AN: Sorry for the extremely long wait between updates but here is another chapter. I wish I had a better excuse but real life gets in the way and writers block is a drag. I'm going to try to update everyone of my stories.

Disclaimer: Once again just because I don't own or make money from writing this story. The only thing I own is Autumn and Sasha.

Ch 8

Autumn hid for a week, trying to control the rage and sadness that she had managed to push back for the last twenty years. Everyone of the X-Men had come to her room trying to get her out and for almost a week she had ignored them. Even the Professor had tried to get her out and all that he found was a void in the room. Autumn had left the mansion the first day and returned that night. Every day since she repeated the process. Needing the escape from all of the emotions rolling by her door she waited till the residents had settled down for the night before returning.

Every time someone had come anywhere near her door they had flooded her with sadness and remorse. All of the students were curious of what had all of the teachers absent and distracted. Classes had been canceled for the week but the students weren't overly excited by the news. They could see the mood of all the teachers. Worry filled the mansion and no one knew what to do to dispel the cloud of depression hanging over the place like a dense cloud.

Logan, Remy and Rogue took turns patrolling the hallway outside her door, praying that they might get a sign of life out of the room. Logan had spent most of the time, that he wasn't prowling, in his room coming to term with all the memories that he had regained since meeting Autumn. He knew that there was more to learn but coming to grips with them was harder than he'd ever thought it would be. He had known that is past was filled with fighting but never this much. Now he felt that he didn't deserve any of the friendships that he had made. Rogue was now just far to innocent for him now. He didn't want any of the darkness on his soul to even get a chance to stain hers.

Rogue was upset that Autumn was locking herself away to deal with it all alone but what hurt her the most was that Logan was also avoiding her. She would have understood if he'd at least told her but since the night of them meeting in the Professors office Logan had just turned from her and that hurt more than she would have ever guessed. For the past year Logan and her had been having this really great relationship and a weird sort of flirting but now he left the room when she entered and hadn't even said word to her. The most she got now was a shrug or a shake of his head.

Remy was worried about his Angel. He knew that sometimes when you exposed your past that it came back to bight you. It had taken him a long time before he had told anyone here about his past. The only one who knew his whole story was himself and that his how he was going to keep it. Not even the Professor knew it all he knew enough and had trusted Remy. Autumn had exposed enough in his opinion but he knew that there was more that she needed to tell and that this week she was coming to grips with it herself before she let everyone know. Remy wasn't ashamed to admit that he was curious but he wouldn't push her.

In the woods surrounding the mansion Autumn was perched in a tree with Sasha stretched out under her. Looking out over the grounds surrounding her she smiled as she watched some of the younger students running around playing with each other. All of them were mutants and none of them were ashamed of it, none of them were hiding it. This was something she had always wanted when she was a child. A sanctuary were she was excepted, where she could have learned to harness her powers and just learn. Without all of the prejudice, anger and fear that she had known.

She knew that these children didn't understand just how dangerous the outside world was and for that she was glad. No child should ever have to grow up so quickly or loss their innocents like she had. Charles had done so much more than he would ever know. He had given these little angels the chance to grow up without learning anger, hatred, fear or pain. Autumn continued to watch them play and laughed at their antics. A since of peace enveloped her and she relaxed for the first time in a week.

A noise below her alerted her that her hiding spot had been discovered. Looking down she saw a little girl below her rubbing all over Sasha and he was loving the attention. Autumn watched her as she gave Sasha a thorough belly rub and she decided to join her. Dropping down from her little nest she chuckled from behind the little girl that was playing with Sasha.

"Hello little one," she greeted her and nearly laughed when they tripped over the prone wolf.

"Hi." The little girl was about five years old with pink hair and bones protruding from her forehead said shyly. "Is he yours? What's his name?"

"Yes, in a way. His name is Sasha and he's a wolf." Autumn said crouching down to the girl's height. "My name is Autumn what's yours?"

"Sarah." She said as she went back to rubbing Sasha's silky fur. Sasha had groaned wanting more attention. "How did you get a wolf. Mr. Logan says that they are wild and will never be tamed."

"He's right wolves are very wild. Sasha though is special and he's been with me since he was a pup." Autumn knelled down to pet Sasha as well knowing that that would make the little girl more comfortable.

"Really, how did you get a wolf puppy?"

Sarah's face was the classic look of surprise. Big eyes and open mouth. Autumn chuckled and reached across Sasha to gently shut her mouth. Looking at the little girl she thought over a more gentle way to explain how she got Sasha. Pushing a loose strand of pink hair behind her ear she told her.

"A few years ago I was living in the woods. The snow was just starting to melt and the flowers, trees and animals where just starting to come out of hiding from Winter. I was walking around looking for some early berries and I heard a noise." Autumn looked at Little Sarah to see that she was staring at her in wonder. Stroking Sasha's side she thought back to that day.

"Well what was the noise?" Sarah's voice was high pitched with excitement. Chuckling Autumn continued.

"It was the sound of a shot gun blast. I raced to the sound to see what the hunter had shot. Living out in the woods for so many years I learned how to track sounds. When I got closer to where the shot had been fired I heard another one. BANG. I froze not sure if it was a good idea to track the sound anymore but I was so hungry because in winter it's hard to find food and fresh meat is even harder to catch."

Autumn looked up again and saw that there were a few more children sitting around Sarah and Sasha. Smiling at them she let them know that it was alright and watched them settle down on the ground around her. Sarah had scooted closer to her. Laying her hand on Marrow's back she started talking again.

"My stomach was tied in knots because the hunter might try and shoot me too. So I was very careful and made no sound as I got closer to where the shot came from. I was on a small hill behind the hunter when I spotted him. I got on my belly and crawled closer, being very careful to not make any noise. I crawled to the very edge of the hill and looked down at the hunter. He was very scary to see. Tall and big. With broad shoulders and covered in the furs of other animals he still had his smoking gun in his big hands. At his feet was..."

Autumn looked and saw that even more children had circled around her. All of them were staring at her in rapt attention, their eyes were big and their faces showed that she had them hanging on her every word. Looking over the younger kids' heads and seeing some of the teenagers that had been in the hall earlier in the week. They were just as curious as the little ones. Playing with Sarah's lovely pink hair since the girl had rested her head in her lap she kept going.

"A big momma wolf. She was almost as white as the snow and there was a puddle forming under her. I could see the entrance into her den. She was trying to get food for her new pups and this hunter had followed her back home. I knew that in her den was babies so I watched and waited. I had lived in these woods for years and had come to know most of the animals in it. I figured I'd wait until the hunter left and check on her pups, but I was wrong. I stayed on my little hill and I heard a puppy bark. No, I knew that if I'd heard it so had he.

I didn't want him to get to the puppies but I didn't have any weapons. I didn't know what to do. I crept closer to the edge and tried to get to the hunter I figured I could distract him and save the pups. The hunter crouched and started to go for the entrance of the den, I knew I had to do something or the babies wouldn't make it. So I ran at the hunter as quietly and quickly as I could. When I got close to the hunter I grabbed the butt of his shot gun and pulled it out of his hands. He was surprised and I didn't have a lot of time to think so I tossed it into the trees. Now the hunter was big and I'm not so much."

Autumn paused when she heard some of the kids laugh at that. Looking out over all of the faces gathered around she saw that it was almost the entire school, including the X-Men and Xavier. Smiling at the younger children who were pleading for her to continue she nodded and followed their request.

"Where was I... oh yes. Well the hunter started to yell at me. 'Who are you? Why did you take my gun?' I just looked past him and into the den I could hear a pup crying. I didn't know what to say so I just tried to get past him and into the den, but the hunter wasn't happy with me and grabbed me by the hair. 'Little girl I demand you answer me.' He growled pulling me by my hair away from the den and the crying pup. Now my mutation just like all of yours gets a little harder to control when I'm angry and I was furious.

I turned to him and my powers were in full display. Red eyes, fangs and wind swirling around me fast and hard enough to knock him off balance. I managed to pulled myself out of his grip and get away from him. When he saw me he screamed in fear and ran away. Yelling the whole time about a devil woman. I watched him until I was sure he was gone and crawled into the den. In the back on a pile of long grass and molted fur were four pups none of them were moving. I knew I had at least heard one of them crying out but there was blood all over the matting they were nestled on. Thinking them all dead I crawled back out of the cave and found a big branch and started to dig in the still frozen ground."

Autumn paused to look at all the children that surrounded Sasha and she. Judging from there how close she could actually get to the truth, seeing some of the younger ones tear filled eyes she knew that she would need be a little gentler. Looking at the teens and the adults she saw that they were still paying attention. Sarah soft snore made her smile she wasn't the least bit offended that the little girl had fallen asleep. Sasha curled up closer to her and the girl to keep them warm.

"Once I had the hole deep enough to bury the mother and her pups I gently set the mother in and went to collect the pups. Crawling back into the den I grabbed the pups and put them into the folds of my clothes and made my way back out. I had laid the mother in a natural position to feed her babies and places each one of them next to her body. I went back in a collected some of the bedding from inside and covered the mother and her young and started to push the snow and dirt back into the grave. I marked it with the stick that I had used to dig out the grave."

Autumn paused to see what the children would say and didn't have to wait long to hear their cries for answers. Sarah was the one that spoke up first surprising her, since the child had been asleep in her lap.

"Ms. Autumn you said you were going to tell me how you got Sasha." Sarah's little face looked angry that she hadn't got her answer. "How did you get Sasha?"

Autumn heard the gasp of the crowd and looked at the adults. Xavier and Storm's faces were filled with shock not understanding and not wanting to upset Sarah Autumn looked back at the child and smiled. Autumn caressed Sarah's face with the backs of her fingers.

"Yes ma'am. Well when I was done covering up the mother and her pups night had fallen and since it was still early spring the temperature dropped quickly. It would take me to long to get back to my little hovel so I crawled back into the den. There I was safer than I would be outside and the den was protected from the elements. I crawled to the back where there was still some of the nesting bed left and curled up to wait for morning. As I was dozing off I felt something moving near me."

"It was Sasha wasn't it, Ms. Autumn?" Sarah blurted out. Autumn and the others chuckled at her outburst.

"Let me continue and we'll see. I was surprised and thought for a moment that I might me some sort of rodent or an animal that could hurt me. The cave was dark and though my night vision is very good, in the pitch black all I could see was some of the grass and fur moving. I was a little scared but I brushed the bedding out of the way and saw a little fuzz ball scooting across the cave floor. I smelled blood and heard a little cry and I knew that this must one of the mothers pups that had survived. I picked it up and rolled him up under my coat and moved to the front of the cave to get some light to check him over. When I got there the moonlight was coming through the clouds and I could see that the pup was wounded. I ripped a piece of my shirt and balled it up with some snow that was at the front of den and used it to wipe some of the blood so that I could see his wound better. Once I had it cleaned up a bit I bit into my finger pretty hard and put it to his mouth and waited. It didn't take long for him to start liking at it."

Sarah interrupted Autumn again to ask a question. "Ms. Autumn why did you give Sasha your blood?"

"Well Sarah part of my mutation is that I heal quickly from most any injury. So I let Sasha have my blood so that his wound would heal. I also gives me a connection to him so I can tell what he's feeling and he can understand me better." Autumn saw a lot of the students and teachers nodding and continued.

"Once he started I moved back into the cave and curled up around him and continued to reopen the wound on my finger and waited for dawn. I slept a little that night and the next morning I began the journey back to my place and checked my traps along the way. I was lucky most of them had food and I knew that I was going to need it for both me and the pup. Once he was healed up Sasha became my companion and we haven't parted since."

Autumn looked at all of the people gathered and nodded to them. Sasha moved back and let Autumn rise from the ground with her burden. Sarah had a death grip on Autumn and wouldn't let her go. So Autumn hoisted her up on her hip and made the long trek back to the mansion. A large group of the children circled her and followed her back to the kitchen, chattering and talking the whole way. The X-Men followed behind the group of children talking amongst themselves whilst listening to Autumn and the children talk and joke.

Autumn and her group made it back first and started the kids on helping her to make dinner. Autumn had some of the kids getting ingredients, others were getting pots and pans and some where just sitting around on the floor around her talking to her and asking her question. Storm, Charles, and Remy were amazed at her patience. Even though all of them cared for the children they got tired of the chatter but Autumn seemed to just go with the flow. Stepping over legs and caring on a conversation while still being able to get dinner started and stop some arguments.

Charles and Storm were still shocked by the fact that Marrow or Sarah was sitting on the counter and talking to Autumn. The poor child had been silent since she was rescued from the attack on her home. Marrow was once with a community of mutants that called themselves the Morlocks. The Morlocks had lived in a system of sewer tunnels under New York City, they had lived there because none of the mutants could pass for human. Almost everyone of them had a visible mutation that made it impossible to live with humans. Almost a year ago the majority of the Morlocks had been wiped out in the Mutant Massacre. Marrow had watched as Angel had been mauled by Marauders. Remy had been the one to save Marrow and bring her and himself to the Institute. Remy had been severely wounded fighting off the very people he had led into the Morlocks home.

Since the day she had arrived Marrow or Sarah hadn't said a word. Nor had she reached out to any of the faculty or students. She spent her days normally hiding out in the woods or locked in her room drawing. So when Charles had seen the little girl's rapt attention on their newest member he had been amazed. Now as he watched the way that Ms. Muhn and Sarah interact he was amazed. Charles paid close attention to Ms. Muhn and the way that no matter what any of the children around her said she always answered them and paid closer attention to anything that Sarah said. Autumn was always touching Sarah, whether it was her hair, skin or even the bone protrusions in her face. Sarah was smiling as Autumn called her ma pétale rose.

Soon the residents of the institute were drawn to the scents emanating from the kitchen. In a short time Autumn had managed to whip up a real feast for dinner, even if the kitchen was flooded with most of the younger students. Autumn had kept them entertained with stories from her travels around America and Canada with Sasha. Most of the adults couldn't believe how she was able to hold them captive while still managing to move around and cook without missing a step or getting frustrated with the children.

"Bon Appétit." Autumn called as some of the older children helped her to bring out the food and plates to the dining room.

Everyone was impressed with the meal. Conversations flowed around the table mostly Autumn talked with the children that had surrounded her. Charles and Storm thought that it was hilarious that they had flocked to Autumn. Logan, Rogue, and Remy sat across from her so that they could join in the conversation and listen to Autumn's stories that she continued to tell.

Sarah was also talking more but she only seemed to address Autumn. They knew that it would take time for her to open up to more people but for now this was at least a step in the right direction. Logan was asked to tell some stories about his travels but since he didn't think that they were appropriate for them to hear he declined. Remy who seemed to be the only other person that Sarah talked to told some very adventurous stories that had them all laughing and waiting on baited breathe. Rogue told some funny stories from her childhood and had them all laughing.

Dinner passed to quickly for some and others were glad to be able to escape the high pitched voices. As it was a school day the youngest traveled off to bed. Sarah remained at the table with Autumn. It seemed that the little girl didn't want to leave her new friend's side and no one had the heart to make her. So Autumn sat at the table with her while the teenagers cleaned up from dinner.

The adults sat around the table telling their own stories of childhood. Beast and Storm had made some coffee and everyone was enjoying the atmosphere around the table. For now everyone had the opportunity to just relax and share. Autumn was sitting with her arm loosely across Sarah as the little girl yawned and snuggled into her side. Charles smiled when he saw how much the child was warming up to the woman. He knew that this was a good thing for the both of them but all to soon Autumn took the girl up to her room to sleep.

Before they got up Sarah stood up on the bench to whisper in Autumn's ear. Autumn laughed and nodded her head to whatever it is that the girl had asked and whispered back to her. Sarah cheered and wrapped her tired body around Autumn who carried her out of the room. As they left Logan watched the woman and child exit and then chuckled at what the child had asked. Everyone was curious and pestered him to no end until he finally gave in.

"Little one ask Autumn if she would read her a story and if the wolf could sleep with her tonight so that he would keep her bad dreams away." Logan looked at others and saw that the rest of them where still waiting for the punch line. "Autumn came up with a better idea. She told Sarah that she could sleep in her room with both of them to keep the dreams away."

Charles felt that that was a good idea and nodded his head, along with the rest of the adults at the table. Since tomorrow was a school day and everyone had classes to teach they all decided to go to bed as well. The group wished each other a good night and left for their own beds. Autumn walked to her room with a small smile on her face. Sarah was fast asleep in her arms and her hot breathe tickled her neck. Sasha followed behind, his mistress and the child, guarding the two of them.

Once they entered the room Autumn placed Sarah in the middle of the bed and Sasha laid down to watch over her. Smiling at the picture of her wolf and the child Autumn shook Sarah gently to let her know that she would be back soon and that Sasha was on guard. Sarah nodded and Autumn walked to the room next to hers and knocked. Remy answered and was shocked to see that Autumn was outside his door.

"What can Remy do for you chere?" Remy asked once he got over the shock. Autumn was a little flustered at his appearance, he'd answered the door shirtless.

"Do you know where Sarah's room is?" Autumn asked staring into his red on black eyes so as not to be distracted by his body. "I wanted to make sure she had a change of clothes in the morning but she fell asleep before I could ask her."

"Oui, just give me a moment and I'll show you." Remy left the door open as he went back into his room to grab a shirt. "I was just about to step into the shower when you knocked."

"Sorry I bothered you." Autumn said while trying not to watch his muscles flex as he pulled on the shirt.

"It's no problem chere." Remy came back to the door and smiled at Autumn. "You ready?"

Autumn blushed a bit at being caught staring at him. "Yeah, I don't want to leave her alone to long."

"I understand." Remy guided her to the second floor girls wing. His enhanced night vision making it easy for him to navigate the dark halls. "So how have you been?"

"Okay I guess. I think that bringing up all of those memories just brought out some nightmares of my own." Autumn looked around the halls.

"I know what you mean. When I first got here I was afraid to tell anyone about my past for the same reason." Remy looked over at Autumn. "It took me far longer to share even a bit of what you have already."

Remy steered Autumn to the door to Sarah's room. Autumn didn't turn on the light so as not wake the other occupant. Looking for the empty bed she spotted the dresser that went with it and grabbed a couple of things and a toy on the bed. Remy watched Autumn quickly gather some of Sarah's things and leave the room. Remy smiled when he saw the toy that Autumn had grabbed. He had given the toy to Sarah right after he rescued her. Autumn exited the room without disturbing the other occupant.

"So chere, have you decided what you're going to do?" Remy asked as they made their way back to the third floor.

"Yeah, if Xavier still wants me to stay then I will." Autumn followed Remy taking the time to check him out without his knowledge. "I want to be able to help the younger mutants out. Especially the ones that have had to deal with the prejudice of the outside world."

"Yeah you'd probably be one to better understand them and help them to learn how to coup." Remy looked over his shoulder and knew that Autumn was staring at him. He felt himself flush, glad that it was so dark so that she wouldn't see. "What about the offer to join the X-Men?"

"Maybe, I'm not so sure that I want to be fighting that much again. If I absolutely have to then I will or if I'm really needed, but to be honest I'm tired of fighting." Autumn looked down at her feet before she replied. "I've been fighting for so many many years. Ya know?"

Remy nodded his head, he knew how much he'd fought but if given the chance he'd stop too. As they made their way down the hall to their rooms Remy looked back at Autumn and noticed the haunted look on her face again. An impulse came over him and he was a man that followed his impulses. Outside her door he stopped her before she could go in.

Autumn froze when Remy's hand settled on her arm. Looking up into his unique eyes she saw his intentions and for the life of her she couldn't find the will to stop him. Instead she helped him, moving into his body she waited. It didn't take Remy more than a second to realize to gesture. He ran his hand up her arm to her shoulder and his other hand moved to the small of her back pulling her in more. Autumn sighed when her body seemed to mold itself into his. Looking up she unconsciously slipped out her tongue to moisten her lips. Remy followed the quick movement and brought his head down.

Warmth and home. That's the words Autumn would use to describe the feeling of his lips on hers. The gentle first kiss was something that she'd never really known. She heard a sigh and wasn't sure who'd made it. All Autumn could think of was how this was what she had been searching for, for so many years. She dropped the items she was holding so that she could wrap her arms around Remy's shoulders. Pushing herself up to her tiptoes to press more firmly into his body.

Remy groaned when one of Autumn's hands raked through his hair and pulled her tighter to his body. Remy could feel his pulse speed up as he deepened the kiss and ran his hands over her back. One of his hands tangled in the loose hair at the base of her skull, he relished the silk of it sliding through his rough fingers. Using that grip he angled her head and brushed her lips with the tip of his tongue.

Autumn let soft breathe and met his tongue with hers. As the heat of the kiss intensified Remy started to feel a warm wind swirl around them. Autumn's powers were answering her emotions. The scent of wood smoke, roses and leather circled them in the breeze. As their tongues began to dance together a noise tried to filter into their brains. Autumn and Remy simultaneously began to pull apart gasping for breath.

The sound reached Autumn first and she hissed, her vivid red eyes and fangs boldly defined in the darkened corridor. Remy reacted to the sound as well. A deck of cards appeared in his hands, the magenta glow a stark contrast to darkness around them. They nodded to each other and ran into the room behind them. Sasha was growling low in his throat standing on the foot of the bed. Sarah was screaming, tears pouring down her face. She was trapped in a night terror. Bones where rapidly pouring out of her little body. Autumn and Remy released their anger and moved cautiously towards the girl. They picked their way carefully across the room dodging bone spears that flew out of the poor frightened child. Autumn looked at Sasha and Remy watched as the wolf stopped growling and moved into the bathroom. Remy was amazed at her speed, one second she was beside him and the next Autumn was on the bed with Sarah in her arms.

Remy watched in awe as Autumn braved the deadly bone protrusions and rocked the Sarah, whispering to her. Remy made his way to the bed and settled to the side and ran his hand up and down the girls back. After a few moments they both let out a relieved sigh, Sarah was calming down. Remy turned so Autumn could remove the now destroyed clothes and put her into a nightgown that she had brought.

"You can turn around now Remy." Autumn called as she settled the girl under the blanket that had escaped destruction. "Does that happen often?"

"Not that I know of." Remy answered as he turned to look at the two of them. "Mon duie!"

"What?" Autumn asked as she watched Remy's face turn white.

"Look." Remy pointed to Autumn's chest and arms.

Autumn looked down while Remy raced to Beast's room. Her chest, stomach and arms were bleeding. Sarah's bones had cut into her and few were really deep. Now that she saw them she could feel the pain. Focusing on her powers she managed to stop the blood flow by the time Beast, Remy, Xavier, and Logan ran into the room. Everyone was shocked at the damage Autumn had sustained.

"I'm alright everyone." Autumn tried to reassure them but she hadn't fed in a week and now she had lost a lot of blood.

Everyone of them watched as she eyes turn violet and her lisp came with the fangs. Logan and Remy knew that face, she was going to feed and the both of them moved in closer while trying to get everyone out the room. None of them would move all transfixed by her physical changes. Logan and Remy moved closer to her, both of them willing to let her feed off of them to heal herself.

"Stay back, we've both fed her." Logan ordered over his shoulder. "I don't want any of you to make her attack."

While all this was going on more people had spilled into the room. Autumn still sat on the bed, next to Sarah, looking at the two men that were inching closer to her. Autumn started to hiss and flash her fangs at them, the feeding haze keeping her from recognizing them. Both men stopped their advance watching as Autumn curled her own body over Sarah. Understanding was over them, she thought they were going to take the girl and was protecting her.

"Chere, we not going to hurt you or the girl." Remy drawled trying to get Autumn to calm down. "We be friends and you need to feed."

Autumn stopped hissing and took a few deep breaths. Logan and Remy watched as her body posture relaxed, she knew their scents. Autumn uncurled her body from Sarah and left the bed. Walking toward them. Once she was in range she started sniffing again. First Logan and then Remy. Autumn could feel her blood in both of them, she'd fed from them both.

Logan stiffen unconsciously remembering the pain and lust from the first time she'd fed off of him. The thought of the pain didn't stop him it was the lust that she pushed at him. It wasn't for her that he felt that way. It was Rogue, he was finally coming to accept his feelings for the young woman and to feel lust for another brushed his fur wrong.

Remy on the other hand just wished that he could be alone with Autumn if she fed from him. He loved the feelings that she invoked on him and none of them were forced. He loved the delicacy that she used. The whole ritual that she had, from the kisses, licks, and the humming, all of it. Remy's body flushed at the memory. His heart and blood pumping faster and faster. He barely kept from cheering when Autumn moved up to him.

Autumn tilted her head as she watched the two men. Both of them were willing to let her fed from them but only one was excited by it. The one that smelled of trees and cigars would do it but he didn't want to. The other one that smelled like leather and energy wanted to and his body was getting ready to feed her. Even in this haze she knew that she didn't want to force anyone to feed her. So she moved to the one that wanted it and felt his excitement.

Logan nearly shuddered when Autumn passed him to get to Remy. Instead he moved back to the wall with the others and watched, ready to jump in if needed. Everyone watched closely as Autumn pushed Remy into a chair and followed him down. Autumn didn't mind that other people watched as she fed, Stryker had watched her many times. It became a game to him how much could he starve her and drain until she killed the one that fed her.

Autumn growled at the thought and shuddered trying to push it away. Instead she focused on Remy and the blood pumping through his veins. Straddling his hips she pinned him to the chair. Sitting on his thighs and caressing his arms with her hands she moved her face into his neck. Running the tip of her nose over the side of his throat. She nuzzled him and leaned up to whisper into his ear.

"Thank you."

Remy didn't get a chance to reply before he grabbed her hips and arched up into her. She was kissing up from the crook were his neck met his shoulder to just under his ear. Her tongue ran over the vein that pulsed and followed it to the crook again. Remy smothered a moan as she sucked it into her mouth and hummed. He barely felt the pinch of her fangs sliding into his skin.

Autumn focused all of her attention on the man beneath her. She liked him and didn't want to make him feel like a convenient meal because to her he was much more. Autumn groaned as the energy fueled blood filled her mouth. She felt him moan as well and his grip on her hips tightened enough that she knew she'd have bruises, but she didn't care. Instead she left her body take over as she fed. Her hands start running over all of him that she could reach. Fingers tunneling into his warm hair at the base of his skull. She quickly learned that he really enjoyed that. His moans and involuntary arches and squeezes increased as she ran her nails over the area.

Too soon for them both she drank her fill and started to retract her fangs. Autumn ran her tongue over his neck and shoulder to collect all the blood that had escaped her mouth. Looking at his neck she smirked when she saw the 'love bite' a mark that claimed him to be hers. Sitting up in lap she felt the evidence of Remy's arousal and it fueled hers as well. Pulling back to look him in the eyes she smiled at his daze and happy expression.

Remy blinked the clouds of lust out of his eyes and grinned at Autumn who was watching him. He thought she was beautiful even though her eyes matched his. Without any thought he reached up to tuck some loose strands of her hair back behind her ear. Smiling brightly when she nuzzled into his wrist and kissed his pulse point. Both of them leaned in to kiss when the people watching decided to announce themselves. An amused cough filled the air and both of them spun to face the others, identical blushes on their grinning faces.

"Now that the excitement had passed I think it's wise for us all to head off to bed," Charles was smiling when he said it. "Ms. Muhn will you meet me in my office after breakfast?"

Autumn hadn't moved except to nod in answer to the Professor. Logan, Beast, Storm, and Rogue were grinning at the pair that still hadn't untangled themselves before exiting the room. Sasha was the one to finally make them separate. He grabbed the back of Autumn loose shirt and literally pulled her off Remy's lap. Both of them chuckled at Sasha's act. Remy got out of the chair and reached down to help Autumn up from the floor.

"I guess that was an unsubtle hint for use to stop." Remy asked when he'd pulled her up and into his arms.

"Yeah, and their probably right." Autumn looked back over to the bed and looked a Sarah. "It wouldn't be right to continue with her in the room."

"You are correct," Remy leaned down for a quick but heated kiss. "but can we continue this tomorrow?"

Autumn wrapped her arms around Remy's neck and pulled him down for a toe curling kiss. She reluctantly pulled back and smirk at his expression.

"What do you think?" Remy blinked at her blinding smile and nodded.

"Tomorrow then chere," Remy asked as he walked backwards to her door.

"Oui!" Autumn grinned when he collided with the door frame. "Bonne nuit, Rémy."

AN: Sorry for all of those who may have already read this chapter but I messed up. Now it's fixed and I hope you all enjoy it. Reviews are always welcomed.

Translations:

Bonne nuit= Good night

Oui=Yes

ma pétale rose= My pink petal