AN: Hello sorry this took so long cos the computer has been up the duff, so this is the last chapter (weeps). I wanna thank you all for reviweing and Aria this is the letter that Rogue gave Kitty at the end of Chapter 2. Thankyou all. Read my other stories an review!!

Epilogue: I Do.

Kitty sighed as she entered her room. She looked to where Rogues stuff was still in place. Her eyes filled with tears as she remembered the scene they had come across only a week ago. She turned away from her best friends side of the room and flung herself onto her side on her bed. From here she could see her desk and propped up on it was a crisp white envelope. She sat up and turned it over in her hands. On the front was written: The X-men, in Rogue's handwriting. Her eyes filled with tears at another reminder of her best friend.
The X-men had dealt with Rogue's death in many different ways. Kurt had locked himself in his room and was refusing to come out. You could hear him crying through the door. Scott and Jean were bickering constantly over insignificant things. The Professor had withdrawn into his study, claiming it was his entire fault and that he needed to think while Amara hated herself for getting hurt in the first place. Logan had plastered on a brave face but everyone knew he was upset; Rogue had been like a daughter to him. A truce between the Brotherhood and the X-men developed, with many of them coming to the funeral. Piotr turned up to represent the Acolytes and after talking to the Professor became an official X-men. John stood with the Brotherhood.
The mansion had grown quiet with no laughter only people going through the motions. Could this letter bring some sort of closure?
Slowly Kitty stood, clutching the letter in her hands before starting down the corridor to the Professor's study. She gently knocked before entering.
Charles Xavier was bent over a book but by the look on his face he wasn't enjoying it. He gladly set it down to turn his full attention to Kitty.
"Professor Rogue gave me this before she left with Remy," Kitty said, extending the envelope towards him. "I think she was going away for longer than a week." The Professor took it smoothly from her hands and read the front.
"I think we should all here this."

A few minutes later all the X-men were in the study. Jean had been forced to sit next to Scott to make room for Alex on the sofa. Rahne perched on the arm of the sofa. Tabby and Jubilee squished onto one of the chairs with Amara and Bobby on the other. Jaime sat at Amara's feet on the floor. Piotr was on his own near the door with Ray, Roberto and Sam standing well away from him pretending not to be watching the tall Russian. Kurt stood staring out the window with Kitty sitting on the windowsill next to him. Ororo, Warren and Hank stood with the Professor behind the desk while Logan leant against the fireplace. "We have all been affected by the events of last week," the Professor said as calmly as he could. He ran his gaze over his X-men who were all looking downwards. "Which were beyond all our control." That didn't make anyone feel any better. "But now we can read what Rogue wanted to say before she left with Remy to go on her honeymoon." The Professor picked the envelope up from the desk. "Logan?" The Professor held it out to the Wolverine, who took it trying to disguise his shaking hands. Carefully he opened the envelope and removed the letter within. Everyone in the room was staring at him with the exception of Kurt who was gazing out the window. The blue mutant listened carefully to the words but instead of Logan's voice he imagined his sister's.
"Hi. As ya probably know by now Ah'm now Mrs Remy LeBeau. Ah'm sorry Ah couldn't invite ya'll to the wedding but one of ya would have tried to kill the groom. Kitty, Ah'm sorry Ah lied to ya. Ah'm going to be gone longer than two weeks, probably for a year at least, we've got some things to clear up down South. So this letter is kinda a goodbye note, which also includes stuff Ah could never say to all ya faces.
Lets start with Scott and Jean. What is ya problem! You two have loved each other for years and now thaht ya experiencing marital bliss all ya can do is argue and to tell ya the truth we are all sick of it. Everyone fights but not continuously. Now seriously, ya have to sort it out. Ya meant to be, soul mates, it shows every tihme ya together." On the couch Scott covered Jean's hand in his and squeezed. Jean gently squeezed back and smiled, not taking her eyes off Logan. Inside Kurt's head Rogue still spoke. "So by the tihme Ah get back Ah want a baby Scott or Jean gracing the halls of the Institute." "Next, why don't we go for Kitty. Thank ya for being there for me, not just at the wedding but all the tihme. Ya'll always be mah best friend. Ah want ya to promise that ya will get what ya want and not let others tell ya what ya can and can't have. Thaht includes matters of the heart. Ya know what Ah mean. PS help ya self to mah stuff." Beside him Kurt heard Kitty mutter 'I promise' with tears filling her eyes.
"Kurt, mah brother, mah friend. We may not be blood related but Ah love ya as the only true family Ah have." Kurt felt hot tears run down his face. "Ah would have liked to have had ya at the wedding but Ah don't think you'd approve of mah choice of husband. Behalten Sie Safe, Bruder." (Keep safe Brother)
"And now Logan, the father Ah never had. Not the most loveable of people but thahts who ya are. Don't ever change. No one can know ya past but Ah know the X-men are ya future." "Tabby, Jubilee and Jamie please keep blowing things up and causing havoc. Ya need to give the X-men something to do. Amara, Bobby for God's sake get it together already!" "Ororo, Hank and Professor thank ya for being who ya are. Without ya Ah would be locked in a mental asylum by now. Ya might expect a new recruit in the form of Piotr. He is a great guy; there isn't a bad bone in his body. I would trust him with mah life," Ray, Sam and Roberto shifted uncomfortably.
"Ya all have become more than team mates, more than friends, ya all are family. If ever ya need any help, anything, just give me a call. Ya know how to find me. Just say the word." "Ah love ya all. Ah'll come back Ah promise, Ah do.
All mah love, Rogue LeBeau." Logan set the paper down on the desk, quickly wiping any trace of tears away. He looked around the room to see many crying openly. Rogue never would come back but she was always present in their minds just as they had been in hers.

JLJLJL

(A year later)

Kitty crouched carefully beside the gravestone of her best friend making sure her dress got no grass stains. The sun was low in the sky.
"Hey," she whispered. "How you doing? We're all fine. Well Scott and Jean took you're advice, little Nathan's lovely but he makes a right racket. Logan hasn't changed, like, a bit. Still really grumpy and he doesn't like being called Grandpa by Nathan. Twelve month anniversary is coming up for Amara and Bobby, I never thought that was gonna work." Kitty was so absorbed she didn't notice the man come up beside her.
"Come on Kitty or we'll miss our flight," Lance said, adjusting his suit jacket. Kitty said goodbye and left hand in hand with Lance, the setting sun glinting off the matching gold rings on the third finger of their left hand. The bouquet was thrown into the throng of X-men, with Amara coming out triumphant. Scott elbowed Bobby, who smiled sheepishly. The X-men and the Brotherhood waved off the newly married couple before returning home.
Back in the graveyard a slight wind moved the leaves and paper along the ground. A rectangular card landed between the graves marked Remy and Rogue LeBeau. The wind casually flipped it over. It was the Queen of Hearts.