A hotel as a place to hide

[Gambit]

"Yeah," Gambit agreed, grinning, "we wouldn' wanna get bored, would we?" he glanced at her and re-adjusted the nearly falling flower behind her ear.

[Shade]

"No." Shade said, grinning broadly, finishing the croissant. "Speaking of evil, doing stuff one shouldn´t do and all that... I so can´t wait to get that car." She slung her second arm around his neck as well.

[Gambit]

"Patience, woman," Gambit said, taking another bite of his croissant.

[Shade]

Shade stuck out her tongue at him, then grabbed for her cup again. "I´m just itching to drive it that´s all." she said. "Magneto would be thrilled, because I don´t have to steal his car any more now. If he ever comes back that is." she said with a shrug.

[Gambit]

"Oh, ya think he be so resentful?" Gambit smirked. "Watch it; if he ever comes back, he might steal your car in return. Just, you know-" he shrugged. "Pay ya back or som'tin'."

[Shade]

"I´ll be the one to be resentful if he dares to do that." Shade said grinning. More than I already am because he left Rogue to her problems and to dealing with the miscarriage of his own child, she thought. "It´d earn him the slap he deserves anyways."

[Gambit]

"What is it wit' you wantin' to slap people lately?" Gambit wondered, chuckling. "What happ'ned t' harmless peace-lovin' Shade, is it my bad influence?"

[Shade]

Shade knew he was joking about it, still it had to sound somewhat strange.
"Nothing to do with the peace-loving." she said. "I slapped you because I felt helpless and overtaxed by myself which is no real excuse. Magneto is a different matter. I got lured in by him first thing I arrived at the mansion because he acted all nice and understanding and offered to help, but the first thing he mentioned about me was that I would be an excellent spy with those powers. He would have used me for his own goals, he abandoned Mystique when she got hit by the Cure to save him and he used Rogue´s feelings for him to pay back Mystique when she got pregnant."

She paused for a moment, recognising that all of a sudden, things had fallen into place. She had been so naive a year ago. "So I guess best thing for me to do is try and stand above that because he doesn´t deserve to be slapped. He doesn´t deserve that attention." And besides pieces putting themselves together, Shade noticed another thing: there was anger against Magneto she had not known of before. Her answer had become more lengthy and ran a lot deeper than she had intended at his light spoken remark.

[Gambit]

That was a lot to spill out at once, Gambit hadn't intended that with his mostly joking remark; still, it was interesting to listen to. "Well-well," he said, "speakin' of resentful..." he kissed her shoulder. "Ya gonna carry it all 'round wit' ya all de time?"

[Shade]

"No." Shade replied, shaking her head slightly. "I didn´t realise much of what I just said until now. But I wanted to end my business with him and never got the chance to do so." She could clearly recall the day when she had been waiting for Magneto at Alkali Lake, frightened, confused. That was miserable, Shade, she thought, but she had come a long way since then. And not just on her own. "which still annoys me at times. I want to see into his eyes and tell him that I look through his charms now." She chuckled lightly. "Does that even make sense?" To her it did.

[Gambit]

"Course it does," Gambit said, "I'm all for puttin' full stops. So does dat mean you're still thinkin' 'bout it because ya never got a chance to?"

[Shade]

Shade nodded. "Yes." she said. "I don´t like talking about different sides, because sometimes I´m not sure myself where I stand, but I know now I don´t want to be on his. I don´t think about this that often any more, but I´m no longer afraid to face him and it sometimes bugs me that I couldn´t yet."

[Gambit]

"Well, I hope ya get your chance yet," Gambit told her, then drank some more coffee and put the cup back on the tray to get his both arms around Shade. "Unsolved matters tend t' get real bitches as time passes."

[Shade]

"Oh, absolutely." Shade agreed, leaning her head against his shoulder and drawing her legs a little closer to her body so she was curled up in Gambit´s arms. Facing Magneto and be done with him meant making peace with herself and also, but that was just a minor annoyance in the matter, no longer being associated with him. Not that that would be a reason for some to think she did no longer, she thought. Pietro most likely would always be mistrusting her, but did she care? The answer to that was no. Even though her and Pietro had called somewhat of a truce, she did not think much of him.

[Gambit]

Gambit stroked her back softly, cradling her on his lap. She was still somewhat tense, and he wouldn't want to let her go feeling stressed. "How did ya sleep?" he asked, changing the subject.