Chapter Seven
It had taken three months for Logan and Marie to work out the kinks, both as a couple and as part of the X-Men.
Logan would be the new Shop and P.E. teacher for the school. For the team he would be the Training Leader. Marie would be teaching 8th, 9th, and 10th grade Spanish and serving as Procurement and Logistics manager for the B team. Ororo and Kurt had worked out a timetable of who could watch the baby when Logan and Marie where teaching, and the three 12th graders were still fighting over who would watch the baby during missions. Every angle had been thought out and covered. The only thing that was left was the baby, and that was on the way.
"Push Marie, that's it, push." Ororo voice was calm, even as contractions rippled through Marie's abdominal muscles. Marie's voice however was not as calm.
"Ahggggggggggg!"
"Good Marie. That was beautiful." Ororo formed a small cloud between her hands and passed over Marie's face. "Just a few more like that and we'll be done."
"Mha?"
Jean's head popped up from between Marie's knees, "I can see the head!"
"Head?"
Jean smiled, "A very, very hairy head."
"Ooohhh, fuuuuuUUUUUUUUCK!"
"It's time!"
The noise level in the dinning room shot up as all the students rushed to get a seat, then fell to a respectful silence as Professor Xavier started to speak.
"As we start the holiday season, this time when the idea of peace, no matter how small, is found in everyone's hearts. A time when our thoughts turn to the New Year and the new start it gives us, we here at the school have an extra reason to celebrate. At this time last year the mutant community was wondering when the next blow would come. Bobby, Kitty, Jubilation Lee, and Marie were mere trainees, Logan was off in Canada looking for his past, and we at the school were taking bets on when Scott and Jean would set a date. Now, the talk of mutant registration is dying. IceMan, Shadow Cat, and Jubilee are valuable members of the X-Men. And we finally were able to address Jean as Dr. Summers.
But the new starts I rejoice in most are those of Logan and Marie. Marie, last year our separate Rogue, now has her arms full of love. Logan is now looking to his future. A future that is tied into Marie's; tied both by their love for each other and by the arrival of James Charles Logan.
I ask you to now raise your glasses with me in celebration of these changes"
It was later, after the holiday party had ended, Logan found Marie standing by the bassinet. Logan stared at the way the moonlight lit her streaks and made her eyes glow.
"Was he right?"
Marie looked up with a small smile on her lips. "Was who right about what?"
"The Professor." Logan reached out to her, "When he said our futures were tied."
Marie stepped into Logan's arms, a memory coming back to her as she did. "There's no way you can get rid of me now. You unbroke my heart."
The End