Picture Perfect-
It was eight am and Rogue was finally starting to sleep. Her pregnancy was turning her into a night owl with the addition of dealing with Kitty's thoughts. She fell into a warm slumber for less then twenty minutes when a monstrous bang rattled her door. Taken back by the commotion Rogue spring out of the bed; sprinting to the door she was under the impression of trouble. Pounding on the door while crying out Rogue's name was Jubilee.
"Rogue! Get up you have to come downstairs" Rogue opened the door struggling to get her night robe on.
"What's the matter is someone hurt"
"No time to explain come on" Jubilee dragged her down the stairs.
"Jubilee hang on I…"
"Come on there no time!" Jubilee shoved her to the kitchen.
"Surprise!" A wave a voices filled the house. The kitchen was decorated in yellow and green streamers, napkins, cups and balloons. Breakfast was set up into a buffet style on the table. On top of the cupboards was a huge poster that read- Rogue's Breakfast Shower with little baby feet as a border. Half the school showed up familiar faces and new ones too.
Rogue was speechless. "Were you surprised?" Jamie asked patting a seat on kitchen bench for Rogue to sit.
"Jubilee did you?" she asked as Jubilee sat next to her
"No. It was Bobby can you believe it? Don't know what gotten in to him"
"hahaha Bobby really?" Rogue joked along
"No Rogue's she is telling the truth, Bobby came to me last with a plan for all this we've been working ever since" Ororo explained serving Rogue a fruit platter
"Bobby?" Rogue couldn't understand this boy, she knew what him and Kitty had been doing, just as she thought the worst of him he does something nice?
"Where is he then"
"Logan said he needed to speak to him or something" Jubilee answered filling her mouth with watermelon.
"Surprise Rogue!" Rogue spun round to see Bobby carrying in a cake "Sorry I missed the reveal I was getting the cake…So what do think? Do you love it?"
"I didn't expect this" she put a plastic smile grinning off her white teeth. It was the classic girlfriend face Rogue hated as much as she hated herself for resulting to it. She was lucky enough that Bobby bought it. For a guy who pored on the fake smiles and jesters he sure couldn't spot a fake one. From there the party took off; Rogue was congratulated by everyone even though everyone knew of her pregnancy beforehand. Shower games were played, question palled in- when are you- you sick yet- what do you hope it is? while music pumped up the school. It wasn't how she envisioned her morning after the night she had, it was actually going good and she didn't want anything to screw it up. For a split second her life looked picture perfect.
"A shower some how I didn't see that coming" the white hair man came in joining in on the festivities.
"Good morning Quicksilver. Sleep well?" Ororo said offering him a muffin
"Oh yes. Glad to see you moved on so quickly Rogue" he shot to the pregnant beauty
"Quickly? What is he talking about Rogue?" Bobby intervened standing behind Rogue
"Oh nothing, we met the other night had a little chat…" Both Quicksilver and Rogue exchanged agreed looks of silence.
"It's amazing how you came up with this; you two must be crazy in love." Pietro teased Bobby. The room instantly became painfully uncomfortable.
"…" the kitchen voiced only crickets as a response.
"…oohhhaaaaaahhhh" Kitty stumbled in front the kitchen she appeared to be heavily drugged. She tripped over the last stair dropping to the ground. Because of the kitchen set up the party could see her confused state.
"Oh Fuck Kitty what happened!" it came as no shock to Rogue when Bobby was the first one to her side. Pietro smirked shaking his head towards Rogue when Bobby was bent over tending to Kitty. Hank rushed the scene next followed by a majority of the party attendees.
"Kitty you ok what happened? Can you hear me" Rogue's mood fainted with Kitty's dramatic entrance it was her shower and Kitty found a way to make it her own. The remaining party members stayed in the kitchen concluded that Kitty was being over dramatic if she was truly ill/ hurt she wouldn't have been able to making done the everlasting mansion stairs. Even though Rogue was the reason for Kitty's headache and confusion there were no traces guilt left in her mind- it was what it was. After seeing the care that Bobby gave her as he placed a hot cloth on her head; Rogue couldn't fake it anymore Bobby's true feeling laid with Kitty and Rogue was second place just like her child would be to him even if he was the father. The only person who ever gave Rogue that much affection was Remy and pushed she pushed him out of her life. How she longed for him.
Hank picked up Kitty and took off for the Med Bay assuring everyone that all she needed was rest, In a performance like tone to match Kitty's entrance. The students hustled back to food area picking at the snack table gossiping about how bad they felt for Kitty. Rogue sat on the bench with Jubilee arm over her shoulder trying to comfort her. Regret and despair was the only emotions left in Rogue and they were shinning all over her face.
Ororo noticed she crossed her arms in pity for Rogue. With her arms wrapped tight around her body, she felt something in her sweater pocket "Ok time to open gifts!" Remy did say to give her present when she looked the most wounded. Since he left this was the first time that Ororo saw Rogue's heart bleed like that day he left.
"Gifts" Rogue lifted her head. She was tempted to tears before Ororo spoke up. It was possible she would have if she didn't remember what a witch once told her. Crying was beneath her, like she realized the mansion too was becoming.
"Didn't know anyone had time for gifts? This all happened so suddenly" Jubilee confessed, she was unable to pick up a gift on the notice that Bobby gave her. He basically broke into her room and told her it was happening in fifth-teen minutes.
"There is one gift" all eyes went to Bobby taken back by his advance planning.
"Actually this was my gift" Logan rolled his eyes with distaste he couldn't believe that Bobby attempted a shower with no gift. "Amateur" he mumbled under his breath.
"Here it's not from me" Ororo handed her the small box out of her sweater pocket they all surrounded Rogue with great anticipation.
"Go on open we… I mean don't you want to see what's in it?" Jubilee asked with anticipation.
Rogue reviewed the box running her fingers over the neat packing and perfect bow.
Carefully she undid
"Wow it looks expensive" Jubilee continued to narrate for the crowd. The box was small with a velvet cover; engraved on it were patterns of gold leafs twirled around the whole box. Rogue removed the lid setting it down in her lap, inside the box on a cushion was a gold necklace with a Stork pendent that had writing on it. Rogue squinted a bit to see it correctly. 'Pink or blue mommy love's you' Rogue said it to herself inwardly. After all this time after everything that happened to them Remy still cared enough to give her a gift that made her welt up. The necklace was the same one that Rogue was looking when she broke down in the mall except he personalized it with the writing.
Rogue was unaware how long she had been quite for, she figured it been a long time when Jubilee grabbed the necklace and read it aloud. A body of awes captured the room with a few watery eyes.
"That's one of most sweetest things I have seen…" They chatted among themselves about the price and imagery.
"…that's wonderful who gave it to you?" Rogue looked to the bottom of the box 'All makes sense now hope she has your eyes'-R. He was the best thing that ever happened to her.
"Wow, Bobby you sure that you didn't….Bobby?" Jubilee questioned looking up into the crowd of students who still stood in circle around Rogue. The group searched among each other finally they unrivaled down the middle showing Bobby against the wall.
"uuummmm…. " Bobby's lazy eyes slowing drifted from his phone to the crowd "Oh sorry I was texting Kitty to see if she wanted anything…what'd I miss" he spaced out with his phone missing the feel good moment of the party.
Stunned, shock and disgusted eyes feasted upon Bobby.
"Are you fucking serious?" they swished back to Rogue's direction to see a pissed Jubilee and unaffected Rogue
"You're a good man dude… good guy" Quicksilver mocked harshly giving him two thumbs up even little Jaime crossed his arms at Bobby
"Drake the mother of your child is almost to tears half pint can get her own hot water bottle." Logan said from contour.
"Excuse me" Rogue sounded bitter. She had to bite her lip when she got up to leave it was the safest thing for her to do. She grunted pass the guess before she was tempted to do something horrible. Her look was only recognizable to one other person.
OOoOOO
Is It I-
Logan found Rogue in her room stuffing a large duffle bag with her belongings. He pushed the door open more showing himself. She didn't stop packing so he spoke trying to get her attention
"I knew you were going to try to run"
"I'm not trying I'm doing"
"You and Bobby need…"
Rogue laughed like she herd the funniest thing "Me and who there hasn't been a me and Bobby in who knows how long" she slid the things off her dresser into her bag.
"Take it from me kid running solves nothing"
"Logan I can't stay here anymore, I can't look at him without thinking about…." She pilled things in her bag with more aggression and speed
"Its Remy baby isn't it?"
Rogue stopped packing, and for once owned up to the question with pride "Yes. Yes this is Remy's child" no tears fell no signs of sorrow or weakness on her face. There wasn't anything else that Logan could say, he understood her dilemma.
Logan brought her close "take this" He sensed that Rogue was frightened
He emptied his wallet giving all his bills to Rogue "Logan I can accept…"
"Listen I'm not your father, I'm only trying to help don't try and make this mushy just make sure to come back so I can see you and the baby…. And if there's trouble call I love a rumble"
OOOOOO
Stand Up-
"It's going to be a winter baby I can feel it"
"That's because all you can feel is cold…"
"If it's a boy I'm going to name it Tommy"
"Why"
"Cause it rhymes with Bobby"
"Let me guess if it's a girl you're going to name her Molly"
"I wasn't thinking it would be a girl but that dose have a nice ring to it"
"You're such a moron…." Jubilee bit back
"You're jealous."
With an appalled faced she jumped at him saying "You should be. That one gift from a another man upstaged your hole sideshow"
"What no one to buy you gifts?" He bullied at her
"You are fucking asshole!"
"How so" he fought like an eight year old
"How so how so!? Where do I begin!"
"Jubilee stay clam it's Rogue's day" Peter interjected the two, coming in between them.
"No let it go on my money is on the firecracker" Pietro insisted sitting next to Jamie on the bench for the view
"Your right, your right…yup your right. Rogues day" Bobby said in an affectionless tone
"Bobby Drake you will get your karma I grantee" she swore over Peters shoulder
"I liked it better when you were in England it was easier to ignore your voice" Jubilee was about to slap him when he Logan came in. He entered the kitchen by slapping Bobby upside the head
"Ouch" Bobby rubbed the back of his head "What was that for!"
"For being dumb as shit" Quicksilver and Jamie had a laugh riot
"Karma I'm telling you karma" Jubilee sat happily
A debate was at work when a fast moving Rogue swooshed by as if a blur. She reached the door when with her duffle bag when she forgot her sweater on the stair railing. Everyone watched her in puzzlement. Rogue was stooped on the last stair going over the content of her wallet. A loud hunk was let out then repeated two more times, a taxi in a rush was calling. Her hand was on the door knob when it froze over.
"Rogue what the hell?"
"I'm leaving" ('hunk!')
"What? No you're not, come on back to the kitchen"
"Funny I think my bags and the awaiting taxi say other wise." (hunk!) The crowd showed up in pieces
"Rogue" ('hunk!')
"It's over."
"Huh" this wasn't only Bobby response but everyone standing there watching
"I forgave you once but I took your princess Kitty's memoires that why she's mess up and I understand now. (Hunk!) I know about everything you two have been doing… Fucking her before me and after me? Holy shit Bobby do I bore you that much! was being with me that horrible Remy sure didn't think so…" Rogue's words acted as nuclear bombs distorting her fragile image that imprisoned her for so long. While some mouths drops others formed a smile like Jubilee who cheered the loudest.
"I gave you all of me Bobby the best I had and this is how you treat me?" (Hunk!) Her eyes were getting misty only because of the anger she felt was getting aired out.
"…What are you saying?"
"That I am no one sloppy second… I was a privilege" she jabbed him hard in the chest "A fucking privilege!" she said it again shoving him hard before her fist hit the ice with impressive force shattering it with the door knob.
"Oh shit!" was the general reaction of the audience. She had one foot out the door and the taxi man got out of the car heading for her bags
"You're pregnant you have to stay…."
"That where your wrong Bobby 'all you have to do in life is die' I get- not having passion or love in your life is worse then death and being with you each day brought me closer to death then any man could."
For the first time Bobby couldn't control her she was a lose canon, letting him have it for all the times he hurt her and made her feel unworthy of being his girl. Everything was coming out all the repressed feelings were finding rest.
"Where will you go!" he yelled, the conversation was moving out the door to the front entrance as did the mob of students.
"Doesn't matter as long as your not there" she was smiling, a genuine happy smile, like it was her first time trying it. The taxi diver closed the trunk and got in the diver side signaling Rogue, she was about to get in when Bobby screamed out.
"I can't just let you walk away with my child!" he waved the necklace in the air
Rogue bent over to the front window speaking to the driver, she then coolly walked up to Bobby close enough to kiss him. Slowly her arm reached down to meet his and she plucked the gold necklace from his shaking hands. Her mouth landed next to his ear were she spoke slowly with sinful lips
"That's because it was never yours to begin with" it was meant to sound vindictive full of poison, for Bobby it was both a dagger into his manhood and his pride. Rogue walked back to cab getting in, she noticed that she finally did what she always wanted be herself. The car drove off down the driveway, some students stood amazed while others speechless and rest felt proud of her.
OOOOO
No Answer-
"No answer?"
"non"
"Did you leave a message?"
"Every time his message box is full"
"Keep trying he needs to come home"
"Père you think he come and forget everything?"
"Don't care if he forgives… I want him back, we need him back…. he's my son"
OOOO
Hide-
Remy sat in the living room shuffling a deck of cars with his cell phone charging. Bored and unable to get the angle that hunts his dreams out of his mind he decided to check his message's to determine his next path
You have sixty new messages, Message one- Remy its Henry père wants.. (Message deleted beeppp) Message two Remy its Henry listen… (Message deleted beeepppp) Message three We want you to come home! (Message deleted)
"Here" he threw the phone to a younger man
"Why are you giving this to me?" Remy was already walking away
"Burn it trash it I don't care what just keep it away from me"
"It's your phone why would you ever want me to…?"
"I don't want to hear what they have to say not anymore" Remy left the room he suddenly need a strong drink
"Where are you going?"
"Out!" he slammed the door behind him