Authors Notes: Yups made some typos…that's what I get for not writing a draft first…well either wise even though chapters are short, I'm still continuing haha.

Let me know what ya'll think! Thanks, Nicca

During the next couple years, the mansion has been filled with tension…a lot of tension. Especially with Logan and Marie, both thought that they would not have any tension that put their friendship to stain, Logan did not know this strange feeling towards Marie that would separate them two, it was also strange that when he found out, more like smelled out the scent that Marie and of all the people she could have slept with Scott Summers, he had felt like tearing out the team leaders limbs out. Though a strange feeling, the feeling of jealousy, he hated that feeling he never thought that he would have ever felt that feeling especially for a girl, well more like a young sexy woman he had thought of lately. Yes, he wasn't blind, he was just like every other male in this place he had now called home he has seen most of the male population turn their heads when she walked passed them and every time that he has seen them he wanted to personally turn their heads around. A sign of protectiveness? Maybe he thought and mainly jealousy. Damn did he ever hate that feeling, made him feel like a weak sorry excuse of a man.

Once in a while he did let his mind wonder if on what would happen between him and the once called 'the untouchable one' he has always thought about it since he had smelled that innocence in that bar which became finale when he saw her that she had to be his some way. He had been caught before by lying to two fellow mutants about his feelings for Marie, one was to a very attractive red head in the med lab right after he had rescued Marie from the statue, hiding his feelings for her and replacing it with the attraction for what he has with the female doctor. The second was to the Professor the powerful psychic, when the Professor had asked him if he was not going to say goodbye before he had left to go find his past. Logan knew the true meaning of that question and he knew that the professor has known all along on how he felt for the young girl that he had arrived with. The Professor did not care because he had always felt that she was safe while he was around, so he had never questioned it.

Meanwhile Marie had been going nuts with what Logan had witnessed stressing herself out with of what he was going through and not on what she was going through, even though she thinks that he would not care except for the fact that she slept with her former teacher and his friendly enemy. The good thing is that no one had heard or found out about this affair except the X-Men, everyone was very mature about the matter although they all knew that the both Scott and Marie should have been with the right people as in Scott should have been with Jean and Marie should have been with Logan.

Scott and Marie's friendship is slowly coming back into place, while as these last couple of years has gone by Scott and Jean found their way back to each other. Marie was happy for them only wishing that her friendship that she cared for more than her own life, with Logan would just be as tight like the old times but she knew that she always had to do what was always needed and that was for her to take the step to talk to Logan and just ask him what they can do together to fix their friendship. For right now all that she can do is to lay low and let nature take it's course.

It was in the middle of the night Marie could not sleep and so she stalked out of her bedroom in the adult wing and made her way into the kitchen to only relieve that tension by her guilty pleasure which is some ice cream. Once she sat there in the kitchen for minutes alone she suddenly was not anymore and was joined by that person she had cared about and thought about the most and that is Logan. As he entered the kitchen he gave her an arch eyebrow and a silent "Hey," and she kindly returned the greeting as well.

"So how have you been Logan?" Marie starting a conversation with her friend, in hopes that she has some feeling that he does not hate her what so ever.

"It's okay, just bored as usual, how 'bout yourself?"

"Nothin' just have an even more cravin' for beer that's all but hey I can't because I won't be legal for another 2 months, crap this whole law about being 21 years old to drink. Although I am legal in Canada…you know I still have to experience the whole clubbing thing, do a little of the freak nasty dance with the guys." Marie stated with a laugh.

"Freak nasty? Well that's a new piece of vocabulary that the Professor could add to his list of words that he can start saying, anyways, you followed the law and haven't had a drink of alcohol yet?"

"I have you know that I have, remember that day I turned 19 and Peter and I went to Toronto to go clubbing?" Marie said with a smile which was slowly going away.

"Yeah and I remember when you also came back."

"Yup and Pete and I ran into you guys being held captive by the Dark Phoenix and blah blah blah, I went all ragey and turned it to fire threw some fire balls at her flew around and just became more and more powerful. Then the Professor did some head thing and we all released our powers and yeah we're all so called back to normal. I'm sorry Logan I just hate reliving that time."

"I can tell, by you rushing that fine story."

"Sorry"

"It's okay Marie, I also don't like talking about my past that I don't want to relive also," Logan said while looking into her eyes and touched her right hand which was placed on the counter with his left had for reassurance that things will be okay. "So what are you planning for your 21st birthday?"

"Aww nothin' just being here with friends I guess oh and trying to succeed in beating you in a drinkin' contest." Marie laughed at that.

"Oh I'd love to see that happen."

"Oh it will, what are you afraid of Logan? A girl beating your ass?"

"Nope I just don't want to take care of a puking girl."

"So now you think that I might just go ahead and puke?"

"Of course 'cause I'm gonna get you hammered...and by me sayin' this it's just gonna be you and me,"

At that Marie just paused everything that she was doing and that included breathing and of course Logan could tell that she wasn't at all breathing. "You know you can start breathing again, are you that afraid of letting me see you drunk that you decided it wasn't worth living for so you just held your breath?"

"Uh yeah I guess."

"Don't worry Marie I'll take care of you I promise." Logan said to her, while getting up and placing a very unexpected kiss on the side of her left cheek and exiting the kitchen heading off to his room and trying to rethink of what he just said and done to her.