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Note: I apologize for the spacing and random indents and anything of the sort. When the pages are loaded onto this site everything seems to get a bit messed up. I noticed that single lines get double spaced randomly. Sorry about that.
Through the Years
Part II
Chapter Six: Surprises All Around
It had been a few days since Mr. and Mrs. LeBeau returned from their honeymoon. Although Paris had been wonderful, Rogue was happy to be back home. She sat in their kitchen, sipped her morning cup of coffee, and took a look around the room. "Home," she thought. "There have only been two places that Ah've evah considered mah true home in mah entire life: this little house in Valle Soleada, California and Xavier's school in upstate New York. And Remy's been there in both places. Remy's mah home just like Ah am his." The thought made her smile further. Life couldn't get much better than this!
Lost in thought Rogue didn't even her Gambit sneak up behind her. He put his arms around her and murmured in her ear "Whatcha t'inking about Chere?" She turned to face him, stood up, and reply "About how much Ah love ya and how much Ah love our life." With that she gave him a long kiss. As they parted Gambit rubbed his hands up and down her arms and said "Isn't t'most beautiful mechanic in t'world goin' t'be late for work?"
"Ah could call out and say Ah'm sick," she said with a come-hither glance.
"Now Chere, you'd t'ink you'd be sick of Gambit after spending the entire honeymoon wit' him, no? 'Sides, you think the shop would appreciate you taking another day off after being out for three weeks?"
Rogue noted her husband's use of referring to himself in the third person. It was an old habit and she know that he really only did it anymore when he had something up his sleeve or if he was trying to be clever. His "roguish" habit she called it. "If Ah didn't know any better, Ah'd think that ya were tryin' to get rid of me Swamp Rat. But ya're right. Ah should get going. Ah might have to stay later, but hopefully not. Ah'll call ya if Ah have to stay and help catch up on any overflow." She kissed him again. "Ah'll see ya tonight." With that she pulled on her work shirt over her tank top and headed out the door.
"Later Chere!" Once she was out of earshot Gambit muttered to himself, "Now what would make you t'ink that dis thief was tryin' to get rid of you today. Must be losing my touch." He headed out to the shed to get his supplies. He had a surprise to work on.
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On her way to the auto shop Rogue made a quick stop at the local pharmacy since they were out of aspirin. While she walked down the aisle, aspirin bottle in hand, her eyes glanced over at the home pregnancy tests. "When was the last time Ah had mah period? Ah know it was just before the wedding." Rogue calculated in her head that the wedding was three weeks ago and she last had her period a month before that. Two months was unusual for her, she was the classic textbook 28 day cycle and she knew it. She rationalized this in her head for a moment. "Most likely delayed due to the stress on mah body because of the ol' powers coming back, and preparin' for the wedding, but could Ah be…" She didn't wait to finish the thought; she picked up a test and headed to the register.
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The guys at the shop were happy to have their Anna back. Rogue smiled as she looked at the name embroidered on her work shirt. Anna. Anna Raven. She needed a name and that was the first thing to pop into her mind. She didn't even have a reason for it when Gambit asked her why she picked it. It seemed to fit. She knew that Raven came from Mystique's alias, but Anna? Rogue couldn't think of a reason for that. Beast analyzed that she probably picked it because it was such a common name and since she wanted to fit in, she subconsciously picked a name that wouldn't make her stand out. But Rogue felt that perhaps there was a deeper meaning, in fact, she was sure of it.
"HEY ANNA! Our ray of sunshine has come back to brighten our lives in this dingy garage! Glad to have you back," one of the guys shouted, peering out from under a car. "Thanks shugah!" she called out with a smile. All the men at the shop were so pleasant to her, she felt like one of the guys with them. She recalled the dilemma of deciding whether or not to tell them about getting her powers back. She thought about it for hours the night Gambit proposed, the same night she got her powers back. Valle Soleada was more or less tolerant to mutants these days, but she didn't want to jinx it. Not while she life was so good now. They knew she was a former mutant, that's all they needed to know. She had worried that she'd have to make up some sort of excuse for her "new" way of dressing, covering as much skin as possible, but one of the guys solved that problem for her when he quipped: "Anna's not trying to seduce any of us anymore now that she's going to be a married woman; she's doing us a favor by not tempting us. On behalf of the entire garage, I thank you for your concern my dear! As long as you don't tempt us, then your soon-to-be hubby will have nothing to worry about."
She threw an oil rag at him and laugh, "Well just for that comment, mark mah words Shugah, Ah'll dress like this from this day forward." She knew he was just joking but she was secretly glad he made the comment; it saved her from having to explain anything.
As much as she threw herself into her work, Rogue couldn't stop thinking about the pregnancy test sitting in the plastic bag in the car. She even caught herself daydreaming every time a child's laughter or a baby's crying could be heard on the busy street outside the garage. The minute it was time for her lunch, she proceeded to the car Warren had given her and Remy as a wedding present, got the plastic bag with the test in it, and made her way to the bathroom.
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Gambit stood in the kitchen looking at his handiwork. "Rogue's gonna be thrilled when she sees dis," Remy thought with a smile. She had wanted to fix the drawer long before their powers came back but Gambit had promised that he would do it himself. It had just become one of those things that kept getting pushed off. Since Rogue worked at the auto shop all day, he felt that it was only right for him to fix one simple little drawer. After all, he could fix up his motorcycle, and naturally as a master thief, he was good with his hands. Now that a good portion of the cabinet came out during that fateful day when Rogue got her powers back, Gambit had a little more to repair than just a stuck drawer. Had he just fixed it when he was going to months ago before their powers came back… Oh well, this worked out better for him anyhow. To surprise his bride he decided to redo the entire cabinet surface, something she had been hinting at wanting to do for a while now too. Just as he was packing up his tools he heard the door open and he knew that he had to tell her his news. She was going to love it!
"Remy!" "Rogue!" They called to each other at the same time as they met in the living room. "Ah have the most fantastic news!" Rogue said while she pulled off her gloves and laid them on an end table by the door. "I don't t'ink it could top my news Roguie. Let me go first, I can't wait!"
"Ok, Remy, but Ah don't think Ah can wait much longer to tell you mah news, Ah've been waiting since lunch!"
Gambit put his hands over Rogue's eyes and marched her into the kitchen. With bravado "TADA!" he pulled his hands away and left her to marvel at the newly redone cabinets.
"Oh Remy, it's wonderful," she said as she pulled him in for a hug. Ah can't believe ya did all this in one day! Say, is this why ya seemed to push me out of the house this mornin'?" she said giving him a smirk.
With a mocking look of shock at the accusation Gambit exclaimed "CHERE! I can't believe dat you'd t'ink I'd have to resort to sneaky measures!" He leaned against the kitchen table, brushed a wisp of hair from his forehead and said cockily "So you t'ink your news can top this?"
"Ah wager that it just might. Remy," she said as she took his hands in hers and looked deeply into his red-on-black eyes. "Ah'm pregnant. We're gonna have a baby!"
Gambit's eyes widened and he dropped into the chair next to him. He seemed shocked as he processed the information "Mon Dieu, you won dat wager." He jumped up from out of the chair picked Rogue up and twirled her around, "A baby! Un bébé!!" In a rapid succession of French, Gambit spat out the phrase "I'm going to be a poppa and you're going to be a momma!" or at least that's what it translated as to Rogue, he said it so fast that she wasn't sure. What she was sure about was his overall happiness with the situation. "Oh Chere!" He kissed her with all the passion that was filling through his body!
When they finally parted Rogue stroked the stubbly cheek of her husband and started into his eyes. Some people might find his eyes a bit disturbing, even a bit scary, but not her. She thought his eyes were the most beautiful in the world and thought that their child would look adorable with them. But only time would tell what combination of his or her parents traits he or she would have. "Let's go tell Beast, Shugah! Ah know that he'll be thrilled to hear the news," Rogue said as she took Gambit's hand. Together they went to find their blue furry friend who had been feverishly analyzing research of some sort or another all day in the guest room that he had set up as a make shift lab.
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Author's Note: I wanted to release this chapter 2 minutes after posting the wedding chapter! I honestly couldn't wait to share! It took a lot of self restraint to wait a few days to post this one:-P Hopefully I'll have enough restraint to wait a few more days after this one to post Chapter Seven (it's sitting there taunting me):-P Anyway, I hope that you liked the story so far! I am having so much fun with it! :-)
Star-of-Chaos- I'm so glad that you are reading my story! :-) I liked Kurt's line "You CAN kiss zee bride?!" too. I can just see him, and everyone else, being so shocked and speechless when they witness Gambit and Rogue's kiss after being under the impression that it was impossible for them to touch again.
Tammy- You're right, the comics HAVE to have a wedding for Gambit and Rogue already! I mean they did have "The Wedding of Cyclops and Jean-Grey" (oddly enough that was the first comic that I ever bought along with the Wolverine issue and Spiderman issue that came out that same month. The Spiderman one I picked up because it featured Gambit :-P) Yeah, I hear you about Belladonna. She's caused too much pain to both Gambit and Rogue.
Isandahalf- YAY gold stars for me! :-) Oddly enough I gave out gold stars to my education class the other day when it was my turn to teach a lesson. But that's another story :-P Don't be too surprised about predicting things with me, I'm a fairly predictable person, everyone I know tells me so:-P As the for Bachelor/Bachelorette party, I can only hope that when the time comes, I have one that's just as much fun:-P As for the honeymoon, I would have loved doing something great and fluffy with that, but Gambit and Rogue didn't want me tagging along, haha:-P So I hope that you liked this chapter anyway. Finally, I'll join you in the Joseph-haters club, haha:-P