Disclaimer: See Chap. 1

Pairings: Logan / Jean, slight Pietro / Kitty

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2 Sides To Every Story

Rogue slumped back to the hideout and went over to the television, she clicked it on and watched the news for a few minutes, maybe the police had caught up with their latest scam and were reporting on it. After about 5 minutes the screen began to fuzz and crackle, a few seconds later it died completely, leaving Rogue in the dark again.

"Damn", she muttered, she toyed with the idea of going to bed but shrugged it off as having absolutely no point, all she'd do is lie there and replay the rguement over and over, trying to figure out what she'd said wrong. She sat down on the cold floor and gently banged her head against the wall in annoyance.

"Fine mess yah've made aave everything now, just perfect", Rogue groaned, "What'd ah do this time?"

"I don't think you did anything, but maybe I'm wrong", Raven commented as she walked into the room, "What's happened this time? You and Risty didn't fight again did you?". Rogue nodded miserably and hung her head.

"It was stupid, first she ahsks me what mah real name was, which by the way ah meant to ahsk you, then she began to ahsk whether ah was going out with Lance or any of the others, then she got kinda tense and we started arguing", she explained. Raven frowned and considered her answer before revealing it.

"I think Risty is......well to be honest......jealous of your time hanging around with the boys, especially Lance. Risty feels she has to compete constantly for you to notice her, you are her best friend, you have to realize that. I've never seen Risty with anyone else, I'm beginning to wonder if you're her only friend", Raven expanded. Rogue nodded, seeing the sense in what raven was saying, it certainly answered a lot of questions.

"Yeaah ah guess, but she knows what ah do", Rogue mumbled, "Ah wish she'd tell me how she feels, that at least ah could do summat". Raven pulled out her mobile phone, Rogue never used a mobile, she prefered the way the Internet worked to a phone and so had never bought one herself.

"Call her, get her over her and sort it out. By the way, I would recommend reading the book she sent you, she was pretty insistent that you read it", and with that Raven got up and left Rogue to punch in the numbers and wait for Risty to pick up.

"Risty? Hey sugah....woah, don't hang up on me, please. Look ah know ah was kindah tight but....ah.....well.....can yah come over? Ah really need to talk to you", Rogue listened for a few seconds before whispering her good bye and turning off the mobile. She picked up the red book Risty had sent her.

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"Are you serious?", Logan asked as Jean retold the visit Scott had paid her.

"Yeah, he's been hanging around for weeks now, coming in with stupid reasons to see me, he doesn't take a hint", Jean replied, "he needs a life, or a girlfriend." Logan took a sip of his drink.

"Well he has the latter of the two", he explained, "Her name's Carla, she's a bit of a flirt if you ask me, prefers Pietro to Scott." The waiter walked over to the table.

"Enything else, Madame et Monsieur", he asked, whether his French accent was genuine of not Logan couldn't tell. Logan looked over at Jean who shook her head.

"No thank you", Logan replied, the waiter placed the bill in front of him. Logan pulled out a wad of cash and quickly paid the bill.

"Here, take a twenty for yourself, for excellent service", he said, popping an extra twenty pound note in the waiter's hand. The waiter nodded in gratitude and left them.

"You really didn't have to take me out for a meal, I would gladly have gone anywhere with you, even if we just sat outside talking", Jean said. Logan smiled a rare smile.

"We couldn't have a lovely lady such as yourself sat outside in the cold now could we? You deserve the best m'love", he replied, holding open the door for Jean so they could leave the restaurant.

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"Has he hit you?!?", Pietro demanded, "Has the b*stard hit you?" Kitty recoiled at Pietro's rage, she hadn't expected her comment to provoke such a strong reaction from the solicitor. She shook her head negative, knowing that she was lying through her teeth.

"No, he just shouts at me a lot, especially when he's drunk", Kitty explained, "Nothing that bad has happened yet". Pietro sat down and silently fumed, not realizing that he had stood up during his tirade.

"He doesn't deserve you", he commented, Kitty sighed, she'd have to end this date soon before it got too deep.

"I had fun tonight Pietro, but I really think we should be getting home. I'm sure your girlfriend will be worried sick and I know Chris will be", Kitty said, picking up her coat and bag, declining Pietro's offer to walk her home. As she walked the dark streets back to her house she felt a voice dig deep in her head, she shouldn't be doing this. She shouldn't be going back to the house of a man who didn't love her, didn't respect her. She should be with Pietro. She hesitated as she reached the door and took a few deep breaths before pushing open the door and walking in, her heart pounding in her chest. She peered nervously into the kitchen and was relieved to find Chris flat out drunk on the couch. Silently she slipped up the stairs and into her room, locking it behind her.

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"Jean! What a pleasant surprise!", Scott said as he walked out of his office to find Jean waiting in the lobby for Logan to return. He sidled over to her while she groaned inwardly, wondering how to get out of this situation. She flashed him an unenthusiastic smile and he replied with a smile that made it clear what his intentions were.

"Sooo, are you here for me?", Scott asked, not not noticing Logan come out of his office with a few documents that he needed for the current case.

"No, actually I'm here....", she was cut off.

"No need to play hard to get babe, I know you want me", Scott smiled sleazily, he had slipped a few bottles of lager into his office and had cracked one open at his 'conquest' of Jean. He reached forward and grabbed hold of jean's backside with one hand. The next thing he knew his hand was pulled back and twisted around, he screeched as the bones shattered and fell to his knees, not even seeing who it was that had broken his hand.

"Come on, let's get out of here", Logan muttered, taking Jean by the hand and leading her out of the building, leaving Scott to be found by one of the other workers. Jean glanced over her shoulder, knowing that she should be doing something about Scott's injury but not caring whether she ever saw him again.

"Thanks for that", Jean said, as soon as they were outside. Logan nodded.

"I'll walk you home, never know who will be out at this time", he said, before walking alongside Jean towards her home.

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Risty found the door to REBEL.8.X's hideout open, obviously Rogue had forgotten to shut it. She stepped inside and was confronted by Raven, who didn't look overly happy and it was no doubt directed at Risty.

"I suggest you two sort out your problems", Raven said dryly before leaving Risty looking more than a little nervous and guilty at her earlier actions.

"Oh, you're here", Rogue mumbled, rubbing her eyes, she had fallen asleep about 5 minutes after calling Risty and hadn't got round to reading the book yet. Rosty caught sight of the book in Rogue's jacket pocket and rightly assumed she hadn't read it. That and the fact Rogue wasn't freaked out in the least.

"Yeah...you left the door open", Risty replied, Rogue frowned and shook her head.

"No I didn't", she said, she glanced over at the door and went over to it, carefully closing it. As the door clicked shut a dark figure jumped down onto her from above the door, she spun to hit her attacker but found her arms were being held tightly.

"We've got trouble", the person whispered.

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Hah! I did it!

Question out to anyone who knows, what is Psylocke's real name? Does she even have one?