Jubilee grinned at Logan, her youthful enthusiasm for winning a game or two of pool was infectious to most people, but to Logan, it was simply childish. Right now she was asking him for another round of pool, only this time, the stakes were a tad higher. Logan groaned at her silly suggestions.

"Jubes, it's almost three in th' morn, y'should be sleepin', not playin' pool." She merely grinned and started to reset the pool table again.

"Look, if your scared I can always get Bobby or possibly John to get up and play with me..." She let her words trail off as Logan's eyes began to darken with quiet rage at the thought of either those boys playing THIS game with her.

"Fine, if you just HAVE to play it." Logan finally growled in defeat. Jubilee yipped in excitement.

"Alright!" She grinned triumphantly, "so here's how we play, with each ball that goes down a side pocket the opposing player has to take off a piece of clothing. For each ball that goes down a corner pocket, the opposing player has to do something to the player who made the shot by description or of free will. And finally, whoever loses the game has to do whatever the winner says for 24 hours." She finished explaining the rules and inhaled deeply. She paused to examine Logan's blank face. "Game on?" The wolf like man gave her a look that told her that he really didn't want to play but he replied in opposition.

"Sure."

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Rogue finally crawled out of bed around four in the morning and glanced around the room. Remy had picked up a few things on the way out of the house she noticed. The articles of clothing that had been formerly scattered around the floor in disarray were now piled into the hamper. The southern woman stood and stretched for a moment before heading into the bathroom for a shower.

Remy, of course, had things to do, so he had left earlier to attend to them. What those things were, Rogue wasn't sure, but she trusted him enough to believe him when he said that she was the only woman for him nowadays. She turned on the shower and climbed in. She hoped Remy would be home soon, or an X-Men job to pop up so she could do something with her time. Sighing happily, she resigned herself to a slow day full of reading books and strolls through an empty garden.

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Jubilee blushed as Logan smirked at her from across the table. Halfway through the game, Jubilee was shirtless and shoeless (not to mention sockless) and preparing to remove another piece of clothing while Logan had only removed his shirt and had hugged her once. A while ago Jubilee had retrieved some beers from the kitchen for them to sip on discreetly to loosen up the mood a bit. Considering the fact that Jubilee was only nineteen, they had to be careful that no one was informed of the game so that Jubilee wouldn't be sent to bed with punishments ringing above her head.

She was jerked out of her embarassment when Logan hit a ball into the corner pocket. She slowly wandered his way to fulfil any request he might make. The several beers he had ingested had loosened him up, giving him a slight 'I just rolled out of bed' kind of look. His eyelids lowered as he pulled her into his arms. She held her breath in anticipation. Time seemed to slow down for those few moments as his lips met hers. They softly pressed together and Jubilee felt herself relax into his strong arms, feeling very safe in his warmth. The moment lasted until Logan abruptly pushed her away, his eyes were wide in astonishment.

"Jubes! Oh my god.." He trailed off and backed away from her. "Go to bed Jubilee." He demanded as she neared him. She stopped midstep.

"Wolvy?" Her eyes watered at the hardened look he gave her.

"Go to bed Jubilee." His command left no space for debate. She choked back a sob as she darted out of the room and ran all the way to her bedroom where she crashed onto her bed and didn't stop crying.

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Remy wandered the streets in the predawn morning with heavy thoughts filling his mind. He wanted to stay devoted to Rogue and Rogue alone, but his hormones kept yanking him in tempting ways, causing him to think things that didn't stay exactly the way he wanted them to. He passed by places that would've normally caused him to be lured inside, and continued down his path. He had just passed by another tempting area when a thought struck him.

He didn't have to do everything at once. This thought caused more thoughts. All this time he had tried to do everything at once to become loyal to Rogue, but what if, with her help, he took each step one at a time. He grinned and turned around to head back home. Remy knew how to remain with her now, and he had a very good feeling that she would agree heartily with his new idea.

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Logan woke up to the sound of Kurt banging on his door. He mumbled choice words under his breath as he climbed out of bed to answer the door. He opened the door and was about to yell at the elf for waking him up when he was met by a very solid metal fist slamming into his face. He flew backwards and hit the wall opposite the door. Kurt and Piotr slowly entered his room and stood in front of him with their arms crossing their chests.

"Logan, ve do not mean to come across as enemies, but vwen I entered Jubilee's room dis morning she vas asleep vith tear tracks on her face. I voke her up and she told me that you vere at fault." The blue man quirked an eyebrow as Logan slowly stood up.

"Jubilee is my friend Logan, I do wish to cause you more pain." Piotr said, uncrossing his arms and helping Logan up. "The only reason I punched is because Jubilee told me you deserved it." The large man shrugged and stood by Kurt.

"And ya had perfect reason to punch me, but once is enough." Logan grit his teeth and flicked Kurt off. "What happens 'tween me an' Jubes ain't none o' yer business elf, so stay the hell outa it."

Not sure how to answer that, Kurt exited Logan's bedroom and took Piotr with him, leaving the hairy and brooding man to himself.

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Jubilee cried as she took a shower. She cried as she dried herself off. She cried as she dressed and she finally stopped crying when she decided she needed something to eat. She kept to herself when she entered the kitchen, talking only when she quietly asked Storm for a glass she couldn't quite reach. It was handed to her with a soft question about her well being. She answered with a non commital "Fine," and ventured back to her room in silence after getting a glass of water and a bagel.

She was almost to her bedroom when she stopped at the sight of Wolverine getting punched very hard by Piotr. She tip toed closer to the room and listened in to the conversation. She held her breath at Kurt's words and her eyes watered again at rememberance of last night. However, she felt angry that Kurt had decided to take the situation into his own hands instead of leaving it to Jubilee to solve.

Jubilee finished her bagel just as Kurt and Piotr wandered out of Logan's bedroom. In four quick strides she was right in front of Kurt and splashed her glass of water down the blue man. His eyes widened in shock as he jumped back in surprise.

"Mein Gott!" He exclaimed. "Was die Hölle?!" He continued to babble in German as Jubilee stormed off back towards her room. She didn't look back at the situation she caused once. She was too pissed of to argue.

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(A/N) Another chapter knocked down for the first time in forever! lol Sorry I took so long to update, I've been working on finishing a trilogy of mine first but it's finally done. From now on, y'all have my attention! W00t! lol Anyways...

translations

Mein Gott - My God

Was die Hölle - What the hell

Later y'all - Sabeybaby