Three days later

Marie was frantic, pacing her and Logan's room. Logan had not been seen by
anyone since he had stormed out three days prior. A clear sign that he was hurting,
hurting bad. "And it's all my fault" she thought bitterly to herself. Sure, their
relationship as any others had had its ups and its downs during the years but nothing
that compared to this. "A moment of weakness and I let everything I've ever wanted to
crash down on me. I'm losing on the swings and I'm losing on the roundabouts. Wherever
I look, I'm losing. Everything that ever mattered" she thinks while trying to get some sleep.
All in vain. Sleep refuses to comfort her, it even refuses to let itself be known. She
glances over to the clock standing on the bedside table every five minutes, refusing to believe
time could pass so slowly. Sleep finally comes though – the same way it had the last couple of
nights. When she was too exhausted to cry anymore.

When Kitty saw the look of Rogue the morning after she was ready to quite
literally kill Logan. True, it was Rogue's fault that she was in this mess
but that didn't stop Kitty from thinking Logan could have handled it a lot better. Maybe
naïve or wishful thinking on her part but that was how it is. "And it's not like
Logan's the posterchild of being faithful either" she thought, without really having a
reason to think so. And she was too honest to herself to not admit that. Since the two of
them had become a couple, Logan seemed to have gotten over his need to find a new
bedmate at least once a week. But now? Who knows? Kitty was one determined woman
though. She refused to let them wreak their relationship because of one stupid
mistake. So, if Rogue wouldn't or couldn't do something, it's up to her. "Even if it's
really not my business" she thought before setting off to find Logan. She had a pretty
good idea where he could be found. Probably out in the woods somewhere. He's always
had a soft spot for nature and more so when he felt he had to be alone for some
time.

An hour or so later, she had spotted him and approached him cautiously.

"Logan?"
"What? Oh, it's you. What do you want?"
"See how you're doing. And ask what you plan to do about this whole mess."
"You know, huh? But since when do you care about me?"
"That's a low blow Logan, and you know it. You're my friend and so is Rogue. And yeah, I do know.
Rogue can't hide anything from me even if she tried."
"Sorry Kitty. I know you care but I really don't know what to do. I still can't believe she'd do
something like that to me."
"That makes two of us. But look, she's been punishing herself over this enough. She really regrets what she did."
"And that's supposed to make me feel better?"
"I had hoped so. You do love her, don't you?"
"Yeah. And that's why it hurts so much."
"I understand Logan, I really do. But have you never made a mistake that you've wished you could take back?"
"Sure, everyone has. But that's just wishful thinking."
"It is but be careful. If you throw away what you have with Rogue now, you might look back on it with another
wishful thought some time from now. And have you considered that you might have a part in this mess too?"
"What? Now you've lost me."
"If you weren't so damn stubborn of finding your past and leaving for months at a time, none of this might have happened.
How do you think Rogue feels when you're not around? What's most important, your past or your future?"

With that Kitty leaves, hoping she has made Logan at least to think things
over without his male pride getting in the way.

Logan looks after her as she leaves, completely stunned. Kitty had some good
points he had to admit to himself even if it hurt. "Damn, am I stupid or what?" he
thought. He still couldn't bring himself to go back to the mansion. Not yet.

Meanwhile Rogue had headed for the city. She still felt miserable but figured she had to do something to take her minds of it
if she didn't want to break down completely. A good afternoon going from shop to shop, basically overdrawing her credit card
could always do that. She had to laugh a little at that. That was something about her that Logan never had understood. Why she had
that insatiable need to shop every now and then. Something no man can really understand she was thinking. Bobby, Remy or John never did
either.

When she got back to her room, totally overloaded with bags from uncountable number of shops, she got totally taken by surprise. Logan
was sitting on their bed.

"Hey Marie" he said, "I've been waiting for you. Another shopping spree eh?"
"You know me. That's what I do best."
"Let me help you with that."
"Eh, Logan. It's not that I don't appreciate the help. I do but last time I saw you you were ready to quite literally explode of anger."
"I was. But I've had some time to cool down now. I'm ready to give this another shot if you are."
"Logan, I don't deserve that."
"You do. You're too important to me that I should let that little mistake get in our way."
"*sniff* You do know how to say the sweetest things when I least expect them. But somehow it doesn't sound like you."
"Ah well, it's me. But I admit that Kitty helped me see what really matters. She's a really good friend to ya."
"So you really forgive me?"
"Yeah. I do. I know this may not be what you wanna hear, but I don't think I will ever be able to forget but I forgive it. And maybe it's good
that I won't forget. Makes us realize how easy it is to slip. Are you ready to give this geek one more shot?"
"Do you have to ask" she says while hugging him so hard it would have chokedhim if it wasn't for his adamantium skeleton.