Chapter 10

Xavier looked on as the girl he once knew walked into his office a woman. She had done it. She had found herself. Xavier was proud. He looked on at the others who followed Rogue into the room. He was slightly surprise it was a new mutant. He hadn't felt an X gene activate in a long while. The child was very young too.

"Rogue it is good to see you once again. Please, everyone take a seat and tell me what I can do for you." Xavier moved from the large window he had watched them enter the school from and move to be in front of his desk. He felt the parents anxiety and fear, he did not wish to fuel it more by intimidating them from behind a desk.

"Professor this is Berty, Di, Sam and Frankie. They are the family I was living with. I think Sam is a mutant." Rogue flexed her hands in her lap watching them still afraid to look at Xavier longer than a few seconds. "I told them you might be able to help."

"I must confess I have not felt a new mutant in a while but I shall get Mr McCoy to check for the gene in both Sam and Frankie." Xavier smiled warmly at the worried parents hoping he had reassured them somewhat.

"Who?" Marie piped up.

"Hank McCoy, he joined us shortly after you left us. He is our new medical staff." Xavier smiled at Marie seeing her shoulders slumped. "Come lets get you all settled in. I have a feeling it will be a long day."

Following the professor Marie noticed that he had led them to Logan's rooms or what was Logan's rooms while she was here. She said rooms because it was like a mini apartment in there. Logan always said he needed space.

"This will be perfect for you and your family Mr Kinsley. There are two bedrooms, a bathroom and a lounge. I shall leave you to get settled in. Dinner will be in an hour or so; I shall send one of the students to show you to the dinning room. Please don't hesitate to ask for anything you many need. I wish for this visit to be as comfortable for you as possible." Xavier smiled and handed Berty the key to the room.

"You don't need to do all this, your helping us enough as it is." Di said hushing the children through the door. "Thank you so much."

"No it is I who should thank you. You took Rogue in when she had nothing, you treated her like family, and you made her feel she was family and for this I am very grateful for. Marie is part of my family too, you have kept her safe for us." Xavier bid them goodbye and turned back towards the lift. Marie stood watching the retreating back of her professor. Never before had she heard him speak highly of her. She was shocked. "Now, now Rogue it is rude to stare."

Xavier's voice brought her back to reality and she walked quickly to catch up with him. "Where will I be staying Sir?"

"In your rooms of course. They have not been touched since you left. You still have a home here Rogue, we wasn't going to replace you that quickly." Xavier wheeled into the lift. "I may wish to speak to you later Marie but for now go and see your friends. A certain Kitten has been very depressed lately."

"Yes sir." Watching the doors close and Xavier going from her view Marie took a deep breath and oddly felt at home. She missed the smell of this place. Walking away from the lift she followed the old route from Logan's old rooms to the rec room where she knew her mates would be.

She was nervous. What would they think of her now? She had left with out telling them. Even the professor had said kitty was depressed. Marie had the feeling that they all hated her now. She had been gone for over three months. That is a long time for not speaking to someone you thought was your friend.

Walking into the rec room Marie spotted kitty, bobby and Jubilee sitting on the couch watching an old western film. Marie was reminded of the times she used to sit on that couch with them. Watching old films and laughing at the bad plot lines. Just as she thought this all three of them bust out laughing. It took them awhile to calm down; once they had Marie decided it was now or never.

"Hey guys. Have I missed much?" All three looked over at the source of the voice.

"Rogue!" Kitty screamed and ran over to Marie. Marie did have a chance to say anything before kitty wrapped her in a big hug.

"Kitty her skin!" Bobby shouted noticed how uncovered Marie was. Jubilee was too shock to say or do anything and remained on the couch with her mouth hanging open while Bobby stood up.

"Its ok Bobby, I've got control now." Marie smiled and hugged Kitty back. Bobby face lit up before he joined in the hug. Marie's statement seemed to get Jubilees attention and soon later she was also hugging with them. "So have I missed anything?"

"Im so glad your back Rogue." Kitty said pulling back and wiping the tears out of her eyes. Smiling Marie realised that she still had her friends. "What's happened to your hair?"

Logan hated changes but he hated small spaces even more. When he returned it was not the welcome he had expected. He had expected to be thanked for bring Marie home not told that his stuff has been moved to another room, a smaller room. Which happens to be next door to what was Marie's room. He wondered if she had been moved too.

He didn't know whether he should hope she hasn't or that she has.

He hadn't spoken to Marie much today. He had knocked on the door been told that she had convinced them to go to Xavier and he should go get ready to leave. Once he returned it was just a simply 'good' and 'lets go then' he got from her. She may have changed a lot but inside she was still the Marie he saved…twice. Because of this Logan knew she was hiding her feelings. He could smell the fear and anxiety emitting from her. He felt sorry for her.

He didn't know what it was about that girl that got such a reaction from him. Half of the time he wanted to kill her and the other half he just wanted to hold her and never let go. He was confused to the point where he felt like being mean to her and kissing her at the same time. She had got under his skin. He didn't know what to think of her, how to treat her, how to act around her and the worst thing of all he didn't know how to tell her how he felt.

He was a bastard, plan and simple. It was killing him.

A knock on the door interrupted him. After he answered 'yeah' Scott walked through the door. "What ya want Scooter?"

"I've heard Rogue is back. Do you feel better now?" He looked down at Logan sitting on the bottom of the bed.

"What's it to you one-eye?" Logan snarled. He hated Scooter.

"She a good kid. The professor told me about how much she has grown up, it makes me think." Scott put his hand in his pockets; he was still standing by the opened door. "Don't get scaring her off again Wolvo, I would like to get to know this new Rogue."

"I didn't scare her off in the first place, now get out of her ya prick." Logan growled low down in his throat. He hated people telling him what to do.

Shrugging, Scott walked out of the room. Before closing the door he replied. "Nice room, smaller than your last ones right?"

Scott closed the door before Logan could say anything back. Sitting alone on his bed, Logan said the one thing he could think of. "Dick"

Xavier had talked to him shortly before he saw the Kinsley family. Asked Logan how the trip went and then sent him on his way. Arsehole was all that Logan had muttered leaving the professors office.

One thing Logan had decided on though was that he was going to change. No longer was he going to be selfish. He was going to make an effort to get back into Marie's nice book; he wanted to be the Logan Marie had loved. To be the Logan who will love Marie back.

Neither of them was not to be loved.

A/N Thank you for the reviews! They have really helped. I have figured out what is going to happen and a nice strong plot is now been made. The chapters should be more frequent now but I have got exam's coming up so im not promising anything.