The Prince of Thieves
Chapter XV: Gambit Goes to School Part One
By: Michelle
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DISCLAIMER: I just write fanfics for fun. It wouldn't be pointless to sue me because I don't have shit.
Thankfully, I haven't had anymore error messages come up when I upload a chapter. I am going to transfer any reviews, if possible, to this version of Prince Of Thieves. RELOADED will be deleted soon.
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"Come on Remy." Ororo fussed as he snuggled under the covers of his bed. "You need to get dressed."
Remy ignored her and pulled the covers over his head. It was way top early for him to be up.
Ororo sighed with aggravation and began digging in his bag for something for him to wear. She pulled out a LSU jersey and a baggy pair of jeans with holes in them. If he's gonna sleep in my class, then he'll be comfortable in this. "Come on Remy. Get up."
Remy groaned in aggravation as she began pulling the covers off him. "Leave me alone."
"You have to come to class with me." Ororo replied getting pissed off. And I though waking up Jamie and Evan were bad.
After a half hour of fighting with him, Ororo and a zombified Remy met Kurt in the hallway. Still not completely tuned to the world of the living, Remy slept on the couch while Ororo and Kurt ate breakfast with the rest of the school. She thought about dragging him along with her, but figured Remy would be too tired to be nosey at the moment.
Throughout breakfast, Ororo could feel awkwardness between her and Kurt. He was particularly quiet this morning. In fact, but the way he was acting, you could say he was depressed. Before she went to drag the living dead from his beauty sleep, Ororo gave Kurt a kiss that took both their breaths away. She knew he would feel better after that.
After fighting ten minutes to get Remy off the couch, Ororo finally got to her classroom. She escorted the zombiefied Remy to the back of her classroom and sat him down at the table. When he sat down, he groaned and slapped her away. He folded his arms, laid his head on the table, and began drooling away.
Ororo walked over to her desk and sat down. She still had another five minutes before her classroom was buzzing with students. That's when he formed a conclusion. Remy was not a morning person.
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"How did you nighttime frolic go?" Magneto asked Mystique as she walked in the door.
"It went perfect." Mystique replied and dumped a pile of jewelry on his desk. "The police are already in a frenzy."
"I don't doubt that." Magneto replied as he picked up a diamond studded bracelet. "And your activities are already in the news. Once Gambit realizes his reputation is being ruined, he will come out of the safety net of Charles Xavier. We'll be ready." He smiled at the thought. "Gambit will regret the day he underestimated me."
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Rogue and Bobby walked into Ororo's American History class together. It was a review day for their test on Monday. Bobby was hoping he could con Ororo into pushing it back to Tuesday. The odds of that happening were slim to none, but it he figured it was worth the shot anyway.
Rogue paused when she saw him. She didn't know why she did, but she did. There at the back corner of the table was the lonely Remy LeBeau. He looked like he was trying to sleep, but with all the students making noise, who could?
Like the day before, Remy looked as hot as ever. He leaned back in the chair with an annoyed look on his face. He had his gorgeous ruby eyes covered with his sunglasses, an LSU T-shirt and baggy worn out jeans, an LSU bandanna on his head, and the imprint of his cast on the side of his face. He wasn't dressed as his best, but like Johnny Depp, Remy LeBeau looked good even at his worst.
"Rogue." Bobby waved a hand in front of her face.
"Huh."
"Do you want to sit here today/" Bobby asked pointing to the two seats.
"Uh…" Rogue for a moment was speechless. "Not today." She said still dazed. "I'm going to sit over there."
Bobby looked over to the table where Gambit sat. Of course, Ms. Munroe had to seat him with an extra chair at the table. Before he could argue against the idea, Rogue was walking over to Gambit.
Remy's heart had pounded when he heard her name. Rogue. It was like music to his ears. Then, to his surprise, she was walking towards him. Well at least he hoped she was.
As she stopped at the table, his heart felt like it had stopped. The cool, calm, and collective Remy LeBeau was in shock. And the sad part was, it wasn't from one of his death defying steals. In fact, he was the one being robbed. Rogue stole his heart.
Rogue smiled and tucked her loose white locks behind her ears. Like every time he had seen her, she was gorgeous. Everything complimented her emerald eyes. Her long brown hair was pinned up in a green hair clip. She wore a green baby doll tee with sheer short sleeves, black gloves that went past her elbows, and black pants that flared around her boots. Stormy was going to pay for not telling me Chere was in her class.
"Hey Remy." Rogue said and smiled. "Do you mind some company?"
"Uh…" For a moment, Remy was actually speechless. "Non, not at all." He replied quickly getting to his feet and pulling out the chair for her. "I enjoy ya company." Yeah, Stormy's gonna pay big.
Ororo's eyes widened when she heard it. Did Rogue actually call him Remy? No. My ears are deceiving me. Gambit never tells anyone his real name unless he trusts them. She thought for a moment. Would he actually trust Rogue? But how? But why? Xavier has the one trying to help him. Why not trust Xavier? She shook her head. Impossible. I must be hearing things.
"Ms. Munroe has you playing school today." Rogue said figuring that's why he was in her class.
"Yeah." She's gonna regret having me as a student thought. Remy smiled. "So what class dis be?"
"American History." Rogue replied as she pulled out her books. "Today is review day for out test on the French and Indian War on Monday."
Bobby sat down next to Piotr and sighed. I can't believe she's sitting with him.
"What's eating you?" Piotr asked his friend.
"Rogue." Bobby huffed. "She's over there talking to that Gambit guy again." I don't know what she sees in him.
Piotr looked over at the table where Gambit and Rogue sat. No wonder Bobby is pissed. Then, he saw the giggling Kitty sit down with Jubilee. At least, he isn't by Kitty. He turned back and faced Bobby. "I'm sure it's just nothing." He said trying to put Bobby in a better mood. "She's just talking to him."
"Yeah." Bobby admitted. "But still. We always sit together." When we aren't fighting.
"Bobby, I just think you are blowing this thing way out of proportion." Piotr said. "Just relax."
"Perhaps you're right." Bobby nodded.
"Alright class. Settle down." Ororo said as the bell rang. "I hope all of you took time last night to look over your notes. Your test is Monday." She reminded them and saw Bobby raise his hand. "Which is non-negotiable, Bobby Drake."
"Aw, come on Ms. Munroe." Bobby pleaded. "It's a weekend. Didn't you hate studying on the weekends when you were in school?"
"Of course I did." Ororo answered honestly. "But my professors never gave me any slack."
"That's not fair." Bobby replied. "You're having revenge on us."
"Perhaps I am." Ororo smiled. "But be that as it may, it is time to start that review anyway."
"Chere, you got some paper?" Remy whispered to Rogue.
"Yeah." Rogue replied taking some paper out of her binder. "Here ya go."
"Merci Beaucoup." Remy replied and began tearing one of the pages into several pieces.
What is he doing? Rogue thought as the watched him.
Remy had torn the page into five uneven pieces. Then, he rolled each piece into a mini paper ball and summed up his target.
Throughout her review, Ororo looked over at Remy constantly. Each time he had his cute and innocent, yet highly mischievous grin on his face. It disturbed her greatly. She had felt a lot better when he was sleepy and moody.
"What are ya going to do?" Rogue whispered as Ororo turned around to explain the map section of her test.
Remy smiled and took one of the paper balls in his hand. "Watch dis." He said and threw one of the paper balls at Ororo getting it stuck in her long silvery hair. She didn't seem to notice. He smirked at his success.
He did not just do that. Rogue bit down on her lip to keep her from laughing. Oh my God. He's doing it again.
"Here." Remy handed her one.
Rogue took the paper ball in her gloved hand. She could hear the rogue in her telling her to throw it. She gave in, and took aim.
While explaining the map section, Ororo heard her students snickering. When she turned around to see what they were up to, something hit her in the forehead.
What the hell just hit me? Ororo thought, then saw the paper ball on the ground. She bent down, picked it up, and stood before her class with an angry look on her face. "I know you guys are more mature than this." She said glancing around that their faces. "Who threw it?"
The students were all silent. It was enough to drive Ororo insane. "If I catch the person responsible." Ororo threatened. "It's a week's detention." She said. "With Logan."
Ororo turned back around. Her hair swung and three paper balls fell out. She sighed with frustration and got back to her review.
Remy and Rogue looked at each other and snickered. This time, they each made paper balls and threw them at Bobby.
Bobby turned around and looked at Rogue who stuck her tongue at him. "You're the one throwing the paper balls at Storm." He whispered.
Rogue nodded and threw another one at him. She smiled and looked over to Remy. He was up to something again.
Remy took another piece of paper and folded it carefully. Rogue kept her eyes on him to see what he would do next. He's worse than Bobby.
Remy looked at his creation. He smiled mischievously showing Rogue the paper airplane he made.
"Cool." Rogue said and smiled mischievously. "Where ya gonna throw it?"
"I gonna throw it at Stormy's…" Remy hid the paper airplane as she turned around and played Mr. Innocent.
Ororo looked at Remy as she continued her review. He flashed her one of his angelic grins. He was acting too perfectly innocent for the wild and crazy Remy LeBeau she knew. He has to be up to something. She thought to herself.
Turn around Stormy. Turn around. Remy smiled. Turn around.
Ororo glared at him so hard, the outside sky began to darken. Remy noticed this and pretended to go back to sleep on the table. Seeing this, Ororo calmed down and the sky became sunny again. She turned around and walked back to her desk to pull out study guides for her class.
Remy saw her bend over and couldn't resist. He pulled out his hidden paper airplane and took aim. Everyone saw it glide smoothly thru the air. Then, it reached its destination, hitting Ororo in the ass.
Ororo jumped up and spun around. She was not in the mood for games and she was determined to find out who was disrupting her class. "Alright guys. I'm fed up. Who's doing this?"
Like before, Ororo's students were silent. It was irking her nerves. "I'm not playing." She stated as she looked at her students. "Who did it?"
Remy smirked at her from his seat in the back of the classroom. Rogue tried to keep a straight face, but was failing miserably.
"Rogue."
"Yes Ms. Munroe." Rogue answered nervously.
"Do you know anything about this?" Ororo asked with the paper airplane in hand.
"No Ma'am." Rogue replied biting down on her lip.
Ororo walked to the back of the classroom and stood before her. She looked at the teen's desk and found it hard to believe she would be responsible for the chaos. However, with the several mini paper balls on her desk, Rogue was prime suspect. "I'm finding that very hard to believe."
Remy saw the way Ororo was glaring at Rogue. I can't let Chere get in trouble. He took one of the paper balls in his hand.
"I uh." Rogue knew she was caught.
Ororo folded her arms. "You have one week detention."
Rogue's jaw hit the floor. Detention. A week. Logan is going to kill me.
"Stormy, ya being unfair." Remy said rolling the paper ball in his fingers. "Chere did nothing wrong. I be de one throwin' shit at ya."
'You." Ororo could hardly believe her ears. Yet, she knew Remy was being unusually angelic looking throughout her class. "You have be throwing pieces of paper and disrupting my classroom."
"Oui." Remy smirked. "Why ya don't be believing me?"
Before Ororo could answer him, the bell rang to signal the students to head to their next class. Rogue stayed seated and watched Bobby and her friends head out the room.
Ororo glanced from Remy to Rogue. "Rogue, head to your next class. We'll discuss this at the end of classes today with Professor."
"Yes Ma'am." Rogue sighed. Two detentions in two days. "Bye Remy." She said gathering up her books. "I'll see you in Mythology."
"Bye Chere." Remy said and checked her out as she left.
Ororo folded her arms as the door closed behind her. There were still another few minutes until her next class. "Remy."
"Huh." Remy snapped from his daze. "Quoi?"
'Don't play dumb." Ororo said to him. "You have been disrupting my lecture and you got one of my best students to join you in it. I'm not in the mood to play games."
"Den ya should have let me stay sleeping." Remy replied, making himself comfortable on the table for a nap.
"You could have been sleeping upstairs as long as you wanted if you hadn't been so nosey last night." Ororo reminded him. "Hot wiring Cerebro was not a way to gain anyone's trust."
"Dey knows I a thief, huh." Remy sighed. "Dey don't trust me."
"They are having a hard time." Ororo replied. "Particularly Kurt and Logan. They are worried you could endanger the students."
"I steal jewels, money, and paintings." Remy answered. "I ain't a kidnapper."
"They aren't worried about that." Ororo said honestly. "They are worried you might corrupt the students."
"I ain't corrupting de students."
"Remy, you spent the last hour with Rogue throwing paper balls around the classroom." Ororo reminded him.
"We was just having fun." Remy smiled. "Chere be nice ta hang out wit."
"So I've noticed." Ororo thought for a moment. "When did you tell her your name?"
"Last night." Remy replied. "When we be talking." He smiled and held out his arm. "Chere dun sigh my cast too."
Oh Really. I'm going to have to talk to Professor about this. "She did." Ororo's faced saddened. Am I jealous? Then, she saw her next group of students enter the room. "That's my next class. BEHAVE."
Remy smirked. "I's be an angel."
That's what I'm afraid of. Ororo sighed and went to the front of the classroom. He's only warmed up.
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Finally I got this chapter out. I actually wrote it so big, that I'm going to break it up into two parts. Expect Part Two to come out by Thursday. Oh, and Gambit will get worse.
Thanks for all the reviews.
Michelle
3 More chapter or Perfect By Nature til I post the The Truth Hurts sequel, Sweet Little Lies. I'm so excited. ;)
