Cheating Hearts 4
Author's Notes: Sorry for the delay, but I've been so busy. I hope that you guys aren't too mad at me though.
Disclaimer: None of the characters here are the sole property of Marvel Comics.
Lies, deceit, and a broken heart.
Logan was asleep on the hard floor, when the sound of a rooster woke him up. He looked around the empty room, until his eyes fell upon a stack of neatly stacked papers. He rubbed his eyes lazily, and noticed that a set of keys was dangling from his fingers. He tried to remember what the keys were for, and he suddenly recalled the day before.
He had been speaking with a man named Charlie Rose, who had been a real estate agent. Logan had been in the market for a new house for the last couple of months, and he finally settled last night on the house of his dreams. He reasoned that he wanted to avoid living a life like that of Jean and Scott. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life, living in a mansion with everybody looking over his shoulder.
If there was anything in this life that he wanted, it was to have Ororo by his side for as long as he lived. He wanted Ororo in his life, and he wanted her to stay with him. However, he had wanted to make it official first. That's where Jubilee's help had come in. He paid her $100.00 to help him propose to the woman of his dreams. For weeks they plotted and planned the perfect way to propose, and they finally settled on the way they were going to do just that.
It was Jubilee's big idea to place the ring in Ororo's chestnut drawer. At first they were going to place the ring in the greenhouse, but soon realized that she spent too much time in the tiny room. Logan figured that the dresser drawer was a pretty good idea, since Ororo was always going in her dresser to change.
He sat up, and looked around the room. He was positive that Ororo was going to love the two-story house. He decided that this would be the perfect house, to start their life together. It seemed like only yesterday that they shared their very first kiss, and he realized that he was falling deeper in love with her as the time passed.
Logan wondered if Jubilee had placed the ring in Ororo's room yet, and decided to call her to make sure. He grabbed his leather jacket that was lying on the floor, and reached into his coat pocket. He grabbed his cell phone, and immediately called Jubilee's phone number. He waited patiently as the phone continually ranged, and then he hung up when Jubilee didn't answer her phone. He pressed the clear button, and then he called the mansion's main number. The phone ranged a few times before, Rogue answered finally answered it.
"Xavier's School for tha gifted. How can I help ya today sugar?"
"Hey Rogue, it's me. Is Jubilee there?" Logan said.
"Well I haven't seen her today, but I can check to see if she's still here. Hold on a sec."
Rogue went to Jubilee's room first, then she checked the living room to see if she watching TV. When she couldn't find her in any one of her usual hiding spots, she checked to see if she was talking to any one of her teammates. The last room Rogue checked was Ororo's bedroom. She knocked on the door, and waited patiently as she heard Ororo walking toward the door. The door was opened an inch, and the only thing that Rogue could see was one of Ororo's blue eyes.
"Hey Ro. Have you seen Jubilee?" She asked.
"I'm afraid that I haven't seen or heard from her all day." Ororo said as she hastily tried to close the door.
"Ro? Wait a minute sugah. I just wanted to let you know that Logan's on tha phone. I'm sure that he's gon wanna ta speak with you."
"Can you tell him that I will call him as soon as I'm dressed. I woke up a little late today. I'll be down in a minute."
"All right sugah. I'll see ya later. Oh and if you see Jubes, tell her that Logan wants ta speak to her."
"I'll tell her."
Rogue walked away from Storm's door, feeling like the woman was hiding something. However, that thought soon became a memory when she picked up the phone.
"Logan? Are you still there?"
"Yeah. What took ya so long?" He asked impatiently.
"I was trying ta find Jubes. I don't know where she's at, I guess she went shopping."
"Without her cell phone?" Logan asked worriedly.
"That does seem kind of strange."
"If you see her just have her call me. I'm on my way back to the mansion right now."
"Okay. I see ya later then."
Logan hung up the phone, and gathered up all his belongings. He walked out the door, feeling confident that his plans were going according to plan. He made arrangements with Jubes for her to put the ring in Ororo's dresser drawer, and then she was supposed to take her out until 4:00 o'clock. Then Jubilee was supposed to make Ororo change into something else more comfortable, therefore finding the ring. When that happened Jubilee would give the signal of a loud shriek, and then Logan would make his way up to Ororo's room. He was to be dressed in a tux, and then he was going to get on his knees and ask Ororo to marry him.
Now it appeared that Jubilee wasn't in the mansion, and that could only mean one thing. It appeared that both Jubilee and Ororo were not in the mansion. So he jumped on his Harley and headed back towards the mansion. He still had to shower and get dressed for the big proposal. So he drove off towards the mansion, with the knowledge that he was about to make a change in his life. It was a change he was yearning for, and nothing was about to stop him now. At least that's what he thought.
Jubilee couldn't believe her luck, which was bad at the moment. It was bad enough that she had spent all night long locked up in Ororo Munroe's closet. Now she was starting to get cramps in her legs. She didn't want to move or make a sound, for the fear of knowing that she would be found out. So naturally she became afraid when she heard Rogue knocking on the door. She cursed inwardly as she heard Ororo instruct Remy to hide, but was relieved that he didn't chose the closet as his hiding place.
Her fears were suddenly intensified when she suddenly realized that Logan was now on his way home, and their plans were going to be ruined. She waited patiently, afraid that at any minute she would be found. She waited as she heard Rogue leaving, and she heard the light whispers between Ororo and Remy. She could make out the sounds of them getting dressed.
Suddenly she heard the bedroom door open, and she strained to listen to what they were saying. She heard Ororo telling Remy that the coast was clear, and then she heard the both of them leave the bedroom. She slowly pushed the closet door opened, and peered around the room. She didn't want to risk being caught, so she walked to the bedroom door. She peeked outside the door, and noticed that the halls were empty.
Before she opened the door, she stuck her hand in her pocket. She immediately felt the hard velvet box, and debated on whether she should put the box in Ororo's box or not. She decided that she wasn't going to put the box in her dresser, because at that moment she wasn't comfortable with the latest turn of events.
She headed towards Logan's room, because she wanted him to know the truth. True enough she felt that she should talk to Storm first, but Logan was her best friend. Then again he might kill the Cajun if he found out the truth. She had been there, and she knew that Remy didn't give Ororo that much of a choice. So she swallowed her pride, and walked around the mansion to talk to Storm. She found Ororo sitting in the greenroom, and she was crying.
When Ororo heard the door open, she pretended to water her plants. Her back was turned to Jubilee, and she wiped away the tears with the back of her sleeve.
"Jubilee?"
"Storm I know." Jubilee stated plainly.
"Know what?"
"I know about you and Remy."
"You were spying on me!" Ororo shouted as she stood up and faced Jubilee.
"I didn't have any choice. I was stuck in your closet."
"What were you doing in my closet?"
"I was doing a favor for Logan."
"By sneaking into my closet? You had no right, no right at all. Where do you get off by spying on me?"
"Ororo. I was there. I know Remy used you, and I know that you didn't have very much choice in the matter. I just think that it would be best if you go to Logan, and tell him the truth. He deserves that much at least. Tell him the truth. I'm sure that he'll understand."
"Logan isn't going to understand this Jubilee. He'll kill Remy if he finds out, and that's the very thing that I want to avoid."
"You have to tell him." Jubilee said
"I can't."
"Or you won't?" Jubilee questioned.
"You don't understand the predicament that I'm in. How can I tell the man that I love, that I cheated on him?"
"How can you not?" She questioned.
"Jubilee you're too young to understand any of this." Ororo said as she turned her back to her.
"You're right. I don't understand any of this, but I'm old enough to know that this is wrong. You claim that you love Logan, and yet you decide that you want to be in a relationship that's full of lies. Do you honestly want to deceive him into thinking that he's the only one that you've slept with? Only sluts do that Ororo."
In that instant Ororo turned around, and slapped Jubilee in the face. There was a moment of silence, and then there was a moment of shock. Jubilee couldn't believe that Ororo had actually hit her. In all the years since she's been an X-Man, Ororo had never laid a finger on her. Not once.
"I guess you made your choice then?" Jubilee said.
"Yeah. I guess I have."
Jubilee walked towards the door, and turned back around to face Ororo one last time.
"Well, I guess I have too." She stated.
With that being said, Jubilee walked out of the greenhouse. Then she turned around and went back inside. Ororo looked back at the young girl, as she dug in her pants pocket. She reached in her pocket, and pulled out the velvet box. She threw the box to Ororo in a cruel manner, and looked at the woman with a look of sheer loathing.
"The reason why I was in your room last night, was to sneak that into your dresser. Just so that you know, Logan wants to marry you. He'll be here in a few hours, and I'm going to give you one hour to tell him the truth. If you don't, then you better believe that I will."
With that Jubilee stormed out of the greenroom, and Ororo continued to cry.
I hate swimming. I must have been swimming all night, but I had to find somewhere to rest. Finally I found a soft spot to rest for the night, and so I burrowed my way into the warm little room. I immediately fell asleep, and I suddenly felt the changes in my body. However, I slept. This was such a warm room, that I vowed that I wasn't ever going to leave. So I slept.
That's it for that chapter. Can anybody understand the last part? Take a guess, cause I'm not revealing what that meant until the next chapter. Speaking of next chapter, Logan finds out Ororo's little secret. Also teammates take sides, which will leave a lot of questions. Also Logan and Remy have a little confrontation, and it's not going to go down the way you expected. Join us in the next chapter.
Author's Notes: Sorry for the delay, but I've been so busy. I hope that you guys aren't too mad at me though.
Disclaimer: None of the characters here are the sole property of Marvel Comics.
Lies, deceit, and a broken heart.
Logan was asleep on the hard floor, when the sound of a rooster woke him up. He looked around the empty room, until his eyes fell upon a stack of neatly stacked papers. He rubbed his eyes lazily, and noticed that a set of keys was dangling from his fingers. He tried to remember what the keys were for, and he suddenly recalled the day before.
He had been speaking with a man named Charlie Rose, who had been a real estate agent. Logan had been in the market for a new house for the last couple of months, and he finally settled last night on the house of his dreams. He reasoned that he wanted to avoid living a life like that of Jean and Scott. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life, living in a mansion with everybody looking over his shoulder.
If there was anything in this life that he wanted, it was to have Ororo by his side for as long as he lived. He wanted Ororo in his life, and he wanted her to stay with him. However, he had wanted to make it official first. That's where Jubilee's help had come in. He paid her $100.00 to help him propose to the woman of his dreams. For weeks they plotted and planned the perfect way to propose, and they finally settled on the way they were going to do just that.
It was Jubilee's big idea to place the ring in Ororo's chestnut drawer. At first they were going to place the ring in the greenhouse, but soon realized that she spent too much time in the tiny room. Logan figured that the dresser drawer was a pretty good idea, since Ororo was always going in her dresser to change.
He sat up, and looked around the room. He was positive that Ororo was going to love the two-story house. He decided that this would be the perfect house, to start their life together. It seemed like only yesterday that they shared their very first kiss, and he realized that he was falling deeper in love with her as the time passed.
Logan wondered if Jubilee had placed the ring in Ororo's room yet, and decided to call her to make sure. He grabbed his leather jacket that was lying on the floor, and reached into his coat pocket. He grabbed his cell phone, and immediately called Jubilee's phone number. He waited patiently as the phone continually ranged, and then he hung up when Jubilee didn't answer her phone. He pressed the clear button, and then he called the mansion's main number. The phone ranged a few times before, Rogue answered finally answered it.
"Xavier's School for tha gifted. How can I help ya today sugar?"
"Hey Rogue, it's me. Is Jubilee there?" Logan said.
"Well I haven't seen her today, but I can check to see if she's still here. Hold on a sec."
Rogue went to Jubilee's room first, then she checked the living room to see if she watching TV. When she couldn't find her in any one of her usual hiding spots, she checked to see if she was talking to any one of her teammates. The last room Rogue checked was Ororo's bedroom. She knocked on the door, and waited patiently as she heard Ororo walking toward the door. The door was opened an inch, and the only thing that Rogue could see was one of Ororo's blue eyes.
"Hey Ro. Have you seen Jubilee?" She asked.
"I'm afraid that I haven't seen or heard from her all day." Ororo said as she hastily tried to close the door.
"Ro? Wait a minute sugah. I just wanted to let you know that Logan's on tha phone. I'm sure that he's gon wanna ta speak with you."
"Can you tell him that I will call him as soon as I'm dressed. I woke up a little late today. I'll be down in a minute."
"All right sugah. I'll see ya later. Oh and if you see Jubes, tell her that Logan wants ta speak to her."
"I'll tell her."
Rogue walked away from Storm's door, feeling like the woman was hiding something. However, that thought soon became a memory when she picked up the phone.
"Logan? Are you still there?"
"Yeah. What took ya so long?" He asked impatiently.
"I was trying ta find Jubes. I don't know where she's at, I guess she went shopping."
"Without her cell phone?" Logan asked worriedly.
"That does seem kind of strange."
"If you see her just have her call me. I'm on my way back to the mansion right now."
"Okay. I see ya later then."
Logan hung up the phone, and gathered up all his belongings. He walked out the door, feeling confident that his plans were going according to plan. He made arrangements with Jubes for her to put the ring in Ororo's dresser drawer, and then she was supposed to take her out until 4:00 o'clock. Then Jubilee was supposed to make Ororo change into something else more comfortable, therefore finding the ring. When that happened Jubilee would give the signal of a loud shriek, and then Logan would make his way up to Ororo's room. He was to be dressed in a tux, and then he was going to get on his knees and ask Ororo to marry him.
Now it appeared that Jubilee wasn't in the mansion, and that could only mean one thing. It appeared that both Jubilee and Ororo were not in the mansion. So he jumped on his Harley and headed back towards the mansion. He still had to shower and get dressed for the big proposal. So he drove off towards the mansion, with the knowledge that he was about to make a change in his life. It was a change he was yearning for, and nothing was about to stop him now. At least that's what he thought.
Jubilee couldn't believe her luck, which was bad at the moment. It was bad enough that she had spent all night long locked up in Ororo Munroe's closet. Now she was starting to get cramps in her legs. She didn't want to move or make a sound, for the fear of knowing that she would be found out. So naturally she became afraid when she heard Rogue knocking on the door. She cursed inwardly as she heard Ororo instruct Remy to hide, but was relieved that he didn't chose the closet as his hiding place.
Her fears were suddenly intensified when she suddenly realized that Logan was now on his way home, and their plans were going to be ruined. She waited patiently, afraid that at any minute she would be found. She waited as she heard Rogue leaving, and she heard the light whispers between Ororo and Remy. She could make out the sounds of them getting dressed.
Suddenly she heard the bedroom door open, and she strained to listen to what they were saying. She heard Ororo telling Remy that the coast was clear, and then she heard the both of them leave the bedroom. She slowly pushed the closet door opened, and peered around the room. She didn't want to risk being caught, so she walked to the bedroom door. She peeked outside the door, and noticed that the halls were empty.
Before she opened the door, she stuck her hand in her pocket. She immediately felt the hard velvet box, and debated on whether she should put the box in Ororo's box or not. She decided that she wasn't going to put the box in her dresser, because at that moment she wasn't comfortable with the latest turn of events.
She headed towards Logan's room, because she wanted him to know the truth. True enough she felt that she should talk to Storm first, but Logan was her best friend. Then again he might kill the Cajun if he found out the truth. She had been there, and she knew that Remy didn't give Ororo that much of a choice. So she swallowed her pride, and walked around the mansion to talk to Storm. She found Ororo sitting in the greenroom, and she was crying.
When Ororo heard the door open, she pretended to water her plants. Her back was turned to Jubilee, and she wiped away the tears with the back of her sleeve.
"Jubilee?"
"Storm I know." Jubilee stated plainly.
"Know what?"
"I know about you and Remy."
"You were spying on me!" Ororo shouted as she stood up and faced Jubilee.
"I didn't have any choice. I was stuck in your closet."
"What were you doing in my closet?"
"I was doing a favor for Logan."
"By sneaking into my closet? You had no right, no right at all. Where do you get off by spying on me?"
"Ororo. I was there. I know Remy used you, and I know that you didn't have very much choice in the matter. I just think that it would be best if you go to Logan, and tell him the truth. He deserves that much at least. Tell him the truth. I'm sure that he'll understand."
"Logan isn't going to understand this Jubilee. He'll kill Remy if he finds out, and that's the very thing that I want to avoid."
"You have to tell him." Jubilee said
"I can't."
"Or you won't?" Jubilee questioned.
"You don't understand the predicament that I'm in. How can I tell the man that I love, that I cheated on him?"
"How can you not?" She questioned.
"Jubilee you're too young to understand any of this." Ororo said as she turned her back to her.
"You're right. I don't understand any of this, but I'm old enough to know that this is wrong. You claim that you love Logan, and yet you decide that you want to be in a relationship that's full of lies. Do you honestly want to deceive him into thinking that he's the only one that you've slept with? Only sluts do that Ororo."
In that instant Ororo turned around, and slapped Jubilee in the face. There was a moment of silence, and then there was a moment of shock. Jubilee couldn't believe that Ororo had actually hit her. In all the years since she's been an X-Man, Ororo had never laid a finger on her. Not once.
"I guess you made your choice then?" Jubilee said.
"Yeah. I guess I have."
Jubilee walked towards the door, and turned back around to face Ororo one last time.
"Well, I guess I have too." She stated.
With that being said, Jubilee walked out of the greenhouse. Then she turned around and went back inside. Ororo looked back at the young girl, as she dug in her pants pocket. She reached in her pocket, and pulled out the velvet box. She threw the box to Ororo in a cruel manner, and looked at the woman with a look of sheer loathing.
"The reason why I was in your room last night, was to sneak that into your dresser. Just so that you know, Logan wants to marry you. He'll be here in a few hours, and I'm going to give you one hour to tell him the truth. If you don't, then you better believe that I will."
With that Jubilee stormed out of the greenroom, and Ororo continued to cry.
I hate swimming. I must have been swimming all night, but I had to find somewhere to rest. Finally I found a soft spot to rest for the night, and so I burrowed my way into the warm little room. I immediately fell asleep, and I suddenly felt the changes in my body. However, I slept. This was such a warm room, that I vowed that I wasn't ever going to leave. So I slept.
That's it for that chapter. Can anybody understand the last part? Take a guess, cause I'm not revealing what that meant until the next chapter. Speaking of next chapter, Logan finds out Ororo's little secret. Also teammates take sides, which will leave a lot of questions. Also Logan and Remy have a little confrontation, and it's not going to go down the way you expected. Join us in the next chapter.