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Post by Rogue on Aug 31, 2004 18:49:12 GMT -4
Cringing at the new nickname, she bit her lower lip to keep from saying anything. "A kitten? Must be one-o-a-kind!" Rogue asked, lifting one eyebrow and smiling at Gambit.
"Ah... le diable noir..." she thought back to her years of schooling in french. Engrained inta mah mahnd forever... she thought, chastizingly back at her teachers, trying to come up with one-hundred and one ways to kill them... She came up with on hundred and fifty-two.
"Well, Ah'd love t' see him sometahme."
Walking back over to the bed, she took her place next to Remy once more, leaning back on her hands, but as she did so, she accidentally set it on top of the Cajun's. Realizing her mistake quickly, she pulled her hand away swiftly and discretely, her cheeks turning a light pink. Thank God for that tan... at least it wouldn't be as noticable.
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Post by Gambit on Aug 31, 2004 22:18:40 GMT -4
Reclining back on the bed, Remy’s eyes flickered between the two women as they talked. The whole situation seemed almost surreal to him. And although he didn’t show it, the constant glances from Rogue were not lost on him.
She’s prolly jus’ lookin’ fo’ answers. She spilled her guts ‘bout all dese weird feelin’s, de people dat knew her dat she didn’t know, an’ y’ said not’in’. Dat’s all dere is t’ it.
Grinning as Jubilee used the nickname ‘Roguey’, he couldn’t help but notice how the French words seemed to roll of Rogue’s tongue. Watching her motions discretely as she crossed the room to sit next to him again, he was surprised when her hand touched his own, but not at all when she quickly pulled it back.
Some t’ings never change...
Barely catching the faint blush, his grin widened.
Mais, Roguey,” Remy finally broke his silence with a teasing tone. “Y’ might be wishin’ de opposite once y’ do meet him. He definitely lives up t’ de name.”<br>
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Post by Jubilee on Sept 1, 2004 0:03:43 GMT -4
"But so cute you can forgive just about anything. He trades in on it, much like certain Cajuns," Jubilee said, before she punched Gambit on the shoulder lightly.
"It's the eyes," she said in a knowing voice.
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Post by Rogue on Sept 4, 2004 16:53:10 GMT -4
Biting her cheek at the nickname again, she cringed and shut one eye. Why do Ah get the feelin' that's gonna stick?
"Ah... well, see Ah'm sure we'll get along well then. Ah've often come off as too forgiving."
Her eyes glinted maliciously as the thought of her slaughtered family popped up in her head again and she quickly shoved it back into its corner. Tossing her head to the side, getting hair out of her face, Anna tilted her head and smiled at the Cajun. He does seem the type.
At Jubilee's mention of eyes, Rogue found her own wandering up Remy's face and into his. Peering at them with mild interest, she seemed to lose herself withing the black and scarlet pools. "Yeah..." she breathed inaudibly, snapping back to reality and turning her face away. It IS the eyes...
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Post by Gambit on Sept 4, 2004 20:44:49 GMT -4
Grinning up at Jubilee as she hit him on the shoulder, he rubbed at it playfully in mock pain.
“Y’ see de abuse I have t’ put up wit’ here?” he asked Rogue, pouting slightly as if he had to go through this sort of torture daily. Laughing as Jubilee pointed out that it was the eyes that got him and the cat their way, he sobered up and nodded solemnly.
“She’s right, y’ know. Dese eyes can be a powerful weapon,” he joked dryly, turning his gaze back to Rogue. As if to prove his point, their eyes locked, before she seemed to force herself to turn away. Remembering a time when his Rogue used to look at him like that, Gambit quickly lowered his head, expertly hiding the pain behind his mask. “An’ bein’ simply irresistible don’ hurt eit’er.”<br>
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Post by Jubilee on Sept 5, 2004 2:15:23 GMT -4
Jubilee caught the look between Rogue and Gambit.
Well now, isn't this interesting? He has to be kidding. What can he do with a woman he can't touch? Her, I understand. Most women don't stand a chance around the Cajun. Him? No. Usually he has a little more sense then that...
"Shyeah, whatever, Cajun. You seriously need to get over yourself and cash that reality check."
She rolled her eyes, then put her hand to her hair to sweep her ragged fringe out of her eyes.
"So where have you been hiding that wasn't here, Rogue? Did you meet anyone interesting?"
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Post by Rogue on Sept 5, 2004 13:10:49 GMT -4
"Uh..." Anna thought back for a bit, re-tracing her steps since the car accident. "Well, aftah the funeral Ah trapsed around town lookin' for a new job, hat on head for obvious reasons. Ah took a trip t' the mall, buying casual clothes and got mah hair cut... twelve inches off. Locks-of-Love thought it was neat. Course they're prolly frusterated with the two-toned color, but it ain't mah problem anymore."
She shrugged casually, twiddling a gloved finger in a lock of auburn, "Ah got mahself a place t' crash and went t' the far side o' town t' get mahself a job. Ah'm workin' at Dick's Fix-It Shop, now. Motorcycles and suburbans galore. Pays well but..." grimacing, she wrinkled her nose disgustedly, "Ah've got the least pleasurable company in the world as customers... Except for one, which answers your second question."
Thinking back, she mused to herself, "He called himself 'Logan'. Hugged me an' called me 'Kiddo' lahke Ah was a long lost friend. 'got totally lost, but Ah tried mah best t' let him down nice and easy. He wasn't a bad guy. At least he had manners..." Shuddering, she shut her eyes momentarily, images of the several other slobs she had worked for recently appearing in her mind.
Flying a few inches off the bed, Rogue swiftly re-positioned herself in mid-air before floating back down. Now, officially more comfortable, she was lying on her stomach, across the width of the bed, her feet hanging off the other side, propping her head up on her elbows.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 5, 2004 13:28:18 GMT -4
Settling for just sticking his tongue out at Jubilee for her comments, Remy lapsed into silence as Rogue took the floor, recounting the beginning of her new life. He tried to ignore how emotionless her voice sounded as she spoke of the funeral, but realized that she probably didn’t want Jubilee to see her weak. It was probably bad enough that he had.
A little surprised at her new choice of profession, he narrowed his eyes slightly at the mention of the not so nice customers, but they immediately widened as she mentioned Logan by name. He hadn’t connected the dots before when she spoke of the incident. Quickly hiding his surprise, Remy sat up straighter, just as Rogue took to the air.
So she still got de flight... dat mean she also got de invulnerability an’ super strength? Would definitely explain how she be livin’ right now when everybody t’inks she be dead...
He didn’t know how to respond after her story. He had the answers to the whole thing with Logan, but the last thing he wanted to do was to get into that.
Maybe jus’ let her settle in some first. If she still lookin’ fo’ answers after dat... dan I gonna have t’ tell her. Jus’ not now. She got enough t’ deal wit’.
“Mais, dey say everybody got a twin in de world,” he replied, shrugging. Not a lie, just a statement that seemed to have relevance, but not really. Looking up at Jubilee, he tried to read how she was handling this information, considering she knew of what happened. He silently pleaded with her to keep it to herself.
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Post by Jubilee on Sept 5, 2004 19:47:20 GMT -4
"Was he hot?" Jubilee immediately questioned.
Oooh dear...different realities again. Man, I hope I don't run into anyone that knows a different me. It would just be embarrasing. And it's hard enough for Remy with me, and I know about this stuff.
"Oooh, you can FLY? That is totally rad."
She clapped her hands gleefully.
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Post by Rogue on Sept 5, 2004 23:02:57 GMT -4
Thinking back to her meeting with Logan, she wasn't quite sure how old he was, but now that Jubs mentioned it, she was impressed by the shape he was in. Just thinking about it, she wondered to herself why she hadn't thought about his looks before. 'Course, the way he treated her seemed more in the paternal fashion so she had just responded accordingly.
"A twin... with mah same hair? Uh... sure, sugah." she said skeptically, then responding to Jubilee, "Well, Ah guess ya could say he was a looker, compared t' all the tubs that come in everyday. Rugged handsome. Definately a turn-on," she spoke casually with a wave of a gloved hand, seeming to momentarily forget they had a male in the room. "But Ah'll prolly nevah see him again, and Ah don't think Ah'm interested in that sorta thing right now. Ah'm just gettin' mah lahfe back t'gether and all."
Grinning at Jubilee's enthusiasm, she couldn't help but brag a little, "Yeah... if ya're really that intrested, Ah could take ya for a flight sometahme, but ya have t' promise not t' get air-sick." Laying her arms down on the matress, she used them to prop her upper body up, in order to look from one of her new friends to the other. Rad? What era was this child born in? Ah haven't heard that word in the longest tahme.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 5, 2004 23:10:35 GMT -4
Scoffing at Jubilee’s question, Remy kept up the innocent look as Rogue responded to his ‘twin’ comment. But when she agreed that Logan was indeed ‘hot’, he looked at her in surprise.
Logan? He was always like a father t’ her in m’ reality... dat’s jus’ weird...
Repressing a shudder, he wasn’t sure how to take her next comments about not looking for that sort of thing right now. A part of him was pleased by this, as he wasn’t sure he wanted to even go there again, and the selfish part was happy she wouldn’t go for someone else. But there was a small part that wondered if he could change that. Instead of acknowledging any of this, he placed his hands over his ears and fell backwards on the bed.
“Warn me next time y’all decide t’ girl talk, so I can get outta here,” he whined, closing his eyes.
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Post by Jubilee on Sept 5, 2004 23:12:37 GMT -4
Jubilee poked Gambit in the side, before crawling up onto the bed beside Rogue and him.
"Shut up, you male. This is interesting to me; I've never actually had much in the way of girl talk before. Yuriko ain't one for sitting down and talking, and despite the long hair, you're not a girl."
She grinned at his look of outrage, and giggled.
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Post by Rogue on Sept 5, 2004 23:36:33 GMT -4
"Besahdes..." Rogue grinned playfully, sitting up and twisting around to look the Cajun in the eyes. "Ah thought guys always wanted t' know what goes on in a gal's head, or are you lahke that guy from 'What Women Want' that can just read our mahnds."
Lifting a hand, she teasingly ran a hand down the side of his face, before raising it back to her head and touching her temple with the tip of a pointer finger.
"You're just gonna have t' get used t' it, Cajun..." Anna grinned mischeviously, "Ah talk girly all the tahme." With a wink to Jubilee, she batted her eyelashed innocently.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 5, 2004 23:44:36 GMT -4
Wincing as Jubilee poked him, Remy’s eyes shot open, an incredulous look on his face at her words. But before he could respond, Rogue began to speak, accenting her words by running one gloved hand down his cheek. Resisting the urge to grab her hand and keep it there, he instead propped himself up on his elbow, facing the two women.
“I don’ need t’ read femme’s minds t’ know what dey want,” he replied, devilish smirk in place. “An’ I resent dat comment ‘bout de hair! Y’ know y’ jus’ coverin’. It jus’ screams run y’r fingers t’rough me.”<br> Leaning toward both of them slightly, he waggled his eyebrows and dropped his voice to a low purr. “Come on, y’ know y’ wanna...”<br>
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Post by Rogue on Sept 5, 2004 23:48:38 GMT -4
A little disgusted, Rogue rolled her eyes, "Shut up, Swamp Rat."
Ultra-ego! her mind screamed.
Lifting a hand, she used a little bit of her super-strength to shove him backwards onto the bed, a small grimace crossing her features. He's good... Ah must admit, but nevah aloud.
"Before Ah decide t' cut ya down t' size," she sent a nasty glare to a specific and important part of the male anatomy.
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