I've been dreading to write this chapter for so long and it finally is here. Well hope ya all enjoy it and please don't kill me.
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Rogue hugged Jubilee again. "Ah still can't believe your back" Rogue smiled as she let her friend go.
"Like I am really going to leave you, sorry I didn't call as often as I promised." Jubilee apologized.
"It's alright." Rogue told her as she went to sit on her bed. She couldn't believe it, only a short while ago her life was miserable. Everyone ignored her and wanted nothing to do with her. The one person that made her life miserable now was in her head, but was unable to harm her any longer.
'Ah would of never gotten this far without him.' Rogue thought to herself as she looked at Remy, who was standing next to the window.
Jubilee came to sit next to her on Rogue's bed, since her bed had the suitcase and clothes piled on it. "So tell me what happened between you and that guy you told me about?" Jubilee asked with a mischievous grin on her face and raised her eye brows curiously. "Did you tell him?"
Rogue ran a hand through her hand nervously, Remy was in the room and hadn't heard the conversation between Jubilee and herself. "Yeah Ah told him." She replied. Remy looked at her curiously.
"And what happened? Are you guys a item now?" Jubilee asked as she brought her legs on the bed and sat Indian style in front of Rogue.
"He felt the same way about meh." Rogue answered her. "There is just one problem with us bein together though." She told Jubilee with a frown. 'And for once it isn't because of my powers.' She thought to herself.
"What's the problem?" Jubilee asked her. "What does he have a wife or something?" She questioned.
Rogue shook her head. "The problem is, well he. . ." She began to think of what to say. 'She would think Ah'm nuts if Ah told her that the guy Ah like is a ghost.' She thought to herself and then finally found something to say. "He travels a lot and is far away. He only comes every now and then ta stay." She made up, Remy raised his eye brow at her.
"Well dat is partial true, cher." Remy told her with a smirk on his face, he was enjoying watching her talk to Jubilee about him.
Rogue did her best to not look over at Remy when he talked. Jubilee brought a finger up to her chin as if she was thinking. "Hm, well tell him that you won't be waiting around forever. He has to choose between you or going around off somewhere else." She suggested to Rogue.
"It's not that easy." Rogue told her. "It's not his fault he has to be so far away." She added, before smirking. "But he did kiss me."
Jubilee lowered her hand. "So is this Remy a good kisser?" She asked Rogue. Rogue looked a bit surprised.
"How do ya know his name?" Rogue asked her. 'Ah don't remember tellin her his name while she has been here.' She thought to herself.
"You told me over the phone, remember? Now back to the question, I need to know is he a good kisser? Better than Bobby?" Jubilee asked again, she placed her hand under her chin, awaiting a answer.
Rogue blushed a bit as she saw Remy was waiting for her to answer the question as well. "He is better than Bobby." She replied to Jubilee, who smirked.
"You got to get the guy back here some how. I want to meet him." Jubilee told her as she unfolded her legs and got off the bed. "What does he look like anyways, also is he a mutant or human?" Jubilee asked as she went over to her bed and began picking up clothes. She took some out of the suitcase, they were all wrinkled and placed them in a drawer below Rogue's.
"He is a mutant." Rogue said as she leaned back on her bed. "He has the most beautiful eyes ya will ever see." She said as Jubilee shut the door and looked at her. "Red on black, and he has brown silky hair." She added with a smile on her face.
"Y' tryin to make dis Cajun blush?" Remy said as walked away from the window and to stand beside her bed. Rogue looked over at him and winked, while Jubilee was placing some more things on the dresser that she had gotten in California.
"Does he have a good body?" Jubilee asked her as she went back to her bed and dragged the suitcase off her bed and was finally able to sit on top of it.
"Oh yeah." Rogue replied instantly at that.
"Got a nice ass?" She asked Rogue asked as she laid on her stomach and looked at her best friend.
"Not sure, he always wears this trench coat that covers it." Rogue replied as she looked at the ceiling. Rogue rolled to her side. "Ya just got ta see him ta know what Ah'm talkin about." Rogue told Jubilee who smirked.
"Next time he is in town, you got to show me him. But from what you described, major hottie." Jubilee told her as she sat up in her bed.
"Gambit like how dis femme think." Remy said to Rogue, who smirked as she sat up. They then heard a knock at the door and saw Kitty, Bobby, Pete, and a few others with them.
"Hey we were wondering if you wanted to play poker?" Bobby asked Rogue and Jubilee.
"Are we going to gamble?" Jubilee asked Bobby, who smirked at her.
"You bet, why you afraid I am going to take all your money?" Bobby asked her, behind him they saw Warren roll his eyes at Bobby.
"I just got back from California, there is no way I am going to be able to blow money. I'll come and watch." Jubilee replied as she headed for the door.
"Are you in Rogue?" Kitty asked her. Rogue was a bit surprised they had asked her, still not use to the fact they were talking to her.
"Say oui y' will, cher." Remy urged her to go play.
"Ah never played poker before, Ah would lose for sure." Rogue replied both to Remy and the kids.
"Well first we are going to play War, then the big game begins." Kitty explained.
"Gambit be a expert and cards. He will help y." Remy told her, he wanted to see the look on everyones face when she takes all their money.
"Oui." Rogue replied, the kids stared at her. She didn't realize what she had said. "Ah mean yes." She quickly corrected herself. Remy smirked down at her and watched as she got up from the bed. "Ah'll be there in a minute." Rogue told them.
"Okay, well be in my room." Kitty told her as everyone left the room, leaving Rogue with Remy.
"Ya better be right about this swamp rat, Ah don't want to lose all my money." Rogue pointed a finger at Remy, who raised his hands up in defense.
"Remy give y' his word, chere." He said with a innocent smirk. Rogue smiled back at him.
"Alright, let's go." She told him as they left Rogue and Jubilee's room and walked two doors down till they were in Kitty's room. The two beds that were in the room were pulled to the farthest part of the room. In the center was a circular table with five chairs around it. Sitting there was Bobby, Kitty, Warren, and Betsy. To the side sat Jubilee and Piotr, who decided he would rather watch than play as well.
"Glad to see you made it Rogue, though this is your final attempt to turn back before I take your money." Bobby told her with a smirk.
"You won two poker nights in a row and that suddenly makes you the king of cards? You just got lucky that's all, luv." Betsy said to Bobby.
Rogue chuckled as she took a seat, behind her Remy stood behind her. Bobby began to shuffle the cards and then soon began to pass out all the cards until all the cards were out of his hand. "Okay with this game you keep all your cards face down. You lift up the first card and place it down without looking at it. Everyone place your cards down at the same time. Whoever has the highest card takes the most. It keeps going until one person has all the cards, which will be me." Bobby added in the last part as he stacked his cards into a neat pile.
"Are we betting in this game?" Rogue asked, unsure of if they were betting now or in poker.
"No we save the money for poker, this is just to warm us all up." Kitty replied to Rogue.
"Okay, let's start." Bobby said as he picked up his card and placed it down on the table, face up. Everyone else did the same.
Bobby had a two of diamonds, Betsy had nine of spades, Warren had Jack of clubs, Kitty had the Queen of Diamonds, and Rogue had the Queen of Hearts. "Now what, we both have the same card." Rogue said, unsure of what to do.
"Y' den place a card down and den drawl another and place dat card face down. De middle card is de one dat decides who wins." Remy explained, soon after Bobby explained the exact same thing to her.
Rogue drew a card and placed it on the Queen of Hearts and then drew another and placed it on top of the other card face up. The card at the bottom was a eight of spades, Kitty's was a Ace of clubs.
"Okay now reveal the cards." Bobby said as they waited to see who won. Kitty lifted her card and it showed the Queen of Spades.
"Oh my god, I so won." Kitty cheered and was about to pull the cards to her, then Rogue flipped her card over and revealed the King of Hearts. "Oh man." Kitty whined as she pulled her arm back.
"Ah won?" Rogue asked, the reply from Remy told her that she had. She reached across the table and took the cards and added them to her deck.
2 hours later or 1 War Game and 4 poker Games later
Bobby threw down his cards and stared over at Rogue. "Your cheating." He accused her. Rogue smirked at him. "You said you didn't know how to play poker or any card game." He whined as Rogue took his, Warren's, Kitty's, and Betsy's money.
"What can Ah say Ah'm a fast learner." Rogue replied. 'Also Ah got a expert helpin meh, but they don't need ta know about that.' Rogue thought to herself as she began shuffling the cards.
"I am out of money." Kitty said. "So I am out." Kitty pulled the chair away from the table.
"I think I am done too." Betsy told them, soon Warren folded from the game and backed away, leaving only Bobby and Rogue.
"Give up Drake?" Rogue asked as she stopped shuffling and looked over at Bobby.
"One more game!" He demanded as he pulled out his wallet. He opened it up to find nothing in it. He looked over at Warren and smiled. "Hey, buddy, can you lend me some money?" He asked his friend.
"Not in this life time." Warren told him as she placed a arm around Betsy's waist.
They then heard a knock at the door. "Come in." Kitty called to the person behind the door. The door opened and Scott came in.
"It's getting late and there is a Danger Room session tomorrow. I expect you all there." Scott told them and then looked around the room and saw Kitty sitting on Piotr lap and Warren and Betsy. "What's going on around here?" He asked them.
"Just the usual. We are playing strip poker." Jubilee joked, but started to wish she didn't say anything, knowing Scott would probably take it seriously.
"You guys know there is not suppose to be. . . " He began to say when Piotr cut him off.
"This was just a harmless poker game nothing more." Piotr said, Scott didn't say anything after and took Piotr word, knowing that he would never lie to a teacher.
"Okay, well get to bed. You all have class tomorrow and Danger Room with Logan." Scott told them before shutting the door.
"I am so not looking forward to tomorrow." Kitty whined as she got off Piotr lap. "Let's call it a night." She told everyone in the room, who agreed.
Rogue walked back to her room with Jubilee and Remy right behind her. "So tell me your secret, how did you beat them?" Jubilee asked Rogue. "I promise I will not say a word, please." Jubilee begged.
"Remy taught meh." She replied as Jubilee walked into their room. Rogue stayed outside for a second.
"Come into the bathroom, Ah wanna talk ta ya." Rogue whispered to Remy.
"No problem, chere." He told her as he waled into the room.
"Is there a way you can have him teach me, I really suck at cards." Jubilee complained as she fell onto her bed. Rogue entered into the room and walked to the bathroom, where Remy was already waiting.
"Maybe." Rogue told her friend as she closed the bathroom door. Remy stood there and watched as she still faced the closed door.
"Y' alright chere?" He asked as he came closer to her. Rogue turned around, she had tears in her eyes, except these were tears of happiness and not sadness, which she had grown accustom to over the pass months.
"Ah don't know how ta say this, but thank ya so much for everyhin. Ah would never be where Ah am without ya." She said to him with a smile, he smiled back at her.
"Remy didn' really do anythin', but talk to y'. Y' did everythin' y'rself." He told her as he placed his hand on hers, but it only went through.
"No, you helped meh so much. No one would even talk ta meh, ya kept meh company and made mah life better." She told him, her smile flickered when she saw his hand pass through his. She stared down at her hand then finally looked up to see his red on black eyes looking down at her emerald ones.
Rogue placed a hand on her head. "What Ah'm tryin ta say is." She began to say, but he cut her off.
"I love y', Marie." He told her, she looked at him and smiled.
"And I love you Remy, Ah never felt like this about anyone before." She told him, making him smile.
"Have to say de same." He said to her. She was about to say something else when a yawn escaped her lips. Remy chuckled at her. "Gambit think y' should get some sleep." He told her.
"Ah think ya are right, sugah." She said with a smile as she opened the door and turned off the bathroom light. She saw Jubilee on her bed sleeping.
Rogue made her way over to her bed and laid down. Remy stood by her bedside looking down at her. "Night." He told her.
"Night, Remy." She whispered as she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Remy watched her for a hour until Jean's voice in his head. 'It's time Remy.' He heard her say and before he could ask what she meant by it, he disappeared from Rogue's bedroom.
End of Chapter 20
kyo-kitty: I never thought about that, I guess he floats sorta, but is able to touch the ground with his feet. Because Jean stood beside him and she didn't fall into hell either. Thanks for reviewing
WolvGambit Le Diable Blanc: yeah, she really does need Remy, that is the major thing about the next chapter. No need to worry, I have this fic all worked out and there is a happy ending, I don't like sad endings. Thanks for reviewing
Crash Slayer: lol, glad ya and the poodles are happy, I shall try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible. Thanks for reviewing
bored247: well he will learn he was wrong, he is needed more than he knows it. Thanks for reviewing
Cat2fat900: I have no fear of the squirrels, I got a chipmunk that likes to bite, so I am protected, kinda will be needing him for this chapter the thingy that Jean was talking about will be explained later on. Thanks for reviewing
Elle457: as ya said they have to separate eventually and thats what happened in here :( though this is not the last chapter, there is still some more to come in here. Thanks for reviewing
CalliopeMused: I love him (even though he is a made up character) and as for what is going to happen to Remy has already begun, probably going to get flamed for taking him away, but I got reasons! Thanks for reviewing
FluidDegree: she had told Jubes a bit about Remy and told her some more about him in here. It is in the chapter where Remy is about to go into Rogue's head, I believe. Not sure because the site isn't letting me see the story, I think it is that. Thanks for reviewing
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firestorm13: his powers were taken away when he came out of Rogue's head, although, now it kinda doesn't matter now :( and as for Bobby asking Rogue out, well erm. Thanks for reviewing
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swiftstar85: not going to say what I am gonna do with Remy, well I kinda took him away from Rogue, but this story will eventually have a happy ending somewhere. Glad ya like the story so far Thanks for reviewing
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