Breakfast was forgotten... for that fact so was lunch... Around 3:00 in the afternoon Scott rolled out of bed
thumped onto the floor. Marie was already up and was cooking what looked like dinner although it could have been
some weird science project what with the weird colouring and all.
Slipping on a pair of pants Scott wandered half dazed into the kitchen wondering about what to do next.
"Smells good.." Scott said sarcastically while poking the gleationus looking glob of stuff in the frying pan. "what is it?"
"I'm not sure... I think it was trying to talk a few minutes ago though." Marie responded.
"Maby we should go buy something" Scott mused out loud while he continued poking the crud in the pan which was now
emmitting hissing noises and a foul smell.
"Sounds good... maby you should put a shirt on though."
"Why? Don't you like it?" *poke... poke...*
"Not when everybody else can see...."
"Yeah i'm sure the 5 cows out in the field behingd the diner will be all over me." *poke*
"Ha ha ha very funny.... now get dressed."
"Whatever...." Scott mumbeled with a final poke to the stuff in the pan which had begun to change colour and oooze.
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10 minutes later Scott and Marie were sitting on a pair of squeaky chairs eating pancakes and sipping coffee
so strong it could cause perminate brain damage.
"Scott..."
"meh Mahie?" Scott said thorough a mouth full of buttery pancakes... "wadda ya mhant?"
"Do you think we should go back.... I mean theres not much out here for us and well... mutants are becomming
less accepted everywhere and at least with the professor we can be safe.... and help...."
Scott put down his coffee and looked seriously at her through his red glasses. His face.... impassive as always.
"If it's what you want."
Marie tried to glean information from his expression but the glasses made that impossible.
She half imagined she saw his mouth twist in disgust at the thought.
"I don't want to force you to go.... I mean with Jean and... Logan..." She look at Scott. "Your my friend... no... your
more than my friend.... I.... don't want you to be hurt." Marie looked into the oily black depts of her coffee cup.
Scott studied the young woman sitting across from him. He leaned foreward and lited her head up so
she was staring into his eyes.
"I love you to Marie."
Marie's eyes widened in shock. ~How did he know that's what i was trying to say!~ She thought. She smiled.
"As long as i have you..... I don't need anybody else." Scott wispered.
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Miles away Jean awoke with a start. Something had happened. She felt it on a subconcios level. Beside her she
could hear the rythmic breathing of Logan ans he slept. Laying back on the bed she snuggeled closer to his warm body and
wrapped the blanket around her a bit tighter.
Logan groweled quietly in his sleep... and wrapped his arm around the woman next to him.
~~~Logan was walking along the edge of the pool in the mansion. On the other side he saw Scott and Jean laying together
on a blanket talking about the upcomming wedding and how classes were going.
A loud splash draws his attention to the pool. A person with shockingly white streaks in her shiny brown hair was swimming
quickly after another girl with short, dark hair.
"Can't catch me Rogue!!" The Girl yelled out as she swam faster.
"Wanna make a bet Jubilation Lee!!!" The one called Rogue yelled.
Logan sat down on a bench and watched the drama unfold in the pool as several other excited teens joind in the high energy
tag.
Rogue grabbed Jubilee and dunked her under the water. "Gotcha!" She gasped.
~Wait a second~ Logan thought ~How come Marie can touch people?!~
Rogue pulled herself out of the pool and walked towards where logan was sitting.
"Hey Kid." He said as she approached.
"Who you calling kid! I haven't been one for a long time Logan. Or have you been too busy lookin at Jean tah notice.?"
She grabbed her towel which was beside Logan and walked off.
~Shit!~ Logan thought. But he watched her as she went off with her friends ~ She ain't a kid
any more.... when did i miss that?~
~You don't need a gift Logan to tell you that reason.~ Said the professor as he wheeled past him.
~~~
Logan awoke with a start throwing Jean off him.
"God Marie!"
"Huh?" Said Jean as she roused herself from a deep sleep.
"Nothing"
"Hmmm." ~We say so little now~ Thought Jean sadly.
_____________________
Jean and Logan appeared late for breakfast that morning. Logan was grumpier than usual and snapped at everybody.
Jean was quiet and reserved.
Things wern't quite right. Jean felt as though there was a piece of her missing... almost as if somebody had came and taken
a piece of her soul.
Logan was on the guilt trip of the century... kicking himself mentally for letting Marie slip past him unnoticed. He never
really realized how much she meant to him. Sure he had Jean and the sex was great to say the least but their relationship
was missing something.
The whole school seemed subdued that day... kids were less roudy and more respectful, teachers gave little or no homework.
Even Ororo couldn't seem to push away the palpable aura of loss.
____________________
A week later it was final. Logan and Jean were nolonger an item. Logan moved out that Wednesday to his old room
down the hall. He stopped infront of Scott's old room. ~I'm sorry.... you have no idea how sorry i am Scott. I didn't want
to be the bad guy and breakup such a good thing. I was just too stupid to realize what i had going for me. Well wherever
you are i wish you the best of luck.~ He continued down the hall and opened the door to his room.
Jean set about fillig up the empty spaces in the room with pictures and other things she had put away when Logan came.
~Where did i go wrong? Could I have been so blind?~ As she was unpacking a box of photographs of the X-Men she came
across and old shirt of Scotts that she had used to wrap up a vase of some sort. It still smelled of him. Jean
hugged it to herself and when she closed her eyes she could see him just afternhe had bought it standing there looking
so handsom and perfect.
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____________________
"Your really sure you want to do this Marie?"
"Only if you do."
"For you I will do anything."
"This isn't just aobut me!"
"Yeah I guess I need to do this to. Can't run from things all my life."
Marie smiled as Scott drove the Jeep upthe long driveway to the Mansion. The big house loomed up infront of them like a
monster waiting to swallow them and their fargile new dreams of hope for the future.
Taking a deep breath Marie knocked on the door. She was greatful for Scott's presence at her side and relaxed into his
warm and slightly tense body, feeling his arm around her waist.
_____________________
"I'll get it! It might be the pizza guy!" yelled Jubilee.
"Already? It's only been an hour since we called! This may be a new record." Came another voice.
Jubilee yanked the door open and froze in place.
"We're back." Said Marie in a small voice.
Jubilee turned on her heels and ran inside yelling at the top of her lungs. "Marie and Scott are back!!!"
_____________________
Logan jumped up at Jubilees yell. Maby is wasn't too late to patch things up with Marie. HIS Marie. HE would go
down there and apologise and well.... everything would be back to normal... sorta... Besides Soctt was back and
that would make Jean happy. Wouldn't it?
Jean's heart beat faster at the news that Scott had returned. It was a chance to go back. Logan and her couldn't
have broken up at a better time. Scott was so forgiving and he loved her. He would forgive her. Right?
_____________________
Marie leaned into Scott as the sat together on the couch.
"..........and thats basically how it went." Finished Scott. The rest of the school, minus Logan and Jean who were
still in their rooms primping and practicing good apology lines, had been listening intently to the story of how they met
on the road.
"Wow. Totally cool." Breathed Jubillee. "Well i suppose i should sho you where you two will be living from now on." With
a wink she added. "And keep the noise down would ya...."
Scott laughed loudly and Marie turned red. The students had accepted the realtionship between the two runaway staff members
without question. Ther were more surprised in the changes in teh two of them. Scott, stick up the ass English Lit teacher,
was now easy going and basked in the glory of the rather rude jokes put his way. Marie, the brooding, moody, 24/7 PMS lady
who could not toutch a living thing, was happy and smiling reveling in the fact that human contact was nolonger forbiden.
_____________________
Jubilee led Marie and Scott up the stairs to their new room.
"Well here ya go.... i guess i'll se you guys at dinner then?"
"Hopefully...." Said Marie with a wink at Scott.
_____________________
Marie set her suitcase down beside Scott's near the door. She glanced around the room. Wood panneling on the walls...
dressers and nightabels..... coat tree in the corner.... bathroom with a sink, shower and rather large tub (Marie though that
she might just be able to get 10 laps in before dinner and vaguely wondered if there was also a diving bord).... and
going back into the room that largest, most comfortable bed she hadever seen, covered with a heavy ruby red quilt. Perect.
"I'm going to have a shower Marie.... you gonna unpack?"
"Sure, don't take too long i'm hungry!"
Marie set about unpacking and was almost done when there was a knock on the door. She walked over and opened it slowly.
"LOGAN!" Marie stood looking at him in a state of shock
"Marie we need to talk." Logan pushed passed her and went into the room. "Marie i'm sorry about the whole things and i was
hoping that we could.... start over. I missed you... I..... neverrealizedwhatiwasmissingwheniletyougo." He finished quickly.
"Logan we...I can't go back."
"Marie..."Logan looked at her with pleading eyes "Please.... I love you... so much." Logan grabbed her shoulders and
accidently pushed her against the wall. Just then Scott stepped out of the shower with nothing but a towel around his waist.
"Marie baby, have you seen my sh.... Logan GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY WIFE!"
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thumped onto the floor. Marie was already up and was cooking what looked like dinner although it could have been
some weird science project what with the weird colouring and all.
Slipping on a pair of pants Scott wandered half dazed into the kitchen wondering about what to do next.
"Smells good.." Scott said sarcastically while poking the gleationus looking glob of stuff in the frying pan. "what is it?"
"I'm not sure... I think it was trying to talk a few minutes ago though." Marie responded.
"Maby we should go buy something" Scott mused out loud while he continued poking the crud in the pan which was now
emmitting hissing noises and a foul smell.
"Sounds good... maby you should put a shirt on though."
"Why? Don't you like it?" *poke... poke...*
"Not when everybody else can see...."
"Yeah i'm sure the 5 cows out in the field behingd the diner will be all over me." *poke*
"Ha ha ha very funny.... now get dressed."
"Whatever...." Scott mumbeled with a final poke to the stuff in the pan which had begun to change colour and oooze.
________________________
10 minutes later Scott and Marie were sitting on a pair of squeaky chairs eating pancakes and sipping coffee
so strong it could cause perminate brain damage.
"Scott..."
"meh Mahie?" Scott said thorough a mouth full of buttery pancakes... "wadda ya mhant?"
"Do you think we should go back.... I mean theres not much out here for us and well... mutants are becomming
less accepted everywhere and at least with the professor we can be safe.... and help...."
Scott put down his coffee and looked seriously at her through his red glasses. His face.... impassive as always.
"If it's what you want."
Marie tried to glean information from his expression but the glasses made that impossible.
She half imagined she saw his mouth twist in disgust at the thought.
"I don't want to force you to go.... I mean with Jean and... Logan..." She look at Scott. "Your my friend... no... your
more than my friend.... I.... don't want you to be hurt." Marie looked into the oily black depts of her coffee cup.
Scott studied the young woman sitting across from him. He leaned foreward and lited her head up so
she was staring into his eyes.
"I love you to Marie."
Marie's eyes widened in shock. ~How did he know that's what i was trying to say!~ She thought. She smiled.
"As long as i have you..... I don't need anybody else." Scott wispered.
________________________
________________________
Miles away Jean awoke with a start. Something had happened. She felt it on a subconcios level. Beside her she
could hear the rythmic breathing of Logan ans he slept. Laying back on the bed she snuggeled closer to his warm body and
wrapped the blanket around her a bit tighter.
Logan groweled quietly in his sleep... and wrapped his arm around the woman next to him.
~~~Logan was walking along the edge of the pool in the mansion. On the other side he saw Scott and Jean laying together
on a blanket talking about the upcomming wedding and how classes were going.
A loud splash draws his attention to the pool. A person with shockingly white streaks in her shiny brown hair was swimming
quickly after another girl with short, dark hair.
"Can't catch me Rogue!!" The Girl yelled out as she swam faster.
"Wanna make a bet Jubilation Lee!!!" The one called Rogue yelled.
Logan sat down on a bench and watched the drama unfold in the pool as several other excited teens joind in the high energy
tag.
Rogue grabbed Jubilee and dunked her under the water. "Gotcha!" She gasped.
~Wait a second~ Logan thought ~How come Marie can touch people?!~
Rogue pulled herself out of the pool and walked towards where logan was sitting.
"Hey Kid." He said as she approached.
"Who you calling kid! I haven't been one for a long time Logan. Or have you been too busy lookin at Jean tah notice.?"
She grabbed her towel which was beside Logan and walked off.
~Shit!~ Logan thought. But he watched her as she went off with her friends ~ She ain't a kid
any more.... when did i miss that?~
~You don't need a gift Logan to tell you that reason.~ Said the professor as he wheeled past him.
~~~
Logan awoke with a start throwing Jean off him.
"God Marie!"
"Huh?" Said Jean as she roused herself from a deep sleep.
"Nothing"
"Hmmm." ~We say so little now~ Thought Jean sadly.
_____________________
Jean and Logan appeared late for breakfast that morning. Logan was grumpier than usual and snapped at everybody.
Jean was quiet and reserved.
Things wern't quite right. Jean felt as though there was a piece of her missing... almost as if somebody had came and taken
a piece of her soul.
Logan was on the guilt trip of the century... kicking himself mentally for letting Marie slip past him unnoticed. He never
really realized how much she meant to him. Sure he had Jean and the sex was great to say the least but their relationship
was missing something.
The whole school seemed subdued that day... kids were less roudy and more respectful, teachers gave little or no homework.
Even Ororo couldn't seem to push away the palpable aura of loss.
____________________
A week later it was final. Logan and Jean were nolonger an item. Logan moved out that Wednesday to his old room
down the hall. He stopped infront of Scott's old room. ~I'm sorry.... you have no idea how sorry i am Scott. I didn't want
to be the bad guy and breakup such a good thing. I was just too stupid to realize what i had going for me. Well wherever
you are i wish you the best of luck.~ He continued down the hall and opened the door to his room.
Jean set about fillig up the empty spaces in the room with pictures and other things she had put away when Logan came.
~Where did i go wrong? Could I have been so blind?~ As she was unpacking a box of photographs of the X-Men she came
across and old shirt of Scotts that she had used to wrap up a vase of some sort. It still smelled of him. Jean
hugged it to herself and when she closed her eyes she could see him just afternhe had bought it standing there looking
so handsom and perfect.
____________________
____________________
"Your really sure you want to do this Marie?"
"Only if you do."
"For you I will do anything."
"This isn't just aobut me!"
"Yeah I guess I need to do this to. Can't run from things all my life."
Marie smiled as Scott drove the Jeep upthe long driveway to the Mansion. The big house loomed up infront of them like a
monster waiting to swallow them and their fargile new dreams of hope for the future.
Taking a deep breath Marie knocked on the door. She was greatful for Scott's presence at her side and relaxed into his
warm and slightly tense body, feeling his arm around her waist.
_____________________
"I'll get it! It might be the pizza guy!" yelled Jubilee.
"Already? It's only been an hour since we called! This may be a new record." Came another voice.
Jubilee yanked the door open and froze in place.
"We're back." Said Marie in a small voice.
Jubilee turned on her heels and ran inside yelling at the top of her lungs. "Marie and Scott are back!!!"
_____________________
Logan jumped up at Jubilees yell. Maby is wasn't too late to patch things up with Marie. HIS Marie. HE would go
down there and apologise and well.... everything would be back to normal... sorta... Besides Soctt was back and
that would make Jean happy. Wouldn't it?
Jean's heart beat faster at the news that Scott had returned. It was a chance to go back. Logan and her couldn't
have broken up at a better time. Scott was so forgiving and he loved her. He would forgive her. Right?
_____________________
Marie leaned into Scott as the sat together on the couch.
"..........and thats basically how it went." Finished Scott. The rest of the school, minus Logan and Jean who were
still in their rooms primping and practicing good apology lines, had been listening intently to the story of how they met
on the road.
"Wow. Totally cool." Breathed Jubillee. "Well i suppose i should sho you where you two will be living from now on." With
a wink she added. "And keep the noise down would ya...."
Scott laughed loudly and Marie turned red. The students had accepted the realtionship between the two runaway staff members
without question. Ther were more surprised in the changes in teh two of them. Scott, stick up the ass English Lit teacher,
was now easy going and basked in the glory of the rather rude jokes put his way. Marie, the brooding, moody, 24/7 PMS lady
who could not toutch a living thing, was happy and smiling reveling in the fact that human contact was nolonger forbiden.
_____________________
Jubilee led Marie and Scott up the stairs to their new room.
"Well here ya go.... i guess i'll se you guys at dinner then?"
"Hopefully...." Said Marie with a wink at Scott.
_____________________
Marie set her suitcase down beside Scott's near the door. She glanced around the room. Wood panneling on the walls...
dressers and nightabels..... coat tree in the corner.... bathroom with a sink, shower and rather large tub (Marie though that
she might just be able to get 10 laps in before dinner and vaguely wondered if there was also a diving bord).... and
going back into the room that largest, most comfortable bed she hadever seen, covered with a heavy ruby red quilt. Perect.
"I'm going to have a shower Marie.... you gonna unpack?"
"Sure, don't take too long i'm hungry!"
Marie set about unpacking and was almost done when there was a knock on the door. She walked over and opened it slowly.
"LOGAN!" Marie stood looking at him in a state of shock
"Marie we need to talk." Logan pushed passed her and went into the room. "Marie i'm sorry about the whole things and i was
hoping that we could.... start over. I missed you... I..... neverrealizedwhatiwasmissingwheniletyougo." He finished quickly.
"Logan we...I can't go back."
"Marie..."Logan looked at her with pleading eyes "Please.... I love you... so much." Logan grabbed her shoulders and
accidently pushed her against the wall. Just then Scott stepped out of the shower with nothing but a towel around his waist.
"Marie baby, have you seen my sh.... Logan GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY WIFE!"
End Chapter but not the story!!!