Rogue felt her temper flare as she looked at Remy, Kurt and Logan standing in her way. They had absolutely no business being there. She had left a note. She had told them that she would be fine but they just didn't trust her or believe in her enough to realize the fact that she was not a child and was completely capable of taking care of herself. She took a deep breath to try and calm herself but it didn't really work and glaring at the three of them she said, "What are yah doing here. Ah told you Ah would be fine. Ah told you Ah was just going for a short tahme and Ah would come back." Logan shuffled his feet awkwardly and Kurt looked at his sister with concern and worry in his eyes. Remy however was not looking at Rogue. His eyes were focused on Clark. Rogue after realizing that the two X-men and the acolyte weren't going anywhere sighed and noticing that all three of them were looking at Clark warily she said, "This is Clark. He is mah friend. Ah met him in the bus and he was just showing me around New Orleans." Rogue did not want to tell the others about Clark's friend who just might be able to help her control her powers. It was the one thing she wanted more than anything else in the world. She did not want to risk the others finding out and in some weird unexplainable way prevent that from happening.
Remy hadn't been listening to a word that Rogue had said. He still had his eyes focused on Clark and when Rogue looked at Clark she noticed that he was staring at Remy too and hadn't been listening to a word she had been saying. Surprised and a little worried Rogue asked him if he by any chance knew Remy. Clark said "Unless there is more than one person in the world who has red on black eyes I would say yes I know Remy. We lived in the same neighborhood when we were kids. We were that best of pals until I left when I was 8 and that was the last time I saw him. My powers had already manifested then." Clark stooped seemingly unable to go on but Remy nodded at his friend and said, "Tell them Clark. You have kept it a secret long enough." Clark continued, "I freaked out when my powers manifested and I couldn't control them. My mother was putting my sister to bed then and I ran into the room hoping that my mother would be able to help me but she couldn't and I accidentally set fire to the house when I knocked over a candle. The wood caught fire and I don't remember much after that except that I saw Remy and his brother Henri before I passed out and I woke up about a day later in Dr.Steven's house. He helped me control my powers and he was the one who made that serum." He suddenly stopped drained of energy. He had never told anyone about that until then. Remy had tried to get him to talk but Clark had refused to say a word. Remy remained his most faithful friend and hadn't told anyone. But the nightmares and the blame was killing him and he had run away from home when he was 8. He had hoped that the nightmares would disappear but they didn't. Rogue impulsively went over to Clark and put her arm around him. They both held each other and cried silently at the pain and the horrible blame they had felt.
You know the drill. R&R