Chapter Five: First Dance

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Notes: Sorry I haven't updated in what seems like ages. I've been real busy seeing as it is the last week of the semester and all.

Logan parked his bike slowly and took off his helmet. He was still trying to think of what that smell earlier had been! Sure he had enhanced senses, but memory wasn't really one of his strongest attributes.

As he entered the bar, Logan gazed around him. It seemed pretty empty. Except for a bunch of some college kids and some hookers. Logan made his way to a booth and sat down.

"Hey Louie!" He growled loudly. The middle-aged, bald bartender glanced up at him.

"What'll it be Wolverine?" The bartender smiled and yelled back.

"Just get me a beer!" Logan yelled back and leaned tensely over the table. His senses were tingling, something wasn't right.

He glanced over at the college kids. One of them had a hooker on his lap, the others were drinking enough to make Wolverine tipsy just watching them. Then he glanced over at Louie who was cleaning some cups. The last place he darted his eyes was the doorway. He starred at it for a good minute until it swung open, and a figure walked inside.

This figure was in the form of a beautiful young woman. She had long silver and black hair, and some dark sunglasses on. She wore green pleather Capri pants that seemed to fit her like they were painted on, a leather jacket, a bandanna tied around her forehead, and some big ass combat boots on. Her smile a soulful and seducing, and she had a smell of peaches and wine.

If Wolverine could have thought of something to say he would have, but the barkeep beat his to it.

"Damn." Louise said loudly, bringing the college kids' attention to the doorway.

The young girl walked over the bar and sat down. She swished her hair behind her back and smirked.

"What'll it be missy?" Louis leaned over and winked at her flirtatiously.

"Arnt you gonna ask for my I.D.?" she asked. Logan noted her voice had a slight Italian accent to it.

"If it keeps that jacket of yours from staying on, hell no." Louis said. The girl frowned. Them smiled. She motioned for Louis to lean in a little more and he did quickly.

Before Louis could respond, she had grabbed the collar of his shirt and jerked his body foreword.

"Go get me a miller light before I tear you a new one sweetie." She growled and threw him back a little.

Louis stood up with a surprised look on his face, "Comin' right up." He smiled and walked away.

The woman slipped off her jacket as Louis was pouring her drink to reveal a small, black t-shirt. She placed her jacket on the stool next to her and cracked her knuckles.

Meanwhile, Logan was at a loose. She smelled the same as the scent earlier. What the hell did she have to do with it though? It couldn't be a coincidence. He knew it had been her he had smelled earlier and that was final. That was decided. Now the only thing left to do was to figure out where he had smelled it before.

Louis set the beer in front of the girl with a smirk on his face.

"What's yer name bad ass?" He asked sarcastically. The girl frowned and took a sip of her beer.

"Not that it's any of your business barkeep but it's.." She started, but stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

She quickly turned around to face a drunken, biker looking college boy who looked strong enough to take down Booker T.

"Hey baby." He burped out and grabbed her wrist. She cringed and wore an expression that showed just how disgusted she was.

"How's about you and me hit the dance floor?" He winked at her.

"How about YOU hit that dance floor sonny." She smiled evilly and retorted. The drunk looked utterly confused.

"Wha-" He tried to ask her but before he could say it, he found himself face down on the floor.

Wolverine let out a hardy laugh and covered his mouth. The girl simply smirked and then turned around.

However it was only a few minutes before the college boy was back up. He yanked up the girl by her arm and pushed her against the bar.

"Now that wasn't very nice. I'm afraid I'm going to have to punish you." He shook his finger at her.

Wolverine was already storming over towards them. He yanked the boy off of her and threw him back.

"Wolverine! You coot! Ya know I don't permit bar fights!" Louis shouted at him. But it was to late. With one blow of Logan's fist, the kid was down and out. His guy friends were quick to defend him.

One of them ran over to him and jumped on his back. The girl peeled him off and kicked him in the face. More bodies flew around until the only ones left standing in the room were, Logan, the girl, Louis, and a couple of drunks and hookers (who weren't technically standing).

The girl looked at Wolverine and he jaw dropped. /Oh no not him!/ She thought.

"You ok kid?" Logan growled and asked her.

The girl stopped panicking and smiled, "You sure can fight. Mind if I sit with you?" She asked politely.

Logan just nodded and the girl quickly followed behind him. Logan sat down and the girl sat in the booth on the opposite side of him.

"You never answered my question kid." He smiled at her.

"I'm just fine. Worry about yourself big guy." She responded and took a sip of her glass. Logan chuckled and leaned back.

"So you got a name? Or are ya just gonna settle for kid?" Logan asked. She was apprehensive at first, but since nobody else was around, she didn't see any harm in it.

"Melony Black. I'm new in town." She said.

"I could tell." Logan mumbled under his breath.

"What's your name? Wait! Let me guess! Butch? Hoss? Spike? Something macho like that?" Melony asked sarcastically.

"Logan." He responded bluntly.

"That all?" Melony raised an eyebrow.

"That's all anybody calls me by. Well, that or Wolverine." He explained and chugged down his beer.

With a smirk, Melony stretched out her hand acrossed the table.

"In that case, you can call me Instinct." She told him and Logan shook her hand.

"You handle pretty well for a young girl." Logan winked at her. Melony blushed a little and stirred her drink with her thumb.

"That's because I'm a mutant." She said quietly. Logan raised and eyebrow and set down his beer. He chuckled for a few seconds and smiled.

"But you already knew that." She smiled at him. Logan nodded and took another sip. Melony glanced at him through her sunglasses, and he sensed it.

"I knew that the moment you walked in here darlin'. I could smell it on ya." Logan referred back to her being a mutant and winked at her flirtatiously.

Melony giggled a little and then stopped herself.

/What are you doing? You have to get back to Erik! He'll be pissed if he sees you hear flirting with this guy!/ that annoying little voice in the back of her head said. Melony flinched a little and told it to go away.

Wolverine saw the look on her face and became curious.

"What's wrong darlin'?" He asked.

"Nothing big guy. I just.. have somewhere I need to be." Melony confessed. Wolverine frowned a little then smirked.

"It can't be THAT important if you're in a bar talking to an old bogie like me." He commented, which made her smile a little.

"You can't be that old if you could take down that drunken biker wanna-be." Melony smirked at him and crossed one of her legs over the other.

"I wouldn't say that." Logan chuckled and winked over at Louis.

Now Melony was a little intruged. Erik had told her before about this guy, but he hadn't told her much. Actually, the only thing he bothered to say is 'Wolverine will be your biggest challenge. Watch out for him.'

"Just how old are you Wolf man?" Melony tried to ask as seriously as she could. But what Logan heard wasn't far from the giggle of a little schoolgirl.

"I could tell you exactly, but I could give you an estimate. Hmmm, lets see. I'd say about 110." Logan said and drank up the last bit of his beer.

Melony's jaw dropped. Wolverine chuckled at the expression on her face and nudged her jaw up with his forefinger.

"You don't look it. You look a hell of a lot younger. So I take it you're not all human." She finally said after coming to her senses. Something was still telling her that she should leave, but her body wouldn't obey her mind.

"Not in the least darlin'." He smiled at her. This smile wasn't like the others he had showed her before, it was one of those cocky ones, and it made Melony's stomach turn. She felt like she was going to throw up, but in a good way.

Logan noticed this and sent her another wink, which made her twinge a little. He then looked over at Louis by the bar. He was pouring out some more beers for one of the regulars. And he was sending Wolverine a smile that seemed to say, 'Wolverine you coot, you are the worst flirt I've ever seen.'

Logan finally looked back over at Melony and asked her, "How old are you kid?"

Melony chuckled and shook her finger at him.

"A lady never tells her age." She smiled a little, which gave Wolverine the same feeling that he had possessed on her earlier.

"Aw common, I told you how old I was." Logan said nervously.

"Fine Wolvie." Melony started. Logan chuckled a little, usually only Rogue called him that.

"I couldn't tell you exactly, but my guess is that I'm about seventeen or eighteen." She said.

That's when Logan felt the tip of Melony's boot rub up and down the front of his Levi's. Needless to say, this made him tense up a bit. He flinched and coughed a little, giving Melony the satisfaction of knowing he was just as nervous as he was. They were equal.

"That all?" Logan said. Melony heard his voice break a little, but he quickly recovered.

Melony nodded and drank what was left of her beer. Logan frowned a little, /She's a minor. Charles'll kick yer ass if her sees you flirtin' with her./ He thought.

"You don't look it. You look at least twenty two." He said to her.

/God damnit Wolverine! What're you doing?/ He cursed himself. Logan just ignored his conscience though; he was having way too much fun with Melony.

"I know, but I guess all these years have taken their toll on me." She replied.

Logan didn't know what else to say, so he just nodded. He was calm for a few moments, until he felt Melony's boot rubbing the inside of his knee.

"So you mind telling me your story Logan?" Melony asked, finally using his name. Logan wandered how her saying his name would sound in other situations.

"I don't know if I could there baby." He responded, trying to block out his thoughts.

/Baby? BABY? What the hell was that?! You need to learn to think before you talk! And stop being perverted!/ that was one thought that Logan couldn't seem to ignore.

Melony pouted a little bit, "Then could you show me what your power is?" She asked.

Logan raised an eyebrow. /Power? She wants to see your power? Ok! Wait! Stop! Don't be so damn perverted!/ His thoughts seemed to be overpowering him now.

/Maybe she ment to make it sound perverted./ His inner voice compromised.

"I can't here darlin'. Maybe I could if we took this somewhere else. But here, it's just to public." He smiled a little.

Melony couldn't help but smile a little, /He's trying not to be a creep. But he has no idea how perverted that grin on his face is. Ha ha ha ha, maybe you should stop teasing...nah!/ Melony could read a little bit of his mind. But she hadn't been practicing in that mutation field very long.

Logan jerked and dug his nails into the table a little as he felt her boot move just a little bit farther up his leg. She was good. She was almost to good to be true, and definitely a bit of a tease. Logan noted these, and a few other things in his mind.

"How about a dance then?" Melony suggested with as much innocence as she possessed.

"I don't know darlin'." Logan chuckled a little bit and tried to relax.

Melony pouted again and folded her arms; Logan noticed how desirable this made her look.

"Aw common. I bet you're really good at it." Melony protested.

Logan was about to say something, but then he felt her boot move up his inner thigh, so the only thing that came out was a low groan, which was hardly noticeable. He looked back at Melony with a nervous smile on his face.

"Please, Logan? I have to go soon anyways." She compromised.

Logan growled a little then got up from his seat, "Oh alright." He said. Melony smiled and got up. Wolverine grabbed her arm and lead her over to the jukebox.

"What do ya wanna listin to?" He asked her.

"Do they have any Brooks and Dunn on this thing?" Melony asked and scanned it.

"You better believe it darlin'." He smiled at her. Melony looked it over a little bit more and frowned,

"Where? I don't see it!" She growled. Logan took her hand and pressed her pointer finger against a button. Melony looked down to see 'B.A.D. Feels good don't it' written on a small piece of paper.

"Thanks big guy." Melony leaned up and smiled.

"No problem, Melony." He mumbled and looked at the ground. She smiled and walked over to the dance floor and motioned for Logan to follow. He smirked and walked over to her.

Logan wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled Melony as close as possible. She smiled, and snaked her arms around his neck and leaned her head on his shoulder.

Moments later both of them were lost in the motion of the music. They swayed together to the beat and Melony began to feel Logan's hands begin to roam. He stuck his face in her hair and became intoxicated by the smell of it.

Melony rubbed the back of Logan's neck and a few more thoughts ran though her mind.

/This can't possibly be the same guy I attacked earlier. He's just too great; he wouldn't have any part of that monster Xavier. There's just no way..no way../ Her mind and heart were at a conflict. She knew she had to leave, but part of her just wanted to stay there and dance with him forever.

Melony sighed a little and just continued dancing until the song was over. The instant the song stopped so did they. Logan pulled his head back and looked at her. Melony had a distressed look on her face, and Logan wore the exact same look.

Logan's eyes went wide as soon and he felt the grip Melony had on the back of his neck tighten. She leaned foreword until her lips were only centimeters from his.

Just then there was a loud roaring sound. Melony knew that sound all to well, it was Sabertooth's motorcycle. Logan started to notice the same thing.

"Sabertooth." They both said together.

"What?!" Logan looked at her. Melony quickly pulled away.

"Stay down!" She told Logan and shoved him down into a booth. Melony quickly rushed out the door.

Logan got up and peeked out of the window. He couldn't believe his eyes; Melony was talking to Sabertooth and Pyro!

"What the hell are you doing?! You were supposed to be back three hours ago!!" Sabertooth growled at her.

"I was just having some fun, so fuck off!" She shoved him back. Sabertooth fell back and then got up in her face.

"How dare you! I outa slice you through!" He growled.

Melony just smirked, "I'm going back now anyways. Just shove off. I'll take it out with Erik once we get back." Sabertooth was stunned. Nobody ever talked to him like this!

Logan's claws came out and he was about to step outside, but a force threw him back! He hit the wall hard.

'Sorry big guy, I didn't want you to get in this battle.' Melony's voice in his head said. Logan got back up and ran over to the door. Her opened it and ran outside, but when he got there, all he saw was Melony pulling away on a green Harley Classic.

/So that's where I knew her from before! That's the same bike! She's the one who attacked me!/ Logan growled.

His heart and head began to ache. Suddenly, Melony's bike stopped. She turned around and took off her helmet. With a flash, she also took of her sunglasses to reveal to Logan her real eyes.

His claws went back in and he just stared at her for a few moments, but then she drove off..into the night.

TO BE CONTINUED!

I hope you all liked it. I'm sorry I haven't posted for so long, but we recently had a family tragedy that has delayed a bunch of things. So I don't know when I'll find time to post again. So sorry, please review!

-Kayko