One Night Out
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SUMMAY: Rogue became Scott's savior when Jean dumped him 4 years ago, what happens when Jean comes back and Scott realizes that he still loves Jean? What will happen to Rogue, when in her distress she finds a man who has the same intentions to her as she did to Scott, will she open up for love a second time around? Or will she push back the feelings thinking that love pushed her back?
AN: Well I am back… this quite took me some time, the longest so far too… thank you to midniteangelgoth, rogue181 and dougy boy…
Yeah Remy's pretty heart broken, really bad, sorry about the scrogue hate them too but I am afraid that's just how the story goes… but trust me it will get better, I promise… let's just go knock Rogue to her senses but then again there will be no story then huh… hehehe well on to the story
Chapter 6 – Tease Me in the Hammock
Rogue didn't regret staying at the mansion, although Wanda's calls of how fun it is at L.A. with the bars and the constant jamming and not to mention 24/7 trips to the mall, is already taking its jealousy toll on her, she was still contented on being where she is right now, of course she couldn't forget that having too much fun is a no, no for her, after all her dad and step mom was just buried right and the least she could do was this very small un-sacrificial "sacrifice" and not to mention the big bonus that is coming towards her now… 'His angelic face, tall, broad shoulders and his majestic walk, anyone could fall for him' Rogue added 'This is worth missing a TRIP ALL OVER THE WORLD!' she exclaimed. It was then that she released a mouth watering sigh.
"Hey Rogue."
"Hey."
"What are you doing here all alone?"
"In case yah haven't noticed Scott, ah am always alone." She said giving away a smile
"Well that's something new." Scott said returning the favor
"What is?"
"Seeing you so- so- really I've never seen you smile- a lot."
"Yeah, well let's just say that a certain someone kinda cheered meh up yesterday."
"And I thought the Rogue was untouchable."
"Mahbeh, but sometimes other people are just plainly stupid."
"Hey, calm down now, do you know how hard it is to crack someone who's downright uncrackable."
"Uncrackable, is der even such a word?"
"…" Scott just smiled back
"What."
"Nothing, just admiring the view"
"Whatever!" Rogue said turning around and shifting her weight on the other side of the hammock, her smile hidden from Scott. 'Although her thoughts reminded her of someone whom those familiar words belong to, she only brushed them back."
Just then Rogue felt an added weight with her in the hammock, she was shocked at first, she wasn't moving at all until she felt a hand climb its way, up to her waist. It sent chills up her spine, when she recovered she turn back around only to find her face to face with Scott, only inches apart. She felt she was in oblivion but when she felt that Scott was drawing near for a kiss, she quickly rose up in a sitting position, only to find her and Scott shaking from the hammock that they are sitting on, she nearly fall of when she felt Scott's arms wrapped around her, as he settled them both.
"Careful, that is no easy way out."
"Don't yah think ah've not noticed?"
"Well you certainly don't want us both to fall off don't you?"
"Mahbeh ah don't want to fall off, but ah sure want yah to." Rogue said crossing her arms to her chest.
"Why the sudden change of mood?"
"Nothing, yah know what Scott, yer really great and all but ah really think that dis is not right… ah- ah think that yah should just leave meh be, like yah used tah before, it's all unfair."
"What is unfair?"
"This, it's unfair for everybody, for you, for Jean, my parents and… ah – just don't think that it's, ah don't know clichéd? It's really too good to beh true."
"But it isn't, I love you Rogue"
"How could yah say that? Ah mean what about Jean, just a few weeks ago, yah both were happy, just like always, yah were always together, what about that? Doesn't that mean anything to yah? You used tah say yah love her? Now yah say yah love meh too, ahm ah just like her tah yah?"
"I loved Jean, but that was the past, I was wrong and I should have seen it form the beginning, I should have seen he truth, the truth about you?" Scott said as he made his way to hug Rogue but she simply pushed away
"What if yer wrong about meh too, yah can never be sure, ah mean you've known Jean fo' the longest time, what makes yah think ah am any better?"
"To be honest I cant explain it all that much too, I just kind of felt it, like I was falling for you, actually I was feeling that for quite sometime now, and I believe when Jean broke up with me, the main reason was because she knows I've fallen real hard for you, and she just couldn't live with that, at least she told me not yet… you just have to trust me Rogue, but either way I am never gonna let you go."
"Ah trust yah Scott, it's just tha…" Scott placed a finger on her lips as he hated to discuss things like this to Rogue, because he knows he can't win especially if Rogue won't let him
"If you trust me then you'll believe me, at least let me prove myself… let me love you the way I want to, then you decide, how bout that." Rogue just nodded in reply, it's hard to contest Scott, she knew that he was too good for her, and that he won't need to prove himself cause she knows that she had already fallen for him anyway, along long time ago and if this was a blessing in disguise, she will definitely won't let it pass, after all it's not everyday that a man you really like would come up to you to profess his love, if he hurts her, she won't probably feel it, she was numb"
"Fine, ah gotta go."
"Why don't you stay for a while, sit back and relax, talk? I mean we've both been through a lot and I think that it would be great if we take the time to start… you know."
"Ahm not sure bout that… well… ah guess it's alright, well okay."
"Great"
"Okay"
"Thanks"
"Yeah ahm, thanks too Scott."
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Three months have passed since Scott came back to the Xavier institute and his every spent minute with Rogue was drawing her closer to him, and her feelings for Scott was growing till she cannot hold back his kindness anymore, she knew that he has been there for her, and she knew he must do something for him in return, something that she wants to, a long time ago; a little favor that he was asking her, since the very day he came back to the mansion.
That very day the living room was jam packed for it was Remy's birthday, everyone settled themselves to give him a very simple celebration since he doesn't want to have any; surprisingly the Cajun doesn't seem to enjoy stuffs that he usually does for quite sometime now. The Xavier school is known to have its students live in its quarters, meaning it's housing the responsibility of having different personalities within its walls, personalities that are sometimes hard to cope up with, like that of Rogue or Logan and sometimes Wanda and her boyfriend John; and Remy is not different, he was considered on the list of most unpredictable behaving students, the reason why they are still doing this celebration is because it has become a tradition to those who have come before him. They didn't think that something was up, or utterly wrong with him, they didn't noticed the gap he placed between him and Rogue because like her, he placed a gap on everyone else as well, and nobody realized the broken heart he was carrying, all except one who didn't think he has a heart anyway.
Rogue walked in the living room with a big smile on her face, Kitty was the first to notice her along side with her smile as she seems to be walking to the present table, Kitty without a word grabbed her arm and pulled her in the farthest end of the room.
"Hey like what's up?"
"What do yah mean Kitty, nothing's up"
"I don't think so, you don't like go inside rooms with a big smile on your face almost to your ears Rogue, I like know you since I don't know, really, really long… and you don't fool me Rogue."
"Why do yah want tah know anyway?"
"Well I am like worried, based on what I've seen this past few months, you've been acting rather differently, your always nice and smiling, not that it's bad, in-fact its great to see you smile, its just that its not you, since Scott came everything seems to change-"
"Kitty yer speaking tah fast"
"Oh I totally get it now, your like together now, how did that happen? Oh my gawd Rogue how can you like keep such a thing from me?"
"Whoa… wait Kit, were not together"
"But you're like getting there sooner or later… did you guys kiss?
"Sort of…"
"Oh my gawd Rogue!"
As Kitty shouted her last words, everyone in the room turned their eyes on the two teenagers
"Way tah go Kit"
"Sorry" Kitty said in a faint whisper "There is nothing here, nothing important really" Kitty said to the people that are now starring at them
"What's important?"
"Nothing, nothing" Kitty said blushing to Scott who just entered the room
Just in time, Remy entered the room while his fellow students rushed to him to give him his presents, he seems to be occupied with something else as both him and Rogue locked gazes from the other end of the room, the girl just blushed to him then she just mouthed an apologetic "happy birthday".
Rogue knew that he was somehow avoiding her for some reason that she says she doesn't know or rather doesn't want to admit. Remy has always been there for her and she knew that he had feelings for her, she wasn't just the type to open herself to anyone just yet, although she had to admit she liked Remy too it was just… maybe her feelings for him didn't get the chance to develop yet, besides she loved Scott, besides Remy was a playboy, a heartbreaker, maybe she was nothing but a challenge for him, nothing more…
As Rogue was lost in her thoughts she felt two hands grasp both her arms as she snapped out of her trance she looked at the person on her right… "Remy" she said then the grip on her left arm seems to have harden, "Scott?" the two men were now looking at each other, Scott must have got the hold on her when he was talking to Kitty, and as for Remy, well come to think of it he was coming towards her right after she mention her very famous "happy birthday- with an I am sorry look" to him, they must have taken her both arm at the same time.
"Scott wait a second okay, ah just need tah speak tah Remy fo' a while"
"Just make it fast" with that said Scott placed a peck on her cheeks that grew redder at the moment.
Remy was shocked at Scott's actions but then he decided to brush it away, he has to put matters at hand now, especially since Rogue chose to talk with him 'Remy be dealing with Summers later.' He said as he offered his arm to Rogue
"Chere?"
Rogue just nodded as the headed out towards the garden
"Why do ya want to speak ta Remy chere?"
"Can we like sit down first?"
"Of course, Remy wants ta get comfortable ta ya know"
"Right, still de charmer. Why don't we go tah mah hammock"
"Sure chere? You en Remy sit together non?"
"Of course not! There is a bench there remember."
"Oui, Remy just thought Ya want ta."
"Dream on LeBeau" Rogue said jokingly as she sat on the bench near her hammock
Before sitting down Remy noticed something on one of the tree barks, drawn on a heart were the names of Rogue and Scott. 'Couldn't be bold enough, this man ever heard of initials that doesn't make it too obvious?' Remy thought to himself, one thing is for sure, they are together and they sure a not keeping a secret out of it.
"So why did ya ask fo' moi?"
"Ah want tah give yah something"
"Present??"
"Well no and yes…"
"Chere ya lost Remy there."
"Well this is yah present" Rogue said handing him a small box with matching red and green ribbons
"Can Remy open it?"
"Of course"
Remy opened the box and to his surprise inside was a silver key chain in a form of a playing card, the king of hearts, on the other side of the card engraved a name; Gambit was written on it.
"Really cute chere"
"Well ah figured yah like it, ah used tah remember yah call yerself the "king of hearts." And the gambit thing was well, that was for every single person yah gambled with, every single one who lost because of yah."
"Right chere, thanks… my queen"
"Remy about that?"
"What is it?"
"Ah also ask yah tah come here tah give yah this." Rogue said as she held out her hand exposing a playing card, "the queen of hearts"
"Why chere?"
"Ah figured dat yah could give it tah someone, more deserving of da title."
"But yer ma queen chere"
"Ahm sorry but ah've got someone else in mah heart Rems, it just wouldn't be possible, anymore" Rogue said as she placed the card in Remy's closed fists
"D'accord chere"
"…"
"Ah just hope dat Scotty will take care of ya more that ah could, because hurt ya and ah promise he won't be able ta get near ya." Then Remy just walked away.
Rogue just stared at the ground for the moment, 'I am really sorry Remy' she thought as she sat at her hammock once more, then a lone figure came into the picture and sat down right beside her.
"What happen?"
"Nothin sugah… just bad news"
"How bad."
"Nothin important."
"What are you doing here all alone then?"
"Just enjoyin the peace and quiet."
"Guess you won't be doing that more often"
"And why is dat?"
"Cause I'll always be here by your side, I'll make sure you'll never leave my sight."
"Yeah since when?"
"Since you said yes…"
"Funny ah don't remember ever saying that… whoa" Rogue started laughing as Scott tickled her.
"Fine… okay… stop it Scott… ah said stop… fine… yes…"
"What?"
"Ah said… yes."
"Really?" Scott said as he let go of Rogue
"Yeah you heard meh, ah said yes."
Scott froze in the moment but suddenly hugged her and then they locked gazes after, they shared a very passionate kiss, a kiss that made and broke the lives of three people bound to share the fate of love.
Later that night Rogue went inside her room very happy, she was lost in her thoughts with Scott, muttering how she can't believe it that they are now together as she plopped herself in her bed. She was rampaging her pillows as her hand toppled on something hard… 'my book' she said as she realized that she just finished reading her book last night, as she looked at it, it wasn't a s book, it was a sketch book covered in black and red. She opened it and was shocked to see Remy's hand writing on it,
Chere I am sorry, I just didn't think that I'd fall for you this hard, Is it my fault I fell for you, that in the process of being friends wit you I found you extraordinary? I don't think so, if they blame me, let them because I meant it when I said I love you, but when the time comes that you'll be the one to push me away, I'll say its okay, because it would be worthless if you don't feel the same, but let me love you, the way I want to, because that's what I really feel for you. But don't worry. I'll leave if that's for the best I just couldn't let you go, and I couldn't promise that I'll behave, but I promise I'd still be here for you, if you need me you know where to find me… I'll stay in your heart, that way I'll never leave
Rogue just stared on the sketch pad, and on the words Remy wrote, he has never been so emotional before. It was then that she noticed something that fell in the pad… 'the playing card' at the back of it were the words… Sorry, didn't think I'd found somebody else for this… my queen of hearts. Then Rogue heard a motorcycle go on right outside, she quickly went to her balcony then she saw Remy mounted on his bike, he looked at her room, astonished at finding her staring at him. With tears in her eyes, then he just waved goodbye, as he fled off the mansion.
Well that's it for chapter 6… that took some time huh… hope you'll like this chappie… well you know what to do… go press review (.)