The Gift part 2
The door opened and she thought she wasn't going to be able to go through with it. She was so nervous that she didn't know what to say and now she felt kind of silly. He looked at her and she could read the confusion on his face.
"Whatcha doing here chere?"
She tried to force words to come out and that only resulted in silence. She tried again. "Ah wanted to say Ah'm sorry."
"For what?"
"You were right; Ah do want to spend tonight with you. We can deal with tomorrow when it comes."
"Are y' sure 'bout dis?"
He knew she was afraid of her powers, and he knew the risks if she lost control of them. He had to believe that this was a gift from a higher power somewhere, and he hoped that that higher power didn't have a twisted sense of humour.
He opened the door to let her in but she just stood there, not moving. "You have to promise me something before Ah walk in?" She asked.
"Ok." He nodded.
"Make me forget about the outside world."
"I promise, chere." He said as he reached for her hand.
She walked in and closed the door behind her. From this moment on, she only wanted to focus on the man she loved. She moved in closer to him until she could feel his heartbeat. She lifted her head to look into his eyes. He pulled her closer and kissed her. An instant later, her shirt was on the floor. He started kissing her neck and she could feel goose bumps all the way down to her toes. She was amazed at how responsive her body was to his touch and she wanted to see how responsive he could be when she'd touch him. She removed his shirt and threw it on the floor next to hers. Their pants followed as they slowly made their way to the bed, still kissing each other. Inches from the bed, the rest of the clothes came off. They climbed in and Remy continued kissing her. She couldn't think straight, her head was processing all these new sensations. The slightest touch of his lips and she would almost forget how to breathe. She felt one of his hands on her breast while the other one was sliding down her abdomen, and finally stopping between her legs. She opened up her legs to give him access and was beginning to think that she was going to go out of her mind if they didn't make love. She didn't know that she could want him this badly. Then she lost her train of thought. She started shivering as her body lost control.
He kissed her again and was smiling. He wanted this night to be about her and this was a good start. He was right on top of her and she wrapped her legs around him.
"You're still sure about dis?" He asked.
"Yes." She answered back.
She wanted to make sure that if this was their only night together, she would at least have a memory of them making love. They kissed again and he slowly pushed into her. There was a little bit of resistance at first but now she moved her hips in sync with his thrusts. Her breathing was becoming erratic again and Remy knew that she was on the verge of an orgasm. He felt her trembling under him and that was enough to send him over the edge too. He laid down beside her and looked at her. She moved in closer to him, wanting her whole body to be as close to his as possible.
"This was so much better than my fantasies." She admitted.
"Merci."
"There's only one thing." She informed him, smiling.
"And what would dat be?" His curiosity was peaked.
"In my fantasy, we ended up making love a couple more times." She teased.
"I t'ink I can arrange dat." He pulled her even closer and they made love again. They ended up making love a few more times before exhaustion took over and they both fell asleep in each other's arms.
Rogue woke up with a startle. She knew she wasn't in her room and for a brief moment, she forgot about last night. She turned around to look at Remy lying next to her. Then she realized that it was morning and was almost afraid of moving. She didn't know if she still had control of her powers so she very carefully pulled a piece of the blanket and draped it over Remy's shoulder, wanting to wake him up. She shook him a bit, but he wasn't waking up, so she shook him a bit harder. Still he wasn't waking up. She was panicking a bit as she did a mental check, trying to see if she hadn't absorbed him during the night. She couldn't find him in her mind. Then she got a bit scared, maybe the reason why she couldn't find him was because he was dead, and she had absorbed him completely. No, she would still feel him somehow in her mind. She turned to him again and shook him a lot harder.
"Quoi?" He groaned.
"Remy, we fell asleep."
"And?" He replied, still sleeping, somewhat.
"It's morning! Ah don't know if Ah can control my powers. The slightest shift of the blankets and Ah could kill you." She told him, panic in her voice waking him a bit.
"So don't move." He smiled. "If I pass out, could y' at least get me dressed before you call Henri?" His smile widened.
"This isn't funny." Why would everything be so simple to him?
"So kiss me and find out." He propped his head on his arm and looked at her. "I'm not scared of what might happen and I know y' wouldn't hurt me on purpose." He moved closer to her while making sure the blanket was still between them somehow.
"This better work." She thought to herself, closing the distance between them. She kissed him and when nothing happened, she slowly pulled away, tears in her eyes.
"You were worried for not'in, I'm ok." He said as he brushed away a tear that was running down her cheek.
"You don't know how scared Ah was. Ah couldn't wake you and Ah started thinking the worst." Tears were still coming down her face. "Now that Ah can touch you, Ah think Ah'm more afraid. Ah don't know if we have a few minutes or a few years. Ah really need to know what's happening to me."
"We can talk to de professor. He might be able t' tell us what's going on."
Rogue made her way to the professor's office, was about to knock on the door when it opened. There was a beautiful woman with dark black hair and piercing blue eyes stepping out of the office. Rogue recognized her right away.
"You?" The woman asked.
"What are you doing here?"
"I had an appointment with Professor Xavier regarding mutant affairs. What about you?"
"Ah live hear." Rogue answered back. She saw the professor.
"I didn't know that you'd already met Charisma?" The professor asked.
The woman turned around to look at Charles. "We weren't introduced but this brave woman here saved my life yesterday."
Rogue was about to say something when the professor interrupted. "You two have a lot to talk about, you can use my office." He informed them and left.
The two women entered the office and shut the door.
"Ah hope Ah didn't hurt you when Ah pushed you out of the way yesterday."
"No. I'm fine."
"Why didn't you stay around, Ah would have loved to know your name. You just disappeared on me."
"I'm sorry about that. I saw your friends approaching." She looked at the floor for an instant, and then looked at Rogue again. "I hope you like your "gift"."
"My what?" Then Rogue realized what she meant. It had to be her, the reason why she could control her powers all of a sudden. "You did this to me?"
"If you don't want it, I can take it back." Charisma answered, a hint of disappointment on her face.
"No! No, Ah do want this. Ah only have one question?"
"All right."
"Is this only for a few days or is this permanent?"
Charisma looked at Rogue and smiled. "It can last as long as you want. That is how my powers work. You saved my life, it was only fair that I gave you back yours."
Rogue had tears in her eyes and didn't know how to thank this woman. "This is almost too much of a gift to accept. You don't know what this means to me."
"Enjoy it, you deserve it." Charisma made her way to the door. "I really have to go now. I have another meeting in a few minutes." She opened the door. "Thanks again for saving my life yesterday." She said and left Rogue alone in the office. This was really happening, she could now control her powers and she could have a normal relationship with the man she loved.
Rogue made her way to the rec room, looking for Gambit. She wanted to tell him that last night was the start of the rest of their lives. Wanted to find him to tell him that they could be together. She smiled as she recalled last night. She was still smiling when she walked into the rec room and saw her lover. He and Logan were playing pool but she didn't really see the latter. She walked straight to Remy and kissed him.
Logan was almost in shock, waiting for his friend to hit the floor, but it never happened. Rogue finally broke the embrace and looked at Remy with a huge smile. He smiled back at her and knew that everything would be perfect.
The End