"Logan?"
Logan turned as he heard the familiar voice from behind him. He smiled at the young girl who stood with a pool queue in her gloved hands. "Whatya doin' here?" Rogue asked him.
Logan shrugged, leaning back against the bar, facing her. "Well, thought I'd come here to have a couple of beers." He coyly smiled.
Rogue raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "Here? Logan, this is the billiards! We usually find you in bars with stinky sweaty men!" She smiled.
Logan let out a laugh, before taking another swig of his beer. Rogue sat onto the empty stool next to him, as he turned to place the empty bottle onto the bar in front of him. "So, what's on your mind?" Logan asked.
Rogue shrugged, "Nothin' really."
Logan turned his head, raising an eyebrow as he saw Elizabeth and Wanda quickly turn away from him, looking around them, whistling innocently. He then turned to face the bartender, "Gimme another beer." He told the man.
The bartender nodded, and glared at Rogue. "She's with me." Logan told him, before he could say anything.
Rogue cleared her throat, as she leaned the queue stick against the bar next to her. The beer bottle was placed in front of Logan. "Logan, uh, I have to ask you somethin'." She began nervously.
Logan glared at her, an eyebrow raised suspiciously. Rogue looked at him, gulping harshly. He wondered suddenly, why she became so nervous. They had grown close; they were able to tell each other anything, knowing they wouldn't leak their secrets. "Rogue?" Logan asked.
"Well. Betts' mom. She's got a yacht." Rogue began.
"I already heard." Logan snapped.
Rogue's green eyes widened with slight shock, "You did? From who?" She asked.
Logan shrugged, "Betts told me already."
Rogue's eyes narrowed with slight annoyance, "She did, did she?"
Logan nodded, and then coyly smiled, "Why?"
Rogue turned to face him, leaning her elbow onto the bar, "What else did my dear best buddy tell you?" She snapped.
Logan glared at her, loving the fiery temper she possessed. What he loved more was the way her dark green eyes flared at him. It seemed like a silent challenge to him. "Well, she told me you kids needed a chaperone." He finished.
Rogue leaned back, glaring at him, crossing her arms across her chest, "And? Well, will you go then?" She hissed.
Logan let out a chuckle, "What's with the sudden rage, Rogue?" He smiled.
Rogue eased, "Nothing." She shook her head, and then looked up at him, "Well, will you go? Besides, we all need a vacation anyway." She sighed.
Logan's smile faded, "Maybe."
Beg!, Wanda's reminder flowed through her head. She wanted to go on the cruise just as bad as anyone else. It was a free vacation! "Oh come on, Logan, please?" Rogue begged.
Logan's eyes widened with shock at her sudden pleading. "If you go, I promise I won't skip out on any more training sessions!" She bargained.
"Well, we'll see." He smiled.
Rogue placed her gloved hand on his arm gently, "Really, Logan. We all really wanna go, and I promise, you'll have fun!" She smiled.
Logan's smile faded at her words. "Plus, you won't really be chaperoning! You'll just be the adult on the boat." She pointed out. "Please?" She begged again.
Logan took a deep breath, "Oh alright." He finally agreed. "But I ain't gonna be babysittin' everyone, tellin' Betts' mom that one of you guys got hurt!" He playfully snapped.
Rogue smiled, "Thanks, Logan!"
*~*~*~*
"Shh! Shh! She's coming!" Wanda hissed, turning back to look at the pool table.
Elizabeth straightened up on her stool, staring at Brian, Tabitha, Remy, and Peter playing pool. "OW!" Elizabeth yelped, as her head jerked forward at Rogue's hand.
"You twit! You set me up!" Rogue growled.
The pool table players in front of them stood up, glaring at the scene. Elizabeth turned to look at her, "Hey! No need to hit me, luv!" Elizabeth groaned, as she rubbed the back of her head.
"What happened?" Brian asked.
"Logan already knew about him bein' a candidate for the oh so lovely cruise, with Betts here playin' like he didn't!" Rogue snapped, as she sat in the empty stool next to Elizabeth.
"Hey, you needed to persuade him! We knew that you'd be the only one that he'll listen to! He barely listened to what I had to say!" Elizabeth argued.
"Well, apparently he did! I looked like a damn fool!" Rogue snapped.
"Whoa, whoa!" Tabitha smiled, waving her hands in the air, as she walked towards the two arguing best friends.
Rogue and Elizabeth turned to look at the young blonde, "Did he say he'll do it?" Tabitha asked.
"Yeah." Rogue plainly told her.
"Well, then mission accomplished. You convinced him." Tabitha pointed out.
Elizabeth rubbed the back of her head, glaring at her best friend, "You're lucky I look at you as a sister, Rogue!" She mumbled.
Rogue sighed, looking at her, "Sorry. Just don't pull that again, okay?" Rogue apologized.
"So who's all goin on the cruise?" Kitty asked, as she sat on Lance's lap.
"Well, I have to call my mum and let her know that we can do it first. Then she will need to know how many people to fly out to the yacht in Hawaii." Brian explained, leaning forward onto the table.
"Dude, your mom seriously kicks ass!" Lance smiled, drinking his soda.
"Yeah, I know." Brian smiled, shooting the white queue ball.
Rogue looked at Elizabeth, and hugged onto her, "I'm sorry Betts. Really, I am." She sighed.
Elizabeth shrugged, "It's alright. I know you didn't mean it, luv. I am psychic you know."
Remy glared at Rogue as he leaned onto his queue stick. He then rolled his eyes, and placed it onto the table, breaking the game he played. "I'm going outside for a smoke." He snapped, as he left the building.
The mutants at the table glared at him, as he left. Elizabeth raised an eyebrow suspiciously, tempted to probe his mind for his sudden irritability. She then made a smart choice of not doing so, and deciding to speak with him instead. She could sense some jealousy coming from him. And she knew exactly why.
AN- Okay, now, done with that....next will be a scene of Bobby breakin' in on Amara and Ray's date, as they come back to the institute. And then, the cruise begins with everyone on board, 'cept Scott and Jean cuz they're away at college and no one likes em...hehehe..j/k...anyways, ENJOY! And thanks to yer encouraging reviews.....now, as I said, there will be a lot of Will and Grace-ness in this story.....so stay tuned for the craziness!!