A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. Some of them were awesome, some a little creepy. And no, I will not Kill Will. I considered it... but where's the fun in that? Sorry I took so long to review, my Wii has me distracting. Just Dance 2 is awesome and when I'm not dancing I'm asking my family to be very quiet as I operate on Trauma Centre: Second Opinion. If anyone is on deviantart, check out the Rogan pictures I've done and the new emotive photo's I've put on there recently. My username there is, as always, alexmonalisa. Anyway, on with the story.
It takes him four days to wake up and in those four days, she never left his side. In this dark time, her friends show her they are there for her. Someone is always there to bring her food, take over her classes or just talk to her. Except Logan, Logan never came to visit. It was Kitty that sat with her and told her what happened since the team had returned. Logan had told Frankie the truth, about everything. The young girl felt ashamed of being the other woman and had moved into a different room. Both she and Logan hadn't been seen since then, both filled with loathing and self-hatred. Logan more than Frankie. Marie had been about to request someone ask Logan to come down to see her when Will's eyes fluttered open. His warm brown eyes met hers and she collapsed back in her chair.
"Will." She gasped.
"Hey." He croaked, " you okay?"
She gasped and shook her head, letting out a strangled sob at the fact that after being in a coma, she was his main concern.
"Me? Honey, it's you that's been near death. God, Will what were you thinking?"
"Babe, I didn't go there on purpose. They attacked us and I got caught." he explained.
Marie sighed and smoothed his hair back from his forehead, before placing a kiss on his temple. His hand reached out and gripped hers tightly. She smiled and stood up, moving closer to him. His smile grew as he saw her stomach and his hand moved to touch it.
"How is she?" he whispered.
"She missed her daddy."
"I missed her so much every day. And I missed you."
He smiled up at her and she felt her heartbreak. He pulled through to get back to her and she had been spending her time with Logan. The one thing he had asked her not to do. She closed her eyes and stepped back, slowly getting her breathing under control. She was ashamed and felt too disgusted with herself to be in the same room with him.
"I'll go call Josh, he needs to know you're awake." she said slowly.
She opened her eyes and hurried out of the room. She walked down the corridor and stopped as the door to the Danger Room opened and Logan stepped out. He froze as he saw her, before sighing and moving past.
"He's awake." she whispered.
She listened as he stopped walking and held her breath as she waited for his reply.
"That's good, kid." He whispered, before continuing to walk to the elevator.
She gasped as she heard the word 'kid'. How long had she fought to stop him from calling her that? And now, after all these years, she was 'The Kid' again. It could only mean one thing. He wasn't giving her a choice anymore, he was letting her go. No, he was accepting defeat. That's what Victor meant yesterday. He wasn't there to see her, he was there to offer his brother a place to go. Victor knew Logan would need to be somewhere to go, where someone who cared could help him through the heartbreak. She felt tears running down her cheek, not really understanding what they meant. Wasn't she doing the right thing?
"Anna?"
She turned as she saw Kyle and Josh coming from the jet hanger. She wiped her tears and plastered a smile on her face.
"Hey guys, I was looking for you."
"We were cleaning the jet, something wrong?" asked Kyle.
"Will's awake."
"Great, I'll go check on him." Smiled Joshua, heading over to the room Will was in.
Kyle squeezed her shoulder and nodded towards the elevator.
"Let's leave Josh to work and go get lunch."
Marie nodded numbly and followed him towards the elevator, the smell of cigars and whiskey making the tears fall again.
It was evening when Will came into their room, having been declared to be in good shape. Marie was sitting in the rocking chair by the windowsill watching the sun set. Emma, Kitty and Simona had all been to see her once they'd heard Will was awake. Marie was still thinking about Logan. A part of her was angry that she allowed herself to fall for him completely all over again and the other half was filled with sadness that she had to let him go. Will walked over to and placed a kiss on her cheek.
"Hey." He whispered.
She smiled, continuing to rock back and forth in her chair. He sighed and kneeled in front of her, placing his hand on her knee, stilling her movements.
"So, I heard Logan's leaving today."
She nodded numbly still staring out the window. Will sighed and took her hand, rubbing it slowly.
"It's better this way-"
"I was with him." She muttered, closing her eyes, unable to look at him as she said it.
Will snatched his hand back and she heard him step back from her. She opened her eyes and slowly dragged her gaze away from the school grounds to look at him.
"What?" he hissed.
"Every day when you were gone. I wasn't trying to betray you. I... he was there the first night; I tried to get him to the leave but in the end... I'm sorry... no, I'm ashamed."
"He was here? You mean he invited himself into your bed?"
"Will-"
"That fucking bastard."
Her eyes widened as Will turned and stormed out of the room. She stood up, clutching her stomach and ran after him. She'd never seen him so angry, never heard swear, never seen his eyes glow like that before, and it scared her. She was slower than him and tried to keep up but couldn't. She paused as she heard an explosion downstairs. She continued running and stopped at the top of the stairs. Will was standing at the bottom and Logan was at the door, on his back, smoke coming off his clothes.
"How dare you touch her!" Shouted Will.
Logan stood up, slowly releasing his claws. He smirked before releasing a growl.
"I've been waiting a long time for this, boy."
Will's arm began to glow as he powered up with energy. Marie watched as the Simona, Frankie, Kitty, Noah and Justin walked out from the kitchen. She heard footsteps behind her and from the corner of her eye watched Abelia move to stand beside her. Logan cracked his neck and gaze darted to Marie, before returning to Will, his dark gaze pinned on him. A predator watching his prey.
"I'm sick of the way you look at her." Hissed Will.
Logan growled and stepped closer, his eyes turning completely black, the veins straining on his bicep. When he spoke, his voice was low and menacing.
"She is my wife, I will look at her anyway I want."
"Logan!" warned Kitty.
"She was your wife, but you betrayed her. You hurt her so bad she had to fake her own death and create a new life." Said Will, flinging a ball of energy at Logan.
Logan stumbled back but didn't fall this time. He roared and charged towards Will, claws aimed at his throat.
"LOGAN!" screamed Marie.
He stopped, his claws barely brushing Will's throat. He sheathed them and stepped back, looking up at her with a sad expression. She felt light-headed suddenly and was grateful when Abelia grabbed her arm to support her. Her knees were shaking and she felt faint, like any second she'd crumble into a million pieces. She looked at Logan's skin burnt still healing from Will's energy blasts and closed her eyes. She didn't want to see his expression when she said what she had to.
"I need you to go. For good this time..."
She opened her eyes and felt the tears run down her cheeks. Her body was crying out in pain but she stood a little longer.
"Marie..." he whispered.
She shook her head and clenched her fists.
"I choose Will." She whispered.
There was silence around the hall, no-one moving for a tense few seconds. Finally, there was shuffling as Logan picked up his bag and moved out the door, slamming it closed, the sound echoing in the hall. Once he was gone, Marie collapsed to knees, holding her stomach. Kitty was the first to react, squaring her shoulders just like Storm had taught her.
"Everybody show's over. Justin and Abelia, take Marie to the med-lab. Everyone else my office."
There was a general murmur around the room. Abelia began lifting Marie up and Justin hurried up the stairs to help. Marie looked at Will and saw the worry in his eyes. She'd be his Anna forever tomorrow, but tonight she just wanted to be Rogue mourning the loss of her Wolverine.
A/N: *sniff* review please.
