Disclaimer:I don't own X-Men:Evolution, just myself (Called Molly Callum in 'fics.)
and any original characters/background characters that might pop up from time to time.
AN: If you can find the subtle Shrek reference, I applaud you!
xXxX=POV change
Molly came home on her own at noon. Kitty was the first to spot her.
"Molly, you're back!" Kitty hugged her tight. The valley girl took Molly's hand. "Come on, we have to take you to the professor," Kitty felt Molly yank her hand away. "Sorry. Can't. Got a date," Molly said.
"Date? What?" Kitty said looking confused as Molly walked away. Suddenly Molly bumped into Remy. "Just who I was looking-"
Molly started to say, then Remy grabbed her into a big bear hug, lifting her off the ground. "Petite! You're okay!"
"Remy! Don't let her go! She's still acting wierd," Kitty said.
Molly suddenly kissed Remy.
"Obviously," Kitty said, shocked that Molly would do such a thing.
Remy turned his head so that Molly couldn't kiss him, then turned her around so that she couldn't kiss him at all.
"Gonna have to duct tape those hot lips of yours," Remy said. The took Molly down to the lower levels. Within ten minutes she was strapped into a chair. They didn't like doing it but something had to be done, or else who knows what would happen?
The X-Men stood behind a glass wall inside the next room in order to keep an eye on her.
"I'll go through her memories and try to find out what's going on," Xavier said. He put his fingers to his temples and started scanning her mind.
xXxX
He saw flashes. Yesterday she went for a walk in the forest just outside the mansion grounds and came upon a flower.
The source of her new, uninhibited personality. After that she took Scott's car to the mall to buy new clothes, running into Onyx and Blast, then afterwards she decided joining Magneto might be fun, but decided to stick around the mansion to be near Remy.
xXxX
The Professor stopped scanning and looked worried. "I'm afraid in this state she's not only lost her inhibitions, but her sense of right and wrong has been skewed. She thinks joining Magneto is nothing more then a game. A plant on the grounds infected her that gave her new abilities, which explains her power over Remy and her state of mind. We have to warn the other students and find it, but first we have to make sure Molly is completely subdued."
"Ah don't think it's gonna be that easy. Looks like she's trying to fight her way out," Rogue said staring out the window.
Everyone watched as Molly slowly began morphing into a tiger. Obviously she was out for revenge.
"Beast..." Xavier said. Beast went out and quickly sedated Molly.
Remy frowned. "Are we going to be able to get her back to normal?"
He didn't like having to do this to her, even though he knew there wasn't any other alternative.
"If we can find the flower that infected her we may be able to produce an antidote. Kitty and Jean, go out into the forest and try to find a blue flower with red thorns. Everyone else alert the rest of the students, then start making teams to look for it. The faster we find it, the faster we can produce an antidote. Try to stay on guard as well. Molly may become hostile when she wakes up."
After everyone was alerted and they'd found the flower, Remy went to the med bay to stay with Molly. He felt guilty about the whole situation. If he'd been more aware he might've been able to fight Molly's hold on him instead of getting sucked into her new powers. After everything that had happened, he knew she did have a bit of a crush on him. He thought after they decided to stay friends that she might be over it, but after last night that obviously wasn't the case at all.
Remy watched her sleep. After they'd gone on their date she'd become more and more attractive to him. Her appearance had gone from being described by him as "cute" to "beautiful" and he was always looking to impress her.
She seemed to be always on his mind and he felt like he couldn't go a day without seeing her.
Remy gulped like a character in an old cartoon when they saw a pretty girl. His thoughts were racing.
She was nice, pretty, sweet, smart, funny and she laughed at his jokes. They pal'd around a lot and when he could get away with it, she was fun to flirt with. Maybe she was always quiet and shy, but he always seemed to make her come out of her shell easily. Molly seemed to make him happy in ways that no one else could.
Now Remys heart was pounding in his chest and he recognized that old familiar feeling. He'd fallen in love with her.
"Thinking?" Beast said suddenly coming up behind him. Remy almost jumped out of his skin. It took a lot for anyone to sneak up on Remy, so this said something about how lost in thought he had been.
"Uh, yeah. How is she?" Remy asked.
"Are you asking because you're concerned or because you have feelings for her?"Beast said.
Remy looked annoyed, "I'm genuinely concerned. She's...my friend and..." Remy failed to finish the sentence.
"You love her," Beast said. It was a statement not a question.
"So what? You know me, I'm a ladies man. The ladies man," Remy said defiantly.
"I think this time it's going to be different for you. If I recall, she's not your type, remember?" Beast smiled in a very un beast like way.
"Don't you have some medical reports to fill out or something?" Remy said feeling annoyed.
Beast pat Remy on the shoulder, "Just be careful with her, Remy."
Remy sat in the chair next to Molly's bed and stared up at the ceiling. In love? Him? In love! He had never intended for his feelings to become this deep, but he had never thought he would develop feelings for Molly at all. He thought back.
Remy remembered his exact thoughts upon seeing her-Who's the kid?
He did have to admit she was attractive enough in her own way at the time,
but at that point she hadn't appealed to him. He was even more unimpressed when Molly turned out to be very shy, whimpy and stuttery. A complete dork, in no uncertain terms. Then later, everything fell into place.
Remys mind kept wandering to random moments between the two of them.
Remy coming to Mollys aid when Amara started getting on Mollys case about something.
The two of them cooking together and turning the kitchen into a complete mess. There had been food everywhere after Remy accidently made something explode and they both were responsible for cleaning it up.
Mollys eyes lighting up at every bit of attention Remy gave her.
Remy getting mad at her. Getting frustrated. Laughing, hugging,
playing. Molly yelling at him, crying, having fun, being silly,
being serious. They were so close.
Remy thought back again to her first night at the mansion.
She could have died if he hadn't been there, either trapped under that beam or at the hands of Sabertooth. Remy was happy that nothing bad had happened to her. He didn't feel ashamed or embarrassed about his feelings. He knew he needed Molly. She made him happy and was there for him when no one else seemed to be.
The fact was that she needed him too. Remy saw beauty in her when she didn't see it in herself. When she was at her worst,
he had been there to pick up the pieces. Even when she liked someone else, he encouraged her to fight past her inner voice and believe herself to be what he saw-someone attractive and worthy of love.
Looking at her as she slept, Remy had surprised himself.
Beast had been right-Molly was not Remys usual type. Molly had also been right before, in that Remy was usually attracted to leggy, gorgeous women with long hair and outgoing, bubbly personalities. Now Remy just felt silly. Molly was the opposite of all those things, and because he had gotten to know her,
all those opposite qualities turned him on and made him happy.
What made Molly _Molly_ was what made him fall deeply in love in the first place.
Remy was bursting with such energy at the realization that he wanted to wake her up, kiss her, and tell her everything.
He suddenly wanted to tell her things that no one else knew about him.
He wanted to take her out and spend the night celebrating his love for her. Hold her, kiss her, tell her how beautiful she was.
Except that wasn't possible. Molly was still under the plants influence while they waited for the antidote, and was currently still under sedation. Now that Remy knew how much he cared for her, it killed him even more to see her like this.
'When get you back to normal,' He thought silently, 'Then I can tell you everything.'
