Chapter 28

Everybody left my room after the gifts were gone. They all went their separate ways to do their own thing. Logan stayed behind and helped clean the room. I sat on my bed, twirling the ring around my finger as I watched him. It seemed so surreal that he would do this. Give himself to one woman, and that woman being me.

"What are you smiling about?" he asked seeing the dreamy smile on my face.

"Nothing. Just how you are so amazing." I said.

"Oh don't start getting mushy on me now." he grumbled.

"Hey, if I am not mistaken, you were just as mushy about thirty minutes ago." I said smiling.

"Yea, well, that was one of those almost never moments." he said.

"Huh?" I asked.

"You will almost never see me doing that again, unless I have reason to." he said.

"Hey!" I yelled, throwing my pillow and hitting him straight in the face.

"You're gonna pay for that." he growled.

"How so?" I said.

He walked over, pillow in hand and slapped me against the head.

"Hey! No fair." I laughed.

I grabbed my pillow and began hitting him back. We were soon in a full fledged pillow fight. It didn't last very long before I became exhausted and fell over in a heap of coughs.

"You alright." said Logan.

He bent down and began rubbing my back, trying to get me to stop coughing. He grabbed my glass of water from the table and handed it to me when I calmed down a bit. I took large gulps, causing some to run down my chin. I emptied the glass and sat it back down on the table and causing a deep belch to come out.

"Excuse me." I mumbled, coughing just a little.

"You're excused." chuckled Logan. "Well, since that little escapade, you are to stay in bed for the rest of the day."

"No, come on, I am not staying in this bed all day! I've been in this bed for a week! I can't take it anymore. I have seen every episode that was ever programmed onto the History channel, and I can't even count how many times I have watched Law & Order. Please don't make me stay in here, it's so stifling." I whined.

"You can have a bath but other than that you are to stay in this bed. Got it?" he said with a raised eyebrow, as if encouraging me to argue back.

I gave him a huff and crossed my arms along with sending him a glare.

"Fine." I said.

"Good." he said in a rather chipy voice.

He went to my dresser and got out some clean comfy clothes. He sat them in the bathroom and came back for me. He lifted me out of my bed and sat me on the counter while he turned on the bath.

"Here." I said as I handed him my lily smelling bubble bath soap.

"Is this the stuff that is really potent?" he asked with a disgusted glance.

I rolled my eyes. "No, I threw it away since you don't like it. This is something new."

He took a whiff of it and nodded his head.

"Better." he replied as he poured it into the bath water, bubbles immediately forming.

I rolled my eyes as he finished getting everything ready for my bath. I turned around and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked horrid. I couldn't believe I was proposed to looking like this, grant it I've been in bed for how long and never being able to see myself, but still. I traced a finger over the purple lines that decorated my skin. I didn't feel like a person with all of these weird designs on my skin. I felt like something from a fairy tale or a cartoon.

"Alright. Come on." said Logan.

He turned to walk over to me and began taking off my shirt.

"What's wrong?" he asked seeing the sad look on my face.

"Nothing." I said.

He grabbed my face in his hands and made me look at him.

"What's wrong?" he asked again, this time more caring.

"I just feel so weird with these things on me. I feel like a cartoon or something, like someone drew me. I don't look like a real person and I can never go out in public anymore with these things because people will definitely know that I am a mutant and then things will get really bad."

"Shut up." he said. "There is nothing wrong with you. You are a real person whether you think so or not. I mean, look at Hank, the poor guy has to live with the fact that he is all blue, and with fur!" I laughed at that. "We can't help who we are, but we have to except it."

"I don't want to." I said.

"Well, you have to because I like the way you look very much. You look like you belong in a forest, living in flowers or trees or something." he said. I gave him a smile and looked away.

"That's my girl." he said as he kissed my forehead. "Come on, your water's getting cold."

I finished undressing and lowered myself into the warm and sooting water, with some help from Logan. Although we had never done anything, I still felt I could trust him, even though I was completely naked. I leaned my head against the back of the tub and closed my eyes. The warm water seemed to take me to another place and I was very grateful. I felt Logan pouring warm water over my head as he washed my hair. This man was something special.

He finished washing out all of the conditioner and left a loofa and some body wash on the edge of the tub.

"I'll be in your room if you need me." he said, giving me a kiss on the forehead.

I grabbed his arm as he was about to turn away and pulled him back down, kissing him full on the lips. He was a bit surprised with my actions you could tell, but soon deepened the kiss filling it with even more passion. We both pulled away, breathless.

"Thank you." I whispered.

"No thank you!" he said with a smile. I laughed and hit him on the arm.

"I'll be in here. Don't fall asleep again." he said.

"I'll try." I replied. The last time I had taken a bath, I fell asleep. The warm water just made my muscles instantly go lax and it was heave.

"Alright." he said.

He closed the door, leaving me to myself. I relaxed back into the deep warm and bubbly water. I let the soap sink into my skin as I let my mind wander. I grabbed the loofa and body wash and began washing my body. It felt so good to get the grime off of me and I felt a hundred percent better afterwards. I lay in the tub, freshly clean and enjoying the smell of lilies. It was one of my favorite scents. I did love coconut but Logan's nose was to sensitive for it so it made him sick every time he smelt it. So I had to switch, and seeing as how I love flowers, I thought I'd go with lilies. It wasn't overly potent but it had a nice smell to it that lingered with you all day.

My mind started to wander as I lay in the warm water. My thoughts began drifting back to the day I got hurt, which was a week or so ago. I thought about what happened and what had been done with Strycker. Logan told me that he was being held in a cell, but how long could they held him? And what did they want him for? Obviously they wanted something from him or else he still wouldn't be down there. Was he still down there? I was so lost to the world I forgot to ask. I also wondered why I hadn't healed as quickly as I should have. I meant to ask Jean before she left today but I was a bit preoccupied by other things.

The water became cold so I decided to get out. I went to call for Logan but thought better of it. If I wanted to get better I had to try and start dong things on my own. I pulled myself onto the edge of the tub. That wasn't as easy as I had hoped, so I sat on the edge, breathing heavily, baiting myself to calm down. When I caught my breathe back I grabbed the towel and dried myself off. I wrapped my hair up into my towel and lifted myself to the toilet where I sat down and began dressing. I put on my undergarments and then proceeded to put on my shirt. The pants were going to be a different issue though. Yes I had strength but no enough to stand on my own and put my pants on. I tried anyway and put them over my feet, pulling up to my mid thigh. Well I was almost there, now all I had to do was stand and lift them up quickly, before I fell over. Easier said than done. I almost had them when I lost my balance and fell to the floor.

"Pix!" I heard Logan yell. The door burst open and I looked up to him with a smile.

"Hi Logan." I said with a smile trying to calm him down. I could see the anger practically steaming out of his ears.

He grabbed my arms and pulled me up so I was standing on my feet.

"How many times have I told you, get me if you are having problems. If you can't get your pants on then let me know." he growled.

The way he stated that statement sounded a bit odd but I rolled my eyes in frustration and let him pull my pants up the rest of the way.

"This is ridiculous. I shouldn't have to asking you to help me get dressed, or walk two feet into the bathroom. I should have been healed by now. Why is it taking so long?" I said in frustration.

"I don't know babe. Maybe something got thrown off loop or something. We'll have Jean take a look." he said.

I took my hair out of the towel and let it hang to my back in wet curls. Logan seeing my angered features helped me walk to my bed, instead of carrying me. I sat down on the bed in a huff as Logan prepped up my pillows. I leaned back and pulled the covers up so I was nice and warm. I turned on the t.v and started flipping through channels.

"You hungry?" asked Logan.

"No." I replied.

He shook his head. "Alright. Well, I will go and find Jean and see what we can do."

"Wait." I said.

He stopped. He turned around and saw me looking after him with apologetic eyes.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get all frumpy on you." I said.

"Frumpy?" he smiled.

"Ah you know what I mean. Anyways, will you stay with me please?" I asked.

He smiled as he closed the door and walked over to my bed. I moved over as he slid in under the covers, cuddling me up into his arms. He stole the remote from me and began flipping through channels trying to find something to watch. He must have found something cause the last thing I heard was a buzzer as I fell asleep to Logan's rhythmic heartbeat.

Hope you guys enjoy this! College starts again for me tomorrow so i don't know how much i will be able to post. I have a pretty big class this semester so i hope it doesnt take all of my time. But i will try and post as much as i can so please bear with me. You guys have been awesome so far and i love you!! Hope you enjoy this chapter and let me know what you think!