25Rogue walked upstairs to the third floor of the mansion and was confused at why Remy had told her to dress up and meet him in the rarely used music room. Tonight was their last night here so she suspected he had something special planned but she had no idea what it was. She walked into the large spacious room and saw a small table set for two. An equally small vase of deep red roses sat between two covered, silver platters. Candles were scattered across the room as were black rose petals.
Before her brain even could question where Remy was, the sweet soft tones of music came floating over from the piano. Remy played beautifully and halfway through the song he began to serenade her. Rogue felt her breath hitch in her throat as she made her way over to the grand piano and the man whose amazing singing voice accompanied it.
As the song came to a close, Remy rose from the piano and made his way over to the enticing vision that was Rogue. He took her delicate hand in his and gently pressed a kiss to her knuckles, her faint blush causing him to smirk.
"Ah didn't know yah could play, or even sing for that matter."
Remy gave a deep, rich chuckle that sent a shiver of pleasure down her spine.
" 'm just full of surprises, mon amour"
They slowly began to sway to the sounds of the night, lost in each other's eyes. Every time that he saw those sparkling emeralds she called eyes, he felt as if he were home. No matter where he was in the world as long as he was with her, he was exactly where he was supposed to be. They say 'home is where the heart is' and in his case, it's with Rogue.
"Come Chèrie, yo' table awaits."
Remy held out her chair and helped her to sit before he removed the covering and revealed the home made southern meal he spent most of the afternoon cooking. She gasped in surprise as the delicious aroma of food from the south hit her nose. Remy walked over to a serving cart and brought back a bottle of delectable champagne to go with the meal.
He watched as Rogue took the first bite and oh so slowly pulled the fork out from between her lips. God, this woman turned him on from even the smallest things. They enjoyed the meal and shared stories from their youth about enjoying the more pleasant things the south has to offer.
Rogue smiled a breath-taking smile as she finished her meal. Remy was the best thing that had ever happened to her and she intended never to lose him, she thought that since their dinner was over it would be the perfect time to talk about the future.
"Rems, do yah ever think about tha future?"
Remy smiled, holding in a chuckle. This woman was perfect in every way, she took the question right out of his mouth, hopefully he'll get to say the next one before she does the same.
"Oui, I think about our future some nights when I can't sleep"
"What do yah see?" she bit her lip nervously, hoping it was nothing bad.
"Well, I see yo' et moi; together forever Chère. I want to grow old wit' yo' and play wit' all our pups. I know dat our love will only ever keep growin' and I want t' see how much it does. I want t' see you through the best and worst o' times; wipe away your tears when you cry and make you smile every day. I want to see yo' walk down the aisle on our wedding day and I want t' wake up next to yo' every mornin' an' make love to you every night."
Rogue had tears in her the corners of her eyes and missed the transition Remy had made as he was now on one knee next to her holding a small box in one hand.
"I want to be wit' yo' always. Je t'aime Anna-Marie, will yo' marry me?"
Rogue didn't even look at the ring; the let the tears fall from her eyes as she nodded uncontrollably.
"Oh mah Gawd, Remy. Of course Ah'll marry yah; Ah love yah, so much more than Ah can say."
He slipped the ring on her finger, and wiped the tears from her eyes before kissing her senseless.
Rogue hiccupped a half giggle, half sigh.
"What do yah think Logan'll say?"
"Well Chère, he trusts yo' judgment, I think he'll say 'congratulations' like most people."
"Yah really think so Swamp Rat?"
"Oui, mon River Rat; I asked his permission for your hand last night et he gave us his blessin'."
Rogue flung herself off the chair and practically jumped on Remy. She kissed him conveying all the love and all the things she wanted to tell him but didn't have the words for.
"If we're gonna be stayin' at the mansion we'd better get our things sent here from your apartment and –"
Remy lightly placed a finger to her lips, "Shhh, it's all taken care of, our things should be here in 'bout a week."
"Oh, Remy!"
Was all she could say as she lost herself in yet another kiss.
Logan walked out of the medical room where the Professor lay and gave a small huff. The Cajun was alright; he was a good drinker, a great gambler, a hell of a fighter and made the kid happy. He had heard bits and pieces of their dinner and was happy that Rogue was happy and just because of that sole fact; he wasn't going to barge in and tell them to take it back to their room.
As he pushed the button for the elevator he made a mental note to tell someone to clean down the piano tomorrow. Just because he liked the Cajun didn't make it acceptable to have sex on the grand piano in the music room.
The future -
Charles Xavier was walking through the gravel that was what was left of his once grand office when he stepped on an old photo. He bent down to pick up the worn and dusty frame when he noticed it changing. What was once a picture of Rogue and a seemingly familiar man was now a picture of Rogue and Gambit holding their new born child, sitting next to them were two more children with red on black eyes crawling all over a slightly bemused looking Wolverine.
Charles took the photo out of the frame and stuck it in his pocket; he smiled knowing that things were indeed changing and for the better.
-[X-Men]-
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