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As the down stairs clock struck 4:30 am Rogue finally with her laptop still on collapsed on her bed, to wake up once again at 5:30 am.
Chapter 4: Announcements
Rogue stifled a yawn as she stood at her locker later that day. Her eyes were cloudy with the need for sleep, but sadly she had yet to master sleeping and learning at the same time. It was Wanda who poked her friend to wake her up before Rogue fell head first into her locker, and onto the ground.
"Rough night?" She asked as she helped Rouge stand up.
"Can yah tell?"
"Yeah. Raven again?"
"Nothin' Ah can't handle."
Rogue steadied herself before letting go of Wanda, not wanting to show weakness in front of anyone, just as the others arrived. Kitty pranced over and was about to say something when Principle Kelly's voice came out of the over head speakers.
"Attention students. As you all know Bayville's Yearly Carnival is just a few weeks away. Students may sign up in groups and put up appropriate Carnival tents for the two day festival, where groups can enter to win a small cash prize and free tickets to the homecoming dance later that night. As for the dance I remind all students that we still need a place to hold the dance since the Rite Theater's ballroom burned down last year. Also students may suggest themes for the dance, all of which need to be summited before Friday."
Wanda and everyone side glanced at John who was looking at the ceiling smiling, his soft blue eyes dancing with amusement.
"I wish to also remind all students that there shall also be a crowning at the ball and that the ball will go on until dawn. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun. Have an enlightening day." and with a click Principle Kelly's voice was gone once again. Rogue's groan was cut off by Kitty's squeals of excitement.
"OH MY GOSH, you guys! Doesn't that just sound like fun!" Kitty squeals as she and Jubilee spun around and around as Wanda and Rouge rolled their eyes.
"Maybe we could do like a maid's cafe!" Jubilee suggests.
"Jubs that is the dumbest idea I have ever heard. Now a torture chamber now that would be fun." Wanda suggested.
"Eww!" Kitty chimed in, "Like no one would come into our tent."
"Ah don' see dah point in doin anything. Not lahke anyon'e gonna wanna come tah our tent anyway." Rogue insisted slamming her locker closed and walking toward first period.
"Oi I don't know shelia. I went to the mall yesterday and there was this old tarot lady who forced me into a free reading and she had said something about 'you wish happiness for your friends like the protector does'. Then she did this thing and flipped my second card and said something about gypsies and fire and being prepared and then poof." John explained as they all arrived outside the gym "Wait I'm not supposed to be here."
"John.." Wanda said after face palming herself "You should be in Math, and you did not see a tarot card woman. You where with me all day yesterday."
"Oh...Your right...maybe I dreamed it all up then." he shrugged before running to his English class.
Wanda and Rogue couldn't help but laugh as they disappeared down into the locker rooms. Minutes later they were up in the gym listening to Logan and Victor duking it out, once again. Rogue was about to tell Wanda a joke when someone sat down on her other side. Rogue instantly froze as the smell of spices and smoke washed over from the person, but before either Wanda or Remy could get in another word Logan began yelling.
"GET RUNNING YOU RUNTS! I want 35 laps before that bell rings!"
Rogue was up first and off faster then light around in gym, in order to get away from Remy. She didn't know why, but he made her uneasy like he could see right into her past, and her past wasn't the prettiest thing around. Wanda caught up to Rogue on lap ten. Rogue wasn't out of breath, but she could tell Wanda was getting there so for her friend Rogue slowed down knowing Logan wouldn't yell at her since she was after all a good five laps ahead of the rest of the class.
"So wanna share why tall, dark, and popular came and sat beside you?" Wanda asked threw soft pants.
"Nope." Rogue stated flatly she had been about to continue, but said boy came up running backward beside the pair.
"Now yah belles wouldn' beh talkin' bout lil old Remy would yah?" he asked, a smirk gracing his features and his sunglasses on even though they were still inside.
"Not in yahr life, Swamp Rat." Rogue grumbled.
"Chere yah wound poor lil Remy."
"Clearly not enough if yah still breathin'"
Rogue moved to speed around him, but Remy grabbed her arm stopping both of them in their tracks. Rogue tried to pull away from him, but Remy just pulled her closer so his lips were by her ears. Wanda stopped a few feet beyond the pair waiting in shock.
"Did she hurt you?" Remy whispered to Rogue who didn't respond.
Rogue stood shocked to the spot. Why did he care? Why did he want to know what Raven did to her? It wasn't like he should care. Before Rogue could answer though the stomping of feet and a whistle blow broke her out of her shock.
"LeBeau! Leave her alone and get back to running. Now I want 40 laps out of you!" Logan yelled.
Remy dropped his hold on Rogue and took off at a jog. Logan came over and looked sideways at Rouge. "You alright?" he asked softly. Rogue nodded mutely and gave Logan a grateful look before running over to Wanda.
The rest of gym class Rogue didn't say much, rather she watched Remy and tried to piece together why he would be worried about what Raven did to her. Wanda helped her friend shake off her thoughts by pointing out all the stupid looking students who kept running into each other. Rogue was grateful when the bell rang and she nearly raced out of the gym and away from Remy, even though they had math class together.
Rogue made it to math class and to her seat first and was sure to stare out the window, even after Mr. Worthington had started class. Needless to say she fell asleep in the midmorning sunlight that streamed threw the windows. Rogue woke with a start when there was a load fog horn behind her, followed by Mr. Worthington's deep chuckles.
"I would appreciate it if you did not sleep in my classroom, Rogue." He said through his chuckles.
"Sorry, Mr. Worthington Ah really didn' get tah sleep last ni'ght." Rogue explained handing him her homework still eyeing the fog horn cautiously.
"Don't worry about it. Just make sure it doesn't happen again." Mr. Worthington explained cheerfully before going back to his desk.
"Sir," Rogue asked as she passed his desk to leave the room, "Why did you use a fog horn to wake me up?"
"Took a note out of Wade's book. Even teachers need some fun in their lives." Mr. Worthington laughed causing Rogue to smile a little too.
The rest of the day passed in uneventful bliss that is until lunch. Rogue had managed to duck away from Remy in the halls, while Kurt and John made it obvious that Remy was not welcome any where close to them during science class. No to say Remy was still Rogue's main problem was far from the truth, hell reared its ugly head by the means of a phone call.
"Hello," Rogue answered after already knowing who was on the other side of the line.
"Rogue! I need you at the shop by 2." Raven raved.
"I don't get out until 2:30..."
"Don't back sass me!" Raven continued, "People go to school to get a job. You already have a job. SO I expect you hear by 2 sharp!"
With that Raven hung up and Rogue sighed before closing her phone. Wanda and the others watched her with worried eyes.
"It was Raven again wasn't it?" Lexa asked breaking the long pause.
"She wants me at the shop by 2." Rogue mumbled as she picked at her salad mundanely.
"That woman is really a pain, isn't she?" Fred commented between bites of food.
"You can say that again." Kurt agreed holding his water bottle up to Fred before drinking.
Rogue sighed and laid back on the grass and looked up into the tree thinking. Do I really have to go? She's only gonna bitch more if I do go? I still have that essay to turn into Ms. Munroe. Guess I'll just have to tell her I have to leave early again. Rogue's thoughts were interrupted by Wanda leaning into Rogue's field of vision.
"Hey tall, dark, and stalker is watching you." Wanda whispered as Rogue sat up.
Rogue made a sideways glance at the prep table inside and sure enough Remy sat at the head closest to Belladonna, but Rogue was confused. He was still wearing his sunglasses so how did Wanda know he was starting at her.
"How?" Rogue began but Wanda stopped her and nodded back over to Remy.
This time Rogue could see it to those ruby dots, that she occasional saw when Remy looked at her, flash under the black lenses of the sunglasses. Rogue suppressed a gasp and quickly turned back to Wanda in shock, but before either could say anything the bell rang.
"Ah can't be-lieve it...dat's really weird." Rogue whispered to Wanda as they neared the theater.
"What is?" Tabby asked as she opened the theater door.
"I'll tell you later Tab." Wanda whispers before walking away as the other three head into the theater.
Today Wade was no where to be seen, which was always concerning for some. Truthfully Wade was friends with Rogue so she walked in with her head held high while Tabby and John ducked and looked like frightened cats. Soon enough Wade came down via the zip line from the balcony and landed on top of poor Damien.
"Oh very so sorry, D Man." Wade yelled as he jumped up and on to the stage "You see the squirrels just taught yours truly to fly like the helicopters just to hunt mexicans like dat one!" Wade continued and pointed to Belladonna when he said mexicans.
"Would yah leave meh out of dat! AH AINT Non MEXICAN!" Belladonna yelled back at him waving her fist in the air.
"Just what a mexican would say!" Wade retorted before flopping into his high back red chair which had been moved to the left side of the stage, telling the class they were to do something fun today.
"Now continuing from where we left off yesterday. LeBeau and the Marvelous Stripes."
Quietly Rogue and Remy stood and without making eye contact they moved up to the stage. Wade on the other hand pulled out a head set and thought for a second before snapping his fingers.
"Give me: Bedroom Scene 13!" He yelled and sure enough the lights dimmed and the whole stage shook as backdrops and furniture came flying out of the lofts and the wings of the stage.
"Now lets see. The scene is...Your in a failed marriage and its the climax of the fight. Stripes you wanna leave, LeBeau you want her to stay. Ready and ACTION!" Wade yelled banging a gong that came out of no where.
Rogue gulped she looked around saw a little bedroom scene and she instantly knew she had to get out of this quick before Remy did anything she wouldn't be comfortable with.
"AH hate cha!" She yelled at him pulling her rage from her fights with Raven, "Yah never listen tah meh, yah never show yahr face tah meh anymor, and all we'ver do is fight!"
"Don' be doin' dis again, chere." Remy pleaded, "Yah know Remy can' deal without yah. Yah's Remy's life."
"And dat's another'd thing!" Rogue yelled now rounding on him pointing a finger inches from his face, "Don' yah dere talk tah meh in thrid person! Talk lahke a normal person fer once!"
Rogue now turned on her heel and began pulling cloths out of the random dresser and throwing them into the open suitcase. Remy grabbed her arm and spun her back around so she was facing him again.
"Remy can't yah know dis!"
"How do AH k'now dat! AH can't read yah damn mind Swamp Rat!" Rogue yelled again throwing him off her arm and finishing with tossing the last pile of cloths into the suitcase. She had leaned down to snap the suitcase shut, but again Remy hauled her away from the suitcase.
"Yah can' leave chere...We can make it betta." He brought a warm hand to Rogue's cheek and stroked his thumb under her eye, "Remy can beh betta too. He can worship yah if dats what yah want chere. He treat yah like a queen. Remy jus' wanna hold yah, chere. Yah don' know how many times at work Remy sit dere thinkin' and imaginin' yah." He steps froward as he spoke causing Rogue to back up farther away from him until she felt the edge of something soft behind her.
"Shit!" Rogue's mind screamed as Remy got what he wanted and she was now sprawled a top the bed her wrists trapped in one of his large warm hands, but the longer he spoke Rogue could feel her heart beating faster and her face flushing
"Imaginin' yah here all alone whiles Remy's away makein' money, but yah more importan' chere." Remy's face was slowly getting closer to her's now, but Rogue didn't seem to care. His sunglasses reflected her face and Rogue had the desire to pull them off and see the exotic eyes beneath them, "Remy dreams of da times he use tah come home and just throw yah on da bed doin' all sorts of things tah his chere, wit' handcuffs and dat cherry flavored—" but Remy was cut off by a scream in the audience.
"STOP STOP! DAT'S MON BOYFRIEND!" Belladonna was screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Really? Really! I was getting into that one!" Wade yelled back at Belladonna as he stood and threw a knife at her, which Belladonna some how dodged and began making her way up to the stage.
"Leave him alone yah FREAK!" She yelled, but Wade again intercepted her by throwing a burrito into Bella's platinum blonde hair.
Rogue had now collected herself enough to bang her head into Remy's causing him to stagger back letting her go in the process. Rogue smooths out her hair and her top before she stormed off to put put the cloths back into the drawer ignoring Remy, who was trying to get a hold of her again as well as Belladonna and Wade's arguing. It was only after Rogue sat down in her chair between Tabby and John that she tuned back in to Wade and Belladonna's argument.
"Yah did dat on purpose! Yahr in ties with dat freak to steal Remy from meh!" Belladonna yelled clinging onto Remy's arm like a five year old.
"Insecure isn't she." Tabby whispered causing Rogue to laugh softly.
"WHY YOU DIRTY MEXICAN! Shall the squirrels have mercy on your soul during..." But Wade was cut off by the bell.
Bella and Remy left first leaving Wade in a silent stupor while the rest of the class talked and laughed happily. Tabby was the only one who ran over the Wade and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry Wade you can get her in detention for the squirrels on Monday."
"Yeah your right Tabby Cat. Have a Crazy Weekend!" Wade yelled to those who where still in the theater before disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke.
Rogue rolled her eyes and stored that acting class in the back of her mind as she ran to Ms. Munroe's room. Thankfully Ms. Munroe was waiting at her door like usual with Wanda as Rogue rounded the corner.
"Rogue Wanda has explained the situation please go and I hope your uncle is better soon." Ms. Monroe said as she took Rogue's essay before disappearing into the classroom.
Bewildered Rogue followed Wanda out of the school and toward The Waking Raven, and only once they where half way there did she round on Wanda.
"So wha't happen tah my uncle?"
"Oh well she wouldn't believe that your step-mom was just being a bitch so I made up something about your uncle falling down a flight of stairs at the shop and you had to leave and check up on everything because your mom was out of town." Wanda explained proud of herself.
"Very convincin'." Rogue agreed "OH and yah won't believe what happened during acting class..." and with that Rogue began telling Wanda about acting class leaving out the more emotional details that Rogue herself couldn't put a name to.
Sadly soon enough the pair were outside The Waking Raven and with a sigh Rogue walked in just as the church bells tolled 2pm.
