Chapter 14

Choose your Choice

"Man am Ah tired!" groaned Rogue as she walked into the mansion's kitchen.
It was a slightly cloudy, slightly early Saturday morning. The rest of the X-Men, save a few that made it a habit of sleeping in until two, or those who made it a habit to stay out all night, were already in this not-so-modest kitchen eating breakfast. Remy, who had recently dropped out of the stay out all night club, immediately looked up upon hearing Rogue's comment.
"Why so tired Chere?" he questioned suspiciously.
Rogue looked at him innocently.

"Ah really don't know Remy. Probably from mah Danger Room session with Logan yesterday." Hearing this Remy became even more suspicious.
"And since when do ya get so tired from doing de Danger Room sessions?" He questioned.
Rogue opened her mouth to answer, but nothing came out.
She sighed frustratingly and shut her mouth.

"What's wrong Chere? Can't you think of another lie to tell Remy?" An insulted look crossed Rogue's face.
"How dare ya talk to me like that? Ah am not lying to ya! Besides, since when did I have to explain my life to you anyways?!"

Remy looked down at his plate. A look of shame crossed his face.
"Remy's sorry Rogue. You is right bout de whole thing. Sorry Remy ever doubted you." Rogue shook her head sadly.
"Oh Remy. How many times do we hafta go through this? Ah am your friend Remy, your teammate. Ah wouldn't lie to ya. We're friends. And friends are suppose to trust each other. No matter what! And if ya can't trust me and believe what Ah say, how can we be friends at all?"

Remy nodded his head in agreement "I know it Roguey. Sorry I ever doubted you." Rogue smiled slightly at the repented man.
"It's ok Remy. Ah forgive ya." Just then a slightly wild looking Sophia pranced into the kitchen.

"Woo Rogue! Did we have a good time last night or what?!" Rogue swirled around and put her finger to her lips motioning for the woman to be quiet.

She didn't seem to see her gestures. Either that or she was still too drunk to understand them.
"I mean what a night! Nothing like good food, good alcohol, and hey, weren't all those guys something to look at? Huh? Huh?!" Rogue sighed and buried her head in her hands.

"I mean. I did drink a tad bit more then I had planned to. But luckily those guys gave us a ride home, huh? I mean I would have let you drive if you hadn't had some yourself!" Sophia laughed loudly.
"Man can you down em'! As much as you had, there was no way I was letting you drive my baby. So it's a good thing those guys volunteered to help us out. After all I don't think busses run at two am in the morning!"

The woman then fell into a fit of giggles.
Rogue stared at her in a state of shock.
Was she really that drunk to tell all of this? Or was she… "No way!" Rogue thought. "Is she doing this on purpose?!"

"Good thing we left when we did though. Those guys sure did want to…" Remy suddenly jumped out of his chair and stormed out the back door. But not before shooting Rogue a half angry, half hurt look.
Rogue bit her lip hard.

"Gee, what's up with him?" asked Sophia innocently. "I'd think him out of anybody would enjoy a good party story." She shrugged.
"Oh well." She walked over to the counter, grabbed a peach out of the fruit basket, and then headed for the door.
"See you later Rogue," she happily called over her should as she headed out the door.

A low growl slipped out of Rogue's lips.
"So she wants ta play games huh? Fine! We'll play games!"

"Uh Rogue? Who are you talking to?" asked Bobby. "Are you like drunk?" "Like oh my gosh! I bet she totally is! Her eyes do look like really like red!" screeched Kitty.
Rogue rolled her eyes.

"Oh please! Ah am not drunk." "Yeah right! She's probably to drunk to notice," said Jubilee.
"Sister! Vhy vould you do something like that? How could you!
"Look! I am not…" She looked at the many faces of unbelief and sighed.

"Never mind…" She turned and walked out of the room.
A chorus of gossip right behind her.

Remy lay on top of the roof looking up at the stars. He had been up here the entire day for the most part. He was kind of surprised that Rogue never came looking for him. But then again, nothing much surprised him about Rogue anymore.
Not since she had started hanging out with Sophia.
He sighed.

"Sophia…." He had known Sophia for so long that it was hard to remember her not being there.
She wasn't a bad person really. If she was really that bad it didn't leave much hope for him. She, like him, just loved to live on the edge. And Remy saw nothing wrong with that.

Unfortunately, she was having a real negative effect on Rogue.
Rogue may have been a lot of things when he had first met her, but a partier wasn't one of them!
And lately that was what she had turned into.
What made Remy feel worse though was the fact that she was doing this because of him.
At least it started out that way.

Now… who really knew…?
"Hi Remy…" Remy sat up and looked into a pair of green eyes.
"Hello Chere," he returned quietly.
"Are ya mad at meh?" the girl asked almost shyly.

"Non. Why would Remy be mad at ya?" Rogue looked down at her hands.
"Because Ah lied to you." Remy shrugged.
"Dat's be yo' choice Chere. It be yo' life after all. If you don't want to tell Remy yo' business you have dat right."

"Stop being so understanding!" Rogue suddenly snapped.
Remy jumped slightly at Rogue's outburst.
"Is dere somthin' particular you'd like Remy ta say?" "No there ain't!" she continued to snap.

Remy sighed in frustration.
"What is yo problem Chere?" "Ah don't have a problem! You have a problem! You're the one going around pretending to have changed!" A look of confusion crossed Remy's face "What?"

"Yeah that's right I know all about you little scheme to confuse me. You thought you could confuse me by staying in at night and being all understanding about me seeing other people. And the ring! Ha! Very clever making sure it didn't go off not once in the last two weeks." A small smirk began to spread across Remy's face.
This only served to make Rogue angrier.
"What are you smirking at Swamp Rat!"

Smirk still in place, Remy shrugged.
"Just seems to me dat yo're mad at Remy cause he been doing de right thing. Cause you realize dat Remy loves you." He winked at her.
"Maybe even as much as you love Remy, no?" Rogue felt her face warm.

She knew she was blushing.
She quickly turned her face away from him.
"Ah don't love you Swamp Rat!" Remy laid his head down in Rogue's lap.
He looked up at her with sad puppy eyes.

"You don't love me Chere?" he asked in a babyish voice.
Rogue bit her lip to keep from laughing.
"Say you love me Chere," Remy urged looking deeply into Rogue's eyes.
An indignant look crossed her face.
"No," she said simply.

Remy signed.
"Ok den. Guess Remy will just have to jump." He jumped up and walked to the edge of the roof.
Rogue looked at him with a startled look on her face.
"What?! Remy! What are you doing?"

Remy shrugged.
"Told ya Chere Remy going to jump." "What?! Why?!" "Cause Mon Chere doesn't love me. So de only left thing left to do is jump. Goodbye Chere!" Rogue jumped up.

"No Remy don't!
It was too late. Remy jumped off the roof!
"Remy!" Rogue screamed running to the edge of the roof.
Her eyes filled with tears.
"Remy! What have Ah done!"

"Boo!" yelled Remy as he suddenly grabbed her shoulder's from behind.
Rogue screamed and fell forward.
Remy casually grabbed her arm and pulled her back onto the roof.
"What the heck is wrong with you?!" screeched Rogue.
Remy smirked at her.

"You know, Remy could ask you de same thing Chere. It ain't safe to be jumping off roofs, you know?" Rogue growled.
She snatched herself out of Remy's hands.
"I hate you she snapped," as she pushed past him.
Remy grabbed her and pulled her close to him.

"Dat may be true Rogue," he whispered into her ear, "But I love you. I love you with all my heart, soul and body." He then kissed the top of her head softly.
Rogue felt her heart skip a beat. She was having a real hard time breathing too.
"I love you Chere. Dat's why I have been doing dis whole ring thing for you. But I could do dis fo' the rest of both our lives and it not matter one bit." He slowly turned her around and looked into emerald eyes.

"You need to choose." He said in almost a whisper. "Either you love Remy or you don't. You need to look deep within yo' own heart…and decide." He stared deeply into her eyes for a few more moments and then he pulled away.
"Let me know when you've made you choice." He turned to leave.
Rogue closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Wait!" she suddenly said.
Remy turned and looked at her.
"Yes Chere?" he asked in a confused voice.
Rogue looked down at her shaking hands.
"Ah…Ah…Ah think Ah'm ready ta answer."

She looked up into his red on black eyes.
She took a deep breath.
"Ah've made my choice."

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