Author's Note: Okay. This is my first Evo fanfic. It's set three years after Ascension. Since Gambit's age was never really mentioned and all the profiles I could find of him put him somewhere in his early 20s, I'm going to guess that he was about 22 or so and go from there.
Ages of original characters:
Gambit-25
St. John-23
Scott, Jean, Lance, Fred, Pietro, Wanda, Piotr, Rogue-22
Todd-21
Kitty, Kurt-20
Tabitha, Bobby, Ray, Sam, Amara-19
Roberto-18
Jubilee, X-23 (Laura), Rahne-17
Jamie-16
All of my OC's will have their age mentioned when they are introduced in the story. Oh, and they do belong to me. Yay, I own something.
Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men: Evolution or anything in it. Marvel does.
The next two days passed quickly and, before they knew it, it was time for Kitty's sleepover. Everyone went together their stuff after dinner. They were supposed to meet in Kitty's room around eight. Which led to Rogue's current predicament.
"Chére, why do want to leave me alone in this big bed?"
"It's one night, Rems. It ain't gonna kill ya to sleep by yourself."
"Please." He gave her his best puppy dog eyes.
"No. Ah told Kitty that Ah would help her with this."
"Come on. Ya know how much I hate to sleep by myself when you're around."
"Hate to see how you survived for a year in Louisiana."
"That's hittin below the belt. I shared my bed with the cat that Jean Luc had." He watched her grab her pillow. "It ain't good for ya to sleep on the floor, chére."
"Ah know. Kit's letting me sleep in the spare bed."
"Oh." There went that argument. He sighed in resignation, "At least let me help ya carry stuff down there."
"Ah ain't helpless."
"I know, chére. It jus' makes me feel better."
"Fahne. Would this have anything to do with getting another good night kiss?"
"Mebbe." Remy smiled and gave her a quick kiss before wrapping his arms around her and settling into a deeper kiss. When they broke apart, Rogue handed him a pillow and some blankets. She grabbed a bag of candy that Kitty had picked up at the store earlier.
Rogue walked out the door with Remy on her heels. He rearranged the things in his arms so that he could put an arm around his wife's waist. They passed Loagn in the hallway.
"Oh, God. Not you too, Stripes."
"That's what I said, mon ami."
"Fraid so, Logan."
"You're really gonna have a sleepover with the munchkins?"
"Yeah."
"Good luck. They're a rowdy bunch."
"Thanks, Ah think."
"Gumbo, up for a game of poker?"
"Always."
"Good, come back here after you've dropped Stripes off at her party." Logan ignored Rogue's glare. "It'll be you, me, Hank, Shades, and the tin-man."
"Ya ready to lose?"
"Nope." Logan walked into his room and shut the door. Rogue and Remy continued down the halls until they got to Kitty's room. Rogue carefully opened the door, looking out for phasing or flying objects and people. The coast was clear, so she stepped inside. Remy followed.
"Kit? Ya here?"
"Yeah. I'm right here." Kitty walked out of her bathroom. "Remy, I didn't know that you were into girl parties."
"I ain't. Not any more."
"He insisted on bringin my stuff down here for me." Rogue set the bag of candy down on the floor. "Where's everyone at?"
"That's so sweet, Remy. And everyone isn't here yet. They've still got half an hour."
"Ya mean we could have had another half an hour? Chére…"
"Don't even finish that sentence."
"But…"
"No."
"Fine. Where ya want you're stuff?" Rogue pointed to the empty bed. Remy set it down and turned back to face her. "Night, chére." He wrapped her arms around her.
"Night, Gambit." Rogue's arms found their way around his neck. She leaned in for a kiss.
"Je t'aime," he whispered as his lips got closer.
"Je t'aime aussi," Rogue whispered softly as their lips met.
"Get a room." Tabitha's voice interrupted them. Remy threw her a glare.
"I'll see ya in the morning, chére." He gave her another quick kiss before untangling himself from her arms and leaving.
"Why'd ya have to do that, Tabby? Ya always ruin my fun."
Tabitha smirked at her and set her stuff down. "It's so much fun, Rogue. I know you love doing it to everyone else."
"That ain't true. I never interrupt ya when yah with Pete, do Ah?"
Tabitha opened her mouth to reply when the door opened. Amara walked in, followed by Jubilee and Rahne.
"You can just, like, leave the door open." Kitty was putting drinks she'd stole from the kitchen in her mini fridge to keep them cold. She glanced at Rogue. "Any chance you can steal some of Remy's bourbon for me?"
"Yeah, right. He doesn't lahke sharing that stuff with me. It's be lahke tryin to separate Logan from his whiskey after a bad day."
Kitty made a face. "Forget I said anything."
"Remy has a stash of bourbon? Where?" Tabitha always perked up when alcohol was mentioned.
"Nowhere you'll ever find it, sugah," Rogue replied sweetly. Tabitha frowned at her.
"Aren't ya too young to drink?" Rahne asked innocently.
"Not in foreign countries. Are you saying that you've never drank?" Tabitha was curious again.
"I never said that."
"Ooh, even Rahne has a wild side." Tabitha was going into party girl mode. Kitty, Amara, and Rogue could sense it. "Wonder how wild? We'll have to play truth or dare later. Or maybe never have I ever."
"One problem, Tabs. Ya need booze for that one."
"Not really, Rogue. You can use anything." She grinned at her friend. "It's just more fun with booze."
Wanda came in to hear the last comment. "What's this I hear about booze?"
Rogue looked up to see her closest friend. "We're debating about playing never have Ah ever without booze."
"It's not as fun, but it's possible. We could use soda or candy or something."
"Did someone say candy?" Cecile asked as she came through the door. She was followed by Ally, Mandy and Laura.
"Never have I ever."
"Can you play that without alcohol?"
"Yeah." They turned to se who the voice belonged to. Caitlin, Roxy, Zoe, and Lila stood in the doorway.
"Who are we waitin on, K-girl?"
"Jean, Jas, Kelly."
"We're here," Jas said from the doorway. Kelly followed her into the room.
"So now we're just waiting on Jean."
"Sorry," the tall red head came through the door. "I got stopped in the hall and interrogated by a Cajun." Rogue blushed as everyone turned to look at her.
"What? Ah can't control what he does." There was silence for a minute which was interrupted by Tabitha.
"Okay, so what should we do first?"
"Sorry if I'm late." Amanda walked trough the door and shut it behind her.
"No problem. Take a seat." Amanda set her stuff down and sat on the floor with everyone else. "I've got it. Everyone grab a drink and sit in a circle in the middle of the floor. We can put some junk food in the center."
Everyone followed Tabby's orders and grabbed a drink from the mini fridge before settling themselves in a circle. The middle of the circle was filled with chips, cookies, and candy.
"Okay. So, I'm guessing that everyone doesn't know everybody. Right?" Most of the girls nodded. "So I'm figuring that we can do the whole introduction thing. You know, name, age, and one fact. Then we get to play truth or dare. Jean, you're oldest so you start."
"Okay. I'm Jean Grey-Summers. I'm 23 and married to Scott." Jean looked at the dark haired girl next to her.
"Amanda Sefton. I'm 19. I'm human and I used to date Kurt. I liked him more in his blue fuzzy form that with his inducer." Amanda turned her gaze to the girl next to her.
"Ally Smithson. I'm 16, almost 17. I'm an only child from the same town as Zoe." She turned to look at the blue eyed redhead next to her.
"Roxy Turner. I'm 18. My real name is Roxanne, but I prefer Roxy. I am addicted to cream soda. I freak if I don't have my daily fix." Her gaze fell on the brunette next to her.
"Kitty Pride. 20 years old. I'm engaged to a member of the Brotherhood that is from my hometown. I actually went to school with him in Illinois before my powers manifested."
"Tabitha Smith. 19. I've been an X-girl, and a Brotherhood chick. I still hang out with the Brotherhood whenever possible. Oh and my main joy in life is aggravating the Badger."
"Jas Mueler. I'm 18. I lived in Brazil with my parents for five years before I came here," the lavender-eyed blonde told the group. She looked at the curly haired brunette next to her. The girl's grey eyes sparkled.
"Mandy Lile. 17 going on 18. I was in a TV commercial when I was ten."
"Amara Aquilla. 19. I'm a Nova Roman princess."
"Cecile Masten. 17. I tried out for Ms. America." She glanced at the girl next to her. She had streaked blond hair and hazel eyes.
"Zoe Graft. 19. I have never been around this many girls at one time." All the girl's laughed at the comment.
"Laura. 17. I'm a clone of Wolverine created by Hydra." The serious ark-haired girl looked at the bubbly blond next to her.
"Caitlin Moody. I'm 16. I'm a cheerleader and volleyball star back home."
"Rogue. Ah'm 21. Ah was kidnapped by my husband before he joined the X-Men. He took me to Mardi Gras. Oh and Ah used to be Goth in a big way."
"Wanda Maximoff. 22. My father is Magneto. I'm part of the Brotherhood and I live with a crazy Aussie."
"Lila Kline. 17. I was born and raised in Las Vegas. I'm the daughter of a casino owner there."
"Jubilee, well technically it's Jubilation Lee, but I prefer Jubilee. 17. I'm from Cali."
"Kelly Morgan. 16. I knew Lila before we found out we were mutants."
"Rahne Sinclair. 17. I'm from Scotland. I dated Roberto before my parents pulled me out of here a few years ago."
"Okay. That's everyone. What do you say we play truth or dare?" Tabitha asked.
"Sounds good," Kitty replied. The rest echoed her.
"Okay. I'll go first. Rogue, truth or dare?"
"Truth." Tabitha smirked at her and Rogue automatically knew that it was a bad idea.
"Okay. How good is Remy in bed?" The younger girls looked surprised at the question. The girls that had lived there for a while were eagerly awaiting her answer. Most of them had wondered that at some point.
"Ah'm not answerin that."
"You have to. You picked truth."
"Only cause Ah was scared of a dare ya might come up with." Tabitha gave Rogue a sad look. "Fahne. Very."
"Very what? Very good, very bad, very ok?" Amara asked.
"Didn't think ya'll cared so much bout how sex is with my husband. Very good. Very, very good." Rogue smiled, convincing them all that she wasn't lying.
"Why would you want to know if a teacher was good in bed or not?" Caitlin asked.
"Have you ever seen that man without a shirt on?" Tabitha asked the younger girl. She shook her head. "Let me tell you, that man has the body of a god." She looked over at Rogue.
"What? Ah ain't gonna argue with ya."
"And it's different to wonder stuff like that about Remy than it would be to wonder about, say, Logan or Beast."
"You mean since he's younger?"
"Well, kind of. See Scott is younger than Remy by three years, so Remy isn't the youngest. But Remy's a more casual laid back kind of guy."
"More like a friend than a teacher. I get it."
"Yeah. Well add that to the fact that he was a teacher when him and Rogue tied the knot…"
Caitlin turned to Rogue in shock. "You married one of your teachers?"
"Well, Ah was datin him before the Prof offered him a job here. He was just an X-Man when we got involved. Then he startin teachin and we kept datin. Then one day we were sittin there," Rogue paused and looked around the room, " actually, we were sittin on that balcony, and he said that we should get married. Ah lahked the idea, so we got married the day before Ah turned twenty. Anyway, Ah think it's my turn."
Rogue looked around the circle of girl's surrounding her. "Wanda, truth or dare?"
"Hmm. I'll go with dare."
"Ah dare ya to call the Brotherhood pretending to be Kitty. Ya gotta get one secret out of him before ya can hang up."
"Alright, but I'm not doing it in here. You all make too much noise." Wanda took the phone and went into the bathroom. The girls could hear her talking with a little bit of valley girl. She came out five minutes later. "He has nightmares about those Teletubby things." She sat back down in her spot. "Ally, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"How old were you when you got your first kiss?"
"Ten." A light blush stained the younger girls cheeks. "It was from my first boyfriend. Um, Amanda, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you to put on a bikini, go outside, pick a window, and sing A Pirates Life For Me at the top of your lungs to whoever is in the room."
"Okay. Kitty, can I borrow a bikini?"
"Sure." Kitty handed her a navy blue bikini. Amanda left the room and Kitty opened the balcony doors so they could hear. Sure enough, they heard Amanda singing followed by a shout.
"Amanda? Vhat the hell are you doing?"
"Oh my god, Kurt. Shit. I forgot this was your window."
"Keep singing!" Tabitha yelled off the balcony. Amanda's voice picked up and finished the song. She came back into the room laughing.
"So, did you, like, actually forget that was Kurt's window?"
"Nope. I just wanted to see his reaction."
The game continued for a good hour before they started to get bored. "Okay, I've got another idea. Since we all know each other a little better, let's play Never Have I Ever."
"What are we gonna play it with?"
"Got it under control." Tabitha pulled out some shot glasses and a case of Red Bull. "Not quite alcohol, but it works." She passed out the shot glasses and gave each girl a can of Red Bull. Rogue got root beer instead. "I'm guessing you know how to play?" Everybody nodded. "Let's get started then."
Everyone filled their glass with Red Bull and waited for someone to go. "I'll go," Kitty volunteered. "Never have I ever gotten so trashed that I don't remember anything the next day." Wanda, Tabitha, Amara, and Roxy all took a shot of Red Bull.
"Whoa. Wanda, ya got so drunk that ya didn't remember anything?"
"Yeah. That's when I woke up next to that psycho."
"Oh."
"Never have I ever gone all the way on a first date." Jean, Kitty, Tabitha, and Zoe all took their shots.
"Kit?"
"Technically a first date. But it was the fifth or sixth time me and Lance go back together."
"Jean?"
"First date after me and Scott got back together."
"Tabby?"
"Speedy. Nuff said."
"Okay. Never have I ever made out in the backseat of my parent's car while one of them was driving." They all just looked at each other. "Guess I'm not the only one."
"Never have I ever kissed a biker." Rogue, Wanda, Mandy, Jas, and Tabitha took their shots.
"Wanda?"
"Hmm? Oh, John. Once."
"Tabby?"
"Metal man."
"Mandy?"
"Guy back in my hometown."
"Jas?"
"Best friend."
"Never have I ever run around Wal-Mart in a bikini." Half the girls emptied their glasses.
"Never have I ever been caught with a guy in a changing room." Wanda, Rogue, Tabitha, Kitty, Jean, Ally, Roxy, Amanda, and Zoe drank their glass.
"Never have I ever gotten arrested." Tabitha, Wanda, Jean, Kitty, Rogue, and Amara downed theirs.
"Damn missions," Rogue mumbled.
"Never have I ever ate a quart of ice cream in one setting." Most of the girls drank on this one.
The games continued late into the night, with the girls finally settling down around three in the morning. Kitty and Rogue were the last two up.
"Hey, Kit?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm gonna head back to my room. I really don't feel like waking up your room with morning sickness."
"Kay." Kitty snuggled down into her pillow. "Night, Rogue."
"Night, Kit." Rogue grabbed her stuff and headed back to her room. Logan's door opened when she passed it.
"Stripes? What're ya still doin up?"
"I'm on my way back from Kitty's little party. Did I wake you up?"
"Nope. I hadn't gone to sleep yet. Gumbo and the others just left my room bout half an hour ago."
"Poker game?"
"Yep. That husband of yours should be fun in the morning."
"Why?"
"He'll have a nice hangover. Those eyes will make it even better."
"Yeah. They're beautiful, but I always forget that they're kinda sensitive. Night, Logan."
"Night, Stripes." Logan closed the door.
Rogue went into her room and crawled into bed next to her husband. He shifted and opened an eye.
"Rogue? Chére, what ya doin here?"
"Ah didn't want to get sick in Kitty's room in the morning, so Ah came back here."
"Oh." Remy's voice was fading. Rogue knew he'd be out in a minute. She crawled into his arms, which automatically tightened around her. They were both out within five minutes.
Logan was right. Rogue was at eight the next morning to go for a walk. She had quit running, but still tried to get up and do some exercise in the morning. When she got back to the mansion, Remy was still sleeping. Rogue gently shook him, knowing that he'd need to be up when the kids woke up. It was already after nine and the kids usually woke up around ten on the weekends when they didn't have training.
Remy groaned and rolled over. "Go way."
"Remy, come on. Get up."
"Non. Go way."
Rogue put her hands on her hips. "Remy Lebeau, get yah ass outta bed."
Remy opened his eyes and groaned, shutting them again. "Don't talk so loud, chére. My head is killin me."
"Yah want some aspirin, hun?"
"Please." Rogue handed him some and a glass of water.
"Come on, sugah. Ah let ya sleep until after nine."
"Thanks, chére." He sat up and carefully opened his eyes. "Ya really think they're gonna want me watchin kids with a hangover?"
"Logan won't care. Hank'll probably not notice. Ororo will give ya a disapproving look and not say anything. The Professor will talk with ya tomorrow about responsibilty. Scott will look down at ya in disgust. So will jean. Magneto's seen ya hungover so many tahmes it probably won't phase him."
"Ya know them too well, chére."
"Ah've lived here long enough. Now come on. Get up."
"Fine." He rolled out of bed and got dressed.
Remy spent the rest of the day keeping an eye on the large group of teens that were outside. Rogue lounged by the pool for a large part of the afternoon, adding to her already nice tan. She alternated between watching the teens and reading a book, so she was technically doing her job.
On Wednesday, Rogue and Remy had an appointment with Hank. The blue mutant was happy to see them, as always. He was working on his research when they came in.
"Nice to see you again."
"Hey, Hank."
The blue mutant stood up from his chair and stretched. "Ready to do this, Rogue?"
"Yeah." She had already sat on the table, knowing what was coming.
"Okay. Same thing as last time." Rogue laid still, holding Remy's hand, while Hank performed her ultrasound. "Hmm, now this is unusual."
"What? Is something wrong?"
"Last time I was sure that I saw two fetuses. Now I can only find one."
"What does that mean?"
"It's possible that one died, or that the two fused. In either case, there is only one fetus left in your uterus."
"So we're not having twins?"
"I'm afraid not, Rogue."
"Oh."
"But you are having a son."
"A son. Wow. We're gonna have a son, Rems." Rogue looked at Remy with a look of pure love in her eyes.
"I heard, chére." Remy was smiling. He was going to have a son. He pressed his lips to Rogue in a light kiss.
"Would you like to listen to his heart?"
"Of course." They listened to the steady rhythm of their sons heartbeat.
"Since there is only one heartbeat, it reaffirms my earlier suspicions. I'm sorry."
"It's okay, Hank. We're still having a baby boy."
"Yes, you are. And from what I can tell, he is completely healthy. Now to check on you." Hank finished examining Rogue. They were practically attacked as they left the med bay. The older half of the mansion had gathered around them as soon as they stepped out.
"So, like, how are the babies?"
"Baby," Rogue corrected.
"What?"
"Hank could only find one and there was only one heartbeat."
"Rogue, I'm so sorry," Jean said, giving the younger girl a hug.
"It's fahne, really. But now Ah've got to worry bout what Remy is gonna teach his son."
"You're having a boy?"
"Yeah." Rogue and Remy were both assaulted by hug crazy mutants. After everyone had hugged each of them at least once, they backed off a little.
"So, like, what color is the nursery going to be?"
"Ah still like Amara's idea of paintin it green."
"Green, it is, chére."
"Like, now we can start working on it. And we can go baby shopping!"
"Oh, gawd. Baby shopping with Kitty. Somebody kill me now." Rogue smiled as Kitty grabbed her wrist and drug her toward the elevator. "Where are we goin?"
"Baby shopping!"
"Can Ah at least get dressed?"
"Only if you hurry." Tabitha, Amara, and Jean all followed, not wanting to miss out on baby shopping with Rogue.
Rogue frowned at Kitty. "Ah didn't even get to kiss Remy goodbye."
Please don't kill me for my plot twist in there. If the sleepover part is kinda weak, it's because my sleepovers usually involve one or two friends and talking not games. So I tried on that one. I'm working on the next chapter and I have the baby's name. From now on, the chapters will probably cover more time to finish this story up and skip the boring details. I'm planning on ending the story sometime after Kitty and Lance get married. But as of right now, I am planning on a sequel. Anyway, R & R. And thanks to all my reviewers: artistic-angel825, RomyGirl123, PetiteDiable, Umi Pryde, Numbeh 013, Cerdwyn3, cooltangarine, and MarvelGirl 09.