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Return to Weapon X Sequel

Her chest was still heaving and falling heavily as she tried to supply her body with new oxygen, her mind was still somewhere else and basking in the afterglow and Jean could tell that it was the same with Logan, who was breathing heavily into her neck and held her close. As it was with their kiss before, she couldn't remember that it had ever been that good and intense before. With her eyes closed she reached up to stroke through his slightly damp hair and he shifted his head so that it rested on her chest, listened to her heartbeat that was slowing down. He couldn't remember a time in which he had felt so at peace and satisfied, which wasn't that hard considering how "old" his memory was. With his eyes closed he listened to her and the baby's heart, on which he could easily pick up on, while his own was still slowing down. Logan felt Jean shifting and heard her gasping. "What?" he mumbled into her chest and didn't feel like getting up or moving at all. He liked how her skin felt against his and the heat she was radiating, enjoyed her caressing and how it made him feel.

"It's already past 10. Sara's still downstairs," she said and gave him a gentle push. "I need to get her."

"Wait!" Logan said before she could move too fast and withdrew from her gently since they had still been joined. He rolled off her and watched how she grabbed his shirt and one of her sweatpants. Logan smirked as she buttoned the shirt. "Suits ya," he said and moved onto his side to have a better look at her.

"Do you want anything from downstairs?" Jean asked after fixing her hair. There was no way in hell she could hide what had happened. Her hair looked like being run over by a lawn-mower.

"No. I'm perfectly fine," he said and rolled onto his back with a satisfied sigh that made her smile.

"I'll be right back!" she said and left the room. Her heart was pounding fast as she reached the door downstairs and she automatically began to think about what the others would probably think about her. There was no way they wouldn't figure out what had happened. Her hand touched the doorknob and turned it.

Inside Ororo turned her head and couldn't hide her smile. She watched how the redhead tried to sneak into the room to get her sleeping daughter and grinned. "Be right back," she told Kurt and let go of his hand to catch the redhead at the tree. "Soooo…., had a nice time?" she asked and her knowing smile widened as Jean turned quickly around, obviously being shocked about being caught.

"I…"

Ororo laughed. "No way to deny it, my dear. You look spent and happy and your face has this typical I've done it-look," she said and her opposite's cheeks reddened further, while she pulled her daughter closer. "I want details tomorrow!" She winked and wished her a good night before Jean quickly sneaked out of the room again.

When she reached hers again and had put Sara into her bed, she noticed that Logan was fast asleep and smiled. She got quickly rid of her clothes and went back under the sheets with him. The duvet barely covered her as Logan already turned around and cuddled up to her, sighing satisfied in his sleep. Smiling, Jean turned in his arms and reached out to stroke over his cheek before she rested her head against his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist. Even if she was tired and felt truly happy for the first time in months, her mind was still too occupied with the events of the last days. She hoped that the changes weren't too rushed or that Logan would feel trapped in their relationship again and run off again… She looked aside when he shifted again and tried to hide his face in the crook of her neck, while his hand went around her possessively. When the tiredness began to overwhelm her, she closed her eyes and dozed slowly off, not knowing that Logan woke up only two hours later and had to go to the kitchen with an upset Sara on his arms.

In it he gave Rogue a brief look, who sat next to Scott at the kitchen isle and was drinking something. "Hi," she smiled at him and Logan nodded briefly before he began to heat a tea and swayed slowly to calm his daughter down a bit. "Why is she upset?"

"Thirsty…," he grunted and took the bottle out of the pot, made sure it wasn't too hot before he sat down on one of the stools and began to feed Sara. He could tell that Scott was staring holes into his back, while Rogue came over to him to sit down beside him. He didn't mind her being close by, not even that she stroked over his daughter's head while the girl was drinking or kept on asking him questions. As Jean had told him that girl was like a daughter to him and he liked her, even if he couldn't remember their past at all.

"So…," Rogue asked and leant back, smiling, "when's Ms. Grey due?"

"May…," Logan grunted, frowned next and turned his head to cock an eyebrow at her. The huge grin she gave him told him that the whole situation stank. "How come ya know?"

"Lucky guess…," Rogue shrugged and laughed. "It wasn't that hard to figure out with her behavior lately, you know? What's it going to be?"

He shrugged and looked back down on Sara, who was still sucking slowly but had her eyes already closed. As he'd guessed, she stopped the sucking completely next and he withdrew the bottle carefully before he pulled her up and against his shoulder. "A boy…"

"Oh, that's great!" Rogue said happily and smiled, before she realized how late it already was. "We talk later, okay?" she said and he nodded while frowning at her, before she wished them a good night and left.

Instantly the temperature dropped noticeably in the room and, determined not to look at the man, Logan got up, put the bottle into the sink and aimed for the door. "Think you will stick around this time?" he heard Scott asking sourly and turned to glare at him. When there was no reply from the feral, he leant back a bit and crossed his arms. "Jean deserves a man that stays with her and helps her with the children. Screw up again and I'll make use of my promise!"

"What promise?" Logan spat.

"The one I had to make you," Scott replied and got up to leave the room too. "And I will make use of it, if she wakes up one morning and you're gone again, trust me!" He watched how the feral held his daughter protectively close and gave him a look as if Scott was about to steal her from him. "You never wanted children, you were so dumb to risk having some, so take care of them!" he said before he turned to walk back to his rooms. "And don't you dare to hurt Jean that much again! She was crying her eyes out for days after you'd left her!" he added and gave Logan another angry look before he ascended the stairs.

Muttering curses under his breath, Logan followed him and retreated to his room again, where he placed Sara back into her cradle and tucked her in. When he lay next to the redhead again he took his time to look at her once more and began to think the whole situation through. He had no memory of who he was or where he came from, of what had happened except the bits the Professor had told him and he was pretty much stuck here with a child and soon another one. From what he'd been told so far he'd sucked as a father and that much, he'd left Jean alone with all the work and spent nights who knows where and with who knows whom and he still didn't know why… After a moment he got up and walked over to the cradle to look at the girl inside. He knew she was his and that the girl had gotten quiet attached to him in the past days, but still he didn't know what he felt for her or what to think of her. Did he like her? Did he love her or did he take care of her only because he knew that he was the father? And what did Scott mean with promise? What promise? When Logan turned he watched how Jean rolled over in her sleep and pulled his pillow close to bury her head in it. The only thing he knew for sure was that his feelings for the redhead were different than for the child. He definitely felt light headed when she looked at him and if that was what they called love then he didn't love his daughter. Thinking about what knowledge he had lost due to what happened to him, he got upset again. He couldn't even remember what the simplest things felt like… Confused about everything he got dressed in the end and left…

When the first sunbeams fell into the room Jean stretched and slowly opened her eyes, blinked the sleep away. Her hand reached automatically out to the other side of the bed and she sat quickly up as she touched nothing but the sheets. Her eyes looked at the empty space next to her before she gave the bathroom door a look, but she saw that it was open and the room empty. Her green eyes switched to the floor and she saw that his clothes from yesterday were gone too. Even if her heart skipped a beat she was determined not to expect the worst and prepared herself for the day. With Sara on her arm she went downstairs and knew that everyone was gathered in the dining hall to open up their presents that Santa had left for them. As she reached the room she was instantly greeted by Ororo, who gave her a warm hug and pulled her over to the tree.

"Those are yours and those ones are for Sara," she said and smiled at Jean, who gave the 6 packages a look before her eyes began to wander again. "What's wrong?" Ororo asked concerned since the redhead looked troubled.

"Have you seen Logan?" Jean asked and met her gaze, but her best friend shook her head.

"No, I haven't. I thought he was upstairs with you," she replied and frowned when her opposite pulled a face as if she was about to cry and bit her lower lip, her eyes switching towards the windows. "Hey, what's wrong?" Ororo asked concerned and laid a hand on Jean's shoulder, noticed that the woman held her daughter very close.

"He's gone…"

"What?"

"Logan," Jean repeated and sniffed. "He's gone…"

Not knowing what to say, the weather goddess looked around the room and noticed that Hank, the Professor and Scott were watching them. "He can't be gone, Jean," she tried to soothe her, felt the stitch in her heart as she realized how desperate and scared her friend was. "Can't you… I don't know… Reach him mentally?"

"No…"

"He's blocking…?"

"No, I can't use my powers…," the redhead said and used one hand to wipe her tears away. She took notice of Ororo's confused look. "Hank thinks it's because of…" She heaved a deep breath as reality hit her hard. All she could think about was Not again and began to think about the why next. She couldn't find an answer to that. Everything had been perfect the day before… Maybe they had gone too fast…

"Hey, what's wrong?" Scott asked and looked to and fro between them, while also Hank and the Professor had come closer. He laid a worried hand on Jean's shoulder and frowned at her tears. "Don't tell me that asshole…"

"Scott, please!" Charles interrupted him in a stern voice before he gave Jean a look. "What has happened?" he asked concerned and watched how Hank took Sara.

The redhead could only shrug and it wasn't a secret for the bald telepath that Scott was getting angry. The Professor knew that the man would hunt Logan down if he had to…

"Merry Christmas, Wolvie!" Jubilee said loudly all of a sudden and, while everyone turned their heads, went over to hug him.

"Yeah… Whatever…," Logan grunted and didn't know what make out of it. After hugging her back briefly he turned his head, just to feel how a hand connected with his cheek. "What was that for?!" he growled and glared at Jean, who sniffed and wrapped her arms around his neck in the next moment. Lost, Logan looked at the others for help, since he had no idea what had gotten into the woman and why he deserved to be hit, or why she was crying into his neck and nearly choking him… "Somethin' wrong with the baby?" he asked worriedly.

"No, I thought you had left!" Jean sobbed and he cocked an eyebrow at her before he pushed her gently back and held her at arm length.

"Why?!"

"Probably because she woke up alone and you were…gone?!" Scott said sourly and crossed his arms, his face telling nothing like always.

"I didn't ask ya!" Logan snapped and bared his teeth at him.

"I don't care!"

"Please…," Hank said and stepped forward. "Not on Christmas, okay?"

"Where have you been?!" Jean asked and wiped her tears away while she looked at him expectantly.

He sighed and scratched the back of his head. "I couldn't sleep…"

"And?" she said.

"So I took a walk 'n I fell asleep in her green house," he mumbled with a nod at Ororo and waited for Jean's reaction. "Thanks for trustin' me that much…," he added hurt, but she only embraced him in relief.

"Don't scare me again like that…," the redhead begged and closed her eyes for a moment, waited for her nerves to calm down again.

"How can you do that to her as hormonal as she already is?" Ororo asked with a shake of her head and realized her mistake too late. "Damn… I'm sorry!"

Logan waved off. "Marie already knows it anyway…," he grunted and pulled Jean protectively closer while he glared at Scott.

"You know what?" Kitty asked Rogue, who smiled mysteriously and was soon afterwards attacked with questions from her friend and Jubilee.

"C'mon, you know what?!" the latter asked aloud so that the adults turned to look at them.

Logan gave Jean a look while he had his hands wrapped around her waist. "It's time…"

"I know…," she said and began to feel uncomfortable.

"Time for what?" Kitty asked and her eyes switched back and forth between all of them. "Can someone pleeeeeaaaase say already what's going on? I'm not into Christmas quizzes!"

"She knows that we're expecting a baby," Jean finally admitted and the youngerX-Men stared at her in shock until Jubilee began to jump up and down.

"I won! I WON!" she shouted and laughed aloud.

"Won?!" Logan asked and cocked an eyebrow at her, watched how she held out her hand to Bobby.

"50 bucks that is!"

"You made a bet?!" Scott asked, shocked about it.

"Of course we did," Jubilee grinned and stuck out her tongue at Bobby. "Told you so! Come on, pay up!"

"I don't have 50 bucks!" Bobby said annoyed and sulked.

"You owe me!"

"I don't have it!"

"Still you OWE me!"

"Guys, no betting on money in this house!" Ororo insisted and shook her head when the girl began to pull a face. "Make him do something useful, but nothing that includes money!"

"Okay," Jubilee sighed and thought hard. "Then you'll do my kitchen and laundry duty. Have fun!"

"Hey…what?!" Bobby asked and stared at her in shock. "I have to do this right after you!"

"Then…have fun!" she replied and grinned evilly.

"Kids…," Logan grunted and shook his head before he noticed Jean's look. "Hey…," he said and kissed her when she looked up, just to hear Kitty barking:

"Won too! You're free to do my homework!"

"Oh, shut up!" Bobby said and crossed his arms in annoyance.

"What else did ya bet on?!" Logan asked and glared at the kids.

"Oh, only that you were back together, that she was pregnant, that you haven't gotten anything for her for Christmas...," Jubilee listed.

"I got her somethin'," Logan grunted and received a surprised look from the others. "What?!" he asked.

"You…got her a present?" Kitty asked.

"Yeah, so?"

"First time in years, mister!" Jubilee said. "You ruined my bet!"

"Sue me!" Logan shrugged and pulled Jean away from them so that they were alone.

"I didn't get anything for you…," she admitted and bit her lip hard. "I didn't have the chance to buy anything…"

"Me neither…," Logan said and scratched the back of his head. "Or not really…" He noticed her confused look. "I can't show ya before it's dark…"

"Okay…" Jean nodded and leant into his touch as he wiped her tears away. "Don't scare me again like that…"

"I'm sorry…"

Smiling at him, she took his hand and went back over to the couch at the tree. "Time to unwrap the gifts… Those are yours." She nodded at the ones on the left and took hers.

Logan took Sara from Hank and placed her on his lap, while he watched how Jean began to open hers and the girl's presents. He only hoped that she would like his…

Two updates on the same day. I just wanted to start the New Year with chapters. LOL No, I just made use of my free time. In fact I should actually be studying for my exams already that I'll have at the end of January (I hate that time…). I hope all of you saw Australia. I already saw it three times and I love that movie. : ) Thanks to all reviewers!! Have a great new year!! See ya and please review!