Heres the second chapter….. disclaimer as is in the first chapter!
Rogue felt bad about how she had stormed out before, so she left Marissa alone for half an hour to unpack and then went to her room to apologise. She opened the door and saw her looking at a picture of a teenage boy that was smiling and holding hands with her. A few stray tears fell down her face and she sniffed and put the picture down. Then she saw Rogue and gave her a little smile.
"I'm sorry" she said brushing away the tears "Some memory's hurt"
"I know" said Rogue. She knew quite well that some memory's did hurt. She felt even more bonded with this girl that she hardly knew. "Who was he?" she asked quietly.
"A boy that I knew when I lived in Australia. He went to the same school as me. He was the only one in my year that accepted me, cause I was younger than they all were" she smiled "he knew I was a mutant but he didn't care. He thought it was cool and never treated me different because of it. His parents were mutant haters and were always running campaigns against mutants in our area. They didn't know I was one" a tear ran down her face and she started to stroke Rajah "He was always messing around, he used to called me Nature Girl or Flower and the Nature bit stuck. We always got weird looks around school when he yelled 'Hey Nature c'mere!' We became a bit more than friends after a while. We were in love" she smiled, remembering "He was a bit of a pyromaniac" she laughed "He used to get a kick out of me making figures in the flames. Then there was this car crash. It was on the day of our graduation" the smile faded, replaced by a had frown, "I used my powers to get him out, but his parents saw. They told me to never go near their son again and barred me from the hospital. They moved away and I never saw him again" the tears came. Then Rogue did something very unexpected. She put her arm around Marissa and comforted her.
"Shhhhh, it's alright, it's gunna be alright" Marissa looked up at her
"Thank you, ya know, for listening"
"No problem"
Elsewhere in the Mansion
St. John A sat in his room, playing with a lighter. He flipped it open and then closed it, then opened it again and produced a flame. He manipulated it to become a teenage girl that had cat like eyes and a smiling face. He stared at it, wishing he could make it real. He wished he could see her again. He had no idea that his wish was about to come true.
"Pyro!" yelled Remy as he ran into the room "There you are, Remy's been looking all over for ya. Where's that picture of that fillie you knew in Australia?"
"It's on my desk mate, why?" Remy ran to the desk and picked up the picture. In it was a girl with 4 different coloured streaks in her hair and multicoloured eyes.
"Holy shit!" cried Remy (AN I don't know any French swear words) "It is her!"
"What do ya mean mate?" John asked. He had gotten of the bed and walked over to Remy
"Come on mon amie! Come wit Remy!" He grabbed John's arm and ran through the mansion to Marissa's room. He barged in without knocking and saw Rogue with her arm around Marissa. Pyro just stood in the doorway, shocked. It couldn't be he thought. It just couldn't be. But when she wiped her tears away, he knew it was. No one could copy those eyes.
"Flower?" he questioned. Marissa looked up and stared. Rogue had moved over when they had first come in and was now staring between them.
"Nobody's called me Flower since……" Marissa looked at him harder "It can't be….. Is it really you?" Marissa asked. She stood up and walked over to him. As if she thought he wasn't real she reached up and touched his face "It is you!" she cried and they wrapped together in a hug so tight that neither of them could breathe. There were tears running down both of their faces. They came apart only to connect lips in a kiss that was filled with all the love that had been kept hidden in their years apart. They drew back from each other and stared into each others eyes.
"Come on chere, Remy be thinking we leave them alone" Remy said quietly to Rogue. She nodded and left them alone together.
"What are you doing here?" asked Marissa "I thought it was a school for.." she trailed of. He smiled at her
"Yep, I'm a mutant. Mum and dad disowned me when they found out. Wanna guess what my power is?" she laughed as he took out a lighter,
"You still carry those things?" They both laughed softly. He flicked the lighter open and manipulated the flame to become a heart
"No way, you can manipulate fire?" He nodded and she laughed again "Finally you can do it yourself." He stopped the manipulation and leaned in for another kiss.
"How long has it been since I told you I loved you?" he asked quietly.
"Way to long" she answered back
"I'd better make up for lost time then, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you and I've missed you so much, it hurt" she put her fingers on his lips
"I love you too" They kissed again, but stopped when Anusha landed on Marissa's shoulder and Rajah rubbed against John's leg, purring.
"Hello there Raj, long time no see!" he bent down and scratched the tiger between the ears, making him purr. "Hey birdy, who are you?" He reached up and stroked Anusha's feathers.
"This is Anusha. I rescued her from poachers in India" John looked at her again
"Any more of your menagerie I should know about?" They both laughed "I think you should tell me what has happened since the accident"
"Well, I went back to live with my grandma in Egypt for about 3 months and I got restless. So I got all the money I inherited from my parents and started going around the world. Looking for you." She said quietly. John put his hand under her chin and lifted her face so he could look her in the eyes.
"I looked too, and I never stopped looking. Ever"
Rogue and Remy's POV
They quietly slipped out of the room, leaving to two alone. As they walked down the hall, they started talking.
"I had no idea that John was the one she was talking about!" Remy nodded in agreement "I mean, he doesn't seem her type"
"Yeh, she don seem like his type either. It kinda like opposite's attracts"
"Well, I'm just glad they're both happy" Rogue commented. Then she realised that she was actually talking nicely to the guy that annoyed her the most! "Don't get any ideas swamp rat, this doesn't mean were gunna get all nice"
"Non chere, we be getting closer" he said and put his arm around he waist and pulled her closer to him. Rogue pushed away and yelled at him
"Don't do that ok! Do you really want to get zapped or are ya just thick?"
"Non, Remy just wanna get closer to his chere" she just looked even angrier,
"I'm not ya chere ya lousy swamp rat, I will neva be anyones!"
"Who says dat? You're beautiful, clever, have a beautiful smile, and are a great person. De homme who gets you is a lucky." He just stood there, stunned at what he had done. Had the famous king of hearts just given his away? Remy turned away but someone grabbed his sleave. He turned around and saw Rogue standing there with a stunned look on her face.
"You really think that 'bout me?" He walked 2 steps over to her and put his arms around her.
"Chere, Remy has tought dat since he first saw you." As he said that, she looked up at him
"Do ya mean dat?"
"Of course I do chere, of course I do, just give Remy a chance to show you"
"Maybe I could give ya a chance Cajun" He chuckled lightly
"Chere, dis swamp rat would appreciate dat very much"
And the 2 of them walked down the hall, gloved hand in hand, Rogue's head leaning on Remy's shoulder.
