It has been a strange day. Strange and somewhat funny.

I slept well last night, deeply and soundly. Even after I got up for a while to write a little. I don't remember what I dreamt about, but lately that is a good thing. A very good thing.

By the time I was ready to get out of bed.. sometimes I just like to lie their in my perfect moment of contentment, between awake and sleepy.. it was past noon. I haven't slept in that late in a long time.

Anyway. So I took a long bath and allowed my mind to become still. By the time I finally headed down stairs, about thirty more minutes had passed.

I found myself whistling on the way down, a funny little tune that I couldn't recall the name of.

Stop the presses! Rogue was happy.

Even when I bumped into someone on the way down. Someone who wasn't Scott. Someone unexpected.

"Rogue!" Jubilee screamed at me, all cheerfulness and enthusiasm. She looked very pleased to see me.

I stood there and gawked at her. So much for my last day alone with Scott.

"Well don't look happy to see me or anything!" She told me jokingly. Halting on a step below me.

"Jubilee.." I started, once I found words that were almost lost in my sudden disappointment. Don't get me wrong I was glad to see her. It was just.. well. "What are y'doin' here?"

She rolled her eyes, she was holding a small travel bag in one hand, a backpack slung across her shoulders.

"Its a lonnnnnnng story." I took her travel bag from her, trying to help her a little, and she told me as we headed to her room.

I'll try to sum it up. Lets see. Logan and Ororo got into a huge fight. I laughed that off, since they are always having "Huge" fights.

"Not like this one." Jubilee said, throwing her bag on the floor haphazardly and dropping down on the bed. I put her other bag down beside it and watched her from where I stood, a couple feet away..

It seems it happened the night before, after dinner.

"They were yelling at each other so loud, even throwing things at one another if the sounds was anything to go by.. the Professor finally had to go to their room and check on them, especially when some of the younger students came to him quite scared out of their little minds."

And so she continued, with more details and gossip. How Xavier had to separate the two, how Logan disappeared for the entire night, and didn't return till that morning. Ororo left behind looking resolute and decided, if not a little depressed. It ended up with Logan finding Jubilee a couple hours ago, telling her that she was going to fly him back to the mansion.

"Normally I would have just slammed the door on his face. I mean you don't ask a favor by making it a demand!" She told me, stifling a yawn. "But I wasn't really having any fun, except for when I was able to sneak away, which unfortunately didn't happen too often.. everyone kept pawning one kid or another off on me to watch.. and that just plain sucked!.. Couldn't ride the rides I wanted.. couldn't go where I wanted and the Professor had the days all planned out and scheduled.. it was hell! Even Bobby and Kitty got more free time with one another! Guess since I am single they felt they could just take advantage of me! And a break! Hah. More like they were trying to break me!"

"Y'could have said somethin'." I told her. Knowing she probably did.

"Like I didn't!" She sighed loudly, taking her shoes off, and throwing them past me where they hit the wall.. "It's funny how people can turn a deaf ear when they don't want to hear what you have to say... Man it's good to be back.. Remind me not to do anything like that again!"

"So just y'and Logan huh?" I asked, trying to calculate the damage of my last peaceful day.

"Yea.." She paused, and I swear I saw a little light go off in her head.. "So.." She started, a huge face filling smile on her face. "Did anything interesting happen while I was gone?"

"Define interesting."

Why oh why did I have to say that? Of all the things I could have said.

Her response left me laughing and slightly embarrassed.

"Um.. I guess I would have t'say no then t'your question."

"That's OK, it will happen for you Rogue." She said in a way that was supposed to leave no room for doubt.

"Gee thanks."

"I mean it, if I know anything I would like to think I know how others feel about each other!.. You and Bobby.. well lets just say it was kinda one sided.."

"What?" I shook my head slightly. Not knowing were exactly she was going.

"I mean Bobby cared more for you then you him.." Jubilee pulled me down on the bed beside her before I could argue about what she had just said and patted my arm. "And now he is with Kitty, probably more out of convenience then anything else.. he still cares for you.. you know that don't you?.." She took a quick breath, one that left no room for interruptions. "and then Ororo and Logan.. they were more in it for the sex than anything else."

"Jubilee..!"

"It's true.. And how do you do it? You got Logan, Scott and Bobby all watching you.. Man I could only be so lucky." She fell back on the bed and closed her eyes, bringing her hands back past her head, she stretched a little.

"But what about me and Scott?" I asked her, slightly wondering what she thought about that.

"I'm not sure.. I know he loves you.. but you.." she opened her eyes and sat back up. "You still haven't figured out what you are feeling.. but once you do.. once you feel what I think you are starting to.. life is going to be very different for you. Nothing like being in love to make life better..." A sad look flashed over her face. "Not that I have ever been. Although sometimes I thought I was."

She got up off the bed, tilted her head and stared at me. Her previous melancholy statement she had made about herself long forgotten.

"Is it me or are you wearing less clothes?" Jubilee said, not frightened like most people would have been but more satisfied that I was letting loose a little.

But that still ended my no gloves, no shoes thing I had going on. Now that Scott and I were no longer alone, the danger regarding my skin was once again amplified.

Goodbye Marie. Welcome back Rogue. Not that she ever left me.

Jubilee followed me as I went to my room, put some gloves and shoes on, a longer sleeved shirt over my tank top. She was really wound up, talking a mile a minute as she told me more of what she had been through for the past two days.

We headed downstairs for some food. Neither of us had eaten yet, and from the sounds that came from Jubilee's stomach, I knew she needed food more than me. When we approached the kitchen, angry voices where spilling out of it.

Who else but Scott's and Logan's.

"You did that on purpose." Logan was bellowing loudly.

"I wish I did, it would make this conversation more enjoyable." Scott was saying, an undertone of humor in his acerbic words.

Jubilee and I entered the now perfect and spotless kitchen.. Scott must have gotten up earlier to clean it up. That was more like the Scott I knew.

Both Jubilee and I noticed right away how the two men were posturing, both ready to lunge at the other.

It ended up that Logan had been wanting an orange to eat, and that Scott had used the last of them making him and me orange juice. I love fresh squeezed orange juice. This wasn't the first time he had prepared it for me, but it was the first time someone looked like they wanted to kill him over it.

Jubilee ran off when she heard what it was all about and came back about a minute later. She threw an orange Logan's way.

He caught it easily, but his indignation over the loss of an Xavier's orange, didn't disappear nor dissipate. To argue Logan's case, the Professor does buy really good fruit, organic, shipped right from a small ranch in California and other places.

"Took it from my hotel room this morning.. go sit down and eat it.. " Logan started glaring at her.. "Preferably away from me, you give me indigestion when you're like that."

Scott laughed at that, while handing me a cup of the fight worthy liquid. I shared it with Jubilee who was very pleased that I did so.

We all ended up at the table, well, Jubilee, Scott and I. Logan was too busy glowering at the kitchen counter, peeling the skin of his orange with an extended claw.

It was one of the most silent and shortest meals I have ever partaken in. Even Jubilee was too busy eating two blueberry pop tarts and some chocolate pudding to open her mouth for something other then chewing. I myself was too busy sharing interesting looks with Scott while he ate a sandwich and I drank my juice. Unfortunately Jubilee caught some of them which set off some ridiculous grins on her part which seemed to make Logan fume all the more. But heck he could have left if he wanted to.

So the day continued. Jubilee got us all together later on to play basketball. In the case of Logan, she just kept nagging him until he gave in..

Logan and I had been on one team, Jubilee and Scott the other.

It started out fine, but somewhere in the middle, Scott and Logan started totally ignoring Jubilee and me, going at each other with a vengeance. But it's not like we were bored out of our minds, heck standing there watching two gorgeously built men, one with his shirt off, the others sticking to him from his sweat.. going at each other somewhat viscously as they fought for a ball, wasn't uninteresting at all. In fact it could happen more often. Wouldn't hear one word of complaint escape my lips.

But it ended when Scott punched Logan. And everything getting quickly out of control.

You see Logan, suddenly threw the ball to me where I had been standing behind Scott (guess he remember he had a partner), and it ended up hitting him right in the face, knocking him down to the ground.

As soon as he got up off the cement court, very enraged I might add, him and Logan went at it again. Shoving, pushing and yelling.. and then before I even saw it coming, Scott landed his balled up fist on Logan's chin.. His response was jumping on Scott, both crashing to the ground, fists and dirt flying.

Me and Jubilee exchanged some comical expressions and then managed to drag the two apart.

"What is wrong with y'two!" I shouted once the two were finally standing, my words directed at Scott. Both were breathing rather noticeably, both being restrained. Logan by Jubilee, Scott by me. Both were looking at one another acrimoniously.

I expected Scott to say many things but what he said next was not one of them.

"Logan instigated it!" He rasped, pointing an accusing finger at Logan, acting like a kid who just had his candy stolen.

"Yea." Logan began, throwing one of his throaty laughs in. "Throw the blame at me Summers, that'll work."

"Well you had no problem throwing and hitting me with a ball!"

"Can't help it if your big head got in the way."

"Not any bigger than your ego! And since when has your aim been that off?"

"I was throwing it to Rogue, didn't expect you to jump in front of the thing like a jackass."

"I didn't jump I was standing there. You did it on purpose! Admit it!"

"I'll admit you don't know what you're talking about."

"I'm just speaking the truth."

"From your point of view." Logan scoffed.

"Quiet!" I shouted.

Logan started to open his mouth.

"Shut up!" Jubilee screamed at him before he could speak. Poking him in his chest. Brave girl.

"Y'two want t'fight?" I asked looking pointedly at each in turn. Both saying nothing, "Come with me!" I demanded with a voice that dared them to defy me.

I grabbed onto Scott's right arm and Logan's left. I don't know how I managed it but I reached my goal. Where I had been leading the two.

We made it to the danger room in once piece, even if my arms were hurting a little from the strain that was caused by the struggling men. There was no way I could have dragged them there if they weren't a little willing, or interested in what I had in mind for them.

"What are we doing here?" Scott questioned me, although he must have had an inkling.

"What do you think Sherlock? You guys want to duke it out, you can do it here!" Jubilee was actually quite gleeful. Her words accentuated by her lively gestures as she waved her hands around the room. She then winked at me and smiled.

I took a couple steps in front of them, stood by Jubilee, and turned around to face the men. Logan was smirking. Scott was looking amused.

"Y'guys wants t'murder each other? Fine. It's 'bout time y'two got this out of your system. Might as well do it here where y'can do the least damage."

"You cant be serious Rogue!" Scott said, taking a couple steps toward me. I stopped him with a look.

"Cant I?.. Neither one of y'is comin' out of here unless y'apologize, or knock the other out." My bold words raising my self esteem up two notches, as I stared at Logan and Scott defiantly.

"I guess Rogue doesn't like you as much as I thought, if she is going to let me kill you." I heard Logan say to Scott as I grabbed Jubilee and we headed out the doors.