CHAPTER 4
Logan sauntered down the hallway, very aware of the gasps and whispered cries of "He's back!" from the female half of the school, and the scowls and glares from the male half of the school. He inhaled happily. All was right in the world.
He barely glimpsed the hurtling patch of dark brown before he was hit in the stomach by 120 pounds of fast moving Rogue.
"Oof!" That was all Logan could get in before he was knocked to the ground.
She bounced happily. Which caused a few other things to bounce as well. "Your back!"
"Hurts. A lot." He growled, only half serious.
"Ah missed you." She said, pulling him to his feet.
"And I missed you too kid." He ruffled her hair. "Aren't you meant to be in class or something?"
"Not for a while." She paused. "Why are you back anyway? Everybody thought you'd be a whole lot longer."
He smiled. "Well, I told ya I'd take care of you, didn't I? And I ain't one to go back on my promises."
She hugged him tightly. "Well, Ah'm glad your back anyway, for whatevah reason."
He felt a pang in his chest and an alarm sounding in his head. Shit. SHIT.
But before he could continue that line of thought, he felt another alarm sound in his head.
Logan. If you wouldn't mind, I would like you to come to my office. There is a matter of great importance I must discuss with you.
Logan growled. Xavier knew that Logan hated anyone in his head. It had taken enough screwing around in the past.
"Look kid, Chuck's callin'. I'll catch up with you later, okay?"
She smiled. "Sure. See you later Logan."
Logan went into Xavier's office without knocking. Cue ball would know he was coming in anyway.
"Aah, Logan. Please, come in and sit down." Chuck looked just like he did the day that Logan had first come into his office. Kind, but laced with a smugness that Logan found almost intolerable. I mean, Logan thought to himself, how much can a bald guy in a wheel chair change in a month. Then Logan remembered he was in a room with a telepath.
He sat down.
"What did you want to talk to me about, Chuck? And don't say that you're just welcoming me back. 'Cause I know you ain't."
"Actually, it is a much more serious matter. It concerns what is between you and Rogue, not to mention what is between yourself and Miss Lee."
Logan narrowed his eyes. "Ain't that my business Chuck?"
"Actually it is not. First of all, your leading Rogue on like this will only end with her getting hurt, and she has dealt with enough sorrow in her lifetime."
"What the hell are you talkin' about? I've haven't given her any reason to believe that we're anything but friends."
"The hope that you are more than a friend to her is only natural, Logan. And you've done nothing to convince her otherwise."
"You ever thought what would happen if I did? Huh? It would break the kid's heart if I told her we were only friends. I didn't think you were the kind of guy who wanted that for her."
"And Jubilee? What of her feelings Logan? It breaks her heart every time she holds back on being anything but friends with you. She's doing for Rogue's sake, Logan, and if there is nothing between you and Rogue, than you are hurting Jubilee for no reason, and you will eventually hurt Rogue. You've got to make a choice."
Logan jumped to his feet. "What the hell do you think I am, Xavier? Some fuckin' pedophile? They're only seventeen! I'm double their age! Two words for you, Chuck. Jail. Bait. It's just some stupid crush. They'll get over it."
"For Rogue, maybe. Maybe for her it's some infatuation. It would be natural. But for Jubilee? It's more than that, and you know it. She wise far beyond her years, and this is more some passing crush. I've seen it in her eyes, when she looks at you, and I've felt it in her mind."
Logan shook his head. "Maybe. But until things settle down, I'm not doin' anything. I'm not going to fuck up whatever it is that I have with either of them by rushin' things."
Logan saw, for the first time, anger in Professor Xavier's eyes. But the wheelchair bound held his head high. "Very well. But I won't permit you to hurt either of them. If you do, I'll be forced to intervene."
"Fine." Logan walked to the door. "Fine.
AIEEEE! Sorry the ending is kind of stuffed up. Best thing I could think of. Thanks to all the people who have been reviewing so far, keep reviewing! I'd just like to ask people that I know to stop sending me reviews, 'cause it makes it really difficult for readers to work out whether or not I actually get genuine reviews. Sorry it took so long for this chapter to get up, I've been at school camp, and just generally lazy.
Logan sauntered down the hallway, very aware of the gasps and whispered cries of "He's back!" from the female half of the school, and the scowls and glares from the male half of the school. He inhaled happily. All was right in the world.
He barely glimpsed the hurtling patch of dark brown before he was hit in the stomach by 120 pounds of fast moving Rogue.
"Oof!" That was all Logan could get in before he was knocked to the ground.
She bounced happily. Which caused a few other things to bounce as well. "Your back!"
"Hurts. A lot." He growled, only half serious.
"Ah missed you." She said, pulling him to his feet.
"And I missed you too kid." He ruffled her hair. "Aren't you meant to be in class or something?"
"Not for a while." She paused. "Why are you back anyway? Everybody thought you'd be a whole lot longer."
He smiled. "Well, I told ya I'd take care of you, didn't I? And I ain't one to go back on my promises."
She hugged him tightly. "Well, Ah'm glad your back anyway, for whatevah reason."
He felt a pang in his chest and an alarm sounding in his head. Shit. SHIT.
But before he could continue that line of thought, he felt another alarm sound in his head.
Logan. If you wouldn't mind, I would like you to come to my office. There is a matter of great importance I must discuss with you.
Logan growled. Xavier knew that Logan hated anyone in his head. It had taken enough screwing around in the past.
"Look kid, Chuck's callin'. I'll catch up with you later, okay?"
She smiled. "Sure. See you later Logan."
Logan went into Xavier's office without knocking. Cue ball would know he was coming in anyway.
"Aah, Logan. Please, come in and sit down." Chuck looked just like he did the day that Logan had first come into his office. Kind, but laced with a smugness that Logan found almost intolerable. I mean, Logan thought to himself, how much can a bald guy in a wheel chair change in a month. Then Logan remembered he was in a room with a telepath.
He sat down.
"What did you want to talk to me about, Chuck? And don't say that you're just welcoming me back. 'Cause I know you ain't."
"Actually, it is a much more serious matter. It concerns what is between you and Rogue, not to mention what is between yourself and Miss Lee."
Logan narrowed his eyes. "Ain't that my business Chuck?"
"Actually it is not. First of all, your leading Rogue on like this will only end with her getting hurt, and she has dealt with enough sorrow in her lifetime."
"What the hell are you talkin' about? I've haven't given her any reason to believe that we're anything but friends."
"The hope that you are more than a friend to her is only natural, Logan. And you've done nothing to convince her otherwise."
"You ever thought what would happen if I did? Huh? It would break the kid's heart if I told her we were only friends. I didn't think you were the kind of guy who wanted that for her."
"And Jubilee? What of her feelings Logan? It breaks her heart every time she holds back on being anything but friends with you. She's doing for Rogue's sake, Logan, and if there is nothing between you and Rogue, than you are hurting Jubilee for no reason, and you will eventually hurt Rogue. You've got to make a choice."
Logan jumped to his feet. "What the hell do you think I am, Xavier? Some fuckin' pedophile? They're only seventeen! I'm double their age! Two words for you, Chuck. Jail. Bait. It's just some stupid crush. They'll get over it."
"For Rogue, maybe. Maybe for her it's some infatuation. It would be natural. But for Jubilee? It's more than that, and you know it. She wise far beyond her years, and this is more some passing crush. I've seen it in her eyes, when she looks at you, and I've felt it in her mind."
Logan shook his head. "Maybe. But until things settle down, I'm not doin' anything. I'm not going to fuck up whatever it is that I have with either of them by rushin' things."
Logan saw, for the first time, anger in Professor Xavier's eyes. But the wheelchair bound held his head high. "Very well. But I won't permit you to hurt either of them. If you do, I'll be forced to intervene."
"Fine." Logan walked to the door. "Fine.
AIEEEE! Sorry the ending is kind of stuffed up. Best thing I could think of. Thanks to all the people who have been reviewing so far, keep reviewing! I'd just like to ask people that I know to stop sending me reviews, 'cause it makes it really difficult for readers to work out whether or not I actually get genuine reviews. Sorry it took so long for this chapter to get up, I've been at school camp, and just generally lazy.