Chapter 6. The fire within

Disclaimer: I don't own the x-men. sniff not fair

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John stormed into Magneto's base, slamming the doors as he made his way to the lounge room. Gambit and Colossus heard him coming long before they saw him.

"I need to burn something", he said angrily, as he entered the room. Looking around he found the perfect kindling on the coffee table. He picked up the TV guide and quickly set it alight.

Both his teammates watched his activity.

"We may have needed that mon ami", Gambit said, looking at the clearly agitated Australian.

John said nothing as he searched for another object to incinerate. Finding a magazine on the floor, he made quick work of turning it into ashes.

"Is this about the girl you meet?", Gambit asked, as he scanned the room for anything valuable that John could burn, in the hope to save it.

"Mate I never said I met a girl"

"But you never said you didn't ether", Gambit stated, as John made to Grab on of Colossus's books. The Russian quickly snatched his book back, giving Pyro a glare. Shrugging Pyro turned to the curtains setting the hem of it alight so he could watch it burn slowly.

"Tell Remy what happened. If it one thing Remy know it women, maybe it can be fixed", gambit was not liking Johns rampage, at this rate all flammable items in the base would be gone within an hour.

John stopped in his tracks, contemplating Gambits offer. He realized he could trust these two, and they would have found out eventually. So letting out a sigh, he turned to gambit.

"The girl was Amara"

"The x girl?"

"Yeah"

To his surprise Gambit did not drill him about liking an x-man. He just raised an eyebrow , and made a small hand gesture, that asked him to continue.

John then went on to tell them about the park, in a short blunt story, only adding more detail to the parts that gambit could use to help him, like how Amara reacted to the things he did.

"And she just said 'on the battle filed', making it clear that she does not want to meet me again".

"John this is nothing", Remy said matter-of-factly, causing John to crock his head to the side.

"Flame girl still wants you, she is just a bit confused about you"

"Really?"

"Oui, just give her time. You were probably the first person she has kissed like dat. You probably scared her, give her time. Let her annualize everything... fillies are good at dat"

"So I haven't stuffed up?"

"Non, ...now stop burning everythin'!"

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Amara passed back and forth in her room. Mentally kicking her self for her response to Johns simple request. The man just wanted to spend time with her, 'And what did I say 'meet you on the battle field'.

The memory of the kiss kept coming back to her. The feeling of that strong demanding pull made her tingle all over. Is would have had to be the most sexual experience she had ever had. She could feel the fire in her grow as she remembered the feel of his hands on her face.

'And I said one the battle field, the stupid retarded battle field', she thought angrily.

She stopped in her pacing. 'but I do have my reasons for my answer'. And she was right, perhaps having a person like that around you was not such a good thing. John made her want to many things, and those thoughts tended to be her 'R' rated part of her brain. She could feel heat coming to her face at the mere thought of her thoughts (thought of her thoughts, he he).

No, temptation was not a good thing to have around. 'but it certainly is a good feeling,- no stop that, bad Amara'

Sighing she collapsed on her bed. 'to late now, I've already blown him off'. The memory of the look in his eye at her comment came back, and she felt her eyes mist over. 'No I will not cry', she told herself, but her body wasn't listening as the tears slipped down her face. 'I just destroyed my best chance of being wanted', the depression of loneliness slipped over her once more, only helping the tears to come forth.

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AN: will John take Remy's advice?, Will the loneliness in Amara be resolved?, Will Colossus ever have more than one line in my story? Stay tuned for the smash hit shop opera coming soon to a computer screen near you.

I know this chapter was short, but the next scene I have in mind is a long one, and the chapter would have been just too big if I kept writing. All the reviewers seemed to like the kissing, so I will put some more in the next chapter.

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