Logan cocked a brow while he looked at the smiling, sleeping Scott lying on the couch. He wondered what the boy could be so happy about that he had to smile about it in his sleep.

*Scott and Kitty where on a large ship peering over the side of the railing. They waved as two of their dearest friends flopped around in the ocean trying to get back on the ship.

"Scott! Throw me a life saver!" Jean shouted. Scott just blew her kiss and they continued to move far away, leaving their problems behind.*

"Hey, Slim. Time to wake up kid," Logan said, shaking Scott awake. Scott groaned and rolled over on the couch, ending up on the cold, wooden floor. He sat up drowsily and looked at Logan. "Must have been a great dream," Logan said and walked outside of the cabin.

If Scott's blush were any darker he could have lit up the whole room. He stretched out his arms and yawned. Going to the small bathroom, he cleaned up and then made his way outside, and found Logan sitting on the porch, puffing at his cigar.

"So, what do we do now?" Scott asked. Logan shrugged.

"I'm gonna stay here and take advantage of the silence," he said pointedly. "But ya can pack some lunch and take a hike." Scott glared at him through the glasses but decided a walk wouldn't hurt. He went inside and made himself a couple of sandwiches and put it in his backpack with a canteen of water and a notebook. He figured he could record what happened to him that weekend and maybe tell Kitty about it. Well, Jean rather.

As he made his way out Logan called out some rules.

"Stay on the main path, don't get lost and don't come back till a little before dark," and then he went back to puffing. Scott rolled his eyes and started his hike, using an old map he found by the bed.

***

Scott was about to drop dead from exhaustion when he finally made it to a beautiful clearing. It was bare of snow and he saw steam coming out of the spring. A grin broke out and he made his way near it, stripping off his clothes on his way. By the time he got there he was naked (1) and cold, he shivered while he entered the spring and sighed heavily as his muscles relaxed.

He turned around and opened his notebook on the dry rock that rose high above the pool, making it seem like a table. He began to write a letter to no one in particular.

'I've never felt as calm as I do now. Everything these past days have been overwhelming. My relationship with Kitty complicated all the other relationships in my life. She avoided me yesterday, I felt so bad. I didn't think she would ever do something like that, in fact I thought she'd fight for our friendship. But she gave it up without a thought.

Logan said I might find myself here. I wish I could stay up here forever. No arguments, no fights against humans, no fight against mutants, no boring girlfriend. It would be sheer bliss to escape it all. I hope that when I get back that everything has worked itself out. I feel guilty for leaving Kitty; I think she would have loved it here. But anyway, I needed to think, and I can't think around her. She sort of knocks the ability from me.'

He closed the notebook and tucked it back in his bag before turning around and allowing the steam to relieve his senses. He laid there until his skin pruned up and the sun was high in the sky.

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Jean stepped into the shower and allowed the hot water to run down her toned body. She touched her right shoulder and grimaced at the teeth marks. She had a few of them on her upper body and the red marks wouldn't be easy to hide. She dried herself with a towel and left the bathroom wrapping the towel around her body, unfortunately bumping into Kurt on the way out.

"Sorry Jean," he said and his eyes, as any normal boys would, quickly ran over her body but lingered on her breasts but he wasn't looking at them in particular, he was looking at the marks all over them.

"It's okay," she said, barely noticing. Her mind was deep in thought on her plans for the afternoon. Adam had asked her to help him in a study session and she had agreed. If she would have looked back, she would have been panicking at Kurt's flushed and angry face, he quickly teleported to the Kitty and Rogue's room.

***

"Kitty, you von't believe this!" he shouted, but found himself in a still dark room with only a lump on Rogue's bed. Oblivious to the fact that Kitty couldn't possible hide within flat, thin sheets, Kurt pulled it back anyway and found nothing. His eyebrows furrowed together and he made his way to Rogue.

"Hey Rogue, have you seen Kitty anywhere," he asked, while shaking her awake. She rolled on her back and glared at him, then covered her face with her blanket.

"No, ya fuzzball now leave me alone," she mumbled. Kurt sighed heavily and teleported to each room, trying to find Kitty. He checked his room and groaned when she wasn't there. About to teleport in the Danger Room, he had a disturbing but obvious idea of where she would be. He ported into Scott's room and found the petite brunette sleeping in the middle of Scott's huge bed.

Her body was snuggled up to his pillow and her breathing was heavy. He shook his head and went over to her, sitting on the bed. He tapped her on the shoulder and she groaned as she wearily sat up.

"Kurt! How many times do I have to, like, tell you to stay out of my room?" she asked irritated. Kurt momentarily forgot why he had been looking for her.

"Vhen did this become your room?" he asked and watched as her mind cleared up and she remembered where she was. She blushed deeply and let out a small growl.

"Get out!" she shouted, Kurt covered her mouth with his hand.

"Shut up, or do you vant Jean to suddenly appear," saying her name reminded him of why he was there and the anger was back in his eyes. Kitty wondered what was wrong and Kurt didn't take long to fill her in. "I vas going to the bathroom vhen Jean came out in a tovel and she had all these marks all over her body. I have a feeling that Scott didn't give them to her."

For a minute Kurt saw no reaction from the girl. She just stared at him like he was from outer space. Than she stood up and walked out of the room. He stared after her with cocked eyebrows and wondered if maybe he had said something he shouldn't have.

***

Kitty brushed her teeth vigorously, causing her sensitive pink gums to bleed a little. All the rage she had was being taken out on herself as she combed her hair into a high, tight, ponytail. She roughly pulled her pink tank top on and her jean shorts and then made her way to Jean's room where she banged on the door till Jean got irritated enough to open it.

"Kitty! What's wrong with you?" Jean asked; her lip curled up in annoyance. Kitty gave her a once over and saw the red turtle neck with her slacks.

"What's wrong with me? You have the audacity to ask what's wrong with me. What's wrong with you? How could you do that to him? He loves you!" Kitty shouted. Jean's face flushed and she wondered if Kitty new. She had to find out a cover up.

"First and foremost Kitty I have no idea what you're talking about and I think you should leave." Jean closed the door in the girls face, but one good thing she forgot was Kitty's powers. Kitty phased in through the door and Jean yelped.

"Are you sure you don't know?" Kitty asked, and phased Jean's shirt off of her. Jean gasped and tried to cover up her upper body, Kitty gasped and tears came to her eyes. "You stupid-." And she slapped Jean across the face before running out and going to the Professor's office.

***

The Professor looked up from his papers and saw an agitated Kitty run in.

"What's wrong Kitty? Is everything okay?" he resisted the urge to pry in her mind and instead trusted that she would tell him if something was really wrong.

"Everything's okay Professor, can you give me Scott's-Logan's-Mr. Logan's number?" She asked apprehensively. The Professor shook his head.

"Logan doesn't have a phone over there Kitty. Would you like to tell me what's wrong?" he asked. Kitty's shoulders slumped in defeat as she shook her head.

"No thanks Professor. I'll, like, talk to you later," she disappeared through the door and left a concerned Professor behind. He went back to his papers and hoped that everything wasn't as bad as she made it seem.

***

Kitty sat on the tree limb and stared at the house. She felt horrible at having almost exposed Jean to Scott when he was supposed to be on a 'vacation'. Her heart lurched at the thought of telling him what happened. She wondered if he would forgive Jean and stay with her, sadly, she wouldn't be surprised. She hugged her knees and put her head between her legs in sadness. She didn't notice that she was being watched.

***

A Little Earlier:

Rogue angrily rolled out of the bed and made her way to the bathroom after Kurt had woken her up. She was going to give him a piece of her mind after she washed up. She made her way to Kurt's room but he wasn't there. When she passed by Scott's door she heard muffled sounds and than placed her ear against it to eavesdrop. She overheard the conversation about Jean and her mouth dropped open in shock.

She wasn't sure what kind of marks Kurt was talking about but had an idea and when she heard the door being unlocked, she ran off and waited till the girl left the bathroom and heard the yelling and a loud smack resound the hall. Her mouth once again dropped open. No one had ever done that to Jean.

She had made her way outside to think in the woods when she heard Kitty crying. Still angry she didn't attempt at making peace but sat on the ground and watched her cry, knowing it was for Scott. She felt so sorry for Kitty that she almost forgot about her anger. Instead she made her way to the park, not wanting to be caught watching Kitty.

***

Scott was on his way back to the cabin when he saw a white snow leopard watching him from afar. It had slanted blue eyes and looked at him so intensely as if looking into his soul. They stared at each other until both turned away at the same time and made their way to their homes, now and than looking back. It seemed as if the more they separated the more he wanted to go back to it and see it, to learn more about it. He made a mental note to read up on snow leopards when he got back home.

By the time he reached the cabin he was exhausted and hungry again, he made his way to the cold stew and heated it up. Tomorrow they would be heading back to the institute, and he had made no progress with his problems.

Logan and he ate their meal in silence. After Logan went to bed, Scott decided to calmly go over the facts and perhaps come up with a solution. He opened his notebook and wrote down everything that had happened since he first started talking to Kitty. By the time he was done, his hand ached and he still didn't understand anything. Sighing he lay down on the couch and hoped to wake up with a bright idea tomorrow.

***

Kitty and Rogue where seated in front of Jean, and without realizing it glared at her. An empty space was between her and Kurt where Scott normally sat. Kurt found the moment funny and tried to hold back his snickers. Ororo was watching the three of them with concern.

"Jean dear, what happened to your face?" she asked. On Jean's cheek was a large bruise; she glared at Kitty after muttering 'nothing'. After dinner the girls made their way to their rooms, Jean planning to sneak out and Rogue and Kitty still not speaking to each other but now and than glancing each others way. They didn't say another word until they were under their respective covers.

"Kitty?" Rogue said quietly. Kitty's eye lids popped open in fear wondering what had called her name. "Kitty?" Rogue said a little more loudly. Kitty sat up on the bed and thought of ignoring the girl but decided against it.

"Yes?" she asked warily. Rogue coughed in the dark.

"Tomorrow ah have to go to meet someone in the park and ah was wonderin' if ya wanted to come," Rogue said. She didn't know why but her guilt was intensifying at what she had told Scott a few days back, and even more now that she had seen her pain.

Kitty stared at the girl and remained silent for a while, not knowing what was behind it. But she decided to give in a little.

"All right," she said and lay on the bed, still hurt from what the girl had said about her but hoping that maybe amends would be made.

***

Meanwhile, gasping could be heard coming from a particular guy's room across town. He ran his fingers through silky hair and her cry made his ego inflate. He gave no thought or care to her boyfriend or anyone else in particular. He was finally getting what he had worked so hard for since summer school had started. And soon he'd be able to move on from her to that other delicious girl that lived in the mansion as well.

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(1) Drool! Okay first things first, there are no snow leopards in Canada . . . I'm a big, skinny liar. Sorry to everyone. Anyway, plus was the end sort of racy? I don't know, i sort of felt weird in writing it. Any who, here are shout outs.

Purple Rose Fairy-I agree with you, they're very different. But thanks for reading it anyway :)

Possom2009-read ur latest chapter on 'The Toad Prince' two thumbs up

Just me-Thanks for reviewing. I miss you, haven't heard from u in a
minute

Sevish-I love you! You're too nice to me (big hug) *sigh* Happy
Valentines Day

Lyranfan-Thank you so much for reviewing my fics. Your opinions matter
(not that no one else's does, I hope I said that right) and you always
have something insightful to say

FookYOUzawa-Is is sinful to love your name? cause I do.

Emerald Lionheart-Don't think I forgot about your idea, it'll definitely
happen.

Rogue14-I gave you more! And yet you leave me! Come back!

Somekindafreaky-I'm glad that you like the pairing, I battled a lot
before giving in and writing it

Kattzztar-Hey I know you! You're from MMM. Anyway, I hope you liked
that fic, just updated it.

Jojo-Thanks for pointing out where I screwed up, hope to hear from you
SOON

Angel Merry Elve-Thanks for reviewing it. I like you for liking the
story...okay that was just wrong

Rogue Pheonix-Ya know what, that new song Hilary Duff would sound great
if IIIII sang it. I don't know why they made her, don't get me wrong I
like her as an actress and all but geez, can she be any more typical.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, more suspense if you get the
last line.

C Manga Fan-I'm totally feeling you on the vocab, sometimes I'm so
overwhelmed with such great writing that it happens to me, lol. I'm glad
you're enjoying

Bane of Jean-At first I thought u were gonna flame me because of ur name,
but I'm glad that you feel the same way I do about her. (I used the
thesaurus to check out bane) Jean has a hickey . . . wow. Do you think
Scott even knows what a hickey is? Sometimes I wonder

Next-You are so evil! Look what you made me do! I bashed her and its
all your fault! (Thank you)

Officially*Obsessed*With*Pyro-I love Pyro, he's the most funnest
Pyromaniac, I've ever known . . . well the only, but that's besides the
point. Yeah, as much as I love Todd being the good guy, he is so good at
being bad that I can't help myself.

Katherine 4-I actually liked having them get kicked out of the theater, I
have officially made it my goal to gte kicked out of the theater under
similar circumstances, the first trick is learning to go through walls.

Lildaisygirl24-Thanks for reviewing my fic ^^ makes me feel all warm and
fuzzy inside O.O woah! Dirty thought

Shadow-Kitty-Cat-Thanks for keeping an open minded. I sometimes avoid
certain pairings but than I started to take chances and my life changed
and now I sometimes read some of the weirdest things . . .

Dark Dragon Fire Demon-Yeay! You joined my Cult, now for the initiation
. . . um, read all of my other fics and review and than ur officially
part of my club. Thanks for reviewing

*** Okay well that's all the reviews. Thanks for reading guys, one more thing. I'm collaborating on three fics. One is called 'Road Trip!' by Scitzyjadedcookiechaos, another is called The Widow and The Devil by The Uncanny R-Man (read his fics, their awesome) and another is XXHABK by Scitzy which will be updated soon. Love you all, Happy V-Day, and for those of you without valentines grab your favorite X Men, or Acolyte (Officially*Obsessed*With*Pyro), or BoM and give them a warm juicy hug/everything else your determined to receive. Till Next Time