Title: Tell Me Why

Author: JesSickUh

Email: un33kpnay1@y...

Disclaimer: If I owned Logan...I wouldn't bother writing about

it...I'd be living it baby!

Archive Rights: WRFA,DDFH, fan fiction.net, and my yet to be titled/completed website You want it? Go ahead...I wanna feel special. Let me know if u

take it.

Rating: G...if I could write smut...I would

Summary: Logan finds Marie, and they hash things out.sort of.

Series: I dunno.maybe.

Feedback: Please be gentle. I'm still new at this.

Author's Notes: Didn't know what to call this one. I'm not a fan of

Jean at ALL, but for some reason, I didn't write a badJean for this

story. Since it's been a while since I've worked on this, here are

the links to the first two segments of the

story: and

Thank you/Dedications: To all the faithful L/M shippers out there

who provide me w/ lotsa good reading. To Karen for the awesome beta

read.

The crowd burst into a round of applause as Marie sang the

last note of the song. Logan stood up with the audience as they

gave her a standing ovation. He ignored the catcalls and the

whistles made as Marie took a bow and walked off the stage. She made

her way to the bar and was offered a drink by the bartender. "Here

ya go darlin'." Marie winced at the sound of the endearment. She

shook her head to rid herself of thoughts of Logan.

"That was great darlin'."

"Thank you sir - Logan?"

Rogue stood up and was about to walk away but Logan was too fast for

her. He took a hold of her wrist and willed her to face him. She

kept her eyes down and refused to look him in the eye. Already

feeling the sting of tears burning her eyelids, she sighed and led

him to a secluded table in the corner.

"Marie, did you really mean.what you said up there?"

"Whaddya mean?"

"I mean, it seems to me like you were singing from

experience." She said nothing, only twiddling her fingers.

"God Marie, how could you think so little of my feelings for

you ? You know I love you.

"But you love yourself more," she said trying to keep the

bitterness out of her voice. "You can only stay with me for so long

before you revert back to your loner status. Why Logan? Why are you

so afraid of us.of me? What's out there that I can't give you?

"You're right, I'm scared."

"Of what? Whatever it is, you know we could face it

together. That's when we're strongest. Why do you shut me out?" By

then, the tears were streaming freely down her porcelain face.

"Marie, I don't wanna burden you with my problems-

"Well you should've thought of that before saving my life up

on that statue. You're in here now Logan," she said pointing to

her temple. "The good, the bad, and the ugly. You can't escape me

any more than I can escape you.

"So does that mean you want me back," he asked hopefully

She sighed. "I'll always want you back Logan, but whether or not I'm

actually going to take you back, that's another story.

"Marie."

"Here," she said scribbling something on a piece of paper

and thrusting it into his hand. "You can reach me at this number.

We can talk more tomorrow.

"Marie, you won't be sorry. I promise you- She held her hand up, "

I'm not promising anything, so don't you be making any promises you

can't keep either."

"Alright," he replied, knowing he should quit while he was ahead.

When she turned and left, he couldn't help but smile to himself.

Marie breathed in the fresh air as soon as she stepped

outside. She wondered if she was doing the right thing or if she

was setting herself up for another fall. She decided to call Jean

as soon as she got back to her room. She knew her friend wouldn't

mind, despite the late hour. Sighing again, she hailed a cab and

headed back to the hotel. People often said things always looked

better in the morning. In her case, it was the opposite, since

morning was when she often woke up to find that Logan had once again

taken off. She reminded herself that this time, it was her that

did the running. If he didn't call tomorrow, then it wouldn't make

a difference.or would it? Rogue paid the cab driver and walked

begrudgingly up to her room. Once she was inside, she got ready for

bed and "Jean," she said in her mind, "am I doing the right

thing?" She was answered by a warm mental hug from the doctor.

Satisfied, and exhausted, Rogue drifted off to a dreamless

sleep.