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Disclaimer - I do not own X-Men: Evolution.

BTW - This fic is dedicated to Aro.

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Rogue smiled. She watched as Gambit sat with Gage and read a book. Two weeks had gone by and it was the best. She couldn't have been happier. She was pregnant again. Her eyes shined with a new light.

"Remy, can Ah talk ta ya?" They had talked about what happened and he confessed everything. He had been so good to her and Gage, that she had to believe he was the right one. She had always believed that and always would.

"'Course, Chére." He set Gage down and let the boy try to read on his own. "What is it?"

"Ah jus' found out that Ah'm pregnant again." She said with a smile. He grinned widely and picked her up, spinning her around.

"Dat be de best news Remy heard all day!" He said. He set her down and kissed her lightly.

"Lil' Gage is gonna be so happy." She said, pointing to him. Remy called his name and the little boy got up and walked curiously over to them. He blinked at them innocently. "You're gonna have a brother or a sister, Gage." He smiled innocently and jumped up, hugging his mother.

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Gambit had to play this hand very carefully. He bit his lip in thought then set a card on the pile. Logan growled at him.

"Damn Cajun." He picked up a card and set one down. John was playing a game of chess with Piotr and was losing badly. Rogue and Gage sat with Kitty, Kurt, Evan, and Ororo on the couch, watching a disney movie. Evan was asleep, his head resting against the back of the couch. Kitty was reading a magazine. Kurt was watching the movie. He chewed on a handful of popcorn.

"Remy be happy y' put dat card down, Wolvie." Gambit said with a grin. He then picked up some of the cards, laid some down, and put a card down. Logan drew one and took a sip of his coffee. They could almost hear the clock ticking over the low volume of the TV. John sighed and made a stupid move, allowing Piotr another win. They set it up again and John lost in record-breaking time for losing a game of chess. At 8:30, Rogue and Gambit took Gage upstairs. When Gambit came back down, John was asleep on the chess board. Piotr was reading his book. Kurt was asleep, his head on Kitty's shoulder, who was asleep, her arm dangling off the couch, the magazine lying on the floor.

"Its dead in here." Gambit said, sitting down in his chair. Logan dealt another round of cards and they played.

"No kiddin'. I thought it was a cemetary the first time I looked." Logan looked around again. This time, the clock was ticking loudly in their ears.

"Heh." Gambit said, setting a card down. The quietness would make anyone with nothing to do go insane. Rogue had went to sleep upstairs. She said that she had a headache. John woke up and looked around, then put his head back down, knocking over the queen. Logan grunted and picked up a card.

"Boy, its quiet up here. I feel like I can actually concentrate up here." Hank said, coming into the room.

"OI!" John jumped up and looked over at Gambit, horrified. "I jus' had a dream.. more like a nightmare! You and Rogue were skippin' down the yellow brick road! Man.. I don't want that dream again." Everyone stared at him blankly. He shrugged and went back to sleep.

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Rogue paused. Where was Gambit? He should've been up there. She went downstairs and saw him sleeping in the chair, cards scattered where his arm hung down. A blanket was draped around him. John was still asleep on the chess board, a blanket around his shoulders. Kurt and Kitty were lying on the couch together, sharing a blanket. It was only 5 in the morning. She heard the news on in the kitchen and went in. Logan and Ororo were sitting at the table, watching the news. The paper was set on the windowsill, where Logan usually read it.

"Every damn day they have somethin' new to blame on us 'muties'." Logan sighed and set his cup down. Ororo nodded.

"There is the fact that most of them have no one else to blame." She said wisely. Logan looked at her.

"They can blame the real fuckin' culprit." He stood up and looked over at Rogue. He grunted and walked past her. Scott came down and went into the kitchen.

"Ready for a day of training, Rogue?" She crossed her arms.

"Ya'll can train if ya want. Ah'm pregnant an' Ah don' think Ah'm up for it." She stated. They stared at her.

"Oi.. coffee.." John walked in and tiredly stumbled over to the pot of fresh coffee. He took a cup and poured himself some, putting milk and sugar in with no idea of the silence and staring going on around him. He took a sip and smiled, then walked out.

"You're pregnant again, Child?" Ororo asked with a small smile. Rogue nodded and blushed a little. Gambit walked in. John had tripped on him on the way to the kitchen and woke him up.

"Hey." He said to everyone, yawning.

"Congratulations." Scott said, patting him on the shoulder. Gambit blinked at him, confused. He took Scott's wrist and removed his hand from his shoulder.

"Fo'?" He asked. He looked at Rogue and she rolled her eyes. "Oh!" He smirked and gave her a wink. "T'anks." He then walked back out of the room. Rogue watched him leave and smiled.

"You can really tell where the love is coming from." Scott said, grabbing a donut. They heard the sound of cartoons on the TV.

"Ah really hope he doesn't find out 'bout video games." Rogue said, putting her head in her hand.

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John sighed and frowned. He went to the library. Time to relax and read a book. So very unusual for him. He sat down in between Ray, who was typing on his laptop, and Amara, who was reading a book. He grabbed one from her stack and read it. It started to get boring.

"Pyro?" He heard from beside him. He looked over at Amara. "What are you doing here?"

"Uh.. reading?" He asked, blinking with a small smile on his face. She blushed and smiled back at him. "What are you doing here?"

"Reading."

"Can you two stop flirting? SOME of us are actually trying to read." Jamie said. The other four of him nodded.

"Sorry, mates.." John twitched. Amara giggled. She stood up and put the bookmark in her place.

"See you around, Pyro." He watched her leave then looked down at the book. A frown played on his face.

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"What?" Gambit asked again. John glared at him.

"I said I went to the library today--" Gambit stared at him then blinked.

"What?"

"Library." He said slowly. "I got kicked outta 'ere by your Sheila. I ran into that one Sheila.."

"Who?" John put his head in his hand. Amara walked into the room and smiled slightly at him then walked out. Gambit raised a brow and narrowed his red- on-black eyes at his friend. "Amara?"

"Yeah!" John said with a grin. "That's her name!"

"Oh boy.." Gage came into the room, dragging Rogue in. Jubilee and Bobby came in after her. "Mon Chére!" He picked Gage up when the boy tried climbing onto his lap. Rogue was a little skiddish around John.

"Oi, Sheila, I mean nothin'." He held his hands up and left the room. Rogue sat down next to Gambit and Jubilee and Bobby smiled.

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John sat out on the grass and watched all the new recruits make mistakes. Scott honestly needed to loosen up. That was probably the problem. Someone sat down next to him and followed his gaze. He looked over and grinned at a blushing Amara.

"Hey, Sheila." She blushed even more. She offered him a small smile. "New recruits make funny mistakes."

"Really?" She asked, curious. She never watched them train before.

"Yeah." He paused. "Scott gets most of the pain by the end." He looked back at them. "Ol' Wolverine is a better teacher. Don't tell 'im I said so." She smiled and shook her head.

"I won't, Pyro." He looked back at her. "What is your real name?" He blinked and tilted his head.

"St. John Allerdyce." He smirked. "And the pretty Sheila's name is?" Amara blushed.

"Amara Aquilla." He offered her his hand and she took it. They shook.

"Nice to meet ya." He smirked.

"What do I call you? St. John?" He shook his head.

"John is fine."

"Okay."

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Gambit laid next to Rogue on their bed. Gage was asleep on his.

"Remy feels lucky, Chére." Rogue smiled over at him as he wrapped his arm around her. She leaned over, closer to him.

"Ah feel lucky too, Remy." He grinned and kissed her.

"Good."

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Done with the 8th chapter!

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-Jess-