Hazel Eyes

Chapter One

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It had been about 3 weeks since the bar, since Jubilee's birthday. It hadn't been the best three weeks because Marie was on edge. She had slept with someone….she had slept with someone…! Why did this happen?

The young woman didn't think she'd ever do something like it, not till she was married at least.

First class came quickly, and Marie was teaching people who to draw faces or something. One minute she was fine, then next she was rushing to the nearest bathroom. She didn't think much about it, till she ended up puking at the sight of her favorite food, Chinese.

No one really noticed, and when she started waking up and puking, she knew something was wrong. What could be wrong with me? Marie thought as she walked towards the med-lab. As she entered, she noticed the blue body of Hank McCoy. He seemed busy, and Marie wondered if she should just go…

"Ah Rogue,"

She looked up, and noticed the large mutant staring at her. She nodded.

"What brings you here?"

"I…I was wonderin' if you could help me…" Marie said as she went over towards her friend.

Hank just smiled at her, and he reminded her of Charles. "What seems to be the problem?"

Marie chewed her lip before she explained what had been going on for the last week and a half.

Hank didn't say anything, and just listened to her speak. He nodded, and then he was writing down some stuff – she didn't say anything about it and kept on with her story. When she finished, Hank was up and going through some stuff. "Hank….whatcha doin'?" she asked nervously.

He didn't reply, and then faced her. "Rogue, I'm your doctor and your friend. I don't wish to make this seem….awkward but I was wondering when your last period was."

She was quiet, and then counted the days quickly. Okay so her period had been on February 3th…. And that was almost four weeks ago- shit! She was late! "It…it's late…"

He nodded his head, and then looked into her eyes. "Rogue….would you mind going into the bathroom, and peeping on this end?" She didn't know what the thing was, but she nodded, taking the small stick. "Please wrap it in toilet paper when you're done."

Marie nodded, and off she was towards the bathroom.

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Ten minutes later, Marie came out with the stick wrapped in toilet paper. She didn't understand what was going on, but didn't ask. Hank would tell her, right? She gave him the wrapped stick, and then took a sit on the chair that was in the room. Hank looked over the thing, and she found herself staring at two blue lines. What the hell? She thought.

Hank looked up, and he smiled slightly. "Congrats, Rogue," He started. What? "You're pregnant."

Pregnant. She thought the word over a few times but it really didn't sink in. I'm….I'm pregnant?

The woman was quiet, and she was staring with her mouth hanging open. The only time she had done that was with the….oh no. She was pregnant with a stranger's baby.

Somehow though, she didn't want to end someone's life. It had a right too.

"Rogue?" called Hank.

Marie almost didn't reply when he called her other name, "Y-yes?"

"Are you alright? You should be happy! I'm sure Bobby will be proud." Hank smiled at her brightly.

She shifted, "It…it isn't Bobby's…."

"What-?"

"Bobby and I haven't been sleepin' together Hank…"

"Then who…?"

"Jubilee brought me out to a bar, and well….shit went down…"

Hank now understood, and he felt bad for the young woman who was sitting in front of him. He only nodded, and Marie felt like he was mad at her or something. What was he feeling? What would he say?

Did he think she was a slut?

Of course not! She told herself. Hank was just too kind hearted to do that to someone.

Why didn't she believe herself?

"Hank…?" Marie called softly, almost nervously.

"Yes my dear?" Hank looked over at her.

She took in a deep breath. "I wanna keep it,"

"Why—"

"It's a living being too! Besides, it was my own stupid choice to go that night, and I shouldn' let my stupid decisions hurt someone else." Marie said and she knew she was right. "It's my baby too."

Baby. She was gonna have a baby.

Hank nodded and then he smiled at her. Why was he smiling?

"Then we must set up the next appointment, no?"

She nodded as she smiled. "Yeah,"

Hank gave her the date and time, and off Marie was. She couldn't help but be on cloud nine. She was pregnant. She was gonna have a baby. She was gonna be a mom. Sure, it scared her like heck but it showed people that she could touch and she was going to have a family. She didn't care if people thought she was a slut – she was happy. She had a baby growing in her.

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A few more days passed, and the morning sickness just got worse. Marie did everything she could to keep stuff down, and when she found ginger ale, she found that she could keep down normal stuff. She hadn't told anyone though, in fear that someone who shouldn't know, would find out. She didn't want Bobby to know even if he was kinda her boyfriend but they weren't dating. They were just….very close friends. So why did it matter to her if he got hurt?

Oh yeah…because once upon a time, she actually loved him but it hadn't lasted that long, she had fallen for Logan.

Logan. The name brought back memories and the thought of the feral mutant. What would he say? What would he think?

She had always known she had a place in Logan's heart – why would he had of saved her then? – And always tended to find herself thinking about him. Sure, she was no Jean, but she was Marie, and he liked her for that. He had to.

"He isn' here," Marie told herself, "It don' matter what he thinks. This is my baby."

"Rogue?" she whipped around to find Jubilee standing there, "Whatcha talkin' bout chicka? Baby? What baby?"

Marie didn't know how to reply.

"Rogue…?" again; Jubilee said wondering what was going on with her friend.

And Marie lost it. She fell into her friend's arms and she started crying, trying to tell her what had happened. Jubilee didn't say anything, but she kept Marie close to her, never saying anything and letting her friend talk.

When she finished her story, Jubilee kept holding her. "So you're pregnant…?"

"Yeah," Marie whispered.

"And ya don' know who the baby's daddy is?"

"Nope."

"Do ya wanna try to find out?"

"Kinda," Marie shrugged. "I mean it don' matter what he thinks, does it?"

Jubilee thought for a moment, and then she took Marie's hands. "Rogue, I don't think keeping that baby's father away is smart. It'll need some kind of father figure."

"And what if it's daddy is married with kids already?"

"Then he majorly screwed up." Jubilee said. "But you should at least try to figure out who the dad is."

Marie sighed heavily, but nodded. "Okay…I will, but I need to get my mind on the same page, k? I mean, I'm havin' a baby!"

Jubilee hugged her best friend and grinned. "I know! I know! I'm gonna be an aunty!"

When Marie thought about it, Aunty Jubilee actually had a nice ring to it.

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Once Jubilee found out about the pregnancy, it wasn't long before the whole school found out. Marie didn't mind though, and she was now nine weeks along. She would puke every morning but she could keep almost everything down. Jubilee helped with everything that she could. When Storm found out, she smiled but there was a hint of pity in it. Marie didn't care. She was happy.

When Bobby found out, he had been shocked, and had tried to talk to Marie but she had been too busy trying to get a hold of "Chow mein".

Finally, he had given up.

Marie was right now, sitting in her classroom, planning out their next art project, and was humming to some soft stuff. She didn't notice anyone walking into the room till Kitty stood before her. "Rogue?" called Kitty.

She looked up, "Oh hi Kitty! Whatcha up to?"

"I was wondering if I could ask you something…" Kitty started.

"Shoot," Marie replied, still working.

Kitty took in a deep breath. "Are you happy bring pregnant?"

Marie placed her pen down. "Oh yeah I am," She smiled slightly. "I can't wait to meet the little person….my baby."

"What about Bobby?" Kitty asked. "Do you still like….love him?"

She shook her head, "I haven't loved Bobby for a long time."

"Why?" the other woman was surprised.

Marie shifted. "I fell in love with someone else."

"Is he the daddy?"

"I don't know and I don't think so."

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