Chapter 7
Insecurities
Remy has always made the femmes laugh and eventually cry quite easily, after all he is the renowned pleaser of the femmes. They have always been attracted to this irresistible charmer mais dieu! Remy has never seen a smile like mon Rogue's.
Remy's usual charms do not work on her and secretly Remy be glad. Besides, it is the greatest treasures that hide under the most advanced security. Getting a smile out of the Rogue is like lifting the Mona Lisa out of Le Louvre.
Well Remy guess the saying is true: once a thief, always a thief. Remy respect her too much though to think of her as any sort of trophy. Remy thinks he got a little soft spot for his Chere, they two peas out of the same gâché pod.
In the time that Remy has been at the Institute, he has noticed that out of all the belle femmes that parade around, none of their smiles can hold a candle to his Chere's. Something about the way, her eyes crinkle and her lips slightly part, her head always tilting to the side subconsciously trying to hide the slight rouge gracing her cheeks. Merde, she has this Cajun in full poetic mode!
Mabbe its all the sexual tension she causes this Cajun? Since she kissed Remy the first time Remy haven't gone to bed with anyone, m' mean yea, Remy flirt still sans un second thought, mais, seriously? Non.
Rougey still have some trust issues though, cause the last couple of days la fille been avoiding meh and Remy tries not to smother her mais dieu!
It took a lot of painful pleading (more like bribery) to get Jamie to ask Logan 'bout the bird and the Bees, so that we can have a little peace and quiet and now… nuttin.
Remy got no girl, Remy got no sheet (cause Le Rogue took it when she literally flew out the window after our 'bath') and now Remy's hand is getting sore, if ya get mon meaning.
Remy's not totally mad (damn, le chat is getting to me) at Cherie, its just really confusing to this Cajun, because one minute she's this bold vixen and the next she's this insecure petite and right now Remy is at a total loss as to how to get out of this sticky situation.
Unfortunately Rogue has been avoiding Remy since the incident yesterday, and Remy knows he only have a couple hours at least before Logan gets back from the bar to settle things with his Chere or its shish kebab à la Remy via Monsieur Logan for tonight's main course.
If he comes home to an upset Rogue well there is only one thing that will go through that little Arcadian tete of his; Rogue Sad: Cajun dun it. Ain't life super?
Dieu? Can you help this Cajun out here a little? Zut alors Remy thinks not even devine intervention can give Diable Blanc the help he needs here…
"Hello there Remy, are you ok? You look so glum." Came the sophisticated voice of the X-Men's latest recruit, Angel.
'Ha ha, funny, maismerciebeacoup Remy knows better than to be ungrateful.'
"Bonsoir Monseur Ange, Remy feels a lot worse than he looks." Clearly, above asking for help, the Ragin' Cajun did not have women problems, Remy did the only thing a man with his reputation can do, he baited the Englishman.
"Well, out with it then, if nothing else it'll help to get it off your chest." Said Angel, sliding into a seat next to the brooding bayou boy, he braced his back against the kitchen counter to face Remy.
"Seulement Remy don't talk 'bout his girls, mais this is Rogue and Remy really doesn't want to screw up here so what ever he says here STAYS here."
"No worries Remy, British men aren't renowned for their gossiping nature."
"Yeah, don't mean their purple head, telekinetic girlfriends aren't either." Said the Cjun in a semi exasperated tone.
"If you didn't want my help in the first place you would have never baited me LeBeau, so stop stalling."
"Remy doesn't need help as such, Remy jus needs to understand the fille in question mon amie. Besides if Remy recalls Le Ange got man-handled by Betsy before he officially took her out." Grinned the Cajun, in his obvious display of masculine superiority.
"This from the man who screamed like a bloody wanker after his first kiss with our previously Resident Goth" Drawled the Englishman in obvious boredom, not accepting the bait for the Alpha Male status.
"You would have too if one minute there was solid ground beneath your feet and the next, 3 feet of air." Grumbled a disgruntled Remy as his attempts of regaining his normal selfconfidence via the seemingly docile Englishman backfired.
"Look homme Remy's just at his wit's end trying to figure out Rogue-"
Rudely interrupted by a snort, the British Billionaire corrected him immediately, "See that's where you've gone wrong, you don't ever try to understand them. It's one form of masochism I do not recommend."
Sighing frustratedly Remy confessed, "I don't know how to fix this. One minute she's bold and daring and then she's…" Shrugging to complete his sentence, he can't help but feel upset.
"Remy you are quite daft at times you know that?" Ignoring his companion's agast look he continued, "Isn't it obvious? Rogue is just nervous. I mean yeah since she gained control of her mutation, she flirts without a care and she shit talks for lack of a better term. I mean as far as gossiping girlfriends go, she haven't had any real relationships, so she may talk big but physically she is pretty inexperienced as such…"
"And now she's thrown her hat into the ring of the biggest Casanova this side of the Mississippi" Concluded the quickly catching on Cajun. Sighs.
"Oh for god sakes man will you stop with the melodrama!" Said an infuriated Angle. Taking some pity on his out of character friend who was currently sporting a lost puppy look he apologised, "Sorry Remy, it's just Englishmen aren't usually exposed to this amount of emotion. Maybe it's something in the tea."
This earned a good natured smile from Remy, so Angel decided to offer his advice, "The best way to fix this is to take her out. Have you two been on an official date yet?"
"Non, not really mais Remy thought she'd appreciate a little alone time together."
Reading between the lines Angle replied, "No Remy she probably thought you just wanted to get her in bed."
"An' Remy did, mais then…"
"Then the dense fog of lust cleared and she realised where exactly she was and what exactly she was implying so she did the only thing she could do, she ran."
"Flew is more like it." Mumbled Remy.
"Listen, Rogue is a girl with a certain reputation, she understands how precious the sense of touch is and wasting it on things like one-night stands is beneath her" Angel added but before Remy could protest he added, "What you must do is prove to her that you are sincere. Assure her its not just the physical aspect you are interested in and invite her out on a real date."
Chewing his bottom lip Remy's mind went into full swing planning his evening; getting Rogue to go out with him and returning before Logan.
"Thanks mon amie, m'gonna do what you said. Au Revoir" Said Remy as he hastily retreated out of the kitchen.
"Good luck Remy!" Shouted Angle as he smiled at his friend's receding figure.
One hour later he found Rogue in the foyer chatting with some of the X-femmes. With no way to run he strolled up to her.
"Hey there Chere, you busy?"
Uncharacteristically blushing she said, "Yeah kinda, the girls and me were now heading out."
"Oh." Said Remy, disappointment lacing his voice.
"But you can totally come with us if you want Remy!" Kitty said with a suspicious twinkle in her eye.
She was promptly jabbed in her ribs by a once again blushing Rogue.
"Ouch Rogue! Besides Remy, I'm sure Rogue will love it if you came." Rogue's attempt to jab again was futile as Kitty effortlessly phased every time Rogue tried.
Grabbing Rogue by the shoulders Remy headed to the car with her in tow, "Come on Chere m' sure we can find something nice to buy you in the mall." Grinning Remy added, "You can do with some new lace, the pink ones starting to get old."
Slapping him upside the head Rouge warned, "Stay out of my draws Swamp Rat!"
To which came his cocky reply, "It's not like you stay out of mine Cherie." Happy for the moment, that peace was restored between them for the time being as they continued to banter all the way to the mall.
A/N: Yes I am alive ppl…. Sooooo sorry for the lack of updates, my pc still down, another death in the family and my cousin drove into a truck. An uncle got beaten up and robbed and his daughter was threatened with a gun to her head and I jus saw Nostradamus prediction for 2012… yay. Uni sucks, I have exams comin up, my cousin organising a laptop for me (which'l mean more updates). I'm not sure if I should continue, only got 4 reviews on the last chapt, im a horrible writer rn't i? Sob. Im sorry if this chp wasn't all that im depressed n needed an outlet. Completely diff from the last chapt promise. Sorry blame my insecurities n UltimateGammy's advice (which I totally agreed with, too much smut n no substance makes for poor writing… well something like that). Feedback is encouraging… Review PLEASE. Thanks to those who rev last chapt, this 1 was for u pretty ppl.
Delphine
