AN Thanks to all who read my story this far, especially the ones who took the time to leave me a review! - Thank you all for bearing with me all this time! It really means a lot to me!

Epilogue

When her plane landed late in the afternoon of the next day, she looked around. It was very crowded and she couldn't find Gambit anywhere in the mass of people.

Gambit's sharp eyes had spotted her though, and he slipped from the shadow of a shop in which he had been waiting for her.

His years of being a thief had thought him to make himself invisible in a crowd, and it was therefore that even Jubilee couldn't see him.

"Bon soir petite…" he whispered softly in her ear.

Jubilee almost jumped out of her skin, but flew in his arms when she saw who he was.

"Gambit!" she cried out happily.

"Missed me petite?" he said teasingly. She smiled and hugged him even tighter.

He picked up her bag and they both slipped adroit through the masses towards the exit, where Gambit had his sports car parked.

Gambit was glad to see she looked well, and happy.

"So the Wolverine didn't come back with you, non?" Gambit asked once they were in the car.

Sadly she shook her head. "No, and I don't think he'll ever come back either…" she said softly.

"Never give up hope, petite. You never know, non?" Gambit said encouragingly.

Jubilee smiled, but didn't really believe him.

"Aren't you angry with me for leaving like that?" she asked cautiously, glimpsing at him from the corner of her eyes.

"Non, Gambit knew you wanted to go look for him…" he said nonchalant.

The rest was also happy to see her back, and even Cyclops lecture was shorter than she had expected. And after a few days everything seemed to be back to normal.

When Jubilee crossed the estate from the school to the mansion a few weeks later, she saw an unfamiliar motorcycle parked out front.

She knew for sure that it wasn't Gambit's bike, and she didn't knew of anyone else riding a bike.

…Wolverine…Would he have come back after all?... she thought.

Hopefully she ran into the mansion. She could hear voices coming from the rec. room and she all but flew over there, almost knocking Cyclops over when she entered.

"Wolvie! You came back!" she called enthusiastically when she saw him.

She flew in his arms.

"Yeah, you can be quite convincing when you want to kid!" he said softly, so she was the only one who could hear.

Surprised she looked up at him. "ME?"

Wolverine nodded.

Then Gambit walked in. He didn't seem as surprised to see Wolverine back as they others had.

"Couldn't do without us, non, mon ami!" he said deadpan.

But Wolverine knew it was Gambit's way of saying that he too was happy to see him back.

Nobody though saw the look of understanding between Gambit and Wolverine.

"Will you be staying this time?..." Jubilee asked carefully.

"yeah kid" he said determined.

And he did.

Jubilee had made him realise how much the X-men actually meant to him. And now that he had made the decision to stay he felt as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. And he knew that the same would happen to his fears over time…