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Disclaimer: Well I just went shopping, so although I don't own the X-Men, I do own this plot and a new pair of boots! Along with a few other things I probably shouldn't have bought!
Just a few things you should be aware of!
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Remy sat in the last seat and smiled to himself. Well that certainly put everyone in their place. As he looked around the plane, everyone was smirking to each other. They had all felt the tension of the situation. Remy and Rogue hadn't imagined it. Everyone was smirking except Joseph Remy noticed. Joseph was looking at the back of Rogues head with a black look on his face. Remy's black and red eyes flashed "Be careful mon ami, you play with fire, you gon' git burned" Remy was interrupted from his dark thoughts by a soft voice and a hand on his shoulder.
"May I sit here?"
"Of course Stormy"
"Don't call me that."
"O.k Stormy"
"Don't....o goddess, why do I bother?" Storm sighed as she sat next to Remy
"Why do any of us?" Remy responded, the humor in his voice gone.
"What's wrong Remy, what has happened?"
"The usual Stormy, the usual"
"Was it a very bad fight?"
"I wish it was a fight! Rogue never cries during a scrap like she does during our arguments" Remy ran his hand through his hair as he remembered the night before
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"So in other words, maybe your power reflects your need or desire for anot'er person, n dat's why when you kiss'd Cody, you took so much outa him. You desired him, you needed him" Remy finished his theory with a flourish of his arms. He had put a lot of thought into his theory and wanted to know what she thought. "Remy you're so smart, now that I have you, I won't ever need anyone else" Remy figured that would be a nice response…
Rogue spun around from packing her suitcase, to face her lover. Her cheeks were flushed and she looked furious.
Remy dropped his arms "So um….dat's why you don' take so much from people any mo', you're not…um…insecure…?"
"Is that so, Remy LeBeau? Ya think ya know it all dontcha! What am ah to yah? Some science experiment? Is that all ah am? Ah was a challenge for the playah, that's all ya wanted me for in the beginning!
"Ah Chere, don't be like dat-"
"Shut-up! Ya think ah'm some kinda leech! Takin from other people what ah need to fill some void in mah life? Ah'm NOT, I'm a PERSON, not a challenge, not a leech! Don't ya dare try ta blame me for this…this…curse! Ah can't help it!" At this, Rogue slammed her fists onto her desk. The legs couldn't take the sudden force and the solid pine legs buckled. As the desk fell with a crash, Rogue sunk to the floor No one could wind her up like Remy LeBeau, she hated him for it sometimes. "Ah hate this, ah hate you thinkin' I'm some greedy parasite suckin love from otha people"
"Dat's not what I meant chere" Gambit sat next to her on the floor. They both had their backs leaning against Rogue's bed. They were facing the desk with the splintered legs "I was jus' sayin dat you're a stronger person now, you know who ya are, you know who loves you 'an in case you don' leme remind you, you're mine, I do and wit me!"
She sighed, frusturated with herself for snapping at Remy, she patiently tried to work out what he said…"So that's why ah took so much from Cody? Because ah wanted him? And Carol? Because ah was so young, n so naïve, and so needin of love that Mystique promised me? Makes some bita sense Cajun, you been readin those psychology books again?"
Remy LeBeau looked down at the woman beside him. All he could see was the top of her head. Her brown hair, recently cut short, was pulled back into a ponytail. There were a few loose strands hanging down, but most of them were mixed with the brown ones pulled back. When Rogue looked up at Remy, wondering why he didn't reply, there were tears in her eyes
"Ah chere, don't do dat"
::sniff:: Sorry, sometimes ah can't help it...why do we always do this to each otha? Always fightin, takin offense, we always hurt each otha!" Rogue burst out
"Dat's your problem chere, I ain't tryin to hurt ya!"
The invulnerable woman Rogue let the tears fall as she rested her head on Remy's shoulder. He put his arm around her and wiped the tears from her eyes. They sat like that for a long time in silence until Rogue fell asleep. Remy lifted her into the bed and covered her with her duvet before leaving the room
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Remy shook his head slightly to snap out of the memory. Storm had politely let him daydream, she didn't interrupt or inquire what he was thinking about. She had a farely good idea. Truth be told, they were nearing their destination and Storm had noticed Joseph, clad in dark jeans and white shirt, approach Rogue's chair. While Remy was off in his own little world, Joseph had started a conversation with the teams Southern Belle. "Oh dear," thought Storm "it's going to be a long week" She though back to Joseph's arrival in the mansion. His likeness to Magnet had made everyone, especially Wolverine, wary. When Rogue volunteered to show him around, Gambit joined Wolverine in the paranoid corner. But Storm knew that Rogues intentions were genuine; she had got along with Magneto best out of all in the group. She was super strong, could fly, and if he tried to kill her or anyone in the school, he'd have a damn hard time beating her. Perhaps the only person better suited for the job was Logan, but no one was leaving those two alone in a room together!
Remy touched Storm on the arm "we're hittin turbulence Stormy, strap yourself in, it may get bumby"
Amused at herself for falling into her own world as Remy had done, she gave a half smile "indeed, my friend, it undoubtably will"
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"You should sit down sugah, we're hittin some turbulence
"Right, so what do you think?"
"O hun, I dunno, why don't we see how it goes when we get there?"
"Fair enough, see you later" Joseph smiled and returned to his seat. When Gambit hadn't made any move to talk to Rogue, he took a chance and made the first move, half expecting a charged joker card to land between his shoulder blades the whole time. But no, Gambit wasn't the type to hit someone when their back was turned, or was he? Hard to know. Joseph knew very little about the Cajun…he'd been in the mansion for a little over two weeks and they'd only shared pleasantries on the few rare occurrences they'd met each other. He had noticed Remy's eyes narrowing when Rogue had volunteered to show him around. He had asked the Professor for a description of the members, which Xavier provided. He described all the members of the team and when he had finished, he remarked "Jean and Scott are married, and I'm afraid I've been in this office for over two hours, so I'm not up to date on the situation with Rogue and Remy. So now, why don't you meet the team?
In the two weeks Joseph had been in the mansion, he'd grown to really like Rogue. He knew she wasn't interested in him as anything more than a friend, but he hoped to convince her otherwise. He was certain that the only reason Rogue was with Remy was because the thief was the only one bold enough to show Rogue any affection in her young life. So she reciprocated, grateful for the attention. Joseph knew that given the opportunity, he could rival Remy in Rogues eyes. He had just invited her to come fishing and she agreed that sounded great, "Logan is always hilarious trying to catch a fish. He gets too impatient when Cyclops is catching bigger fish, faster. He sometimes snikts them and trys to make it look like the hook was caught in the fishes side." Joseph had then said he had hoped they would go on their own. Her attitude quickly changed and she fobbed him off with her "buy myself time" excuse. He sighed as he fell back into his seat. Still waiting for the flying joker.
AN: that's another chapter! What did you all think? Please review, even if you hated it, otherwise I feel like I'm wasting my time…so please review!