Two weeks before Rogue was due to give birth, Logan had finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry him. She, of course, had accepted. The next day Rogue lay in bed admiring her new ring. It was still too early to get up and she was content just lying there thinking about all that had happened yesterday. She was so happy about her upcoming wedding that she was afraid her heart would burst. But she had something else to be happy about, too. Secretly for the last few months, she had been working with Dr. McCoy to gain control over her power. He had been injecting her with chemicals to help her along and had allowed her use the lab rats to test herself. They knew that touching such a small creature for less than a second with only the tip of her finger would instantly kill it, so if she got to the point where she could hold a rat for a few minutes, it would be the same as touching a human for hours.

Over the last few weeks she had gradually made progress, and yesterday she was finally able to hold a rat for 5 whole minutes. Hank then let her use him as a test and they succeeded in holding hands for 10 minutes. They might have been able to go on longer but Rogue was too excited, so she thanked Hank and went off to share her news with Logan. She found him teaching his class, so she watched until it ended and then went up to him.

Logan laughed and said, "You look like you just won a million bucks. What's up?"

Rogue smiled even more widely. "Believe me, what I have to tell you is better than if I'd won 100 million. I have a surprise for you. Close your eyes."

Logan obeyed and Rogue stepped closer.

"I want you to trust me."

"Of course I trust you," said Logan, opening his eyes.

"No, keep your eyes closed!"

Rogue took off her gloves and touched her bare hands to his face, bringing it closer to hers. Then she kissed him. Logan nearly pushed her away with surprise, but caught himself when he realized that nothing was happening as they touched. The feeling that his life was being sucked from him hadn't started. He got over the shock quickly and pulled Rogue closer to him, responding to her kiss with more passion than he had ever before experienced.

That night he took her out to the best restaurant in town and asked the question that Rogue had been awaiting for so long.

"It took you long enough," she said with a laughing smile.

"I was just waiting for the right time, plus today's the day I finally found the perfect ring." He reached over the table for Rogue's hand and kissed it as he slipped the ring on her slender finger. "So, you will marry me?"

"Of course I will!" she said, pulling him closer into a kiss. "I've been dreaming of this moment for so long."

"Me too, kid."

Then Rogue's face turned more serious."Logan, does it bother you very much that the baby I'm carrying isn't yours?"

Logan looked thoughtful for a moment. "Of course I'd prefer if the baby were mine, but it's not and there's nothing that can be done about it. That baby is a part of you and I love you, so I can't help but love it too." He paused, took her hands into his and looked into her eyes. "Don't worry, I'm going to love this child as if it were my own."

Rogue sighed with relief. "I was sure you'd feel that way, but I just had to hear it from your own lips."

Rogue came out of her happy thoughts and rubbed her belly while glancing at the clock. It was still early, but she was ready to get up. She showered, threw on some comfortable clothes and headed downstairs. Suddenly she felt a deep pain in her stomach and stopped. It passed pretty fast and she noticed Logan walking towards her.

"Are you all right? It looked like you were in pain."

"No, I'm fine. It was nothing," she said, and kissed him. "Let's go get breakfast."

Logan wasn't totally convinced, but he let it go and followed her down the rest of the steps.

When they got to the dining room, everyone fell silent for a moment, then resumed their conversations.

Rogue sat down at Scott and Jubilee's table while Logan went for the food. The couple looked at Rogue with concern. Rogue smiled nervously. "What is it? Why is everyone acting so strange?"

Jubilee spoke up. "Rogue, brace yourself. Peter's back! He came a few hours ago, begging everyone's forgiveness and asking if he can stay. He said he got into trouble with the Brotherhood of Mutants and needs protection. He's with the professor now. He volunteered to open up his mind to be read."

Rogue could hardly breathe and she felt dizzy. "Is Charles going to let him stay?" she asked slowly.

Jubilee put her arm around her friend. "Don't worry, nobody would let that happen. The professor agreed to possibly help him find somewhere else to go, but he's not going to let him stay here."

They failed to notice Logan approaching the table. He had heard enough to know what was going on and in his rage dropped the food. He didn't seem to notice, as just then a man he'd never seen walked past the doorway. From Rogue's expression he knew instantly it was Peter. Logan raced towards him and knocked him to the floor where he began to punch him repeatedly. Everyone rushed over to watch the spectacle. Scott ran over and tried to pull Logan off Peter, who was by this time unconscious. But Logan was like an animal and didn't even seem to notice Scott. Suddenly Rogue called out to Logan. He froze but didn't answer, still in a sort of trance. Then Jubilee yelled, "Logan, her water just broke! She needs to get to the infirmary."

Logan immediately snapped out of it and rushed to Rogue's side. She was practicing her breathing and he gently took her in his arms and ran as fast as he could to the hospital wing. It went by pretty fast after that. Hank took control right away and set Rogue up in one of the beds. The baby was born two hours later. Logan was by her side the entire time and he was the first to take the child in his arms after it was cleaned. It was a healthy baby girl. They named her Angelina after Rogue's grandmother.

Something in Logan changed when he held Angelina for the first time. He knew the moment he saw her that he would always love her as his own. And he was filled with a deep happiness. They were married two months after the birth in a double wedding with Scott and Jubilee, who, following the birth, finally got their act together and decided that they were truly in love. Jubilee, Rogue, and Ororo planned the whole wedding and it all turned out perfectly. It was the event of the year. Mutants from all over the states came to witness the ceremony.

Peter left as soon as he had regained consciousness and no one had heard anything about him since. Nobody ever mentioned his coming back after that day. Seeing him again and having Logan beat him seemed to have healed Rogue. She almost never thought of him now and sometimes even forgot that Logan wasn't the real father.

The two couples spent their honeymoon together in Asia and stayed for a month. When they got back, Logan and Rogue decided to remain living at the mansion and continue fighting on the team, although Logan forbade Rogue to fight until the baby was at least a year old, which suited her fine. Scott and Jubilee also decided to stay, and shortly after the honeymoon, found themselves to be expecting their own child.

Jean never rejoined the X-Men but always kept in contact with Storm and the Professor. After some years she formed her own group of Mutants that fought, like the X-Men, for the good of mankind. She married a mutant from her group and they had two children. It took her many years but she did finally find peace within herself and genuine happiness.

End

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