Winter Wonderland
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. Marvel does.
Chapter 6
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"Hi guys!" Kitty grinned, as Jean and Scott walked into the kitchen. "Sleep well?"
Logan looked up from his newspaper, interested in Kitty's tone of voice while asking the question.
"Yes," Jean answered quickly.
"Yeah, I slept fine," Scott agreed.
"I bet."
Kurt kicked Kitty. She smiled broadly. Logan looked at her intently, as Scott and Jean strove to make themselves busy preparing something to eat and not have to answer any of Kitty's questions.
"Don't tell Logan!" Kurt whispered to Kitty. "He'll kick their asses."
"It'll be fun to watch."
"You're impossible."
"You can't possibly say that you don't like watching other people get yelled at."
"Well…"
"It's like that song…from that musical I was listening to the other day…oh what the hell was its name?"
"Avenue Q."
"Right. What the hell was the name of the song? It was German…you should know this…the pleasure in other people's pain thing. I can't remember the word."
"Schadenfreude."
"Right. It's that. Schaden…what ever the hell that word was. Taking pleasure in other people's pain."
"Kitty!"
"Hey!" Logan interrupted. "Don't the two of you have some place to be?"
"No, Logan," Kitty answered. "Not really."
"Well, go find somewhere. Somewhere else."
Reluctantly, Kitty and Kurt trudged out of the room. Scott and Jean stood by the counter, eating cereal.
"Whataya standin' up for? Ya afraid of me?"
"No, Logan," Scott assured, walking over to the table.
Jean placed her bowl on the table and pulled out a chair.
"So, do either of you want to tell me what that was about?"
"Um…" Scott stammered.
"Logan," Jean began. "Scott and I, we're discovered that we're both interested in each other."
"Yeah, tell me something I didn't know."
Jean and Scott exchanged puzzled glances.
"What?" Logan asked. "It was obvious. To everyone but the two of you."
"Oh…" Scott hesitated.
"So?" Logan questioned. "What come of this discovery?"
"We…uh…Jean and I are going to see each other now."
"Logical progression."
Scott and Jean nodded uncomfortably.
"So, what I'd like to know is why does Kitty seem to think I'll kick your asses?"
"We both stayed in Scott's room last night, Logan."
"We, uh, fell asleep watching a movie."
"I see."
"But nothing happened…I mean, we slept, that's all."
"Kid, I don't care. I'm not going to chastise you. I know what happens when two people get together…"
"But we didn't…"
"Let me finish."
Scott shut up. Jean grabbed his hand to relax him. Logan gave a small smile at the gesture.
"Like I was sayin', I'm like an uncle to the two of you. I've watched ya grow up. I know you're at a point where things start to happen. And, I know you're crazy about each other. So I'm fine with whatever-the-hell is, or is not, happening. That said, a few words of warning. Play it safe. I'll cut off your balls if you ever get her pregnant," Logan popped the claws of his right hand in Scott's direction for emphasis. "So use protection. If you need some, I can give you some. I don't think I ever need to worry about you mistreatin' her, so you don't need that speech. The last guy certainly did."
Jean blushed, recalling Logan's advice to Duncan.
"And last, but not least, this relationship had better not get in the way of training. No excuses for being late, preferential treatment, etc. Got it?"
"Yes, sir," Scott answered.
"You?"
"Oh," Jean laughed. "Defintiely."
"Good." Logan got up with his newspaper, and left the room.
"That was not how I anticipated that going," Scott sighed.
"But your version was far less preferable."
"Right. I can't believe he's so open minded."
"Scott, he's not all that strict. He doesn't have any doubts how much we care about each other."
"Yeah."
Scott leaned over and grabbed Jean by the arm, pulling her in to kiss him gently.
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