Dislaimer: Just read the 1st chappie it's all there.
A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it's been sosososososososo long since I've updated but I'e been sick. Twice. And, I moved, and I've been really really really hooked on the best TV show ever, LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT!!!!!!! Anyway...yea. Uhm, hope you like! R&R! Oh, and I'm gonna be needing some names soon. Not baby names, just names. Guy names. 13 year old guys names. 'Kay? 'Kay. Thanks!
Jean awoke in the morning staring into her daughter's face, her very awake duaghter's face. "So, how you doin 'Ma?" Reagan asked, one eyebrow raised in a very Logan-like fashion.
"Uh, I'm okay Reag, you?" Jean asked a nervous laugh escaping her lips.
"I'm fine," Reagan answered simply.
"Mornin' Mom. How's life?" She heard a teenage boy's voice and looked over her daughter's shoulder to see her son's skeptical face staring back at her a fake grin plastered on his face.
"Mornin' Red," She then heard from behind her and smiled lightly at Logan who had just entered.
"Good morning everybody," Jean answered smiling nervously at all of them and screached when something landed on her face. "Oh my God! Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!"
Conner laughed and grabbed Mac off her head. "Hey buddy. Don't scare Mom like that. She's a lil' jumpy right now, you know with the three of us in interrogation mode and her getting stared down an' all."
"Con, stop it. We are not in "interrogation mode." We just wanna know why you're here Jean," Logan stepped in and sat at the foot of the roll-out Reagan and Jean were pearched on.Jean pulled herself into a sitting position and leaned against the back of the couch sighing.
"Yea, Mom why you here?" Reagan prodded.
"Well, guys, when I figured out you all were gone I tried to get the Professor to track you with Cerebro but he refused. Said he was sure you all would be back soon. So, I just tracked you guys with my telepathy. Wasn't easy but...you know? I found you," Jean answered glancing between the three of them while she told her story.
"No Mom. We don't know. We don't wanna know how you found us we wanna know why," Conner answered his eyes locked on his mother's and she read a true question in them.
"Oh, come on! That is the dumbest question ever you guys! You know why I came for you!" When this only earned her three skeptical looks she sighed and continued, "Reagan. Conner. I'm your mom. You know I love you. Why in the world would I just let you guys go? And, Logan. You're one of my best friends and you've always been there for me, even when I wasn't there for you. Plus, you're the father of my children. I do love you, you know?"
"Well, Mom, we've been thinkin about that, you know? And we came to a conclusion. And, now, don't go blaming this on Dad 'cuz he wasn't even with us when we talked," Conner started and Reagan continued, "You see, we came to this conclusion, you did let us go once, didn't you? What would stop you now?" Then Conner cut in, continuing his sister's lecture, "Yea, plus, now you don't only have your wonderful, perfect husband Scott, but now you also have your wonderful, perfect son, Alex. Why would you even care about us?"
"Conner! Reagan! That is absolutely outrageous! I cannot believe you would think of me like that. That really really hurts you know? To know that your own kids think you don't love them as much as your other child really hurts. And, I just wanna know what I did to make you two think that," Jean said, tears in her eyes.
"Oh, come on Mom! In the couple weeks we were at the mansion you spent virtually all your time with Scott and Alex! The two of us just wanted more than like an hour or so alone with you and Dad! Is that really so much to ask?" Reagan answered, tears spilling down her face and she wiped them away angrily.
"Reagan, Conner, you guys never said anything to me. I would've spent more time with you two in a second but I just figured that, well, since you are teenagers you'd want a bunch of alone time. I mean Max and Hallie are always saying how much they value the time they spend either just the two of them or alone. I just figured you guys felt the same way!" Jean exclaimed, tears now spilling freely down her face.
"Oh, Mom! We do like our alone time but we've been alone all our lives. I mean, our adopted parents were at work by the time we woke up at 7 o'clock and they never got home 'til after 6 o'clock at night, which was almost 4 hours after we got out of school. It's always been just us. Well, us and Jake, but I don't really think he counted...so yea. Like I said, we value our alone time, but we need to spend time with our parents, too. And, it just seemed like Dad was the only one who wanted to spend time alone with us, and you never did," Conner raced through his explanation in just a few breaths and the boy who, like his father, almost never cried, broke down in tears and collapsed into his mother's arms. Reagan had already made her way into the supportive arms of her father and was sobbing there.
"Oh, my babies. I'm so so sorry. I had no idea you felt like that. You should've said something. But, it's okay you didn't. I understand. And, I promise to spend more time with you. Whenever you want. I promise. Please believe me babies. I really will. I just can't lose you, now that I know you, I mean really know you and your wonderful personalities, I don't think I'd be able to make it without you. So, please, come back with me and I'll spend, oh I don't care, the 14 of the 16 hours a day that we aren't in classes with just the two of you, well, and your father, too, if you want," At this the twins and Logan smiled but the twins faces dropped and Logan's expression turned into a worried one when Jean continued, saying, "But, I really would like the two of you to get to know Alex. Please guys, what'a ya think?" Jean saw the looks on their faces and smiled again then said with a sigh, "But, I guess if you really don't wanna then you don't really have to. Still, guys level with me here. Sometime, sooner or later, I'm asuming it'll be later, you guys gotta talk to him. 'Kay?"
The twins nodded and Logan smiled then turned to look down at his daughter then his son, "Okay, guys. Go pack up. I guess, we're going home," At this the twins jumped from the bed and dried their eyes then ran to the main room to grab their things out of the large, walk-in closet. "So, Jeannie, you gotta car or are we gonna be haulin' your butt, too?"
"Uhm, looks like you'll be haulin me, Pops," They both laughed and suddenly Jean turned serious, "I filed for divorce Logan."
"You, you what? Jeannie you can't just divorce him. Come on you two are happy, you have a wonderful son! We'll go home, you guys talk, and you get this figured out. Okay?"
"No, Logan. You don't understand. You know how you asked me why I always had bruises starting a few months ago?" When he nodded she continued, "Well, I know I always made something up but, it was because he hit me. Jesus, Logan he hit me for wanting to try to find the kids, our kids. Mine and yours! And that was why, 'cause they were mine and yours." At this Logan pulled Jean into his arms and lowered them onto the roll-out again so he could cradle her against his chest and rub her back soothingly, "I told him about two months ago that I wanted to try to find them and see if you wanted to help me and he hit me. As soon as I said it he hit me. Right in front of Alex. I mean, he didn't know Alex was standin' there but he was and he just started bawling. God, Logan, it scared him so badly. I know he doesn't mean it, it's just, I mean the first time it just made him mad and he cied with me and held me and told me he was sorry. But, now he goes out and gets drunk and anytime I mention you or the kids or anything even remotely related he hits me. And, I know he doesn't mean it and I know he's sorry but I just can't take it anymore. It's just hurting me way too much and Alex knows and it's hurting him. I just had to stop it. When I told him I was coming to find you he freaked. He almost hit me but I stopped him with my teke. God, I felt like such an idiot. I could've done it all along," At his confused face she chuckled wetly and elaborated, "Used my teke I mean. But of course I was so scared that I wasn't even thinking."
"Jeannie, I don't care what made him hit you! He had no right! No fucking right! Jesus, Jeannie. Why didn't you tell me?" When she shrugged and he felt her sob again he tensed in anger, "I'll kill him. I'll kill the Goddamn bastard! I sware it! I fuckin sware it Jeannie! If he ever touches you or any other woman or child again, I'll kill him!"
Jean wrapped her arms around him tightly and sobbed into his arms. After about ten minutes he felt her breath evening out and he smiled into her hair and kissed it. He heard the twins zipping up their duffels he decided he didnt want the kids to see their mother with even more tear stains on her face and cradled in his arms and looking horrible. So, he pulled Jean into his arms and brought her to the SUV and placed a blanket over her and a pillow under her head he kissed her forehead lightly. She stirred slightly in her sleep and curled into herself, a small smile on her lips, and it was right when he turned to close the door when he heard her murmur, "I love you Logan."
He smiled brightly and kissed her lightly again, this time on the lips and answered her, "I love you too, Jeannie more than you could ever know." He gave her one last kiss and shut the door then headed to the door of the cabin and ushered the kids out, closing and locking the door behind him. When he reached the car and started it up he smiled looking around him. Jean, the not so secret love of his life, sat sleeping beside him, and his two beautiful, youthful children, Reag and Con, sat in the seat behind him and played with an always energetic puppy, Mac. He smiled once more before making sure the kids were settled in and drove off, to the home he knew he and his family would always be welcome at, no matter the circumstances.
Ok, all I know that Scott would never hit Jean for no reason but anyone is capable of anything when forced by jealousy and alcohol, so yea. Plus, I had to have some reason for Jean to split with him other than just the fact that she loved Logan. So, yea. R&R, hope you liked!