(An: And here it is, the end... you guys are probably gonna lynch me for this.)
Alice woke up with a gasp, sitting upright in her small bed.
Cheshire reclined at the foot and eyed her curiously. "Something wrong, love?"
Alice remembered her dream for an instant and a heat rushed through her body as she glanced at the wonderfully human Cheshire. She shook her head. "Nothing, just a curious dream." She bit her lip, suddenly shy. "Lie down?" she asked after a moment.
Cheshire smiled and stretched out beside her, hugging her close. "Go back to sleep, dear," he instructed.
Alice obliged.
IN ANOTHER DIMENSION...
Rogue opened her eyes slowly. In the half-conciousness between asleep and awake she was certain there was a girl and a large, grinning cat by her bed. "Remember what you learned," the girl murmured, one hand caressing the bony cat. "He doesn't deserve it."
Then Rogue awoke fully and the girl and cat faded, the cat's grin and the girl's grim green eyes last of all.
"What a weird dream," Rogue mumbled, rubbing her head. She blinked, earlier events crowding out the fading dream. She realized her music was still playing. Ah couldn't have been asleep for more than a half-hour.
She reached over and turned off her stero, a gnawing feeling of guilt settling into her chest. Remy didn't deserve that... Ah could at least hear him out- Ah owe him that much.
Rogue sighed, straightening her mussed hair and generally procrastinating.
After a moment, she forced herself to get up and steal over to Remy's door. She knocked twice.
Remy answered, looking as depressed as she'd ever seen him. He scowled at her, crossing his arms, and leaning against the doorway. "What," he asked in a venomous voice, "do y' want?"
Rogue bit her lip and everything came out in a rush. "Look, Remy, Ah'm sorry. Ah was a jerk earlier."
Remy eyed her skeptically. "Oui, y' were."
"Don't make me regret this, Cajun. The point is- Ah shoulda listened. It's just... Ah thought you were just playin' me-"
Suddenly Remy was holding her close. "Don't ever think that, Rogue. I've done a lot of stupid things, but if I ever hurt y'..." He trailed off.
Rogue allowed herself to love him for a moment. She needed to. "Ya gonna invite me in or what?"
Remy smiled down at her. "Nobody's stoppin y', chere."
And in that moment Rogue knew everything was all right.
(Well, that's it. The end. Kaputski. This story has been getting SO many hits. I expect some reviews, people! ...even if you just want to complain about the ending. As for the AMA fans, I have a couple of oneshots in the works, both Chalice. One is gonna be a direct sequel to "They Say I'm Insane" and the other is just an idea as of yet. So, yeah. Review!)