Chapter 1:

February 14th 0001- New York, Brooklyn

Normal POV:

Safiyah nervously played with random strands of hair as she tried to calm herself down. This was her first time alone in New York and it was only made all the more nerve racking due to the reason that she was there. Her and her fellow classmates had come to Brooklyn exactly two days ago with the intention to see the city as well as go to the Ringling Bros Circus. It was a treat from the professor due the last semester going so well.

The very same day that she had arrived to Brooklyn, Piertro had called her informing her on where to meet him if she wanted to have the greatest Valentines date ever. After much hesitation and a lot of convincing from Amara about how this might be the most romantic day of her life, she finally gave in and had her friends help her sneak out of their hotel room.

Which is why she currently found herself sitting alone on an empty bench in Brooklyn watching more- mostly happy couples- making their way about the city. Detangling her fingers from her hair, Safiyah looked down at her wrist watch. 8:12pm.

He was only forty-two minutes late. 'No big deal.' Safiyah tried to be optimistic, but it was a big deal. Pietro was never late, and not just due to the fact that the was most likely the fastest person to ever live, but because of principle. But he was late today, late to their date, and Safiyah was finding it progressively harder to keep the smile on her face as the next time she looked at her watch it was 8:41pm.

Finally after receiving a pitting look from an elderly passing couple Safiyah had had enough. Standing up with her head held down as to hide her tears, Safiyah made her way down the two blocks that only hours ago she had happily snuck away from, with a belly full of butterflies.

But by the time she had made her way back to her hotel room her butterflies and blissful smile had been washed away by her heartbroken tears.

"Hey, your...are you okay?" Danielle was the first to realize Safiyah's return, and was instantly concerned at her friends apparent state. Her midnight black

curls were disheveled- probably from running her hands thew them as a nervous habit, but what really gave it away was that her mascara had run with her

tears leaving black streaks on the lower portion of her honey toned skin.

"Hey, how was your date!?" Amara came in through the bathroom door that joined two hotel rooms together.

"Obviously not well." Danielle made a point of picking up a whole box of tissues as she made her way to Safiyah who still stood by the door, tears now flowing freely. "I told you guys that her sneaking out would be a bad idea, he probably didn't even show up."

"She could be this upset for a number of reasons." Amara become defensive at the very thought that she might be wrong about something.

"He...he...he...didn't...didn't sh...show up." Safiyah heaved between sniffs and whimpers from where she sat on the floor furiously whipping her tears away.

"Well you know I always told you he wasn't good enough!?" Amara squatted down next to her distressed friend while ignoring the pointed look of her other one.

"I...I...I just...don't know." Safiyah by now had calmed down a bit, but the hurt was still clearly all over her face. "May...maybe he just doesn't like me...as...as much as I had thought...or...or...maybe I'm not good enough for him anymore..."

Danielle could clearly see that the admission was greatly hurting her current roommate and pulled their bodies together in a soft comforting hug. "If thats the case then he doesn't deserve you. Just forget about him!"

"You don't understand." Safiyah said quietly bowing her head against the Native American's strong shoulders "I can't."

"Yeah, you can...getting over guys is easier than you think." Amara said smiling "Take a shower and get some sleep, and tomorrow we can shop our hearts out, before we have to go to the circus...and if that doesn't work, we can just burn down his house." Amara said the last part opening the palm of her hand to reveal a bright orange flame

"I agree with Amara for once...with the exception of burning his house down" Danielle said pushing away Amara's fiery palm "Get some sleep now and by the end of tomorrow night he'll be a thing of the past."

"Ok, you guys are probably right." Safiyah forced a smile as she stood up headed to the conjoined bathroom. She knew that her friends were only trying to help, but they wouldn't understand, they couldn't ever understand where her hurt was coming from.

He had promised...

A/N: Sorry about this chapter being so short, but I plan on this being a long and in-depth serious, so even though this chapter isn't much, please let me know what you think by leaving a REVIEW, as it will be much appreciated, and give me great motivation to keep writing and updating.

A/N Continued: Also the reason I am writing this is because I feel there is a real lack of Remy/Gambit x OC stories, and I have just never been a fan of Rouge or his relationship with her, so I'm just trying to fill that void, but it might take a while for that relationship to form. So this first book will mostly if not be all Oc X Piertro/Quicksilver as I am also a big fan of him, but this dynamic will be short lived.