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"Her name was Rose Marie," She said slower in a much more hushed voice, "And she was my mother."
I could've sworn the room dropped ten degrees and that my breath was coming out as little white wisps, "An' how do ya know this?" I managed to keep my voice calm, somehow. Rogue bowed her head; that intensity I had just seen in her eyes only mere seconds ago disappeared.
She tilted her head to the side, just enough to still keep it bowed but also see me, "When I touched ya I got a good mind full o' yer memories," My accent in her voice didn't sound right, I decided randomly as she lifted her head a little more, "An' Logan's memories as well. One o' them was the birth o' a little girl who they called Marie… James… I know now why I was left at the mansion. I know now what the Prof wouldn't tell me." Her eyes sparkled happily and a little of the guilt from stabbing her began to vanish, only a little. But it reappeared again at the question forming in my mind, and then on my lips, "But how do ya know?"
The sparkle in her eyes didn't even waver, "I just feel it." She smiled lightly. I couldn't help but smile back, and then she added, "They had a little boy too."
A sick feeling began crawling up the pit of my stomach, "And?" I asked softly watching her expression change to one of sadness.
"He was older than me by a year and his name was Jack."
Was that me? Was I Jack and Xavier took Marie and I in after our parents died? No, that couldn't be it; Marie had been at the institute longer than me. I had been found outside of Canada with a mild case of amnesia and taken to the hospital where Xavier came and took me in.
I studied her face, "What's wrong darlin'?"
Her head jerked up and she blinked, "Just sortin' through the memories," She replied with a shrug, "I can't tell what's goin' on… I think Rose died while giving birth to me. But I'm not sure." She sighed and sat down on the edge of the bed.
The room was silent for a moment, our breathing and the drip, drip of the faucet in the bathroom the only things breaking the silence. I moved over to the bed and sat down, the bed groaned in protest to my weight adding to the other sounds.
"I didn't realize all those memories were in my head." I smirked trying to ease the tension that was building.
A sad smile worked its way across her lips, "The more answers we find the more questions we get," I nodded locking my eyes on the side of her face, "Now what are we gonna do?"
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'Rose is pregnant with our second child and Chuck is cookin' up something.'
James sat on the bed lacing up his boots as Rogue stood in the doorway waiting for him, "So we're going back to the mansion to find out what Xavier's not telling us?" James' accent is no longer evident in her voice.
'Told him that he was crazy and I wasn't gonna go in with his plan.'
"That's the plan." James grunted grabbing the journal from the nightstand and stood up flashing Rogue a wary smile, "We should stop at the library first," Rogue made a face and he continued with a laugh, "Just to make sure we didn't miss anything."
'I have the safety of my family to think of.'
Rogue sighed heavily, "Alright… Did you finish reading that journal?"
"No, I still have a couple o' pages left," He shoved the book into his duffle bag, "You know… on second thought maybe we should go to the hospital and see if there are any records of your birth?"
"Yea," Rogue nodded hesitantly, "I have a bad feeling about going back to the mansion…"
'And all this time I had thought Chuck wanted peace between us and the humans.'
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A/N: I know it's short and has been a long time :-( but I promise the next chapter will be longer and up faster!!
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