Prologue
It had been two years since Alkali Lake, two years since Jean had sacrificed her life for all of ours. Logan had left a week after it happened. Scott had gone into a shell, sorta all Fearless Leader, no Scott.
After Alkali, I had grown up, put away my childish infatuation with Logan, and tried to help Scott. In those two years, we have become very close, dependant upon each other. We consult each other about everything, and we are always together.
At first, he was so cold, wouldn't talk to anyone, until I found him in the kitchen, trying to inhale a bottle of Jack Daniels. We had talked then, really talked, and started to slowly put the grief away, knowing she wouldn't have wanted us to be unhappy.
Since that night, we had evolved, from student-teacher, to best friends. And now, I have found that I am in love with him. No, it didn't hit me like a lightning bolt, it happened slowly, to where all the little things had become so important.
He helped me with school, he helped me train to become a full fledged member of the team, he comforted me when I found Bobby and the new girl, Betsy, in bed together. ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter One
Scott and I were in the Danger Room training, hand to hand combat, with a little kung-fu mixed in. He had just thrown a particularly vicious punch, which had sent me to the floor.
"Jesus, Scott, you tryin' to break my jaw or somethin'?"
He walked over, and put his hand on my jaw, then looked in my eyes.
"I am so sorry, Rogue. I didn't mean to hit so hard."
"Hey, it's ok, sugar."
I leaned up to kiss him on the cheek, and he turned his head at the same time, and kissed me on the mouth. He had put his arms around me, deepening the kiss, when a furious voice interrupted into our haze. "Marie, what the HELL do you think you're doing?!!"
It had been two years since Alkali Lake, two years since Jean had sacrificed her life for all of ours. Logan had left a week after it happened. Scott had gone into a shell, sorta all Fearless Leader, no Scott.
After Alkali, I had grown up, put away my childish infatuation with Logan, and tried to help Scott. In those two years, we have become very close, dependant upon each other. We consult each other about everything, and we are always together.
At first, he was so cold, wouldn't talk to anyone, until I found him in the kitchen, trying to inhale a bottle of Jack Daniels. We had talked then, really talked, and started to slowly put the grief away, knowing she wouldn't have wanted us to be unhappy.
Since that night, we had evolved, from student-teacher, to best friends. And now, I have found that I am in love with him. No, it didn't hit me like a lightning bolt, it happened slowly, to where all the little things had become so important.
He helped me with school, he helped me train to become a full fledged member of the team, he comforted me when I found Bobby and the new girl, Betsy, in bed together. ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter One
Scott and I were in the Danger Room training, hand to hand combat, with a little kung-fu mixed in. He had just thrown a particularly vicious punch, which had sent me to the floor.
"Jesus, Scott, you tryin' to break my jaw or somethin'?"
He walked over, and put his hand on my jaw, then looked in my eyes.
"I am so sorry, Rogue. I didn't mean to hit so hard."
"Hey, it's ok, sugar."
I leaned up to kiss him on the cheek, and he turned his head at the same time, and kissed me on the mouth. He had put his arms around me, deepening the kiss, when a furious voice interrupted into our haze. "Marie, what the HELL do you think you're doing?!!"