A/N: Hi guys! I want to start by saying that voting is over! Now I won't tell you who won, you guys have to read the rest to figure that out (great way to keep you guys all here, huh?). So here is the long awaited Remy chapter! Please don't kill me if I butchered anything about him. Anyways read and review!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters.

Chapter 12:

After Lance and Pietro's fight, Rogue had danced with every guy in the room, except for Scott who had taken Jean outside for a walk. Lance and Pietro watched her every move and were not very happy. Lance had danced with Jubilee and Rahne, when they asked him but the rest of the time he sat down and watched Rogue.

Pietro was not much better. He danced one more time with Amara and then the rest of the night he sat down and watched Rogue.

The rest of the night she practically ignore them.

Around 10:00pm it was time for the party to end. And the Brotherhood was ready to leave.

Rogue stood at the door saying bye to each of her guests.

The first to leave was Wanda who said to Rogue, "That was a great party. We should do this again sometime." Which left Rogue totally surprised at the girls cheerfulness.

Then came Todd, "That was fun, yo!" And then he hopped to Lance's jeep.

Then Fred came and said, "Great food!" and walked to the jeep.

Then it was Lance's turn. As he approached her, Rogue looked around to see if Pietro was in sight. Which he wasn't, "He's probably saying bye to all the girls!" she thought.

He came up to her and held out a long, small box, "I got you a birthday present, open it," he said eagerly.

She smiled at him and opened it. Inside she found a small gothic cross hanging from a black choker.

"Thank ya Lance. It's beautiful; ah really lakhe it," Rogue told him. Then she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Lance looked shocked, and he put one hand to the spot she kissed and then walked to his jeep in a dazed state.

Then she saw Pietro coming out of the rec room.

"So I had fun," Pietro started, "Until Rock tumbler ruined everything."

"Well if ya guys didn't treat meh lakhe ah had no brains maybe things would have been bettah," she told him, "Overall, ah no ah had fun!"

The two of them stood at the doorstep awkwardly, each not knowing what to do next.

Out of the blue, Pietro leaned in and gave her a long sweet kiss.

When they released, Pietro said, "So umm. I'll see ya later," and then he sped off to the jeep.

Rogue stood there for a minute staring at the Brotherhood leaving and stayed there until she couldn't see the jeep anymore after it went through the gates.

When the jeep was out of site, her senses returned, so she walked into the rec room to see if she could help with the cleaning.

When she offered her services a completely recovered Jean told her, "Oh no, the birthday girl doesn't have to do anything. We have more than enough people to help clean. You go off and do your own thing," and smiled kindly at Rogue.

"Ok ah think ah'll go for ah walk," Rogue said accepting her offer.

"Ok," Jean replied.

And she walked outside and left the X-men to clean.

Rogue didn't intend on staying within the gates, so she kept walking past them. She walked so far that she didn't realize that she had reached the bench where she had met Micheal earlier that day.

Rogue sat on the bench and pondered everything that happened that day. The gift from the professor, meeting Micheal, Pietro, the two almost kisses from Scott and even Lance. She couldn't believe how much things were changing and only after one day.

"What would tomorrow bring?" Rogue thought.

She wasn't sure she could take anymore change.

She sat there staring at the sky. She was so deep in her thoughts that she did not hear the figure approaching her.

"It's not safe fo' pretty girls lahke ya ta be out alone at dis time," a man said to her.

Rogue jumped off the bench and faced the person who was talking to her. At first all she saw was two bright red orbs floating in the air, but then when he stepped into the lamp light she saw who it was and instantly took a defensive stance, one leg in front of the other and both arms up ready to punch if needed.

Gambit took one look at her from bottom to top, "Especially when your dressed lahke that," he said obviously liking what he saw.

"What do ya want?" she spat out.

"Ahh. Now Remy recognize ya, your one of de X-men, ya sure look different," he said surprised the way she looked, "de one who can' touch, right?"

"What do ya want?" she repeated.

"Relax, Remy not here on business, just went out fo' a walk is all," Remy said, "Now sit back down and pretend Remy ain't here, okay."

She eyed him suspiciously and then sat back down.

"So what are ya all dressed up fo'?" he asked her, "Date stood ya up? 'cause Remy free if ya want." He was teasing her, trying to get her to at least smile.

"Ah thought ya said ta pretend ya aren't here," she asked him, hotly.

"Remy just trying ta make polite conversation," he replied.

"Were not supposed ta be polite we're supposed to be enemies. Enemies don't talk ta each other," she said.

"Remy saw ya talking ta de bosses son, earlier today and I believe he is your enemy too, am I right, chere?" he said, eyeing her intently for her reaction.

"That's.that's different," she stuttered.

"How?" he asked with one eyebrow raised up waiting for her response.

"Ah don't have ta listen ta this," she said after she couldn't think of anything else to say. She got up off the bench and started to walk away. When she passed him she placed one hand on his chest and pushed him. He stumbled back and fell to the ground. And then he stared at her surprised.

He sat there for almost a minute watching her walk away. Then he realized that when she had pushed him she had touched his skin where his shirt was unbuttoned.

"So de untouchable is now touchable, dis should be interesting," Remy said to himself.

He got up quickly and ran to catch up to her. When he caught up to her he grabbed her un-gloved hand and pulled her to face him. The instant his hand touched hers, Rogue yelled him, "What tha hell do ya think your doing? Ya could've been killed." She instantly dropped his hand.

"But Remy wasn't was he?" he said smugly, "So what happened ta your powers?"

"There still here, ah can absorb ya any time ah want," she yelled.

"Really," he said, crossing his arms and staring at her.

"Yah, care for ah demonstration," she said.

"No thanks, lahke Remy said, Remy not on business, out for a walk. So we're not enemies right now," he told her.

"Fine whatever," she said, fed up with trying to fight him, "Ah've got ta get home."

"Ok let Remy walk ya home; Remy wouldn't be a gentleman if he didn't," he said pouring out his charm.

"Ah didn't know swamp rats could be gentleman," she said, half joking with him.

"Funny," he said dryly. She began to walk in the direction of the institute.

"What? Tha supreme teaser can't take ah joke," she said laughing at him.

He was just playing with her, but for some reason hearing her laugh hit something deep inside him. Something that said, "get her to laugh more, to smile," because it made him feel good on the inside.

He was definitely confused by this reaction. He pushed it aside, chalking it up to how beautiful she looked at that moment.

"Are ya coming? Or did ya figure out that your not a gentleman after all?" she said.

"Coming," he said quickly and jogged to catch up to her.

He offered her his arm and she took it all the while thinking, "Ah must be nuts."

Then they walked the short distance to the institute in silence.

When they got to the institute gates, she turned to him to say bye.

"Thanks for walking meh home," she said and then turned to leave.

But he then side stepped her and was now in front of her again.

He grabbed something out of his long coat and put it in front of her face.

It was a rose, just the flower and a short stem. It looked like he plucked it from a rose bush.

"Till we meet again, chere," he said and she took the flower from him.

He turned and walked away.

Rogue watched him leave and then went inside the gates.

Many thoughts going through her head.

Rogue went inside the mansion and saw that the rec room was now empty, "Must of all went ta bed."

She climbed the stairs to her room. Before she got there she saw Scott walking towards his bedroom

They stopped in the hallway and awkwardly looked at each other. He didn't know what to say to her and she had no idea what to say to him.

The tension was building, so to relieve it Scott spoke up, "Good night Rogue."

She looked up into his face to see his eyes behind his glasses and replied, "Good night Scott."

And then they each walked to there separate rooms.

Rogue opened her bedroom door and walked inside. The first thing she noticed was that Kitty was not in her room yet.

"Must be wit' Kurt," she thought.

The second thing she noticed was a spike protruding from the wall above her bed. She also noticed that the spike was holding something up. It was a card.

And the last thing she noticed was a long stemmed red rose that was on her pillow.

She put Remy's rose on her bedside table and picked up the rose that was on her pillow. Then she pulled out the spike and grabbed the card.

She sat on her bed, one hand holding the rose and the other holding the card.

She examined the front of the card and concluded that it was a typical birthday card. She opened it to read what was inside:

Hey Girl!

Happy Birthday!

How's everything going? I hope everything has been going great today! I wish I could be

there.

I hope you got my little present. Sorry its all I could afford right now.

I thought about making an appearance, but I'm not looking my best these days (I'm doing

fine, don't worry).

Anyways I gotta go.

I miss you all!

Say hi to Auntie O for me and tell her I'm fine and that I miss her.

Say hi to everyone else for me too!

I'll try to get in touch soon.

See ya!

Evan.

P.S. Sorry about the hole in the wall.

When she was done reading she put the card down on the table.

Wow, even Evan remembered her birthday, even after all he's going through.

"That was so sweet," she thought, "Ororo will be happy ta hear that he's fahne. Too bad he isn't here."

Then she remembered that she needed water for her two flowers and something to put them in.

So she went downstairs to the kitchen to find a vase, with the two flowers in hand.

When she reached the kitchen she saw that the light was on.

"Ah wonder who is still up?" she thought out loud.

When she entered the kitchen she saw who it was.

"Logan? What are ya still doing up?" she asked surprised to see him.

"I could ask you the same question," he said gruffly. He was sitting at the kitchen table drinking something. Rogue noticed that he pulled the mug closer to him when she entered the kitchen. Rogue assumed it was some kind of alcohol.

"Yeah but ah asked ya first," she reminded him.

"Didn't feel like sleeping, that's all," he said pulling his cup even closer to him.

She grabbed a vase from a cupboard and filled it with water and put the flowers in it.

She then went to stand over his shoulder and she glanced in his cup to see what he was drinking.

"Your drinking warm milk," she laughed out loud.

Logan made a gruff sound and said, "Yeah what's it to you?" He looked mad.

"Oh nothing," she laughed again.

Logan noticing the flowers asked, "Who are the flowers from?"

When she was done laughing she said, "Evan," hesitating a bit, thinking whether to tell him that the second rose was from Remy, and acolyte.

She chose not to.

"Porcupine?" he asked surprised.

"Yep," Rogue said, about to leave.

"Is he one of your boyfriends too?" Wolverine joked.

"What are ya talking about?" she asked, icily.

"I heard you got both the X-men boys and the Brotherhood boys eating out of your hands," he said, in a matter of fact kind of way.

"I do not!" she yelled and stormed back up to her room, Logan's laughter following her upstairs.

"Stupid Logan," she thought.

By the time she got to her door she was calmed down.

When she opened her door and went in she still noticed that Kitty was not in there yet.

"Those two are going ta be in some major trouble if they get caught doing whatever they're doing," she thought out loud.

She put the vase on her bedside table and then changed into shorts and a tank top.

All the while she kept thinking about everything that happened that day.

"Micheal, Pietro, Scott, Lance and even that acolyte hit on meh today. Ah seriously think it has something ta do wit' this watch," she thought.

She laid down in her bed and pulled the covers over her.

She continued to think about the things that happened today, but more importantly the guys. Two of which were up and foremost in her mind.

"Ah'm starting ta lakhe Pietro more and more," she thought. He was being so sweet and doing nice things for her and being a good guy, which before that day she would have never thought it would be possible. At first, she thought that he might be using her, but whenever she looked into his eyes she knew he was being sincere in everything he did. And there was the added bonus of him being so damn hot!

Then there was Lance, who she knew that nothing would ever happen between them. Now she had to find a way to break it to him.

And the acolyte. Gambit. Remy.

She didn't know him very well but he had the image of the "Love them, then leave them," kind of guy. A guy who flirted with every single girl that he saw. A guy who was really charming and sexy and used his charms to get what he wanted. Rogue felt tingles just thinking about the things he wanted.

"And Micheal is an ordinary, sweet guy who ah'd lakhe ta get ta know better," she thought. He was nice and it had been so long since she had a nice normal non-mutant friend. She wanted the simplicity of the relationship, knowing that he wasn't an X-men or Brotherhood, or an Acolyte, just a regular person that she could talk to about regular things.

"And then there's Scott," she said out loud and sighed at the thought of the complications there would be if they ever tried to get together.

But she had such strong feelings for him. She realized that they had been developing ever since she had joined the brotherhood.

She had tried to forget him when she figured out that he had a thing for Jean. And she tried even harder to forget him when they officially got together. But nothing worked.

And when she saw him, talked to him or touched him even through gloves the feelings would rush back. And now to further complicate things he was giving her signals that seemed to point to him liking her back.

"No Rogue, ya gotta stop thinking about him. Control, remember?" she said to her self.

"Tha hell wit' control," a voice, her voice had replied.

An image of Scott's smiling face popped into her head. And she smiled with content at thinking about him.

She snapped out of it for a second and thought, "Ah'm ah in lo-" and then cut herself off, "No don't think that. Things are already way too complicated."

"What ah need is ah nice uncomplicated person. Yep that's it. Ah'll call Micheal tomorrow and we'll hang out and everything will be fahne," she thought, "Just fahne."

Then she went to sleep thinking about 4 certain guys. One of them taking the lead in her thoughts and dreams.

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Well that's it for now. I hope you liked it. I know I butchered Remy's accent. I hope you don't mind. I hope you aren't too disappointed Wiccamage and ishandhalf and all the other Romy fans. I have a feeling I'm going to get a few flames, but that's ok. I take any and all reviews.

Next chapter might be up on Friday!

I have one question for you guys unrelated to this story. How do you pronounce Rahne's name. Because in the episode Retreat Kitty calls her Ronnie, but then in the episode Mainstream Wolverine calls her Rain. I'm just a little confused.

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