Some To Do About A Wedding

Serena pulled back from the kiss the moment Peter's lips touched her own. When he tried to kiss her again she gently stopped him. "Peter...I'm with Gambit...and I'm staying with him."

Her mention of Gambit seemed to have toggled a switch in him. He grabbed hold of her and forced his lips on hers. He was much stronger than she was and his grip was
Like a vice on her arms. “No you belong to me! You love me! I know you do!” He said desperately as he forced her down onto the floor.

Serena could see the change in his eyes and she tried to get up and get away but before she could he grabbed her and forced her down into the floor. She tried to get a hand free to hit him with an energy orb but he held tightly to her wrists. She began to yell out for help as she struggled against him.

In the kitchen they were cleaning up when they heard her yell for help. They all dropped what they had in their hands and ran down to Peter’s room.

She could see the conflict in his face and before anyone reached his door he jerked back and huddled in on himself against the side of the bed. When the door burst open they saw Serena lift up onto her elbows and Peter huddled up into a ball as he began to weep.

“Serena, what happened?!” Tony said. Gambit and Isabella, Logan, Natalya And Steve we’re right behind them.

Peter would see genuine fear in Serena’s eyes. Peter had now hurt her multiple times and her heart couldn’t take any more of it. She was trembling and her face was pale as she slowly got up with her father’s help. She quickly stepped out of the room and looked at Gambit.

“I want to leave...now.”

“I’ll provide escort Serena, just Incase get in your suit,” Tony said as they stepped away from Peter’s room. “Gambit, talk to Charles, try to find out where Kitty Pride is,” he asked. They were all walking fast to keep up with Serena.

Back in the Jet Gambit turned and looked at Serena. She sat next to him in her suit and did not look at him. Nor did he say anything to her. He could tell she was upset and also a little angry this time though he did not know why. There was no helicopters this time and they landed safely at the Mansion.

Back in their room, it was running late they readied for bed. Gambit got in first on his side and then held the covers for her to join him. When she slid in beside him he covered her up then wrapped her tightly in his arms. He kissed her cheek and breathed in her scent and murmured. “I love you Serena, good night,” to her softly.

Serena did not sleep well that night. Thinking about Peter trying to sexually assault her haunted her mind. Even though she knew he wasn't in his right mind she felt angry about what he had tried to do to her. She looked over at Gambit as he slept next to her. As she looked at him a feeling of love washed over her...a feeling that she no longer felt when she looked at Peter. She was truly lucky to have Gambit in her life and felt that he deserved better than her and how she had been treating him.

When Gambit's eyes opened the next morning he would find himself looking into Serena's eyes. She reached out and she gently touched his face and she was quiet for a long time before finally breaking the silence that lingered between them.

"I've treated you very unfairly Gambit and for that I apologize. These past few weeks you have been nothing but wonderful to me and have been there for me when I needed you and yet I continued to push off making our relationship official, even though I knew in my heart it was you. Well, I don't want to push off making our relationship official any more...another minute. I love you so much Gambit and I'm ready to give myself fully to you and to devote myself to you...and only to you."

In spite of himself Gambit felt choked up. He had never thought he’d be where he was now. Head over heels for a woman. Doing the things he’s done for her because he was so much in love with her. Serena wasn’t just ‘a’ woman. She was ‘the’ woman, the one that he thought about from the moment he woke until the moment his eyes closed and in his dreams as well. Gambit smiled and shifted so he was half way on top of her. He kissed her lips, they were almost always warm and soft and inviting. He pulled back from her face and smiled down at her. “Will you marry me Serena Stark? Because I know I want to marry you,” he said softly.

Tears came to Serena's eyes. For the last several years she had thought she was going to marry Peter. That comfort ad always been there in the back of her mind. But then her life was turned completely upside down and she had felt lost and alone...until Gambit came back into her life. After what she had done to him two years ago she had never thought they were be where they were now. She would not have blamed Gambit for walking away from her...like she had to him. When Gambit came back into her life everything in her life that had been fuzzy and unsure became clear and certain. Gambit filled her with a love she had never felt before...not even for Peter. Peter would always be in her life, but Gambit was the one she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

She smiled happily up at Gambit as a fear tears escaped her eyes and slipped down her cheeks. "Nothing would make me happier in this world than to marry you Gambit. Yes, I will."