Remy was as cordial as he could possibly be, but Marie could tell that being around her and Logan bothered him, so they both gave him plenty of space. Even Logan was nice to him...he felt bad for the guy. Marie was a great girl and it would suck to lose her.
For a while, everything was peaceful. Then Logan bought Storm flowers for helping him win Marie's heart back and Marie caught them hugging.
Marie's confidence in Logan's ability to remain faithful to her had been shaken to the core by his stay in Japan, so it was understandable that she didn't really trust him. She gave him the cold shoulder for a good two days, but then grew embarrassed by her attitude and apologized for her bitchy behavior, blaming it on her students.
Logan had noticed a random, erratic shift in her attitude lately...kind of like she was bipolar. She literally went from crying one minute to screaming at him the next. She'd thrown his alarm clock at his head one morning because he accidentally set in an hour too early. If he didn't have his healing factor, he would have been afraid of her.
Six weeks after the fundraiser
Marie walked into the kitchen and covered her nose and mouth, scowling at the offending smell that permeated through the air, "Good Lord! What is that?"
Kurt waved his tail and smiled, "It is bratwurst and sauerkraut. Just like mother used to make."
Marie tried to backtrack and force a smile, "Oh great...that's...nice."
He lifted a sausage out of the pot, "Would you like to try some?"
Marie gagged a bit and covered her mouth, vigorously shaking her head before running from the room. She'd never considered herself an international foods connoisseur, but she didn't usually vomit just because of smells. She'd once spent the entire day cooped up in a hot kitchen while her mother cooked collard greens and chitterlings and never even blinked an eye...it was the smelliest meal in the world.
From that day on, she steered clear of the kitchen whenever she heard that Kurt was cooking, but it didn't matter.
A week later, Marie had the misfortune of walking into the kitchen as Storm and Remy were preparing a seafood feast for the staff. It was all of her favorite foods...oysters, crab, shrimp and clams.
Again, she was booking it in the other direction. Remy followed and stood outside of the bathroom door, "Hey...ya alright in there?"
When she finally emerged she stayed a few feet away from him, "Could you just...take a step back? You smell just like that...ugh...food."
He obliged, but laughed a little, "I thought you said seafood was your favorite food."
"It was...it is...I just haven't been having an easy time with smells. I'm sorry, I gotta go brush my teeth."
Marie rushed off as Remy stared after her with concern in his eyes. A panic began roiling within him, but he quickly got it under control. In every movie he had seen, if the heroine was pregnant, she would end up doing exactly what Marie had just done...randomly run to the bathroom and throw up.
"Professor Rogue?"
Rogue jumped in her desk chair and sat up, clearing her throat. She had fallen asleep in her classroom again between classes, "Sorry about that. Come on in...take your seats..."
Marie couldn't seem to get enough sleep lately. Even if she slept 9+ hours at night, she'd find herself in desperate need of a nap by the time 3pm rolled around.
After her classes that day, she tried to make it a point to go down to the gym for a workout. She got her gym clothes on and decided to lay down on the bed for just a few minutes.
An hour later, Logan found her curled up on the bed, sleeping peacefully in her gym clothes and sneakers. He smiled as he took off her shoes and covered her up before leaning down and kissing her cheek.
Another week later, it finally dawned on her that she had missed her period. After her last class of the day, she rushed out behind her students toward the exist of the mansion. Logan caught up to her and grabbed her from behind, wrapping his hands around her waist, "Where you goin', beautiful?"
Marie panicked internally. She didn't want him to know...not yet.
She forced a smile, "Just runnin' out to the store."
"Great. I'll go with you."
"NO!" she almost screamed.
Logan gave her an odd look as she tried to recompose herself and lower her voice, "No...I just wanted to make a stop at a couple of girly stores and I don't want you trailing behind looking like I shot your puppy and making me feel bad while I shop."
He kissed her cheek, but the suspicious look remained on his face, "Ok kid...if you say so. Try to be back before the game...you know I hate it when I have to recap the first quarter for you. Oh...and can you pick up a six pack of Molson's?"
Remy had watched the exchange from the doorway of the rec room and noticed Marie's jumpy demeanor. When Logan turned around, he motioned toward the door she had just exited from, "What's goin' on with her?"
Logan shrugged, "I wish I knew."
Remy let out a breath and murmured, "She sure has been actin' strange lately..."
Marie loitered around the mall to kill time and bought herself some perfume that didn't make her nauseous before going to the grocery store to buy her pregnancy test and Logan's six pack.
Before walking into the mansion, she stuffed the pregnancy test into her purse. Marie was surprised to find Bobby, Piotr, Remy and Logan sitting together, watching the football game.
Logan glanced at her and smiled, "Hey babe, enjoy your shopping trip?"
Marie nodded uneasily, "Yea..."
"Come on, take a load off. Watch the game with us."
Marie handed Bobby the beers so he could chill them before turning back to Logan, "Ya know...I'm not really in the mood. I'm just gonna go up to the room and grade some papers. I'm really behind."
"It's Monday Night Football, kid! You don't miss these match-ups!"
She laughed uneasily and leaned over to kiss Logan on the lips, "I'll catch the highlights on SportsCenter tomorrow."
With that, she left, waving to everyone else in the room.
Ten minutes later, after rereading the directions on the test for the fifteenth time, she was peeing on a stick. She stared at herself in the mirror and fought the urge to hyperventilate.
"It's ok...I might not be pregnant...I'm probably just sick. Maybe I have the flu...that'd be awesome. I'm on birth control anyways..."
She stared down at the test as the word "Pregnant" flashed across the digital readout. Marie must have forgotten how to breath for a second, because she started feeling lightheaded.
She sat down on the bed, gripping the test in one head and repeatedly smacking herself in the head with the other, "Stupid stupid stupid! How in the hell did this happen? I don't even know whose baby it is..."
Marie paced the room, staring down at the pregnancy test as she thought about her options. She'd always wanted a baby and couldn't, in good conscience, get an abortion.
Adoption was definitely not an option for a child who, more than likely, would be a mutant.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Logan entering the room. She quickly hid the pregnancy test behind her back and smiled, "Sup baby? Halftime already?"
"No, I was just comin' up to see if you needed help on your..." Logan stopped and cocked his head to the side, "What are you hiding behind your back?"
She tried to control her facial expression as she answered quickly, "Nothin'!"
He tried to step behind her, but she quickly stepped away and maneuvered her body so that they were still standing face to face.
This made him even more suspicious, "Marie, what the hell are you hiding?"
"Logan-"
"Look, kid, you've been acting strange for weeks and I'm not really able to put my finger on it, but somethin's up. You can tell me now or later...but eventually I'm gonna find out, so spill."
Marie took a deep breath and looked down, bringing the pregnancy test from behind her back, "I'm pregnant..."
After Logan took the test in his hand, he sat down on the edge of the bed and stared down on it, allowing the word "Pregnant" to sear into his mind. He glanced back up at her, "How long have you...when did it...I thought you were..."
Somehow, she knew every single question he was asking. How long had she known, when did it happen and I thought you were on birth control. She decided to approach two of the three posed issues, "I thought I might be starting a couple of weeks ago...I am on birth control. I don't know what happened."
He looked back up to her, "You didn't do this behind my back...on purpose, did you?"
Marie gave him a look of anger and shock, "Are you fuckin' kiddin' me? How could you even ask me somethin' like that?"
Logan stood, "Shit...I'm sorry, kid. I don't even know why I said that. I'm sorry. I'm just panicking here. I don't really know...this is really unexpected. I mean, I knew we'd have a baby eventually, but I just thought I'd have time to get used to-"
She cut him off, "You wanted to have baby with me?"
"Well, yea. I wouldn't have begged you to come back to me if I wasn't willing to give you what you wanted."
She put a hand on her stomach and closed her eyes, sitting down on her bed, "Oh god...oh god...this is all wrong...this is so so wrong."
He ran a hand through his hair and glanced back down on the pregnancy test. Yep. Still says she's pregnant.
Logan sat next to her and rubbed her back, "I know it's not the right timing, kid...but we'll deal. I'm sorry about not really knowing what to say, but it's just a little surprise, that's all."
Marie shook her head as tears began to fall, "It's not that...I just...I think I should go find Hank...I need to talk to him about all this."
Logan nodded and stood with her, clearly concerned over the tears she was shedding, "You want me to come with?"
"No...you go finish watching the game."
He kissed her forehead and almost laughed, "I don't think I'll be able to concentrate on a damn football game, kid."
She wiped at her eyes and smiled sadly, "I'll be fine. It won't take long."
He nodded and left reluctantly.
Ten minutes later, Marie rushed into the med lab to find Hank sitting in front of a computer. He was always studying something.
"Good evening, Rogue. You look a bit pale, is everything alright?"
She shook her head as more tears threatened to pour forth, "No...I'm pregnant."
Hank raised both brows and paused before he began stuttering, "Wow, well...congratulations."
"It's not like that...I am in full fuckin' panic mode! I can't...this is...oh god..."
She started hyperventilating, but Hank quickly led her to the examination table and sat her down, "Calm down...calm down."
She did after a few moments, but the panic that twisted her gut remained at the surface. Marie wiped at her eyes and sniffled, "I need your help."
He nodded and patted her shoulder, "Of course. Proper prenatal care is the key to a healthy baby."
Marie looked down and shook her head, "It's more than that. It's...I don't know who the father of my baby is."
She was humiliated. It sounded worse when it was said aloud to someone else. Hank just looked at her, "Remy and Logan, right?"
Marie nodded, "First Remy...three days later...Logan."
Hank took a deep breath, "Oh dear...I'm afraid there's no way I can tell if it was that close together."
She ran a hand through her hair, "How did this happen? I was on birth control."
"When was your last period?"
"Um...first week of September, I think."
Hank went to his computer and typed in somethings, "Oh my. That was the week of the fundraiser...you had that sinus infection."
"Yea, so?"
"Do you remember when you came to me for treatment and I asked you whether you were on any medications?"
"Um...yea, I think so."
"Rogue, you told me you weren't. The reason why I asked you that was because the antibiotic I gave you decreases the effectiveness of certain medications...medications like birth control."
She let the information sink in and cursed under her breath.
Hank examined her and performed an ultrasound, during which, Marie saw something that looked like a kidney bean, but Hank claimed it was her baby. By the time she went back to her room, Logan was there. She needed to tell him before he got too attached to the idea of being a father because, as of now, there was a 50% chance he wasn't.
He kissed her, "I know this is something you really want and I want it for us. I don't wanna fuck up again, kid. I want us to be a family." She stammered, but was unable to say anything of true meaning as he laughed and pressed a kiss to her forehead, "I know it's kinda outta character for me to say shit like this."
She decided to wait a little bit to tell him so that they could both properly get used to the fact that she was pregnant. She didn't want to tell Remy yet...she was nervous about the giant can of worms that telling everyone the truth would open.
She was able to keep her secret for nearly two weeks. In the meantime, she grew more and more self conscious about her pregnancy symptoms and her nonexistent belly.
During one evening in particular, while Logan was out picking up pizza and wings for a planned faculty game night, Remy ran into Marie in the kitchen. He smiled politely, "Good evenin' petit fleur. You comin' to game night, right?"
Marie nodded, "Yep. Just comin' in to get drinks and start settin' up."
"Then how 'bout a lil pre-partyin' with Gambit?"
She shook her head and politely declined, but he persisted, "Come on beautiful, I ain't ever known you to refuse a good drink."
Marie smiled and tried to change the subject, "You know everyone's on their way back with the food. We should go get the rec room ready."
She tried to rush past him, but he reached out and wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her body back to his. He looked down into her eyes with an expression of hurt and uncertainty, "I had my suspicions...but I at least thought you would tell me 'fore I had to figure it out myself."
Her body shook within his embrace, "What are you talkin' bout Remy?"
Remy sighed, clearly disappointed in her. He let the back of his index finger brush past her lips, down her neck, down her breasts then rested his hand on her belly, "All the nausea, the exhaustion, the trips down to the medlab...the refusal to drink. I know you're pregnant."
Marie took a deep breath and closed her eyes, moving his hand away from her belly as she turned around, "God...Remy..."
He was silent for a long time before approaching her from behind, "Are you havin' my baby?"
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