Chapter 10

/It's good to be home./ Rogue smiled at the familiar fountain as she drove into the garage. Parking the car she went to the back and pulled out one of the suitcases holding her newly bought clothes. She set it on the floor and turned to get the other bags only to find them missing.

"Need any help with that?" Bobby held her bag in one arm and grabbed the handle of the suitcase. Lifting it up he did a little awkward bow, but didn't let anything drop.

"Why Bobby Drake, ya turned into a charmer!" He laughed out loud to that. Who would have thought that he would get girls to come after him for his suave moves, instead of taking a peek when they're in the shower. "How are you and Jubilee doing?"

"All right. But it'll be better once she gets here." There was something weird about how he said that, but before she could figure it out Scott was coming out of the garage door and heading towards them.

"Am I interrupting?" /Same old Scott./ Shaking her head she watched as he gave her a once over. She rolled her eyes.

"Ah'm fine Scott. No damages or anythin. Well there are a couple of problems. But it's just something I'll just have to deal with." Scott raised his eyebrows probably wanting to ask what the problems were. She pointed in the general direction making him blush and Bobby smile. "So ah heard there's a baby on the way?"

"Yeah...I mean Yeah! It's great!" There was a little too much enthusiasm there.

"Scott are you in the garage? Could you drive to the store and pick up some chips, the ruffled kind this time?" Jean appeared at the doorway holding her stomach. When she saw Rogue she stood shocked before rushing down the steps to give the girl a hug. "You're back! What happened? Are you okay?"

"Few problems..." Jean looked her over.

"I can see how they could be." Jean looked back at Scott who was staring at the two. "Didn't I tell you to bring chips?"

Scott nodded his head vigorously before getting into the car and driving out of there. The red haired girl stared at him the whole time as if mentally telling him something. As soon as Jean was finished she turned back to Rogue and ushered her into the mansion.

"I can't believe you're back! We were so worried when we found out that you weren't with Gambit. So what happened? Where were you? Where's Gambit?" Rogue stood shocked and wondered for a second if Kitty learned to shape-shift. "It's okay if you don't want to talk, I'm being too pushy."

"No, it's just that ah'm a little tired. Is my room still..." Jean shook her head but before Rogue could say anything, she went into an explanation.

"We had to give it to another student. But we moved all your stuff to a couple's room. Since you know, you and Gambit are..."

"We didn't have sex." Jean blushed and waved a hand at Bobby telling him to go upstairs. Reluctantly he followed the orders leaving the two girls alone in the hallway.

"But you can touch him right? And only him too, so there would be a little...you know...and you two would be all over each other..."

"We thought about it, and decided ta wait. There was somethin that we needed ta talk about first." Rogue let the sentence drift hoping that the other girl will figure out that she didn't want to talk.

"Talk? Why would you want to do that? The guy just risked his life to save you and he loves you, and there had to have been a moment." Rogue was somewhat surprised by her words, but figured that since she had sex already that her whole conservative view of the world might have shifted somewhat.

"There was somethin that we found out..."

"Are you going to die?"

"What? No of course not!"

"Oh .Never mind, keep on going."

"So we needed ta discuss it, and didn't he tell ya all this over the phone?"

"No he said you would explain it."

"Really..."

"So back to the part where you found a deep dark secret."

"It's not dark."

"But it has to be bad."

"Some wouldn't say that."

"And what would they say?"

"They'll say it's a blessing."

"A blessing? Like a new mutation?"

"More general."

"The only other thing it could mean is..."

"Yeah..."

Logan parked his bike in the garage and watched as the needle settled on the empty side. He drove nonstop from the Canada to get back here. Lightly checking the air he was able to smell the familiar scent of Rogue in a nearby vehicle. Walking up to it he took in a bigger breath of air and followed the scent to the door.

Opening the door he stalked down the hall and ignored the people he passed by, his mind concentrated on the goal. As he reached the rec. room he found her talking to Storm and Beast. He took a second to take her in and noticed that she looked even older now. /The boy's better not start something./ When it looked like the conversation reached a lull, he came up behind Rogue.

"Hey, kid..." Before he could finish the sentence she was facing him with her hands on her waist.

"First off ah ain't a kid, second..." Taking a few steps forward she wrapped her arms around him. "Hey Logan."

Logan held her close and leaned in to tell her he missed her. That got her to squeeze a little tighter. The strength surprised him and he took in a huge breath, and it was then that he noticed it. Unsure if it was true he used the silence to listen more carefully and he was able to pick up something that wasn't suppose to be there. /Only one thing can make that happen.../

"Hello mes amis! AHHHHH"

"Logan let Remy go!" Rogue tugged on Logan's arm but he wasn't budging. After ramming into the Cajun he pulled him up and held him off the ground with a set of claws near his face. Remy who has been in this position on many previous occasions was actually becoming scared this time. "Nothin happened!"

"That something doesn't come from nothing!" Logan was trying gently to knock Rogue off his arm.

"It wasn't Remy that did it, it was Essex!" Remy was dropped instantly to the floor, his head banging against the wall. Logan turned quickly around and stared at the girl with regret in his eyes. Rogue was confused by the look and then realized what he must be thinking. "No, no, no. He just put it in there. Or at least I think so."

Logan put his foot down knocking Gambit onto his back and pushed down on the man's chest.

"But he had nothin to do with it!" Logan still was pushing down and she tried harder to get his attention, thinking that he wasn't listening. Then she saw the smile on his face. "Logan stop pickin on Remy!"

"Mon Dieu!" Knowing that his fun was over Logan removed his foot and even extended a hand to help Remy up. But as soon as he was up Logan strengthened the hold and slightly crushed the other man's hand.

Gambit ignored the pain and went to stand by Rogue thinking that would be the safest place right now. Seeing that he had nothing to worry about, he decided to have some fun of his own. Pulling her into his arms Remy kissed her bare neck enjoying the enraged look on Logan's face.

"Ah don't want ta deal with this." Rogue unhooked Gambit's arms and left the room. When Remy noticed that he was in harm's way again he raced out of the room and caught up with her. Draping his arm around her shoulder he pulled her close and walked side-by-side with her to their room.

"So what should ah wear?" Rogue walked up to the mirror and held out a clingy green dress that came to her knees. Dropping it aside she picked up more wholesome dress that would at least cover her up.

"De green one." Remy picked up the dress and held it out for her. He then searched through the suitcases and found a green scarf and a pair of white opera gloves. It was nearly five and Remy offered to take her to dinner. Their eating schedules were off after the whole rescue mission and were already feeling hungry. Handing the clothes out to her he sat on the bed and took out a magazine to read.

"Where am ah gonna change?" Remy nodded in the direction she was standing and flipped the page. Smiling to himself he was waiting for her to blow up but was surprised when no tantrum came. Getting a little worried he was about to look up but a shirt sailed across the room and hit him in the face. He pulled the shirt off and stared at it, instantly recognizing it as the one that she was wearing before.

A huge smile came on his face only to have it smacked off by a pair of jeans slamming into it. Next came the boots but luckily she aimed at his gut instead of the face. Assured that nothing else would be coming his way he stared at Rogue who was applying her make-up. Smacking her lips once she spun around showing off the dress.

"So what do ya think?" Remy was speechless. The emerald green dress clung to her curves and was held up by two thin straps. The neck was in the shape of a V showing off her nice assets and the hem barely came to her knees, and had a slit up one side. And all that skin was touchable. /Why did I want to leave the house again?/

"Ya can get ready now. Ah'm goin ta head down and talk with Logan." Flipping her hair over her shoulder she picked up her scarf and wrapped it around her top. The gloves were already in place and as she was going out she picked up Remy's trench coat to wear over the outfit. The last thing she needed was for Logan to throw another fit. This dress would be barely legal from where she comes from. "Ah'll be waitin downstairs."

Rogue walked into the rec. room and found it empty. Surprised that he wasn't there she headed to the kitchen and then the garage looking for him She was pretty sure that he didn't go upstairs and asking Bobby proved that. Thinking about it for a second she went to the place that was rarely visited and found him sitting near the window smoking a cigar.

"Ya still go ta the study to relax?" Even with the cigar in his mouth she could see the smile form on his lips. Logan took out the cigar and rubbed it into the ashtray before getting up from his seat. Rogue noted his appearance for the first time and noticed that for a man that hardly grows old, he changed a lot. The whole clean shaven look was gone, and replaced with stubble and wilder hair. There was even a more animalistic nature to him. But the eyes were the same, so the rest of it didn't matter. It was still Logan.

"So are you going to explain or do I have to play that guessing game?" Rogue snickered at that comment before filling him in on what happened. She told him about finding Sinister and agreeing to his terms. Then having to go back to the madman to be experimented. She also explained where she was and that her last memory was returning to Essex's hideout five year's ago. Then it came to the part where Gambit saved her and she made sure to make him sound more heroic. Then the night and the morning shopping and coming back here. "So you found out last night. I'm sorry stripes I should have tried harder to find you..."

"It's not yar fault or Remy's so don't try ta blame him." Logan smiled and felt a little proud that she was able to take this so well.

"I know, Rogue. It's just that...I wish that this didn't happen to you. Your life has been crap, with your mutation, Mystique, and then all that happened before this. I couldn't stop the first two from happening but when you came to live here...I should have just tried harder."

"Ya did a lot for me around here, and ya can't expect ta stop everythin bad from happenin ta me. Irene used ta tell me that God gives as much as he thinks we can take. Maybe this was meant ta happen so ah could grow stronger from it." Logan just stood there as Rogue came up and hugged him. He even let when of his true smiles come through, and not even the scent of Remy's cologne could wipe it off.

"Chere, we need to be leavin' now." Rogue said good-bye to Logan and then turned to greet Remy. He was wearing a black tuxedo and when she came to him he took her hand and planted a kiss. When he was standing straight again he held out his arm for her and they both left the room together.

As they drove by the restaurant, Rogue couldn't help but feel out of place. She never went to one of these fancy locations before and she really didn't know what to do. Remy on the other hand seemed to be right at home, which was strange because she would have never associated one of these places as one of his normal hangouts. As her side of the door was opened she took the hand of the valet and stepped out of the car. Even with her gloves in place she felt nervous about touching anyone but he didn't hold on long.

When Remy was done giving the keys to the young man he came up beside her and placed his hand on the small of her back, silently leading her into the building. Opening the door, the first thing she noticed was the enormous chandelier hanging from the roof. It held her attention for a few seconds before she looked around at the luxurious surroundings. Everything seemed to be made of silk and gold plated.

Her shoulders began to feel cold and she noticed that Remy had removed the trench coat and had handed it to stern faced man. A look of disgust came over his face as he was handed the beaten down coat but with one glare from Remy the man was smiling and ushering them to a table. The place wasn't that crowded but Rogue didn't calm down until she was sitting at that table with Remy across from her. Picking up the menu she scanned the contents and found them to be in a different language. Groaning she looked over the top of her menu and tried to see what section Remy was reading. As if sensing her eyes on him her lifted his head and caught her eyes for a second before Rogue quickly covered them with the menu.

She could feel a blush coming up and tried hard to suppress it. This whole situation was making her feel like an idiot. After looking at the menu for a few minutes, Remy called over a waiter making Rogue more nervous. /I don't know what to do! Um...that has one has sandwich in it! And the word escargot, I've seen enough shows to know what that means.../

"We'll both be havin de special, and a bottle of wine from my private supply." The waiter bowed and took the menus from the table. Rogue let out a sigh, happy that Remy ordered even if he did figure out that she had no clue what she was doing.

"Ya have a private supply?" Remy smiled and went on to tell her about how he helped start this business in New Orleans and how it spread to all over the world. In return for helping he gets to eat free and has a private reserve of wine. By the time he was done talking the food arrived, /I know I can do this part./ Irene was stingy about using the right fork and eating eloquentlyEven when Rogue started to dress more Goth like she still had to sit like a lady and eat like a lady. It annoyed the hell out of her at the time, but now she couldn't be happier. After a couple seconds the waiter returned carrying the wine. Popping the cork he poured Remy a full glass, but when he went to do the same for Rogue he was stopped by Remy and told to leave the bottle.

"Why don't ah get any?" Rogue pouted as Remy took a sip of the glass and then smiled from the good taste.

"It's not healthy." Remy's tone was disapproving and made Rogue angrier.

"Of course it ain't healthy that's why ah want some!" Rogue reached out for the bottle but Remy was quicker and was able to take it from her grasp.

"Yo're not drinkin' any." Rouge watched as Remy's eyes told her the reason why. Frowning slightly from her mistake she leaned back and returned to eating. The two sat in silence eating their food. When they finished the waiter came along and took the plates and promised to return with the most delicious cake they have ever eaten.

They talked for a few seconds about the food and nothing else, and after the cake they did the same. When they were completely done Remy went over to her side of the table and pulled her chair back. Helping her away from the table her led her in the opposite direction of the entrance and to a side door leading outside.

They walked in silence for a while taking in the beautiful flowers in the garden. It seemed almost mystical if it wasn't for the barbed fences. They sat down on a bench in front of fountain. Light droplets of water would hit her face but she found it pleasant in the warm weather. The sun was beginning to set and the stony silence was starting to get to her.

"Thank you." The words left her mouth of their own volition. She wasn't expecting that to come out. It should have been something about the scenery or the weather, but seeing as that she already said what was on her mind she continued on with her thoughts. "Ah know ya don't have any reason ta care about what happens ta it but ya warned me anyways.."

"It's still a part of yo' and dat makes it special to me." Rogue smiled up at him, happy that he understood. They talked about it a bit before but it was mostly him comforting her and they never really got around to what he felt. "Dis is new for me too, and I want yo' to know that I'm goin' to stay with yo' through all of it."

Remy gently removed the scarf from her and draped it on the back of the bench. He rested his hand on her shoulder and placed the other one on her stomach. There was no sign so far about what's going on in there, but he knew it would be appearing soon.

As the sun nearly disappeared from the sky Remy moved away from her and took her hands in his.

"Rogue dere be a reason why I brought yo' out here today. I want to tell yo' how much I love yo' and how happy I am that I found yo'. Dat even when I couldn't remember about what happened between us, dat my life was incomplete. Yo' are de most important person in my life. And I can't live without yo'." As he said the last line he moved away from the bench and onto the ground. One of his knees rose from the floor as he took one of his hands away to take out a small velvet box.

"Rogue will you marry me?"

Author's Note: Another Cliffie! Who would have thunk it? If anyone has not guessed it so far. Rogue is pregnant and nobody knows who the father is. So here it goes: You get to pick! Of course in the end I may disregard the poll and do what I want but then again...So say who you want. The typical choice would be Remy, Sinister, or Magneto. If you want to think outside the box go right ahead. I'm not stopping you.

Also I'm going to come up with new stories ideas since this one is coming to an end. So I want people to be blatantly honest about what they read so far with this story and give me ideas on how to make the next one's better. I would also really like if people tell me how they want the accents to be like, because I've seen quite a few ways and was wondering which was right. Thank you!

reviews:

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