A cotton wool pad with sterilising fluid dampening it was brushed gently but strongly along the decided area of skin. The gloved fingers felt foreign against her arm as Warren's father stretched the skin slightly as he inserted the needle.

"You know you don't have to look if you don't want to," he gave a small laugh at the look on her face, as he tried to break the tense silence with weak conversation.

Alex just turned her head slightly and stared at Mr Worthington II. She had decided to help and wanted to get started as soon as possible. Worthington II was happy to get under way as well but things were going slower than expected. The X-men's lab was good but not in the same league as what he was used to working with.

"I'm sorry," was all he could think to say. The guilt he already felt overwhelming his body simply increased as his eyes took in the angry red marks caused by the needles.

"For what? Your ignorance and prejudice, or for the unjustified suffering of thousands of people?" she didn't shout or sound harsh. It was like she was simply asking, like a child asks its mother why it rains.

"Both… I'm sorry for both…. Could you ever forgive me?"

Alex looked at him, "It is not me you seek forgiveness from, but yourself. If you can truly repent and are genuinely sorry, then that is all any of us can do. For as E.E Cummings once wrote, 'To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting'."

He stared at her for a long moment and seemed to be thinking over what she had said. "Why do I get the feeling you are talking from experience?" he offered her his hand and helped her up and off the table.

"Because I am," with that said she went on her way to lunch. They had decided that it wasn't the right time to inform the kids and Alex agreed. As far as the students were concerned Mr Worthington II was simply visiting is son and trying to make amends.

Alex walked down the corridor and pulled her sleeve down as she saw who was approaching.

He looked a little nervous but as soon as she smiled at him his face lit up as well. He closed the distance between with a kiss. It was slow, passionate and loving, being away from each other was hard but especially for Warren. He thought she might not want to see him again when she found out and he didn't know if he could bear it.

"I've missed you," he said as they ended their kiss due to lack of breath but she pulled him into a warm hug. " I am so sorry," he continued with his head on her shoulder, " I didn't know that this was going to happen-"

Alex pulled back he look at his face, " This isn't your fault."

"It is and I am sorry that this is hurting you so much. God I just love you so much, I can hardly imagine you bearing something like this alone and yet here you are doing it. I just wish there was some way I could carry this burden for you," Warren only realised what he had said when he stopped talking and hoped she hadn't noticed.

Alex stared at him for a moment before bring her forehead into contact with his and whispering, " I love you too."

Warren was happier in that moment than any other time in his life. He lifted her up and swung her around. Their moment of pure happiness ended when they realised that they were in the middle of a hallway and causing a scene.

They ignored the students looking at them strangely and simply walked hand in hand down to lunch.

The wind blew the short blades of grass around the black shoes of the figure staring up the school. He remembered when Xavier had first told him about his idea for the place. He had thought it would be the being of a new age, well it was but not the one he had wanted.

The figure continued up the long picture perfect lawn until he was standing right in front of the door. He decided he would play nice and was about to knock the door when it opened.

Logan walked out the door but didn't see the other man, as he was too busy calling to someone on the stairs.

"Hello Wolverine, long time no see."

Thanks to all who reviewed and read the last couple of chapters! Sorry it has taken me so long to update and hopefully the next chapter will be up faster. In the next few chapters Alex will really come into her own, like when the school really starts to come under threat. But sadly you have to wait for that. If you want me to update soon then let me know. Goodbye for now.