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A/N: updates will be slow, story is currently unbeta'd Note : edited 3/17 to correct duplicate sentences and missing words. Thank you to DarkCrono15 for pointing out the duplicate sentence.

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Chapter One

Hector called Logan early one morning, shortly after Logan awoke. "Hello?" Logan stated answering his phone. As he finishes tieing his shoes. He was about to leave on his morning jog.
" Hello,Logan,it's Hector"
" Hey,Hector,what's up?" Logan replies,now searching for his jacket.
" I'm sending Dinah to that school of yours, to look around" Hector states " I want her to decide if it's the right place to send David's boys'. I've decided to leave the final decisions to her"
" Really?. I'll personally show her around." Logan states. As far as he was concerned this was excellent news." How old are the boys now?"
"Lucas is 12 and Phillip is 15. " Hector continues " I need you to keep an eye on her Logan. She still isn't doing very well."
" Of course,I'll watch after her Hec. You don't need to worry" Logan states " I saw how she was the last time I came to visit. Is she doing any better?"
" No,not really. But she's trying to be." Hector sighed " It's been over half her life, I keep hoping."
" Yeah...I understand" Logan replies. Dinah had been through the ringer, he just he knew why.

Logan had known Hector and his children for years, they were some of the first people he remembered when getting small flashes of his past. He had been friends with Hector since Hector was a young man. He'd been to Hector's wedding, and had met each of his children while they were still infants. He doesn't really remember them then though.
Dinah was Hector's eldest child. Logan had never been privy to what had happened to her,but somewhere around her 15th birthday she changed. She was deeply depressed, and she barely spoke to anyone aside from her two young nephews after they were born.

Hector had no reason to be concerned. Logan loved Dinah as if she were his own daughter. There was no way he'd let anything happen to her. Logan had already been planning in his head ways to keep an eye on her while she was here before Hector had mentioned it.

Logan just wishes that someone would tell him what had gone wrong for her. She used to be so happy and full of life when she was a child,from what he could remember. Logan had no real idea on how to help the girl, who really wasn't a girl anymore,he knew. She was close to 37. Though she looked closer to thirty that forty. Something had broken her along the way,Logan just hoped one day she would recover. After hanging up with Hector,Logan went on his jog,knowing no one else was up yet. He made his way back home and noted Xavier's light on in his study. Logan then goes to make the arrangements for her visit.

Logan goes to talk to Charles,he knocks on the door,entering before Charles looks up from a stack of paperwork. "Yes,Logan,how can I help you?"
" Chuck, an ol' friend of mine, Hector Carstien, is sending his daughter up,to look over the school. He's thinkin' about sending his grandsons here."
" That's wonderful,Logan, how long will she be here?" Xavier enquiries.
" At least a couple days. Travel is always tiring for her." Logan responds.
"All right,why don't you place her in the guest room across from you." Xavier states,sensing Logan's concern for the woman.
Nodding,Logan heads upstairs to get the room ready. First he made up the bed with the bedding kept in bins in the closet,then he double checked the en-suite. He had just began airing out the room,when he heard Gambit and Rogue laughing as they came down the hall.

Logan had mixed feeling on the young man. on one hand,the man had brought Storm back to them. On the other hand,he was a mystery to them all. He never told them anything about himself. They knew he was a thief and a liar. But Rogue seemed to be infatuated with him.

However,the man tended to be a flirt. He also seemed to enjoy upsetting the others in the house,and while Logan had no real problem with him, he felt the need to warn him away from Dinah to start with. She wasn't really in a state that would allow for the flirting and snide comments the man tended to dispense to everyone.

" Hey Gumbo. I need to talk to ya for a moment." Logan states from the doorway.
" Oui, que faire maintenant?"(yes,now what) Remy responds
" Don't do the fancy language thing to me. Speak english!" Logan responds.
" Désolé, mon ami, what did you need?" (Sorry,my friend)
" I have a guest arriving tomorrow. She'll be here for a few days" Logan states" She'll be staying in this here room across from me...next door to you"
Remy waits patiently,figuring this was going to be one of those stay away from her things.
" Look Gumbo. The thing is she's fragile. I need you to promise that you'll avoid upsetting her." Logan states " and help me to keep everyone else from upsetting her too."
This surprised Remy,no one around here ever asked Remy for anything. They didn't trust him , Remy was kind of touched. Enough so that he simple agreed instead of stating one of his usual comments. Remy and Rogue wandered off to do whatever it was they were heading out to do. Logan went back to getting everything ready.

The next morning,Dinah arrived,dropped off by her father's driver. She was thinner then he remembered. Paler too. Immediately Logan was concerned. She looked up at him then,as if sensing his concern,which she probably did as she was an empath. She pushed some of her long Auburn curls away from her face and smiled at him.

" Hello,Logan,it's nice to see you again." Dinah states in a soft voice before hugging him. The woman was tall,nearly six feet. Logan wrapped his arms briefly around her waist,but quickly pulled away.
Clearing his throat he states "C'mon darlin',let's get you settled in then I'll show you around" He leads her upstairs,and shows her the guest room,while telling her he was just across the hall.
After she has unpacked,Logan begins the tour. He explains that they currently don't have many students,but that they are hoping for more soon. He shows her the classroom and public rooms,including the kitchen. He introduces her to several members of the team, including Scott, Jean, Ororo, Rogue, Elizabeth, Warren, Jubilee, and Charles, who were all in the kitchen.

She politely greets them all,but it quickly becomes obvious to him that she's feeling crowded,so he takes her further on to the takes her down to the med-lab and introduces her to Hank,then back upstairs to show her the library.
As he finishes the tour he takes her down the main hall towards Xavier's office. Along the walls on either side,are pictures of everyone who had attended the school over the years. She curiously looks at these pictures as they pass,but freezes near the end of the hall,where the newest members hung.

At first,Logan didn't notice her stopping and carried on several more steps before realizing she was no longer walking right next to him. He turns around,curiously. She staring at a picture before her,growing paler,a feat he didn't think was walks back to where she stands to see what has upset her.
There hung a picture of Remy,it hadn't been there even this morning. The man had only been with them six months,and he seemed to have an aversion to cameras. It was doubtful he knew this picture was even there.

Cautiously,Logan asks " Darlin' ? y'okay?" Dinah nods silently, then she turns from the picture and steps a few feet down the hall. Briefly,everyone in the mansion felt awash in deep grief and anger,but before anyone can react the feeling is gone,Dinah re-erecting her shields that had,for a moment crumbled.

Logan reaches for her,worried that she once again was about to collapse,as he had seen her do a few times over the years. Instead,she shrugs him off and takes out her phone, her green eyes flashing with anger.