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"Honor and Consequences"

by The Sphinx Minx

"Alright buckle up y'all!" Rogue shouted to everyone on the plane. Remy had just left to sit back down. Half an hour previous they had all moved from their various seats. Everyone except Joseph had moved around joking and laughing with each other, looking forward to a hard earned vacation. When Joseph had sat down and Jean confirmed with Rogue she was fine flying on her own, Jean moved back to join her teammates and Remy soon moved into her vacant seat.

"Good Mornin' chere"

"Mornin Remy, havin a good flight?"

"Yea, de view is nice"

"Sugah, we're too high to-oh…"she smiled at Remy when she glanced at him and realized he wasn't referring to the countryside

"So what's the story chere?"

"What do ya mean?"

"now now mon amour, let's not go back go back to dem games, yes?"

"yes…I mean no…damn Gambit, the things ya do to mah head! And before ya make some smart ass comment about what else ya do to me, you should know the entire team is listenin tryin to figure out what our deal is"

The chatter behind them quickly picked up to an unnaturally high level.

"An' what is de deal wit us chere?" Gambit was tired of the games they played, the indirect comments, the innuendos. It was past that now. This was time to be serious.

"I duno, Remy, Ah'm sorry ah I was harsh on ya last night, but ya know how ah get when it comes to mah powers." Rogue decided that it wasn't time to make an offhand joke, she too, felt that it was time to get genuine, or get out.

"oui, chere, oui" They had said it all, in their own little language. When Remy asked what the deal was, he really was asking if she was still angry, angry enough to break it off. Her apology for the overreaction was all he needed to hear. Joseph was no threat. She had eyes for him alone, and he, her.

'Oh wait chere…we're together? O yea, I forgot it's Saturday!" Rogue punched him playfully on the arm, "stop messing Swamp Rat!"

"Alright chere, here's what I t'ink. Now don't git mad and crash de plane!"

Everyone on the plane tensed. Jean prepared to run up and grab the controls.

"I t'ink we're fine on our own, we've proved that"

There was a collective sigh of relief.

"but I t'ink other things…people, our pasts, our powers, make everything complicated and dats life, but sometimes it's hard dealin wit' all of it at once. Not many have to deal wit all three from de same person at once."

Rogue took her hands off the controls to hold Remy's, the plane's occupants tensed again. Rogue looked over her shoulder, "Will y'all CALM DOWN! I know how'ta fly a plane, now don't make me holla at ya again!" The chatter on the plane quickly reached a high level again, but died down once more when Rogue spoke.

"Remy, I always told ya that ya didn't hafta stick around, Ah know ah've got baggage, Ah'm worse than a bellhop! Shh sugah…"she interrupted Remy when he attempted to speak. Ah understand if ya want out. Ah won't lie and say it doesn't hurt, but ah understand, an' I still love ya."

Remy brushed off what she said with a snort, how could he make her understand? They always confused things between each other! "River rat, let's not let anyone come between us, let's not let any past secret come between us, and that leaves us wit only this to come between us," Gambit held up her gloved hand "deal?"

"Deal"

"Good…now chere…one more thing…Joseph"

All eyes on the plane swerved to the white haired man on the left of the plane, who downcasted his eyes.

Rogues voice was warning "what about Joseph?"

Remy started to get angry "you know he likes you, you're de only one on de team he talks to, an' de way he looks at you-" Remy took a deep breath and lowered his voice, "I don't like competition."

Rogue laughed as she touched Remy's face with her gloved hand "is that a lil bit of the green eyed monster I see shining through those demon eyes? Don't worry Remy, Joseph is jus mah friend. Ah know what it's like to be an outcast, to not be trusted. Ah can relate n he appreciates that. Please Remy, don't make it anymore than it is"

Remy couldn't explain his feelings, his jealousy, his suspicion. He forgot how naïve Rogue could be sometimes, she always looked for the good in people, the innocence, the good intentions. Remy had been around the block a few too many times to be so optimistic, and yet…

"Chere, I don' like it, an' I don' like him, but I'll give you your space wit Joseph, but he'd better not try anythin'. I'd never take away your friends chere, but all I'm sayin, I don' like competition and I might not be held accountable fo' my actions"

Rogue laughed again "Alrite Cajun, and ta show mah appreciation, ah'll stop takin that picture of Sek out of your wallet! You're jus friends right?"

"Sek? Sek who?"

Authors Note: Well that's another chapter done! Don't worry, the next one is MUCH longer, it as long as all the other chapters so far combined!

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