I know that this particular theme has been used quite a bit in the Rogue/Gambit relationship but I thought it might be fun for Rogue to act a little differently when she found out.

Chapter 11

As Rogue entered her apartment she wondered what kind of secrets Remy was going to reveal to her. She nervously sat down on the couch and patted the seat next to her to signal him to sit down as well. He was too nervous to sit however and opted to pace the floor. "So what do you want to know chere?"

"Why don't you start with why you were part of an arranged marriage?"

Remy nodded and took a moment to collect his thoughts. "Remy's père is de head of a guild down in N'Awlins. Dey were always fighting with another guild…"

Remy was cut off as Rogue asked, "What do you mean by guilds?"

"Remy is part of de T'ieves Guild and de guild we were always fighting with was de Assassins Guild." He watched as Rogue took in this bit of information. He couldn't really tell what she was thinking but figured it was best if he just finished with his story. "Anyway, because of mon eyes de heads of de guild tought dat I was supposed to bring peace to the guilds. It was written somewhere that someone like me would come and save the guilds from their war. Anyway dey decided dat de best way to get peace was to have Remy marry to granddaughter of the Assassins Guild. Her name was Bella Donna and we had been friends since we were little. We were romantically involved for a short period of time but because of her profession she grew to be a cold unfeeling person. Remy really didn't want to go through with the marriage but could see no way out of it. During the reception Bella's frère decided that he couldn't live while a thief was sleeping with sœur. He challenged Remy to a duel with swords. While we were fighting Julian tripped and fell on my sword. It killed him almost instantly and Remy was banished by the guilds even though they knew that it was an accident. The marriage to Bella was dissolved and Remy came to New York to get away from the guilds." When he finished his tale he took a deep breath and sat down on the chair closest to him.

Rogue sat there for a little while trying to collect her thoughts. When Joseph had confronted Remy about his past she had come up with a number of theories but she had not been prepared for this. Now it was her turn to walk around the room. Remy sat quietly on the chair watching her and hoping that she didn't just throw him out and tell him she never wanted to see him again. He wasn't sure if he could take it if she rejected him.

Rogue took a few minutes to collect her thoughts and then turned to Remy. "Sugah, ah wish that you had told me this sooner. It must have been terrible knowing that you killed a man." After saying this Rogue walked over to Remy and pulled him into a hug. Shocked at her reaction Remy did the only thing he could think of. He pulled her down into his lap and kissed her.

Pulling back Rogue looked him in the eyes. "Ah know that it must have been tough going through this. Ah really do wish that you had to me earlier. Ah could have helped you with the pain of being banished from your family. Ah can't say that ah approve of the profession you had chosen but you don't do that anymore. Right?" Realizing that maybe Remy hadn't given up on being a thief gave her pause.

"Remy isn't a t'ieve anymore chere. I only did it in N'Awlins because it was required to be in the family. Besides I only stole from the really rich who had too much anyway." Rogue smiled at that last comment.

"Ah won't lie to you. It bothers me that you were married and a thief but it is in the past and you have been nothing but sweet to me since you got here so ah don't see any reason for me to stop trusting you now. Just don't be surprised if ah act a little differently around you for a little while. Ah have to get the information you just gave me fully processed."

Remy nodded. He didn't think that she would be able to accept him if she knew the truth and here she was trying to comfort him and assure him that she wasn't going to abandon him because he made some bad choices in the past. "Je t'aime chere," he whispered into her hair as he hugged her again.

"Ah love you too sugah." Rogue surprised herself by answering that way. She hadn't realized until that moment that she did love Remy and that she would stand by him no matter what. Looking up at Remy she saw that he had a huge grin on his face. Smiling back at him she gave him another kiss and then pulled him to his feet. "C'mon sugah, we're going to be late for the party." Nodding Remy followed her to the door.

XxX

At the party Kitty and Wanda were trying to figure out where Rogue and Remy were. "They should have been right behind us. You don't think anything happened to them do you?" The brunette was staring at the entrance and wringing her hands worry about her friends.

"Chill out some. They probably just wanted a little alone time. They'll be here shortly," Wanda answered. She was getting tired of standing around and was trying to figure out what was taking John so long to get their drinks and get back. Then she saw that there was a huge fireplace just outside the entrance and there was John staring at it. Rolling her eyes Wanda made her was over to the pyromaniac. "I thought that you were going to bring me some champagne. What's the hold-up?" She asked as if she didn't see the huge fire burning.

John turned around and looked at her as if she had lost her mind. "Do you not see this amazingly beautiful fire that is burning right in front of you sheila?"

Wanda rolled her eyes and answered, "As a matter of fact I do and I find it too hot to stand here for too long. The heat is going to ruin my hair and make-up. Now are you going to come dance with me or am I going to have to find someone else to dance with? There was one guy that was watching me from across the room. Perhaps he would be willing to dance with me instead of watching a fire burn."

John turned around and looked at his girlfriend to see if she would seriously go dance with some other man. "Are you serious? You would go dance with someone else when you have a willing slave right here?"

"You weren't too willing a minute ago when you were staring at the fire, were you?"

"No I guess not. But I am yours to do as you want with now." John got a smirk on his face as he thought of some of the things he would like for her to do to him.

"Get your mind out of the gutter. We are here for my brother and Warren. Now come on and dance with me." Pulling him out on the dance floor they started to waltz along with the other couples out on the dance floor. As the song ended Wanda looked around for some refreshments. Afraid John would get distracted again if she sent him after them she decided to go get a glass of champagne for herself. As she made her way back to where their little group was standing she noticed that Rogue and Remy still hadn't showed up. She frowned a little and thought that maybe Kitty had been right in worrying. Just as she was about to voice that opinion to Kitty the couple she was about to mention walked in the door.

Kitty gave a little squeal of delight as she saw the two walk in. Before anyone could do anything she had launched herself at Rogue and was demanding to know where she had been. Rogue just brushed her off and walked over to join the others. Frowning at being ignored Kitty followed Rogue and tried again. "What took you guys so long? I was, like, about ready to call the cops in to come look for you guys."

"We had a little run in with Joe but we took care of it. Now, how about we enjoy this party?" Everybody agreed and soon they were all dancing and having fun. It seemed like the night flew by as Kitty looked at her phone and saw that it was almost one in the morning. "Oh my, look at the time. Piotr I think that we should be getting home. I wanted to get an early start tomorrow in getting ideas together for the wedding planner on Monday." Piotr agreed since he was ready to call it a night anyway.

Slowly everybody said their goodbyes and left. Soon Rogue and Remy were the only ones left to leave. "Are you still coming over to Remy's tonight?"

"Yeah, ah could really use a foot massage after so much dancing tonight."

Remy smirked at her as he answered, "I think Remy could do better then just a foot massage."

"Oh really? And what did Remy have in mind?"

"It would be more fun to show you when we get back to my place." Smiling at her handsome partner Rogue took his offered arm as they hailed a taxi to take them to Remy's.

When they got there Rogue was surprised to see candles set out. Turning around to look at Remy she noticed that he had went over to the stereo and turned it on. The soft music that came out of the speakers seemed to help Rogue relax. Pulling her close to him Remy lead her in a slow dance. Looking into her beautiful green eyes he couldn't believe how lucky he was. "Je t'aime Rogue."

Rogue smiled at him as she stood on her tiptoes and planted a heated kiss on his lips. "Ah think we might be a little overdressed sugah." He whispered huskily in his ear. Smirking he ran his hands over her back and pulled the zipper to her dress down. Rogue stepped back to let the dress fall and reveal a black strapless bra and a matching black thong. Remy just stood there for a minute drinking the sight of her in.

"You're beautiful chere." He then pulled her in for another kiss while she worked on getting his tuxedo coat unfastened and pulled off. Once she managed that she got to work on the buttons to his shirt. When she slide the shirt off his arms she ran her hands over his chest. She could feel the definition of the muscles as she ran her hands over them. She took a moment to enjoy the feel of his skin under her hands. Remy pulled back. "Wait here a second chere." He ran towards the bathroom and she heard some water start running. Curiosity overtook her and she wandered towards the bathroom. She was just about at the door when Remy walked back out.

"Since you were complaining about your feet Remy thought dat we could enjoy a nice warm bubble bath."

"That sounds great sug." Rogue walked into the bathroom and stripped off her underwear before testing the water with her toes. Remy watched her all the while thinking how lucky he was to find such a wonderful woman. As she settled into the bubbles he decided that he didn't want to wait anymore and pulled off his remaining clothes to join her in the bathtub. They spent an amazing two hours in the tub before moving to the bed.

When the sun came up the next morning Rogue and Remy could be found asleep in each others arms. Both had a smile of contentment on their faces.

XxX

Wow, short chapter. I can't believe that I am updating this story twice in one day. :-) Once I started working on this chapter I couldn't seem to stop. I thought that this would be a good place to stop since we are switching to a different day in the next chapter. Hope you all enjoyed. Let me know what you think.