Chapter 27. The fire within

John walked aimlessly through the snow covered grounds of Xavier's institute, collecting his thoughts. Last night was nothing short of amazing, and he wouldn't be telling the truth if he said he didn't enjoy it. He was unaware of Amara's whereabouts, assuming she was still in the med. Lab. If john could of relived last night he wouldn't do anything differently, that is except perhaps going for a second round. A sly grin made its way onto John's face at the thought of this, but Remy's words had struck him. He hadn't thought, he had forgotten, become reckless, and now he could have hurt Amara. Don't get John wrong he wouldn't mind if Amara was pregnant, but he wasn't quite sure if Amara would appreciate being knocked up at such an early age. John did want to have kids one day, and he did want to have kids with Amara, and Amara has said she wanted to have his children on the night he proposed, but not right now, when Amara hadn't even finished school, and John planed on making her go to collage as well. He may have dropped out of school himself, but there was no way he was going to let Amara make the same mistake, he wanted her to have a good education, so that she could be anything she wanted to be.

John was now deep in contemplation about the future he had with Amara. To tell the truth he had never really thought about it. His mind tended to work in immediate future only, but as he walked further more things that hadn't even occurred to John surfaced. He knew he was jumping ahead of himself, he didn't even know if Amara was pregnant, and if she was he would be over joyed, and he would do all his best to support her and be apart of the babies life. And if she wasn't, first he wanted her to complete school, and then if she wanted to, start planing their wedding. John had not told Amara yet, but upon reading her diary, and realising how much she missed her island home, he had hoped that one day he could go with her to her home, and met her parents and every thing. There was no way in hell that he was going to let her met his parents, with all things considered. A thought suddenly hit John one which he had not contemplated before, he didn't know anything about Amara's parents at all, well he knew they were obviously king and queen, but above that he knew nothing, he had never spoken to them over the phone, Amara never talked about them, hell he didn't even know if they knew about him.

John's thoughts were suddenly brought to a halt, as the sound of someone trudging through the snow came to his ears. Turning around he felt all his breath leave him. It was Amara, his beautiful exotic wife-to-be, with her glowing golden eyes, her warm honey skin, and dark blond hair. She paused in her tracks locking eyed with him, as he turned, feeling his gaze on her. her tan coloured fur lined coat was done right up to her throat, with her hair fanned out around her shoulders. The snow flakes that were just starting to form in the air, clung to her hair, only adding more affect to her beauty.

As John gazed lovingly at the woman he had spent the night with, he felt the link they had activate, and he watched as a slow smile appeared on he face, she knew that he was taking every bit of her appearance in, and he could slowly see a blush start to form.

Smiling himself, he opened up his arms waiting to receive her, and he couldn't help laughing, as Amara ran full pelt into them.

They stayed in each others arms for a while, ether not wanting to break the silence, but finally Amara spoke. "I think we forgot to do something last night", she whispered into his ear.

He sighed, but did not release her. "I know, luv."

"Do you know if your-?"

"No", she replied, anticipating his question. "I haven't taken the test yet, but I stole one from the med. Lab before, so I will be able to tell you soon"

"luv. I'm sorry…if I have…and you know…you don't want it…and-", John was cut off with his stuttering, by Amara as she quickly bridged the gap between their faces kissing him passionately.

She pulled away, locking eyes with the now dazed looking man before her. "If I am John, I don't want you to think that I wouldn't keep it, it's owe baby and we are going to eventually get married"

"But what about school luv?"

"School has always only been second on my list of priorities after family, and we're getting ahead of ourselves here, we don't even know yet if we're even going to have a little fire bug"

"Fire bug?", John asked smiling at the name.

"Well, considering our nature I think it fits"

"It does, doesn't it?.. I think it's cleaver, fire bug, I like the sound of it I'd love To call it that"

Amara rolled her eyes "we are not going to have a child just so you can nick name it fire bug"

"who said it would be a nick name?"

"John, we are not calling our child fire bug", Amara said flatly.

"Ah, but I didn't even come up with it you did, so really you're the one responsible, so if the kid doesn't like it, I can blame you", he smiled wickedly down at the woman still in his arms.

"John, there is no way in hell that I would call a child that, let alone ours, and I may not even be pregnant, so don't start naming it!", she yelled, not happy with the idea of any child being called that.

John crocked his head to the side at her angry words, "Maybe we should come up with a name, because you're acting like a pregnant woman".

Amara let out a frustrated growl, dislodging herself from her lover's arms. Sharply turning from John, she started marching back to the mansion.

John blinked a few times as her watched her retreat. "hay luv, where you goin'?"

"To take that test, I can't stand it any more"

XXX

"come-on, come-on, come-on"

Rogue stood nervously at the kitchen bench, waiting for the coffee to be ready. The light on the machine glowed red, signalling that the pot was ready to be removed. Eagerly she grabbed a mug from the cabinet, and went to take the pot off. Suddenly she herd the kitchen door open. Reacting so quickly that even Quicksilver would have been proud, she folded her arms with mug still in hand, and lent her back up against the bench hiding the said coffee from view.

"Chere, Remy's been looking for you. Are you ready to go?", gambit asked strolling into the kitchen.

"Go?-go where?", Rogue asked slightly faster than normal.

"Into town, remember?, so we can have a look at prices of things for de baby", Remy answered surprised she had forgotten such a thing, considering he was the one that normally forgot these things.

"Oh,…oh yeah, umm, you go out and get the bike started and I'll be out soon"

"Ok", Remy said turning to leave, only to stop in his tracks as a familiar sent reached his nostrils.

Spinning around he eyed Rogue suspiciously, "Can I see dat cup you got there chere?", he asked locking eyes with her.

"Ah…the cup sure", Rogue answered holding it out to him.

Gambit took the empty cup, peering into it. Confirming that there was nothing in it, he turned his gaze back to Rogue, figuring out just where the sent was coming from, "Move", he ordered.

"What?"

"You heard Remy, move"

"no"

"Rogue-"

"no"

banging the mug down on the bench, he advanced forward to Rogue. "Give me dat pot chere", he ordered.

"Remy, please just one cup, just one?", she begged, as he closed the distance between them. Holding out her arms protectively, she placed then on his chest halting him.

"Non!, Remy will not let you have one cup. He will not let you drink anyding that could harm de baby, an if there is any sense left in dat caffeine deprived head of yours, you wouldn't ether, now hand Remy dat pot now!,…..please"

Rogue sighed, admitting defeat, she took pot off, giving it to Remy. Taking it swiftly out of her hands, Rogue watched as Remy poured the hot, steaming substance down the sink. Rogue watched him mournfully.

When he had finished he turned back to Rogue, noticing her sad look, he couldn't help but soften a little. "Come here chere", he beckoned, with his arms opened. Reluctantly with her arms still crossed she stepped into them. Enfolding her in his arms, Remy rested his head on hers. "Tell you what, when we go into town, Remy buy you as much chocolate as you want, how bout dat?"

Rogue didn't answer, she merely nodded.

"bon"

Remy released her, walking over to the cupboard, he opened the door, taking out the jar that contained all the coffee.

"What are you doing?", Rogue asked as he made to leave the room.

"Remy's hiding dis chere, he not taking anymore chances"

XXX

John paced out side the girls bathroom, waiting for Amara to remerge. She had been in there for quite a while taking the pregnancy test, and John was starting to become anxious. Suddenly the door opened, and Amara stepped out, head bowed, eyes downcast, she turned to face John.

"So…", John asked, unable to say much more due to nerves.

Amara took a deep shuddering breath, and locked eyes with John, "I'm not pregnant", she declared flatly.

John took in her stance, realising that she was upset. "But,…isn't that a good thing?", he asked softly.

Amara took another shuddering breath, "I guess so". She chocked on the last word unable to say much more, she turned walking back down the hall to her room, leaving a confused Pyro staring after her, because even though her back was to him, he could tell that she was crying.

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AN: now I never planed to make Amara pregnant, and although I realise that most of the viewers out there don't know how my mind works with story plots, I was sort of annoyed when I got all these reviews saying not to make Amara pregnant, when I wasn't even going to do that in the first place. But anyway, I guess now you all wish she was pregnant. Don't mind me I'm just being bitchy…again.

A big warm thank you goes out to all my beloved reviewers:

r1za cam1le

Arai (I didn't think that was short, oh well)

EmeraldKatsEye (Rogue would make a good mum, hay. She's already got the 'do it because I'm your mother' attitude. And by the way please write more story, I loved it and Remy has just come on and things are getting really interesting.)

v son sayian (thanks I'll need your good luck)

Schme (why the hell do I even bother with you)

texasgrrl (I am realy pleased that you like my story, your review was one of those ones that made me smile and really made my day. I'm sorry I couldn't up date for your birthday, but it would have been really difficult considering your day is my night and all, but hopefully this will make up for it…..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ValthRaema

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