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Taunting Repartee
Chapter Seventy- Four:
Rogue's eye slowly fluttered open as she let out a soft groan. Her muscles felt stiff. She glanced over to her right and smiled. Max was laying on the bed next to her. She let out a little sigh as she moved closer to him wrapping an arm across him, resting her head on his chest. She felt him adjust himself, wrapping his arm around her shoulders: holding her to him. With a slight smile on her face she closed her eyes again and felt herself drift back to sleep; safe in her beloved's arms.
Rogue's eye shot open as a loud beeping, came from her cell phone. She quickly sat up, reached over to her night stand and grabbed it. She flipped the phone quickly and turned off her alarm.
"Anna?" Magneto asked.
"It just my alarm," she told him.
"You turned it off?" he asked.
"Yup," she said before she let out a yawn as she placed the phone back on her night stand.
"Good, now lay back down," he ordered as she felt his hand ran down her back.
"I set my alarm for school," she told him as looked down at him. He opened his eyes: meeting her gaze.
"You can't be serious," he said dryly.
"We've already had this conversation," Rogue reminded him. "Saturday night. Less than two days ago," she teased.
"We had a hypothetical conversation about what you might expect yourself to do if Irene went to these sort of extremes. You cannot possible, expect to hold yourself to the set of standards you said you would. Not after last night," he said.
"Max, whole point of a hypothetical conversation is so when shit hits the fan, I have a game plan. I said I would keep going if I could. Which I can," she said as she waved her arms around a little. "See, nothing's broken, not even me," she told him before she leaned down an kissed him She felt his hands move to her shoulder as his powers flowed into her. His arms wrapped around her back and the next thing she knew she was beneath him, her back on the bed. She wrapped her arms around his neck as she moaned against his mouth. "I shouldn't have kissed you," she smiled.
"Of course, you should have," he said before he pecked her on the lips. "I'm not letting you get up," he told her before he kissed her again.
"Keep this up and eventually I'm gonna knock ya unconscious," she teased as she wrapped her legs around his waist. Her eyes closed as she pressed his hips down against hers. "Do that again," she ordered. He was more than happy to oblige as she let out a soft moan as his member pressed against her opening: both of them covered by the clothes they were wearing. She joined his thrusts: enjoying the heat that was building between her legs. "Gloves?" she asked breathlessly.
"Already wearing them, beloved," he informed her.
"Then the fuck you waiting for?" she asked with a smirk. "Get in there already," she ordered playfully as he chuckled. She felt him smirk against her mouth as he pressed his lips down against hers as his hand made it's way between their bodies. She dropped her legs back onto the bed, as he cupped her groin with his whole hand, applying pressure as he moved his hand back and forth against her mount. Her breath was coming fast as the friction he was creating was driving her crazy: her face was flushed. "Max," she moaned as her hand found it way to zipper on his pants. She didn't have gloves on, so she rubbed his member though the outside of his pants: running her hand up and down his shaft.
He lifted himself up off of her for a moment as he leaned over to her nightstand. The drawer opened and he reached into it, pulling out a pair of gloves.
"Thank you," she smiled as she took them from him.
"Thank you," he smirked before he kissed her again. She quickly put on the gloves, before her hand returned to his zipper, this time lowering it and taking out his member. His hand slipped beneath her pants and underwear, pressing against bare flesh. She let out a moan as she stoked him with both hands. His free hand found her breast, massaging it through her shirt as he slipped two fingers inside of her. She let out a loud gasp as he stretched her inside with his fingers, and twisted her nipple with the others.
"Don't stop," she ordered as she moved in time with his fingers thrusting. "Don't stop," she cried out as she turned her head to the right. He slipped out of her for a brief moment to insert a third finger into her; his thumb making it's way between her folds, onto her clit. She let out a moan as she completely lost herself in the warmth and pleasure between her legs, that was radiating throughout the rest of her body. "Max, max max," she cried out as her head tossed back and forth on the pillow. "Oh my god," she moaned. His hand cupped her cheek as he pressed his lips against her: deepening the kiss as his tongue explored her mouth. He danced circles around her tongue as they kissed deeply. She moaned against his mouth. He increased the pace of his thrusting as he was forced to pull away from her lips.
"You. Okay?" she gasped as she continued to stoke his member.
"Fine," he answered his face flush with color. "I just need a short break from that," he uttered.
"Okay," she gasped.
"Close your eyes," he ordered warmly. Her eyes slowly fluttered closed.
"Oh god," she exclaimed as he continued to thrust his fingers into her. She turned her face into the pillow, and screamed into it as she came: her hand tightening around his member. She laid her head back against the pillow as she continued to stoke him. She could him breathing: his breaths coming fast as he removed his fingers and hand from her groin. She placed her hand on his cheek as she turned his face to look at her: her other hand still stoking.
"You don't" he started to say.
"Don't be silly, sugar. It's your turn," she told him breathlessly as he moved in time with her hand. He kept her eyes on hers as she stoked him. She smiled as she studied his face. His face was flushed with color: his eyes on hers. She loved the effect she had on him. That she could get him so worked up, in so little time. "I love you," she whispered with a smile. He lead out a low groan at that before he leaned down and kissed her again: as she brought him closer to the edge. "I love you so much, Max," she said as his hand slip underneath her shirt, massaging her breast. She let a soft moan at his touch. He moved his face down to her neck: placing soft kisses on her skin.
"Say it again," he uttered against her neck.
"I love you," she said easily.
"Again," he asked as she increased the speed of her stoking.
"I love you, Max," she moaned. He let out a loud groan as he came against her hand. She leaned up and kissed him as she stoked him slowly. They kissed for a few more moments before he rolled off of her and laid down by her side. She took off her glove: turning it inside out before placing it on the bed. She closed her eyes as she just listened to them both breath: both of them fighting to catch their breath. She moved closer to him wrapping an arm across him, resting her head on his chest again. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder again, holding her to his side.
She took a second to glance up at the clock.
"Why are you still looking at a clock?" he asked her.
"School," she told him breathlessly.
"Forget it," he uttered. "Sleep," he ordered.
"You have work," she reminded him with a yawn.
"It can wait a few hours. I'm not concerned," he told her.
"Max," she started to say, opening her eyes: as sat up slightly. He let out a sigh as he opened his eyes. "If I stayed in bed every time something fucked up happen to me, I would never get out of bed again," she told him with a sigh. "I love you," she said before she leaned down and kissed him again. "But you're not winning this argument," she told him with a smile as he ran his hand across her cheek. "Plus I have your powers for at least an hour," Rogue said with a smirk. "So, now you can't pin me down," she said with a smirk as she gave him another peck on the lips. "I'm gonna go take a shower," she told him before she got up from the bed.
"Anna," he called out.
"Yeah?" she asked as she turned to look at him.
"About what you said," he started to say.
"Yeah?" she asked as she took off her pants.
"Yesterday night, you were apologizing over and over again," he reminded her.
"I remember," she said quietly as she walked over to the laundry basket by her bathroom door. The last thing she wanted to do was think about last night.
"Who were you apologizing to?" he asked.
"Everyone... Irene mostly," Rogue admitted after a moment. There was no point in lying to him.
"You said you weren't broken. Is that true, beloved?" he asked.
"You know better than most that there's a difference between being broken and beaten," she told him as she walked back over to the bed ans sat down next to him. "I don't feel broken," she said. "Beaten, yeah," she confirmed. "I know I'm gonna have to do whatever she wants me to. But my morals aren't changing," she said with a shrug. "I'm not gonna suddenly stop caring about the people I care about. I'm not gonna be willing to put their lives in danger for my own peace of mind. I'm not," she told him.
"That wouldn't give you peace of mind, Anna," he said. She glanced down at him on the bed. "You'd grow to hate me, within a month, if I stole you away," he sighed.
"That's one of only things keeping you from doing it, isn't it?" she asked. He held her gaze for a moment.
"I also- There are so many reasons one way or another,' he told her. She nodded with a sigh before she leaned down and kissed him again. His hand went to her shoulder.
"Eat breakfast with me?" she asked with a smile: trying to change the subject. He let out a sigh.
"Happily," he said. She smiled at that.
"Morning," Rogue said to everyone as she and Magneto entered the kitchen. Everyone was in the kitchen: running around, making and eating their own breakfasts. The mood in the room was tense and she could tell nearly everyone seemed surprised to see her up.
"Rogue," the Professor started to protest as she placed her backpack on the floor.
"Charles," Magneto interrupted. "Rogue and I already had this argument this morning," he started to say.
"And on Saturday night," Rogue reminded him as she stepped further into the room: grabbing an apple for the food bowl. The Professor raised an eyebrow at that as Rogue stood a seat on one of the stools: lining the kitchen counter.
"No one's winning this one, I'm afraid," Magneto said as he took a seat next to Rogue. "She's already made up her mind to keep pushing forward," Max said as he grabbed an orange from the food bowl. Rogue took a bite into the apple as she listened to the Professor let out a sigh.
"How are you feeling?" the Professor asked.
"I could be better, I could be worse," Rogue said as she glanced around the room. "Where's Scott and Jean?" Rogue asked: noticing their absence before she took another bite of the apple.
"They was both still feeling a bit sore from last night. I told them to spend the day in bed," he informed her.
"And he's okay?" Rogue asked. "I mean, not having access to any food or water for twenty-four hours didn't do anything to him?" she asked.
"Scott is going to be just fine," the Professor told her. "He's fine," he said again strongly. "You don't have anything to apologize for," he said: Rogue let out a sigh at that. A part of her wanted to stop the Professor from saying what she he was going to.
'Better to get this conversation over with, like I did with Max,' she thought to herself.
"You warned me that Mystique was active," the Professor started to say, "I should have never allowed him to go to a foreign country alone, especially when that trip was only inspired by a single phone call," the Professor said: clearly angry at himself. That was certainly something they could both agree on: not that she was going to say that out loud. Rogue takes another bite of the apple, giving herself a second to stall. She let out a long sigh.
"Hindsight, right?" Rogue asked with a weak laugh as she felt Magneto's hand on the small of her back. "It's always twenty-twenty," she said as the Professor let out another sigh. "We need to communicate more in the future. I didn't know, you didn't know that Scott was the one who left Mystique behind in area fifty-one. If I had known that, if you had known that- I don't think it would've happened," Rogue said before she took another bite.
"We just need to recognize that we both made mistakes, and move forward with better methods of communicate to keep things like this from happening again," she said. "I know that's Scott's okay- but that wasn't Irene's point. She laid out a clear-cut series of clues, that I was suppose to piece together to keep him from being kidnapped. But I didn't, because I got caught up in exploiting her weakness. I turned off my brain, told myself I was doing enough: which I wasn't. I know you don't agree with what Irene is asking of me,"
"Kid, no one here does," Logan pointed out.
"I know, but obviously, right now Irene has planned all of this out well enough that no one here has the means to stop her and if I don't want to see people I care about getting hurt, I have to adhere to her rules. I have to do what she wants me to. I have to do better," she said. "And I will," Rogue said strongly. "Because I sure as hell don't trust Irene to be in charge," Rogue said with a sigh as she stood up. "That's for damn sure," she said as she threw the apple core in the garbage. Rogue took a deep breath as she grabbed her backpack off of the floor and walked out of the room: she was done with this conversation.
'There's nothing else to say. This is just how things are right now,' she thought to herself. 'I should let Prof watch the conversation with Agatha. I had a better argument last night,' she told herself. ''After school,' she told herself as she smiled as she felt Magneto's hand on the small of her back.
"I have a client meeting tonight," Magneto informed her. "But, do you want me to come here afterwards?" he asked.
"Will you bring that inhibitor field I asked for?" she asked with a smile as they walked outside. "We've been lucky so far that I haven't hurt you in bed," Rogue pointed out.
"Yes, of course, I'll bring it," he said with a smile.
"Okay," she said with a smile. "Then I'll see you tonight," Rogue said before they kissed once more.
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Hey, this chapters kind've just wrapping up this issue and setting up the new normal for Rogue. Okay, now I believe this is going to be the last update this week. Maybe... you never know :p
Thank you so much to everyone for the support! I hope you all enjoyed it.
Till next time! :)