Disclaimer: I don't own the X-Men. But you already knew that. Cause if I did all the main characters of X-men will always be Remy and Rogue.

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This chapter is fluff to the 100th power! It's pretty long too.

Chapter 14: Happy Anniversary!

And our love goes round and round

Way up high, a joy ride

We can touch the stars above

We found love

And our love was heaven sent

From the day we first met

We've got something they can't touch

We found love

- Mariah Cary "Joy Ride"

Remy and Rogue's Room:

Rogue groaned loudly as the alarm clock in her room went off. She and Remy had tired themselves out from an afternoon of making love and they both had drifted off to a quick afternoon nap. She extended her hands from underneath the covers and hit the off button bringing silence into the room once again. She yawned while stretching both of her arms above her head and looked around to get a sense of her environment. The room was fairly dark meaning that sun had already set. She turned the lamp on at her night stand and peered at the time on the digital alarm clock. '5:25pm! Why the hell did mah alarm go off?' Rogue wondered still groggy from waking up so suddenly. She was enjoying her sleep dreaming about her and Remy vacationing on a beach; it was warm, peaceful, and she was with her man, the best dream she had in ages. She looked over at Remy's spot on the bed to find that he wasn't there. Instead she discovered, on his pillow, an envelope with her name on it and a white rose.

"Hmm…" Rogue smiled as she picked up the envelope and opened it. Inside she found a folded piece of paper. She opened the paper, leaned back on her headboard of the bed and read the message inside.

Mon amour,

I figured you wouldn't wake up in time so I kindly set the alarm for you. The limo will pick you up at 7pm and take you to Bayou where we will be having dinner. I had to take care of a few things so I will meet you there. See you soon Emerald Eyes!

Amour,

Remy

(Author Note: Bayou is a nice Cajun restaurant in NYC… I don't own it)

"What are yah planning, Cajun?" Rogue said out loud. She picked up the rose and lightly rubbed her fingers over the soft petals admiring the pure white color it rendered. 'Mah favorite flower' Rogue smiled as she thought about how much she and Remy had been through these past two years. She knew Remy for two years prior to them dating but she never really thought she could ever be with him. However, Remy never backed down or flinched once from her cold nature. In fact he practically stalked her the first year he lived with the X-Men. She had a hard time trusting him after her past of being used by so many people, including her mother. She was also marked the untouchable girl, the one with the poisonous skin, how could anyone, even Remy, get close to Rogue without her sucking the life out of them?

She could give Remy a lot of credit, though. He went through hell with her. Rogue knew she wasn't the nicest person to him at first and it took a long time for her to let her shield down and start to trust him. When she finally did, she realized that he was the only guy to ever want to be with her and love her despite her mutation and she cherished him for that. She still remembered the first day she understood how much she needed him…

(Ready…. Set…. FLASHBACK!)

Three years ago…

Rogue jumped up from her sleep due to a loud blaring noise that echoed throughout her background. She quickly regretted rising so quickly as soon as agonizing pain rattled her entire body, causing her to clench her teeth and fist tight. She shut her eyes to strain through the pain hoping that it would soon settle. When it finally subsided to a subtle throbbing in her head she opened her eyes to figure out what was going on. She noticed she was lying in her cot in her empty cell still in Essex's compound. It would have been completely dark if it wasn't for the red flashing lights adding a blinking flare of red glow to her surroundings. 'What the hell is going on?' She wondered as she removed the thin navy blue blanket from off her. She tried to stand up but her weak knees gave way under her weight causing her to fall back onto her cot, generating a fit of pain that shot up her spine once again.

"Ah guess Ah ain't moving anytahme soon." Rogue grimaced looking down at her bruised legs. Her once creamy pearl skin was now illustrating an overabundance of blue and purple shades. She sighed and wiped the sweat off her brow before slumping back on the cold cedar-block wall against her bed. There was no use in trying to do anything about the loud alarm setting off her headaches once more. She was glad Carol was quiet; Lord knows she couldn't take her voice sending stabbing pain through head right now. Suddenly she heard a loud explosion coming from down the hall. After a few moments she heard footsteps coming toward her cell room. She squinted to see a tall figure standing, in front of the bars of the cell staring down at her with glowing red orbs.

"…Chere?" Remy asked after a couple seconds. He didn't even recognize her at first. Through the dimly lit room he could see her sitting on the bed looking up at him. She was extremely thin, looking as if she hadn't eaten in days. Her eyes were puffy with dark circles around them. Her body was ravaged with bruises and cuts making her look like she was in a fight for her life and lost horribly. The only thing that allowed him to distinguish her was the white hair that hung damply over her face.

"R-Remy? Is that you?" Rogue managed to say. The last time she had seen him was when she yelled at him for getting to close to her like he always did.

"It be me, chere." Remy answered. Rogue's heart skipped a beat catching her breath in her throat.

"Oh mah gawd!" Rogue began to cry. She never thought she would be able to see anyone she loved again and now he had come to save her.

"Remy is gonna to get y' outta dis place," Remy assured holding on to the bars. His heart dropped seeing her in such an appalling condition. He hated whoever had did this to her and was going to make them pay.

"Remy, Ah can't walk." Rogue managed to say through her tears.

"It be okay. I will come get y'. Cova y'head, chere." Remy ordered as the bars began to glow in a luminous red as he charged them. Rogue nodded and did as she was told. Soon she heard an explosion as the bars shattered into millions of tiny metal pieces. Dust clouded the cell causing her to cough. Remy rushed over to her fanning the dust out of her face.

"T-Take it …off." Rogue choked out pointing to the collar around her neck. Remy inspected it for a moment. He then took out a small pocket knife from his trench coat and jabbed it into its computer system. The collar malfunctioned and fell to the ground relieving Rogue from its control. She moved her hand to neck, massaging her newly freed skin.

"You alright?" Remy asked kneeling down at her side looking her over for any serious injuries. Rogue noticed the uniform he wore under his trench coat was all black with a yellow 'X' on the left side of his chest. She remembered he hated the look of the X-Men uniforms and refused to wear them. Maybe he had finally changed his mind over the time she had been gone.

"Ah think so… Did yall find Amara?" She asked him. She tried to get up once again but to no avail. Collar or not her body was still too weak to stand on its own. Remy caught her by her waist and set her tenderly back down on the bed.

"Oui, a couple of days ago. She helped a lot with the search fa' y'. The othahs be here too." He was interrupted by another loud explosion. The building began to shake causing debris to drop from the ceiling in all directions, "I will fill y'in lata wit the details. Let's get y'outta dis place first, chere." Remy took the blue blanket and wrapped it around Rogue so he could hold her with out touching her skin. He then picked her up gently and started to make his way through the wreckage to the other teammates.

"Remy?"

"Oui, chere?"

"Thank yah fah saving meh. Ah thought Ah would never see any of yall again. He did such horrible things…" She couldn't finish thinking back to everything she had gone through since she had been taken by Essex. Rogue buried her face in his chest and wrapped her arms tightly around him too afraid to let go. Tears trickled down her cheeks.

"Hush now, ma chere. Remy's got ya. Y' be safe now."

(Welcome back to the present)

Remy's words had stayed with Rogue from then on. After that she could never even conceive her life without him. He made her feel safe and secure and she wouldn't trade that for anything in the world. She knew that Remy would give his life for her and she would do the same for him. She was now seriously contemplated marrying him one day and she was hoping that day would be soon.

Climbing out of bed Rogue wrapped the sheets around her naked body. She only had two hours to get ready before she had to leave and go out to dinner so she needed all the time she had to prepare. Rogue walked over to her walk-in closet and noticed a huge gift box with a red ribbon bow placed on the chair beside the closet.

"This Swamp Rat is just full of surprises." Rogue giggled as she began to open the box carefully.

Bayou Restaurant:

Rogue sat at the table that Remy had reserved for them patiently waiting for her tardy boyfriend. She had been sitting there for ten minutes wondering were Remy could be. She wanted to thank him for the wonderful gift he had gotten her earlier that evening. She wore an elegant pea green halter-top dress that swooped down to her ankles. He probably brought the dress just to compliment her eyes, the eyes that he couldn't help saying how much he adored. She had her hair up in a curly bun with some white strands hanging down to frame her face. Her face was lightly covered with a small amount of make-up to enhance her natural beauty. She wore clear high-heel shoes with embroidered crystals along the straps. Many of the male waiters stared at her when she walked into the restaurant. 'Sorry, I'm taken!' Rogue smiled flattered that she was getting so much attention.

A handsome guy made his way towards Rogue's table. She noticed that he was tall and well built probably in his early twenties. He had dark reddish-brown hair and the most enticing eyes. She could see that he was wearing an attractive black Armani silk shirt with a red tie and black pants. As he came closer she took note of the huge smirk painted on his face. The man walked passed the table and sat at another table next to hers. He winked at Rogue when he noticed her staring at him. She rolled her eyes then began to look through her menu. When she looked up again she saw a waiter coming toward her.

"Excuse miss, just want to inform you that Mr. LeBeau said that he would be a little late in coming but he wanted you to order with out him." The waiter informed Rogue.

Rogue chuckled a little before answering the waiter, "That's Fahne. Ah will just have two orders of the marinated Cajun-styled chicken. And while Ah'm waiting Ah guess Ah will have a glass of Pinot Noir, too." Rogue smiled and handed the waiter the menu. The waiter nodded and walked off to deliver her order. Rogue was now dying to know what Remy was up to. While she wondered the guy sitting at the other table got up and walked over to her table.

"May I have dis seat?" The man asked in his thick southern voice. Rogue got whiff of his spice cologne, that smell always made her melt a little inside.

"Only for a minute. Mah boyfriend might kill ya if he came and saw yah in his seat." Rogue answered eyeing the guy but yet still smiling.

"A minute with a belle femme as y'self is a lifetime." The man replied sitting on the chair at the table. Rogue blushed at his comment.

"So Ah take it yer Cajun?" Rogue asked.

"Oui, the name's Jacques Legrand."

"Really!" Rogue laughed even more at the name the guy gave. The waiter came back with a bottle of white wine. He poured some in Rogue's glass and also placed dinner rolls on the table. Before leaving he looked at the guy sitting at the table with Rogue and frowned. 'Why do people cheat?' he thought while walking away.

"Don't like it?" The guy seemed hurt that Rogue was laughing at his name which only made Rogue laugh harder.

"No…sorry…Ah'll stop. So why did yah wanna sit with meh, anyway?" Rogue took a small sip of her wine.

"Cause y're too belle to sit by y'self." The guy replied smirking. He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his goatee still staring at Rogue.

"Really? Ah reckon it was because yah had no one to sit with?" Rogue rolled her eyes at his overconfidence. The guy scooted his chair closer to Rogue causing her to giggle again.

"Y' never told me y' name." He said taking hold of her hand.

"That's too bad." Rogue answered snatching her hand away from him.

"Not fair. I decided to keep y' company. I should at least get y' name, non?"

"Non!" Rogue answered givng him a small glare, "Why should ah tell yah mah name anyway?"

"No matta, I can always call y' chere."

Rogue rolled her eyes again at the pet name, "Fahne, the name is Anne Marie."

"Gentil de vous rencontrer, Marie." The guy took a hold of Rogue's hand once more and kissed it. Rogue blushed at the gesture. She decided now was the perfect time to have a little fun of her own.

"So, Jacques… Yah have a girlfriend?" Rogue asked slyly. She started twirling her fingers around the guys tie.

"Oui." The guy answered happy that Rogue was finally flirting back.

"Hmm, Ah wonder what she would think if she saw yah rahght now." Rogue pulled on his tie easing him toward her.

"I wouldn't worry bout that… I tink y' boyfriend stood y' up!" His smirk grew as Rogue started to rub his thigh with her other hand

"Really? And what are yah gonna do about it?" Rogue asked seductively leaning toward the man. Their lips millimeters apart.

"Quelque chose vous voulez que je fasse…" (Anything you want me to do)

Rogue giggled then pushed him back toward his seat and folded her arms across her chest, "Too bad Ah would nevah cheat on mah boyfriend, swamp rat!"

"Chere! Y' ruined the fun." Remy whined.

"Ah know." She laughed, "Yer losing yah touch."

"Y' wound me." Remy replied slumping down on his chair pretending to be hurt.

"But yah still love meh, anyway." Rogue leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. This initiated a smile to return to his face.

"Y' look très belle dis evening."

"Thank yah, Rems, yer looking very handsome yerself." Rogue beamed, "Where did yah get the dress, Ah love it."

"Kitty Kat went with me ta some stores. She helped me pick it out." Remy informed. The waiter came and placed their food on the table. He starred at Remy until Rogue finally realized why the guy was giving Remy death glares.

"OH! This is Mr. LeBeau. The message about him being late was just a coy. We always play this game where we don't know each othah when we go out." Rogue told him a-matter-of-factly. Remy nodded and the waiter smile with that "You two are psycho" look before walking away again.

"I believe the homme tinks we are crazy." Remy stated after the waiter left.

"Oh well, most people do." Rogue shrugged nonchalantly and dived into her meal.

After eating Rogue reached under the table and placed a small but long gift box on the table and pushed it toward Remy, "Open it."

Rogue watched as Remy excitedly opened the gift box. His eyes widen seeing what was inside. It was a gold Rolex watch, which he didn't steal! "Wow!" He said in awe.

"Ah hope yah like it."

"Ah love it! Merci chere." He responded kissing her on the lips.

"Yer welcome, sugah." She smiled watching him eagerly put the watch around his wrist like a young boy at Christmas.

"I have a gift for y' but I can't give it ta y' here." Remy said after he finally fixed the watch straps around his wrist and clasped it.

"Really? Ah thought the dress and dinner was mah gift?" Rogue raised her eyebrow.

"Oh-no chere, y'deserve much much more." Remy replied slyly. He then threw some cash on the table and grabbed Rogue's coat to help her put it on.

"Where are we going? And who throws money on a table at a classy restaurant!" Rogue asked as she got up and put her arms through the sleeves of her coat.

"Moi, now let's go." He quickly took her hand as they walked out of the restaurant.

Central Park (I know, this is the same place they were that morning with the fake ninjas but I guess some people just can't learn ):

"Rems, what are we doing here?" Rogue looking at the bench then back to Remy. He had led them straight to Central Park right to exact spot where they were before they met Marie.

"This here bench means a lot to us, non?" Remy asked her not answering the question she had just posed.

"Yes, of course it does. It should have our names engraved on it solely for the amount time we spent here over the years. But what are we doing here, now?" Rogue inquired again. It was a cold clear night; she probably could have seen stars but they were in New York City, of course. Rogue looked around and realized that there was no one around. 'That's odd' she thought but shrugged if off regardless.

While Rogue was looking around and not paying attention to him, Remy secretly nodded to someone in the bushes. The person nodded back and disappeared without a sound. Remy then glanced back at Rogue, "Chere, why don' we have a seat." He walked over to the bench and sat down patting the spot next to him. She followed and cuddled up next to him to get some extra warmth.

"Ah wish it would snow." She sighed slowly.

"Really? Pourquoi?" He asked lightly caressing her face. He could remember the days when he couldn't touch her. Now she had control of powers and he was able to feel her skin with no worries. He cherished everytime he touched her skin not taking one moment for granted.

"Yah know Ah love the snow. At least when it first falls… this kindah feels like déjà vu." Rogue said looking at him.

Remy chuckled, "Oui, we were actually in dis same spot when dat Marie and ninja ting happened. But it be the only appropriate place I could give y' my gift."

"What is it?" Rogue could tell Remy was nervous about something. He wasn't smirking like he usually does. It was more of a sincere pleasant smile that he wore as he looked down at her. Whatever this gift was it had to be big.

"I have ta ask ma chere a question." He responded after awhile.

"Okay…" Rogue was pretty confused. First he needed the right spot to give her an anniversary gift and now he needed to ask her a question. "Sugah, are yah okay?"

"Neva' betta, chere." He ran his hand through his hair and took a deep breath. "Before I ask y' this I tink I should set the mood, non?" Before she could answer him she saw a little snowflake fall from the sky. Immediately, more snow began to fall from above, like magic, down to the ground. The night sky, that was once clear, was now engulfed by clouds. Snowflakes lightly descended from the skies making Rogue feel like she was sitting a snow globe.

"That's so weird…" Rogue gasped looking at the snow falling upon her. She looked at Remy and he smiled back at her. Did he have something to do with this?

"I tink we need some music, too." Remy said louder. More like he shouted it. Rogue watched Jamie Madrox and two of his duplicates walk in front of them. They were dressed in black tuxedos and had violins in their hands. Jamie had been playing the violin since he was five but he hated the thing. He only did it because it made his parents proud, which was very necessary after they found out about his mutation. However, when he turned sixteen this year he was allowed to stop practicing if he wanted. To celebrate he took the thing and threw it out the third story window of the mansion. Now he was standing there with three. The irony!

"That's so cute." Rogue gushed.

"I know." Remy nodded and the Jamie X 3 began to play a slow tune very harmoniously.

"Aww… This is so sweet of yah." Rogue kissed her boyfriend gently on lips and leaned her head on his shoulder enjoying the music.

"Do y' want some champagne?" He asked a moment later. Before she could answer a woman pushing a shopping cart began to walk by down the path catching her attention. The woman had a cloak over head so Rogue couldn't fully recognize the person. It just so happened that the woman had a bunch of wine bottles in her cart. Rogue was becoming more suspicious at this point.

"Excusez-moi, mon dame." Remy got up from his position and walked over to the women, "Are y' selling the wine?"

"Sure!" The woman responded. Rogue could recognize that perky high pitch voice anywhere. Kitty looked over to her and gave her the biggest smile in the world. Rogue laughed lightly and waved back. She wondered how Remy had gotten Kitty and Jamie to come out into the cold and do all of this. It must have been some big bribery or blackmail. She knew Kitty hated the cold as much as she hated missing the Victoria Secret Semi-Annual Sale. (AN: I don't own it). Or maybe it was something bigger. 'The snow! It had to be Storm now that Ah think about it. How long had Remy been planning this?' Rogue contemplated.

"Y' wouldn't happen to have any Alfred Gratien Cuvee Paradis Rose would y' petite?" Remy asked. Rogue giggled a little. Leave it to Remy LeBeau to know the whole name of a French wine.

"It's you're lucky day!" Kitty cheered. She reached into her cart and pulled a bottle of rose champagne and gave it to Remy. "No need to pay, sir. It's on the house! Oh and what a coincidence. I have glasses too. Oh wow, a bottle opener as well." She handed him two champagne glasses and cork screw. 'Some coincidence.' Rogue joked to herself. She watched Remy walked toward her and sit down as Kitty gleefully skipped away with her cart.

"Rems, what are yah doing?" Rogue asked eyeing him. He didn't answer. Instead he opened the champagne bottle and poured some into two glasses.

"For ma chere." He handed her the glass and held the extra one in his other hand, "To my river rat." He toasted laughing as she grimaced hearing his nickname for her. Remy had a lot of nicknames for her that included river rat, emerald eyes, and chere.

"To my swamp rat." Rogue countered and sipped some of the champagne and let it bubble down her throat.

"Flowers! Get your flowers!" rang a voice interrupting their moment. Rogue saw Scott carrying a bucket filled with array of flowers as he walked down the trail in front of them. He stopped when he saw Rogue and Remy looking at him.

"Sir, would you like to buy some flowers for the lovely lady?" Scott smiled at them. Remy looked at Rogue, he was beaming as well.

"Only if yah have white roses." Rogue replied playing along with them.

"Of course I do!" Scott replied matter-of-factly pulling out a fresh bouquet of white roses and handing them to Rogue.

"Thank yah!" Rogue said as Scott nodded and began to walk off. "Don't yah want to be paid fah them?"

"Nope!" Scott called before disappearing down the trail.

Rogue laid the roses on her lap and took another sip of her champagne. "What are yah planning, Swamp rat? And how did yah get Storm, Scott, Kitty, and Jamie in on this?"

"Chere, y' know I love ya, right?" Remy asked looking into her eyes once again avoiding her questions. He placed his glass on the ground next to the champagne bottle.

"Of course yah nevah forget to tell meh, I love yah, too." Rogue answered.

"Well, what I want ta ask y' will change our lives foreva'…" He began.

"This sounds serious." Rogue started to tense up.

"Il est. But I'm still missing something'. I can't ask y' dis without the proper gift." Remy looked around. Rogue could tell he was either waiting or looking for something.

"I said… I can't ask y' dis without the proper gift." Remy said a little louder.

"Hey! I didn't hear you, sorry." John said coming from out the bushes.

"Who are yah suppose to be, sugah." Rogue laughed when she saw his outfit. He was wearing a big ass raggedy black coat, a red scarf, old jeans, ruffed up sneakers, and a knitted brown hat. He looked like a drunken hobo from off the streets.

"Whatever you want me to be, Sheila!" John said with a seductive grin. He stopped grinning when he saw Remy glaring at him. He cleared his throat remember his lines, "Anyway… I overheard that you needed a gift for your sheila. I got it all!" John opened his coat revealing an array of merchandise, mostly jewelry stemming from silver chains to gold watches. 'Where were yah when Ah was buying Remy's present' she thought observing the jewelry.

"I need a specific kind of gift." Remy replied walking up to John.

"Well, whatever kind you want, I got! They are marked down prices from the store I stol— I mean brought them from." John affirmed assertively. He was pretending be one of those peddlers from off the streets with the cheap jewelry.

"I need a ring." Remy announced. Rogue stopped laughing. A ring, what does he need a ring fa?

"What kind of ring? I got fourteen karat, twenty-four karat, sterling silver, cubic zirconium, ring pops…"

"A diamond ring." Remy didn't let him finish. Rogue felt heart skip a beat. The glass of champagne she was holding slipped shattering on the ground. He wants a diamond ring!

"I have just what you need!" John took a small Tiffany's Jewelry (AN: NO I don't own that either) box out of his coat pocket. He opened it slightly showing it to Remy but not letting Rogue get a glimpse.

"That's it!" Remy decreed.

"Oh mah gawd!" Rogue squeaked letting a tear trickle down her face. She had finally figured it out. All this was set up so Remy could propose to her. She should have known though. Why else would he plan out this elaborate affair if was only their anniversary.

"Not so fast, mate. This ring here will cost you three thousand dollars." John declared still holding the box.

"Hell no!" Remy retorted. John had to be insane. All he was told to do was give him the ring. There was no money involved.

"Oh mah gawd!" Rogue was still in shock. He wanted to marry her and be with her forever. He had planned this romantic night just for her. At this point she had started hyperventilating. "Oh mah gawd!"

"Okay, $2,000"

"No!"

"Oh mah gawd!"

"$1,500?"

"NO!"

"Oh mah gawd!"

"Come on mate, at least $900"

"Oh mah gawd, oh mah gawd, oh mah gawd!"

"Homme…"

"I'm not going any lower than fifty bucks, mate!"

"JOHN!"

"At least $20…"

"JOHN! Give him the damn ring!" Rogue demanded him at once causing both men to jump and look at her.

"Sorry, sheila." John sheepishly handed Remy the box.

Remy took the box and proceeded back to Rogue. He took both of her hands and pulled her toward him, "Rogue?"

"Yeah, Rems?" She looked at him straight in his eye. She knew he was serious when he called her Rogue. She also knew he was serious because there were was no smile. Just him staring back at her with nothing but love in his eyes.

"From de first day I met y' I knew I had to have y' in my life. We had some rocky times along the way but I always knew we could get through dem, togetha. Like I said before, we are connected, ma chere. I would do anyting for y' even if it means dying for y'. Y' made me a betta homme and I know I can neva imagin life without y'." Remy then got down on one knee and held out the ring toward her. "Y' be the reason I breathe every morning. Y' be my air. Y' be my life. Je t'aime tellement. Marry me, Rogue."

His words caused tears to spill from eyes. All her dreams were coming true as she stared at the man she loved, kneeling in front of her asking her to be his wife. She was so caught up in the moment that she didn't realize she hadn't answered him yet.

"Dis is where y' come in, chere." Remy motioned after a moment of her staring at him sobbing.

"Yeah, of course I will swamp rat!" Rogue said through tears. Damn, he mad her so emotional sometimes. He took her left hand placed the ring on her ring-finger before standing up. When he did stand up she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeply.

"That was so beautiful!" John cried from behind them. Currently he had a handkerchief dabbing his eyes. Rogue and Remy turned around to see all the X-Men gathered around them. All of the girls plus John were crying and the guys had broad smiles on their faces. Even little Rachel was out for the occasion. She was bundled up the stroller in front of her mother sleeping peacefully.

"Congratulations, Rogue!" Kitty was the first to run to Rogue and hug her.

"Thanks Kitty." Rogue pulled away and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I'm so ecstatic for you, Rogue! Now we get to plan a wedding." Kitty chirped.

"Ah can't believe ya'll pulled this off without meh knowing." Rogue laughed looking at everyone. The snow had stopped and Storm descended down from the sky.

"Told you I could keep a secret Remy." Kitty said to him with her hands on her hips.

"Vous aviez raison." He nodded to her.

"Congratulations, sweetheart. You and Remy deserve to be happy." Ororo hugged Rogue.

"Thank ya for the snow." She smiled at the weather goddess and then looked over to Scott, "And thank ya for the lovely roses."

"It was all Remy. I'm just happy to lend a helping hand." Scott nodded holding his wife's hand remembering their own engagement. He had proposed to Jean while they were taking a walk together in Ororo's garden.

"This is a joyous occasion. I wish the both of you a life of love and happiness." The Professor told them.

"Merci, Professor." Remy thanked Xavier.

"I'm glad for ya, kid." Logan embraced Rogue. Over the years he had grown closer to Rogue and basically denoted himself as her father. He was always more overprotective of her than anyone else in the mansion. However, recently he had adopted his clone X23, which in turn gave Rogue more freedom, seeing that now he paid more attention to his new daughter.

"Ah'm not a kid, anymore." Rogue whispered in his ear.

"Whatever, kid." Logan smiled at her letting her go. He then turned a scowling face over to Remy, "You hurt her, bub, and I gut ya!"

"Neva imagin' doing anyting of the sort." Remy replied nervously brushing a hand through his hair.

"Good!" Logan stalked away toward the other side of the path where no one was gathered. All the happy-go-lucky emotions were getting to him.

The younger girls ran over to Rogue telling her 'congratulations' and inspecting her ring. Remy moved over to the guys to avoid the herd.

"Damn! That's huge." Jubilee said with awe. On Rogue's finger were three massive emerald-cut diamonds with matching side stones held on a silver band.

"I want something just like it!" Tabitha perked.

"Yeah, sweetie I hope you're taking notes!" Kitty said looking at Piotr. He then turned red and glared at Remy. Remy always had to overdo it causing all the girls to expect more from their boyfriends.

"Dude, how much did you pay for that thing?" Ray questioned Remy.

"Yeah, one rock, that's a lot of money already, but three!" Bobby added staring at Rogue's finger from where he was standing.

"Y' hommes don wanna know." Remy shook his head painfully. Paying for the ring had nearly killed him. He seriously contemplated stealing the ring but he knew Rogue would have been upset with him. They had made pact when they started dating about his thieving nature. He was only allowed to steal when it was absolutely necessary. He had to learn how to actually earn money and buy things he wanted. It was a trivial and long year but he managed to get through it.

"Come on! Tabby might want one soon and I have to be financially prepared!" Roberto pressed waiting for Remy's reply.

"Y' really wanna know?" Remy asked. All the boys nodded. "$14,000." Remy answered dejectedly. All the boys dropped their jaws in astonishment.

"You're kiddin!" Sam gasped.

"I wish." Remy frowned.

"That's my college tuition." Roberto murmured.

"To spend all that money, that's love!" Sam mused.

"Y' wanted to know. If I was y' hommes I would start saving now." Remy smirked.

"Can I stop now? This is depressing me." Jamie groaned suspending all the conversations around him. Everyone had forgotten that he was still playing the violin. Prior to anyone answering someone entered the area.

"Well, look at this? A party! And no one invited me." Deadpool said as he walked up to X-Men. He was accompanied by two other people who had permanent scowls on their faces.

"Who are you?" Bobby asked glaring at the intruder.

"The name's Deadpool, but ladies call me sexy!" Deadpool answered with a grin, "I think you people have something that I want."

"What might that be?" Scott snarled stepping in front of Jean and the Rachel.

"For one I'm missing two ninjas. Also, I need Dr. Freeman." Deadpool replied.

"What for?" Scott questioned.

"I have a tummy ache." Deadpool proposed sarcastically.

"I highly doubt that!" Scott retorted

"Give me what I need and know one gets hurt." Deadpool ordered taken on a more serious tone.

"If y' want dem, homme, y' gotta go through us." Remy walked up to Rogue never taken his glare off the imposers. Everyone took on their fight stance and Logan emitted his claws.

"Well, if it isn't Remy LeBeau." Deadpool stated recognizing the voice. Remy was taken aback by the statement. He didn't know any one by the name of Deadpool. He couldn't see the guys face either since it was covered by a mask. Deadpool noticed the confused look on his face so he continued, "Don't remember me? I'm hurt."

"Remy?" Rogue looked at her fiancé. How did this guy know who he was? Remy took hold of her hand and squeezed it slightly to silence her.

Deadpool noticed the exchange and started to laugh, "Poor Genevieve would turn over in her grave if she found out her darling Remy found a new fuck!"

Remy's and Rogue's eyes widen in shock. Rogue was pissed that someone had the audacity to call her a 'new fuck'. As for Remy, he never told anyone about the Genevieve incident that happened so long ago. The only people who knew about were his brother, Henri, and his 'alleged' friend… "Wade," Remy grumbled through his teeth.

"So we meet again ole' buddy! Would love to catch up over drinks and stuff but I got more pressing matters to deal with." Wade looked at all the X-men. They all looked like they were ready to pound him into a pulp. 'This is going to fun!'

"Nightcrawler!" Scott shouted over to Kurt who was standing behind him.

"I'm on it." He nodded and grabbed a hold of the baby stroller and teleported Rachel to the X-Jet out of harms way. He then reappeared and transported the Professor to the jet as well. He teleported back and took on a fighting stance along with the rest of his teammates.

"I really don't have time for this." Deadpool said rolling his eyes at the scene. He looked over at one of the men that were standing with him which gave him a non-verbal go-ahead. The man put his index fingers on his temple and closed his eyes. Deadpool began walking toward the X-Men with a new plan in mind.

"Stay back!" Scott ordered. Deadpool laughed at the foolish command and kept walking toward them.

"Everyone watch out when fighting dis homme. He got healin' abilities like Wolverine." Remy warned.

"What about the other two? That guy looks like he's some kind of telepath. He's doing the same thing that Jean usually does when she sends off her powers." Ray looked at the two men who were with Deadpool who hadn't moved or spoken a word since the encounter.

"Neva met em'. But be careful nonetheless." Remy answered glowering at Deadpool's approach. Jean tried to read the guys mind for any information but stopped quickly with astonishment.

"What is it?" Scott asked with concern putting his hand on his wife's shoulder.

"I-I can't read anything. It's like my powers shut down." Jean answered with fear in her voice.

"Logan!" Ororo cried pointing to Logan's hands. Logan looked down at the area where his claws had arisen from which was dripping with blood.

"That guy over there must be blocking our mutant abilities!" Logan growled. He extracted his claws and yelped in pain while doing so. His body was incapable of healing itself rapidly therefore leaving him in agony as his skin ripped from his claws passage.

"Ah guess this means that we get to kick their asses the old-fashion way!" Rogue balled up fist.

Deadpool walked right up to Remy. The two shared a death-glare contest for a moment as everyone looked on, wondering how Remy knew Deadpool and who exactly was Genevieve. Then before Remy could react, Deadpool teleported in front of Rogue and grabbed her.

"Now I know why you picked this one up. She's hot!" Deadpool said to Remy still gripping Rogue tightly. Rogue tried to struggle from his grasps but he was way stronger than her and she couldn't use her super strength. For some reason the guy's power block on the X-Men was not affecting Deadpool.

"Get your filthy hands off of her!" Remy growled. He was about to attack the guy but Deadpool put up a gun to Rogue's neck.

"Back off Cajun or she gets it!" Deadpool warned. Remy stopped dead in his tracks not wanting Deadpool to hurt Rogue.

"Y' hurt her and I swear…" Remy began menacingly.

"You will do what? You are nothing without your powers, Cajun!" Deadpool mocked. He looked down at Rogue with sick desire that made her stomach churn in disgust.

"Let meh go yah sick fuck!" Rogue screamed.

"That's not nice. Now I'm going have to punish you for using bad words." Deadpool sneered. To everyone's horror he pulled the trigger of the gun.

AWW! Is Rogue dead! Stay tuned for the next update….

Also I have one-shot story up called 'Why?' It's angst but you will like the ending.

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