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.

Despite the late night, Rogue was up early the next morning. When Remy woke up, Rogue was gone. He jumped out of bed, not bothering to throw any clothes on, to go look for her. He found her sitting at the table in the kitchen talking with Mercy while Tante Mattie moved around.

"Mornin, Rem." Rogue grinned at her husband. "Ya know, ya supposed to get dressed 'fore ya leave the room."

Remy looked down at his boxers and shrugged. "Least I don' sleep naked."

"Thank God," Henri's voice rang out behind him. Remy turned to see his brother and father come into the kitchen.

His father frowned at him. "Remy, at least put some pants on when y' get up."

"Sorry, I wasn't thinking. I woke up and Rogue was gone. I panicked and came down to look for her."

Rogue stood up and walked over to Remy. "Were ya worried bout me, sugah?" Remy didn't respond immediately. His eyes were too busy roaming over her body. She had on low riding charcoal sweat pants with a black tank. Even though she was pregnant, Rogue's clothes still showed off her mostly flat lower stomach.

Remy gave her a quick kiss when she got to his side. "I'm goin to get dressed."

The rest of the week passed quickly. Remy showed her the town at night. Mercy took her shopping and showed her the town during the day. Contrary to what Remy thought, nobody asked him to do anything. Jean Luc was happy that his son was willing to bring Rogue and enjoyed getting to know her. Henri spent the week enjoying the time off that Jean Luc had given the guild. All too soon, they were saying their goodbyes. Jean Luc, Henri, and Mercy accompanied them to the airport.

"M' gonna mis y', Rem. Call when y' get home."

"We will, Henri." Remy gave his brother a quick hug.

"Remy, y' behave y'self."

"Oui, Mercy." Remy hugged his sister-in-law.

"Nice getting t' know y', petit."

"Thank ya, Jean Luc." Jean Luc gave her a small hug before turning to Remy.

"Y' keep her safe."

"I will."

"I'm gonna miss y', mon fils." Another hug.

"Thanks for showin me the town, sugah. Ah'm gonna miss ya."

"Same her, rogue. Y' keep mon brother-in-law in line, y' hear."

"Ah will." One more hug.

"Henri, thank ya for everythin."

"Don' mention it, chére." The last hug from a member of this new family.

"Y' gonna bring mon petit-fils down here t' meet his grand-père, non?"

"Sure thing, sugah."

"Until then." They waved as Rogue and Remy went into the airport.

"That wasn't so bad, was it, Rem?"

"I've had worse trips down here."

"Cheer up, Rem. We're going back to get mobbed at the Institute. Back to DR sessions and kids running everywhere."

"Can't wait."

Back at the Institute, Kitty had everyone working hard.

"A little to the left. I said left. Okay, now go up a little. Like, a little more. Right there. That's perfect."

"Am I done, Kitty?"

"Huh? Yeah, like, whatever Jamie. Has anybody seen Lance?"

"Right here, sweetheart." Kitty turned to look at her fiancé standing behind her.

"Have you got the balloons?"

"Piotr is blowing them up."

"What about the drinks?"

"Bobby is cooling them down."

"What about.."

"Kitty, everything's under control. The food is ready, the banners are in place. All that's missing is Rogue and Remy."

"Sorry. I just want it to be perfect."

"Don't worry about it. Come on."

"Where are we going?"

"To relax." Lance wrapped an arm around her and led her toward the rec room. "We're going to sit here and watch TV for the next half hour." He sat on the couch and pulled her down into his lap.

"You sound so sure about that." Kitty smiled at him.

"I am."

"Then let me mess up your plans." Kitty twisted to kiss him. Their half hour of TV time turned into half an hour of make out time. They didn't notice when Piotr and Tabby came in and sat across the room to watch TV. They also didn't notice when they started making out or when Amara and Bobby came in and starting making out. However, they did notice when Logan came in.

"What the hell is going on in here?" All the couples jumped apart and gave him innocent looks.

"Hey, Badger. Um Piotr was just giving me a French lesson."

"He's Russian."
"Yeah, but he lived with Gambit. Apparently, Remy taught him a few things."

"Ya know I'm not buying that, right?"

Tabitha shrugged. "It was worth a try."

"Any other excuses?"

"Me and Mara wanted to find out what happens when ice and lava mix?"

"The ice melts. Any excuse Half-Pint?"

"You think I'm dumb enough to try?"

"No. Six o' clock danger room session tomorrow for everyone but Rocky." Groans met Logan's ears. "Ya earned it." He turned to leave. "Oh and Half-Pint? Rogue and Remy should be here in less than half an hour."

"Shit." Kitty jumped off the couch and hurried out of the room, only to run into Logan.

"I'm going to pretend that you didn't say that."

"Thanks." She hurried to the kitchen to grab the food. She put them on the tables set up in the foyer. She glanced up at the 'Welcome Home Rogue and Remy' banner that hung above the stairs to make sure that it still looked good. Then she went to get everyone to come downstairs to wait for them.

It took some convincing and Tabitha's help to get everyone downstairs for the party. Even the Brotherhood had come for the party. Kitty had gotten the idea to throw a party since they would be gone while she planned it. The party was a Welcome Home/ Congratulations on the baby/ late (very late) wedding celebration type of thing. She also had the baby shower planned for the next day.

"They're back," Laura said from her position next to Ray, who she was currently dating.

"Everybody ready?" Everyone ignored Kitty. They had already been told what to do several times. By now, everyone was pretending that the perky brunette was invisible.

"I think they know what to do, pretty Kitty." Lance wrapped an arm around her. Kitty relaxed into his grip, leaning against him. They could hear Rogue and Remy talking as they neared the door.

Rogue looked through the doors to see that the mansion was surprisingly dark. "Wonder if everyone is out?"

"Non. They're here."

"How d'ya know that?" Rogue asked, hands propped on her hips.

"All the cars were here, chére."

"Oh yeah." Her hands dropped to her sides. She grabbed her duffel bag as it tried to slide off her arm. "Maybe they're watchin a movie or something."

"Could be." Remy opened the door for her. "After you, chére."

"Thank ya, Swamp Rat." Rogue was nearly blinded as someone flipped on the lights.

"Surprise!"

"What the. What is this?" Rogue's eyes caught sight of the banner. "Ya'll havin a party for us?"

"Of course. We didn't get to have a party for your wedding or when we found out about the baby and since you were coming back, it was ,like, the perfect time."

Rogue gave her long time roommate a hug. "Thanks, Kit. Ah know that ya had to have planned this." She looked around at the fifty or sixty people gathered in the foyer. "Thank y'all. It means a lot to us." Rogue smiled as her husband grabbed her around the waist.

"I agree with my chére. Y' didn't have to do this."

"You think we'd miss a chance to party?" Bobby's voice asked from somewhere in the crowd.

"Non. I know ya wouldn't Icicle."

"Let's party then!" Tabitha yelled as she pressed the button on the stereo. Loud music soon filled the room. Logan took Rogue and Remy's bags as an excuse to get away from the pounding music.

"I want to hear all about your trip. Later. Right now, I agree with Tabby. Let's, like, party!" Kitty grabbed Rogue's hand and pulled her across the room to where everyone was dancing. Gambit and Lance stood back and watched as their girls dipped and spun. Both were smiling and laughing.

"She's so different."

"What was that, homme?" Gambit turned his head to look at Lance.

Lance nodded toward the girls. "Rouge. She's so much different than when she first found out that she was a mutant. She was always so unhappy. When she was with the Brotherhood, she stayed to herself most of the time, not wanting to risk touching anyone. She got used to us and would hang out with us, but she was usually quiet or being a total bitch."

"I know. I could tell when I met her that she wasn't the usual outgoing kind of girl I usually went for."

"No one really tried to get close to her. Me and Pie were the only ones that really bothered to try and get her to open up. Todd and Fred would try to make her laugh or even just smile. She always seemed to feel better afterwards. I don't think she really knew how much we liked having her around."

"She knows. She still has some kind of connection to ya. It just wasn't a good time for her."

"No kidding. We still hung out some after she joined the X-Men. Not as much because the rest of them had it out for us. Kitty excluded, of course. She really didn't trust them. But she didn't trust us either. She was so messed up."

"Y' would be too if ya went through everything that she did."

"I don't doubt that. And the whole Apocalypse thing didn't help. You never would have seen her laughing like that a few years ago. When she opened up some to Kitty and Wanda is when the wild southern girl came out. After she got control not too long after the whole Apocalypse thing, she just let go and started to live." Lance looked at the Cajun critically. "What made you choose Rogue?"

"Love at first sight." He shrugged. "I really can't explain it. What made you pick the cat?"

"When I met her, I could tell that she was different. Yeah, I tried to use her, but when she was willing to give me a second chance." Lance shrugged. "I dunno. I'd never had anyone willing to do that. Everyone just wrote me off. Even after all the stupid shit I did, she was still willing to give me a chance."

"I know what y' mean. Y' know bout me takin Rogue to N'Awlins?" Lance nodded. "I used her and she found out about it by absorbin me. But she came back and saved my ass from getting killed. I really didn't deserve a second chance. I think she still felt guilty bout pushin Mystique off the cliff, but it didn't matter. I knew there was something between us, but I let her go. Damn decision tortured me til I joined the X-Men."

"We're a lot more alike than I thought."

"Y' can say that again, homme. We're both undeserving of the women that love us. We both tried to screw them over for the wrong reason and ended up fallin in love because they didn't care."

"You forgot about the fact that we're both different because of them."

"Oui. I did." They lapsed into silence, just watching the two girls laugh happily as Jean and Wanda joined in the dancing.

"Welcome back, Gambit."

"Heya, Scotty boy." Scott frowned at the greeting.

"Hey, Shades."

"Lance." He looked over at the girls. "God, they're beautiful."

"Yeah."

"Oui."

Scott glanced at the two men next to him. "I never thought that either of them would end up with you."

"Why not, homme?" Gambit took sip of his drink. Non alcoholic, of course, because of the children in the room.

"You were an Acolyte. Lance was a Brotherhood member. I was really surprised when Rogue stood up for you in Louisiana."

"We understood each other. We'd been through the same thing."

"I know that now. Back them, you were the enemy. Didn't matter if you were a bad person or not. You were against us. Same for you, Lance. I know now that you aren't that bad of a guy, but then it was our job to stop you."

"You didn't have to be such a dick about it."

"I know."

"Long as you know that." Another silence fell over them. It was broken by Scott.

"How did you leave Rogue for a year?"

"I had no choice. If I would have taken her, I would've been riskin her life. I couldn't do that. So I left her here."

"I'd never be able to do that with Jean."

"I had no choice. She was on my mind constantly. I didn't even try to get drunk to stop thinking bout her like I would have with any other femme. I didn't want to."

"I thought you were just planning on playing her when you joined us. Instead you end up marrying her and knocking her up. Damn was I wrong."

"You allowed to use that language, Scooter?" Lance grinned at the slightly older boy.

"Long as the kiddies don't hear me, I can say whatever I want."

"Y' ever get tired of tryin to be perfect?"

"Hell yeah. All the time. But everyone looks up to me as leader, so I have to keep up with everything."

"They'd look up to ya more if ya could just let go everyone once in a while and be normal."

"What are you talking about?"

Remy nodded to where some of the students had joined in with the girls and were dancing with Rogue. Even x-23 was dancing and laughing. "Look at Rogue. They used to be scared of her."

"She was a bitch to them. Actually, she was a bitch to everyone."

"Exactly." Remy nodded. "but now that she's learned to let go and have fun, they all love her. Not puttin all that makeup on probably helps."

"So you're saying that I should quit acting like a leader?"

"No, he's telling you to pull that stick out of your ass, Summers." Remy nodded at Lance's statement.

"Not my words, but they work."

"Ya tryin to grow up too fast. Ya twenty two. The same age as Rogue. But ya act older than Stormy or Wolvie. They both go out and kick back every once in a while. Y' never do. Neither does Jeannie."

"We go out and relax."

"I didn't say relax. I said kick back. Go to a club. Go drinking. Do something."

"You and Rogue don't go out much."

"Not before your bedtime we don't. Besides, we have plenty of fun when we stay here." A grin crept across Remy's lips.

"I don't need to know about your obviously existent sex life."

"How is it obvious."

"Rogue is pregnant and starting to show. Can't get much more obvious than that."

"Much as I hate to say it, he's right." Remy just shrugged and took another sip of his punch. He grimaced a he swallowed it.

"I hate this shit. Needs something."

"You are not spiking the punch."

"Not all of it. Just mine." Remy turned to walk away. "Ya want some?"

"Sure." Lance turned to follow him. "One eye?"

Scott started to shake his head, then decided against it. "What the hell." He turned and followed the two other boys. Remy led them to the kitchen. He dug around in the fridge until he found the secret compartment put there by Logan. He grabbed a bottle of vodka and poured some in his drink before passing the bottle to Lance. Lance followed suit and passed it to Scott. Scott put a little in his drink.

Remy heard the door behind them open and glanced over his shoulder. "It's just y'."

"What are ya doin, bub?"

Remy grinned at the older man. "Improvin the punch."

Logan eyed the bottle on the counter. "Ya better not have added that to the bowl."

"Non. Just our cups." Logan glanced at Remy then Lance. His eyes widened when he noticed who the third person was.

"Scott?"

"Yeah, Logan?"

"You drink?"

"Not usually, but Lance and Remy seem to think that I have a stick up my ass and don' know how to let go."

Logan wisely chose not to comment and looked back at Remy. "Stripes was lookin for ya."

"Thanks, mon ami." Remy pushed himself off the counter he was leaning on and walked toward the door.

"I think Half-Pint was wantin ya."

"Thanks, Logan." Lance started walking out of the room.

"Where the hell ya think you're goin, bub?"

"To find Kit."

"Not with that. You know as well as I do that she'll drink that and beg you for more. And I'm not dealing with a drunk Half-Pint tonight."

"Fine." Lance chugged the remainder of the punch and threw the plastic cup in the trash. "Now she can't get any." He left to find Kitty. Logan turned back to Scott.

"Let me guess, you wanted to get rid of them to talk to me about this?" He gestured at his cup and the bottle of alcohol.

"Nope. You're legal. Jean was lookin for ya."

"Thanks." Scott left the kitchen. Logan grumbled as he put the vodka back and closed the compartment back. Last thing he needed was one of the kids finding it and drinking it. Or even worse, questioning Ororo about it. He shuddered at the thought and went back out to the party.

Remy wrapped his arm around Rogue and took another swig of his punch. "Hey, chére."

"Hey, Rem." She saw his punch and reached for it. "Thanks, sugah. I'm dyin of thirst."Remy held the punch out of her reach. "Come on, Remy. Let me have some."

"If ya want some, I'll get ya some, but ya ain't drinkin mine." Rogue raised her eyebrows at his defensiveness over his drink.

"What's in it?"

"Nothin ya can have."

"Come on, Rem. Just tell me."

"Vodka. And before ya ask, no you can not have a sip."

"Why are you so mean to me?"

"Chére, I'm not letting ya drink until after ya have our fils. It ain't good for him or ya."

"Then can ya please get me some? I love ya, Rems."

"I know, I know." He let go of her to get her a cup of punch. Kitty was grinning at her from her spot in Lance's arms. They were standing next to Rogue.

"You can get him to do whatever you want, can't you?"

"No."

"Seems like it to me."

"I can't get him to let me drink." At Kitty's raised eyebrow, she continued. "Not that I want to. I know that it's bad for the baby, but I like to test him." Kitty giggled at her friend's confession. Rogue was wondering why when arms wrapped around her again. One held a cup of punch out in front of her.

"I know that, chére. But I ain't givin in on that." Rogue could hear the smile in her husband's voice. Kitty's giggling turned to full out laughing. Lance joined in the laughter when he saw the look on Rogue's face.

"Ya knew he was there, didn't ya?"

"Yeah." Lance could barely get the word out through his laughing. Rogue attempted to glare at him, but failed and ended up laughing along with them.

The party lasted well into the night. All the guardians decided against giving the younger kids a bedtime since they seemed to be having such a good time. Kitty, Bobby, Piotr, Tabby, and Amara went to bed early since they had to be up early for their punishment. Rogue followed not to long after and Remy went with her. The Brotherhood left before midnight and the other mutants soon went to bed.

All the girls at the Institute were up early to get ready for Rogue's baby shower. They had decided to have it in the rec room. Kitty had made sure to keep everyone out by locking the door then phasing out and threatening Kurt about going in there to open the door.

Kitty unlocked the door in the afternoon so all the girls could get in for the baby shower. Then she went to get Rogue, who was sitting outside with Remy. They were watching some of the younger mutants.

"Hey, Rogue, could you, like, come tell me what you think about this dress?"

"Can't ya bring the picture out here?" Rogue was reluctant to leave her husband's arms.

"It's on my computer and it's almost dead. I've got it charging right now."

"Fine." Rogue got up and followed Kitty into the house. When Kitty headed toward the rec room, Rogue looked at her in confusion. "Ah thought ya said that ya were chargin yah computer?"

"I am. It's in the rec room." Rogue followed her without another comment. Her jaw dropped in surprise when she saw the blue streamers and balloons.

"What is this?"

"Your baby shower."

"Are ya serious?"

"Do I look serious?" She certainly did. Rogue hugged her and sat down in the seat that Kitty pointed at.

They played the typical baby shower games- figuring out what the baby food is, seeing who could collect the most pins by taking one every time someone said the word baby, that kind of thing. Then they ate some snacks and surrounded Rogue with a pile of presents.

Rogue opened several containing clothes in blues, greens, and reds. Some contained things like bath supplies and toys. Others had diapers and baby wipes. All of them were things she was sure that she would use.

"Thank ya'll."

"You're welcome, Rogue," Ororo said from her seat. "I never imagined that you would be the first of those that Xavier recruited to have a baby."

"Me neither. Ah didn't think Ah'd ever be able to touch anybody. Or that Ah'd fall in love."

"So have you, like, decided on a name?"

"Yeah."

"What is it?"

"Etienne Nicolas LeBeau."

"Wow. That's a really good name."

"Yeah. I really like it, Rogue."

"I'm guessing the Etienne is from Remy?"

"What if it ends up being a girl?"

"Slow down." Rogue laughed. "Ah can only answer one question or respond to one comment at a time. Thanks, it is a good name. I really like it too. And yeah, Etienne is a LeBeau family name. It's Remy's middle name and his cousin's first name. If it's a girl, her name will be Alana Marie LeBeau."

The others helped Rogue carry all of her stuff up to the nursery. Any guys that they ran into were also recruited to help carry things or to clean up the rec room. Rogue went back outside with Remy after the shower was over. She laid on her back and looked up at the sky.

"Have fun, petit?"

"Yeah." She rolled over and looked closely at Remy. "Ya knew bout this, didn't ya?"
"Oui. Kitty told me what she was planning when I talked to her while we were in N'Awlins."

"And ya didn't tell me?"

"It woulda ruined the surprise."

Yay, another chapter. This story shouldn't be too much longer. Here was some Lancitty for those who have been requesting it. Also added some Bobby/Amara and Tabby/Piotr in there for you. And of course Romy. I threw some Lance/Remy/Scott bonding in there, just becasue they usually hate each other and I like to be different. And now the baby's full name is out. And it will be a boy, but the girl's name may be used later on, perhaps in a sequel. Next chapter will proabaly fast forward a few months and contain some suprises. Thanks for reading. Really. And thanks to my totally rockin reviewers. Ya'll are my reason for writing.