OMG! It has been over a year since I last updated…wow. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that my life will be slowing up anytime soon. With a mixture of exams and many a computer crash – I present to you Chapter 7…finally.
CHAPTER 6: PRETENDER GOT MY HEART
Thought the heart was worth something,
I just sold mine to somebody for nothing
Thought the heart was worth something,
but...
Love was a game, and he won too fast
Yeah, love was a painkiller that never lasts
And I hate to say that I won't care for it no more
Yeah, it was real to start, but a pretender got my heart
-"Pretender got my heart" Alisha's Attic
Addy just sat there. She felt dirty and used. Scott was gone, probably with Jean acting like nothing had happened, but that was the game. And Addy had played it again. She needed a shower desperately. She wanted to wipe it all away.
When she had left, she had promised herself that she wouldn't fall into Scott's arms like a child, she would be strong, without him.
She slowly pulled herself off of the floor, the same place he had left her almost an hour ago. She hurried to the bathroom and locked the door. Safe. She turned on the water and watched as it heated. She watched as steam rose out the bathtub. She needed a hot shower. One that would burn everything else away. She took off the robe that she had grabbed on her way out, it had been Rogue's, but she knew Rogue wouldn't care.
For a few minutes she left her body adjust to the scolding temperatures before attacking her skin. All she knew was that she had to get Scott off of her, no matter what.
Remy was waiting for Logan. They had finished their training session about ten minutes before and he was waiting for the evaluations. In all honesty, they hadn't been the worst Remy had ever seen, but they needed training and a lot of it.
Victoria was surprisingly the better of the two. She was agile and quick. She was also a quick thinker, which would probably save her life one day.
Tony wasn't all that good, but Xavier had told Remy to be nice, through clenched teeth, Remy noticed. The boy was lucky. He managed to walk away with a sprained ankle among the many cuts and bruises both new students would have.
The printer drew Remy out of his thoughts. Logan had obviously been too lazy to actually deliver the report…or maybe he was preoccupied. Remy really didn't want to think of that.
And there it was. The report on who would be able to join the training team with the hope of gaining the status of X-Men. And Remy wasn't happy. Victoria had passed, using her powers once before realizing u can't fool a computer THAT easily. That he had learned from Operation Set Back. Tony, on the other hand, never so much as demonstrated his powers. And the bastard had passed. It wasn't up to Remy or Logan. You had to gain more than a thousand points in your first training session. Victoria had 3080. Tony had 1001. Lucky bastard. Now, how was he gonna tell Rogue.
Speaking of Rogue. She and Wanda had walked through the door quiet pissed. Remy and John had not come to see them during their lunch period. And they knew what they had to do. Withhold all sexual contact. The boys would be begging to apologize within hours. The two lethargically flopped onto the couch.
"Rogue, is it just me or are the days getting longer?" Wanda asked looking at the once prominent goth.
"Yea' sugah. They're getting' longa'" Rogue cringed as her stomach grumbled. Less than ten hours ago, her and Remy had been heroes. Now, she was exhausted and it had nothing to do with the danger room session.
"You wanna' go get something to eat?" Wanda asked. The nice thing about being seniors in their last week of school was the lack of homework.
"Sure. But I should probably go find Remy." Rogue pulls herself up off of the couch and stumbles a little through her exhaustion. She is caught by someone. She presumes its Remy because no one would dare hold her the way the catcher was holding her. She looked up. Green eyes met blue eyes.
"Tony!" Rogue pushes herself off of him. Wanda is on her feet in an instant. Daggers are shooting across the room.
"Marie…"
"It's Rogue."
"Rogue. Do we really need such animosity? We're a team now, we should act like one." Tony explains before kissing her forehead and walking out of the room. There is a pause and Wanda is sure Rogue is going for the kill.
"Ah have ta' faund (find) Remy." And with that Rogue was out of the room. Wanda slumped back onto the couch. 4 days and 9 hours until summer. Joy.
"REMY! What the hell is going on!" Rogue demanded as she stormed into the danger room's control center.
"Chere…" Remy knew she was going for the kill. This was bad, very very very bad.
"Ah just heard sumthin' really funny, Rem? Tony and Ah are on the same 'team.' Wat is he talkin' about?" Remy knew she knew. And she knew that Remy knew that she knew. This was how they worked.
"He passed, chere. De' merde passed by un point. Remy's sorry chere, but he'd going to train to be one of de' X-men." Remy saw Rogue's face shift a little, then she smiled. Rogue started laughing hysterically, she just couldn't help it.
"Remy, do ya' know wat this means? He's gonna have ta' train with Logan, who'll kill 'im. Oh, thangs are lookin' up Remy." Rogue laughed and Remy just shook his head.
The best advice anyone had ever given to a newbie in their first week at the mansion was never to mess around when it came to dinner. Bobby knew this was the case. He soon became one of the reasons why you never messed with a mutant and their meal. There were times when it was damn near impossible to help though. Like when a certain Southern couples were cooking.
The smell of spice lingered all over the house. Every time Rogue or Remy would leave the kitchen they would be practically followed by a line teenagers trying to guess the delicacy they were in for tonight.
"MON DIEU! Bobby, Remy swears if you don' git away from him, de Ice Man won't be eatin' for de rest of de week!" It was an empty threat. Remy loved the attention for his cooking, but preferably not until it was actually finished. Remy had simply gone to ask John for one of his lighters to light the grill with. After almost twenty minutes of John fighting with himself as to which lighter to give Remy and then Bobby hounding him for "just a little taste" it was in great appreciation when Sam came, dragging Bobby away and mentioning never to interfere with a Cajun and his cooking.
And the boy was right. The only person allowed in the kitchen when Remy was cooking, was his chere. She knew what was needed to make whatever he was making perfect. It could also be due to the fact that she had a way with making washing dishes look extraordinarily sexy. So, when it was Remy or Rogue's night to cook the other was always close by.
"Uh oh. Looks lahke Bobby ain't gonna be getting' seconds." Rogue teased as Remy walked in.
"De' boy will be lucky if Remy let's 'im get firsts." Rogue smiled and walked over to her Ragin' Cajun. There was always that part of her who loved having a great cook as her boyfriend, especially when he made things just for her.
"Sugah, Bobby, jus' knows a good thang wen he sees it. Ah guess we have somethin' in common…" Rogue wrapped her arms around Remy and kissed his cheek. "Now com' on, Ah'm gettin' hungry m'self." And with that they continued cooking.
"I am like so hungry." Kitty whined, slumping in between Kurt and Pietr and rolling her head onto Kurt's shoulder. "Remy needs to learn how to cook way faster."
"Keety, you must remember, zat to Remy, cooking iz an art." Kurt really did like his sister's boyfriend, especially his food. He couldn't help it, he was a growing boy.
Tony walked into the Rec. Room, where everyone was contemplating the meal ahead, followed by Victoria. The room grew quiet. Xavier had told the students that Tony's feelings toward mutants at the time of his and Rogue's relationship was due to ignorance, but now that he learned the truth he deserved a chance to prove himself. So, here they were, about to make a vain attempt in communication.
"Like, hay Tony, Veronica!" Kitty perked up, she really was trying. "Grab a seat." Tony and Veronica sat down and listened to the idle chatter, until the subject of Rogue and Remy's relationship came up.
"How did they get together anyway?" Tony spoke up. There was a slight pause as the X-men all looked at each other. It was going to have to come out eventually. Kitty shook her head and decided that she would be the only one not to kill the poor boy for his questioning. So she started the tale.
"Well, they totally hated each other at first, yet there was some sort of attraction. Everyone knew it. Remy was an Acolyte under Magneto and Rogue was the reformed X-men. They met during a battle and according to Rogue, Remy hypnotized her. Well, cliff notes version: They met again when Remy needed Rogue's help to rescue his father. When Rogue like came back, she was totally a closeted Gambit obsessive. Then there was the Apocalypse incident, when Rogue kissed him to absorb his powers, totally cute. Well after that all worked itself out, Rogue had to like sort out all the new psyches in her head. When she came across Remy's she discovered that the attraction had been mutual, but Gambit hadn't been seen or heard from in a long time. And that is where the actual story begins…"
Kitty continued the story while Rogue and Remy waited for dinner to cook to perfection by slowly dancing to the wonderful Billie Holiday.
WOW! It has been SOOOOOOOO long since my last post. This chapter was literally written in a day. The last year has been crazy for me and for those of you who have waited for this fic to be updated, I would like to apologize form the bottom of my heart.
NEXT CHAPTER: A flashback of how Rogue came to Remy's rescue form Trask's clutches and how Remy taught Rogue control.
OK! So for those who commented such a long time ago…
musagirl15 – I decided against putting Tony's ass-kicking…yet.
Lady Element – Yea, I am not so great with quick updates. Sorry. But Scott will be increasingly mean. Why? Because he is Scott.
Pyromanic – THANK YOU!
Clea - Yea, I figured that once Rogue gains control she would want to make up all that sexual energy and what not, but you are going to find out that Remy and Rogue's relationship didn't start out a bed of roses.
Scoobyd0530 – Those were originally what his powers were gonna be, but because of some things I have decided some things needed to be changed, don't worry though, Tony's powers will come out…eventually. Have no fear, Tony will definitely cause some angst.
animechix666 – ARGH! Darn the writer's block, it was one of the reasons it took me so long to get this out, I just didn't know where to take it. OH! And I got an "A" on that exam. Thank you so much!
DemonicGambit - :looks extremely guily: Well, it isn't exactly as close as you wanted me to update, but…I updated::hides from the plastic rake thingie: Thank you so much! The loyal reviewers are the reason this chapter got out as quickly as it did. ( Just think if they hadn't been there)
RikaTabithaStarr – Sorry that the chapters aren't longer. :-(
Star-of-Chaos – Don't worry Scott will definitely get his. I didn't put Tony's ass-kicking in detail for a very specific reason that will be discovered later.
crazyspaceystracey – Yes yes, I love Jonda fluff and it will come in next chapter have no fear. And yes, Tony is screwed…he just doesn't know it yet.
So, there it is, Chapter 7, hopefully it won't take this long for chapter 8 :dodges rotten fruit:
One of the reasons I got this out as soon as I did was to please my fabulous reviewers…so what does that mean you should do? If you reviewed, you are correct!
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