Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men, just Rose, Henry, Gumbo (sort of), and Peanut.
A/N: I know. I know. I've been really dramatic lately, but that's half the fun right? lol. Anyhow, last time I left off with Henry being born. Now we're going to jump about 6 months ahead where Rose and Logan are finally getting married! Which, naturally, Kitty is super excited about. So I promise this chapter to be uber light hearted, I mean, they deserve it right? So here goes! Enjoy! Oh and a Happy Birthday to my silver cheetah!
"I don't know." murmured Rose as the silver cheetah stood in front of her full-length mirror in her, and Logan's, bedroom. A lot had happened since Rose had given birth to Henry James Logan six months earlier. It was now April in New York City as she stood in a beautiful strapless, crème-colored dress with a folded skirt which fell to the floor covering her feet. Emma had curled her hair so that it fell around her face like a golden, silky curtain; she also had on a pair of white heels. "I really don't know."
"Come on Rose! What is, like, taking so long?" called Kitty as she phased her head through the oak door, her brown eyes widening as she looked upon the bride to-be. "Oh my, like, gosh Rose! You look, like, so beautiful!"
"Really?" asked the cheetah blushing slightly as she played with the locket Logan had carved and given to her a month after Henry was born, in other words her birthday. It was in the shape of a cheetah's head with tiny emeralds for eyes. "You really think so Kitty?"
"Duh." answered the shadowcat, rolling her eyes as she phased the rest of her body through the door. She stood in a dark red, strapless dress with a skirt that almost touched the floor; her chocolate hair was pulled up in a tight bun and she wore black flats. "I mean you've always been beautiful, but now you're… radiant."
"Well, you look pretty good yourself." She said with a smile as she turned her gaze back to the mirror. "I look the part, but I don't know if I'm really ready."
"Is that what's bothering you?" asked Kitty a little surprised. "Rose, you and Mr. Logan already, like, live together. In the same room I mean. Plus you've already had Henry. This just makes it more, like, official. It's a celebration."
"Yeah, you're right." Rose nodded as she took a deep breath.
"Though now you're gonna have to, like, share his last name." The teenage girl remarked with a teasing smile. "Rose Logan."
"Oh no. How will I live?" sighed the cheetah dramatically as they laughed. "Thanks Kitty. I needed that. I didn't think I would be this nervous."
"No problem. You're the one who has, like, always believed in me and, like, guided me. It's the, like, least I can do." She murmured as her thoughts turned inward. "I've, like, always been a burden to you."
Rose shook her head and turned to her mentee, embracing her as the young mutant laid her head on her mentor's chest. "You are not a burden. Nor have you ever been a burden. You think too low of yourself, Kitty. You're greater than you know. You give others strength. You're strong Kitty. Stronger than me. Stronger than a lot of us actually. So never call yourself a burden. Alright?"
Kitty raised her head and nodded. "They're all, like, waiting for you, you know. Hank's, like, waiting outside the door to, like, escort you outside."
"Right." The older mutant murmured, taking another deep breath as a thought hit her. "And Henry?"
"Is with Jubilee." Kitty answered with a smile. "Relax Rose. Everything's, like, fine. We're just waiting on you."
"Well then, I shouldn't make them wait any longer than should I?" she said with a smile of her own. "Alright then, you better go."
"Right." Kitty replied giving her a quick hug before phasing through the floor.
Who would have thought after all those years of being used as a puppet for somebody else's gain that I would end up at the one place I had always wished to be a part of: a family and to be given the chance to make my own family. The silver cheetah thought as she stared at her reflection, her lip curving upward in a slight smirk. "Let's go join the party, shall we? Plus Devil-horns is probably getting impatient with all this waiting."
With a last check up and approval of her reflection, Rose walked to the door and opened it up to reveal Hank McCoy waiting just outside in a beautiful black tux fit for one of the best men.
"Ah, there's our bride and might I say what a gorgeous bride you make, dear Rose." praised Hank as he offered her his right arm. "Shall we?"
She took his arm as he escorted her down the spiral staircase and out to the backyard of the mansion where chairs had been set up neatly in rows with a velvet carpet separating them and leading to a makeshift altar with a white arch covered in lilies. Xavier was standing at the top, book in hand and wearing white robes with the groom and best men to his right and the maid of honor and the bridesmaids to his left. The best men were composed of Kurt, Scott (obviously not Logan's idea), Remy, and Hank all wearing amazing black tailored suits. The maid of honor, of course, was Kitty and the brides' maids were Emma, Storm, and Rogue all wearing the same red dress. Rogue wore her hair up like Kitty while Emma and Storm had theirs half up.
Though the only one Rose had eyes for right then, as she had the day they met, was the groom himself, Logan. He stood in a tailored black tux as well but, unlike his best men who were wearing white shirts, he had a pale salmon like shirt; all of them had their hair slicked back. He was also watching her with a small smile and approval in his blue eyes, the same blue eyes their son had inherited.
Glad you approve. She thought rolling her eyes teasingly making the wolverine smirk as she reached the stairs and held out his hand to help her up. God I hate heels.
"Not good with heels are ya Goldilocks?" whispered Logan, still smirking.
"You know damn well I'm not good with heels." She whispered back recalling all the times she had nearly twisted her ankles walking in them. She had been practicing in them the other day after Emma had bought them and nearly killed herself walking on a flat surface; luckily Logan was there to catch her.
"Well, if there's any consolation, you look pretty hot."
"Thanks. You don't look bad yourself." She said with a smile as they faced Xavier, starting the ceremony. It all went rather quickly Xavier gave the usual marriage spiel, they said 'I do', exchanged rings, kissed, and Rose tossed the bouquet. "Well, that wasn't so bad."
"No, not really." agreed the wolverine as Rose found Jubilee in a yellow sundress, holding Henry whose hair, though Logan had initially disapproved of, had grown long enough to almost touch his shoulders and was in a little black tuxedo of his own.
"Congrats you guys." The Chinese-American girl smiled as she handed the sleeping Henry over to his mother. "He was such a sweetie, didn't make a sound. Just slept all the way through."
"Heh. He gets that from his mom." replied Logan earning himself a glare from the silver cheetah.
"Ha ha. You're hilarious." She retorted as she turned her golden eyes down at their sleeping boy. "Henry? Time to wake up darlin'."
"I tried to wake him up a minute ago." said the young girl. "But he just won't wake up."
"He gets that from his dad." She replied as she kissed the top of Henry's forehead. "It is his nap time though; we should probably get him out of this tux and lie him down."
"Yeah, yer right." The father agreed walking up to her and wrapping his arm around her waist, placing his lips an inch away from her ear. "Ya know, I'm kinda tired myself. We could always take a nap too."
"Really? What a coincidence. Because I was thinking the same thing." She murmured cocking her head to look at her husband with a knowing look. "What do you say we get out of here…?"
"Get out of here? But the party's just starting mon amies!" called a male voice with a Cajun accent as the newlyweds turned to see Gambit with his arm around Rogue walking up to them.
"Yeah, we got a dance floor set up in the dining room." chimed in Rogue as Logan and Rose shared uneasy looks.
"Don't tell me." moaned Rose as she found herself a few minutes later, after putting Henry down, on the dance floor still in her heels. "Why are they making us do this? They know I can't dance!"
"The half-pint and Rogue said something about tradition." He muttered back as he took her right hand in his left and wrapped his right around her waist. "Though I'm pretty sure it's for their own amusement."
"Figures." She placed her left hand on his right shoulder and pulled a little closer to him. "I thought we were supposed to cut the cake."
"Can't dance on a full stomach, I guess." He shrugged. "And what are ya talkin' about? I've seen ya dance before, even when ya were pregnant. Yer amazin' Rose."
"But I wasn't wearing heels back then." The silver cheetah pointed out though touched by his compliment.
"Then just take off the heels." Logan said simply.
"Oh duh. Why didn't I think of that?" She slipped out of the heels and kicked them away; ignoring the looks she was getting from everyone.
"See? Even I can be smart sometimes."
"Never said you couldn't." Rose replied with a smile as the music played and they danced around the floor. "You're a pretty good dancer yourself. How come you never told me?"
"Ya never asked." He answered as the music stopped; they were still holding each other.
"Speaking of asking how was the bachelor party last night?" She asked as the wolverine shuddered. "What? Was it bad?"
"… Ya don't wanna know." He said allusively as she quirked a golden eyebrow.
"Okay." The cheetah shrugged as she smiled mischievously. "So, about that nap…"
"I think that's gonna have to wait." He told her tilting his head up.
"What's wrong?" She asked, her body instantly going on the defensive.
"Company."
"Sabertooth?"
"No worse."
"What could be worse than Sabertooth? Besides Magneto and Mystique I mean."
"Juggernaut." replied Xavier, face grim. "My brother."
A/N: And there you have it! Happy Birthday Rose! What did you guys think? Read, review, and show the love! Til next time!
