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Chapter 4 - Amour
Heels clacked on the wooden floor and suddenly Kitty poked her head round the open door. Rogue immediately jumped out of the embrace she was in with Logan and pulled the sheet tighter around her. Logan excused himself and left the room. Kitty stepped in.
"Um, was I, like, interrupting something?"
Rogue looked incredulous.
"In whaht way did ya mean thaht?"
"Well you were kinda stood there, like, hugging him in nothing but a bedsheet. That kinda thing could, like, raise questions,"
"Ewwww, Kitty! He's old enough to be ma dad, maybe grandad!
"Well, it didn't look that way. So why are you wearing a bedsheet anyway? New fashion?" Kitty sat on the edge of the bed, whilst Rogue went into the bathroom to get changed.
"No, anhd if it was, you'd be the first ta know bout it. Its cause Remy just left,"
"Ahhhhh, I see. And Logan was here because…?"
Rogue giggled gently. She would never have thought that Logan would be the one that was telling Remy to get out, keeping their secret and not telling. He was a big softie at heart.
"Ok this is going to sound weird but Logan knows bout me anhd Remy,"
There was a bang and a crash and Kitty came bursting through the door.
"It's a good job ahm ready,"
"LOGAN KNOWS!!!!!!!!"
"Ya heard me correct, but he won't tell cause he was the one who cahme up here and told Remy to get out when the Professor cahme home,"
Kitty walked back out into the bedroom and sank onto Rogue's bed.
"But he, like, found you with him right,"
"Yeah, and he was all ready to slice Remy up into lil pieces but I started crying and then Remy hugged me and the next thing Ah know, Logan's gone and then he's back, telling Remy to go. It was weird. Once Remy had gone, Ah asked him if he was gonna tell anhd he said that Ah would tell people when Ah was ready,"
"Wow,"
"Yeah, Ah know,"
They sat in silence for a short while, enjoying each others company. Rogue pottered around, just putting things away, replenishing make-up, hiding any sign that Remy had been there. She didn't need to hide them from Kitty but there was always that chance that someone would come into her room. She wasn't ready to tell just yet.
Her phone beeped suddenly.
Rogue picked it up. On the screen it read, "You have 1 new message."
Are you tired? Because you've been running around my head all morning!
Kitty read over her shoulder.
"Who sent you that?"
"Who do ya think? Who else would be able to come up with a corny line like that?"
"Remy," they sighed
(At the Acolyte Base)
Remy laid on his bed, shuffling his deck from one hand to the other. He put them together and picked the top one off the pack. The Queen of Hearts. It was magic how that one always ended up on top.
He got off his bed and walked to the window. It was only a matter of minutes until Rogue would text him back. He smiled at the expression he knew would be on her face and the exact words that he knew she would say. It would be something about it being "so corny" and "only you could think of that".
His phone beeped.
You are so corny!
He grinned.
He needed fresh air.
His motorcycle stood on its stand on the far side of the garage. He opened the garage door, put on his helmet and mounted. He kick started the engine and it roared into life.
He was soon speeding down the motorways, breaking at least a dozen speed limits. But that's how he liked it.
He loved to go fast.
He stopped downtown for a few bits and pieces. He knew that they were out of eggs for sure and possibly milk and other kitchen necessities. He parked his bike and walked to the supermarket.
That's when he saw it.
It was perfect.
(Back at the Institute)
Rogue, Kitty and Wanda sat out on Rogue's balcony, running over the morning events. Very slowly.
"So Logan didn't catch you two, well you know, having sex?" Wanda whispered the last two words as if they were illegal to say.
"For the thousandth time, no!" said Rogue, "He was leaving when Logan came in,"
"Well at least Remy isn't in tiny pieces," observed Kitty.
(At the Acolyte Base)
The box was awkward and heavy and Remy had to dump it down as soon as her walked in. He picked the box back up after he had had a breather and then hauled it into the kitchen. John sat with his head on the table, his arms dangling by his sides, giving him the look of an oversized chimpanzee. Remy dumped the box on the table next to him and started to unpack the groceries.
He looked back at John. His head was still glued to the table.
He lifted the small velvet box out of the big cardboard box and looked at the contents again. He smiled as he dropped it into his pocket.
He turned again. John still hadn't moved.
"Something wrong, mon ami?"
John looked up wearily.
"He's lovesick Gambit," said Piotr, entering the kitchen.
"Oh. Which femme has you all of a flutter?"
John's head hit the table again with a big bang.
"She's one of Rogues friends. I don't know her name," Piotr said.
"Kitty?"
"No, the redhead,"
"Who, Wanda?"
Johns head flitted back up.
"But she doesn't want me! She's so beautiful and she doesn't want me!"
John suddenly burst into big baby sobs.
Piotr looked sympathetic but Remy was too shocked to make any facial expression at all. He had never seen his best friend like this. It was frightening.
"This is what amour does to y" he whispered.
His hand slipped into his pocket and enclosed the box in his hand.
Authors Note
I love keeping you lot in suspense. What is Remy hiding? Hope you liked it!