Chapter Eight: It's a Girl!

It was Remy's night on rounds or rather his week. He exchanged rounds for help with putting on the mansion basketball game for Olivier. It was dead quiet as he perched himself on the top of the staircase looking out. The task of rounds seemed pointless to him, if there was proper security system in place then there wouldn't be a need for members to sacrifice sleep.

A small trimmer of moment caught his ear and Remy was off he followed the noise down the hall to Olivier's room. Remy opened the door with cards ready to fire at the intruder that tried to mess with his child.

"Oli?"

"Remy?" Rogue was coming threw the adjoining washroom door, her son cries woke her.

"What's the matter sweetie?" Rogue went over and hugged Olivier was pined up in the corner.

"It was the thing in my closet." He explained holding his camera.

Rogue sighed "Olivier we've been threw this…"she bent down to his leave "There is nothing in the closet."

"There is!" he insisted. "I hear it."

"Olivier…"

"Mom" he wined.

"Olivier" Rogue held his hands "What happened last time Olivier? Was there anything there?"

"…No" he said quietly.

"Ok then. Nothing has changed"

"Can I stay with you?" He asked fiddling with his camera.

"Sure you can." Rogue picked him up

"I want Gambit to come too." He shouted when he saw that Remy was turning away to leave.

Remy froze mid motion and Rogue had the life sucked out of her at the request. Remy slowly turned around and Rogue did the same. They awkwardly paned around the room with their eyes, trying to read each others expression for a cohesive answer.

"Please Gambit?" Olivier begged.

"I'm on rounds…" Remy answered, he was surprised that Rogue's face didn't change she still seemed indecisive.

"Mama, please make him come."

Rogue stayed silent using her eyes to speak. She was pushing for Remy to make a compromise.

"He can stay until his next round." Rogue didn't look back but walked into her room, her mouth got ahead of her again.

"Yah!" Olivier clapped and hugged his mommy's neck. Gambit fallowed with caution.

Rogue sat Olivier on the bed and he sprung into action. He cleared the bed of his mom's books and pulled down the comforter while his parents spoke.

"Just until he falls asleep." Rogue informed Remy as if he already couldn't guess.

"Of course." He nodded his head, but stopped mid-motion when he spotted Olivier in the bed.

"Ready?" He said in a cheerful tone. Olivier was seated comfortably in the middle of the bed with comforter set halfway on his body.

It was an adorable sight that got a tiny smile out of his parents. They went over to the bed and laid on opposite sides with Olivier warm and cozy in the middle. The trills of having two adult figures show affection for him had Olivier railed up with energy he had a million questions about any and every thing. Remy and Rogue would try to draw out the conversation down to a boring level or pretend to fake sleep. It was no use though Olivier wasn't buying any of it.

"Your silly mommy…" He wiggled her arm and Rogue rolled her eyes open. Truth she was not sleeping but her eyes lids were getting heavy.

"It's time to sleep now Oli" Remy said in between a yawn.

"But I can't"

He wiggled deeper in the covers and Remy turned from his back to face Olivier.

"Then think of something sweet and it will bring you sweet dreams."

Remy told him. It made Rogue giggle, Remy used to tell her the same thing expect she would be in his arms. Remy laid on his side with his left arm higher set then the rest of his body, he was matching Rogue's exact position.

"My birthday?"

"Like your birthday"

"Hmmm I want an elephant…"

"Elephant?" Rogue mouth to Remy who she could see. He raises his brows in response to the random answer.

"And cotton candy and rides."

"Yeah fast rides." Remy encouraged him.

"Yup with snakes…"

"Big snakes?" Remy asked

"The biggest…" Olivier fluttered his eyes "And cake big like me."

"Olivier you can't have all that." Rogue acted as the voice of reason.

"But JJ did." Olivier rubbed his eyes as he yawned.

"Yeah chere JJ did its war now, whose side are you on?" Remy winked over to Rogue.

The talking had dimmed down after Olivier went into detail about the space ship he wanted. Slowly it was quiet and moonlight set the mood for a peaceful sleep. The scheduled breathing of his son with the purest melody Remy could ask for. Olivier was a sleeping angel from his scattered hair to his dripped opened mouth.

The deal was until he fell asleep, Olivier was clearly asleep but Remy didn't want to moment to end or anger Rogue. He worked too hard to lose everything again. The inner torment shined threw in his eyes and Rogue caught it instantly.

It was warm in the bed with three bodies and a thick blanket, so when a gentle cold wave touched Remy's index finger he got shivers. He wasn't expecting Rogue to reach out to him. Rogue lightly feathered her fingers over Remy's until her hand sat directly atop of his. She wasn't wearing any gloves and all her scares on her hand felt twice as big against Remy's skin.

Turning his palm up he felt the soft centre of olive skin, he carefully connected each finger, stroking her with passion. The light that shined in from the window, illuminating Rogue's green eyes more, she looked like a dream.

Rogue and Remy fell asleep with their beautiful son between them. It was a clear night not only outside but in their relationship. Rogue could lie and deny but her heart longed for a moment in time with Remy. Watching Rogue fall asleep nestled up with their son was the definition of peace for Remy, he knew it in that moment that feelings for Rogue were ever strong.

He had fallen again.


"Mom! Mom! Get up!" Olivier cried rocking her body. "Gambit! Get up!"

Rogue and Remy jumped in a panic. Completely side steeping the fact they 'slept' together and enjoyed it.

"Come quick!" Olivier bounced up and down "The closet is making noise!"

"Olivier"

"No Mom for real." He pulled on the sheets pulling her leg.

"Come on Oli lets see the monster."

It was good opportunity to avoid an unwanted conversation with Rogue. Remy knew she would recant what happened the night before but it didn't matter to him, he was getting closer and that was his aim.

Olivier pulled Remy's arm into his room, jumping with excitement he pointed to the closet.

"Listen…" Olivier said quietly. Remy paused and humored the kid.

'Pauurrrr…' it was faint but there. Remy eyes brightened to the fact that Olivier was right, there was something in the closet.

"See…"

Remy got down and his knees and opened the closet, it was dark he couldn't see much besides a laundry hamper and a few shoes. Remy was didn't make a sound as he shifted threw the closet.

'Pauurrrrrr…'

Olivier and Remy walked back to Rogue's room tip toeing like thieves…

Rogue was in bed it wasn't pass seven and she could barley keep her eyes open. Olivier was up until late four am. It was not the way she had planed on spending her morning. What happened to a day of rest? She questioned herself. She laid on her side with her eyes shut tight. In cases like that she would phone Logan which she did already to take Olivier for at lest two hours, he was glad to do it. When Remy and Olivier didn't make anymore noise about the monster in the closet, Rogue assumed that Logan had taken Olivier giving her time to rest.

She was in a drifting off when a course tongue licked her cheek. "Ahh…" Rogue sprung up. "What?!"

Remy sat at the side of her bed holding a precious kitten, so tiny it fit into Remy's hands.

"Surprise it's a girl"

Remy placed it on her stomach and the little kitten purred walking up to her chest. "She has your eyes this time." Remy joked, Rogue wasn't following.

"Cher, meet the monster." Remy told her. Rogue's face instantly softened as she pet her shinny black coat of kitten peering into its green eyes.

Before Rogue could make a witty comment at the cocky Cajun, Olivier came running in with his camera and a small towel.

"I found one." Olivier said climbing up on the bed next to his mom.

"Good job." Remy complemented him taking the towel and wrapping the kitten in it.

"Come on lets get her to Hank." Remy suggested giving the kitten to Olivier to hold.

"Can we keep her mom? Can we? Can we?" Olivier pleaded. "Please…"

"How can I say no?"

She shook her head in thought of Remy. Only when he's around is life so active basketball games, kittens, what's next a circus? Rogue thought. It was his self assured smirk that Rogue was loving too much to notice that she was goggling over Remy.

"I'm gonna name her Candy." Olivier said playing with cat.

"Why Candy?" Remy wondered.

"Candy like in the comics."

"Oh yeah?"

Remy bobbed his head. Candy in the comics that Olivier read was a sassy woman with piercing green eyes like a cat and slick black hair. Remy was proud to see that his son had just as much good taste as he did.

"Heartbreaker…" he winked at Rogue and she slapped his bicep following up with an evil glare for what he was implying about young Olivier.