I live! I know it took forever to update this chapter. But I do have good news, school is over which means that the updates will be closer together. And today is the day that X-men: The Last Stand comes out. I just can't wait! Well here's the chapter and I hope you enjoy it. I must admit, it is a little sad.
A Few Weeks Later
Rogue was in the tub taking a relaxing bath. She had just had a long day at work and it was getting very tiring. With all the wedding plans and work piling together, she hardly was able to go to bed. And when she was able to go to bed, she could hardly ever sleep. Her mind always drifted towards Remy and then she had to force herself to stop thinking of him. Then she would close her eyes and see his face. Rogue smiled as she thought of his face.
Then she rose up in the tub. "Stop it Rogue. It wasn't meant to be. You are marrying Piotr soon." In actuality she was marrying Piotr the very next day. She still had to get ready for her wedding rehearsal. She laid back down in the tub. "How am Ah going to get through this wedding when Ah'm still thinking about Remy. Ah can do this. Piotr loves meh, and Ah'm meant to be with him. Besides, if Remy really loved meh, he would've understood that Ah couldn't have been rushed in telling Piotr that Ah didn't want to be with him." Rogue sighed deeply. Here she was, a day from getting married and she was thinking about another man.
"Remy hasn't even tried to contact meh. Maybe he really didn't care about meh." Rogue was interrupted by a knock on her bathroom door. "Who is it?"
"Rogue it's me." It was Wanda. "I need your advice on something."
"Hold on a sec." Rogue said as she got out of the tub. She grabbed a towel before she walked out into her room. And there was Wanda sitting on Rogues bed. "What is it?"
"It's about my love life." At this Rogue rose an eyebrow. "I know, usually it is me giving you advice and but now it is your turn." Rogue walked over and sat next to her.
"Well what can Ah help you with?" Rogue asked.
"Well Warren and I had a talk and he said that he would like to take things to the next level meaning moving in with each other." Wanda said. "But you see, the thing is, I don't want to move in with him. I'm not even sure if I want to continue seeing him, but for some reason I am. I'm just so confused."
"Tell him the truth." Rogue said. "If you don't tell him now, you may become trapped into something you don't want to be trapped in." Rogue then sighed as she thought over her words.
"It sounds like you're speaking from experience." Wanda said staring at her sister.
Rogue gave a false laugh. "Of course Ah'm not speaking from experience. Ah'm happy now and Ah'm going to be a bride tomorrow."
"Is that what you want?" Wanda asked.
"Of course it is." Rogue answered quickly. "If Ah didn't want to marry Piotr, I wouldn't marry him. But Ah want to marry him."
"But if Remy was back in the picture-"
"But Remy's not in the picture." Rogue said. "Oh look at the time, we should get dressed. The bride and maid of honor can't be late now can we?"
"Fine, I get the clue." Wanda said as she got up. "No talking about Remy. Well see you later Rogue. Oh and you're driving both of us." With that she left the room and closed the door.
Rogue got off her bed and walked towards her closet. She pulled out a long sleeved black dress. It dipped down in the back and came just below her knees. She took off her clothes, went to put on her underwear and then put on the dress. Rogue then walked over to the mirror to do her hair and makeup. After that she walked to a different closet that contained her shoes. She pulled out black heels that strapped up her ankles. When she looked at herself in the mirror, she was sure she could turn a couple of heads, but you could also see the sadness in her eyes.
She touched her reflection in the mirror. "You are marrying a great man tomorrow, you should feel happy, not depressed. And you shouldn't think of Remy." She sighed as she dropped her hand. When she turned around she saw Pietro standing there.
"Hello sis." Pietro said walking in her room.
"You know you should knocked." Rogue said as she started to put on her make-up.
"You should lock your door." Pietro said sitting on her bed. "So what time does this thing start?"
"In about forty-five minutes." Rogue said. "And you are not allowed to go to work. You have to be there for the rehearsal dinner afterward." She gave him a forced smile as she said this.
"Rogue, I heard what you said just before you turned around and saw me." Pietro whispered. Rogue's smile dropped as she turned around and stared at him. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"What is there to talk about?" Rogue asked. "Ah had feelings for Remy, but now, Ah can't be with him. And Piotr and Ah are getting married."
"So are you saying that Piotr was your last resort?"
"Of course not." Rogue exclaimed. "Ah care about Piotr very much and Ah wouldn't marry him if Ah thought that we wouldn't be happy in our marriage. Maybe my feelings fo' Remy was just an infatuation."
"Are you sure?" Pietro asked. "Because-"
"Pietro, Ah don't want to talk about it." Rogue yelled. "Ah'm marrying Piotr, end of story. Ah don't even want to think of Remy Lebeau." Rogue could feel her eyes water up. "Ah just want to marry Piotr and forget Remy. Ah want to forget his voice, Ah want to forget his touch, Ah want to forget his smell." Rogue then sat on the bed next to Pietro. "But Ah can't, he's always in mah head. He's always haunting mah dreams. Ah just can't forget him." In the next second Rogue started crying.
Pietro stared at his sister for a moment. He couldn't help but feel a deep guilt. He pulled her in his arms and let her cry on his shoulder. "I'm so sorry Rogue." Pietro whispered in her ear. "I'm so sorry."
Rogue pulled away and gave him a faint smile. "You don't have to be sorry Pietro." Rogue said as she wiped away her tears. "It's not lahke it's your fault that Ah grew feelings for Remy." She didn't notice that when she said this Pietro's face grew pale. She stood up and walked over to the mirror. "Ugh, Ah ruined mah make-up." Rogue started to fix her make-up as she asked, "Are you riding with Wanda and meh. Laura asked us to come early to make sure everything was right."
"Laura will be there?" Pietro asked.
"Yes." Rogue grinned. "You lahke her don't you?" Pietro didn't answer. "Pietro, it's all right to have crushes. Ah lahke her better than Crystal and Ali."
"I don't know." Pietro said. "I mean, I hardly even know her but I can't stop thinking about her."
"Well, you can get to know her tonight." Rogue said. "Ask her out for lunch or something."
"I'll think about it." Pietro said standing up. But then he stopped in his tracks. "Rogue I need to tell you something."
"What?" Rogue asked as she finished her touches on her make-up. But Pietro didn't answer her; he just had a strange look on his face. "Pietro, what is it?"
"Oh nothing sis. I'll see you at the rehearsal." Pietro said before he walked away.
"Ah wonder what that was about?" Rogue asked herself as she grabbed her purse and walked downstairs. Wanda was already in the living room sitting down on the couch looking at her nails. She was wearing a long-sleeved red shirt and black pants. She also had on flat red shoes and red earrings on.
"Are we ready?" Wanda asked standing up.
"Yeah come on so we won't keep Laura waiting long." Rogue said as the walked out the door.
"Is Piotr going to be there?" Wanda asked as the walked to the garage.
"He should be." Rogue said. They reached Rogue's car and drove off.
"So have you even talked to Remy?" Wanda asked.
"No." Rogue answered annoyed. "And Ah don't plan too. Ah don't need any complications right now. Ah just need to concentrate on mah wedding."
"No need to get all angry." Wanda said. "Just asking a question."
"Ah wasn't getting angry." Rogue replied. "Ah just don't want to think about Remy." Actually Ah wish Ah could forget him entirely. Rogue thought. But for some reason, Ah don't think that is going to happen.
Rogue and Wanda arrived to the church where they were having the wedding at tomorrow. They walked inside the building and saw that Laura was already there with Betsy putting up decoration. Laura smiled as they walked towards her.
"Hello you two." Laura said. "You are just in time. Now all we need is the rest of the bridal party."
"They should be on their way." Rogue said as she looked around. "Everything looks beautiful."
"I do have to say that I think that this is the best wedding that I've planned." Laura said.
"I have to agree." Came a voice from the door. It was Emma. "I mean your planning on Jean's wedding was nice, but sometimes the bride can ruin the whole wedding."
"Emma!" Rogue said shocked.
"What?" Emma asked innocently as she walked over to them. "Telling the truth never hurt anyone."
"I thought Jean was a beautiful bride." Betsy said. "Her groom was really cute too."
Emma sighed. "There is no single word that can describe how wonderful Scott is."
She still loves him. Rogue realized. Then the bridesmaids started to rush in.
"Are we late?" Jean asked.
"You are just here in time." Rogue said. "Now we just need mah groom."
"Weddings are so romantic." Jubilee sighed. Then Piotr rushed in the door with Illyana. After him came Pietro, Bobby, Ray, and Scott. Piotr walked up to Rogue and gave her a hug.
"Hello sweetheart." Piotr said kissing her on the cheek.
"Hey Piotr." Rogue said. "You ready to get this started?"
"I'm ready to make you my wife." He replied. Rogue smiled up at him. Then somehow she was looking at Remy.
"Ah'm ready to be your wife." Rogue whispered staring into those red on black eyes. "Ah love you."
"Aww, isn't that so sweet." Jubilee said. Rogue blinked and Remy turned into Piotr.
"Actually it's really sickening." Wanda whispered to Emma who giggled.
"So let's get this rehearsal started." Laura said placing Piotr and the groomsmen in their positions by the altar. "Now all you girls go in the vestibule and I want Jean to come out first, then Jubilee, then Emma, then Wanda. Then Illyana comes out and throws the rose petals on the floor. Then you come down Rogue. Now I don't want to do this too many times because I personally believe that takes away from the wedding. Now girls go." They did as they were told.
Rogue looked around as the girls walked down the aisle. This is how it would be tomorrow, only for real. Was this really what she wanted?
Yes. Ah want this. Remy was just a little crush, whom Ah just happened to sleep with. Illyana then went down the aisle. Ah'm just having pre-wedding jitters and this is normal. Rogue took a deep breath as she walk down the aisle. She looked at Piotr and smiled. He was a wonderful man of course she wanted to marry him. Not to mention that she would still be in control of a company that she had grown to love. She should be happy, but why did she feel so miserable? She then reached the altar.
"Alright, this is where the preacher will talk and say stuff about marriages and how sacred they are." Laura said. "Then he will ask, 'Does anyone have a reason why these two should not marry?'" Then the doors flew open. Rogue looked towards the entrance and to her shock there stood Remy.
"Bonjour, are we late?" Remy asked with a grin plastered on his face.
"What are you doin' here? Rogue asked trying to catch her breath.
"We were invited." John walked in behind Remy.
"By whom?" Rogue asked.
"Me." Piotr answered. "I wanted all of our close friends here and Pietro told me that Remy and John were your close friends so invited them to the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner that will follow."
Rogue forced a smile. "That was very thoughtful of you."
"Well sit down gentlemen." Laura said. "And let's hope that no one comes in when the preacher asks if there is someone who wants to stop the wedding."
Oh God, what's going to happen tomorrow? Rogue thought as she smiled at Piotr.
Everyone had meet back at the mansion for the dinner. Rogue looked around at everybody. It unnerved her whenever Remy looked at her. He had this mischievous look in his eyes. It scared her that he might tell Piotr what happened between them, what even scared her most was the she wanted him to tell Piotr. She wanted everything to be out in the open so she could go be with Remy. But some sense of honor had taken over her.
Where was this honor when Ah had sex with Remy? Rogue asked herself. She quickly looked over to where Remy was sitting. He was sitting next to Emma who was flirting with Emma. When he looked over at her she quickly adverted her eyes. Ah can't have mah cake and eat it to. Ah can't be with Remy.
Someone then clicked a wine glass with a fork. It was Scott that stood up.
"I would like to have a toast." He said. "To Piotr and Rogue, may your life be fruitful and your marriage be happy as mine a Jean."
Emma leaned over to whisper in Remy's ear. "Then it won't be so happy."
Remy grinned and thought, Dat is true, and I'll make sure of it. Everybody lifted his or her glass to a toast. As she drunk her champagne, Rogue couldn't help but look at Remy again.
It has to be a sin to look so good. She thought as he laughed at something Emma said. Why did Piotr have to invite him? Ah was so sure of what Ah wanted, until Ah saw Remy's face.
"Rogue, what are you thinking about?" Piotr asked. "You seem to be in deep thought."
"Just thinkin' about life." Rogue said.
"I'm apart of it I hope." Piotr grinned.
"Yes you are." Rogue said smiling back. "No matter what happens, you will always be apart of mah lahfe."
"It sounds like something forbidding might happen." Piotr said taking a bite of his food.
If Ah can't get rid of mah feelings for Remy, something forbidding will happen. Rogue thought as she said, "Of course nothing bad is going to happen. Ah'm probably just being paranoid."
"You are not being paranoid." Piotr said. "It is natural to have pre-wedding jitters."
"Ah know." Rogue said.
Then another champagne glass was clicked. It was Jubilee that stood up.
"Hey guys." She said in her bubbly voice. "Now, tomorrow, the second of the Fab Five will get married. I know you two will be very happy, congratulations." Everyone lifted his or her glass in the air.
Piotr and Rogue then stood up.
"We would like to thank you all for coming." Piotr said. "We really appreciate all of your support."
"Yes." Rogue said. "We are glad to have great friends such as yourselves. Thank you so much for everything you have done. Ah just can't wait until tomorrow."
"It's just so good to see a couple as happy as us." Jean said as she hugged Scott. Remy stood up and walked over to Rogue and Piotr with Emma in tow.
"Ah guess Ah'll see y' two tomorrow." Remy said.
"So you're comin' to the wedding?" Rogue asked suspicious.
"Oui." Remy said. "That is if you two don't mind."
"Of course we don't." Piotr said. "You're a friend and all friends are invited." Remy looked over at Rogue as Piotr said this. She shifted under his gaze.
"I'll be dere."Remy said finally. He picked up Rogue's hand and kissed it sending chills through her body. "Goodbye chere." And with that he left her. Rogue couldn't help but feel that apart of her heart walked out the door with him.
Rogue was in her nightgown getting ready to go to bed. Everybody was gone and she was now over twelve hours from being married to Piotr. She should be the happiest woman in the world but inside she felt a void. She felt as if she was missing half of her soul. Why did Remy have to make her feel this way? Why couldn't she just forget about him and marry Piotr? It was safer to be with Piotr anyways. Rogue would keep the job that she had grown to love and she would be with a man that truly cared about her. But yet she longed for Remy, she longed to kiss him again, she longed for him to call her 'chere', and most of all she longed for him to tell her that he loves her.
"It should be this hard." Rogue said to herself. "Ah should be able to forget him. Why can't Ah just let him go?"
"Because y' still love m'." A voice in her room answered. Rogue jumped as she looked around her room. There was Remy standing by her window.
"How did you get in here?" Rogue asked quickly. "Ah could have you arrested for breakin' and enterin'."
"Chere, y' wouldn't have moi arrested." Remy grinned. "Y' care 'bout m' too much."
"What do you want?" Rogue asked.
Remy's smile faded. "Chere, I needed t' talk t' y'. We need to talk about us."
Rogue turned away from him. "There is no us. It was just a little fling. It was a mistake, it should've never happened." Rogue then felt Remy's hands on her arms.
"Chere, y' don't mean that." Remy said. "I know y' don't."
"Yes Ah do." Rogue said trying to keep her voice steady. "Ah really mean it. Ah was just angry at Piotr, and you were just there at the right time and-" Rogue was quickly spun around to face Remy in the face.
"Look m' in de eye and tell m' dat." Remy said. "Tell me dat what we shared wasn't special and dat it didn' mean anyt'ing to you."
Rogue stubbornly looked away. "No matter what it meant to meh, it was wrong. Ah cheated on Piotr, and Ah'm still lyin' to him."
"So, it did mean somet'ing t' y'?" Remy asked stroking her face. Rogue pushed him away angrily.
"Don't you understand Remy, that was wrong! We are wrong!" Rogue yelled. "You are thinkin' selfishly. Think about Piotr, he has been so good to meh, and he thinks of you as a friend because you are my "friend". We're fooling him! We're hurtin' him! And he doesn't deserve this."
"Den why not tell him de truth?" Remy asked. "We're still foolin' him chere. We're foolin' him by hiding our relationship from him."
Rogue laughed bitterly. "Don't you thing Ah know that Remy. Don't you think that Ah know that Ah'm lyin' to him, but Ah can't tell him. Ah don't know why, but Ah just can't."
"Den Ah will." Remy said.
"No!" Rogue yelled. "Remy please, just let us be alone."
Remy sighed. "If I could I would. But I love y' chere." Remy then grabbed her by her shoulders. "I love y' so much that it hurts. Chere, I don't want to hid my love for y' anymore, I want to tell the world that we love each other and that we want to be together."
Tears started to come into Rogue's eyes. "Remy, maybe it wasn't truly love, maybe it was just lust."
"No, it wasn't, and you know that it wasn't." Remy said. "It was love and it still is love. Just walk away and come with me."
"It's too late." Rogue whispered. "Ah can't turn mah back on Piotr now."
"But you'll turn your back on m'?" Remy asked quietly.
"Remy, just leave." Rogue said. "Just go."
"Bien, mais premièrement-" (All right, but first) In a flash Remy's lips were on Rogue's. She tried to push him away, but then she stopped fighting. How could she fight something that felt so right? In one moment, all worry was driven away. She wrapped her arms around him and deepened the kiss. When they pulled away to breathe all she could do was hold on to him for dear life. She then started to cry unto his chest.
Remy stroked her hair as she continued to sob. Rogue then looked up at him with her tearstained face.
"Why does everything have to be so hard?" Rogue asked.
Remy wiped away her tears. "It doesn't have to be chere. Leave with m'. We can leave t'night and no one would ever know."
"Remy, Ah can't." Rogue replied pulling away from him. "Ah just can't."
Rogue looked at him only to get her heart broken in two. His face showed so much pain and grief, and she had caused. Why didn't she just walk away from him when she first met him? This situation would've never happened and she wouldn't even doubt marrying Piotr. But also she didn't want those memories with Remy to ever disappear. For once in her life, she felt free, and he caused her to feel that way. Maybe she should follow her heart and leave with Remy, she would be happy and with someone who she truly loved.
But what about Magnus? Could she just leave that company that her father wanted her to have? Could she defy her father's wishes about marrying Piotr? Could she stain his memory and his name by running away from her engagement that the whole world was waiting for?
"Chere." Remy whispered. "If y' want m' t' leave y' alone, I will." Rogue looked at him. "If y' want me to never come near y' again, I won't. I love y'-" He then stopped as if his next words were a pain to him. "I love y', but if y' don't want to be wit' m', I'll will leave y'."
New tears rolled down Rogue's face. "Ah'm sorry Remy, but Ah would lahke for you to let meh go so Ah can marry Piotr."
Remy covered his eyes with his hand and turned away from her. Rogue reached out to touch him but he pulled away as if one touch from her would drain his whole life away.
"Remy-"
"I'll leave chere." Remy said. "And don't worry, I won't be at de weddin' tomorrow. I'll let you go marry a man y' don't love." He turned to stare at her. In his eyes were tears that threatened to fall, only pride kept them back. "But remember dat I will always love y'. I love your heart and soul. I love y' for your hopes, dreams, and strengths. I also love y' for your flaws." He walked over and gave her a gentle kiss on the lips. "Goodbye mon amour." With that he walked to the window and crawled out of it and left Rogue standing where she was.
Rogue closed her eyes as she touched her lips. She wanted to remember how his lips felt so that she could have something that would make her feel whole in the future. Rogue then started to shake with tears as she fell to the ground, only this time, she didn't have Remy to pick her up.
What did you think? I hoped you liked it although it was sad. But with every sad thing, and happy moment will force its way through. I hope that gives you a little hope for this couple. I know it was shorter than what I usually write, but that will be made up in the next chapter, which is the wedding. Please review and tell me how you feel. I promise that it won't take as long as it did to update since I am dedicated to this story and I will finish it.