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She knew she should get up.

She had to.

She was hungry and she knew that people would be talking.

She sat up.

An arm reached up and gently pulled her back down to the bed.

"Not yet." said a muffled voice.

She gave in.

"Dis is nice," he said pulling her closer to him, "still hard t'get used t'"

"Yeah, well, try thinking about it from my point of view. Its scary."

"Is that why you didn't tell anyone?" he asked softly.

"Yeah." she said turning to look at him, "Yer not angry."

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Yo' spend yer whole life bein' angry yo' miss out on all de good stuff." he said and kissed her.

"This isn't gonna be easy Rem."

"I know."

"Ah mean, there's some stuff that we have ta get sorted out and it aint gonna be pretty."

"Lets not talk about dat now," he said sitting up.

"Remy," she said also sitting up, "We have ta. It's not lagke we can pretend it didn't happen. We, we grew apart-"

"But now, we're back together so it's fine." he said grabbing her hands in his.

"No Remy, it's not. What if ah lose control again, are we just gonna break apart again?"

"Of course not."

"But how do ah know that's true!"

He looked at her for a very long time before he spoke.

"After all we've been through yo' t'ink I'm gonna leave yo'" he said slowly.

"yes."

He stood up and started lifting up the clothes that had been spread around on the floor cursing to himself.

"Remy ah'm sorry, please come back, sit down. It's not that ah think ya'll leave, ah'll push ya away, and we'll get angry and fight and ya'll leave. Remy please speak to me," he cursed louder as he fumbled with his coat, "Well fahne if that's the way ya feel than ah'll leave. Yer afraid of bein alone, that's why yer with meh. Well ah'm goin so ya'll just have ta deal with it-"

"Will yo' jus be quiet for one second." he said, but he was smiling.

He moved towards her with something in his hand and got down on one knee in front of her.

"Chere I love you. Marry me."

"Wh-what?"

"I don' ever plan on leavin yo' chere an if dis don' prove it den I don know what else I can do." he said opening the box to reveal the ring inside.

She took it in her hands.

"Ya think makin' a proposal is gonna make everythin' better Remy?" she said.

"Well no, but it's a start," he said the smile slowly beginning to fade.

"This isn't a start Remy. This is a long way down the line," she said handing him back the ring.

"But chere-"

"It's too fast!"

"Last night-"

"Was a mistake. We need ta take this slow or it's nevah gonna work." she said picking up her clothes.

"So I guess dis is a 'no' den," he said throwing the small velvet box away.

"Remy don't be lahke that."

"Like what?! Like I've been rejected, again! I wasn't even de first t'find out 'bout yer power."

"Rem-"

"No. It was dat bastard! Did he take it slow? Is dat where dis is comin from? Did he slowly seduce ya?"

"That's not fair Remy."

"NO! What's not fair is me sittin' here waitin' for yo' t'come home every night! I waited every night, even though I knew, I knew where yo' were, who yo' were with!"

"So ya just stayed at home drinkin' yerself stupid."

"Excuse me?!"

"This isn't just about meh and Gus. Ya played a part in this as well! With yer drinkin'"

"And why d'ya t'ink I drank eh? For de good of my health!" he let out a sharp, cold laugh.

"What happened when ah was away Remy?" she asked.

He looked away.

"Nothin'."

"Don' lie ta meh Remy, ah always know when yer lyin'."

"Nothin' happened."

"Why was Jean here?" she said not quite keeping the anger out of her voice.

He looked at her then and began to laugh, manically.

"Yo' t'ink. Me and Jeannie!" he sat down on the bed laughing, "I heard a lot of stupid t'ings in ma life but dat, dat tops dem all."

She sat down beside him the laughter being slightly infectious.

"Jeannie was checkin' up on me. Dat's all."

"Why was she doin' that?"

"Dat's my business."

"Ya mean yer secret. When ya gonna let meh in all yer secrets." she said bitterly.

He looked at her, longing to reach out and comfort her but he knew he couldn't. Too much had been said. He did the only thing he knew he could.

"Never."

"What?"

"Look yer right. Dis whole marrige t'ing was a bad idea. And yer right, it's never gonna work."

"Ah didn't mean-"

"Non Rogue. I understand now. Too much has happened an we can't put it right. An we both want different t'ings. So, I t'ink it's best if yo' jus left." he said walking towards the window unable to look at her.

"Ya know that's not what ah meant."

"Maybe not, but it's how I feel. Please leave."

"Ah, ah can't believe ya." she said, but he could hear her putting on her clothes, "How can ya go from wantin' ta marry meh ta, ta hatin' meh."

"Hate yo'? I don' hate yo'. I jus don wanna see yo' wastin' yer time wit me."

"Wastin' ma tahme-Rem, ah love y-"

He turned round to face her and grabbed her shoulders.

"What do I have t'say t'make yo' leave?! I've got what I wanted from yo' Rogue. Challenge over! And t'be honest I was disappointed with yer performance. Gus can have yo'!"

"Ya don' mean any of that Remy," she said crying.

"How do yo' know though?"

"Yer not lahke that. Yer lyin' I know ya are!"

He let her go and turned away from her fighting the urge to take her in his arms.

"No. For de first time I'm being honest wit yo' Chere. Now will yo' jus leave!"

He felt her walk towards him.

"Ah'll leave. But Remy ah know ya don' want this. Ah don't want this. Ah'll be in ma room, waitin'. But not forever Rem."

He didn't turn round till he heard the door close.

"He's, he's an idiot!"

"He's though he was doing what was best for her."

"No. He's just an idiot."

"When you love someone so much you can do crazy things," said Jean moving closer to where Remy was sitting.

"Like destroying any chance of being with the person they love?!"

"Yes. Or like doing everything possible to make sure the person they love wakes up from say, a coma." said Jean smiling at Jean-Paul.

He glared at her but she kept on smiling at him.

"Can we please just stick to the matter at hand." he said, "we don't appear to be getting anywhere."

"I'm missing something," said Jean biting her lower lip, then suddenly she stood up "He's stuck in a cycle. I can see it happening."

"What?" said Northstar who was extremely confused.

"All the memories we just saw, we're about to see them again, he's stuck in a loop. That's why he's not waking up. And it's this memory, he won't move on"

"Well how do we get him to do that?"

"He's got to do it by himself."

"But then he might never!"

"Exactly." said Jean sadly.

"There's got to be something we can do," said Jean-Paul crossing over to where Remy was, "Come on you idiot! You love her! She loves you! Run after her!"

Remy looked up and for a second Jean-Paul imagined that he was looking at him.

"What am I doin'" mumbled Remy to himself.

Then suddenly he stood up and ran out of the door.

"ROGUE!"

"I did it!" said Jean-Paul smiling.

He turned to look at Jean only to find that her face had gone very pale.

"No," she said quietly, "NO!"

She ran out after Remy Northstar following closely behind.

They ran down the corridors until they caught up with Remy who was currently towering over Gus who was lying on the floor holding his nose, which was bleeding.

"Yo' were meant to be teaching her control, not fucking her!"

"Well none of that matters anymore from what I heard," said Gus trying to stop the blood, "She told me it was over. And that she wanted to be with you. Don't see why. You cant even hold her hand never mind-"

"Rogue has complete control all on her own Gus. She don' need yer help anymore," said Remy stepping over him about to go down the stairs.

Northstar looked over at Jean who wasn't watching the two but instead at the figure walking up the stairs.

"Hey lebeau?" said Gus standing up.

"What?" Remy said turning to face him.

"She's a great screw." he said pushing him.

Remy lost his footing on the stairs and began to fall back crashing into the person behind him.

Jean screamed.

But it didn't come from the one standing next to Northstar.

"Jeannie, oh god jeannie." they heard Remy say.

"G-get Hank."

"De, de baby!"

"P-please Remy. Get Hank."