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Rogue smiled when she saw Logan sitting to the table holding his dinner tray. She held her tray, and moved to sit next to him. He smiled at her, "Hello, kid."
She held her fork and moved it in the plate, "Hello, Logan."
He continued eating his meal silently, and she leaned to his ear whispering, "I heard about your journey."
He frowned, "What journey?"
She shrugged, "That one you made last night. Your journey to the future."
He groaned, "It wasn't a journey to the future."
She asked with low voice, as she chewed her roasted beef, "Then, what was it? Everyone was gossiping about how you saw the future, and how you could change it. They say you saved us all by this."
He got up, "I don't want to talk about it."
She looked at him with hooded eyes, "I thought we were friends."
He groaned again, "I need to smoke."
She nodded and smiled, "I'll finish my dinner, and catch you in the garden."
He scanned her pretty face for a moment, then moved out of the kitchen.
A few minutes later, Rogue stepped at the small garden in the back, the favorite place to Logan. She gazed him smoking his cigar and breathing out the heavy smoke. She approached him slowly, and touched his shoulder with her gloved hand. He sighed and turned to look at her, "What do you want to know, kid?"
She looked at him confused, "I want to know why you are so annoyed."
He sighed and stared at the darkness in front of him, "It wasn't a pleasurable experience. To wake up in the morning and find out you've lived a different life. To find you have another life now. People that you thought you've lost are still here. People you've never seen are your friends. I knew things about most of us, things I was not supposed to know if I... if I haven't lived that life."
He shook his head, "It's.. it's confusing."
She held his hand, and pulled him to walk with her, "How far did you go?"
He looked at her confused, so she bit her lower lip, "I mean, in that life, you lived our future, or what was supposed to be our future. How far did you go, in that future?"
He took a deep breath of his cigar, "I guess I reached our end."
She gasped, "Our? You mean us, the X-men?"
He expired the smoke, "I mean us, the mutants."
She froze and whispered, "The mutants? Our kind? All of us?"
He nodded and sighed, "I guess the good news is that I could change that ending."
She looked at him terrified, "How could you tell?"
He smiled, "There are no sentinels."
She asked amazed, "Sentinels? The old project of the anti-mutant super soldiers? They would have been the cause of our extinction? I mean in that life you changed?"
He nodded, "Yes. And... Jean is still here."
She looked at him confused, "She wasn't in that life?"
He twisted his lips, "She died in that life."
She stared at his sad face for a moment, then walked again towards a nearby gazebo. She sat down, and he sat next to her, "That's very confusing, kid. I can't deal with all of that. I spent most of the day with Charles trying to... interpret that, to know what I missed, to know what had changed, but I still..."
He cut his sentence staring at his hands in his lap, and she asked concerned, "Many changes for you to deal with?"
He looked at her caring eyes, "Not much, but. I can't find a rule to classify those changes. Some things have changed. Some didn't. I don't know how or why?"
She shrugged, "You don't need to know. It doesn't matter anymore, does it? You have already changed the future, some things wouldn't change, and there's nothing you can do about it. Just feel grateful those changes were good ones. Your main aim was to save us from the sentinels, and you did it, Logan."
He sighed, and smiled at her, "You know how to convince me, kid."
She smiled and shrugged, "I'm your friend."
He nodded, and was taken when she asked slowly, "In that life, we were still friends?"
His eyes widened, and he looked at her, "Of course, kid. Nothing will ever make us apart."
She smiled, and held his hand firmly, "I know."
She then chuckled, "Of course except the sentinels. They would have killed us all."
He shook his head, "They won't now."
She cocked her head, "So, did I make it to the end? Or did I die before... you know... before you wake up, this morning?"
He moved his hand over her white streaks, "Of course, you did survive, Marie. I would have lost my mind, if I lost you too in that awful life."
She looked into his honey eyes and whispered, "I know, Logan."
They stayed silent for moments, then she whispered staring in front of her, "Did I change? Was I able to touch...?"
Her voice was chocked, and he looked at her glowing eyes, "Yes, Marie. You did a great job in controlling your powers. You were able to touch your friends without hurting them, without having them in your head. You were magnificent, kid."
She asked him curios, "Did I meet... you know, someone? You know Bobby and I aren't together anymore, don't you?"
He nodded, "Yes, kid. He did the same in my other life. He left you for Kitty. But you could go over it. You deserve better than him anyway."
She asked again, "Did I get that,(better than him)? Did I have a boyfriend?"
Logan chuckled mockingly, "Yeah, although he was not exactly a BOYfriend."
He cut his laugh, when he saw her amazed look, so he cleared his throat embarrassed, "Yes, Rogue. You met someone. He was not really better than Iceman. Or maybe he is. I don't know if he deserved you or not. But the one thing I'm sure about, is that you loved him so much."
She smiled, "Did he love me?"
He stared at her for a moment, then shrugged, "For a long time, I thought he was using you. But eventually, I found out he was in deep love with you."
Her face blushed, "Were we able to... touch each other? You know, like a couple?"
He had a deep breath, then nodded, "Yes, Rogue. You were intimate."
Her face grew hotter, and she bit her lower lip, before she looked away whispering, "Do I know this person, now?"
He shook his head, "Sorry, kid. I can't tell you anymore."
She stared at him shocked, "Why?"
He got up, "Because although you loved him, and that made you happy, I never agreed to that relationship."
She got up and yelled, "But why? You said we loved each other, and we were happy!"
He held her shoulders, "Because this relationship was not a normal one, Marie. Because you fell to the wrong person."
She shook her head amazed, "What do you mean it wasn't normal? Why was it wrong? Logan, please..."
She was cut off by the Professor's calm voice, "I think you heard enough, Rogue."
She turned to face him on his wheelchair. He smiled kindly, "I understand how you feel, Rogue. But what Logan knows is not what will happen here. Things had changed. We can't get sure of anything."
She bit her lip, "Some things didn't change."
He nodded, "And some did, drastically. The one thing we can be sure about is that you can control you powers. And that is what we should work on. Other things... let us just live and see what will happen."
She looked at Logan, then back at him and pegged, "I need to know if I will live a normal life. I don't want to be alone forever."
He moved his chair closer, and held her hand, "You won't. You're still twenty years old. You will have all your life to love and be loved. We will work on learning how to control your powers, so you can get that. I promise you, Rogue."
Her eyes glowed with tears, "When? I'm twenty... and I'm still..."
Her voice broke, and a tear escaped her eye. He patted her hand gently, "Once we're back from Boston, Rogue. Now, go get some rest, my dear. We have a long day tomorrow in the first day of the conference."
She wiped her tears, and nodded, "I know. Good night, Professor. Good night, Logan."
They wished her good night, and she walked back to her room. Charles looked at Logan blaming, "You can't tell her, Logan."
Logan put his hands in his pockets, "I never intended to. You know how I feel about it."
Charles nodded and murmured, "I'm still shocked myself."
Logan nodded, "She needed hope. She needed to know she would be fine."
Charles looked at where she disappeared, "We don't know if they would be together here too, or things will change. We'll just wait and see. We can't interfere."
Logan nodded, "I know."
Charles closed his eyes, and held his nose bridge, "I can't imagine how those two would fall for each other. It's insane."
Logan nodded, "He's insane."
Charles opened his eyes and looked at him, so Logan went on, "And he would be in the conference."
Charles nodded, "I know."
Logan chew inside his cheek, "She will see him."
Charles nodded, "Mostly."
Logan asked, "Are you sure you still want her there? Someone else could fly the jet."
Charles raised his eyes to Logan, "She would be skeptical. She won't fall in love with him from one time. Besides, she has a bad memory of him from last time they met."
Logan groaned, "I know. I don't believe she agreed to go, with a chance to see him after what happened."
Charles replied calmly, "It was years ago, Logan. She needs to face her fears."
Logan commented mocking, "Or her love."
Charles sighed, "Don't worry, Logan. Nothing will happen tomorrow. You will be with us anyway. I know you will take care of her."
Logan growled, "Of course, I will."
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