Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men.

Beware: There's quite a bit of swearing in this chapter, but I promise it won't be this bad the entire story!! Also, all the events from X3 happened (this is a month later), except Rogue hasn't returned yet from getting the cure.

Waiting For You

Screw Danger Room

"Logan!"

Logan heard Storm's voice yell from the other side of his door. He heard her footsteps continuing down the hall. It was indication she'd only yelled his name as she walked by.

"Danger Room!"

He recognized this voice as the one belonging to Iceman as he too walked by.

Logan's eyes rolled from the beer bottle he was holding to the alarm clock on his night stand.

4:00 p.m. Danger Room. Damn.

"Logan!"

Came the authoritative voice of Beast, who continued down the hallway.

Logan stood up slowly and downed the rest of his beer. Once it was empty he set it on the table.

"Logan!"

"Logan!"

Angel yelled and Shadowcat giggled as she walked by. A moment later there was a loud knock on the door. That was Colossus.

He let out a growl. Every fucking day they did this. Every time it was time for Danger Room they yelled his name and knocked on the door, bothering him until he came out in uniform, ready for that day's Simulation.

For a second he paused. Logan? He heard the voice in his head but not out loud. He forced himself to move and grab his black uniform. She wasn't going to walk by and call his name attentively, as though afraid he was in the middle of doing something important and she was going to bother him. Not today. She hadn't for the past month.

He tugged his clothes off and pulled on the ugly one piece uniform. No, she was gone and wasn't going to walk by his door. Not today.

Logan zipped up his uniform, allowing his mind to wander. It had been a month since the incident at Alcatraz. A month since Jean had... No! He thought, squeezing his eyes shut. I'm not going to think about that. He growled and walked out of his room, the door swinging closed behind him.

He walked down the hall and stood in the elevator, rocking back and forth on his heels as it lowered down to the basement.

The past month had felt like years and years. Like he was stuck in some weird dimension where the same thing happened everyday and nobody cared. It was a fucking pain in the ass.

The elevator dinged and the doors opened. He stepped out and made his way down the hall to where the team was waiting outside the Danger Room, clearly waiting for him.

"Nice of you to join us Logan." Storm said with a curt nod.

Logan gave a small sigh and looked at everyone without saying a word.

Behind Storm, Kitty was currently giggling, and Logan could only assume it was something Bobby had said, on the count he was leaning over her shoulder and whispering in her ear.

Bobby straightened up when he caught Logan glaring at him, and Kitty's giggles subsided. Bobby returned Logan's glare with a cool look.

Fucking teenager. Logan thought in his head angrily as Storm explained the simulation.

Logan might have been indifferent about Bobby when he first met him. Hell, he'd kind of come to like the guy somewhat. Now he was a pain in the ass.
Many things had changed since the battle of Alkali Lake. Hell, everything had changed since the announcement of the cure.

Xavier was dead. Scott was dead. Jean was...gone forever. There was no way she could come back this time. The X-Men had new recruits. Beast, Angel, and Storm was considering making a girl by the name Jubilation Lee an X-Men.

Not only that, but about a fifth of the students at the school hadn't returned after the battle for the cure. The parents had just seemed more comfortable with their child (or in some cases, children) at home.

The school didn't feel as crowded as it used to be, with the recent deaths and students that were now back home.

Though the thing only Logan seemed to notice was the missing presence of the only mutant at the Institute who decided to get the cure. It had been over a month since she had disappeared.

'Don't worry about it.' Storm had to tell him on a daily basis. 'She's not a little girl anymore Logan. She can take care of herself.' Not without her mutation! He always kept that comment to himself, afraid that if he said it out loud, something might really happen to her.

The thing about it that irritated Logan though, was the way Rogue's supposed boyfriend was reacting. Although she denied it, Logan had a feeling she was really only doing it for Bobby.

At first Bobby had seemed disappointed Rogue was leaving, but now he didn't seem to give a damn. Probably because of the fact Kitty was constantly flirting with him, and he to her. Logan just hoped when Rogue got back, she'd give Bobby the biggest ass whipping of his life for making her travel all the way to the cure building, than back again.

"That's the Simulation!" Storm finished as she pressed numerous buttons on the keypad.

Shit! What was the Simulation? Logan had been so wrapped in his thoughts, he had missed the whole explanation. Oh well, he'd wing it... Just like he had been for the past month.

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"Damn it Logan!" Storm hissed as the images on the Simulation faded away and the team was surrounded once again by metal walls.

The computerized voice echoed over the room. "Simulation 251 has been terminated."

"You always do this!" Storm practically screamed in frustration.

Slowly, Kitty, Bobby, and Peter inched their way across the room and once close enough, pulled the door open and snuck out of the room. If there was one thing they had learned at their time living in the Institute, it was to not cross the path of an angry Storm.

Logan's only response was to roll his eyes as the Weather Witch started on him.

"Why can't you ever follow instructions?" She asked, and then her eyes narrowed dangerously. "Did you even listen to me?"

Logan finally met her gaze. "Well I caught the beginning." He said with a hint of 'I-told-you-so!'

Storm gave him a cool look. "Oh yah? And how much of the 'beginning' did you catch?"

Logan blinked. "Today's Simulation was to test our teamwork?"

"Oh Logan!" Storm moaned. "We've been doing teamwork the past month! But you still don't seem to get it!" She had a tint of whining in her tone. "You haven't been paying attention to anything this month! You get in the danger room after I explain it and you're about as lost as a goldfish in the ocean! This has seriously got to stop, or I'm going to have to kick you off the team."

The whole while she had been talking, Logan had been zoning out, but this last bit caught his attention. "WHAT?!"

Storm rolled her eyes and with a look to Angel and Beast, they nodded and left the room. "Logan..." She said calmly once the other two had gone. "You've been so out of it the past month that it's becoming hard to trust you. You never pay attention to the plans, and that puts everyone, not just you, in danger."

Logan made an annoyed noise and began to turn away from Storm, but she continued.

"I know Jean's death was hard. It was a deep blow, not just to you but everyone, but you can't change the past. Nobody can. All we can do is move on. You know Jean wouldn't have wanted you to be miserable about her. She would have wanted you to protect the students, but even I don't know if you're capable of doing that anymore."

Logan looked at Storm over his shoulder. "I know." He finally spoke since his little outburst. "She just keeps popping into my head. And Rogue. I'm worried about her. It couldn't have taken this long to get the cure."

Storm sighed. "She might have decided to go back home. She might not feel she belongs here after becoming...well a regular human."

"But she would have at least called." Logan argued.

Storm shook her head slowly. "I don't know Logan. She must have reasons, and I know where ever she is, she's fine."

Logan sighed and nodded his head. "Alright. But you can't kick me off the team. With Jean and the Professor gone, it's the only thing keeping me around."

Storm looked to the sky, as though pleading for the heaven's opinion. "Not everybody gets a second chance Logan." She warned him. "And even less get a third chance, but I'll give you a fourth chance." She began to walk out the room, the heels of her shoes tapping the floor as she hurried out. "Don't make me regret my decision Logan!" She warned as the door closed behind her, leaving Logan alone.

Logan stood in the room by himself for a minute. Then with a heavy sigh he yelled. "Computer! Start up Simulation 251."

This time, I'll get it right. He vowed as the normally metallic room turned into a night time playground.

A/N: It's here! It's finally here! Oh my God! Tell me what you think about this story so far and I'll continue to write it! And sorry it took so long to finally get this chap up, XP