Early Parenting

Author's Note: I'm starting to lose interest in this story… kinda hard to keep focus when I keep forgetting how its supposed to end… so I'm going to fast-forward things…

Those of you who were wishing to see Rogue FINALLY be able to touch someone… ^-^ this is the chapter… enjoy!

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Rogue woke up in the middle of the night with a dreadful feeling in her stomach. She placed her leather gloves on and put on a robe. Staying quiet, she slowly got out of bed, hoping not to wake Remy in the process. He'd been up all week, being the only one able to touch the baby without absorbing him.

Rogue thought it was unfair to him, but he never complained, all he did was grin and did nothing else.

As she crept into the baby's room, she smiled as she saw how peacefully Mathieu slept. Then, her smile turned into a horrified frown as Mathieu coughed and blood began to trickle from his mouth.

" REMY!"

Rogue didn't bother to wait until he woke up. Mathieu was still asleep, though he was breathing irregularly.

" Damn it Remy! Fo' all th'times ta be a heavy sleeper! Wake up!" Rogue said. Remy still snored away, mumbling a few choice French words.

Rogue sighed, knowing only one thing that would wake a man up in the middle of the night. She leaned into his ear and blew lightly, thankful for a few 'seducing lessons' from Jubilee.

" Remy, take me."

Remy opened his eyes, knowing whose voice it was. He sat upright and blinked.

" What? Where? Rogue?"

Rogue didn't bother to glare, but she began to sob. " Remy, there's somethin' wrong wit' Mathieu! We gotta go ta th'Institute! Ah don't trust those damn doctors!"

Remy complied, grabbing his keys and running out the door after Rogue went into Mathieu's room, cradling his tiny body in her arms.

'Mathieu, sweetie…Hold on… Dr. McCoy'll see what's wrong'

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Remy didn't know what was going on. He had to admit that her trick to wake him up left him hard and needing release. However, he knew something was wrong with Mathieu. She was cradling him in her arms, not even wanting to let him leave her arms.

As he sat impatiently and uncomfortably on the couch of the waiting room, Kitty, Lance, Evan, Pietro and Wanda were sitting with him, their baby in their arms. Everyone that was either a member of the Brotherhood or a member of the X-Men was sitting patiently waiting for the news.

The only one not participating in the Parenting Law was Jamie Maddock, yet he was there, sitting beside Rogue, holding her gloved hand in his. Kurt was on the other side of Rogue, his arm around her.

Remy knew Kurt was Rogue's adoptive brother, however Jamie was another thing. He never knew of Rogue having another brother. Then it hit him; Jamie's mutation was much like Rogue's. They were uncontrollable and they both had to avoid crowds because of their mutations.

Jamie was the only one; that wasn't related to Rogue, that Rogue ever treated normally, even on a bad day.

The blue doctor came out from his office and sighed. " I'm sorry for being the bearer of bad news, Rogue… but it seems Mathieu has a special type of disease. He lacks blood and for some reason his body just cannot reproduce blood cells at a normal rate."

Rogue bit her bottom lip. No one had ever seen her so fragile. " Can… can ya help him, Hank? He's-he's just a baby… his whole future is ahead o'him… Ah just… can-"

Hank nodded. " There is one way, but it's a bit risky. We don't know how his system will take another person's blood. It may just overwhelm his system… or it may just cure his problem…"

Remy watched as Rogue seemed to fill with hope. "What is it?"

" Well, Mathieu's blood type is very rare… not many people have AB type blood. "

Rogue smiled brightly. " Take as much as you want, Ah don't care if it drains meh 'till Ah'm weak, just save mah baby!"

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Author's Note: I want to leave you here with a cliffhanger… because … well just because I'm evil. No… I have to go, my cousins just arrived and I won't be able to update until tomorrow… I don't want to leave you all pissed for one more day, so I'll update the other half tomorrow, okay?