Chapter 8
After dinner at the mansion the twins had exchange contact information with Gambit and left not without first making plans to meet later on. They had been expanding their business and now had workers and more than one location outside of Britain but production was mostly done by them with some exceptions they had helpers for. If they kept expanding at the pace they were they would need to get a place solely for production and train some people in production to keep up with demand.
Once the twins had left Harry also retired for the night. He had been told his training would start in a couple of days since all the people involved needed to be told and create some training regimens for him. Also Gambit and Logan needed to rest after such a long mission.
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While touring the mansion Harry had noticed they had a garage that hosted a couple of bikes in it so he decided he would take the day to check if there was someone there that could take a look at Sirius bike.
He arrived at the mansion shrunken bike in hand and a nervous smile. Just outside the garage he put it on the floor and enlarged it. There in the garage was Scott tinkering away in his bike. At first he did not notice Harry but once he saw him he stop what he was doing to pay attention to his visitor.
"Hello Mr. Summers, I was wondering if you could take a look at a motorcycle I inherited. I don't really know much about it but its old and it had a lot of sentimental value." Harry was a little nervous he had never really talked to this particular x-men before but he appeared to know what he was doing and seemed like a nice person.
"Of course and call me Scott unless we are in class. Where is the bike?"
Harry gave him a bigger smile. "It's just outside the doors of the garage. I will bring it in."
"Here it it's, it's a little beat up but it works well." The bike itself looked like it had had better days but overall it wasn't in a bad shape.
"Do you know anything about it?" at Harry's negative shake of his head he decides to tell him a little bit about it. "Well it's a 1959 Triumph Bonneville T120, taking the make and year intro consideration I say it's in great shape but it could do with a painting and some maintenance. If you want to leave it here at the garage me and a couple of the kids could make it look and run like new but I could also teach you how to do it yourself so that you can care for it in the future."
Before Harry could answer Logan made an appearance. "Hi there bub" looking directly at Scott he says. "The Professor wanted to talk to you, I can help the kid here with the bike." The last was said with a smirk directed at Harry that did nothing to calm his sudden nerves that made an appearance the moment Logan spoke.
Scott gave Logan a suspicious look but with a reassuring smile to Harry he left to speak with the Professor.
"What do you say kid, you want to learn how to fix and take care of your bike?" Logan still had that knowing smirk on his face while he looked at Harry, like he knew just how nervous Harry was in his presence.
"You will help me out? This bike means a lot to me." Harry looked at Logan with his big green eyes and Logan had to stop himself from groaning, the kids innocent looks where going to be his undoing.
"Yea, I can help you and I can even teach you how to paint it or do it myself once it's tuned up." The smile Harry gave him made his whole day.
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Harry and Logan spent the rest of the day working on the bike and flirting with each other but the constant visits from others on the mansion kept anything from really escalating.
"Thanks, for helping me out and taking time to teach me, Logan."
"Anytime kitten."
"Kitten?"
"Well what you want me to call you? Foxie?" he said it a teasing smirk on his face.
"No! That's even worst but I am not a kitten"
""No you are not, so how about kit?"
"I am not little, you should call me Harry ok?" At this point Harry was blushing but looking at Logan with narrowed eyes and a pout. Logan was teasing him and he kind of liked it, not that he would tell that to anyone.
"Ok, ok don't get all ruffled Harry." His name was said with a purring sound and for a second he wondered if it wasn't Logan that was some kind of feline.
"It's getting late and I need to take a bath after all that work…" Harry turned as if to leave but Logan moved to block his exit.
"Are you coming back tomorrow? We could paint the bike or take it for a ride". He was standing very close to Harry which made him loose his train of thought for a moment and his body react in embarrassing ways.
"O-ok, I will see you then." And with that Harry ran past Logan, leaving a highly amused Wolverine behind.
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When he arrived after running and out of breath Andromeda held a questioning eyebrow to him while she played with Teddy.
"What happened? I assumed that since you have been gone most of the day you found someone to help with the bike?
"Yea, at first Scott offered to help but he had to leave and Logan helped me instead. He is the most infuriating man I have ever met. He was serious about the things he was teaching me and caring for the bike but he kept flirting with me most of the time which made it very hard to concentrate. He didn't even need to say anything one look and I was a total mess of nerves. I was blushing so much at times that I would not have been surprised if my brain fried because of excessive heat. And he invited me over tomorrow to keep working on the bike or take a ride with him" All the while Harry had been pacing and gesticulating but at this point he stopped and looked at Andromeda and asked. "What am I going to do?"
"First take a deep breath and sit down" when Harry did just that she continued "is he the one you said was your mate?" Harry just nodded. "Then you have nothing to worry about, mates are for life and are always meant to be, so no matter what you do or how you dress he will like you all the same. But if you want to look nice for him I could help you pick out an outfit, ok?"
"Yea, thanks. It's just that he seems perfect and I am not. He may be rough around the edges but he is also very passionate and he has this whole protective vibe around him but also a dangerous vibe that says to keep away but seems to only pull me closer". He had acquired a dreamy look while thinking of Logan and Andromeda could not keep the smile of her face.
"It sound like he is a great mate for you, but you need to stop downing yourself. You were made perfect for him, you are all that he will ever want or need. Now go take a bath so we can have dinner together and you can play with Teddy before it's time for him to go to sleep"
"Ok, I will be down soon." And with that he ran up the stairs
Once she was alone with Teddy she bounce him on her knees much to the baby's delight.
"That godfather of yours can be so oblivious sometimes." She said that with a slightly exasperated tone to which Teddy responded with a toothless smile.
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Here you go, I know this chapter is short but I hope its enjoyed all the same. The interactions are short and some happens off screen but hopefully next chapter showcases the Harry/Logan relationship better. It was brought to my attention that I had some formatting issues in the previous chapter so I fixed it I tried and make sure it does not happen again. Thanks for all the great reviews. =)
