"What the fuck did you just say?"
He was across the room now staring at her like she'd grown two heads.
She took a deep but shaky breath leaning against her desk.
Her lip tembled slightly before her face became completely impassive.
"I said that you're the father of my child."
She went and sat in her chair behind her desk and stared up at him with a blank look on her face.
"Storm how the fuck is that even possible? We ain't never went that far! We would never-."
He stopped because he would most definitely, but she didn't need to know that.
"Logan can I please just explain.."
"Fire the fuck away cuz I'm just not getting it." He said leaning against the wall.
"Language Logan-." She flinched at his brash language.
"Fuck that shit Storm I'm going through som'n. I ain't thinking about being couth right now."
He said.
He thought about firing up a cigar right then and there but somehow he felt like she wouldn't hesitate sending a lightening bolt up his ass so he held off.
"I was taken by Stryker and his men right after you left. I don't remember anything so don't ask but I know I was captive for a month. When I got back, I was pregnant. I was apparently kidnapped as a part of their continued plans to make the perfect weapon. They were kidnapping powerful mutant women and impregnating them to see if your genes and the mothers would be passed down onto the child. What better mutant to test that out on than me?" She said.
"Fucking Christ Storm. You gotta be kidding me?"
"Trust me, I wish I was." She sighed heavily. She slid her hand over her belly protectively.
"There's not much we can do at this point; we just need to raise this child as best as we can."
"We? Whoa. I'm not-. I mean I know that it's mine but I didn't want no kid right now and I didn't go out of my way to make no kid! I can't be a dad." He said backing away slowly.
She didn't say anything; just shook her head slightly and put it down.
Suddenly her head shot up; blue eyes completely white, her hair rising with the static in the room.
"I didn't expect my first shot at motherhood to be forced with a man that's in love with my dead best friend but that won't stop me from raising and cherishing my child. If I have to do that alone; so be it. It is not the first time you've ever left me hanging!"
He was pushed out of the room with a gust a wind and the door shut in front of his face.
He smelled the rain before it began to pour.
He just fucked up.
"Logan! How the fuck could you even-, I'm literally lost for words dude."
Kitty was fuming.
"She's fucking right Wolvie. That's fucked up. We've all been right by Storms side since she came back. This pregnancy is just now kinda slightly smoothing out and that's barely. She's been sick this whole time and still doing a damn good job at running this school." Jubilee was slowly shaking her head.
"Yeah Storms been doing it all and she doesn't want a lot of help. But that's still your baby regardless of if you didn't go out of your way to make it. I think you owe her that much seeing as you left her alone to handle the school right after everything happened." Kitty added.
Marie stood up.
"You've got some fucking nerve Logan. You truly do! Are you so self absorbed that you can't empathize with other people. Let's start at the beginning. You lost Jean so you went running. You aren't ready to be a dad; so you're gonna act like you aren't one.
Storm lost her father, brother and sister! She got thrust into running a school and didn't have any chance to take leave and grieve. Then she was kidnapped, and tortured and used and luckily for her she can't remember it but she has a living reminder growing inside of her of the violation she suffered. She's lost every single person she's ever loved and she could've terminated that pregnancy but she wouldn't because that's just her. She's dealt with shit most of us couldn't imagine and still holds her head up high! You're so selfish! You only care about yourself. The least you can do is help support her!" She was angry!
Logan knew he was wrong; he just was in complete shock. The last thing he expected was to come and find Storm pregnant with his baby. A baby in general was the last thing he ever expected to have in life!
He felt like a dick because he didn't think about what Storm was going through. This wasn't the first time he'd been called selfish; but it was the first time he cared.
"I didn't expect my first shot at motherhood to be forced with a man that's in love with my dead best friend but that won't stop me from raising and cherishing my child. If I have to do that alone; so be it. It is not the first time you've ever left me hanging!"
Her voice rang in his head.
He did leave her hanging; they weren't super close but they could have grieved together and helped each other and instead he left her to pick up the pieces alone.
He and Storm had never really been able to form a real friendship or relationship. They had an understanding; a sense of respect for each other. She was the one to comfort him when Xavier was killed. She also was his comforter when Jean died. He never once asked if she was okay; yet she never once complained.
Storm was a beautiful enigma; something he couldn't, no wouldn't, crack. Jean was simple. She was easy to chase; and unlike what everyone thought, he wasn't in love with her. He loved her but he was never in love with her. Love for Logan was something much more intense than the simple flirting he'd done with Jean. Love for Logan was pain and that's why he avoided it.
Having a child was supposed to happy and full of love; since Logan avoided love he avoided siring a child. He knew though that as Storms pregnancy progressed he wouldn't be able to ignore this child. He wouldn't be able to just ignore Storm either.
He had to man up. No matter how much it secretly terrified him.
But right now, he was going out for a drink.