A/N: Sorry for another long wait…Yes…you will get the Remy and Rogue time right about…now!! Hehe, it starts in this chapter…;) R&R!!
Chapter 7 – Feelings
Remy and John had arrived at the X-Jet with Jin a few minutes later.
"See Quicksilver?" Scott asked.
"Yup…tried to blow him up. But I doubt he did, probably ran as fast as he could after he got the card out." Said Remy. "Oh and here's our newest Recruit, Jin Tanaka."
"Hi welcome. I'm Scott, this is Jean, the girl over there with the white stripe on her hair is Rogue, then those two girls, Jasmine, Bridget, and Ricky's in his room." Scott smiled.
"Hey." Jean smiled.
"Hope you like it here." Rogue waved. Bridget and Jasmine just waved.
"Sup. So er, where's my room?" Jin asked.
"Uh, you'll be sharing a room with Ricky. Don't worry he's cool." Said Remy.
"Um, Remy…" said Rogue. Remy looked back to feel his stomach flip over.
"Yeah?" he wondered.
"Can we talk later?" she asked.
"Sure, I'll just show Jin his room." Remy smiled. Rogue smiled too, as she sat on the couch waiting.
Remy led Jin to his room. Ricky was sitting by desk, again sketching drawings. "Hey Ricky."
"Yeah?" he turned around to face the door.
"You have a roommate. Jin, this is Ricky, Ricky, Jin." Remy introduced them.
"Hey." Said Jin.
"Cool. Wassup?" Ricky smiled.
"Just moving in." said Jin.
"You gonna be alright kid?" Remy asked.
"Yeah. Everything's cool." Said Jin as he started unpacking.
"I'll be outside if you need me." Said Remy as he closed the door behind him.
"So you're from Philadelphia?" Ricky asked.
"Yeah…" Jin looked at the bunk beds. "Which is yours?"
"Hm?" said Ricky. "Oh, you can have the top. Oh yeah, just a piece of advice, try not to get into a deep conversation with Bridget and Jasmine."
"Why?" he asked.
"The conversation will never end, and they ask the questions, you don't." Ricky smirked.
"Thanks." Said Jin as he threw the empty bag aside as he started putting his clothes in his closet.
"Rogue." Remy called. "You wanted to talk?"
"Um yeah…" said Rogue as John laughed out loud. "Shut up John! Come on, inside." He followed her inside the room he shared with John.
"Uh huh…" John was laughing stupidly.
"Enough…" Jean rolled her eyes.
"Okay…what did you want to talk about?" Remy asked as he closed the door.
"Um…" she paced herself across the room. "I just wanted to get this off my chest." She took a deep breathe as Remy stared at her. "I…I still have feelings for you…" Remy's eyes widened for a moment but he kept silent. "I know that I'm with Bobby and we're together you know, but ever since you came, I couldn't make up my mind. I was so confused that I just wish that…you never should've left."
"I'm…I'm sorry." Remy stuttered as he adjusted his gloves as it suddenly felt tight on his palm.
"That really hurt me Remy, a lot. Now I don't know what to do. As much as I like you…I realized maybe…maybe things are not gonna be happening since—" Remy had pulled her by the waist and leaned towards her for a quick kiss. She felt the sensation jolt her throughout her body, but released her lips to look at him. "…Bobby's around." She whispered. She was still in his arms, staring into his red eyes.
"You've learned to control your powers when you kiss huh?" he smirked. Rogue knew she loved his Cajun accent.
"The Professor's taught me how hold my powers when I don't want to hurt anybody…it took a long time to actually get it." She smiled.
"Yeah?" said Remy. "How long?"
"…Ever since you left…" she whispered as she leaned in for a kiss. This time, Remy had felt a sudden rush through his body. He had his arms around her, moving his hand up and down her back. He couldn't resist it anymore. As they kissed, he was slowly pushing her towards his bed on the bottom bunk. They parted for awhile, where Rogue sat down on the bed as Remy sat beside her. They're lips met each other once again, this time, even their tongues. He leaned on her as she laid her back down on the bed. They felt the heat rising off their bodies, but Rogue suddenly stopped. "I'm sorry." She tried to catch her breathe. "I haven't held it that long…"
"You should rest then…" Remy laid beside her.
"…yeah." She embraced him as Remy was being careful not to have skin contact for now. A few minutes later, they both fell asleep.
"We'll be going to New York early tomorrow morning." Said Scott as he came out of the cockpit. "Now, let's just call it a day."
"Cool…Rogue better be out of the room." Said John as he headed to his room. He knocked on the door, but no one answered. "Hey! Anyone there?" There still was no answer. John barged in the door to find Rogue laying next to Remy. John made an obvious cough to make them aware of his presence. "Uhh…" John slammed the door behind him.
"What the?!" said Rogue as she woke up.
"Please stay in your respective rooms for the time being." Joked John.
"Whatever." Rogue got off the bed and left.
"Sorry about that. I just don't feel comfortable there's two people sleeping under me." Said John as he threw his jacket to the chair in the corner and climbed up the bunk. "So…what happened?"
"Er…stuff." Said Remy.
"Aw come on Gambit, nothing happens in my love life so what's up? What did she say?" he asked.
"Well…she still likes me…and still likes Bobby…and…" Remy paused.
"You kissed her?" John asked. Remy was silent. John laughed. "Hah, thought so."
"Shut up, you've got a big day tomorrow." Said Remy as they both went to sleep.
The next morning, the X-team woke up around five in the morning to start their trip back to New York.
"Hurry up dammit!!" Rogue was knocking on the bathroom door.
"Shut up I'm not done!!" said John from the bathroom. Apparently, he was in there for the past twenty minutes.
"Who's in there?" Jean asked as she passed by.
"John…" said Rogue as she continued knocking on the door. After fifteen minutes, John came out with his hair shorter than usual. Rogue's jaw dropped. "Did you just…cut your hair in there?"
John held up scissors and a shaver. "What do you think?" His hair was shorter, and instead of his hair looking greased back, his hair was going in different directions.
"What did you use?" Rogue stared at his hair.
"Just hair gel. The bathroom's free, don't worry I cleaned up my hair." John headed straight to his room while Rogue was laughing as she went inside the bathroom.
"Holy shit…" Remy stared at John's hair. "The hell did you do that for?"
"Haven't had a hair cut in a long time. That's why I brought a shaver and scissors in case I had time to do it. So, I had time this morning." Remy was still staring.
"Whatever." Said Remy as they both went out of their rooms.
"So when are we leaving?" John asked as he entered the cockpit.
"WHOA." Said Jean and Scott as they saw John.
"Like it? I cut it myself." John asked.
"You're kidding." Said Jean.
"No really." John laughed. Jean and Scott remained silent.
"Well…it looks pretty good. I like it." Jean nodded.
"Thanks…at least someone thinks it's good." Said John as he took his seat. "So…when are we leaving?"
"Oh." Said Scott. "Once Rogue's out of the bathroom. Taking off while she's in there…don't think that'd be any good." John laughed.
"Shut up." Jean shook her head.
"Okay, I'm done." Said Rogue as she brushed her wet hair.
"Hey brush it somewhere else." John felt drops of water sprayed in his face.
"Shut up." Rogue continued to brush her hair.
"Sure everyone just tell me to shut up." Said John. Just before anyone said anything… "Shut up."
"Morning people." Remy took a seat in the cockpit.
"Okay, we're ready for take off? Everybody seated?" Scott asked as he buckled his seatbelt.
"All set." Said Remy.
"Camouflage mode?"
"Check." Said Jean.
"Take off in three, two, one…" soon enough the X-Jet rose above the junkyard and gained altitude into the sky.
"Where exactly in New York are we going?" Rogue asked.
"Albany." Said John.
"This is our last stop till we're finally home…" said Scott.
"I'll go check on the girls if they're still asleep." Said Jean as she left the cockpit.
"Okay we should be there in about 2 hours." Said Scott as he put the jet on auto-pilot.
"I'll go contact the professor." Said Rogue as she left the cockpit followed by the rest.
"Yes X-team one?" said the Professor from the speaker.
"We're on our way to Albany to pick up the last recruit." Said Rogue.
"Good. Where's John?" he asked.
"Yeah?" said John.
"John, be extra careful. I called up Hailey's parents last night, looks like you better be fast today, and persuasive."
"What do you mean? What do I have to do?" asked John.
"She's got detention today." Professor explained. "She's in her school today from eight to ten o'clock. And you have to either bring Rogue or Jean with you, it's an all-girls school. Don't worry, she knows you're coming"
"Shit." John said quietly. "So I have to pick her up from school?"
"That's why you have either of the girls with you. They're going to find a way to get Hailey out of school, while she's in detention. You're main priority, is to get her out of the school and back to her house. Her school's really strict, so she cannot miss this detention. Do you understand?" Professor asked.
"Yes Professor." Answered John.
"Good luck and contact me once you're on your way back here." He hung up.
"So who wants to go with me?" John asked.
"I'll go." Said Rogue. "I always wanted to know what goes on in those prep schools."
"Sure. Whatever." Said John as he took a seat in the couch. "So how are you going to get her out of there?"
"Well she should be in a room right?" asked Rogue.
"Yeah…but she's gotta be closely watched."
"Then…" said Rogue. "I'll distract whoever's watching her while you try to get her to get out of the room…let's say…"
"A window?" asked John. Rogue nodded. "Done that a lot before."
"Okay, we're set." Said Rogue.
After two hours of flying, the new recruits we're getting excited about going to school.
"Man, I can't wait till we get there!" said Jasmine as she was talking to Bridget.
"I wonder how many students are in that school." Thought Bridget.
"We're almost there." Said Remy as he came out of the cockpit. "You two ready?"
"Yeah." Said John as he stood up with his folder in his hand. Soon, they landed behind an empty house.
"Remember, try not to take too long. You can walk a few blocks from here to her school and then take a cab to her house. Give us a call once you got her." Said Scott as he made sure the X-Jet was parked in camouflage mode.
"Sure." Said John.
"Careful." Remy told Rogue.
"Don't worry." Rogue smiled as she left with John. "So we're heading to the school?"
"Yeah, it's up two streets from here." Said John. They walked for about ten minutes, and finally got to the huge school beside a small park. "Is this it?"
"`St. Clare's Catholic High School for Girls.'" Rogue read the sign. "I think it is." They both walked passed the open gate and into the yard. "There must be tons of classrooms here."
"I think we should check the windows of the first floor, mostly detention rooms are on the first." Said John as they walked on the grass looking at each of the windows for any sign of a detention room. After ten rooms, they we're thinking that maybe the room wasn't downstairs. "That's ten sets of windows already!!"
"Come on there's still a few…" said Rogue as they kept walking on. They peered into the next few rooms and finally found one occupied. There were about five girls sitting at their seats wearing their uniforms on a Saturday. There was also a plumped blonde woman sitting in front of the room. The girls were all writing non-stop on sheets of paper.
John opened his folder to check Hailey's picture. She had shoulder-length black hair and dark eyes. He looked into the window again for a similar resemblance, and saw a girl three seats from the window, with the same face. It was obvious the picture wasn't recent, now she had longer hair, now dyed brown and streaks of silver all tied up into a ponytail. John felt a sudden jolt in his stomach. "I think that's her." John pointed at her.
"Okay, just give me ten to fifteen minutes." Rogue ran across the lawn and back to the entrance of the school. John was still looking at Hailey, who was still writing down continuously on her papers, and looking at her watch from time to time. She then looked up at the window and gasped at the sight of John. John ducked just in time.
"Miss Watts is there anything wrong?" the plumped woman in the room asked.
"I…nothing's wrong Miss Jones. Sorry." She continued writing again and looked at the window waiting for another peak at John. John appeared again, and gave her the sign that he was going to bring her home. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
"Um, excuse me ma'am." Rogue walked towards the plumped woman.
"Yes may I help you?" asked the woman.
"My sister goes to this school, and she has been having complaints about um…bullies." Rogue stuttered.
"Bullies? Does she know who that girl is in particular?" she asked.
"Um, Hailey Watts." Said Rogue. Hailey played along and acted surprised.
"I did not do shit!" Hailey stood up.
"Watch your mouth Miss Watts!!" The woman yelled. She went to the corner and was searching for her glasses. "Do you have any proof?"
"Umm…" Rogue signaled Hailey to get out through the window. "Yes…um, her locker. It's been really trashed.
"Cheater…" One of the girls muttered under her breathe. Hailey held up the middle finger and the girl turned away looking disgusted.
"Well…mind showing me this locker?" the woman put on her glasses.
"Sure…" Rogue held the door open for her and once again, signaled Hailey to get out.
"IF I CATCH ANY OF YOU TRYING TO GET OUT IT'S TWO MORE HOURS!!!" The plumped woman exited followed by Rogue as she closed the door.
"Hailey you fuckin cheater!" One of the girls called.
"Well this was planned by my mom so I can't disobey her." Hailey laughed as she packed her bags. Hailey wrote on the board 'Miss Georgia "Big Bones" Jones.' John laughed as he opened the window.
"Where the hell you going, joy ride?" another girl stood from her seat.
"To another school. Hmm, let's just forget about that fight you caused shall we?" Hailey handed her bag to John.
"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE YOU STUPID WHORE!!" The girl yelled.
"What is that noise?" The plumped woman asked as they walked in the halls.
"Oh nothing…oh we're almost at the locker!" Rogue led her on.
"Whore? You called me a whore? Who the hell lost her virginity at the age of 11 and is now in the process of abortion with her seventh boyfriend?!" Hailey yelled back. "Yeah…you did Shawna. Now shut the fuck up, cause I don't wanna see your slutty face ever again."
"YOU BITCH!!!" Shawna took a vase and threw it towards Hailey. "FREAK!!!"
Hailey broke the vase before it hit her and threw Shawna across the room. Hailey ran to the window, as she finally got out of the school.
"Come on, we have to get a cab." Said John as Hailey ran across the lawn. "Okay…" John followed.
"Sorry!" she said as she waited by the entrance. "Taxi!!"
"Um…here's her locker." Rogue picked a random locker. "Wait, let me ask my sister what's the combination." Rogue was walking quickly through the hall, eagerly getting to the entrance.
"Who's that Georgia?" the janitor asked.
"I don't trust her…come on, let's follow her." The both paced Rogue down the hall. Rogue noticed they were following, so she ran for it.
"Get back here!!!" the woman yelled.
"Rogue hurry up!!" John called as they waited in the cab. Rogue ran down the steps.
"Hey you're not going anywhere!!!" The janitor came running. Rogue got in the cab and locked the door.
"DRIVE!" Rogue yelled as they left just before the janitor came to the gate. "Phew…that's done."