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Chapter Twelve

The day passed by quickly until I made Todd and Fred head home for the night. Or… Remy made them since they wouldn't listen to a word I said. Still. And here I'd thought I was going to have their respect but I guess some things really never change. I probably wouldn't want it to anyway. If it did I'd have to start wondering what they were up to.

Once they were gone, hopefully to bed, Remy and I sat in silence for awhile just listening to the sound of machinery. The steady hum of the computers and the steady beating of the heart monitor. That last one particularly relaxed me. Reminded me that things would be okay. Or they would be as soon as we got the hell out of here.

We hadn't really seen much of the X-Men other than the brief, definitely not worth mentioning, appearance by Summers. Beast had been down a few times to either bring us food or check on Remy's progress. Other than that it was silence. Actually a kind of nice vacation. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad having to stick around here a couple of days.

But of course I spoke too soon. No way could we be lucky enough to not have something screw up. To not have someone come down and ruin the solitude. Of course that someone had to be Kitty.

It was after dinner when she decided to poke her nose in. You'd think the reception I'd given her earlier would have been enough to keep her away for a good long while but she could be stubborn. Hell, I thought that was one of the things I liked about her. I'm not so sure anymore. And I'm starting to think that maybe the guys had been right all along.

I know I should feel guilty for how I treated her. She didn't do anything to deserve it. I was just anxious about Remy. So when she stepped into the room I should have apologized but instead I said "What are you doing down here?"

She stood in the doorway, looking at me with a hurt expression. I didn't want her butting her nose into mine and Remy's solitude. She took another step into the room although it was hesitant. Remy only watched silently.

"I just wanted to see if you were okay…"

"We're fine," I answered her shortly, wanting her to leave so I could get back having this time with Remy. We weren't exactly likely to get it again. Remy still remained silent, letting me handle this how I wanted.

She put her hands on her hips then and I knew she was pissed. Her eyes narrowed slightly. "What is your problem, Lance? I just wanted to make sure you were okay. After all you did walk into the mansion with blood all over you."

I deflated a little at that. She was right of course. I was really a jerk. Be kind of nice if she could just get the 'I want to be alone' vibes though. "Kitty, I-"

She raised a hand to effectively stop me. "Don't bother, Lance." She shook her head and the look she gave me was one of disappointment. "The others were right. You are just a hood. Do you care about me at all?"

She didn't even speak with her usual scathing words. Sorta sounded like she was giving up. "Kitty, its no-"

"Just answer the question, Lance," she snapped out.

"Yes, I care about you." I said it a little too fast, like I was forcing it out. I cared about her. Lately not as much as I should have. Remy seemed to be coming first. …Which was really a disturbing thought that I didn't care to evaluate. I glanced across at him and saw that he was still silently watching.

Kitty was shaking her head, smiling ruefully. "Then maybe try acting like it once in awhile." With that she turned and walked out before I could get a chance to even think about forming a reply. Just watched her go in a little bit of shock. Were we broken up again? …Had we even been together again? Huh.

Remy turned to look at me, eyebrows raised. "Ain't y' gonna go after her?"

I stared at the door for a moment before shrugging and looking to Remy. "Nah." Oh God… He really was coming first.

That was the last time Kitty, or anyone except for Beast but really he didn't count, came down to… pay us a visit. Prayers really did come true on occasion. Freddy and Todd stayed away but only on my own insistence and mostly because I didn't want them to disturb the solitude I had going with Remy. I think I was seriously starting to worry about myself at this point.

Remy was growing on me far too much. I adamantly put it down as hero worship for the guy that took a bullet for me. 'Cause of course that's gonna change how I look at him a bit. Or maybe I just felt sorry for him. Yeah, that was probably it. He was stuck here in the geek-mansion and I felt sorry for the guy. As soon as we got out I'd take off on my own for a bit. Think thoughts that weren't Remy. Maybe try to fix things with Kitty. Again.

First of all we had to get out though. And that meant another check up from Beast to make sure that Remy was actually fit to leave. This was going to be fun. For me anyway.

The moment Beast walked into the room I could see Remy's eyes narrow. I wondered if he actually hated it or if he was just being difficult for the sake of being difficult. Probably the latter if I knew anything about him. Which after the past couple of days, I actually did.

Beast just gave one of his big fangy grins and stopped at the foot of the bed. "I take it we're ready to go home?"

"Mais oui." Remy didn't even finish before he was moving to swing his legs over the bed and get out. Beast held up a patiently stalling hand and Remy huffed. "Y' wantin' t' poke at me first, den?"

I tried not to snigger.

"It won't take long and I promise no shots."

Remy looked at him warily before seeming to ascent. "Okay den."

Beast seemed satisfied and gave a nod before turning to gather whatever supplies he'd need. Remy watched him through narrowed eyes. Beast picked up a pair of sharp looking scissors.

"What de hell y' doin' wit' dose?" Remy nearly snapped out, arms crossing over his chest as if he could stop Beast by that simple action.

Beast sighed. "Merely cutting away the bandages."

Remy studied him for a moment before lowering his arms again. This time my snigger couldn't quite be held back and Remy turned his cold gaze on me.

"Y' need t' go wait outside?"

I tried not to laugh again. "I'm good." Schooled my face into an expression that wouldn't be laughing my ass of at him and after a moment he turned his attention back to Beast.

God, I loved this.

Remy got the all clear to go but was cautioned against moving about too much until the stitches could come out. Something he insisted that he could do on his own, so no he didn't need to come back. Thank you.

We called to alert the other two that we were coming home. Give them a bit of time to clean up the mess they had undoubtedly made. Xavier offered us a lift home but as that probably would have ended up being with Summers I declined for the both of us. He called us a taxi instead.

When we got home we expected a happy reception. Not a party or anything but some smiles. Maybe some food. A fight when I made Remy get back into a bed.

What we got was Magneto.