mess. Ever since he'd broken up with Rogue, he'd been miserable. He couldn't focus on anything. He saw her face everywhere.
The first girl he'd ever truly loved, and he went and ruined it. At first, he tried to just let it go. But it has gotten to the point where he couldn't eat. He had suddenly developed insomnia, staying up till 4 am imagining what Rogue was doing at that moment.
Well, Remy wasn't dense enough to ignore those signs. He was in love with Rogue. This was the real deal, she was "the one." And he wasn't about to let her get away. He'd regret it for the rest of his life.
So, he came up with a plan to get his chere back. And with a little help from Kurt, it was put in motion.
******************************The Institute******************************
"Hey Rogue," said Kurt, 2 hours later. "Scott just called. He said he wants you to meet him in the park, on the bench in front of that really big oak tree. Said he needs to talk to you about something important. So stop torturing yourself with this Remy situation and go meet him."
Rogue looked up from her magazine. "Hmm, Ah wonder what he wants to talk to me about. And please don't remind me of Remy." She got up, put on her coat, and walked out the door.
Kurt laughed to himself. "Oh Rogue. You vill be thanking me when you get back. Oh yes, you vill." Grinning at the prospect of helping his sister, he teleported downstairs into the kitchen and rewarded himself with several chocolate chip cookies.
********************************The Park********************************
Rogue entered the park and walked over to the bench in front of the oak tree. But the person sitting on it wasn't Scott. It was Remy.
"Damn it Kurt," muttered Rogue. She turned abruptly and started walking back out of the park.
"Rogue, wait," called Remy. He walked over to her. "Come back here. We need to talk, and I'm not taking no for an answer."
She glared at him. "Ah tried to talk to you last time Remy. You didn't want to hear it. Now all of the sudden you do?"
He sighed. "Look, Rogue. I--I made a mistake. A big one. And I hate myself for it. The look on your face when the door opened—it pierced my heart. Seeing you like that killed me. And it was even worse knowing that I caused it. I was a fool, Rogue. I love you, not Alix. I was using her for temporary relief from my pain, I—I never want to see you hurt like that again. So can we please, please put this behind us. I just—I really want to hold you again."
Rogue shut her eyes. Unwillingly, a picture of Alix in Remy's T-shirt sprang into her mind. Opening her eyes, she stared levelly at him. "Who writes your lines Remy?"
He looked like she had slapped him. "W-What?" he said, faintly.
"This entire dialogue is right out of a bad romance novel. You apologize and beg for my forgiveness, and then Ah fall into your arms and everything is happy again. Well Ah've got news for you. This is the real world. And you can't expect me to forgive you because you whisper some sweet nothings in my ear. How do you think Ah felt, seeing you do something with another girl that you could never do with me? Ah can't forgive you for that Remy. For me to know that we can never be that intimate, and that you would sleep with another girl behind my back is just too much. Ah'd say I'm sorry, but Ah'm not. You brought this down on yourself. And as much as Ah may want to, Ah just can't."
Turning on her heel, Rogue walked out of the park.
*************************The Brotherhood House***************************
Kitty was at the Brotherhood House visiting Lance. "Hey Kit," Lance yelled from the kitchen where he was getting sodas. "Can you run upstairs and tell Pietro that his fathers on the phone for him?"
"Sure," said Kitty. Pietro was the last person she wanted to talk to. She kept putting off talking to him about following her and Lance around. But since he hadn't come downstairs to bug them yet, Kitty hoped that maybe he had gotten over it.
"Pietro," she said, cringing at the thought of him jumping up and coming down to join them. "Your Da—" Kitty stopped short. Pietro was on the bed, half clothed, with some girl from school."
"Shit," he muttered, trying to find his shirt in the darkness.
"I—I—excuse me for interrupting, I—oh God..." she turned around and headed very quickly for the stairs.
Pietro came stumbling out of his room, trying to straighten his shirt as he ran after her. "Kitty—I--Jesus!" He tripped on his pant leg and fell over, rolling to her feet. Scrambling to his feet, he ran a hand through his messy hair.
"That wasn't what it looked like, I..." he paused, trying to think of some way to justify what she had just walked in on.
"No, no it's fine," said Kitty embarrassedly. "I—you can do whatever you want, I—I was just supposed to tell you that your Dad was on the phone, I didn't realize that you—that you and her were—well you know what I mean." She flushed slightly.
'She is really cute when she's embarrassed,' thought Pietro.
"I'm really sorry Pietro. I—you can go back to—whatever you were doing, I'll just tell your father that you're busy or something...."
He grinned at her. "I don't really want to go back in there now."
Kitty panicked, thinking he really was going to join them downstairs. "O-oh, well, I hope I didn't ruin some kind of special moment....' she trailed off.
"No, actually, you gave me the opportunity to do something even more special."
He cupped her face with his hands, leaned in, and kissed her.
Kitty, totally caught off guard, stood there for a few seconds before pushing him away.
"What are you doing?!" she asked. At that moment, Lance came upstairs to see what was taking Kitty so long, and Pietro's girl of the moment came out of his bedroom in a sheet.
Lance looked furious. "What the hell is going on here?"
"Pietro," whined the girl in the sheet. "Come on back to bed! I've got a little surprise for my man!" She pulled out some whipped cream. "Mmmmm."
Pietro cringed, Kitty looked disgusted, and Lance glared.
"Uh, Ally," said Pietro. "I think you'd better go. My room mate and I need to have an important discussion."
"But Baby! We're not finished yet!"
"Now," said Lance firmly. Grabbing her by the arm, he pointed to the stairs. "Get out of my house."
He turned back towards Kitty and Pietro. "Pietro, I'm going to kill you. You—I'm going to kill you. What the hell do you think you're doing, kissing Kitty like that?"
"I—I was just—well, I wanted...." Pietro didn't know what to say. Lance was glaring at him expectantly, and Kitty looked angry too.
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And there we have chapter 13. Just so no one sues me, I got the "Who writes your lines Remy?" idea from The A List.
Questions to ponder until the next update: Who will Kitty choose? Will Rogue and Remy ever get back together? And what ever happened with Toad and Wanda?
Thanks to all the reviewers.
~Druid-Priestess~
Finally, it was the weekend. Rogue could not have been happier. All week she had gone through the motions. Gone to school, pretended to be happy, etc. But she still couldn't get over Remy.
At least when she was at home she didn't have to walk around with a fake smile on her face. She could just hide in her room.
Kitty walked in and sat down on her bed with a sigh.
"Hey Kit, what's wrong? Ah thought you were supposed to go see a movie with Lance."
Kitty fell back on the bed. "Yeah, we were supposed to. But Pietro caught up with us at the theater. He insisted on seeing the movie with us. I couldn't take it, I said I had a stomach ache and came home. Don't get me wrong, Pietro is my friend and all, but he is starting to seriously annoy me." she said.
"Ah've noticed it too. He's always hanging around the two of ya at school."
Kitty groaned. "I know. He never used to. It's like he decided to make hanging out with me and Lance the sole purpose of his life."
Rogue smirked. "Ah think he might like ya, Kit. Ah mean, what other explanation could there be for his behavior as of late?"
Kitty stared incredulously at Rogue. "Pietro? Like me? That's insane Rogue. We're just friends, we've never been romantic at all. Maybe he's just craving attention or something. Or maybe he feels like Lance is hanging out with me more than he hangs out with him. They're best friends, maybe he thinks I'm coming between them."
"Ah don't know," said Rogue doubtfully. "It still seems to me like there's something more to it than that."
Kitty sat up. "But that can't be it. The idea of Pietro liking me crazy. Besides, he's the type of guy who will tell a girl if he likes her."
"Well, maybe he's afraid to tell you because you guys are friends. Maybe he thinks it'd be too weird, or maybe he thinks it would ruin your friendship."
"What am I going to do Rogue? I can't take much more of him conveniently popping up wherever Lance and I are. Sooner or later, I'm going to snap."
Rogue considered this for a minute. "You have to talk to him. Otherwise he'll never stop. Just sit him down, and explain that you and Lance need some alone time."
Kitty nodded. "That makes sense. But it's gonna be so, I don't know, awkward. I'm basically telling him to leave us alone. What if he gets really offended or hurt or something by it?"
"Still. Pretending that you actually want him on all your dates is just as bad. If he's really your friend, then he'll understand. Just be gentle about it."
Kitty shook her head. "I hope he takes it the right way. I mean, I like hanging out with him, just not during my dates with Lance."
"I'm sure he'll understand," said Rogue. "He would hate it if you followed him on all his dates. And he definitely wouldn't hesitate to tell you how he felt."
"You're right," said Kitty. "I'll try talking to him the next time I see him. Which will probably be really soon, considering his current obsession with appearing wherever Lance and I happen to be." ***************************At Gambit's Apartment************************
Remy was a mess. Ever since he'd broken up with Rogue, he'd been miserable. He couldn't focus on anything. He saw her face everywhere.
The first girl he'd ever truly loved, and he went and ruined it. At first, he tried to just let it go. But it has gotten to the point where he couldn't eat. He had suddenly developed insomnia, staying up till 4 am imagining what Rogue was doing at that moment.
Well, Remy wasn't dense enough to ignore those signs. He was in love with Rogue. This was the real deal, she was "the one." And he wasn't about to let her get away. He'd regret it for the rest of his life.
So, he came up with a plan to get his chere back. And with a little help from Kurt, it was put in motion.
******************************The Institute******************************
"Hey Rogue," said Kurt, 2 hours later. "Scott just called. He said he wants you to meet him in the park, on the bench in front of that really big oak tree. Said he needs to talk to you about something important. So stop torturing yourself with this Remy situation and go meet him."
Rogue looked up from her magazine. "Hmm, Ah wonder what he wants to talk to me about. And please don't remind me of Remy." She got up, put on her coat, and walked out the door.
Kurt laughed to himself. "Oh Rogue. You vill be thanking me when you get back. Oh yes, you vill." Grinning at the prospect of helping his sister, he teleported downstairs into the kitchen and rewarded himself with several chocolate chip cookies.
********************************The Park********************************
Rogue entered the park and walked over to the bench in front of the oak tree. But the person sitting on it wasn't Scott. It was Remy.
"Damn it Kurt," muttered Rogue. She turned abruptly and started walking back out of the park.
"Rogue, wait," called Remy. He walked over to her. "Come back here. We need to talk, and I'm not taking no for an answer."
She glared at him. "Ah tried to talk to you last time Remy. You didn't want to hear it. Now all of the sudden you do?"
He sighed. "Look, Rogue. I--I made a mistake. A big one. And I hate myself for it. The look on your face when the door opened—it pierced my heart. Seeing you like that killed me. And it was even worse knowing that I caused it. I was a fool, Rogue. I love you, not Alix. I was using her for temporary relief from my pain, I—I never want to see you hurt like that again. So can we please, please put this behind us. I just—I really want to hold you again."
Rogue shut her eyes. Unwillingly, a picture of Alix in Remy's T-shirt sprang into her mind. Opening her eyes, she stared levelly at him. "Who writes your lines Remy?"
He looked like she had slapped him. "W-What?" he said, faintly.
"This entire dialogue is right out of a bad romance novel. You apologize and beg for my forgiveness, and then Ah fall into your arms and everything is happy again. Well Ah've got news for you. This is the real world. And you can't expect me to forgive you because you whisper some sweet nothings in my ear. How do you think Ah felt, seeing you do something with another girl that you could never do with me? Ah can't forgive you for that Remy. For me to know that we can never be that intimate, and that you would sleep with another girl behind my back is just too much. Ah'd say I'm sorry, but Ah'm not. You brought this down on yourself. And as much as Ah may want to, Ah just can't."
Turning on her heel, Rogue walked out of the park.
*************************The Brotherhood House***************************
Kitty was at the Brotherhood House visiting Lance. "Hey Kit," Lance yelled from the kitchen where he was getting sodas. "Can you run upstairs and tell Pietro that his fathers on the phone for him?"
"Sure," said Kitty. Pietro was the last person she wanted to talk to. She kept putting off talking to him about following her and Lance around. But since he hadn't come downstairs to bug them yet, Kitty hoped that maybe he had gotten over it.
"Pietro," she said, cringing at the thought of him jumping up and coming down to join them. "Your Da—" Kitty stopped short. Pietro was on the bed, half clothed, with some girl from school."
"Shit," he muttered, trying to find his shirt in the darkness.
"I—I—excuse me for interrupting, I—oh God..." she turned around and headed very quickly for the stairs.
Pietro came stumbling out of his room, trying to straighten his shirt as he ran after her. "Kitty—I--Jesus!" He tripped on his pant leg and fell over, rolling to her feet. Scrambling to his feet, he ran a hand through his messy hair.
"That wasn't what it looked like, I..." he paused, trying to think of some way to justify what she had just walked in on.
"No, no it's fine," said Kitty embarrassedly. "I—you can do whatever you want, I—I was just supposed to tell you that your Dad was on the phone, I didn't realize that you—that you and her were—well you know what I mean." She flushed slightly.
'She is really cute when she's embarrassed,' thought Pietro.
"I'm really sorry Pietro. I—you can go back to—whatever you were doing, I'll just tell your father that you're busy or something...."
He grinned at her. "I don't really want to go back in there now."
Kitty panicked, thinking he really was going to join them downstairs. "O-oh, well, I hope I didn't ruin some kind of special moment....' she trailed off.
"No, actually, you gave me the opportunity to do something even more special."
He cupped her face with his hands, leaned in, and kissed her.
Kitty, totally caught off guard, stood there for a few seconds before pushing him away.
"What are you doing?!" she asked. At that moment, Lance came upstairs to see what was taking Kitty so long, and Pietro's girl of the moment came out of his bedroom in a sheet.
Lance looked furious. "What the hell is going on here?"
"Pietro," whined the girl in the sheet. "Come on back to bed! I've got a little surprise for my man!" She pulled out some whipped cream. "Mmmmm."
Pietro cringed, Kitty looked disgusted, and Lance glared.
"Uh, Ally," said Pietro. "I think you'd better go. My room mate and I need to have an important discussion."
"But Baby! We're not finished yet!"
"Now," said Lance firmly. Grabbing her by the arm, he pointed to the stairs. "Get out of my house."
He turned back towards Kitty and Pietro. "Pietro, I'm going to kill you. You—I'm going to kill you. What the hell do you think you're doing, kissing Kitty like that?"
"I—I was just—well, I wanted...." Pietro didn't know what to say. Lance was glaring at him expectantly, and Kitty looked angry too.
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And there we have chapter 13. Just so no one sues me, I got the "Who writes your lines Remy?" idea from The A List.
Questions to ponder until the next update: Who will Kitty choose? Will Rogue and Remy ever get back together? And what ever happened with Toad and Wanda?
Thanks to all the reviewers.
~Druid-Priestess~