15 Weeks- Demand it!
'Sigh'
"What's the matter Marie?" Mercy asked the pregnant beauty as they sipped iced tea on the balcony with Storm.
"…Remy came out of the shower in a low rise towel again"
"He does look damn good doesn't he" Storm commented Mercy and Marie both gave her odd looks. "I am human…" she defended herself kind of embarrassed about saying it out loud.
"Why is your face so long then?" Mercy changed the topic back to Marie
"I have urges Mercy" They weren't following her she repeated herself slower "…raw aggressive urges"
"Oh…." Ororo and Mercy answered united
"It's killing me, he hasn't touched me like that since the wedding. I have urges damn it…"
"At least you can remember when he touched you Henry hasn't…" Mercy quickly shut-up when she realized what she was saying.
Awkward glances and silence entered "Just demand it…" Ororo spoke up not being able to handle the lack conversation any longer. "Demand it and take what you want…" This got the conversation rolling again but not for long.
The door flew open and Remy stood at the door shirtless low riding his dark wash jeans. His chest beamed with a golden tan all the way down to his v-line. He ran his fingers in his hair, smiling a lopsided grin at his wife reviling a gift he hid behind his back for her.
Today was the first day the guy's managed to pull him away only for twenty minutes; he couldn't focus on the football game they were playing outside. Truth be told the only reason Remy left was so the girls could have their time together outside communication was necessary for Marie.
The six eyes that laid on Remy were wide drone like eyes; they stared at him with gulping mouths while their minds explored unmentionable fantasizes. Marie couldn't contain herself any longer, the burning sensation was mounting.
"Everyone out now…" she spokes slowly to girls on either side of her.
The instant that the door closed behind Mercy and Ororo Marie slammed the balcony glass doors and rushed Remy.
"Chere you shouldn't be out…Mhhmmm" his lips were stuck to Marie's soft ones. Marie didn't give him time to breath or think; her hand quickly attacked the button of his jeans dragging him to the bed….
18 Weeks- Jokes
"Here Marie I made this for you it's a scrap book about your wedding" Jubilee said taking passing the book to Marie.
The friends sat crossed leg facing each other commenting on the book. The X-men gang has been taking turns to see Marie- making sure she's ok, showing their support of her decision to continue with the pregnancy. This week was Jubilee's turns to visit, her and Logan were the among most frequent visitors.
"Hahah! I can't believe you and Theo got caught by Tante…why would you do it in study on my wedding day!" Marie laughed at Jubilee until tears came to her face.
"That's rich coming from the girl who got laid in the Library and Ororo's private greenhouse!" This made the pair laugh even more.
"True"
"Last I checked Theo help bring you and your husband together…"
"Which reminds me I need to ask him about that?"
"He's in France again working on contacts or something with Etienne"
"How do you know all of that?"
"Webcams are good for a lot of things."
"Oh don't tell me you do things…." A mischievous grin played on Jubilee's face. "Ewww so wrong!" Marie joked and the Best-Friends busted into laughter again.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing Mercy just looking at this scrap book of the wedding…" Marie told Mercy who came and sat up on the bed next to them her.
"Yeah no kidding…this is my favorite picture" Mercy pointed to picture
"Oh yeah!!!!" Jubilee exclaimed looking at the picture of Remy, but unlike his other photos he seemed frantic nearly scared to death.
"I don't get it…" Marie was out of the loop which she hated
"Oh when you were late arriving we told Remy you took off then we snapped a picture…"
"So fucking funny!!!" Jubilee and Mercy laughed but quickly stopped when Marie's faces stayed stiff and turned red.
"You think that was funny?" She asked them in a too serious tone "It's not fucking funny-after all we went threw why would you do that?!"
"It was just a…."
"A joke? Not a very funny one…"
"Rogue…" Jubilee tried to settle her friend.
"Don't Rouge me! What if he had left? What would I done how would you feel…I thought we were friends…"
"You're over reacting…" Mercy defended her actions
"No I'm not?! How would you like if someone lied to you and told you that you were pregnant Mercy! Huh would you like that!" Mercy covered her face and ran out of the room hiding her tears, not being able to conceive was the hardest thing in deal with in her life.
"What the fuck are you looking at?! You get out too you're no friend to me!" she shouted at Jubilee who got off the bed Marie needed space she was losing her calm. "I said get out now! Get out" she hissed after Jubilee taking up the scrapbook and ripping it throwing the pieces of it up in the air, then yanking off the pillows, smashing pictures anything she could reach with out getting off the bed.
Hearing her cries and seeing Mercy fly out of the room her husband came to her aid "Marie! Marie! Stay calm its ok, its ok no one will hurt you!" Remy said taking captive of her arms.
Marie screamed and moved around as if under attack, Remy couldn't get a good grip on unless he wanted to use force which he would never do. Instead he started to repeat-the children, calm down for the twins, the twins, the twins in a smoothing tone that Tante thought him to help Marie when she got in one of her moods.
"The twins, the twins…the twins" Marie started to say herself. When the words registered in her head she clicked into what she was doing. "…Oh my gosh the twins! Remy what was I doing…I didn't mean what I told them…I was so angry" she was shivering and Remy wrapped her in his arms stroking her back. "….I didn't mean any of it I'm so sorry Remy."
"Take deep breath Marie, it will be ok…they know this isn't you…"
"I don't know how much more of these mood swings I can take." This was Marie's fifth episode were she displayed anger, unlike a normal pregnancy she only had mood changes to anger and aggression.
20 weeks- Move…
There had been a blow out argument between Marie and Hank earlier that week. Hank used his science to prove his point and Marie wasn't buying any of the results. The deal was that Hank would carry along being her specialist until there was proof to suggest that there wasn't anything else that could be done. Hank had explained to the couple the development process and they were behind in one major way; none of their kids had made a moved. This news came the same frightful day when Hank was unable to find a strong heartbeat. He left the couple to make their own conclusion but it was obvious what he was implying. Marie barked back after him reassuring more to herself then him that everything was fine, things happen at their own speed she persisted. Since them everyone in the house was walking on egg shells about the topic of the babies.
To take her mind off of it Remy would take her out on the grounds on her good days that is; even though it was against Hanks orders. That morning Marie venture outside with company, company being Remy he was always at her side. Marie was laying in garden at the bed of the oak tree in the shade enjoying the breeze and grass between her toes. Remy lay sideways with his head in her lap, telling her womb his childhood stories.
"Remy what are you telling our children?"
"My escape from the Pig Pen"
"Don't tell them that they'll get nightmares or come into the world paranoid of a global pig take over."
"You worry too much they love…"
"Remy I'm serious"
He turned to her swelling belly and kissed it, "Tell mommy how much you love it…" her dress poked out for a split second then deflated at the command of his voice.
"Did you just see that?!" Marie said to Remy, as she watched her belly in high hopes.
Remy sat there in disbelief, he didn't think that feeling his child move could touch him in so many ways, for Remy this was day that being father sunk in.
"Say something to them, say something!" Marie demanded to Remy, he brought his head near to her and whispered to her belly. The children started to kick up a storm imprint of their tiny feet caved into Marie's stomach.
Marie face was bright with happiness, they were moved like crazy, it almost like they were fighting. "Oh, hahah… this feels weird" she said to Remy, with biggest smile on her face. She grabbed Remy's hand and put it to her stomach the thumps were random ranging from light taps to heavy kicks. "Ahhh..Hahha this is the best weird feeling…" her eyes got a little misty. Remy couldn't help but smile and laugh out of pour excitement along side her. His children responded to their parents voices and Marie was the strongest he's witnessed in weeks.
"What did you tell them?"
"I told them that their mommy loves them more then life…." With his Hand to Marie's belly, Marie pulled Remy in for a passionate kiss.
24 Weeks- Chills
"It's so cold in here" Marie said putting on her robe over her sweat suit.
"Qui very cold, I think Henry turned up the AC. Here let me get you a blanket…" Remy said agreeing with Marie. Pulling on a sweater himself, he took out a comforter for Marie.
"Remy get Jamie a sweater too, poor thing must be freezing."
Jamie came up with Jubilee to spend the weekend with his favorite couple, he was coming back from downstairs with a box of pizza for him and Marie to eat as they played Zombie World II. Jubilee was off with Theo in the back, things between Jubilee Marie and Mercy were mended they understood it wasn't her and naturally their friendships remained in tack.
Stepping out of the room quietly, Remy founded Jamie down the hall mesmerized by Tante and her stories with the pizza in hand.
"She still cold?" Tante asked Remy, she knew he had been standing there watching Jamie pick a Toro card.
"Freezing."
"Put this on little homme" Remy tossed Jamie an oversized Saint's sweater
"Why do we all have to wear a sweater? It's so hot out and Rouge has on a million layers plus blankets…"
Remy bent down to Jamie's level attempting to explain things to him without him freaking out or him blowing things out of proportion. "Sometimes you have to pretend along side people, to make them feel secure….understand?"
"I guess so, seems silly to me" Jamie said putting on his puzzled face
"You do silly thing for people you love…I know you love her as much as me…"
"Ok I will pretend" Jamie exclaimed putting on the huge sweater over his little frame "On one condition…" he mumbled tangled in the sweater.
"And…" Remy said standing back at his regular height.
Jamie pushed his head out the top of the sweater "I want to be named the official big brother" he looked up at Remy
"Yeah?"
"Yeah it's perfect there are two of them, I can make two of me, trust me I got this big brother thing locked down…" he did a confident strut passed Remy. Tante and Remy smirked to each other, trying to repress their laughter.
27 Weeks- Little Headache
"What's the news?"
"None yet, Hank and Borax are in there together…"
"What did they say?"
"Nothing! They kicked me out…" Ororo went over to Remy and stroked his back; the stress of being the strong one of the pair was getting to him. Not that he was losing faith in Marie and their decision to continue but he felt as if he was stirring a boat in the middle of hurricane, he had no ideal what was coming or how to handle it without breaking apart. He was hanging on by a thread and Ororo could see that clearly.
"Peter, call the others tell them that we will be staying an extra night."
"Ororo you don't…"
"You are my dearest friend I wouldn't have it another way."
The door creaked opened "Remy you may come in now" Said Hank. Entering the sight before Remy sickened him deep within his core. Marie is new wife, the mother of his children and love of his life was laying down in their bed with tubes and vales running in and out of her body in ever direction. The slow scheduled beeping of the monitor next to him broke a small part of his sprit.
"The headaches and constant noise bleeds were symptoms of brain swelling." Dr Borax spoke
Remy approached her still body; kneeling down he kissed her cheeks while rubbing her womb. "We got to her in time nothing major in a sense." He ran his hand cross her head that was covered with a band-aide from the incision they made. "We gave her a heavy sedative to make sure she get's rest, she will sleep for the rest of the day and most of tomorrow.
Remy brought his forehead to Marie's, he rubbed them together gently before telling her "Sorry" With his lips to her ear he carried on "I'm sorry that you have to go threw this pain alone I wish I could take the pain for you."
Hearing the apology was Peter who placed his hand on Remy tense shoulder "She knows that you would my friend….she knows" He told Remy pulling the sofa seat up for Remy to sit in, it was clear that Remy wouldn't be leaving for a while.
29 weeks- She's a lot of things
A gruff old hand handed Remy a hot cup of coffee "Take this."
"Thanks…"
Logan posted himself up on the side of bed post watching Remy watch the empty bed.
"She's only in the shower gumbo."
"I know"
"She's less then twenty ft away..."
"I am not worried about that I have Mercy by the door" Logan had to hand it to the kid he wasn't taking chances, Remy cared unconditionally for Marie and because of that he was slowly racking up points on Logan's good side.
"Tante's tea and helped her to stop shaking much to Hank's surprise…" he mumbled the last part. "I'm hoping the bath she drew for Marie will bring down her fever. The twin's pulses were racing last night."
Logan remembered Marie's constant sweating because from the fever last night and the shakes he wasn't there for but got all the detail from Jubilee, it got to point were she couldn't feed herself he was told.
"Rogue's a fighter, you know that…"
"She can be many things Wolverine" Remy picked up a bloody towel that was sticking out from under the bed.
"Her noise bleeds are back…"
"Seems that way don't it?" Remy said walking to door
"Cajun" Logan said almost a warning
"I'm getting Tante don't worry…"
31 weeks- What did you say?!
"Rogue please eat this…" Remy pushed a spoon of mash potatoes near to her mouth.
Shoving it away she hit the food onto the floor "I hate it when you call me that…I told you that I'm not hungry"
"Petite what do you mean? You said you wanted mashed potatoes…"
"I change my mind their too fatting" she flooded her hand over her chest and flopped back on the bed "I am too fat Remy, look at me I cant even see my feet anymore"
"Marie got the chips you wanted" Henry said entering her room
As Henry poured a bowl of chips for Marie, Remy whispered to himself "Won't eat my mashed potatoes 'cause their fatting but she'll eat chips…" he was on his knees picking up the potatoes chunks that splattered all over the floor.
"What did you say?" she asked
"Nothing, nothing my belle"
"You were saying I'm fat weren't you" she was jumping to conclusions "I'm a cow aren't I?!"
"Your not a cow chere, your belly is big that all…" soon as the words left Remy's mouth he regretted it instantly.
"What?! So I'm fat?!"
"Nice move homme…" Henry mocked
"That not what I meant, I was just trying to say that compared to your old stomach this one is larger is all…"
"What?!"
"Your good at this aren't you…"
"Marie" Remy bent down and removed her hands off her saddened face "I want your belly to get bigger, bigger means that twins are getting stronger and I never said I didn't like you bigger…I think your look is adorable…you have an extra glow plus there more for me to look at…" He kissed her forehead
"Charmer…." She kissed the lower half of his chin on his way to stand back up.
"That was a pretty good save…"
"I happen to agree with Henry…." Hank comment coming into the mixture. Dr McCoy paid a visit to Marie and Remy every other week mapping her progress for her and his personal research. This week Hank came with happier news then he in the pass, still calling her pregnancy a high risk one, he didn't push the conversation to abort for the sake of her health this time.
Henry took pardon so that Hank could examine Marie and speak to the pair in private.
"You're not going to say it this time? Protect my health first and all that?" Marie wasn't the biggest fan of Hanks visits.
But Hank's views had changed after all Marie had made it past cold sweats, shakes and shivers, mood swings, brain swelling, fevers and more Hank learned that nothing he said would change her mind. He was impressed with strength she showed, Despite a few moments when the twins heart rate was too high, they weren't directly effected enough from what he could tell. Since his last visit Remy hadn't made any journal entries that stuck out at him indicating any danger.
"No Rogue I will say nothing of the kind" he responded checking Marie's plus.
"Is that hint of optimum doctor?" Remy asked holding Marie's hand
Hank dared to wonder if the worst was over for Marie; setting aside his medical option he hoped that Marie and her child would be ok.
"Perhaps…"
32 weeks- present day
"….I love you Remy"
"Love you more…"
This is how Remy and Marie would greet each other ever morning. Marie's pregnancy has proven to be a trying time for the couple, but they stood up to every blow taking it in and evolving from it. There was no question that Remy was a solid figure for Marie to lean on during the difficult times and forever continue to be.
Much like her Pregnancy Marie was bed ridden now it was worse, it was excusing work to move in any form and she couldn't get up to do anything with assistance. The medication made her extremely weak and tried she slept an average of fourteen hours a day. Her throat would become sore and she would struggle to eat. Adding to the pain was constant aches and muscle tightness, enough though she was in pain majority of the time it was worth every moment, feeling her children move around in her was best feeling since she learned to touch.
"My fingers are numb Remy"
"Hank said that might happen it's a side effect that's all"
Upon his last visit Hank was proud of Marie's progress, even though some things were still unclear he announced that she was strong enough to take medication that would help to lower her blood pressure. This was a mile stone for Remy and Marie; since the beginning they've had to battle it out with Hank and other physicians about the basics like keeping their babies. Now the majority of the same experts were saying it was possible to carry them to term.
"Hey what you got there?" Marie asked in between bites of her sandwich. She was upset about being bed bound any more for the past few days she was pleasantly optimistic.
"A Journal" Remy answered sitting in the sofa chair next to bed, he continued to write in the book without making contact.
"Why?"
He broke his concentration from the book to gaze at his, to his weakling wife "Keeping memories of all this so we can laugh one day" Remy lied to her all too well. Hank had told him to record any odd behaviour Marie exhibited then report to him.
He had been doing a good job recoding information from the whole pregnancy and hiding it from Marie it could have destroyed her to know how dangerous and cloudy some days really were. Each week he would write a new entire writing in detail all the optical that Marie faced and his concerns for her. Reading the book made Remy want to cry rather then laugh, sometimes he would catch himself going down that path but would quickly snap out of it. The reflection was good through it helped him realize that the finish line was in sight and maybe just maybe they would look back and laugh.