Chapter Seven:
A few hours later, Marie awoke to Logan shutting her room door, apparently coming back into her room,
"Where did you go?" she asked groggily, wiping her sleepy eyes. She looked around the room, "Logan?"
"Hmmm"
"Where's my case?"
"In my truck" he said, matter of fact. Marie felt that anger towards him again, the anger that seemed to just flare up whenever Logan did something she didn't like. That had been happening more and more lately, and she didn't like it. She flung out of bed to confront him.
"I told you! I'm not going back!"
"No ones saying you are Kid, but your not staying in this rat hole either." He continued calmly. Marie silently admired him more for the way he seemed to just be accepting her sometimes irrational anger.
"What do you mean?" She was trying not to soften, although she could never really stay made at Logan for long. No matter how annoyed she would get, she guessed he would always be her 'saviour' no matter how hard she tried to prove otherwise. Wasn't him being here now another attempt to 'save' her?
"I get your mad, but can you just listen to me for a sec!"
"No! No Logan I can't! You didn't listen to me. It's always been about Jean with you! And now she's gone it's still all about her! If you'd have listened to me for even five minutes I might not have needed to be here in the first place!"
"Kid…" It was if he was trying to apologise, but didn't know how to get the words out, he put his hands on her shoulders and tried to pull her into a hug,
"Don't touch me Logan!" And she realised she was crying. She turned away from him, trying to wipe away her tears. Logan placed a hand on her shoulder gently, trying to console her,
"Why are you here Marie?" He said gently, she walked towards the bed and sat down at the edge. To her surprise Logan followed and sat down next to her. Ready to listen. Marie was still crying silently.
"I… I don't fit in there anymore Logan. Nobody wants me there, I'm just the freak who got cured."
"What about your boyfriend? Iceboy" Logan quipped. Marie was well aware that Logan didn't think much of her relationship with Bobby, and she wasn't sure if it would be a good idea to tell Logan what really happened. But he was still the only person she could truly confide in. He was still her best friend.
"I found him… With Kitty" She didn't want to elaborate, admitting that her own boyfriend had been so repulsed by her that he would cheat wasn't exactly something she wanted to broadcast,
"What do you mean, 'with Kitty!'" He was getting angry again, Marie knew this was a mistake,
"Nothing… It's just- Forget I said anything!"
Logan stood up in front of her. He really was very tall.
"I can't do that Marie. Tell me what happened" She could tell he was angry, but concerned, so she decided it would be best just to come clean,
"He was… He was…Having, making…" she couldn't get the words out. She felt mortified, Logan just listened patiently, although she could tell he knew where this was going, "he was having sex with Kitty" she concluded.
"Shit Marie" Marie was shocked by his tone, it was soft. It was kind, caring, "why didn't you tell me" he sat back down beside her. "I could of.. Done something"
"Please don't say anything to him… I Can't… I just…" she broke down and was really sobbing. Logan put an arm round her and she leaned into him,
"I'm always here for you." He stated and Marie knew it was true.
"I just. I got cured for him!" She sobbed, "I gave up everything… Who I was, and he just…"
"I know, I know" he comforted, "Your better than this, Marie" he whispered, "better than him"
Marie didn't say anything, and when she stopped crying she pulled away from him, feeling more than just a bit awkward,
"Where are we going then?" She asked.
"Anywhere. I'll take you back as soon as your ready" It was then that Marie realised. She couldn't hide forever, if she left it any longer it would just get more difficult,
"Lets go back" she said, "I wanna go back to School. But lets have some fun first"
"What do you mean, Kid?" He seemed a bit worried,
"Lets just stop somewhere first. Before I have to go back to my regular life"
