Chapter 6: Birthday Surprises
One year later; December 12th, 2006 - Meeting Room
Rogue, Scott, Jean, Kitty, Kurt, Piotr, Remy, Wanda, John, Amara, Logan, Hank, Ororo, and the Professor were all gathered in the meeting room.
"Ok, so Ah gathered ya all here ta see if it was ok with ya if Ah throw Jamie a surprise party on the sixteenth, and second if anyone could help meh." Rogue told the assembled group.
"Rogue, I think I speak for everyone when I say we are all okay with your idea." Charles said, "However, I know that Jean, Hank, and I have a conference to attend."
"I am sorry also child, Evan and I are going to visit our family." Ororo said politely.
"I am visiting Alex at Muir Island this year." Scott told her.
"And John and I are going out of town. Sorry Rogue, we had decided it a few weeks ago." Amara said.
"Okay, so that leaves Kitty, Kurt, Piotr, Remy, Wanda, Logan, an' mahself. Right?"
"Yes, we are going to go now. Enjoy your meeting everyone." Ororo said with a smile on her face as everyone who wasn't able to help left the room.
"Alright, Jamie is goin' to be eight an' he loves dinosaurs, an' for some reason the Flintstones TV show. Now, there is a new movie comin' out on this Friday that he wants to see. It is a cartoon movie called 'Flushed Away.' Ah was thinkin' that two of ya could take him to that while the rest of us set up."
"The elf and I can take him to the movie." Logan said, and Kurt got very excited.
"Yes! I vanted to see dat movie!" Kurt explained happily.
"Okay, that leaves decorations and telling people to the rest of us. Kitty an' Wanda, can you tell everyone?"
"Yea Rogue, like no problem." Kitty said.
"Yea, no problem Rogue." Wanda also agreed.
"Okay, Piotr an' Remy, the three of us are on decoration duty."
Four days later; December 16th, 2006; 3pm - Rec. Room
"Here they come everyone!" Kitty yelled as everyone hid.
"-or how about that part when the guy slug was selling newspapers?" Logan asked as he led Jamie to the recreation room.
"Yea, that was…hey grandpa, why is it so dark?"
"SURPRISE!!!!!!" Everyone yelled and Jamie laughed excitedly.
Four hours later
"Alright, alright everyone, time mah gift!" Rogue laughed as she walked out of the room. Jamie had opened all his gifts except his mom's. Rogue walked back into the room with a medium sized box that had holes in it. "Here ya go darlin'. Happy birthday." Rogue told him and backed away to stand next to Remy. Rogue had finally given into Remy, and they had been dating for about a year now. After the first few months of dating, Rogue finally got control of her power, with help from Magneto (he had changed his way and even joined the school and X-Men).
Jamie ripped the wrapping paper off fast, but carefully. As soon as he took the lid off the box, he got licked in the face. "A puppy!" Jamie's eyes got wide, "wow thanks mama!" he ran and gave Rogue a hug with the puppy still in his arms of course.
"Hey what about Remy? He helped." Remy pouted playfully.
"Thanks too pere!" Jamie cried happily hugging Remy as well. Remy didn't mind Jamie calling him pere; he had been for about seven months now. "Pere, are you going to ask her now?"
"Non p'tite. It's y' birthday. Remy not gonna steal y' day."
"I don't mind pere. It's a birthday gift! Hahahaha." Jamie laughed.
"Y' sure p'tite?" Remy asked seriously.
"Yes. I am." Jamie said, suddenly just as seriously as Remy.
Rogue was not paying attention to Remy and Jamie; she was playing with the new puppy in her arms. All of the sudden Remy took the puppy and handed him to Jamie, who just happened to be standing there smiling.
"Remy, what are a doin'?" Rogue asked.
"Cherie, I been meanin' t' ask y' somethin'." Rogue noticed how serious he was by the use of the first person speech.
"Remy, what-" Rogue tried again, and gasped when Remy took her hands and bent down on one knee.
"Cherie…Rogue…Marie. I was wonderin' if y' would take dis thevin' Cajun as yours, and do me the honor of marrin' me?"