(A/N: thank you EVERYONE for the reviews. but a special thanks to x-silver-saffire-x. Just so you guys all know, I took Spanish, not French. All the French in here I got from an online translater. I appreciate any input on how horrible the French actually is, I mean, if I do something horribly wrong like this again, please tell me in the reviews and I'll fix it up lickity-split ^_^
Ok, in this chapter, I wrote in a flash back, because i wanted to see if I could write one... that's it. So tell me how I do with going about the whole flash back thingy. I'm sorry if any of you find flashbacks annoying. Secondly, its a very long story, but basically my computer decided to not want to work anymore, so I am on my mom's pc right now, which doesn't have Microsoft word, or anything with a spell check. so I am REALLY trying to proof read this one more than usual, but cut me a little slack if there are any typos.
Ok enjoy!)
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Chapter 7
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Rogue woke up from her dream in a cold sweat. Her heart felt like it was going to jump right out of her chest. She tried to calm down her breathing. Slowly, she sat up in her bed and looked at the new digital clock Kitty had bought that afternoon. In glowed 1:56 in bright green numbers.
'Some dream.' she thought. 'It felt so real...' She felt tears build up behind her eyes, but she would not let them flow down her face. "But it wasn't real... and it never will be." she said quietly to herself as she gingerly got out of her bed. Rogue made her way down the hallway of the dorm wing, and over to the stairs leading to the roof. She tried her hardest to not hit any of the creaky boards or stairs, but luck had never really been on her side.
Rogue sat down on a flatter section of the roof. She could see Storm's garden, and the baseball field. She sighed as her thoughts quickly left the view, and went to the dream she had just had. "It was more of a nightmare." She said quietly, even though no one would have been able to hear her anyway.
The dream had been like a slide show. No real line of thought took her from one dream to the next. She would be living out one where she was having a water gun fight with Kurt and Bobby, and then the next thing she knew, she was in Remy's arms. 'Gambit's arms!' she corrected herself. She frowned a little as she pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them.
'I can't believe I had a dream about HIM...' She shook her head. 'It just felt so real. For a while I was having dreams with Kitty, and Kurt, or one of the other kids at the institute, and they were fun... and I don't really get nearly enough fun...' She picked her chin up to look at the sky. 'But towards the end, I had to go and have dreams about HIM!' She exhaled slowly, trying to keep it as smooth as possible. 'When he was holding me... it felt so real. I could have sworn it was really happening. I could feel his hands in mine...' She put a hand to her lips. ' And his lips on mine...'
"NO!" she almost shouted as she stood up. "Don't even think like that Rogue, you already know there's no point. You'll just get more depressed by him being close to you." She brought her hands to the sides of her head. "Why are you doing this to yourself?" But she already knew the answer to that question.
Earlier that day, she had gotten in a fight with a bunch of her fellow X-men. Well actually, they had had a fight with her.
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(A/N: at this point I imagine Wayne and Garth doing the flash back noise and wiggling their arms, just so you can have a glimpse of what's in my head...) (Just incase you don't know, that's from Wayne's World...SNL...)
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Kitty and Rogue walked into the mansion and into the Rec room, which was surprisingly empty for a Friday night. After the long, completely quiet ride home from the mall in the X-Van, Kitty was the first to break the silence as the two girls sat on a couch. "So... like what happened after I... left?"
Rogue looked down at her feet. Nothing had happened, nothing important, but she didn't want to talk about it. But better to tell Kitty now, than at school in public, because she would no doubt keep bugging her about this through the weekend. At least they were alone. "Nothing really... I guess..."
"What did he say to you? He didn't just leave did he?"
Rogue could feel Kitty's eyes on her, and she lifted her face to meet her gaze. "He just blabbed on about something, I don't even remember... at least not after I found this in my wallet." Rogue held up the ace of hearts that Gambit had slid into her wallet.
Kitty gasped and her eyes widened. "So he picked your pocket?!"
"Yes!" Rouge's face softened a bit, "Well kind of... he did, but he didn't take my money..."
Kitty looked on at Rogue, unable to really say what was on her mind, but her eyes said it for her. Her eyes clearly said 'I don't understand.'
Rogue lowered her hands to her lap. "Well, at sometime, he must have picked my pocket, and taken my money. But then when I left the Diner, my money was back. I don't know what he was doing..."
"Are you sure it was him?"
Rogue held up the card again and raised an eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure."
"Oh..." Both girls fell silent for a moment, contemplating why he would have done it. "Maybe it was so you wouldn't have money to pay for your meal..." Kitty said it softly, as if only to herself.
"What?! That doesn't even make sense! He paid for the food anywa-" Rogue stopped mid sentence, understanding what Kitty had meant. "He made it so He had to pay..."
"Its... well... Its ALMOST sweet." Kitty smiled trying to ease Rogue out of her sudden anger.
"Sweet?! No, don't even joke about that."
"No I mean, he wanted to buy you dinner. That's pretty sweet. And honestly, you would have never let him do it if you didn't have a choice."
"Are you standing up for him?!"
"No, I just think... He had good intentions."
"He stole my money!"
"Well he gave it back."
"But he STOLE it in the first place!"
"Calm down! Jeez, I'm saying I don't think the ends justify the means, but it was a nice thought for him to buy you dinner."
Before Rogue could Even get her next thought out, she heard a familiar German voice "Who bought Rogue dinner?!" His blue arms were crossed over his chest as he walked into the room. Kurt's eyes were filled with disapproval.
Rogue looked at Kitty, and then back to Kurt. "No Kurt, Its not what you think..." Rogue looked over to Kitty for help.
"Its a long story, its nothing really."
"Tell me!" Kurt suddenly looked very much like Rogue's brother. He seemed overly protective at the moment, and it was obvious he did not like the idea of anyone going on a date with Rogue, at least not with out him knowing about it.
Rogue shifted in her seat, not making eye contact with either Kurt or Kitty. 'Nothing happened, why don't you tell them!' she thought as she raised her chin, about to explain her self.
Kurt's jaw dropped as he looked from Rogue to Kitty. "Its that Gambit isn't it? The henchman for Magneto you told be was in Rogue's French class?"
Kitty's face went pale as Rogue turned to her. "You told him?! How could you, I told you what happened in confidence!"
Kitty suddenly got her bearings back. "You said it wasn't a big deal, I just assumed..."
Rogue's voice got louder. "You assumed what?! That I wanted everyone in here to know how annoying he is?! I don't need them talking behind my back!"
"But you said you were going to tell everyone anyway."
"No I didn't! I said I was going to tell the professor! I can't believe you Kitty. Who else did you tell?!"
Kurt suddenly butted into the argument. "What happened today?"
Rogue turned her attention to Kurt. "Nothing!"
"Did he buy you dinner?" Kurt's hands went to his hips.
"No! that's not what-"
Suddenly Bobby and Jubilee were in the Rec room, having been drawn to the screaming like moths to a flame. "What's going on?" Bobby asked as he noticed the death glare coming from Rogue.
Kurt turned to the new recruits. "Gambit Bought Rogue dinner."
"WOA!" Shouted Bobby and Jubilee. "But he is the enemy!" They seemed to say it at the same time.
"I know!" shouted Rogue turning her attention back to Kurt. "And that's NOT what happened!"
Scott came running into the Rec room with his hand already on his visor. Jean was right behind him. Scott's hand dropped as he made his way to the middle of the group of yelling teens. "Whoa! Whoa! What's going on down here?"
"Rogue is going out with the enemy!" shouted Jubilee, but she quickly covered her mouth after seeing the look she had gotten from Rogue. But it was to late, it was already said.
"What?!" Scott turned to Rogue. "Is this true? Who? What are you thinking?!"
"Nothing happened!" But all Rogue's shouts were in vain. It seemed like everyone in the room was telling her what to do, and if they weren't, they were telling someone else 'what happened', which none of them even knew.
"You can't go out with the enemy!"
"What are you thinking?!"
"Where did they go? Did anything happened?"
"He could hurt you!"
"Do you even care about the team?"
"Which one is he?"
"How can you do this?!"
It got too much. Rogue brought her hands to her ears, as she almost fell to her knees. She looked up at the ceiling and closed her eyes "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!" she shouted as loud as she could manage, and the room became silent. "None of you were there! You won't even listen to me! Just leave me alone!" with that she ran out the door. She plowed over a few kids in exiting.
The room was silent, until everyone heard a slurping noise. All the kids looked up to see Logan standing in the other door way with a cup of coffee in his hand. "Anyone mind telling me what the hell that was all about?"
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(A/N: again with the Wayne and Garth...)
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'I had made it up to my room. I stayed in there till curfew.' Rogue thought as she rubbed her legs a little for warmth. 'When Kitty came up to go to sleep, she didn't say anything to me. I liked it, but it was a little scary. Like I know everyone was talking about me after I left.'
Rogue looked back up at the stars, admiring the bright full moon. Her eyes widened when she was suddenly aware of someone else on the roof with her.
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(A/N: dun dun dun!! Ooo a cliffhanger... well I hate cliffhangers, so I'll at least give you a hint. A hint thats in the form of a multiple-choice question.
Q: Who is on the roof with Rogue? Is it
a. Storm
b. Kurt
c. Gambit
d. Logan
Now honestly, any one of those would make sense... and I don't think its obvious, and if you think it is obvious, then you are probably wrong.
Anyway, I'm sorry If I missed any miss spellings. Don't bother writing reviews on some word I spelt wrong, or some name I forgot to capitalize. As soon as my new computer comes, in a few days, I will be able to Spell Check it myself.
Please review with titles for any of the chapters.)
Ok, in this chapter, I wrote in a flash back, because i wanted to see if I could write one... that's it. So tell me how I do with going about the whole flash back thingy. I'm sorry if any of you find flashbacks annoying. Secondly, its a very long story, but basically my computer decided to not want to work anymore, so I am on my mom's pc right now, which doesn't have Microsoft word, or anything with a spell check. so I am REALLY trying to proof read this one more than usual, but cut me a little slack if there are any typos.
Ok enjoy!)
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Chapter 7
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Rogue woke up from her dream in a cold sweat. Her heart felt like it was going to jump right out of her chest. She tried to calm down her breathing. Slowly, she sat up in her bed and looked at the new digital clock Kitty had bought that afternoon. In glowed 1:56 in bright green numbers.
'Some dream.' she thought. 'It felt so real...' She felt tears build up behind her eyes, but she would not let them flow down her face. "But it wasn't real... and it never will be." she said quietly to herself as she gingerly got out of her bed. Rogue made her way down the hallway of the dorm wing, and over to the stairs leading to the roof. She tried her hardest to not hit any of the creaky boards or stairs, but luck had never really been on her side.
Rogue sat down on a flatter section of the roof. She could see Storm's garden, and the baseball field. She sighed as her thoughts quickly left the view, and went to the dream she had just had. "It was more of a nightmare." She said quietly, even though no one would have been able to hear her anyway.
The dream had been like a slide show. No real line of thought took her from one dream to the next. She would be living out one where she was having a water gun fight with Kurt and Bobby, and then the next thing she knew, she was in Remy's arms. 'Gambit's arms!' she corrected herself. She frowned a little as she pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them.
'I can't believe I had a dream about HIM...' She shook her head. 'It just felt so real. For a while I was having dreams with Kitty, and Kurt, or one of the other kids at the institute, and they were fun... and I don't really get nearly enough fun...' She picked her chin up to look at the sky. 'But towards the end, I had to go and have dreams about HIM!' She exhaled slowly, trying to keep it as smooth as possible. 'When he was holding me... it felt so real. I could have sworn it was really happening. I could feel his hands in mine...' She put a hand to her lips. ' And his lips on mine...'
"NO!" she almost shouted as she stood up. "Don't even think like that Rogue, you already know there's no point. You'll just get more depressed by him being close to you." She brought her hands to the sides of her head. "Why are you doing this to yourself?" But she already knew the answer to that question.
Earlier that day, she had gotten in a fight with a bunch of her fellow X-men. Well actually, they had had a fight with her.
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(A/N: at this point I imagine Wayne and Garth doing the flash back noise and wiggling their arms, just so you can have a glimpse of what's in my head...) (Just incase you don't know, that's from Wayne's World...SNL...)
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Kitty and Rogue walked into the mansion and into the Rec room, which was surprisingly empty for a Friday night. After the long, completely quiet ride home from the mall in the X-Van, Kitty was the first to break the silence as the two girls sat on a couch. "So... like what happened after I... left?"
Rogue looked down at her feet. Nothing had happened, nothing important, but she didn't want to talk about it. But better to tell Kitty now, than at school in public, because she would no doubt keep bugging her about this through the weekend. At least they were alone. "Nothing really... I guess..."
"What did he say to you? He didn't just leave did he?"
Rogue could feel Kitty's eyes on her, and she lifted her face to meet her gaze. "He just blabbed on about something, I don't even remember... at least not after I found this in my wallet." Rogue held up the ace of hearts that Gambit had slid into her wallet.
Kitty gasped and her eyes widened. "So he picked your pocket?!"
"Yes!" Rouge's face softened a bit, "Well kind of... he did, but he didn't take my money..."
Kitty looked on at Rogue, unable to really say what was on her mind, but her eyes said it for her. Her eyes clearly said 'I don't understand.'
Rogue lowered her hands to her lap. "Well, at sometime, he must have picked my pocket, and taken my money. But then when I left the Diner, my money was back. I don't know what he was doing..."
"Are you sure it was him?"
Rogue held up the card again and raised an eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure."
"Oh..." Both girls fell silent for a moment, contemplating why he would have done it. "Maybe it was so you wouldn't have money to pay for your meal..." Kitty said it softly, as if only to herself.
"What?! That doesn't even make sense! He paid for the food anywa-" Rogue stopped mid sentence, understanding what Kitty had meant. "He made it so He had to pay..."
"Its... well... Its ALMOST sweet." Kitty smiled trying to ease Rogue out of her sudden anger.
"Sweet?! No, don't even joke about that."
"No I mean, he wanted to buy you dinner. That's pretty sweet. And honestly, you would have never let him do it if you didn't have a choice."
"Are you standing up for him?!"
"No, I just think... He had good intentions."
"He stole my money!"
"Well he gave it back."
"But he STOLE it in the first place!"
"Calm down! Jeez, I'm saying I don't think the ends justify the means, but it was a nice thought for him to buy you dinner."
Before Rogue could Even get her next thought out, she heard a familiar German voice "Who bought Rogue dinner?!" His blue arms were crossed over his chest as he walked into the room. Kurt's eyes were filled with disapproval.
Rogue looked at Kitty, and then back to Kurt. "No Kurt, Its not what you think..." Rogue looked over to Kitty for help.
"Its a long story, its nothing really."
"Tell me!" Kurt suddenly looked very much like Rogue's brother. He seemed overly protective at the moment, and it was obvious he did not like the idea of anyone going on a date with Rogue, at least not with out him knowing about it.
Rogue shifted in her seat, not making eye contact with either Kurt or Kitty. 'Nothing happened, why don't you tell them!' she thought as she raised her chin, about to explain her self.
Kurt's jaw dropped as he looked from Rogue to Kitty. "Its that Gambit isn't it? The henchman for Magneto you told be was in Rogue's French class?"
Kitty's face went pale as Rogue turned to her. "You told him?! How could you, I told you what happened in confidence!"
Kitty suddenly got her bearings back. "You said it wasn't a big deal, I just assumed..."
Rogue's voice got louder. "You assumed what?! That I wanted everyone in here to know how annoying he is?! I don't need them talking behind my back!"
"But you said you were going to tell everyone anyway."
"No I didn't! I said I was going to tell the professor! I can't believe you Kitty. Who else did you tell?!"
Kurt suddenly butted into the argument. "What happened today?"
Rogue turned her attention to Kurt. "Nothing!"
"Did he buy you dinner?" Kurt's hands went to his hips.
"No! that's not what-"
Suddenly Bobby and Jubilee were in the Rec room, having been drawn to the screaming like moths to a flame. "What's going on?" Bobby asked as he noticed the death glare coming from Rogue.
Kurt turned to the new recruits. "Gambit Bought Rogue dinner."
"WOA!" Shouted Bobby and Jubilee. "But he is the enemy!" They seemed to say it at the same time.
"I know!" shouted Rogue turning her attention back to Kurt. "And that's NOT what happened!"
Scott came running into the Rec room with his hand already on his visor. Jean was right behind him. Scott's hand dropped as he made his way to the middle of the group of yelling teens. "Whoa! Whoa! What's going on down here?"
"Rogue is going out with the enemy!" shouted Jubilee, but she quickly covered her mouth after seeing the look she had gotten from Rogue. But it was to late, it was already said.
"What?!" Scott turned to Rogue. "Is this true? Who? What are you thinking?!"
"Nothing happened!" But all Rogue's shouts were in vain. It seemed like everyone in the room was telling her what to do, and if they weren't, they were telling someone else 'what happened', which none of them even knew.
"You can't go out with the enemy!"
"What are you thinking?!"
"Where did they go? Did anything happened?"
"He could hurt you!"
"Do you even care about the team?"
"Which one is he?"
"How can you do this?!"
It got too much. Rogue brought her hands to her ears, as she almost fell to her knees. She looked up at the ceiling and closed her eyes "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!" she shouted as loud as she could manage, and the room became silent. "None of you were there! You won't even listen to me! Just leave me alone!" with that she ran out the door. She plowed over a few kids in exiting.
The room was silent, until everyone heard a slurping noise. All the kids looked up to see Logan standing in the other door way with a cup of coffee in his hand. "Anyone mind telling me what the hell that was all about?"
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(A/N: again with the Wayne and Garth...)
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'I had made it up to my room. I stayed in there till curfew.' Rogue thought as she rubbed her legs a little for warmth. 'When Kitty came up to go to sleep, she didn't say anything to me. I liked it, but it was a little scary. Like I know everyone was talking about me after I left.'
Rogue looked back up at the stars, admiring the bright full moon. Her eyes widened when she was suddenly aware of someone else on the roof with her.
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(A/N: dun dun dun!! Ooo a cliffhanger... well I hate cliffhangers, so I'll at least give you a hint. A hint thats in the form of a multiple-choice question.
Q: Who is on the roof with Rogue? Is it
a. Storm
b. Kurt
c. Gambit
d. Logan
Now honestly, any one of those would make sense... and I don't think its obvious, and if you think it is obvious, then you are probably wrong.
Anyway, I'm sorry If I missed any miss spellings. Don't bother writing reviews on some word I spelt wrong, or some name I forgot to capitalize. As soon as my new computer comes, in a few days, I will be able to Spell Check it myself.
Please review with titles for any of the chapters.)