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Last Time:
Rogue blinked once, twice. She got up, and found herself on her bed. It was 2PM. She turned and found Kitty taking a quick nap at her desk.
Cautiously, Rogue got up, and with her bare hand, touched Kitty's face.
Rogue waited…nothing happened.
"Ah can touch!" Rogue whispered.
Chapter 5- Shopping
"Kitty!" said Rogue. She gently shook her. "Kitty!"
"Leave me alone Rogue," Kitty mumbled, still half asleep. "There is no danger room session for today… wait, Rogue?"
Kitty sat straight up, and turned to look at Rogue.
"Rogue!" she got up and hugged Rogue, making sure not to have skin contact.
"You've like, been knocked out for a week!" said Kitty.
"A week?" asked Rogue. Kitty nodded. "Wow."
"So like, what happened?" asked Kitty.
"Close ya eyes," said Rogue. Kitty closed them. Rogue put her hand on Kitty's face.
Kitty gasped and opened her eyes fearfully. After a second, she became perplexed.
"Ah can tough, Kit," whispered Rogue.
It took Kitty a second to register the information.
"Oh my GOSH!" she screamed. She immediately hugged Rogue, almost squeezing the life out of her.
"Kit, Ah need air ta breathe," said Rogue.
Kitty let go. "I'm sorry Rogue," she said. "Oh my gosh! Like, Congratulations! I'm so happy for you! And like, just in time, you know? We're going to a beach house in a week. Perfect time to impress Remy with your body!"
"That reminds me. Remy. He like, came here every day, wanting to know if you've like, woken up," said Kitty. "He wanted to know what you were doing."
"Good thing ah didn't tell ya what ah was doing," said Rogue. "Ya wouldha blabbed so quick…"
"I would not!" said Kitty. She glared at Rogue. After awhile both of them laughed.
"Let's go tell the professor!" said Kitty. She linked arms with Rogue, and half dragged her out of the room. Once out it finally settled in her brain the fact that she could have skin to skin contact. She smiled, and started skipping with Kitty.
Just as a skipping Kitty and Rogue passed by, Bobby came out of his room. His eyes grew wide, and he went back into his room.
"I'm telling you, the whole institute's on something!" he said.
(-strawberrie-)
"Professor!" said Kitty as she and Rogue entered the Professor's office.
"Professor!" said Kitty. She and Rogue sat down in two comfy chairs in front of the Professor's desk. "Rogue got control over her powers!"
The Professor turned to look at Rogue. "Really?" he asked.
Embarrassed at all the attention, Rogue nodded shyly.
"Congratulations!" said the Professor. "How did you do it?"
Rogue recounted the events of the past week in her mind for the Professor.
"That's amazing," said the Professor after she was done. "Congratulations."
"Thanks Professor," said Rogue. She and Kitty got up. "Ah'm going ta tell Logan, Ororo, Hank and Kurt now."
"When are you going to tell everyone else?" asked the Professor.
Rogue thought about it, and then shrugged. "When Ah'm ready ah guess," she said.
The professor nodded and they left his office.
(-strawberrie-)
"So, when are you going to tell Remy?" asked Kitty when she and Rogue were back in their room after telling some of the others that Rogue could touch. Kitty was sitting at her desk while Rogue lay on her bed.
Rogue shot straight up. "Remy. The vacation!" she said. She quickly got out of bed.
"Kit, ya got ta help meh," said Rogue. "Ah need lahke, a whole new set of clothes, and a bathing suit..." She paused.
"Did ah just say 'lahke'?" she asked.
Kitty giggled. "Yeah," she said. "Hold on, lemme call Wanda."
She reached over and grabbed her cell phone.
"Wanda… It's me Kitty…" said Kitty. "Yeah, Rogue just woke up… yeah, she's fine. We'll like, tell you later. But, now that Rogue's up, we need to go shopping for the trip, since you know, it's like a week away…okay, we'll pick you up in like, 15 minutes…okay, bye." Kitty hung up.
"Let's like, go!" said Kitty.
(-strawberrie-)
"Hey guys!" said Wanda as she climbed into the back of Kitty's pink convertible. Rogue was driving, and Kitty was in the passenger's side. Normally, Rogue wouldn't be caught dead driving Kitty's car, but she was in a good mood today. There was also the fact that her car was in the shop and there was no way she was letting Kitty drive.
"So Rogue, what's going on?" asked Wanda. "You've been out for a week!"
Rogue took a deep breath as she started towards the mall.
"Ah have control of my powahs now," she said.
Wanda froze. "Are you serious?" she asked.
Kitty nodded energetically. "Yup! It's true!" she said.
Wanda suddenly hugged Rogue around the neck, not caring if Rogue's seat was in between them. Rogue had to quickly swerve to avoid getting into an accident.
"Congratulations!" said Wanda. "I knew you could do it!"
"Thanks Wanda," said Rogue. She turned into the car's parking lot, and parked.
They all climbed out of the convertible.
"So guys, where to now?" asked Wanda.
"Water Water Everywhere," said Kitty.
"Why?" asked Rogue. "What do they sell there?"
Kitty stared at her dubiously. "Are you serious?" she asked after awhile.
"Kitty, ya reahlize ah don't go ta the same stores that ya go ta," said Rogue.
"Anyway," Kitty said. "It's a bathing suit store. You can get you're suit there."
"Let's go then," said Wanda. "I need a new suit too."
(-strawberrie-)
"You guys I have found the perfect bathing suit for me to wear to surprise John," said Wanda. They were in Water Water Everywhere, shopping for their bathing suits.
"Well?" asked Kitty when Wanda just stood there smiling at them. "What is it?"
Wanda took a bathing suit out from behind her back.
"Bam," she said. "Isn't it perfect?"
Kitty and Rogue burst out laughing.
"That's perfect Wanda," said Rogue.
"Oh wow," said Kitty. "John's like, gonna eat you up."
"That's what I'm hoping for," said Wanda. The bathing suit was a black string bikini with fire along the bottom of both pieces of the suit.
"Ya'd better get that," said Rogue.
"I am," said Wanda. "You found anything yet?"
"Ah've found this," said Rogue. She held out a black halter with rhinestones along the edges of the suit.
"Nice," said Wanda.
"But she like, needs something sexy to like, blow Remy away!" said Kitty.
"Like this?" said Wanda. She pulled out the skimpiest black string bikini she had ever seen in her life. It looked perfect for Rogue.
"Perfect!" said Kitty. She jumped and clapped.
Rogue looked at it dubiously. "Will it covah (cover) everything?" she asked.
"Like, go try it on," said Kitty. "We'll try on our suits too."
Wanda handed it to Rogue and they all went to the dressing room.
Kitty was done first, she came out wearing, a small baby blue halter that was perfect for her small figure.
Wanda came out next in the fire bathing suit. It was strapless, coming together at the back with a little clip.
"Nice," said Kitty.
"Thanks," Wanda said. "You too."
"Thanks," said Kitty. "What if you're top comes off in the water?"
Wanda smiled. "Knowing John, and even Remy, it probably will," she said.
They laughed. "Rogue, are you like, done?" asked Kitty.
"Just a second," said Rogue. She paused. "Okay, how do Ah look?"
She came out in the black bathing suit, with her hair mussed and leaned against the doorway. The black bathing suit showed the most skin that Wanda and Kitty had ever seen in their lives. It complemented all her curves and showed them off.
"Damn," said Wanda. "Remy's going to devour you."
"Perfect," said Kitty.
Rogue laughed. "Let's get changed, there are so many other things to buy," she said. She went back into her dressing room and changed back into her regular clothes.
(-strawberrie-)
Kitty and Rogue got back at eleven. They had bought the bathing suits they tried on, Kitty got an extra four, Wanda got two more, and Rogue got seven more, most of them similar to the one she tried on.
They shopped for hours stopping quickly to eat something.
"Damn," said Rogue. She had finished her last trip from the car and dropped the last of her bags on her floor. She collapsed on the bed.
Rogue turned to look at Kitty's bed. She was lying on her bed, totally exhausted. "We certainly bought a lot," she said.
That was an understatement. Every available space except the beds was filled with shopping bags. None of the carpet could be seen at all. All of their bags hadn't fit in the car at once, so as they filled the car, they would go back to the institute/the brotherhood house, drop their bags, and go back to the mall.
"You think we bought enough?" asked Kitty.
"Nah," said Rogue. "We only went ta half of tha stores we wanted ta."
"We'll go later," said Kitty. "I like, need rest." She turned over and promptly went to sleep.
Rogue stayed up for a few more minutes. Just as she was falling into dreamland she heard a tap against the glass door.
She got up and tried to maneuver her way through the mountain of bags. She finally reached the door and stumbled out into the arms of Remy.
"Hey chere," he said. "I missed y',"
Rogue hugged him, breathing in his cologne.
"Ah missed ya too, Rem," she said.
"What'd y' do?" asked Remy.
Rogue looked up at him. "Let's go into the woods," she said.
Remy nodded. Swiftly he picked her up bridal style and jumped over the railing.
Rogue shrieked and held on tightly to Remy while she closed her eyes.
Rogue wasn't sure how, but she knew that Remy had gotten to the ground and was walking her to their spot in the middle of the woods. She opened her eyes and reveled in the fact that she was being carried so by her boyfriend.
Finally they got to their spot. Remy put Rogue down softly and sat beside her.
"Why all t' bags in y're room?" he asked.
"Kit, Wanda and ah went shopping today for the trip," said Rogue. "We're only about halfway done."
Remy's looked at her his eyes wide. "Only half done?" he asked. "And who's goin' t' be carryin' y're bags? Not Remy."
Rogue smiled. "Who else but mah strong, sexy boyfriend could carry mah bags?" she said.
"Anyone else," said Remy. Rogue smacked him. He smacked her back and they got into a small war. Remy pinned Rogue under him."I win," he said. Rogue huffed.
"Fine," she said. Remy got off of her.
Rogue leaned against Remy.
"What's going to happen when we go?" asked Rogue. "I mean, Remy I can't touch! (1) I won't be able to swim, I won't be able to sunbathe… Why should I even bother going Rem? Why don't the five of you go without me, you'll have a better time.
Remy squeezed Rogue. "No," he said. "This vacation is for you, and you only. The rest are tagging along. I'm sorry chere. I wasn't thinking when I picked the beach for us to go."
"It's not just about the beach house," said Rogue. "It's about us. Our relationship. What's a relationship without touch? Sooner or later you're going to want more. You're going to leave Rem. What's the point?"
Remy turned Rogue around so that she was facing him.
"Haven't we gone over this?" he asked. He hugged her tightly. "No. Never Rogue. I'm never leaving you. It doesn't matter about the touch, sooner or later we'll find ways around that."
He looked her dead in the eye. "I love you Rogue," he said. "I love you so much that it hurts. Every night I go to bed and dream of you. Every day I think about you, non stop."
He looked at her impishly. "Whether or not the ratings of those dreams and thoughts are under NC17 isn't the point."
Rogue laughed, unable to help it.
"Don't worry Rogue," said Remy. "Whatever happens, we'll go through it together."
Rogue hugged Remy. "I love you too, Rem," she said. They stayed there for a second.
"Rem?" asked Rogue. Remy let her go just enough to be able to look her in the face, and still hold onto her.
"Yeah, chere?" he asked.
Rogue didn't say anything, just brought his face down, so that his lips met hers.
(-no more strawberries-)
Woot! Finished! Took me awhile too. Only because of track practice though.
Anyway, clarifications!
(1) Rogue is just lying for the purpose of finding out what Remy'll say about their relationship.
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