FEARS

Rogue pushed him back suddenly, wondering what was going on. She was a little bit scared and confused over the fact that Remy was not in a coma, or at least, not standing on his own two feet. She looked at him for what felt like a long awkward moment. Then she grabbed her long trench coat and ran out of the building. Remy just stood there for a moment, a little bit shocked of his own actions, and then went chasing after Rogue. He had no clue what he was doing, or what he would he would even say to her.

Rogue kept looking back as she heard Remy calling her name, but she didn't want to talk to him. She needed time to think. He was getting closer and closer, so she quickly darted into the park and hid behind an oak tree. Remy couldn't believe that he had lost her, but Rogue kept watching him, wondering if she should talk to him. Just a few feet from where she stood, Remy paused. But then Jean made her way towards him, calling out, "Remy, what are you doing?" He looked at her a little bit puzzled.

"Remy was just looking for..."

"Rogue." she had finished his sentence.

"Oui."

"Why would you want to chase after her, when you have me right here." she sauntered over to him, closing the space between them. He just stared at her, completely oblivious to her actions. He couldn't stop thinking about where Rogue would be and how he would fix this.

"You shouldn't be trying to talk to that has been. She's not your type, you know? Think about it. She looks like a clown with that two-toned hair of hers." Jean said as she started laughing. Remy couldn't help himself from getting angry.

"Don't say dat petite."

Rogue just wanted to deck Jean so bad, but kept her position unknown.

"Why not Remy?"

"Just don't." he nearly hissed at her. Just then, Jean noticed Rogue peeking from behind the big oak. She knew that if Remy was going to be hers, she had to get rid of Rogue once and for all. She stepped even closer to Remy.

"You know, I'll be so much better than that clown ever could be." Then she leaned in and kissed Remy. Rogue felt warm tears run down her cheeks, watching for what felt like an eternity, and then ran home. Hearing Rogue's footsteps, he pushed Jean away from him. His eyes glazed over in anger.

"What was that for?" Jean asked as she swaggered back into her standing position.

"Get a clue Jean. Remy don't wanna be wit you. Don't ever kiss Remy again." then he turned and went running after Rogue again.

"You'll be sorry! I can guarantee it Remy! You will wish you never left me!" Jean called out to him. Just before she turned to walk away, she yelled out, "Hope you're happy with your little clown girl!"

Rogue ran all the way home. She couldn't believe that he would let her kiss him like that. She was so angry and confused that she wanted to scream. She walked into her house, trying desperately to avoid everyone, and headed for her room.

"You want some dinner." her mom called out.

"No mom. Ah'm fahne."

She got to her room and sat down on her bed. She wanted to cry and beat the hell out of Remy and Jean, all at once. She picked up the phone while she wiped away her tears, and began to dial Storm's number. The phone only rang twice.

"Hello."

"Hey Storm." she tried to sound normal, but the sniffle gave it away.

"What happened to you?" she asked.

"Ya know, aftah Ah ran out of the gym, Remy came aftah meh. Ah didn't want ta talk ta him...Ah didn't know what ta say or do, so Ah hid behind a tree in the park. But Jean, she came up and kissed him. He didn't push her away.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. He's such a jerk."

"Ah know, ya know Storm. Maybe Ah should just go out with Scott. He seems nahce. He wouldn't have let Jean kiss him lahke that. It doesn't mattah that Ah can't touch him. If it did, he wouldn't bothah with meh so much, right?"

"You should follow your heart." There was a moment of awkward silence between the friends, before Storm spoke up again.

"Maybe you should talk to Remy. Find out what happened."

"Ah can't do that! Ah feel stupid enough as it is. Ah shouldn't have fallen for him so easily. Let alone kissin' him."

"Yeah, but we all know about Jean and what she will do to get what she wants."

"Yeah, Ah know. Well, Ah'm gonna go ta bed sugah. Ah'll talk to ya tomorrow on the bus."

"Ok. Bye."

"Bye sugah." Rogue hung the phone up and laid down, attempting to free her mind of all of the chaos that the night brought her, before she fell asleep.

It was dark and cold. Rogue was all alone. She shivered and began to rub her arms to keep warm. Suddenly, someone grabbed her by the waist and pulled her close to them. She quickly turned around.

"Remy?" she asked.

"Chere. It's alright. Don't think about anythin'." He pulled her closer. She felt a small bit of comfort having his arms around her, as her head laid upon his chest.

"Chere, you know dat I care 'bout you. You don't have to run. I'm here for you." She looked up into his eyes. She couldn't stop the tear fall from her eye. He carefully wiped it away.

"Don't cry chere."

"But-" he interrupted her.

"Shh."

She looked up to see him leaning down, just before he kissed her gently. All of a sudden, her alarm went off. She sat up quickly, quite startled, and hit the alarm, then she rubbed her eyes, wishing to rid herself of that offensive light.

"Ah need ta stop dreamin' 'bout that boy." she mumbled. She forced herself out of bed and got herself dressed. Then she made her way to the bus stop. She wanted to do something to Jean, but didn't know what. Besides, what good would it do right now. She zipped up her coat and continued her walk. But by the time she got there, she saw the bus leaving.

"Oh great! Now Ah gotta walk ta school."

"Rogue." someone said from behind her. She slowly turned around, knowing the owner to that voice.

"Remy."