Marie has her own room at Xavier's now. The nightmares have gotten worse in the past few weeks, to the point that she was disturbing the other girls. The one that led to the move had been particularly severe. She had woken up screaming & wouldn't -- or couldn't -- stop. Jean had been forced to sedate her, for the girl's own good.
She stays up with the X-Men, in the room that had been Logan's. While some had worried that being in that room would only intensify the emotions since the nightmares were a direct result of the night she borrowed his powers to live, it seems to have the opposite effect. She doesn't tell anyone but even if the nightmares get worse, she won't want to leave. To lie in the bed he did, to walk where he had walked, to just be where he had been -- it's as close as she can get to him right now.
It's been months since he left, seven months and fourteen days to be exact. The postcards tacked to the wall above her bed tell the story of his travels. Every few weeks without fail he lets her know he's still alive. Logan never says when he's coming back, probably doesn't want to get her hopes up. But he hasn't forgotten her, so she knows he hasn't forgotten his promise.
The last postcard had been from Michigan, in a town near the Canadian border. It's the first United States postmark since he left. She hopes that this means something - like he's coming back to the Institute, to the X-Men, to her.
Well, maybe not exclusively to her. She has noticed that Jean is getting a letter at the same times her postcard comes. The telepath hides them away, so smoothly that Marie suspects Scott doesn't even know what is going on. But the teenager pays attention. Jean is competition after all -- her only rival for Logan's heart.
She knows that Jean thinks that she just has a common schoolgirl crush on him. She knows that most everyone thinks that. In the beginning that had been true. The first encounter in the bar, the trip ended too shortly by the mutant attack. Younger girl, older man -- a romantic cliche even.
But she's taken him into her very soul, her mind. She knows him from the inside out. Jean may have seen into his mind, but that's not even close to what she has shared with him.
The nightmares are just one small reminder. Sometimes she dreams of the lab, or the fiery inferno Logan's truck had become. The most intense nightmares are memories of what happened at the Statue of Liberty -- from his point of view. They're the ones that make her scream out at night. The pain, the despair -- it's too much for her to take at times.
She doesn't mind them though. They remind her of how much he cares for her. She knows that he knew there was a possibility she could have drained him completely. He would have died so that she would be okay.
Marie remembers that when it seems like he's never coming back. You can't put your life on the line for someone & then abandon them.
But she has a plan if he hasn't returned by the new year. During the whole aftermath of Magneto's revolution, she learned about Cerebro & what it does.
Jean's a giving kind of person. Marie's sure she wouldn't mind giving just a tiny bit of power.
She stays up with the X-Men, in the room that had been Logan's. While some had worried that being in that room would only intensify the emotions since the nightmares were a direct result of the night she borrowed his powers to live, it seems to have the opposite effect. She doesn't tell anyone but even if the nightmares get worse, she won't want to leave. To lie in the bed he did, to walk where he had walked, to just be where he had been -- it's as close as she can get to him right now.
It's been months since he left, seven months and fourteen days to be exact. The postcards tacked to the wall above her bed tell the story of his travels. Every few weeks without fail he lets her know he's still alive. Logan never says when he's coming back, probably doesn't want to get her hopes up. But he hasn't forgotten her, so she knows he hasn't forgotten his promise.
The last postcard had been from Michigan, in a town near the Canadian border. It's the first United States postmark since he left. She hopes that this means something - like he's coming back to the Institute, to the X-Men, to her.
Well, maybe not exclusively to her. She has noticed that Jean is getting a letter at the same times her postcard comes. The telepath hides them away, so smoothly that Marie suspects Scott doesn't even know what is going on. But the teenager pays attention. Jean is competition after all -- her only rival for Logan's heart.
She knows that Jean thinks that she just has a common schoolgirl crush on him. She knows that most everyone thinks that. In the beginning that had been true. The first encounter in the bar, the trip ended too shortly by the mutant attack. Younger girl, older man -- a romantic cliche even.
But she's taken him into her very soul, her mind. She knows him from the inside out. Jean may have seen into his mind, but that's not even close to what she has shared with him.
The nightmares are just one small reminder. Sometimes she dreams of the lab, or the fiery inferno Logan's truck had become. The most intense nightmares are memories of what happened at the Statue of Liberty -- from his point of view. They're the ones that make her scream out at night. The pain, the despair -- it's too much for her to take at times.
She doesn't mind them though. They remind her of how much he cares for her. She knows that he knew there was a possibility she could have drained him completely. He would have died so that she would be okay.
Marie remembers that when it seems like he's never coming back. You can't put your life on the line for someone & then abandon them.
But she has a plan if he hasn't returned by the new year. During the whole aftermath of Magneto's revolution, she learned about Cerebro & what it does.
Jean's a giving kind of person. Marie's sure she wouldn't mind giving just a tiny bit of power.