A/N: So here is another chapter. Thanks so much for the awesome reviews!! Remember, none of the characters that belong to Marvel Comics are mine. I just own Kainda and the other mutants that I will create in the future. So, Relax and enjoy!

Kainda sat up and rubbed her eyes, which were swollen from the constant crying. She glanced at the clock which read noon. Kainda got dressed and headed out the door to Professor Xavier's office so that she could know her punishment from last night's actions. She was walking down the corridors when she bumped into Cyclops,

"Oh, hello Kainda." He grinned at her. She smiled back at him,

"Hello, Mr. Summers. How are you today, sir?" He nodded,

"I'm fine thank you. Are you feeling better today?" He asked, referring to what happened last night. Kainda nodded, obviously embarassed at how she acted towards the superiors,

"Yes. Thank you." She looked up at Cyclops. He slowly melted away as a younger, handsome man with short brown hair and hazel eyes appeared.

"I miss you Patrick..." He smiled at her,

"Kainda!" She snapped back to reality as Patrick disappeared,

"What?" Scott looked at her strangely,

"You told me that you missed me and you called me Patrick."

"Oh...I'm sorry, sir. I got confused." Her face creased with worry, "If you'll excuse me, I have to go meet with Professor Xavier. Good day Mr. Summers."

"Good day, Kainda." He watched her go as he frowned. Kainda was really starting to worry him. He sighed and walked towards the garage to go work on his motorcycle.

Logan and Storm were walking down the hall when they spotted Kainda walking towards them. She deliberately avoided making eye contact and walked past them. Logan turned around to glance at her retreating form,

"Well, she's polite."

"Logan, leave her alone. She's had it rough." Wolverine scowled,

"I had it rough too and you don't see me acting that way."

"Any more..." There was an awkward silence as he contemplated what she said,

"I didn't act that way..." He mumbled. Storm chuckled as she patted his shoulder,

"If you say so, Logan." They continued walking down the familiar halls and once again, entered his office where the others were hanging around. Professor Xavier had a grave look on his face,

"Everyone sit down. I am afraid that I have some grave news.

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Kainda shook her head at herself in the mirror on the door of her room. How could have she been so stupid? She should have been more careful. Calling Mr. Summers Patrick! How would she explain herself out of that one? She took out her ponytail and let her raven hair fall down to her waist. She grabbed her brush and started brushing her hair with long, smooth strokes. There was a knock on her door. She put down her brush and turned towards the door,

"It's open." The door opened revealing the muscular form of Logan,

"Hey kid." She smiled at him,

"Hey Mr. Logan." He pointed to the chair across from her,

"May I?" She nodded,

"Please." He thanked her and sat down,

"Look Kainda, I know you haven't had an easy life recently...but I want you to know that I understand..." Kainda, who was brushing her hair, stopped. She put down the brush and turned to him,

"How?" She asked quietly. He balled his hands into fists and four claws of adamantium came out,

"Years ago, I was abudcted by William Stryker because I was a healer, like you. He was collecting Healers so that he could experiment on them and thus that's were I got my claws."

She nodded, "I remember Daddy telling me about that...They didn't even have the decency of putting them under...they just opened them up and did their evil deed." She shivered involuntarily. Logan closed his eyes, willing that the horrible memories be drowned out. He cleared his throat,

"So, who is this Patrick you were talking about?" Her eyes widened as she blushed,

"Mr. Summers told you about that?" Logan nodded as he grinned his sly grin. She licked her dry lips as she began to picture the perfect guy she was in love with,

"He was the leader of the X-men XXX team. He was efficient and he knew what to do in every situation. He had a younger sister named Jordan. She was my best friend. They were both killed in the mission. At least, that was what I figured since I couldn't find their bodies." Tears streamed down her cheeks, "The sad thing about all of this is that I didn't tell him that I loved him." Her body trembled as she felt strong arms wrap around her. She buried her face into Logan's shoulder, enjoying the sense of comfort his touch gave her.

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Ororo walked to her classroom, which were past the dormitories of the students. She glanced in and saw both Rogue and Kainda sitting on their own bed talking and giggling. She stepped back and observed the two young girls. In the short time that Kainda had been in the school, she and Rogue had become quite friendly towards each other. Apparently something that Kainda had said earned her a pillow to her face courtesy of Rogue. Storm chuckled to herself as she continued to walk down the halls. She had had gotten the odd feeling of motherly affection at that moment and she didn't understand. Perhaps that the feeling occured since she was very protective of her students. She shrugged it off and continued to walk past the dormitories. She saw Logan walking in the opposite direction and waved. He nodded his head in acknowledgement. She sighed and shook her head.

Logan, you are such a loner. She thought to herself. But she too had to acknowledge that he had come a long way since the time when he first came here. He had been distant, silence and full of remorse. He couldn't believe that he couldn't remember his past and ached for release of the awful memories that slowly began his mind. He also began to acquire feelings for Jean Grey, her best friend. Yet he until recently began to seek her affection regardless of the fact that she was in love with Scott Summers, leader of the X-men. It finally dawned on Logan that Jean didn't love him when he saw them together on the lawn in front of the school. He had been devestated when it finally did hit him, she tried her best to comfort him and felt her own heart break as her own feelings of loneliness overwhelmed her.

Oh Logan, if you only knew... The thought echoed in her heart and head. It was the moment that the thought echoed in her head that Logan looked up into her eyes and a connection was made. The two of them grew close in friendship. They started hanging out more and Logan could even handle hanging out with Storm, Jean and Scott as friends.

But it was days like these that Storm felt she couldn't sense the connection that she felt that day they shared the intimate moment. Maybe it was his personality that he was friendly one day and isolated the next. Perhaps the pain was still there and he had trouble hiding it... She sighed as she walked into the classroom where her students were waiting for her. She closed the door and greeted her pupils who greeted her back.

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Logan sat down at the kitchen table with a beer in his hand. He sat thinking about what the Professor said. He squeezed the bottle tightly in his hand and shut his eyes. Magneto was up to something, what Professor Xavier said he didn't know what it was. Perhaps Magneto was being more cautious in wearing his helmet so that Professor Xavier couldn't read his mind. After all Professor Xavier and Magneto had known each other for many years. The sound of heels echoed through the halls and Logan looked up. A young woman with long black hair and white streaks with brown eyes smiled at him as she made her way to the refridgerator. Logan nodded his head in acknowledgement,

"Kainda..."

"Hey Logan." she grabbed a bottle and sat down in front of him. He glanced at the label of the bottle and noticed that it was the same beer he was holding in his hand,

"Aren't you a little young to be drinking?" Kainda shrugged unimpressed,

"My dad and I used to drink and smoke together whenever we had time. There we talked about anything that was on our minds. My dad and I were close...I loved him very much. Just like my mom..." Logan saw her eyes mist over and quickly reached over to take the bottle from her hand, opened it and handed it back to her. He opened his bottle and held his up in a toast,

"To your Mom, Dad, and members of XXX." Kainda looked up and smiled,

"Cheers." Both of them took a long gulp and smacked their lips appreciatively. They both smiled at each other silently agreeing that the beer was good. So, they continued to drink.

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A/N: Hi all sorry I haven't been updating like I should be but my family and I have been going through some hard times right now. My father has been diagnosed with Bladder and Prostate cancer and my grandmother suffered from a fractured hip and just recently an infection. So I will try to update as much as possible but my load has been too busy with work, school and helping to be a caregiver. So please be patient with me and I will try to post as often as I can. Ok, have a great weekend everyone!!