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"So" Logan started adjusting himself of the puffy flowery couch he was now sat on. He look up at Marie he sat on an armchair, which was a smaller version of the couch, all the bright colours of the floral pattern was hurting his eyes. "How…erm…how ya been?"
"Ay been okay." Marie uncrossed her legs and scanned the rooms looking back at the door.
"Ay anit gonna hurt ya Marie." Logan's rough voice filled the tension filled space around them. Marie looked back to him, it was the first time they had had eye contact since he first seen her in the park. Her eyes wear different to those which he remember, they where also different to the ones that haunted his dreams. She held more wisdom behind those eyes now; the innocent spark that was dimmed at the start of her mutation had now completely disappeared. She had changed.
"Ay anit afraid of ya hurtin' meh." Marie shifted slightly her eyes flicked back to the door; she could see the stairs through it.
"What are ya afraid of then Marie? Cause you sure as hell don't look afraid to me." Logan scratched the stumble on the side of his face. "Ya anit half changed a lot Marie."
"Every one changes."
"Marie" Logan's shoulders slackened in the leather jacket that was covering them.
"What?"
"Don't be like this." Logan shock his head and lend forward resting his elbows on his legs and entwining his fingers together loosely between his legs. Marie could tell he was uncomfortable by the way he kept on moving his hands, the thought made her control the urge to smile.
"Ay anit 'being like anything'. You said your self ive changed." She waved her arms in a quotations gesture. She was amazed that she wasn't tongue-tied.
"Marie stop this shit, ya are being like sumit, and ya don't belong here! Ya a mutant, you belong with Xavier. You belong with me!" Logan's voices rose slowly throughout his rant. He wasn't close of shouting when he stopped to take a breath. He hung his head down, his hands racking through his hair.
"Ay don't belong with mutants, Ay don't belong with Xavier, Ay don't belong here, and Ay don't belong anywhere."
"Ya do though, ya belong with me."
"Ay used to think that too, but now, Ay don't. Ay don't even belong to meh."
"What do ya mean Marie? Why did ya leave?" Logan eyes looked up to Marie, he noticed she wasn't looking in his direction so he followed where her gaze was leading to and found that they lead him to the door where a small lad and girl stood.
"Em, what's a mutant?" Sam's small voice carried across the suddenly deathly quiet room. "Was that man calling you Marie?"
"Mister, her name anit Marie, its Emily, she's my friend." Frankie walked into the room and stood by Marie. Sam followed and gave a short sneeze.
"Hey kids, what ya doing up? Ya meant to be in bed." Marie smiled sweety at the children.
"We heard that man shout." Sam said frowning at Logan.
"Don't worry about it, he is just abit upset. He's a friend of mine. We use to go to school together. Come on kids lets but ya back to bed. Ya mummy and daddy will be back tomorrow. Ya don't want to be all sleep do you?" Marie stood up and genteelly turned Frankee towards the door, Sam's sneezes was getting worse.
"You are that man I see. Your name is Logan; he's a mutant too. What is a mutant Em?" Sam's sudden voice made every one turned towards him.
"Sam, how do you know that? Was it from the pictures ya see? Did you see them again? What did ya see?" Marie left Frankie's side and bent down to Sam's level.
"Marie." Logan stood up from the couch.
"It was dark, that man was standing in the middle of a big room. There was other men lying on the floor, they are bleeding. One was in a wheel chair. The man knew that older man cause he cries when he sees him. I don't like the pictures Em." Sam's face went all pale and tears where forming in his eyes.
"Its okay baby. They're not real. Want me to talk to ya daddy about it tomorrow? Tell you what; ay'll give ya Mr Bunny to sleep with tonight. Come on; let's get ya to bed." Marie quickly looked at Logan before placing her hands on Sam's shoulder and lead them both back upstairs.
Logan was confused, mostly over the fact that the lad saw pictures and knew his name even though nether him or Marie had said it. Logan was even move slightly confused of the bare hands of Marie that she had freely petted and touched both children with out fear of harming them. What had he stumbled across?
She had been talking for nearly two hours straight about every thing, which had been mostly about what had happened since she ran away. He still couldn't get over the fact that she dyed her hair. She could look after her self though. Logan watch as Marie took another sip out of the hot chocolate she cradles in her hands. Her bare hands, she still hadn't explained about her mutation changing.
"Ay love hot choc, it reminds me of the times I used to stop up and watch TV with meh folks. Ay always sat in front of the fire and stroke the cat." Marie had a slight smile of her face and she placed her drink on the side table next to the armchair.
"Can I ask ya sumit?" Logan watched as Marie sat up straight in the chair.
"What like?" Marie frowned. Logan noticed how her nose scrunched up and her eyebrows lowered. Her teeth caught her bottom lip and she gently scraped it. Logan was reminded of how much he missed out on spending time with her. He felt guilty about her leaving. It was his fault after all.
"Come back to Xavier's with me."
"Ay…cant."
"Ya should, it would be best. Sam could come to, see Xavier. He could help, look in Sam's head." Logan sat forward, his eyes pleading with Marie's. It was the most emotion he had shown towards her since jeans death.
"Its not up to meh, I cant take the kid away from his family. No way, he shouldn't have to go through what ay did. He's too young." Marie worried her bottom lip back and forth.
"He wont, he will have the other kids and the adults there to help him out."
"Yeah because ay had a lot of bloody support when ay was there." Marie snarled.
"You did have support, you just never went for it."
"Yeah that's right its all m'hy fault ay was ignored, it was m'hy fault kids were scared to come near meh. It was m'hy fault ya turned ya back on meh. Blame Rogue, its okay she doe ave feelings she's just a silly little gal with no friends."
"Ay didn't turn my back on ya." Logan was taken back from the spite in her voice.
"No ya right. Ya didn't, ya was too busy cryin' over jean to even bother putting the effort into turn ya bloody back. Ya was never there for meh Logan, even when ya promised." Marie sighed deeply. Her skin was starting to tingle. She had a bad feeling that her mutation was back on again. Reaching into the draw in the side table she brought out a pair gloves and pulled them on.
"Ay know ay wasn't very good to ya in the past Marie. Im sorry." Logan watched her pull on the gloves, he didn't know what was up with him but he couldn't help but watch every move she made. She did it with grace it was hard to believe this was the same 19 year old that left in the middle of the night on one of Scott's bikes. "What's with the gloves?"
"M'hy mutation has come back on, unless ya want the risk of meh draining ya." Marie shrugged her shoulders.
"Ya wana tell me how ya learnt to control it?" Logan asked.
"It was nothing much, one day ay touch one of the kids with out gloves and nothing happened. Then it happened a few other times."
"How do you know its come back on?"
"Ay can feel the tingles. Ay was in work the once and ay got loaded a load of work and ay started to stress about having it done on time and I felt the tingles." Marie looked at her hands. "Ay found out it switched back on when I touched m'hy plant and it withered in m'hy hand."
"Ya didn't use to effect plants did ya?"
"No ay didn't, Ay've grown up a lot so has m'hy powers." Marie picked up her drink and drank the rest of it. The chocolate had turned cold and Marie pulled a face at the taste. "They switch off if im happy, its just when I get stressed or upset, negative emotions."
"Ay'll keep that in mind." Logan chucked slightly. "Ask the kids folks, it would be best if he saw Xavier."
"Ay will ask Berty and Di but ay don't know if ay can go back." Marie said as she collected up her cup to take to the kitchen. "Its getting late Logan, where ya stopping?"
"Ay got a motel not far from here. My bike is parked up outside." Logan stood up and pulled on his leather jacket, which he took off after the whole kid-knowing-stuff about-him-thing, he got a little hot under the collar about that. "Ay will come round in the morning Marie, and I want to see you here. Don't go running off again."
"Like ay would."
"Hmm, ay see ya kid."
"Ay anit no kid anymore Logan"
"Ay've notice." Logan looked Marie up and down again and shook his head. How could some one grow up so much in such a short time? Or did he just never notice what was under his nose all the time. Marie was definitely something else.
A/N: ahh, ive done so much writing today…but wahey I have done another chapter and it is also the longest one yet. Im going to start on the next one straightaway.