And here we go! Sorry for the long wait, but I hope this is a good fix for you all. Also thank you for those who have been reading and liked the last chapter.

I don't want to bore you with too many author's notes here, so on with the chapter—aaaand action!

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X Mansion

The loud hum of the motorcycle could be heard from the inside of the mansion, it sped up through the gravel portion of the walkway, leaving behind dust as it sped to its destination with the driver securely controlling the vehicle. The motorist eased up the speed as he came closer; his foot on the brake pedal, bringing the vehicle to a slow stop. Once he was no longer in motion, the driver took off his helmet and swung his leg over and hopped down with ease.

Logan looked towards the mansion and with his usual grunt, he made his way towards the entrance.

"Mr. Logan! Hey!" He spotted Kitty sending him a wave, she had her laptop and a bunch of other books spread out underneath the old oak tree which was currently serving as her personal space area. She hopped up from sitting on the ground and ran over to personally greet him.

"Heya half-pint."

"Hey, you're back early" she said smiling, happy to see him back from his recent trip.

"Yeah, thought it was time to pack it up and head home. Didn't need the little getaway for the entire three weeks."

"Yeah, well I'm glad your back. Training sessions for the younger team members just aren't the same without you." She responded with a chuckle

"You just mean that it ain't as entertainin' for you older kids without me thrashing their sorry behinds around the danger room."

"No! Now C'mon that's just mean." Kitty waved her hand defensively with a smile still intact on her face.

"Whatever you say half pint. What's with the outdoor library?" He asked gesturing to her mounds of books, papers and study guides.

"Final Exams, just trying to stay on top of all this work, it's insane!" She said with a glimmer of panic in her eyes.

"You're a smart one half pint. You'll get it done." He said to the overly panicked girl. As Kitty took her seat on the ground again, his gaze turned toward the mansion. It was good to be back.

"Have you seen Stripes? Wanted to see how she's been doin'"

Kitty looked up and thought for a moment before responding "Actually, she took off not that long ago. She looked pretty steamed and drove outta here pretty fast. I'm sure she 'll be back later though."

It was not a new occurrence for Rogue to get pissed and then take off to cool down. Logan knew that, there was clearly nothing to be concerned about—

"But you know, I, like, saw Remy pull out of the garage not that long after her, and he looked just as bothered…if not concerned. I don't even think either of them saw me sitting here, they were mentally somewhere else, you know?" Kitty added thinking back to when Remy came out of the mansion swearing a number of things in French then slamming the door to the vehicle he was in. He sped out of the grounds faster than Rogue had.

At this Logan turned around. Now, to be fair, it was not a new occurrence for the two southerners to argue or even get angry with the other either. In actuality, that happened a lot. But still, Logan had to wonder about those two; sometimes it would be like mixing alcohol with fire, just downright bad news and not compatible but destructive. He was hoping that in terms of the destructive part, neither Rogue nor Remy ignited the fire in the other person.

"Let's hope they both cool down then, huh?" Logan stated gruffly.

Kitty only shrugged, her mind intently focused on her studies and watched Logan make his way up to the front of the mansion.

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Remy

Merde. Thank God.

Remy had not expected her to pick up. But that was her voice as clear as daylight on the other end of the phone.

'Okay. Alright, take it easy, don't jump her. Just keep your cool Lebeau, don't freak her.'

And at that point without thinking, any thoughts of what he wanted to say all became pushed together and came out in one extreme flow of mixed words and emotions.

"Rogue! God, what the hell! Y' walk out and den' y' don' answer, y had me worried for a while! Called y' at least ten times, where are y'— Iswear couldn't find y' anywhere, what are y' some invisible whiz or somethin'? Y' just can't leave like 'dat, c'mon girl! Mon Dieu! I'm sorry chere…didn't mean to shout but y' jus' confused me an' then y' just left—I mean, what were y'thinkin'! Y' don't just leave like 'dat-"

It was impossible to stop speaking, although her voice on the other line was able to break the tangent.

"Rem…"

His eyes widened at the broken state her voice was in. He shut himself up and kept quiet and listened intently. He could have sworn he heard her muffle a sob of some sort, if not then he knew that she was probably trying to hold herself together. He honestly hadn't expected the change of emotion, not with the way she left things before walking out, but his feelings of aggravation and anger were taken down to a minimum.

"Chere, non non, don' be upset at dis' ol' Cajun. C'mon talk t' me."

He could tell she was hesitant about saying anything to him. At this, he took a deep and calming breath and then he tried again,

"Chere, where are you?"

There was another moment of hesitance, but she did reply.

"Ah'm on Maple Road about to come up t' Stone."

Without hesitance on his part, he responded curtly.

"Park y' car, M'comin' t' get y'. M' actually on Stone right now."

Probably in no mood to get into an argument, he heard Rogue let out an exasperated sigh and breathed a clearly defeated "fine."

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Maple Road

When he finally reached Maple road he saw her parked car. However, he did not see her. When he stopped his vehicle, he took his keys out of the ignition, the sound of the engine coming to a stop following the action.

Remy stepped out the car and approached hers. She was not inside, but noticed that she was leaning against the backside of the car. She turned her attention towards him when he came within eyeshot. He was not sure what to expect from her at the moment, but was going to try his best to avoid any form of shouting…emphasizing the try.

Rogue stared at Remy, and in return he kept his eyes on her. What could she possibly say? Break down and lose it in front of him? Well, why not, because she sure as hell was overwhelmed.

She hardly had any time to contemplate any further, because in a matter of seconds Remy took two quick strides over to her, embracing her tightly. She was taken off guard, surprised he didn't immediately start bombarding her with questions that she had no answers to. Unable to shake the feeling of shock she gently pushed away from him, so they were face to face.

"Hey Chere." He offered lightly in hopes to spark some form of words from Rogue.

Remy was trying so hard. He was trying so hard to read this woman. But Rogue was not giving him anything to work with. He just wanted her to speak, to say something, anything.

"Rouge. Will you please say something?"

All she could do was sigh and run both hands through her hair until she looked up to him, eyes almost pleading.

"Ah can't say anything. Ah…God! Ah don't know Remy!" If there was any emotion gracing her features it was a contortion of frustration and self-consciousness. She knew he was staring her down, in an almost demanding manner hoping that round two might be more mature for them and not result in anyone walking away. That alone made her feel vulnerable, knowing she was being zeroed in on with no place to run this time.

He leaned in, his face serious and his action made her step away.

"We can't keep doing this, y' can't keep pullin' away from me when y' feel like I'm getting' too close" Remy knew that judging by the way things were playing out, there was no reason to tip toe around a glass castle. He was going straight to the root of it all.

"Remy you don't understand..." She responded, brows pushed together aggravated

"Y' won't let me understand, y' gotta help me chere. Y' gotta meet me halfway." He pleaded, knowing that he had to be as forward as possible.

"Ah just…" Rogue stated, wanting so much to just TALK. Why was it so hard for her to do, especially around him? It never used to be this hard. Why recently had it been so hard to open herself up and talk to others. All she could feel was herself become more and more shut off, with each passing second.

"C'mon Chere…" Remy placed his hand on her shoulder, be she immediately recoiled from the gesture.

"Remy, Ah don't want to talk. Ah just want to leave."

"Y'ain't leavin'." Remy stated bluntly, now crossing his arms.

Rogue, not liking when anybody told her what to do or what not to do, narrowed her eyes and crossed her own arms.

"You know what Lebeau you are not the boss of meh. Ah can leave whenever Ah want." As if to make her point she reached in her back pocket to pull out her keys but only became confused when she did not feel them. She slid her had into her other pockets, still unable to locate the keys. She was brought out of her search when she heard the jingling sound of metal being moved and looked up.

Remy stood there holding her keys up, twirling them around his finger, his face straight and observing hers.

"How'd you-"

Damn it. She knew how he got them. She should have known better. Come on, he was a thief. He snagged them when he swooped over to hug her, probably knowing she might pull a stunt like this. He was good. And he knew her a bit too well at times.

Rogue's frustration only grew as he held her keys and mockingly shook them in front of her face. Unable to keep herself contained, she lashed out at him

"Stop that! Give 'em back!" she made to grab them back but he moved fast and held them high; she stumbled and growled at his frustrating tactics. Rogue jumped up to reach her keys, but his height prevented her from rescuing them back. Why the hell did he have to be so damn tall?

Remy knew what he had to do, and it was time to make himself loud and clear.

"Non! Y ain' goin' anywhere dis' time. We are going to stay here all day, all night if we have to! If that's what it takes for us to get past all this fightin', 'den fine! No one leave until 'de fight's over!"

He shoved the keys into his own pocket and watched as Rogue gaped at him. This was going to be a rough evening.

"You have got to be fucking kidding Remy! This is ridiculous! You are ridiculous!"

"Whatever, don' care." He continued to stare her down.

"Quit looking at meh like that!"

"Rogue we need to talk. Tell me what's goin' on wit' y'."

"Nothin' Ah haven't already told you Remy, Ah'm pregnant, okay? You know that now, so let meh go-"

"C'mon Rogue I know y' ain't dis' difficult unless y' really bothered. This is a big deal, and y' know dat. I know y' know dat, so would y' just talk t' me?" He pressed once again, wanting the conversation to make its way over the hill so they could begin to get to a common ground together. His girl was not okay, he knew that. Remy desperately wanted his Rogue back, even if it meant pushing her and pressing the matter.

Rogue, unable to control her temper snapped back in response.

"Forget it Ah'll walk home them!"

Remy rolled his eyes, not amused by her irrational state of mind.

"Oh please, y'aint walking home chere."

She looked at him once as if to take his words as challenging her, and then pushed past him.

"See ya."

She walked right past him and he shook his head. She was really walking away!

"Come back here!"

"No!" her strides increased into a brisk power walk. Remy walked after her and he sped up and increased in speed as well

"Go away!"

Increased speed.

"Stop runnin!"

Frustration.

"Stop following!"

Aggravation.

"We look crazy!"

Pleading.

"Ah don't care!

Irrational.

"Rogue!"

This girl…she knew how to push his goddamn buttons. But…he sure as hell knew how to push hers too. Still, this was ridiculous. He knew she was not okay and was doing everything within her power to keep away from him and was literally running away.

"Y' pregnant chere! Quit actin' up, y gunna hurt yourself or something!" he got close enough to her and, finally having enough of her little temper tantrum, he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and kept a firm grasp on her.

"Hey!"

He swung her around and gently, and shifted her over his shoulder. Pffft, she weighed next to nothing. Wait, was that a good thing? While he could admit that this was not the most mature tactics to get her to calm down, he knew maturity was long gone from this this night.

"Put meh down!" she made aggravated hits with her balled up fists in hopes that he would let her go.

"Chere, m' not lettin' y' go."

"Quit it! Ah'm not a baby."

"Y'actin like one"

He put her back down, and made sure she was held still. Rogue continued to hit her fists into his chest. If this was what it was going to take to wear her down, then he would let her throw the fit. His grasp remained firm.

"Ah don't care right now! Just leave meh alone-"

At that, Remy cut her off, unable to watch as Rogue pushed him away any more

"Chere!" he shouted his eyes desperate and full of sadness and concern, wanting to get her full attention.

She stopped but would not look at him. He reached out at made to turn her face towards him, ignoring the slight resistance.

He took a deep breath.

"I can't leave you alone…can't you see that?"

Remy looked at her emerald orbs intently and then continued.

"Y'…Y' don't know. Y' don't know how much I care 'bout y.' Y' drive me so damn crazy at times, but y' the only one. Y' the only one 'dat will call me out and not put up wit' any o' my crap. Y' keep me sane every day, y' know 'dat? I'm sorry tings are changing, I'm sorry y' scared or hesitant 'bout the future…But I'm right here, Y' can never forget 'dat. Because the moment we stop talkin' t' each other is the moment we start to fall away from each other. We can't have 'dat Rogue, especially now now. I need y' to know I'm right here."

Her eyes were no longer on him. Her face was now slightly turned, and she would not meet his gaze. He could feel the shaky breathing as she breathed in and out. Rogue suddenly felt like everything they had been arguing about and her attempts to push him away were useless. He wasn't letting go.

"Rogue look at me" Again he moved close to her, and made to bring her gaze to his once more.

"I know…I know 'dat y' be a personal girl. Chere, I knew 'dat from the start. I know y' used t' takin' care of yourself an' I know y say y' don' need other people when y' goin through a hard time. I ain't mad at y' 'bout that. But I am here. It ain't just you anymore. Hell, it ain't even just us anymore. There's a third person now. I wouldn't be pushing this so hard if I didn't care. I know you want to be left alone an' deal with life de way y' want. But frankly, I don't care what it is y' want right now. I ain't going anywhere Rogue. Y' my girl an' I will be damned if I'm going to let y' be alone."

Rogue could feel her heart beat fast as she tried to process the outpour of emotion Remy had laid on her. God, why couldn't she open her mouth…

Remy felt her hand once again try to push him away, but he stood his ground.

"Please don't." was all she said, her shoves became a bit weaker; she tried to push away from him again, which only led him to pull her close.

"You are stuck with me chere. Y' can hit me, y' can yell at me and y can even blame me if y' have t' mais, I'm not goin' to leave. You're allowed t' be upset chere, y' don't need to be strong around me every second of every day. You're allowed t' drive me crazy…because chere, if Remy can't handle y' at y' worst then he sure as hell does not deserve you at your best…You're scared-"

"Don't!"

"-it's okay! I'm scared too! I'm sorry that 'dis fear is tearing y' apart right now, but I will not say that I regret being with you dat night. Being with you in that moment felt so right Rogue."

Scared. Fear. He knew. He could read her like a book without even opening it up to see the pages or flipping it around to read the summary. She was terrified. If he only knew…if she could only open herself up and speak.

"Rogue, y' can be scared. But don't push me away. Please…let's give this a chance."

She felt very weak. She could feel exhaustion coming on hard. She rubbed her forehead, and knew she was burning up with stress. Rogue was doing everything at that moment to keep from crying, but she continued to hold her own.

Remy watched this girl become overwhelmed. He was half expecting her to yell at him, but was surprised when a defeated voice came out,

"Everything hurts." She stated sadly and quite frankly very honestly.

Remy was relieved that she had said something honest to what she was feeling, even if it was as simple as that. He couldn't help by smile gently at her and bring her in to an embrace once more, kissing the top of her head.

"Everything hurts now…but we gunna make it okay."

It was silent for a long while after that, but he cradled her tired body and calmed her overwhelmed mind.

Even as it grew dark, they did not move.

Rogue finally pulled away, no longer filled with the frustration and anger she previously had. She pushed a section of stray hairs out of her face. Rogue looked up to Remy, somewhat more confident about herself and the next steps she knew she was going to have to take. She reached out to stroke the side of his face making him smile. He was happy to have his girl on the same ground as he was on again, even if she was only ever so slightly opening herself up.

"We are both crazy, you know that?"

"Oui."

Her hand moved from his face down to her flat stomach. She hesitantly looked at him

"And…we are going to do this." She stated.

Remy stepped forward, cupped his hand behind her head to bring it forward. He leaned down to lightly kiss her on the crown of her head, and then brought his hand down to rest on hers against her stomach.

"Oui."

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And that ends Chapter six. So sorry it has been awhile, but I am happy that this chapter got out.

So Looks like Logan is back from being out on the open road. Rogue and Remy sure had a bit of a communication complication here, and hopefully you got a sense of what was going on in each of their heads.

What on earth is to happen next? Well, we will just have to wait and see.

Hope you enjoyed and would love to hear what you thought. Will have the next chapter up soon—thanks guys!

Review my kind readers :)

-Lebs