Plans
It's been a week since the engagement party and everyone is offering as much help as they can. Rogue and the girls were busying themselves with planning the wedding Jean and Kitty were taking Rogue out to this afternoon to go and start shopping for wedding and bridesmaid dresses. The other girls between homework and training sessions were going through wedding magazines trying to find the perfect decorations for the church and for the institute. The guys however were outside starting construction on the new guest house for peter and Rogue. Logan was all set to clear out some of the trees with his claws he was looking to get a good workout today anyways, so Logan went to work cutting all the trees in a small area of the forest that surrounded the institute. Once that was done they decided to mill the trees down and use them as building material for the house it was cost effective and in a way good for the environment of course some materials still needed to be ordered such as trusses for the roof and plywood and nails plus the roofing but those were on their way. Scott was up next it was his job to dig out the ground for footing for the foundation activated his visor and began to plow a hole in the ground around the perimeter of the area they were working with and in no more than 5 minutes a perfect shaped trench was dug. The next two hours was spent building the concrete forms once that was all done the cement truck they hired was brought in to start pouring the cement, this was going to take a little while as they had to make sure the cement didn't have any air pockets that would weaken the foundation. So while they were waiting they decided to take a break and share some stories. Peter though busy was starting to show signs of worry on his face the professor who had come out to check on the progress saw this and decided to ask him about it.
"Worried about something Peter?"
"How is it you can read me like a book professor?"
"Well I am psychic."
Peter chuckled. "It's a lot of things professor, mostly I am concerned about being a good husband for Rogue. With my life as Spider-man and with her being a mutant were never going to have the typical life are we?"
"That's true Peter there are still many dark times ahead for all our kind but speaking from experience I must say this do not put your lives in front of your love. You must be willing to make compromises and you must be willing to sacrifice a lot. Of course it doesn't hurt to admit your wife is right all the time even when she's wrong." Charles looked at Peter with an amused smile. "Remember this peter, Just as being a member of the X-men requires you to be a member of a team so does being married." With that the professor moved away to look at the progress of the house. With the concrete poured the cement truck drove away. It was Roberto's turn now since he could harness the suns energy and convert it too heat they used him to help speed up the drying process making the concrete harden faster, but even with his help it would take a few hours to dry properly so the rest of the guys got to work milling down the lumber.
Bayville dress makers
Rogue was going through the wedding dresses trying to find the right one for her she tried on several of them but she just couldn't find 'the' dress for her. Her bridesmaids were easy enough they walked into the store and found it just sitting there in plain sight was an emerald green empire waist ball gown that stopped just before the ankle. May was a little bit more difficult but they decided on a grey ball gown with silver highlights and May was all set. Once they found the right shoes and made a few alterations they were set to go, but Rogue of course her dress was being problematic just like everything else in her life. First there was Irene and being shut in for most of her childhood, then there was Mystique manipulating her to work for the brotherhood and then she finds out she's her adopted mother and then finally there was Remy.
4 years ago
Rogue was sitting in her room at the institute being her normal brooding self. As usual she was alone she got up off her bed and looked out the window and noticed a car come in through front gate. Out of the car walked Storm she had been missing for a few weeks and everyone was concerned about her but then she noticed someone else came out of the car a young boy about 17 or 18 with a brown trench coat with a bit of a five o clock shadow and most striking were his eyes, they were black with red iris's. Rogue felt an instant attraction to the boy but mentally slapped herself for even considering what she was feeling. Rogue was getting hungry so she decided to go into the kitchen and get something to eat as she exited her room she ran into the boy from outside being escorted by Logan to his new room.
"Well hello Cherie, my name be Remy, Remy Lebeau but you can call me Gambit. My card." Remy spoke with a deep Cajun accent. He reached into his pocket and took out a playing card and handed it to Rogue. She looked down at it and noticed it was the jack of spades. Rogue was confused but quickly brushed it aside.
"Now, who might you be, huh?"
"Not interested." Rogue replied and walked off to the kitchen.
"Ah, a southern belle Gambit be having fun with that one I guarantee."
Logan rolled his eye and gave a quick whistle to the newcomer to get him moving. Rogue though couldn't help but be attracted to the new arrival even though he is arrogant, conceited, and obvious player, she just couldn't stop smiling. As the months went by Rogue and gambit began to see more and more of each other and after 6 months they considered themselves as a couple even though they could never touch. Then one night Rogue was walking past Tabitha's room and she could hear someone mumbling something. She listened closer then should hear the obvious sounds of two people making out then she heard Tabitha say "OH REMY!". Upon hearing this Rogue flew into a rage a forced the door open to find her boyfriend and Tabitha in a very compromising position, though thankfully they were still clothed. Rogue was heartbroken her first real romance was stepped on. Rogue couldn't do anything except turn around and leave with Tabitha following right behind her leaving Gambit alone.
The Present
"Rogue, are you alright?" Jean asked waking Rogue from her reverie.
"Yeah Ah'm fine I'm just frustrated at not finding a dress." Rogue half lied.
"Rogue you were projecting I caught everything you were just thinking about, you didn't know Gambit had the ability to influence people and she should not have used it on Tabitha the way he did."
"Ah know your right but Ah keep getting the sneaking feeling were not done with him yet."
"Best to not think about it, now we are gonna find you your dress."
"Maybe this, try this one on Rogue" Kitty said with major enthusiasm
Rogue took a look and decided to try it on she went to the dressing room and began to disrobe once she had the dress on and looked at herself in the mirror she knew they had found the dress for her. She stepped out from behind the curtain to show her bridesmaids and the look on their faces said it all. She had a Monique Lhuillier celestial ball gown with crystal embroidery sewn into the top of the dress. Kitty started jumping around like a school girl on a sugar high, while May brought her hands to her face with a slight tear in her eye remarking at how beautiful she was Jean was analysing the dress she thought it looked good and it fit her perfectly the dress made for her but something was missing. Jean looked to her left and saw just what she needed placed on a mannequin head was a birdcage style wedding veil she grabbed it and placed it on rogues head.
"Perfect that is what was missing."
Rogue took in her reflection and realised she truly was for this time in her life a princess. Since the dress didn't need to be altered in any way and with the professor fronting the bill decided to take it home that night, and since the others dresses weren't going to be ready for a few days they decided to head home early.
Back at the mansion
Peter and the boys were wrapping up after a hard day's work, and they were making great time not only had they gotten the foundation dug poured and cured but they already built the first floor and started on some 'extra features' in the basement those would take a little longer to finish but this was all done in day. Peter looked down at his watch and noticed that the girls would be home soon he made his way back to the main estate when he went to open the door he found it locked with Tabitha standing in front of it.
"Sorry web head you can't come in just yet."
"Why?"
"Rogue is showing off her wedding dress give her 5 minutes to put it away, I'll let you in when she's gone."
After the dress was put away Peter went and found Rogue taking a shower getting ready for dinner Peter being the man of action he is decided he needed a shower too, so he striped himself down and announced his arrival to Rogue. She was startled at first but Peter quickly calmed her down when he started kissing the back of her neck in way that made her head swoon with delight and ecstasy. Rogue decided dinner could wait.
Undisclosed Location
An unknown figure was closely watching the estate through his hidden cameras and decided he too needed to make some plans himself he reached for his phone and started dialing.
"OsCorp how may I direct your call?"
"Get me Harry Osborn; tell him I have information regarding his best friend Peter."
The receptionist immediately transferred the call. Harry picked up the phone to see who it was.
"Harry Osborn who am I speaking with." The voice responded in a digitally scrambled voice.
"Who I am is not important, what I can give you on the other hand is the means to take revenge on the man who killed your father."
"I'm listening."
"First tell me what you know about your fathers work on human performance enhancers."
The next day at the mansion
Peter was waiting for the professor and a couple of the others it was the guys turn to find their tuxedos.
"Now this shouldn't take long 3 hours most and we can stop for lunch on the way home then we can build the second floor and then get the roof ready to be put on." Peter said
"Peter relax we have plenty of time don't worry" the professor said.
"I'm sorry I don't know why but I'm all jittery today."
"It's understandable Pete just try some deep breathing ok" Scott said trying to calm his teammate down. "Now let's go get ourselves tuxedos and then you can relax a bit ok."
They made their way out into the city and found the tuxedo shop that the professor was recommended to by Tony Stark (a good friend of the professor and financial backer of the institute). They enter the building and are greeted by a 6 foot tall gentleman.
"Hello, is this the Parker party?"
"Yes and this is Peter Parker the groom" the professor motioned towards Peter.
"Ah yes, Mr. Parker please follow me the rest of you gentleman will be each seen by my assistants."
Peter went with the man as the rest of them each were helped individually. Peter was being treated like royalty; they took his measurements and started the fitting. They were just finishing up when he felt a slight prick in his leg where the tailor was pinning up his pant leg.
"Ow, hey that hurt" peter said
"Sorry sir, I'll try and be more careful." The tailor said with the final alterations made peter had himself a fitted silver Armani tuxedo. The Professor got himself an oxford clothing pinstripe suit. Logan and his two groomsmen got themselves Botega Veneta blackberry colored tuxedos. They gathered together and left to go back to the mansion.
Behind the shop
"I did what you asked, here is the sample you requested" the tailor handed a small vile of blood to a man in the shadows. The man handed the tailor an envelope full of money. The tailor took off and man in the shadow looked at the vile in his hands.
"Now what secrets do you have to tell me?"
AN: I'm sorry if this seems rushed it has been a busy day I will try and update as often as I can but please review and let me know what you think.