The Prince of Thieves

Chapter XIX: Balls

By: Michelle

Remy followed the hyper eight year olds to the stairs. He peered out over the railing to see some of the students walking by.

Evan tugged on his jeans. "Get down." He ordered. "Or everybody's going to see you."

My bad. Remy crouched down and looked at his nerf gun. I'm a thief, not an assassin. Then, he stared between the railings to see a familiar group of students who stopped to hold their conversation

"Like Oh My God. Gambit is totally fine." Kitty giggled. "And like his accent is so dreamy."

"Oh Please." Bobby rolled his eyes. "The man can't even speak proper English. He talks like he hasn't gone to school a day in his life. He probably can't even read and write."

Piotr nodded in agreement. "Dah."

Jubilee ignored the two jealous teens. "Kitty, did you see his arms." She daydreamed. "Talk about muscle."

"Probably takes steroids." Piotr nudged Bobby.

"Wouldn't surprise me." Bobby answered. "I wouldn't doubt it if that isn't the only drug he takes."

Remy glared down at them hard. Drugs my ass. He thought and took aim. "Ya'll ready petites."

Rahne stopped from wiggling her tooth and nodded. "Ya huh."

"Ready…aim…

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Ororo could hear Kurt's heart pounding as she laid her head against his chest. She felt so safe standing there with his arms around her. She felt so loved.

They rarely go to spend moments alone without anyone disturbing them. Usually their time together consisted of moonlit walks in the hedge maze or garden. A few times they went out to eat and saw a movie, but that was a rare occasion.

Ororo sighed and looked up at him. She hated to end this, but she had to. She gave him a soft kiss on the lips before speaking. "We need to check on the kids. Goddess knows with they are up to."

Kurt nodded in agreement. The students were loose in the mansion and no one was keeping an eye on them. Who know what they were up to? "Back to work." He took her hand and smiled.

"Yeah." Ororo replied as they walked into the rec room. Most of the kids were occupied with the TV or games. "Do you think you can handle the kids for a few minutes without me?"

"Ja." Kurt raised an eyebrow. "Vhere are you going?"

"I'm going to make a phone call." Ororo kissed him on the cheek. "I'll be back in a few."

Kurt sighed as he watched Ororo walk away. Then, he heard a ruckus coming from the stairs.

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"FIRE."

Bobby rolled his eyes and looked over to Piotr who was doing the same. He was starting to get sick of the word Gambit. It was driving him completely bonkers that Gambit was all the Jubilee and Kitty could talk about for the moment. Why doesn't somebody just shoot me in the back of the head? His wish was granted as he felt a nerf ball hit him in the back of the head. What the hell?

Kitty screamed as she phased thru on of the balls that was aimed for her. 'Like Jamie and Evan and Rahne are totally a pain in the butt."

Jubilee hid behind her. "I told you guys we should have played a game with them." She reminded them. "Now they are going to aggravating us."

Piotr watched as the nerf balls bounced off of his steel form. He just stood there without any reaction. He was used to having his seven year old sister, Illyana, playing games with him. Jamie, Rahne, and Evan were doing the same. Of course, the twenty-two year old Gambit directing them wasn't making it easy.

Bobby was dodging balls left and right. For some reason, it seemed like more balls were aimed at him than anyone else. The younger kids were starting to get on his nerves. Then, he saw Gambit.

Evan, Jamie, and Rahne all giggled as they watched Jubilee, Kitty, Bobby, and Piotr get pounded by the nerf balls. To the average person, it didn't seem much. But to those three, it meant they were the winners at something.

Bobby picked up a few of the stray balls and started throw them at Gambit. It was bad enough he was hitting on his girlfriend, but now he was in conspiracy with the younger kids against him.

"Vat is going on here." Kurt fussed as he saw the balls flying back and forth. Then, a few hit him and he wasn't pleased. He looked up to see Jamie, Evan, and Rahne come down the stairs. "Professor told the three of you not to shoot these things around the mansion. Now give me."

"Oh relax KURT." Remy said as he came down the stairs with a nerf gun in hand. "Dey just a bunch o' kids havin' fun."

Kurt looked at Gambit with his eyes glowing. "How'd I know that you'd having something to do vith this?"

"Maybe ya be psychic." Remy replied. "Or just a dick."

Kurt sighed at Gambit's reply. It was taking a lot for him not to kill him. In fact, Gambit was treading on thin ice. He was starting to get on his last good nerve. He was tired of the games he was playing. There was only so much more he could take. He snatched the nerf gun out of his hands. "Clean this up."

"We will." Remy replied. "Come on petites."

"Like we don't have to clean up too, do we Mr. Wagner?" Kitty asked.

"Nein." Kurt answered. "The four of you can go to the rec room." He waited for the four teens to leave before he glared back at Gambit.

"What?" Remy stared back at him with his eyes blazing thru his sunglasses. Don't even think about messing with me. "Ya don't trust me. I gonna clean it up."

Kurt narrowed his glared. "I didn't say you veren't."

"Den why ya be standin dere den." Remy said trying to push Kurt's buttons. He shook his head and picked up a few of the balls. "Asshole."

"I heard that."

"Good." Remy answered. "It was meant for you to hear."

Stay calm. "There are young kids around here." Kurt reminded him. "I'd appreciate that you'd watch your filthy tongue around the kids."

Remy smiled mischievously. "Stormy didn't mind."

Kurt sucked in a deep breath. I can't kill him. I can't kill him. "Just watch your language." He huffed and turned around to walk back to the rec room.

Remy rolled his eyes and threw a ball at Kurt, hitting him in the back of the head. He watched Kurt turn and glare at him. He gave him an innocent smile, and nearly laughed as Kurt turned back around, clenched his fists, and storm out the room.

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"That Gambit guy is really starting to irk my nerves." Bobby said to Piotr as he looked at the bruises that appeared on his arms.

Piotr just stared at his griping friend. "Just ignore the guy."

"How can I?" Bobby answered. "Wherever Rogue is, he's there. And just now he pelted me with a bunch of nerf balls. I think he was trying to hurt me on purpose too."

"Don't let him get to you." Piotr answered. "Besides, it could be worse. You could be in Mr. Wagner's position." He reminded him. "You saw the way he kissed Ms. Munroe."

"Yeah."

"In one way, you're lucky Rogue can't touch anybody." Piotr said. "Just think, Gambit could never kiss Rogue."

"That's true." Bobby smiled to himself. Gambit can't even touch Rogue. Ha-ha.

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Ororo dug in the draws of her dresser. I know I had that phone number somewhere. She flipped through a small address book. There found it. She took the cordless phone and dialed the number.

She took a deep breath as the phone rang. Please answer. Please.

'Hello" A woman's voice said on the other line.

"Ummm…" Ororo felt her mind go blank for a second. "Is this Mercy LeBeau."

"Yeah, it is." Mercy answered. "Who dis be?"

"This is Ororo, Ororo Munroe." She replied back. "I'm a friend of Remy's. We met a couple of years back."

"Stormy."

Yeah. She remembers. "Yeah, that's me." Ororo answered. "I need to speak to Henri."

"Sure Girl."

Ororo waited patiently as Mercy brought the phone to her husband. She couldn't hear much, but she could tell Henri was quite shocked.

"Stormy." Henri said answering the phone.

"Hey Henri." Ororo replied. "It's Ororo. I need to talk to you about Remy."

"Whatcha mean? Is something wrong?"

"I don't know." Ororo replied honestly. "He is here with me at Xavier's school." She hated telling him the next part. "He was in a motorcycle accident the other day."

"He was." Henri was nearly panicked. "Is he alright?"

"He's fine. He just has a fractured wrist and a couple of bumps and bruises." Ororo sighed. "I'm worried Henri. I hadn't talked to him in over 6 weeks, then I find out he was in a motorcycle accident. Something doesn't feel right."

"I know whatcha mean." Henri agreed. "I spoke to him about 3 weeks ago. He sounded funny."

"He's been acting funny as well." Ororo added. "And every time I talk to him about the accident, he just tells me enough to shut me up. Do you know anything about his employer in Paris?"

"Non, not really. He dun stole a lot fa her, but dat contract ended." Henri said. "He got a new one."

"A new one?" Ororo thought for a moment. Remy said he got a job to steal a big jewel. "Do you remember who this employer was?"

"Non. He didn't mention it." Henri replied. "But he did say he wasn't comfortable working fa de man."

Ororo sat down on the end of her bed. Something was not right. She could feel it, but she didn't want to admit Logan and Kurt were right.

"Ororo."

Ororo snapped from her daze. "Yeah."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm scared." Ororo replied honestly. "I'm worried about that new employer he had." Something isn't right. "And I'm worried he is going to run soon."

Henri sighed. "I don't be wanting him ta run."

"Neither do I." Ororo replied. "I don't know what to do. I want him to stay here, but he doesn't. And he gets an attitude whenever I suggest it."

"Shit." Henri said. "Mon petit frère is too stubborn for his own good. Please try to keep him there."

"I'll try." Ororo answered. "But there is something else I need to ask you."

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After Remy, Rahne, Jamie, and Evan picked up all the nerf balls and put them away, they were on to their next round of mischief.

"What ya'll petites want ta play now?" Remy asked already getting bored.

"Power Rangers," Evan exclaimed.

"Power Rangers." Remy raised an eyebrow. "Ya'll wants ta play Power Rangers."

"Yeah. It's Morphing Time." Several Jamies cheered. "I'm the Blue Ranger."

"Na ah." Evan shook his head. "It's my turn to be the Blue Ranger."

"No." Jamie argued back. "You were the Blue Ranger last time."

"No you were." Evan said as spikes slowly rose up out of his skin. "It's my turn."

'Hey." Holy Shit. Remy fussed. "Neither ya'll gonna be no Blue Ranger." Wow. Another reminder to use a condom. I feel bad for the teachers here.

While Remy got the boys to calm down, Rahne wiggled away at her tooth. Then, it popped out. 'Ahhh."

Remy spun around. What now? "What?" He looked at Rahne's bloody mouth. "What happened?"

'My tooth." Rahne said showing him her canine. "It came out."

"Ok, where's a bathroom?" Remy looked around.

"Down the hall."

Remy picked Rahne up and brought her to the bathroom. "Rinse ya mouth out." He ordered and looked around for a small towel. He found one in one of the cabinets and dampened the end of it. "Here, use dista stop de bleeding."

"I want to show Professor." Rahne said looking at her tooth.

"Ok." Remy replied. "Let's go find de Professor."

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Ororo sighed in relief as she hung up the phone with Henri LeBeau. Hopefully, he could fax some papers on Remy so she could help him out. It definitely would be a lot easier than trying to drag information out of him.

Both she and Henri agreed that it would be better if Remy was to stay. Despite the 30 year age difference and the fact that they weren't related by blood, Henri saw Remy as his brother and cared about him deeply. He hated knowing Remy was running around the world without a permanent home, especially since he was no longer welcomed in Louisiana. Ororo knew the feeling well and she was thankful for saying yes to Xavier's proposal. She prayed Remy would do the same.

Ororo met Kurt downstairs. Something was disturbing him. She could sense it. "You alright."

"I'm fine." He replied, but she could tell he was lying through his pointed teeth.

"Kids stressing you out?"

"Ja." Kurt answered. Especially the big one: Gambit.

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Xavier prepared his next week's lecture while Rogue worked on her assignment for detention. All was quiet until he heard a knock at the door.

"Come in." He said looking up. The door opened and revealed the last person he ever thought would come to him. "Good afternoon, Gambit."

Rogue turned around and smiled at him.

"Hello Professor." He said softly. "Rogue." He smiled.

"What has brought you here?" Professor Xavier asked seeing Rahne come in to.

"Rahne dun lost her tooth." Gambit explained.

"She has."

"Yeah Professor." Rahne said running over to him. "Ya see."

"So I see." Xavier replied seeing the tooth in her hand and the gap in her mouth. "Why don't we call Ms. Moira and tell her?"

"OK." Rahne smiled at the thought.

"Thank you Gambit." Xavier smiled over at him.

"Ya welcome." Gambit replied staring at Rogue.

"Rogue, you may go now." Xavier said to the teen. "Your time in detention is over. I want that paper finished by Monday though."

"Yes Sir." Rogue said picking up her books.

"I git dose fa ya." Gambit volunteered and helped her gather up her books.

Xavier watched as the sparks flew between the two. Rogue was blushing every time she saw Gambit smiled at her. Gambit would notice this and get a big smirk on his face. He likes her. Gambit held all of her books and followed her out of the room. "Come on Rahne. Let's call Ms. Moira now."

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Remy followed Rogue back to her room. Her books were heavy, but he didn't complain.

Rogue opened the door to her room and pointed over to her bed. "You just place them over there by that nightstand."

"D'accord." Remy replied and did exactly what she said. He looked around the room and noticed two other beds in there besides Rogue's. "Ya got roommates."

"Ya. Jubilee and Kitty." Rogue answered. "You're lucky. You're up in the teacher's dorms. They all are single rooms with full size beds and personal bathrooms."

"I ain't dat lucky." Remy replied with a smirk on his face. "I ain't got no one to share it with."

Rogue blushed and tucked a loose lock of hair behind her ear. "You want to play pool."

"Sure." Remy smiled. He held out his arm to her. "Ya lead de way Chere."

Rogue looped her arm around his. She didn't know why she did it. She just did. As they walked downstairs, she found that she didn't mind it that much. Sure she had a boyfriend, but she was enjoying Remy's company. Or did she enjoy the attentions he was giving her. Who cared? At this point in time, she was happy.

"Hey Rogue." Bobby's eyes widened when he saw her with Gambit. Now I know he is after her. "Where've you been?" He said with a hint of attitude. "Professor said he let you put of detention about fifteen minutes ago."

Rogue let go of Remy's arm and walked over to Bobby. "We went to put up my books." She explained. Is he jealous? "And we were talking."

And it took you fifteen minutes. Bobby sighed. "Oh."

"We're gonna play some pool." Rogue smiled and looked back at Remy. Then, she turned back to Bobby. "Maybe we can have finally have our guys vs. girls match. The teams will be even now."

"Yeah." Bobby nodded and gave Gambit a cold glare.

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"Chuck, we gotta talk." Logan said walking into Xavier's office. He was wiping his hands on an old funky towel and reeked of motor oil.

"Alright Logan." Xavier replied and talked into the phone. "I have to go Moira. How about you talk to Rahne some more. I'll talk to you another time." He said to his Irish friend. Then, he handed the cordless to Rahne. "Why don't you talk to Ms. Moira some more while I talk to Mr. Logan?"

"Ok." Rahne said as she took the phone. "Look Mr. Logan. I lost my tooth."

"That's nice munchkin. Run along now." Logan closed the door behind her.

Xavier looked at the expression on Logan's face. He found out something. He just knew it, even without reading his mind. "Yes Logan."

"I checked out that kid's bike." Logan said as he plopped down in a chair. "It's pretty fucked up."

"I knew that." Xavier folded his hands. "What else?"

"I've been in many motorcycle accidents in my life." Logan announced. "But I have never had a bike end up like this kid's. The thing is almost bent like a pretzel. The impact of a tree couldn't have done that."

Xavier rest his hands on the arm rests of his wheelchair. "Logan, what are you trying to say?"

"Let's put it this way." Logan replied. "We know only one person who can bend metal like that."

"Magneto." Xavier sighed under his breath. He had a feeling it was Magneto all along and he hated to admit it. "I was afraid of that."

"So what are you going to do?" Logan asked.

"I don't know." Xavier replied. "But if you are thinking about kicking him out, you can forget it. For one, Ororo would not be happy about it. And two, I don't think Gambit is as bad as we all think."

"You can't be serious."

"I am serious." Xavier replied. "I think he is a misunderstood individual without a place to call home. I think he is a good man, but even he doesn't realize it."

"Magneto's probably hunting him down." Logan growled. "And you want to protect him. You know damn well Magneto isn't going to stop until he gets what he wants. Remember Rogue."

"I remember that quite well Logan. But if Magneto is after him, I'm not going to stand by and let Gambit become lambs for the slaughter." Xavier said. "I'm not even sure why Magneto would be after him anyway."

"Kid's a thief Chuck." Logan reminded him. "Do the math." He growled. "He probably did some dirty work for Magneto and he wasn't pleased."

'What ever it is. Magneto is not going to rest until he gets what he wants from Gambit."

'I said that." Logan grumped. "Tell me something I don't know."

"Magneto has already started." Xavier watched as Logan raised an eyebrow. "Take a look."

Logan's eyes widened as he watched the news. The same story happened to be on ever channel. "I'm assuming 'Ro doesn't know about this."

"No." Xavier replied. "Not yet."

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Remy put the pool stick on his shoulders and propped up his arms on it. Both teams had only the eight ball to left to win. If they missed now, it gave the girls the opportunity to win. Come on Iceboy. Make the fucking shot already.

It was a pretty even match between the two teams. On Rogue's team, Kitty was like Bobby. It seemed liked neither of them could hit the ball. Kitty was too busy worrying about breaking nails to really concentrate on the game. And Bobby, well he just plain sucked. Remy still couldn't figure out why Bobby was Rogue's boyfriend.

Jubilee and Piotr played fairly well. They weren't experts, but they didn't suck. That's what counts right. At least Piotr didn't take fifty million years to make a shot he was going to miss.

He and Rogue were fairly matched, but his cast made it harder for him to make his shots. He did good with it though. Of course, he was use to playing against people who actually knew how to play pool. Rogue was good at it, but still she lacked the skills of many of the players he went up against. Usually, he would make bets at the bars to win a little money. If he was betting for money now, he knew he would be racking up good.

Bobby took a deep breath. "Eight ball, left corner pocket." He said and made his shot.

Remy rolled his eyes and spun the pool stick from his neck to lean on it. Stupid Iceboy. He could tell by the angle Bobby hit the eight ball with the cue ball that he was going to miss. "Mon Dieu."

Bobby sighed in frustration as he missed the shot. Of course, that wasn't why he was mad. He was pissed the Gambit thought he was better then him.

Rogue smiled as she took the pool stick from Remy. She looked at all the angles of the ball on the table. If she missed now, it gave Remy the opportunity to make a shot. She couldn't have that happen. She knew he could make it. He was a good player.

Rogue took a deep breath. Then, she spotted it. It was the perfect angle to make the winning shot. 'Eight ball, right side pocket." She said pointed to the pocket and got in position to take the shot.

Remy tilted his head and bit his lip as Rogue bent over in front of him to take the shot. Damn Chere. That's a nice ass. It was taking a lot for his quick thief fingers not to pinch it. It is so tempting to. Just sticking out there like an invitation to do so Damn. My jeans just got really tight. People can go camping under my pitched tent.

Rogue hit the cue ball perfectly. The ball rolled down the table, hitting the eight ball at the right angle and knocking it in the pocket. She turned around and smiled at Piotr, Bobby, and Remy. "Looks like us girls win."

"Anybody could have made that shot." Bobby said trying to make himself look good.

Remy rolled his eyes. "Yeah, that's how we dun won." He remarked sarcastically.

"I could have made that shot." Bobby replied giving Gambit a look. "I was distracted."

"Whatever." Remy answered. "Face it Iceboy. You suck at pool."

"I could have made that shot." Bobby snapped back.

Remy laughed. "Yeah, when pigs fly."

"You want to bet." Bobby challenged. "Ten bucks says I beat you."

"Ten bucks says you beat me." Remy wanted to laugh and pulled out his wallet. "Thousand bucks says I kick ya ass." He laid out ten crisp hundred dollar bills on the table.

"I don't have that kind of money."

"Fine." Remy said and walked around the table. "If you win, I give you one thousand dollars."

"And what if you win." Bobby replied. "Which I know you aren't."

"If I win." Remy smirked. "Chere got to give me a kiss."

Rogue's eyes widened. Are they serious?

Bobby stared him down hard. "Deal."

Oh my God. They are. Rogue handed Bobby her pool stick and watched the guys battle it out.

Remy racked up the balls and chalked his pool stick. He handed the cue ball to Bobby and smirked. "I give ya de first shot. Ya use ta one ball, heh?"

Bobby snatched the ball out of his hand and lined it up on the table. Asshole. I'll show you. He hit the cue ball and it slammed into the other fifteen balls. They scattered around the table. Two solids and one striped ball were knocked in the pockets. He looked over to Gambit. "Looks like I'm solids and I'm already beating you."

"Ya just got lucky." Remy replied. "It must be cuz ya use ta playing wit balls all de time."

Bobby narrowed his eyes and turned to take another shot. He was so frustrated that he couldn't concentrate. He missed the shot completely.

"Heh." Remy walked over to the table. "Alright Iceboy. Let me show ya how a real man plays pool."

Rogue watched as Remy dominated the pool table. Bobby's first two shots were his last two shots. She wondered if that was a good thing, or a bad thing. So, she analyzed the situation.

If Bobby won, Remy had to pay him one thousand dollars. How Remy acquired that much money was beyond comprehension. Bobby was her boyfriend, and she should be rooting for him. However, she wasn't torn between the two.

If Remy won, He got to give her a kiss. Personally she didn't mind the thought of him kissing her, excepted for her damn mutation. She knew once Remy's lips touched her, she was going to absorb him instantly. She could weaken him, put him in a coma, or even kill him. Did she want to kiss him? It didn't matter if she did or didn't. Her mutation decided for her that she couldn't.

"Eight ball. Right corner pocket." Remy said as he lined up his shot. He hit the cue ball and it slowly rolled towards the eight ball.

Rogue bit down on her lip. She closed her eyes and listened to the ball clunk down the pocket. Remy won. That meant he got to kiss her.

"Looks like Chere gots ta give me a kiss."

Bobby looked at the smirk on Gambit's face. Gambit won. That meant he got to kiss Rogue. In a way it was good, but then again it was bad. The good part was that once Gambit kissed Rogue, he could be put in a coma and would hopefully never wake up. The bad part was that Ororo wouldn't be happy about it. It was a lose lose situation.

Remy smiled over to Rogue. He could feel how nervous she was. He looked into her emerald eyes. Is she afraid? He walked slowly over to her as he pulled off his sunglasses.

I'm going to hurt him. Rogue thought to herself. Then, as she walked towards her, she felt this comforting feeling around her. She felt so relaxed as she stared into his ruby eyes.

Remy pulled her to him feeling her body against his. He leaned in for an innocent kiss.

Rogue didn't know what had come over her or how to stop it. She wanted to kiss him. She needed to kiss him. It felt so right to kiss him.

Bobby, Piotr, Kitty, and Jubilee's mouths all dropped. They couldn't believe their eyes. They knew Rogue was afraid of letting anyone getting so close to her. They also know the consequences of her mutation. However, none of them could move to stop it.

Some of the other students looked over to the pool table to see what was going on. They all wondered if Storm's friend Gambit was extremely brave or just really stupid.

Remy's lips met Rogue's soft ones. He felt them tingle a bit, but ignored it. He wanted more. He dipped her down and pushed his tongue in her mouth.

Rogue's eyes widened. She could feel his tongue in her mouth. His tongue ring feels weird. But that was not all she felt. It came slowly at first. Then, as her heart raced and she realized what was going on, he poured into her.

Remy pulled away from her and felt his knees give out on him. He felt like someone knocked the wind out of him. He stood up, but found himself to be weak. He never felt this way before. He looked over to Rogue. "Damn Chere. Dat's one hell of a kiss."

"Oui." Rogue replied softly. She was really confused at the moment. There were so many memories she absorbed from him. It felt like her head was going to explode. But, she had to admit. He was a damn good kisser.

"Yeah." Ororo said as she and Kurt walked over to them. "It's time for dinner."

"Oui Stormy." Rogue replied.

Ororo sighed and gave Remy a look. I can't believe he has the students calling me that stupid nickname now.

Kurt narrowed his eyes on Rogue. "Rogue, are you feeling alright."

"Oui." Rogue replied. "I's fine."

"You sure."

"Oui." Rogue found herself really aggravated with Kurt. She didn't know why, but she did.

Kurt looked at her again. He could sense something was wrong. But then again, he reminded himself that he was around a bunch of hormonal teenagers. PMS could be around any corner, so he didn't mention anything.

Remy smiled at Ororo. He felt like he was drunk. Must be intoxicated on love. "Hey Stormy."

"Don't call me that." She answered. "What's wrong? Did Evan, Jamie, and Rahne wear you out?"

Remy shrugged his shoulders. "Non, I's just in a good mood."

Ororo studied him. Ok, he is acting really weird. He better not have done something perfected like streak around the mansion. She sighed. 'Come on. It's dinner time."

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Well, it's the end of another chapter.

Thanks for making it through Chapter 18. No more Ororo/Remy. It was official as of last chapter. Remy only sees Ororo as his sister. However, that does not mean he will begin being nicer to Kurt. Remy will definitely be an annoying and overprotective little brother.

Anyways, I hope I satisfied all those Romy fans out there. There will be plenty more to come.

Next chapter will be the Danger Room chapter. I know everyone is looking forward to reading that, so I better make it good. If it ends up being too long, I might break it up into two parts.

Sweet Little Lies tentative date is September 1st. Chapter one is almost complete.

Well, I gotta go. See you next chapter or story. Thanks for all the reviews.

Michelle