Disclaimer: I do not own the X-Men or Reed Richards or Peter Parker or Mary Jane Watson-Parker. They're all owned by Marvel. (If I owned I wouldn't be writin' fan fiction would I). I also do not own the song Adalida it b'longs t' George Strait. I do own Adalida Savannah Phillips (AKA Whisper) Mom-Maw Jolie, and Roy Phillips. Ask me if y' want Addie or Jolie anyone's welcome t' Roy. No money still! Lot's o' lint now though.
A/N If ya haven't liked it so far y' definitely won't like this chapter. If you have liked it this one's the best one yet! Keep readin' an' ThanX y'all!
*Psychic thought*
~Thought~
A Whisper in the Night
Chapter 8
Gone
By: Rogue Marie LeBeau
October 30th
It's true that sometimes you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone. Logan was learning that the hard way.
The past three months had been quiet. All of the X-Men's enemies seemed to be on some sort of hiatus. Bobby had even joked that it was some sort of villain holiday. The only trouble had been with a few small pockets of FOH sympathizers.
All the inactivity had left Logan with way too much time to think.
When had his feelings changed? He thought he had been falling for Addie. How could he have been so blind?
He realized it the moment that he found out Jubilee had left for Massachusetts. It had felt like she had taken with her a part of his soul. It was so different from anything he had ever felt. Ever since Logan, had seen Addie as a kid sister to look after and protect. He no longer saw her as a potential relationship. Where this left him was a frightening place.
Somewhere, somehow, Jubilee had worked her way into his heart. It appeared, though, that Jubilee didn't feel the same way. She had left for Massachusetts without as much as a good-bye. He kept trying to think of her as he always had. As a buddy, a kid, a sidekick, a tagalong, but the more he tried the worse things got. He was now thinking of her in a new light. A girlfriend, a wife, a lover, the mother of his children.
Then he'd go off to the danger room and nearly kill himself to try and chase the images of them together in that way from his head. It always failed miserably.
Stubbornness and pride were the only things that kept him from running all the way to Massachusetts and dragging her home.
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Jean put the finishing touches on her costume for the orphanage charity dance. The X-Men had gone every year since Jean could remember.
She and Scott were going as Gwenivere and Arthur. Logan was going as a knight. Hank was going as Merlin, Bobby as a stable boy. Somehow Bobby had managed to talk Professor X into wearing a horse head and dressing his wheelchair with the horse's body. When Jean first found out about it she laughed until she thought her sides would burst. The professor would do anything for the orphans.
Jean picked up Remy's hat to deliver to him.
~A jester, how appropriate~ she thought with a smile.
Addie's costume was the only one that was a secret. The only ones who knew about it were Jean, Scott, and Addie.
Jean had used Addie's dress for part of the costume. She was the only one who wouldn't match the X-men's renaissance theme. Jean was sure everyone would be pleased with her choice for Addie, especially Addie's secret admirer.
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"Here that should..just..about..do it" Jean said adjusting Addie's wings. They were made of real, white, downy feathers.
~They look just like Warren's~ Jean thought pleased with her handiwork.
Addie's light brown hair was piled on top of her head in a mass of curls with some soft curls framing her face. On top of her head sat a round silver tiara that made for a halo. She was wearing her new dress the skirt sparkling. Jean had attached the wings using a harness so as to not ruin the dress.
"I'm going to put some of this in you hair and on your face. Is that OK?" Jean asked Addie showing her the silver hair and body glitter.
"Sure Jean that'll be fine" Adalida answered.
They had decided to get dressed in Jubilee's old room. There was more space since she used to have a roommate. They could also easily sneak from there to Addie's room across the hallway.
"Done" Jean said brushing off the rest of the glitter, "Now run and get your shoes. I'll see if I can find you a necklace and some earrings. Make sure no one sees you."
"Ah'll be as quiet as a mouse," Adalida promised as she tiptoed hurriedly to her room.
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"There they are" Adalida said out loud as she pulled out her silver heels. They crisscrossed over the tops of her feet, then lace up her ankles like ballerina slippers.
~Ah have t' get Mamma's perfume~ she thought as she turned towards the dresser.
"What in the world" she squealed loudly.
Jean ran in hurriedly.
"Are you all right Addie" Jean asked worried.
"Ah, ah'm fine ah guess" Addie stuttered as she pointing to her dresser.
"Where did they come from?" Jean asked excitedly.
There on Addie's dresser, next to the basket of dried flowers, sat three small boxes and a card.
"Ah have no idea," Addie admitted.
She opened the small card. On it was a picture of an angel with light brown hair and green eyes. Underneath the angel was Adalida's name, once again, typed.
"Well, are you just going to stand there with your mouth opened," Jean joked, "Or are you going to open them."
Addie picked up the first box and opened it slowly. Inside were two drop earrings, white gold, with three diamonds each. Jean was stunned at the perfection of the stones and Adalida at their beauty.
"How in the world can ah keep these?" Addie asked.
Jean panicked. "What do you mean?! How can you not keep them?! Addie someone took your note. They read it. It obviously meant a lot to them and they wanted to do something special for you."
"Ah hate that someone went t' all this trouble." Addie said with a sigh.
"I know it made them happy to do it. The only thing that'll bring them pleasure is to see you wearing them. Now see what's in the other boxes or I'll die of suspense." Jean told her with a smile.
"OK, OK" Adalida finally gave in opening the next box. Her eye's shined like a little girl's on Christmas morning.
She took out a small, white gold heart shaped locket on a matching chain. On the front was an etched magnolia. She opened the clasp and gasped at what was inside. On one half was a picture of Adalida as a little girl, on the other half was a picture of Marie as a little girl.
"Someone had it made from mah picture on the dresser" Addie told Jean handing her the locket.
Jean looked inside it. "Oh Addie how sweet"
Jean could hardly believe the thoughtfulness. Tears were in both her and Addie's eyes.
"We can't cry" Jean told her "We'll mess up our make-up."
They both started giggling.
Adalida put on the earrings and locket, which left one box. She opened it and pulled out a white gold charm bracelet with two charms attached. The first was a single eighth note, simple but pretty. The second charm was gorgeous. A tiny angel with wings spread in flight.
"That's so beautiful," Jean told Addie.
"It's too much" Addie said her voice filled with awe.
"It seems someone thinks you're very special." Jean told her causing Addie to blush a deep red. Jean clasped the bracelet on Addie's wrist.
"Ah have no idea who it could be." Addie answered her voice and eyes filled with genuine surprise.
~Oh I know and I only hope they're not stolen~ Jean thought half jokingly as she lead Adalida to the stairs.
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Remy's eyes were huge as Adalida walked down the stairs. She was so beautiful. In Remy's twenty-seven years he had never been nervous around a woman. Until tonight.
Hank and Bobby were both amazed by the beauty that stood before them.
*OK guy's* Jean told them telepathically *you can stop drooling now. *
Logan smiled at Addie. "You look great"
Jean turned to Remy. "You change costumes!" she explained, "I worked so hard on that costume too."
"Sorry Jean, but Scott told me dis would be a better costume." He explained.
Remy looked like prince charming from one of Grimm's Fairy tales. Then it hit Jean. 'Ever After' she loved that movie and Scott knew it. Addie's costume, Remy's it all made sense. She turned to her husband who feigned innocence.
"Ha, ha guys" Jean said with a smile. "OK, Hank and Bobby are taking Bobby's V.W., Logan, the professor, Scott and I are taking the Bentley. Remy and Addie are taking the Mustang."
Addie usually would have been fine with Remy. They had become good friends and she felt she could talk to him easier then anyone even Jean. But tonight with the way he looked and the way he looked at her she felt like a million butterflies had taken flight in her stomach.
"Jean" Addie whispered in her ear.
"You'll be fine. Won't she Remy?" Jean asked with a smile.
"I'll take good care o' her." Remy told Jean as he held out his arm for Adalida. "Shall we mademoiselle?"
Adalida shyly took Remy's arm as he escorted her to the '67 Mustang sitting out front.
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The minute they left the driveway Remy turned on the CD player.
Addie recognized the song right away. Jolie used to tease her and told her they had written it especially for Addie. Now Remy was playing it and not just playing it but singing it too.
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Oh no, here you're comin' down the road,
With your cotton dress a swishin',
You gettin some attention from all the boys in Thibodaux.
Oh my, you're really fillin' up their eyes.
Smilin' and a winkin', I know what they're thinkin',
But I'm the only one who loves you so!
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Oh no, the hottest little dish I know.
I know you can tell it, you're makin me so jealous,
From my head down to my toes.
Oh me, you could make a redneck green,
The way that your a lookin', you got me a-cookin',
And I ain't talkin 'bout Etoufee'.
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
Just to stand beside of my sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
"Ah thought y' said y' can't sing?" Addie asked quietly.
"I never said I couldn't sing. I just said you wouldn't want me to sing." he told her with a devilish grin." ' Sides I like dat song."
Addie felt like her heart would beat right out of her chest either that or she would melt into a puddle in the seat.
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Addie's feet ached. She danced with every one of the X-Men, even the professor and Scott. They had introduced a few friends of theirs. She danced with Reed Richards and Peter Parker. She loved talking to Peter Parker and his wife Mary Jane. They both were so nice and had a great sense of humor.
"Jean, ah've had so much fun but mah feet are so tired." She said meeting Jean at their table.
"Well don't sit down now. Someone's coming to claim the last dance." Jean warned her with a smile.
Adalida felt someone tap her on the shoulder. She turned around and came face to face with Gambit.
"I've always heard ya should save de last dance for de one dat brought ya." Remy told Adalida with one of his best heart stopping grins.
"Sure, Remy" She told him as she took his hand.
Remy held her tight in his arms. She felt so right there like that's where she belonged. She smells so sweet like the flowers he had gotten her. Just like the note that she had written that was tucked safely into his wallet.
This week he had read a letter Rogue had written to him. Logan had found it in the attic. It put any doubts he may have had to rest. Rogue knew he would fall for Adalida. In the letter she had wished them all of the happiness in the world. She also warned Remy to take good care of her little sister.
Remy knew that Rogue would always hold a special place, but also knew it was time to move on. Addie was in his arms and his heart.
"Ya look tres belle chere," he told her.
She was shocked. It was the first time he had called her chere. Then it dawned on her... He had said she looked beautiful.
He touched the chain of her locket, brushing his hand on her neck and sending chills down her spine.
"It looks great on ya," he told her with a smile and a warm look in his eyes. "I knew it would."
If she was shocked before she was stunned now.
"These" she said her voice quivering "An' the flower's, there from y'?"
"Oui" he answered simply.
Adalida started to say something but he placed one finger on her lips and whispered in her ear "Shush mah ange. We'll talk later. I just wanna hold ya in mah arms for now."
With that he wrapped her even tighter in his arms. He felt her relax as she laid her head against his chest.
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She waited on the porch swing. Addie had slipped off her wings and shoes and headed straight to her and Remy's spot. She was so nervous.
~What if he changes his mind? Maybe ah'm readin' t' much inta this. ~
Addie didn't know what this was that she felt for Remy but she knew he was the most special person in the world to her.
For a brief moment Adalida hope for a future. Maybe... could she actually hope....no she wouldn't even go there. It would be too good to be true. She would enjoy the moment and let the rest take care of itself. Addie felt certain that she could live forever on the happiness she felt when he held her in his arms.
Adalida heard a noise behind her.
"Remy" she called out.
Then a hand clamped down over her mouth, hard enough to draw blood that dropped onto the swing.
"Did y' really think you could get away from me.... daughter."
Addie felt someone touch her shoulder, and then her world went totally black.
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Remy whistled as he changed back into a pair of jeans and a long sleeve tee.
Adalida had helped heal his broken heart. Now he could give her the very thing she had helped heal. He rushed down the stairs and ran out to the porch. He felt like his feet couldn't carry him fast enough.
"Chere? Mah Ange?" he called out to the empty porch. His heart sunk. Maybe he had been wrong, but when he had held her in his arms he could have sworn she felt the same way.
He went to sit on the swing to think. He saw something sparkle in the moonlight. There on the cushion lay Addie's locket, the chain broken. But what he saw next chilled him to the bone. Blood.
He squeezed the locket, digging it into his hand.
"Noooo" he screamed.
Someone had taken Remy's angel.
Adalida was gone....
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A/N I'm almost as bad as Marvel. Muwahahahaha! Bring them together tear them apart. Will Remy get his angel back? What will they face ahead? Stay tuned for A Whisper in the Night Chapter 9!
A/N If ya haven't liked it so far y' definitely won't like this chapter. If you have liked it this one's the best one yet! Keep readin' an' ThanX y'all!
*Psychic thought*
~Thought~
A Whisper in the Night
Chapter 8
Gone
By: Rogue Marie LeBeau
October 30th
It's true that sometimes you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone. Logan was learning that the hard way.
The past three months had been quiet. All of the X-Men's enemies seemed to be on some sort of hiatus. Bobby had even joked that it was some sort of villain holiday. The only trouble had been with a few small pockets of FOH sympathizers.
All the inactivity had left Logan with way too much time to think.
When had his feelings changed? He thought he had been falling for Addie. How could he have been so blind?
He realized it the moment that he found out Jubilee had left for Massachusetts. It had felt like she had taken with her a part of his soul. It was so different from anything he had ever felt. Ever since Logan, had seen Addie as a kid sister to look after and protect. He no longer saw her as a potential relationship. Where this left him was a frightening place.
Somewhere, somehow, Jubilee had worked her way into his heart. It appeared, though, that Jubilee didn't feel the same way. She had left for Massachusetts without as much as a good-bye. He kept trying to think of her as he always had. As a buddy, a kid, a sidekick, a tagalong, but the more he tried the worse things got. He was now thinking of her in a new light. A girlfriend, a wife, a lover, the mother of his children.
Then he'd go off to the danger room and nearly kill himself to try and chase the images of them together in that way from his head. It always failed miserably.
Stubbornness and pride were the only things that kept him from running all the way to Massachusetts and dragging her home.
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Jean put the finishing touches on her costume for the orphanage charity dance. The X-Men had gone every year since Jean could remember.
She and Scott were going as Gwenivere and Arthur. Logan was going as a knight. Hank was going as Merlin, Bobby as a stable boy. Somehow Bobby had managed to talk Professor X into wearing a horse head and dressing his wheelchair with the horse's body. When Jean first found out about it she laughed until she thought her sides would burst. The professor would do anything for the orphans.
Jean picked up Remy's hat to deliver to him.
~A jester, how appropriate~ she thought with a smile.
Addie's costume was the only one that was a secret. The only ones who knew about it were Jean, Scott, and Addie.
Jean had used Addie's dress for part of the costume. She was the only one who wouldn't match the X-men's renaissance theme. Jean was sure everyone would be pleased with her choice for Addie, especially Addie's secret admirer.
**************************************************************************************************
"Here that should..just..about..do it" Jean said adjusting Addie's wings. They were made of real, white, downy feathers.
~They look just like Warren's~ Jean thought pleased with her handiwork.
Addie's light brown hair was piled on top of her head in a mass of curls with some soft curls framing her face. On top of her head sat a round silver tiara that made for a halo. She was wearing her new dress the skirt sparkling. Jean had attached the wings using a harness so as to not ruin the dress.
"I'm going to put some of this in you hair and on your face. Is that OK?" Jean asked Addie showing her the silver hair and body glitter.
"Sure Jean that'll be fine" Adalida answered.
They had decided to get dressed in Jubilee's old room. There was more space since she used to have a roommate. They could also easily sneak from there to Addie's room across the hallway.
"Done" Jean said brushing off the rest of the glitter, "Now run and get your shoes. I'll see if I can find you a necklace and some earrings. Make sure no one sees you."
"Ah'll be as quiet as a mouse," Adalida promised as she tiptoed hurriedly to her room.
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"There they are" Adalida said out loud as she pulled out her silver heels. They crisscrossed over the tops of her feet, then lace up her ankles like ballerina slippers.
~Ah have t' get Mamma's perfume~ she thought as she turned towards the dresser.
"What in the world" she squealed loudly.
Jean ran in hurriedly.
"Are you all right Addie" Jean asked worried.
"Ah, ah'm fine ah guess" Addie stuttered as she pointing to her dresser.
"Where did they come from?" Jean asked excitedly.
There on Addie's dresser, next to the basket of dried flowers, sat three small boxes and a card.
"Ah have no idea," Addie admitted.
She opened the small card. On it was a picture of an angel with light brown hair and green eyes. Underneath the angel was Adalida's name, once again, typed.
"Well, are you just going to stand there with your mouth opened," Jean joked, "Or are you going to open them."
Addie picked up the first box and opened it slowly. Inside were two drop earrings, white gold, with three diamonds each. Jean was stunned at the perfection of the stones and Adalida at their beauty.
"How in the world can ah keep these?" Addie asked.
Jean panicked. "What do you mean?! How can you not keep them?! Addie someone took your note. They read it. It obviously meant a lot to them and they wanted to do something special for you."
"Ah hate that someone went t' all this trouble." Addie said with a sigh.
"I know it made them happy to do it. The only thing that'll bring them pleasure is to see you wearing them. Now see what's in the other boxes or I'll die of suspense." Jean told her with a smile.
"OK, OK" Adalida finally gave in opening the next box. Her eye's shined like a little girl's on Christmas morning.
She took out a small, white gold heart shaped locket on a matching chain. On the front was an etched magnolia. She opened the clasp and gasped at what was inside. On one half was a picture of Adalida as a little girl, on the other half was a picture of Marie as a little girl.
"Someone had it made from mah picture on the dresser" Addie told Jean handing her the locket.
Jean looked inside it. "Oh Addie how sweet"
Jean could hardly believe the thoughtfulness. Tears were in both her and Addie's eyes.
"We can't cry" Jean told her "We'll mess up our make-up."
They both started giggling.
Adalida put on the earrings and locket, which left one box. She opened it and pulled out a white gold charm bracelet with two charms attached. The first was a single eighth note, simple but pretty. The second charm was gorgeous. A tiny angel with wings spread in flight.
"That's so beautiful," Jean told Addie.
"It's too much" Addie said her voice filled with awe.
"It seems someone thinks you're very special." Jean told her causing Addie to blush a deep red. Jean clasped the bracelet on Addie's wrist.
"Ah have no idea who it could be." Addie answered her voice and eyes filled with genuine surprise.
~Oh I know and I only hope they're not stolen~ Jean thought half jokingly as she lead Adalida to the stairs.
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Remy's eyes were huge as Adalida walked down the stairs. She was so beautiful. In Remy's twenty-seven years he had never been nervous around a woman. Until tonight.
Hank and Bobby were both amazed by the beauty that stood before them.
*OK guy's* Jean told them telepathically *you can stop drooling now. *
Logan smiled at Addie. "You look great"
Jean turned to Remy. "You change costumes!" she explained, "I worked so hard on that costume too."
"Sorry Jean, but Scott told me dis would be a better costume." He explained.
Remy looked like prince charming from one of Grimm's Fairy tales. Then it hit Jean. 'Ever After' she loved that movie and Scott knew it. Addie's costume, Remy's it all made sense. She turned to her husband who feigned innocence.
"Ha, ha guys" Jean said with a smile. "OK, Hank and Bobby are taking Bobby's V.W., Logan, the professor, Scott and I are taking the Bentley. Remy and Addie are taking the Mustang."
Addie usually would have been fine with Remy. They had become good friends and she felt she could talk to him easier then anyone even Jean. But tonight with the way he looked and the way he looked at her she felt like a million butterflies had taken flight in her stomach.
"Jean" Addie whispered in her ear.
"You'll be fine. Won't she Remy?" Jean asked with a smile.
"I'll take good care o' her." Remy told Jean as he held out his arm for Adalida. "Shall we mademoiselle?"
Adalida shyly took Remy's arm as he escorted her to the '67 Mustang sitting out front.
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The minute they left the driveway Remy turned on the CD player.
Addie recognized the song right away. Jolie used to tease her and told her they had written it especially for Addie. Now Remy was playing it and not just playing it but singing it too.
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Oh no, here you're comin' down the road,
With your cotton dress a swishin',
You gettin some attention from all the boys in Thibodaux.
Oh my, you're really fillin' up their eyes.
Smilin' and a winkin', I know what they're thinkin',
But I'm the only one who loves you so!
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Oh no, the hottest little dish I know.
I know you can tell it, you're makin me so jealous,
From my head down to my toes.
Oh me, you could make a redneck green,
The way that your a lookin', you got me a-cookin',
And I ain't talkin 'bout Etoufee'.
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
Adalida, pretty little Cajun queen.
Sweet Dixie flower, the belle of the bayou,
You're every young man's dream.
Adalida, I'd walk through a hurricane,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
To stand beside you, sweet Adalida,
Just to stand beside of my sweet Adalida,
I'd swim the Pontchartrain.
"Ah thought y' said y' can't sing?" Addie asked quietly.
"I never said I couldn't sing. I just said you wouldn't want me to sing." he told her with a devilish grin." ' Sides I like dat song."
Addie felt like her heart would beat right out of her chest either that or she would melt into a puddle in the seat.
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Addie's feet ached. She danced with every one of the X-Men, even the professor and Scott. They had introduced a few friends of theirs. She danced with Reed Richards and Peter Parker. She loved talking to Peter Parker and his wife Mary Jane. They both were so nice and had a great sense of humor.
"Jean, ah've had so much fun but mah feet are so tired." She said meeting Jean at their table.
"Well don't sit down now. Someone's coming to claim the last dance." Jean warned her with a smile.
Adalida felt someone tap her on the shoulder. She turned around and came face to face with Gambit.
"I've always heard ya should save de last dance for de one dat brought ya." Remy told Adalida with one of his best heart stopping grins.
"Sure, Remy" She told him as she took his hand.
Remy held her tight in his arms. She felt so right there like that's where she belonged. She smells so sweet like the flowers he had gotten her. Just like the note that she had written that was tucked safely into his wallet.
This week he had read a letter Rogue had written to him. Logan had found it in the attic. It put any doubts he may have had to rest. Rogue knew he would fall for Adalida. In the letter she had wished them all of the happiness in the world. She also warned Remy to take good care of her little sister.
Remy knew that Rogue would always hold a special place, but also knew it was time to move on. Addie was in his arms and his heart.
"Ya look tres belle chere," he told her.
She was shocked. It was the first time he had called her chere. Then it dawned on her... He had said she looked beautiful.
He touched the chain of her locket, brushing his hand on her neck and sending chills down her spine.
"It looks great on ya," he told her with a smile and a warm look in his eyes. "I knew it would."
If she was shocked before she was stunned now.
"These" she said her voice quivering "An' the flower's, there from y'?"
"Oui" he answered simply.
Adalida started to say something but he placed one finger on her lips and whispered in her ear "Shush mah ange. We'll talk later. I just wanna hold ya in mah arms for now."
With that he wrapped her even tighter in his arms. He felt her relax as she laid her head against his chest.
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She waited on the porch swing. Addie had slipped off her wings and shoes and headed straight to her and Remy's spot. She was so nervous.
~What if he changes his mind? Maybe ah'm readin' t' much inta this. ~
Addie didn't know what this was that she felt for Remy but she knew he was the most special person in the world to her.
For a brief moment Adalida hope for a future. Maybe... could she actually hope....no she wouldn't even go there. It would be too good to be true. She would enjoy the moment and let the rest take care of itself. Addie felt certain that she could live forever on the happiness she felt when he held her in his arms.
Adalida heard a noise behind her.
"Remy" she called out.
Then a hand clamped down over her mouth, hard enough to draw blood that dropped onto the swing.
"Did y' really think you could get away from me.... daughter."
Addie felt someone touch her shoulder, and then her world went totally black.
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Remy whistled as he changed back into a pair of jeans and a long sleeve tee.
Adalida had helped heal his broken heart. Now he could give her the very thing she had helped heal. He rushed down the stairs and ran out to the porch. He felt like his feet couldn't carry him fast enough.
"Chere? Mah Ange?" he called out to the empty porch. His heart sunk. Maybe he had been wrong, but when he had held her in his arms he could have sworn she felt the same way.
He went to sit on the swing to think. He saw something sparkle in the moonlight. There on the cushion lay Addie's locket, the chain broken. But what he saw next chilled him to the bone. Blood.
He squeezed the locket, digging it into his hand.
"Noooo" he screamed.
Someone had taken Remy's angel.
Adalida was gone....
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A/N I'm almost as bad as Marvel. Muwahahahaha! Bring them together tear them apart. Will Remy get his angel back? What will they face ahead? Stay tuned for A Whisper in the Night Chapter 9!