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OMG! The end is coming! The grand finale! The ending to this fic! OMG! I can't believe it! HOLY! It feels like only yesterday that I wrote the first chapter -sniff sniff- I can't believe it's almost OVER! I only realized it when I started to write this chapter. Anyway, here's the chapter before the ending…or the chapter after the chapter before the ending…hehe not quite sure when I'm going to end it. Oh well, here's the chapter! Hope you people didn't have to wait too long for this!

Chapter 18

Aqua and Tidus tiptoed towards a slightly opened door. Shouts and sobbing could be heard from inside. Being two lively and curious teenagers (or in other words, nosy and stupid), they couldn't resist the temptation of seeing what's going on.

"Jean, we're really sorry, but--"

"NO! I need Logan! Please don't take him away from me!" The two teenagers frowned as they hear Jean's whiney voice.

"What are they talking about?" Aqua whispered to Tidus. He looked into the little crack and leaned back towards his sister.

"I don't know, but Jean's crying and she looks really ugly," Tidus replied, wrinkling his nose in disgust.

"I don't care what Jean looks like! All I want to know is what's happening!" Aqua whispered, slapping his arm. Tidus glared at her and then peaked back into the room.

"Ororo looks like she's about to cry and Logan's looks really mad, and…well, you know what Jean's doing. Now, 'Ro's kneeling down in front of Jean and saying something…I think she's comforting Jean…either that or she's talking about getting some new underwear."

Inside the room, Jean sobbed loudly, burying her face into her hands.

"Jean, please, listen to me," Ororo said desperately. Logan paced around the room, looking like he wanted to kill the sobbing girl in front of him.

"I don't want to listen! You were lying to me all the time! You said that Logan will take care of me forever!" Jean cried.

"We didn't lie, Jean. Logan and I will take care of you and Blaze forever…it's just that we won't spend as much time with you anymore."

"LIAR! YOU'RE A LIAR, ORORO! A HUGE, FILTHY BITCH! I HATE YOU! YOU'RE A WHORE! A SLUT! A--"

"THAT'S IT!" Logan shouted with anger. He pounced on Jean, getting ready to stab her again and again.

"NO! LOGAN! DON'T!" Ororo shouted, grabbing his arms, trying to pull him away from Jean.

"She called you a whore and a slut, Ororo. I'm going to kill her for that. No one calls my girl those things without losing a limb or two," Logan growled.

"Please Logan, let's just leave, please," 'Ro begged. He looked back at Ororo's desperate face and got unwillingly off Jean. Just as they were about to leave, Jean called them back.

"Ororo…I need to talk to you…alone," she said softly. The weather goddess nodded and made her way back into Jean's room, but Logan grabbed her arm.

"Be careful," he told her. 'Ro nodded and walked into the room, closing the door. Logan sighed and leaned against the closed door, closing his eyes tiredly.

"Come out, you two," he said. The two guilty teenagers walked out from behind a perch and towards Logan.

"What were you guys talking about?" Aqua asked, jumping straight to the point.

"Nothin'"

"Don't lie to me! You people were talking about something and I have the right to know!" Aqua exclaimed.

"Yah, Logan. We really care about you guys and really want to know what's going on. You guys are like parents to us, and I think that we have the right to know what's happened," Tidus said. Logan opened his eyes. He was touched at the young boy's words. Maybe they do have the right to know…

"If you guys really want to know, then I guess that I should tell you…." Logan told them about everything that happened, starting from when Ororo told him that she wanted to break up with him.

"OH MY FREAKING GOSH! JEAN IS LIKE SO EVIL! I AM SO GOING TO KILL HER!" Aqua exclaimed, making stabbing motions with her hands, "first, I'll slice her throat and then…."

"Ignore her," Tidus said quietly so only Logan could hear.

"Then I'll starve her and make her watch me eat a huge tub of ice cream…."

"Come on, kids, let's go and get some ice cream," Logan interrupted. Hearing the word 'ice cream' stopped Aqua's ranting.

"OK! What kind do we have? I hope its chocolate! I LOOOOOOOOOOVE chocolate ice cream!" she shouted, bounding down the stairs. Laughing, Logan and Tidus followed her.

When they got to the kitchen, they could see Aqua burning with anger.

"What's the matter, sis?" Tidus asked, plopping on the seat next to hers.

"Look!" Aqua pointed at all the containers of ice cream on the table.

"What about it?" Logan asked. There were about 12 types of ice cream, enough to fill her up.

"OH MY GOSH! Don't tell me you don't see it!" Aqua said.

"Ok…I won't tell you I don't see it even though I don't," Logan replied.

"You two are so blind! There's no chocolate flavour! There's strawberry, vanilla, green tea, raspberry, cookies and cream, cherry, coffee, and other flavours, BUT NO CHOCOLATE! I mean, COME ON! WHO DOESN'T BUY CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM!? WHO DOES THE ICE CREAM BUYING HERE!?" Aqua shouted.

"Does she always act like that?" Logan whispered to Tidus.

"Yup, you get use to it after a while," he replied.

"I WILL find out who bought the ice cream, and when I do, I WILL--"

"You're going to kill someone for not buying chocolate ice cream?" Logan interrupted. Aqua stopped and glared at him.

"No, I'm going to….make them buy me all the chocolate ice cream I can eat! I'm not THAT cruel!"

"Oh yes she is, you don't know how much ice cream Aqua can eat," Tidus whispered to Logan.

"Oh yes I do," Logan muttered, remembering the last time he said she'll treat her to ice cream.

While Aqua was trying to figure out who bought all the ice cream, Ororo was sitting patiently on her best friend's bed, watching her try to feed baby Blaze. The little baby kept struggling and smacking the bottle away with his tiny little hands. After watching Jean struggle for a few minutes, Ororo got up and walked over to her.

"Here, let me try," she said softly, taking the baby from his mother. The weather goddess put Blaze into a comforting position and then took the milk bottle from Jean.

"Time for milky, little Blazey. Open wide," Ororo cooed, bringing the bottle to his lips. Jean sneered behind Ororo's back. If it didn't work for her, the mother of Blaze, then it definitely won't work for Ororo! She was sure of it. But to Jean's surprise, Blaze gladly took the bottle into his mouth.

"There's a good boy," Ororo praised, kissing the baby's forehead as he drank. Jean scowled angrily. How dare she! Blaze is HER baby, how dare Ororo show off and make it look like that he's hers! As if she can sense Jean's anger, Ororo turned around to hand the baby back to Jean. The moment she turned around, the redhead's scowl disappeared and replaced with a fake smile.

"Thanks, 'Ro," Jean said.

"No problem, Jean. So what did you want to talk to me about?"

"I just wanted to say that I'm really sorry that I almost broke you and Logan up. I--" Suddenly, Scott burst into the room, pieces of papers in his hand.

"Jean! Is this true--" he stopped when he noticed Ororo in the room, "Oh…hi 'Ro." He rushed over to Jean and showed her the paper in his hand. Jean gasped and sat down on the bed, cradling Blaze in her arms.

"What is the matter?" Ororo asked, looking from Jean to Scott.

"Ororo---"

"NO! Don't tell her, Scott!" Jean protested.

"We have to Jean! She has the right to know!" Scott replied, then he turned to Ororo, "here, you should have a look at this." Before Ororo even looked at the papers Scott handed to her, she knew that it was bad. What she didn't know was that she was going to regret ever looking at those papers for her whole life.

It was a DNA report from a DNA test. Scanning Blaze and…Logan's DNA! She flipped to the last page and gasped. The paper dropped to the floor, fluttering all over the floor.

"It can't be…it just can't be…" Ororo muttered, shaking her head, "It just can't be true…"

"Ororo, I'm…sorry. I should've told you, but…." Jean trailed off. Ororo could feel the tears forming in her eyes, but she couldn't cry. Not now. Blinking the tears away, she looked up and put on an emotionless face.

"I'm so sorry Ororo, I didn't know until I did the DNA test. Logan and me were both drunk and…well, it just happened. But don't worry! I'll won't break you two up. I mean, how hard could it be to be a husbandless mother? Even though Blaze will grow up without a father and he might think that he was just a one-night stand baby, it'll be okay. It's true anyway. And even if Blaze will call his father 'uncle' and never know that Logan was his real father, it doesn't matter. Even if Logan finds out, he'll never let go of you anyway." Jean said, looking down at her son.

"Roro, are you ok?" Scott asked with concern.

"Yes, of course. Now if you would excuse me, I have to go," Ororo opened the door and walked out. Once she was out the door, she started running to her room, tears trailing down her face.

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The next day, Logan walked into the kitchen and noticed something strange. Usually, there would be the scent of eggs and bacon or whatever delicious breakfast Ororo made for him. But today, all he could smell was yesterday's dinner…that Ororo didn't eat. Jean had said that his 'Ro was sick and couldn't make it, but he didn't miss that small grin that crawled up onto her face. Logan was going to check on her right after dinner yesterday, but then Aqua dragged him away and questioned him about the 'chocolate ice cream thing.' Now he was starting to get worried. He walked out of the kitchen and headed for Ororo's room.

If you were in Ororo's room, you would realize that something was terribly wrong. The room was dark. Usually, the window and the porch door would be wide open, so the sunlight could reach the plants inside, and because Ororo loved the scent of the ozone. But this time, they were both shut tightly. Streams of sunlight escaped the window, shining on Ororo's limp hair. She was huddled up in the corner of her bed, her long limp hair hung over her face. Her bright blue eyes were dull. Just a few moments ago, they were filled with tears, but now, she had no more tears left. She spent the whole night locked up in her room, trying to gather her thoughts and decide what to do. But she couldn't. Jean's words kept echoing in her mind.

"Even if Logan finds out, he'll never let go of you."

Suddenly, she heard someone knock the door and the familiar rough voice.

"Ororo? You decent?"

Ororo covered her ears, and whimpered. He can't be here now. Just when she started to clear her head….

"Ororo? Are you there?"

"Go away!" she shouted.

"What's the matter, Ororo?" Logan asked, sounding worried.

"Nothing. Just go away. Please."

"I know something's wrong, Ororo. Open the door! Please Ororo!"

"Go away, Logan. I beg you. Please just go away," Ororo cried, tears starting to fall again. Logan sniffed the air and could smell tears inside the room.

"Why are you crying Ororo?! Please open the door! Or I'll burst in!" Logan shouted, pounding on the door. When there was no answer, Logan kicked open the door and barged into the room. He scanned the room. Ororo wasn't there! Then he noticed the open window. He stuck his head out the window and saw Ororo flying out in the distance.

"ORORO!" He shouted, "COME BACK!"

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Ororo watched the sun set on a wooden bench in the park. People stared curiously at her because she was still wearing her nightgown, but if Ororo noticed, she didn't show it. She sat there for hours until she figured out what was the right thing to do. Ororo got up and started to walk back to the mansion, a sentence repeating in her head again and again:

"Even if Logan finds out, he'll never let go of you."

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And that's the end! Hope you people liked it and the ending is coming SOON! --sniff-- oh great, now I'm getting all choked up.

---Archer Gurl--