She sat with her head on her knees on the large window sill in the living room, her eyes still pure black closed tightly as if fighting off tears.
"Hey kid" Logan sat down next to her and as he went to touch her arm was shocked by her still energy and pulled back.
"Don' touch ma Grandpe" she said her voice sounding not her own
"Now listen kid your mother, the untouchable one as many called her would say the same thing but ya think that stopped me no" Rachael turned her head around and looked him in his eyes with her black ones, her bottom lip quivered and a steady stream of tears began to fall. Logan wrapped his bear like arms around her and pulled her into his lap. He hushed her soothingly but it did little good to make her tears nor shaking come to an end.
"I--didn't--mean--to—to—hur--rt—her" she cried burying her face into his chest
"Shhh I know Rach its alright" he held her there for what seemed like an hour before her body stopped shaking and her tears had stopped but he did not let go of her. He sat still on the sill rocking back and forth holding her until Beast walked over to him.
"Logan why don't you take her to your room to sleep"
"Why?" he asked taking a defensive tone
"Because" he began "she's gone" he smiled down at her now brushing away a piece of her hair that had fallen into her eyes
Rogue clung tightly to his neck which was luckily covered, Remy smiled as Rogue opened her eyes and looked up at him a grim look on her face "One get that smug look off yer face, two get yer grimy hands off ma ass and tree ya can put ma down now!" she yelled forgetting completely that they were not off the grounds yet
"Remy will jus as soon as we be past dem gates ma chere" and without letting Rogue have her chance to argue back he began speeding across the lawn. Rogue closed her eyes tightly and held the Cajun tighter. She was shocked however when they had stopped suddenly, when she chanced looking up at him his smug smile was there once more. Rogue flung herself out of his arms and down to the ground; he caught her before she hit it to her disliking however. "Ya look fer any reason ta touch ma don' ya?"
Remy smiled at her as he helped her up but then his face fell and he looked more serious as he starred up at the stars above.
She didn't want to anything else she wanted to do more but despite herself she said "Ahm sorry Remy that wasn't kind of ma"
Remy glanced down at her smiling as well but it was not a cocky one but a true one "Ya ma be untouchable chere but dat don mean that yer heartless" she looked at him confused now "don' have ta say sorry Rogue ya say things to push people away when all ya want is ta be close but yer never gonna get that cause people fear ya"
She looked away from him now trying hard to make sure he could not see the tears in her eyes how did he know so much about ma she wondered to herself
He smiled at her and put his arm on her shoulder "Remy knows what it feels like ta be seen differently" and now, despite herself yet again Rogue let her tears fall
They walked for awhile in silence not looking at one another nor speaking, every now and then he would ask her a random question 'how's school going, what's it like living in the home of all things good, such and such' she answered without a question herself for a while until the mindless drilling began to annoy her "What's with ya?" she finally asked him her annoyance strong in her voice
"What jus askin' bout yer life sorry" he said stretching out the sorry more then it needed to be
"Ah mean" she said stopping to turn and face him "Why da ya care ahm the enemy 'member what are ya tryin' to find a weak spot that it Swap Rat?"
"Ma chere yer so full of yerself" he said walking closer to her now "ya really wanna know what Remy be planning den kiss ma"
It was a challenge and one that had caught her off guard she guessed she could just kiss him, absorb him and find out for herself---
Rogue walked towards Remy and shocking him wrapped her arms around his neck, her body touching his. He could not move his heart in his throat beating fast, He watched as she closed her eyes and came inches to his lips before stopping and whispering "No ah don' think ah will"
She pulled back then and continued to walk down the street
It took Remy a couple of seconds to regain himself before he ran after her "Why chere?" he asked "What if Remy be usin' ya er some ting?"
She smiled sweetly "Don' care" she said. Remy opened his mouth to reply but he began to feel a burning feeling in his chest he closed his eyes tightly and when he opened them again she was gone
"Remy my boy it is good to see that your alive I'll go and get Charles" Remy was in the hospital wings bed, the same one to be truthful that Rogue had been in four years ago, he sighed closing his eyes and when he opened them again there he was, rolling into the room
"Remy it is good to see you awake you've been out for two days now" Remy looked at him confused until everything all came back to him at once
He bolted upright in his bed too fast but he did not care "Rachael?" he screamed though his voice was dry and it wasn't so much of a scream as a whisper.
"Relax she is fine she saved your life ya know" he said smiling though this time it was a troubled one
"What happened" he asked and listened as they filled him in on what had taken place two days ago
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