A fan fiction that goes in depth into the feelings of Jean Grey into two of the most popular male mutants in the franchise, Wolverine and Cyclops. After a near fatal accident, Jean beings to rekindle her feels towards her ex. Heartbroken, Logan fights for his fiancé as Jean attempts to deal with emotions and realizes, perhaps too late, that her emotions have triggered the uprising of Dark Phoenix. What's a woman to do?

Ignores Jean's death in X2 and X3

THIS IS AN LOGAN/JEAN FIC with Scott/Jean references

Tell Me Where It Hurts

Chapter 1: What Tomorrow Brings

It was blissful; warm; thoughtful; and compassionate. It was the kind of thing that a person would ask themselves… 'Do I deserve this?' Though life threw you the curve balls, it was up to you to step up and shape your own destiny. It was a game; one that people never knew they were playing. Jean Grey, however, knew that game and she knew it well. As an X-Man, her and her fellow teammates and founder of the team, Charles Xavier, knew how to play the game that was called 'pain'. They lived everyday at their fullest; as if it were to be their last.

And that was exactly what Jean had done.

She had told him, the girls flirt with the dangerous guys, but they don't take them home. It was a sexual attraction between the two…nothing more. Jean knew that; he forced himself to believe in it. The first times she saw him, which was a short glance at his back before he ran out of the infirmary, she knew there was something special to him. Once he left, she had breathed a well deserved breath, convincing herself that he was sexy but would never return. So she continued to remain loyal to her boyfriend at the time; Scott Summers. Scott was the first boy at the school and her first real crush. It took them five years to confess their interest into each other and less than five hours that day to jump in the bed together. Jean had to admit…it had been one of the best nights of her life.

Until she decided to take destiny into her own hands.

That was when her feelings towards a certain bad boy named Logan began to surface. First, they were only dreams. Jean shut them down within her link to Scott so he didn't suspect anything. However, they began to get worse when her heart rate quickened and she began to have erotic daydreams about the man. She thought for sure she could block them out, but as a telepath, she was poignant, therefore making it impossible to deny the feelings any longer.

Jean ended it with Scott. Despite their past and knowing that it would hurt Scott, Jean didn't feel terrible about it. She felt…free. But then Logan left once more silently leaving Jean to be heartbroken, apparently not knowing that she had ended it with Scott. Instead, to take her mind off of Logan, Jean began to work to control her powers. After the Alcatraz incident, Xavier insisted on building her powers up to where she could freely control them. Four months later, as an evil gathering known as the Hellfire club rose, Logan returned and joined the X-Men once more. Scott lived secretly believing that Jean would soon ditch Logan and came to realize that she still loved him.

To Scott's revulsion, Logan and Jean became an item.

Jean was the happiest she had ever been. She had her powers under control; she was teaching full time and played a vital role within the X-Men. A month or two later, Emma Frost, formerly known as White Queen to all that knew of Hellfire Club, joined the school, becoming a teacher; and Scott took a liking to her. Jean saw it as a chance for Scott to get over her and Logan proposed to Jean. Excited, she began preparations with the other women of the mansion for the wedding. Three days before the wedding, Jean realized there was an error in the dress she ordered. Upset and eager to make everything prefect, she kissed Logan good-bye and headed into the city to fix the problem herself.

Little did anyone know that it would be the last time that they ever saw Jean Grey the same.

"Shit!"

Scott cursed as he took out the plate from the microwave and jumped up, flapping his hand about. Emma watched from beside him, a small smirk on her peach lips, and a brow cocked. "Is something wrong dear?"

"I just burned my freaking hand!" Scott hissed, putting his hand under the cold water in the sink.

Emma giggled. "I told you about taking things like that out of the microwave."

"I'm sure you have," he muttered dryly.

Emma giggled once more as Jubilee ran into the kitchen. "Emma!" The girl's furious tone caught her attention as she glanced at the young girl. "I thought you went out and rented us movies?"

"I did."

Jubilee narrowed her eyes. "Elektra is not a movie," the young girl scoffed. "Kitty and I asked for The Fountain."

Emma rolled her eyes. "First of all…you've only seen the damn thing a hundred times," she drawled. "We can buy the actor on all the money we spent renting the thing."

Jubilee's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "Do you have any idea who's in it?"

"Secondly," Emma went on, ignoring her comment. "It was sold out."

Jubilee balled her fists and spun on her heel. "You so suck!" she cried before storming off.

Emma shook her head as Scott frowned. "What's her problem?"

"She's got a crush on the actor," Emma answered, rolling her eyes. Scott made a face as the phone rang. Flashing Scott an amused look, she dropped what she was doing and walked over to the phone hanging on the wall. Picking it up, she answered, "Xavier residence." Listening closely, Emma's grin faded into a deep and troubled frown. Scott turned, noticing her sudden mood change and matched her frown just as she dropped the phone, it connecting with the floor and smashing into several pieces.

A hospital…that's where she was at. Logan growled. He hated hospitals and he wasn't a big fan on humans. Besides that, his fiancé was in here…it wasn't a great combination. Logan felt Wolverine growing incensed inside of him, obviously worried and fervent to protect his mate. Jean was here, he thought angrily. Logan, Ororo, Emma and Scott had rushed over the second the call had come in. Emma went hysterical at the call; she had never been exposed to anything such as this and she didn't know how to react. The second they reached Jean's room, Logan was in front, and the first one in.

"Jean."

She responded by smiling warmly at him. He immediately kissed her cheek and sighed deeply, trying to keep his negative at bay. He frowned and gently ran his fingers along the edge of the large white bandage on the side of her head.

"You alright, Jean?"

She looked up at Scott's voice and immediately was hit by several emotions and visions. She swallowed hard as Ororo, her best friend, walked on the opposite side of the bed from the others and squeezed her hand, cautious of the IV' in her arm. "We were so worried," Ororo told her.

Jean smiled weakly and looked over at Scott once more. She frowned, noticing that he was holding hands with Emma, and they seemed to be supporting each other through a mental link. She became even more confused as Logan leaned in, his mouth to her ear, as he whispered, "I love you."

Jean wasn't sure how to answer or if she even should answer. Logan leaned back and grinned at her. It was familiar to Jean; so familiar. She used to melt when he grinned at her like that with his eyes sparkling. As Jean looked into his eyes, digging deeply within herself and her memories, she glanced back at Scott, and then looked down, hearing Logan's words in her head again.

He loves me, she thought. She then frowned. I loved him…

LOVED…

She looked at Logan again. She knew she should love him, but she felt nothing.

She loved Scott…

A/N: Well…continue…or no? It's all up to you, the reader…

With all the other stories I'm working on, I probably shouldn't put this one up, but I have so many, I decided to go ahead and do it. I'm stuck on the next two chapters of Day of Judgment, and I don't know how to continue Stupid Girl. For those that read X-Men: The Legacy, Ashes to Ashes and Afterlife, so you know the cliffhanger that was left at the end of the third story, I have been working on another story to continue the Legacy tales. Because I'm active in four stories though, that one won't be posted until next year, but it's called Forever and A Day. I'm doing more research on it so I can add new characters for fans.