Webster Hall (transferred)

[Shade]

((takes place after "Back from New Oreleans" and "Playing in the park" (same day) ))

[glow=red,2,300]started on June, 9[/glow]

GAMBIT
Gambit hadn't been to Webster Hall in ages; the last time was several months before he had bought Hellfire Club. He didn't want to spend evening with Shade at the Hellfire, the place had an air of business about it for him, and he didn't need that, nor did he need anybody of his staff seeing him in a personal context.
They got to the club an hour before midnight, after seemingly endless shopping where they had fun arguing playfully over each item that Gambit saw as not revealing enough and Shade saw as not covering enough, and then after going back to Gambit's apartment to change and make out again. He was still a little bit excited after sex, and the moment he stepped into the booming and flashing atmosphere of the club, he knew he would get even more hyper as the evening would progress.

SHADE
It has become somewhat later than they had intended to which didn´t really surprise Shade. Despite their shaky start this had developed into a great day. As the sun was long down now she had shivered slightly from the night breeze when they had made their way towards the Club. In the end she had decided for a skirt that reached till around her knees and a neckholder top that went well with her sandals.
It had been so long since she had been to a place like this. It had been back at home and nothing of that size. She felt an excited grin spread across her face when they made their way through the crowds.

GAMBIT
"So what do you wanna do first?" Remy asked, leaning to Shade's ear so that she could hear him over the music. His arm was around her waist.

SHADE
The lights and beats were putting her into a cheeful mood but made if a little difficult to orientate around the place at first. "Let´s get a look around first, then hit the dance floor." she suggested. She wasn´t feeling thirsty yet.

GAMBIT
"Awright," Remy said. He took her by the hand, and they went past the dancefloor in the direction of the staircase to the second floor.

SHADE
The club was relatively crowded, the dancefloor packed with mostly young people dancing and hopping along the beat. Following Gambit, Shade had a look around, taking in her sorroundings

GAMBIT
The staircase was just as crowded as the dancefloor; holding Shade's hand, Remy made his way up between people. The rhythm of music was already affecting him, winding him up a bit.

SHADE
They made it up the stairs to the second floor which gave Shade a good view over the hopping mass of dancers below. She felt she was itching to mingle with the crowds already which made her react to the rhythm of the music unconsciously while they walked along.

GAMBIT
Gambit leaned on the banister, studying the hall. Two resident dancers in skimpy outfits lit by black light were hanging from the ceiling, twisting their bodies in large plastic loops. Must be an interesting view for those dancing under them.

He glanced back at Shade. "Dance first, drink next?" he asked.

SHADE
Shade had been watching the crowds below. The beats and lights were starting to give her a slight adrenaline rush. She returned Gambit´s glance and nodded then took him by the hand again and curled her way across the second floor and downstairs on the other side to mingle with the crowds on the dance floor.

GAMBIT
His body was already moving on its own accord, obedient to music, as they went down to the dancefloor. They entered the heaving crowd, becoming a part of it, and Gambit felt everything that mattered behind these walls leave his head at once. He had no idea how much he had needed it.

SHADE
It had been far too long since Shade had last been out to a club or another place for a dance. Mingling with the crowd she let her body take over, giving in to a poor, careless joy of moving along with the beats, the heated atmosphere of the people around them only adding to her adrenaline rush.

GAMBIT
Gambit was watching Shade at first, not too distracted by his own moves, but soon got too carried away by the dance. The beat was mixed into an uninterrupted flow of music, and he regained awareness of the place around him only much later.
Taking Shade around the waist, he drew her to him, pressing her back to him. "Havin' fun, chere?" he asked, leaning to her ear.

SHADE
Shade continued in her dancing, still caught in the rhythm although there was hardly any melody to be made out. She craned her head a little to beam at him. "You bet." she gave back close to his ear so he could understand what she was saying at all.

GAMBIT
Remy used the opportunity to steal a quick kiss from her lips. "When ya feel like takin' a break, jus' tell me," he said.

SHADE
Shade nodded and turned in his grasp so she was directly looking at him now. She didn´t feel tired at all, adrenalised by their surroundings, but when the beat changed into another rhythm after another what she thought might have been 10 minutes or 15, she noticed her mouth was dry. "Let´s get some drinks." she suggested grabbing Gambit´s hand.

GAMBIT
Gambit nodded, and they got through the crowd off of the dancefloor.
"What are you havin'?" he asked when they reached the bar.

SHADE
Shade let her eyes scan the lists that displayed the drinks. Thinking back about what she had eaten that day she decided it was rather safe for her tolerance to have something alcoholic first. She could still get back to coke after a cocktail.
Thinking for a moment, she made her choice. "A tequila sunrise." she said.

GAMBIT
Remy got a Tequila Sunrise for her and a Vodka-Martini for himself. "Let's go someplace quieter," he said, handing her the coctail and walking away from the bar.

SHADE
Shade took the drink from him and followed him through the throngs of people. The place was starting to get really crowded now, but they found some tables on the second floor where the beats and basses were a little dulled and where it was possible to talk at a halfway normal volume.
She sat down and took a sip of her cocktail. "Geez, must´ve been ages since I´ve been out dancing." she chuckled.

GAMBIT
"Me too... Shoulda told me, we'd of caught up on dat a long time ago," Remy responded with a smile, leaning back in his chair.

SHADE
Shade stretched her legs, slipping from her sandals a little and wriggled her toes. "Never really thought about it." she admitted. "Damn, this place is huge."

GAMBIT
"It is," Remy agreed, his eyes fixed on Shade's legs. He took a sip of his drink. "Ya know, I really think you should wear skirts more often."

SHADE
Shade had followed his gaze and took another, smaller sip of her drink. "Yeah. Now that I have one." she joked.

GAMBIT
"What, it's de only skirt ya got?!" Remy exclaimed, almost laughing. "What de world comin' to..."

SHADE
Shade had to chuckle at that. "Well, I was thinking practical when I left home and left the two I had." She remembered her days as a kid when she had always preferred trousers to skirts. Part of that still lingered obviously although she really liked this one.

GAMBIT
"Seriously," Remy grinned, remembering what she had told him about her childhood, "still a tomboy?"

SHADE
"Never really got the tomboy out of me I guess." she said, grinning. "Although I guess I´ll buy another one ... or two... cause it´s pretty."

GAMBIT
"One or two dozen," Remy corrected, "an' ya got no excuse if ya don't."

SHADE
Shade took a small sip of her drink. "What about ´trousers are more comfortable´ or ´you can run faster with trousers´? That doesn´t count as an excuse?" she asked feigning disbelief.

GAMBIT
"And where is it you gonna run, 'xcept for my bedroom?" Remy inquired before sipping his drink.

SHADE
She quirked an eyebrow and that, stiffling a grin. "Angry mobs" she said, feigning seriousness. "Imagine I use my powers in a place where people are ... you know... reaaally supersticious. And then they start running after me with torches and hayforks... better to wear trousers then."

GAMBIT
"Why would ya need t' run at all, when you're usin' your powers?" Remy asked. He could imagine several reasons, but was trying not to be serious about it and just kept teasing her.

SHADE
Shade shrugged, leaning back on her chair crossing her one leg over the other. "Maybe if I couldn´t use my powers all of a sudden or to make it look more dramatic?"

GAMBIT
"Ya know a girl in a skirt always gets away easier, chere," Remy winked.

SHADE
Shade laughed. "Oh really? Got to try that then." she grinned. "I promise, I´ll wear skirts more often, but won´t that mean you´ll get the hots for me?" she added feigning concern.

GAMBIT
"I'll get de hots for ya even if ya wear a clown suit, chere," Remy assured her. "But I always appreciate a skirt dat goes wit' a pair of nice legs."

SHADE
Shade smiled, amused. "Good." she said. "More skirts then, promised. Although I now have to try a clown costume somewhen, too. Just out of curiosity."

GAMBIT
Remy laughed. "I'd pay to see ya in it. Jus' out of curiosity," he drank from his glass.

SHADE
Shade snickered. "I´d pay more to see you in one." she assured. "but then again that´d leave less money for skirts."

GAMBIT
"I'm afraid you ain't got enough money t' see me in a clown suit," Remy replied. "But den again, I dunno, I guess nobody does."

SHADE
"Aww, damn." Shade said jokingly, taking another sip of her cocktail. She knew she had to keep this slow and probably drink a coke next thing she got a drink, otherwise her head would be spinning pretty soon.

GAMBIT
"Don' be sad, cheri," Remy said in a tone far from sympathetic, "ya get to see Gambit without any costumes, an' dat's much better."
He finished his drink, setting the glass on a table nearby. "Let's go?"

SHADE
"Yay." Shade cheered at his first remark, then nodded. She drank a little more, then placed the not yet empty glass aside. Her head was feeling a little light and she knew it would do no good to finish the drink at once now. Funnily enough one of her mother´s typical advice skipped its way into her mind: ´Never leave an open drink at a disco and drink from it later. You never know if someone put something into it.´ She shrugged inwardly, deciding she´d get a Coke later anyways and got up.

GAMBIT
Remy got up as well, sweeping her together with him by her waist. He thought that it had been a good idea to suggest that halter top to her back at the shop because the view of her open back was driving him positively and pleasantly crazy. A well-dressed beautiful woman was nothing short of a work of art.

SHADE
When they moved closer to the music again, Shade felt the music take control over her moves again. Tossing him a glance, she caught him looking at her and flashed him a grin, stealing a short kiss from his lips.

GAMBIT
Gambit didn't let her get away with it. Pulling her tightly to him, he gave her a long, deep kiss, moving his tongue slowly across her mouth, and then let her go, but not before he ran his hand down her bare back. He thought he himself probably derived more pleasure from that simple movement than he actually gave her.

SHADE
With an inward chuckle Shade decided the outfit had been a good choice. Instinctively she had wanted to lean in to him, making him kiss her again, but instead she just gave him another look that clearly told him how much she was enjoying this place, kissed him on the corner of his mouth and then pulled him after her by the hand, towards the music, feeling slightly affected by the alcohol.

GAMBIT
The coctail definitely made him freer in his movements; the crowd had, too, warmed up by that time already, and its rave was affecting Gambit through his empathy, making him get caught on that mood. He noticed some girls checking him out; he replied with a smile, but returned his attention to Shade. It seemed that she, too, was more and more under the influence of music.

SHADE
Following his gaze she saw some girls looking into their direction but didn´t really give them any attention. Just what she and her friends would have done being at a place like this she thought with an inward shrug and instead let herself carry away by the rhythm feeling an almost childlike cheerfulness which most likely not only resulted from the music.

[Shade]

GAMBIT
Watching her move in the unsteady strobe light, Gambit found himself more and more turned on and wanting her again. He wondered what was it that made her so desirable to him, that made him want her incessantly. It wasn't typical for him, he tended to seek variety and always look for something else, instead of getting attached to one person. He did get attached every now and then. It happened rarely, but when it did...
He pulled Shade to him by the waist again, leaning to kiss her.

SHADE
Shade tilted her head to the side a little and returned the kiss, darting out her tongue to part his lips, her head feeling light but not dizzy, feeling heated up by the staccato of the lights and basses.

GAMBIT
His head was spinning a little from her kiss, as he deepened it, tasting her mouth with his tongue. Then, feeling rather purposeful, he took her by the hand and lead her away from the dancefloor.

SHADE
Shade didn´t have to be a telepath to know what he was most likely up to. She knew how to interpret his glances by now and for some reason she felt rather intoxicated, pondering why that was so. Maybe because there were so many others around, also so many other girls that she had seen him look at briefly but why he had not really giving another glance? She felt a smile spread across her face when he lead her away from the crowd.

GAMBIT
The good thing about a big club was that people in it didn't give much damn about each other. Gambit lead Shade into a corner in one of the dimly lit hallways of the club and stopped there, pressing her to the wall and holding his palms high on her sides.
"I need ya to tell me somethin', chere," he said, leaning very close to her.

SHADE
Shade felt slight confusion at his words and looked up at him. "What is it?" she asked, slightly breathless from the dancing.

GAMBIT
"Tell me why I can't help but wantin' you all de time," he continued in a low voice, looking into her eyes. "Tell me what de f*ck are you doin' to me, Shade."

SHADE
He had gotten her away from the dancefloor to ask her this. That fact and the way he was talking told her that, maybe in combination with the alcohol, he was letting parts of his well-kept control slip again. Similar to earlier in the Hellfire. Something he wouldn´t have done during their first time together.
Shade smiled a little. "I don´t know." she said looking at him, then got a little more serious again. "I´m just being myself."

GAMBIT
"Is dis what always happens to guys around you, when you're bein' yourself?" Remy wondered, leaning his forehead against hers.

SHADE
There it was again, Shade thought. She had pulled him down earlier in his Club and now there he was saying things again that went into the same direction. She felt her heart leap at that. She didn´t break the eye contact. "Not always, no." she said touching his chin with her thumb.

GAMBIT
"Seems to work for Gambit, though," he said, his red eyes burning in darkness. "What is it you want?"

SHADE
Shade could almost feel his words leave an echo in her mind making it messier than it already was from the cocktail, the dancing, the atmosphere. Maybe ... no, very likely, he would not have said all this had he been sober, but that took nothing from the meaning.
She looked at him, studying his features while her thumb continued stroking his jawline. She knew what she wanted, she wanted them to have fun together, she wanted mutual feelings but she wouldn´t tell him that. Noone could force something like this, he had to discover his emotions on his own and from the looks of it, he was doing something very similar and was confused by what he found. "I want to be with you." she said honestly.

GAMBIT
He didn't expect her to say that; in fact, he expected nothing at all, the questions he was asking were merely something that was hovering at the very top of his conscience right now, something he probably had meant to ask for some time already, but now, put tugether, it all barely made sense.
If she was driving him crazy to get to be with him, she was succeeding.
"Okay," he said, closing his eyes and trying to formulate it properly. Then he looked at her again. "Ya sure you know what you're up for?"

SHADE
It was a question of the like he had asked her several times already she noticed. A question heading into the same direction as ´Are you sure you know what real Gambit is like?´ or ´Are you sure I might try things to see how far I can go?´ It seemed to Shade that he used questions of this sort as a kind of protection, it was a kind of subliminal warning that said something like ´Being with me is dangerous.´
She had seen new facets about him these past few days, facets that had made her even more curious about who Gambit was. His question was kind of rhetorical. Of course she didn´t know. Not in all details, not in all consequences. Gambit always meant a certain amount of risk. Mystique had called him "dangerous" only days ago, she had done so playfully, but it was the same alltogether.
"I know that I want to be with you." she repeated calmly. "That´s all I need to know." And she knew this was the only way for her. To follow what she felt. Not a tiny nag of reason warning her about him.

GAMBIT
"So where's the thinkin' Shade?" Remy asked and took a pause before asking another question. "Are you so in love with me?"

SHADE
That was a very direct question, but it followed his usual strategy of turning confusion about his own emotions into question about herself. "Thinking Shade is there." she replied. And more than you know she added in thought. "but Feeling Shade decided it´s much healthier for Shade as a whole to listen to her heart."

GAMBIT
"Okay," he said again, still leaning against her forehead. She didn't answer his second question, although he had hoped to hear a straight answer to that, but it didn't matter that much, since he was certain he knew the answer anyway. "Now dat we've established de fact dat you know what you're doin', tell me, what is it you're doin' to me."

SHADE
Shade looked at him. What was it he wanted to hear? She had her theories, yes, but she didn´t know if they were going too far nor did she know whether - although he asked for it - he really wanted to hear a blunt, straight forward answer.
"It´s difficult for me to say..." she said honestly. "but maybe ... I think... I make you think. About yourself. About what you feel and what you see in me. Maybe you haven´t done so for quite a time, so it´s something new ... something that confuses you." She gave him a questioning look to see if her words were matching his thoughts. "Just my little theory." she added.

GAMBIT
"An' dat makes me want you all de time?" Remy raised his brows questioningly.

SHADE
Counter question. Meaning yes. Shade smiled a little. "Maybe." she said. "because you would be curious about what all this is about ... and to find out more you have to keep curious ... instead of." she shrugged. "running off with anyone else. So you keep wanting me, more than one of the girls who just smiled at you."

GAMBIT
"You're makin' it sound as if I'm doin' it to myself," he said.

SHADE
Yes, it sounded like that, Shade thought. It sounded like that because it was partly true. She had set him thinking about things that were not necessary with one night stands. How to best explain it?
She furrowed her brow slightly, thinking. "Maybe what I do is triggering." she said. "Triggering thoughts. Maybe feelings."

GAMBIT
"How do you do it?" Remy asked again. He had no idea where he was heading with all those seemingly similar but still different questions, but he wanted to get to the bottom of things. Like always.

SHADE
Shade had felt a little shaky about the last two words, about actually wondering allowed whether it was possible feelings for her he was thinking about. Therfore his answer came unexpected. He did not back away. He asked another question, but this again was a question that indicated that - although he did not directly admit it - her ideas were heading into the right direction. All of a sudden she felt the influence of the alcohol nearly gone.
"By being myself." she repeated an answer from earlier. "Being myself means showing both, thinking and feeling Shade. I was never good at controlling either."

GAMBIT
The circle had come complete. They returned to where they'd started.
Her words reminded him of how he felt that day when he took her out for a pizza. How natural, how herself she was - like she was most of the time - and how intoxicating and good it felt to be with someone who wasn't pretending and faking anything to him.
He took her by the chin, looking into her eyes, studying her a little, though he was mostly distracted by his own thoughts. "Yeah," he said in a low voice, "I guess dat's what it is."

SHADE
There was no other question that followed, but he agreed. He broke the chain of questions on his own and came to a conclusion Shade would never have expected him to make days ago, before he had started thinking and behaving out of way now and then. When he looked at her she felt she almost had to fight back a tear. He was often blunt, but never before had he given her such a deep insight. It made her feel he - they had just done a big step. Her smile widened, sheer, cheerful happyness mingled with a very faint disbelief sparkling in her eyes. "So I helped you answer your question?" she asked, but it was more than a statement.

GAMBIT
"You did," Remy said, running his thumb a little back and forth along her chin.

SHADE
"That´s good to know." Shade said, barely registrating that the music was still rather loud although not dulling out their words. The beats didn´t reach her ears any longer. She reached for him, slinging both her arms around his neck, stroking the back of his head while she kept studying his features.

GAMBIT
Now that he had sorted it out a little, which was nicely in concordance with what Tante Mattie had bid him, he felt great relief. As if there were no reasons for holding back anymore. There was still that concern for Shade's safety around him and because of him, but since she seemingly claimed to have her eyes open about it, he could cut down on his protection idee fixe a bit. Of course, that would need a more thorough discussion later... but not now.
He kissed her, sliding his palms over her back to draw her nearer.

SHADE
Shade closed her eyes, giving in to the kiss at once, feeling even better than she had before when they had arrived at the club. It seemed Gambit had decided some things for himself which was a good start and far more than she would have expected him to share with her, especially not so soon.
In this moment, she felt overwhelmed by her own emotions and feelings of deep affection for him and, holding nothing of it back she unconsciously opened her mind wide, something inside her registrating that he was close enough to get a good grasp of how she felt right now.

GAMBIT
At that moment, her emotions seemed to have hit him like a strong wave, affecting him as well, and he inhaled deeply, making his kiss more rushed and forceful. His hands, heated from his powers, slid over her bare back, pressing her closer to him, and at the same time he pushed her to the wall.

SHADE
His kiss became more demanding and something in the back of Shade´s mind started to wonder whether it wouldn´t be better to ask him to stop and get somewhere else first, but that little voice was drowned out and faded into being unimportant. She deepened the kiss even more although this was hardly even possible and tightened her grip around his neck pressing herself against him.

GAMBIT
Gambit wanted to move yet closer to her, but there was nowhere to go anymore, she was pressed against the wall, and out of desperation he moved one of his legs between her legs, spreading them a bit. His hands traveled lower to her hips.

SHADE
The voice in the back of her mind returned, warning her again and again Shade pushed it back, more forcefully this time. From Gambit´s reactions she could tell he was just as desperate for closeness as she was herself.

GAMBIT
Gambit broke the kiss, panting a little. "I want you," he whispered, "right now."

SHADE
Shade leant her forehead against his, looking at him, her body shivering slightly from excitement. The place where they were wasn´t exactly deserted but the shadows were swallowing a lot and then again she still had her powers if there was any risk so why the hell should she bother? A smile spread on her lips. "Birds of a feather." she whispered back.

GAMBIT
He mirrored her smile, biting his lip a little in excitement. She had every reason to refuse, and he would understand, but she didn't, and that made his heartbeat quicken in an instant; he felt shiver pass over his body.
"Den let's do it," he whispered, leaning close to her ear, as his hands went lower down her thighs.

SHADE
The effect of the alcohol was still there to some extent, Shade felt. She didn´t know if she had agreed to this, had she not had alcohol before but she guessed that her slight light-headedness did by far not result from that almost finished cocktail alone. She leant in to nibble on his earlobe and without conscious thinking raised one of her legs a little, entanling it around his legs to get him even closer.

GAMBIT
His heartbeat increased to the point he was certain she could feel it against her body. His head spinning slightly from the beat of the music, the coctail, and the emotions, Gambit closed his eyes, enjoying her small kisses on his ear. His hands went up Shade's thighs, rubbing her skin and pulling her skirt upwards.

SHADE
Shade felt almost intoxicated. That he wanted her was nothing new but she could feel his excitement in everything he did, every breath he took and she was now certain that this excitement was not just physical. This thought made her heart leap with happyness and she continued nibbling his earlobe softly before she broke away from him and looked at him, her breath quickening.

GAMBIT
Remy returned her glance, then lowered his eyes to her lips. His hands slid to the inner sides of her thighs, and he slowly caressed the sensitive skin there, raising the level of Shade's arousal.

SHADE
Shade kept watching him, her arms around his neck, her thumbs gently stroking the back of his head. She realised she was more oblivious to the world around them than she had been earlier, in the park, although here they were much more in the open despite the dim light.

[Shade]

GAMBIT
Gambit brushed his lips over hers in a quick kiss, then moved to kiss her jawline, while his fingers were tracing patterns on the skin of her thighs.

SHADE
Shade leant her head against the wall and closed her eyes, completely blending out everything else for a moment, concentrating only on his touch.

GAMBIT
Gambit lingered on the curve of her jawline for a few long moments, then his lips traced a line to the sensitive skin on Shade's neck. One of his hands kept stroking the inside of her thighs, adding slightly more pressure to the arousing touch, while he started to unbuckle the belt of his jeans with the other.

SHADE
Shade could feel her heartbeat and breath quicken again, her need for him growing with every second. His question from earlier had been a valid one although she could have asked the same. What was he doing to her that made her make out with him in the middle of a place like this? She inwardly chuckled at this.

GAMBIT
Kissing and sucking on her neck a little, Remy slid his hand over her hip and down, bringing her leg to wrap closer around him. He unzipped his jeans and got a condom out of his back pocket.

SHADE
Shade opened her eyes again and leant in to nuzzle his neck, encouraging him even more while he kept kissing her. She tossed a glance over his shoulder towards the hallway entrance where she saw some people pass my but decided they were not close enough to be bothered by them.

GAMBIT
Gambit pulled his boxers down a little and put the condom on. His actions were mechanical, he was concentrated only on kissing Shade, on her scent and the warmth rising from her skin while he kept kissing and biting her neck gently.

SHADE
Shade couldn´t suppress a whimper. The dulled staccato of the music a little off was not helping to keep her excitement in check but seemed to be a kind of representation of her quickened heartbeat instead. As much as she enjoyed what he was doing to her neck, she felt she was growing desperate.

GAMBIT
Gambit bent his knees a bit and raised Shade a little by her leg with one hand while his other hand slid under her skirt and pulled her panties aside. He didn't want to be too conspicuous about them having sex there, he knew it would hardly make her comfortable. Supporting her a bit against the wall, he entered her slowly and used his other hand to hold her around the waist.

SHADE
Shade let out a little gasp, stiffling a moan which most likely would have been dulled out by the music anyways. Moving her head a little she seeked his lips for a kiss.

GAMBIT
Gambit kissed her eagerly, groaning into her mouth. He gave her some support by bringing one of his legs under her and started making slow movements, so unlike the rushed, enthusiastic kiss he was giving her.

SHADE
Shade answered to his movements by slowly moving her hips. Despite the slow rhythm, she had the feeling it was almost driving her insane, her arousal being fuelled just as much by the kiss. She let her tongue run up and down his the started to suck on it firmly.

GAMBIT
Gambit responded to her kiss hungrily, pressing her head against the wall firmly. He liked the feeling of her body against his, like he had control over her as she was trapped between him and the wall, and it only gave him more excitement, so he had to make effort not to speed up his movements inside of her.

SHADE
Shade felt no motivation whatsoever to keep him from pressing against her even more firmly. The feel of his body against hers excited her although it was not skin to skin. Kissing him until she had to break away for breath she looked at him, smirking. It was obvious he was enjoying just as much as she did.

GAMBIT
When she broke the kiss, Gambit glanced at her and saw her smile. He grinned back, thrilled by the mere fact that she was actually enjoying the whole thing so much. Sliding both his hands down to her hips, he pinned her down on him with more force, bringing his hips up to meet her.

SHADE
This time she couldn´t hold back her moan, but she tried to dampen it by biting her lip. Her instincts told her to speed up, but this might have made others suspicious of what they were doing - if there wasn´t already someone noticing

GAMBIT
Remy brought his lips down on her neck again, hands sliding up and down her lithe body.

SHADE
He was making it increasingly difficult for her to keep any sort of control or alertness, the latter of which was dulled by the shadows, the alcohol and her own excitement anyways. From the corners of her eyes she could see a group of people, half a dozen or more, mostly girls, round the corner and head into their direction, chatting and laughing as they did so. They would pass them by and Shade decided to use the moment before they had noticed them and let them vanish, moving her hips against Gambit with a little more force as she did so as noone could see them now anyways.

GAMBIT
Gambit didn't notice that she made them vanish, he was too lost in the double pleasure of kissing her neck and making love to her, but as she thrust her hips towards him, he felt encouraged to grind against her with more force, holding her sides with his hands.

SHADE
Her adrenaline was high which meant her senses related to her powers were alert. How long had she kept two people invisible at the longest? A minute? It hadn´t exhausted her too much, she had improved on her powers since her first try and dimly calculated she could keep them hidden for about two minutes, meaning there would be no worry about others during that time. She slightly increased in speed, driving her hips against him.

GAMBIT
Remy opened his eyes before moving to kiss Shade on the lips and found her invisible. He glanced quickly on his shoulder and found himself invisible as well. How long had she been keeping like this? He couldn't see her, but he could feel her body moving eagerly to meet each his thrust, could sense her high emotions, and it didn't seem like she was distracted or weakened by extending her powers at both of them.
He felt fleeting curiosity at such progress, but his attention quickly drew back to sex, and, pushing into her faster and faster, he leaned forward, seeking her lips for a kiss.

SHADE
Now that she knew they were safe from view, Shade felt she lost control quickly. Part of her was actually a little bewildered by the fact that her powers were keeping up that well, but she didn´t waste any more thought to it, in order not to distract herself. Moving along his rhythm she felt her climax approach and as it did so, felt her powers tugging at her slightly, telling her she would not be able to hold this up for too much longer.

GAMBIT
The haste with which they had rushed into it was taking its toll on Gambit, driving him crazy at the feeling of her body giving in to him, as was the steady, unabating rhythm of music at the club in synch with his heartbeat. He kissed Shade eagerly, grasping her hips in one last attempt to pull her closer and make both her and him come.

SHADE
It was a strange struggle she was fighting. Her body had given up already and was acting on its own accord, yet she had to keep part of it under control to keep her powers up. It made Shade feel torn and she knew she would have to concentrate hard.
Another few thrusts sent her off and she came moaning into his mouth her hips bucking irregularly, her limbs going powerless almost instantly as she needed the remaining strength in her body and mind for another few seconds of invisibility.

GAMBIT
Pressing his hand to the small of her back to help her ride out her orgasm, Remy followed her, coming inside of her and groaning into her mouth as he almost bit her tongue.

SHADE
Shade had just enough time for the orgasm to reside a little until she felt her head starting to spin. Taking up on that warning signal, she let her powers slip, returning them to the visible world. Panting heavily she looked at him, her smile widening into a grin. "I... never managed it that long." she said, her voice betraying her excitement.

GAMBIT
Gambit returned her glance, smiling and panting as well. "We should do it more often," he said, easing the pressure of his body on hers a little bit as he drew back and stopped pushing her against the wall.

SHADE
"We should." Shade agreed chuckling, then used a hand to brush her skirt back down. She felt flushed and a little weak, but nothing near an exhaustion that would go much more beyond what should be expected.

GAMBIT
Remy pulled the condom off and zipped his jeans. "Ya know, your powers are like a muscle," he remarked in the meantime. "De more ya train it, de stronger it becomes. An' it can't happen unless ya make efforts to train it."

SHADE
That sounded logical and fit well with the experiences she had made so far. She had trained her powers now and then but also found that there were limits to it. Months ago she had used them to make a bench in the Lair´s training room vanish and it had drained her so much at once that she had immidiately started to feel sick. She knew that, if she tried the same thing again, she would cope much easier with it now.
"And training goes so much better with a little motivation." she agreed.

GAMBIT
"Which Gambit's happy to provide," Remy tipped her nose with his index finger, winking.

SHADE
"Oh, I bet." Shade said, grinning at him, then looked around. "Let´s grab something to drink, shall we? I think I need a Coke right now."

GAMBIT
"Sho thing," Remy put his hand around Shade's waist as they left the dark hallway and went to the bar once again. He got a coke for her and a Gibson coctail for himself.

SHADE
The volume of the music hit her at first after having been a little away from it for a while. Shade took her Coke and took a few big gulps, feeling her head get a little clearer again. She had no idea how late it was, she had lost her feel for time at some point but didn´t really mind as the music and her own state of mind kept her from being tired although she was pretty sure she would fall asleep first thing her head hit a pillow. But until then, she was fine.

GAMBIT
Gambit drank from his glass, smiling a little as he glanced at Shade over his shoulder, leaning on the bar counter with his elbows. He took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and, getting one, lit it.

SHADE
Shade took another long drink from her glass so it was more than half empty already. From the corners of her eye she caught the gaze of some guy who was eyeing her with open interest, most likely already affected by a few too many beers. She returned his gaze with her eyebrows raised sceptically and leant her back against the bar next to Gambit watching the people around them.

GAMBIT
Remy noticed the look on her face and smirked. "What, somebody checkin' you out?" he asked, leaning to her to make himself heard over the music.

SHADE
She glanced at him and chuckled then returned her glance to the crowds. "Bloke over there." she said, slightly looking into the direction where the same guy was still sitting at one of the tables with some others, glass in front of him, eyes slightly hazy from the alcohol. "Not my type really."

GAMBIT
Remy followed the direction of her eyes. "Well, if he ain't not your type, I can't really help here," he said. "But we can make it so he won't bother you." He made eye contact with the man, smiled, blew a kiss towards him and waved his fingers playfully at him, then returned his attention to the drink. "There, I don't think he'll think about approachin' us anymore."

SHADE
The guy at the table looked dumbstuck and at once averted his gaze, feigning to be in deep conversation with his buddies. Shade started to laugh loudly, unable to hold back which the other man probably realised, but she didn´t care. "Awesome." she chuckled, turning around to face the bar.

GAMBIT
"Merci," Remy grinned, equally amused, as he pulled at his cigarette.

SHADE
Shade took a sip of her Coke and grinned as well. "I´d say ´That´s a trick I have to use myself somewhen´ but .... well... guess it wouldn´t really work."

GAMBIT
"Why, it could if ya used it on a girl to scare her away from Gambit," Remy said, "but girls are harder to scare dat way."

SHADE
"Right." Shade nodded. "but there are much better ways to scare away girls." she added with a mischievious grin.

GAMBIT
"Such as?.." Remy asked, guessing she was probably referring to her powers.

SHADE
Shade feigned deep thought. "Oh...the usual, you know. Some might bugger off if I started to grab and snog you. Others might need a friendly reminder when I accidentally step on their toes walking past..." She shrugged cheerfully. "And most will be freaked out when they suddenly vanish I guess."

GAMBIT
"I was expectin' dat last one," Remy said. "It would be such a Kodak moment. Always gotta be more inventive, it's fun, after all, so we might as well treat it like fun."

SHADE
"Yup." Shade agreed. "And it´ll even get more inventive and fun once I´ve learnt the finer tunings and can make a head vanish. Or a boob."

GAMBIT
"Dieu, I wanna see it," Remy grinned, finishing his coctail.

[Shade]

SHADE
Shade chuckled. "Give me some time to test around and we can come back here and nag girls hitting on you with it." she said.

GAMBIT
"Girls hittin' on Gambit?!" Remy exclaimed, putting on his most shocked expression and turning around. "Where?"

SHADE
"Saw some who seemed interested earler." Shade said sipping from her drink with a shrug. Those hadn´t been hitting on him, they had just been looking "Guess I would have been one of them if I didn´t know you so I don´t blame them for a little drooling."

GAMBIT
"And I take it if ya knew me, hittin' on Gambit would be de last thing on your mind?" Remy glanced at her askew, pulling at the cigarette.

SHADE
"Would be pretty much the first thing on my mind." Shade gave back matter of factly.

GAMBIT
"I wonder where dat puts Shade dat walked into my club some months ago," Remy mused. "She looked like she wasn't interested at all."

SHADE
Shade smiled. "I guess Shade months ago simply had too much other things on her mind to notice the handsome bartender guy." she said.

GAMBIT
"Good to know she got distracted a bit since den," Remy winked, finishing his cigarette.

SHADE
Shade smile widened. "I guess getting her butt to Hellfire on her own was pretty much the best thing she could do." she said, meaning it. His words about distraction were true. She had been looking for just that. Not in the sense it had developed later, but still... He had distracted her from her heavy thoughts. One day, she would thank him properly for that.

GAMBIT
"Dieu, finally Gambit sees some actual use come out of dat Club," Remy shook his head.

SHADE
Shade grinned remembering her first visit there. "Yeah. Well, it´s such a pretty place and all." she said rather randomly. "Thought that first time I went there already." She shrugged.

GAMBIT
"Have you seen all of it?" Remy asked, rather flattered.

SHADE
"I guess that question means there are places about that Club I haven´t seen?" she guessed, raising her eyebrows at him.

GAMBIT
"I really don't know," Remy said honestly. "If ya haven't been past de main hall wit' de bar, den, apparently, you got much left to visit."

SHADE
Shade nodded. "Then I guess I´ve got much left to visit." she smiled.

GAMBIT
He looked at her for some moments, then leaned to kiss her shoulder. "Dance or go home?"

SHADE
"Hm..." Shade said. "I´d say drop by on the dancefloor for another few minutes on our way out."

GAMBIT
"Dance our way out, huh?" Remy grinned. "Let's go," he turned to go to the dancefloor, taking her by the hand.

SHADE
She followed him towards the dance floor, slowly feeling tiredness get hold of her mind. ´Dancing their way out´ had been a good idea it seemed. She knew she wouldn´t be able to dance through the night.

GAMBIT
Gambit swirled her around, pressing her back to him as he held his arm around her waist, locking his fingers with her.

SHADE
Shade closed her eyes when she started moving with the music again, feeling happy no more no less. Leaning against him, she opened her eyes a little and craned her head to look at him while they were dancing.

GAMBIT
Remy replied with a sly smile, looking at her as he was dancing to the beat and mouthing the lyrics of the rhythmical R'n'B song. Having a good memory and working at a nightclub had its funny side effects.

SHADE
The music they were playing right now were a nice change from the earlier techno staccato. Shade grinned at him leaning against him, thinking how totally relaxed he looked. She would never have guessed that he enjoyed clubbing that much, that he would have so much fun about dancing. Seems you just discovered yet another piece of the puzzle, she thought.

GAMBIT
Gambit placed his hands loosely over Shade's hips, making her sway together with him. He leaned to kiss her hair.

SHADE
Shade gave in, matching her own dancing movements to his, humming the melody of the song to herself and closed her eyes.

GAMBIT
Gambit thought that it had been an excellent idea to come here tonight. The evening... the entire day had been perfect, and dancing at the club was just what he needed to relax.
They danced a few more songs through before he leaned to Shade's ear again. "Ready to go?"

SHADE
Shade glanced at him and nodded. Her feet had started to grow weary by now. "Yeah, let´s get out of here." she said.

GAMBIT
Still caught in the rhythm of the music, eventually they made their way across the room to the doors. Gambit saw an array of cabs waiting for their prey on the street, so they got into one of them, and Gambit gave his address.
"Tired?" he asked Shade.

SHADE
As soon as they were in the taxi, Shade slipped from the sandals and stretched her legs, letting out a sigh. "Yeah." she admitted, leaning her head back, looking at Gambit. "But what an awesome day."

GAMBIT
"Ah, c'est vrai, it was, non?" Remy said, his voice betraying his excitement. He hadn't felt that good in days... or maybe even weeks. He knew one reason for that must have been the fact that he managed to sort out his thoughts about Shade a little bit.

SHADE
"Uh-huh." Shade agreed with a happy nod, spreading her arms across the back seat. She felt tired, yes, physically exhausted almost, but at the same time the music and excitement of the club still lingered. "And I´m not even tipsy." she added, grinning wide.

GAMBIT
"You've danced it all out," Remy supposed, leaning back as well. "An' not only danced..."

SHADE
Shade chuckled. "You know, some weeks ago I so would´ve slapped you for even trying something like that."

GAMBIT
"I know," Remy winked, "how can I forget bein' provoked at de café?"

SHADE
Shade started to laugh. "Seriously I though I´d die. That was just so embarassing." she giggled.

GAMBIT
"Dat was de whole point," Remy grinned.

SHADE
Shade playfully rolled her eyes at him, then shifted on her seat so she was sitting sidewards, the seatbelt still on and put her feet on his lap so she could stretch her legs properly. "Well, you succeeded in that then." she said.

GAMBIT
"Succeedin' is what I'm particularly good at," Remy informed her, immediately using the opportunity to run his hand over one of her legs.

SHADE
Shade gave him a feigned thoughtful look. "Yeah." she said. "I guess one could say you are. Everyone needs something to be good at. Good for one´s ego."

GAMBIT
Remy winked, then leaned over to her, speaking in a low voice, "Have ya ever made out in a cab, cheri?"

SHADE
Shade looked at him, narrowing her eyes slightly, stiffling a chuckle. "No." she said. "To know where I made out already you can simply think about where we made out already." She tossed a look at the back mirror at the front. No, she thought, she didn´t feel up for that. "Guess there´s too little alcohol in my blood for that." she said.

GAMBIT
"Are you sayin' gettin' Shade drunk is Gambit's next assignment?" Remy squinted mischievously.

SHADE
Shade smirked at him. "I was saying I´d have to be drunk to make out in a taxi." she corrected him, already half guessing his answer to that.

GAMBIT
"Q.e.d.," Remy smirked. He leaned back, his hand still on her leg. "What are you doin' tomorrow?"

SHADE
So as she had thought. Shade rolled her eyes a little, but grinned telling him she was only joking. "Hm..." she said. "apart from sleeping in you mean?" She shrugged. "No plans yet."

GAMBIT
"Tres bon," Remy smiled, his brows jumping up and down for a moment. "I got just de place for you to stay at."
The taxi stopped at his building.

SHADE
She flashed him a grin. "You mean I should stay at a guy´s place who´s just waiting to jump me? Geez, what would my mother say to that?"

GAMBIT
"Tell her he's rich an' handsome," Remy winked as he paid to the driver. Then he got out and walked around the car to open the door for her.

SHADE
"I´ll add an ´And he opens taxi doors for me´." she said. By now, her postcard from Tunisia might already have arrived and made her parents wonder who the hell it was their daughter had run off to a North Africa trip with.

GAMBIT
"Dat'll convince her right away," Remy laughed. He shut the taxi door, and as it drove off, he took Shade by the hand, walking towards the entrance of the building.

SHADE
Shade laughed a little. She had not put her sandals back on but kept them in a hand by the strings, walking bare footed. "Oh, I bet." she said.