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Repairing what's lost

"What?!" No way!" Only shaking his head, Logan crossed his arms and took a defensive position on the other side of the counter to make his position clear. "Forget it!"

"He needs new clothes!" Ororo groaned and pushed the Professor's credit card once more into his direction. "God, Logan! Julian will turn two in 3 months. He's too big for his clothing and needs things he can wear in the summer," she went on with her lecture. "I've told you the same things last month and the month before!"

"So?" he shrugged and gave her his best I don't give a shit-look.

"So…you will take your son, get into one of the cars and drive to the next mall to go shopping with him!" she demanded and crossed her arms to make her standpoint clear. "AND," she added with a look. "In that way you can buy him something for his first birthday and Christmas that you have both missed!"

"God, as if that kid would care…," Logan grunted and rolled his eyes. "He's not gonna die of not havin' a birthday or Christmas present…" He'd barely ended the sentence when a loud kraboom echoed through the room and made him look back at the woman again. From the way her eyes glowed and her lips were pursed he could tell that she was beyond angry. Thinking about what it felt like to be hit with a lightning bolt into his butt, Logan began to analyze the situation. If he refused to go, she would probably hunt him down and he would get electrocuted by her. If he went to the mall, there was still the chance that he "accidentally" lost the boy and then…it was her fault since she had wanted him to go. Thinking about it, he figured that the second option sounded way better than the first. So he made a step forward and took the card. Shopping didn't sound that bad, he needed new cigars anyway and his beer stack was practically empty by now, too. But then again…shopping also meant being stuck with lots of people around him for a few hours. And he hated people… When another kraboom could be heard, he instantly tensed the muscles on his lower backside and raised both hands in defense. "Fine…," Logan grunted. "I'll go…"

Watching him suspiciously, Ororo's eyes returned back to normal, so did the weather on the outside, and she raised one eyebrow. "Logan…," she said with a warning undertone and he stopped. "Don't…even dare to return without Julian!"

Only rolling his eyes, he turned and jogged upstairs to his room. It still felt strange to not have Jean in his room anymore. He'd gotten too used to wake up and fall asleep next to her in the past weeks that he really missed something. Nevertheless, he respected her wish that she wanted to be alone. It just seemed odd to him that she acted rather cold around him lately. Whenever they ran into each other and he started a conversation, she rather blocked off and said she had things to do. He knew she was lying… "Come here," Logan grunted annoyed and grabbed a jeans and a small shirt from the ground. Once more Julian had chosen that playing in diapers only was far more fun than wearing his clothes while doing it and Logan only hoped that he wouldn't strip within the mall. He didn't want to be arrested for who knows what… After managing to put the clothes back on, he pulled the child up and ignored the loud protest. If he was lucky, and he knew he would be, Julian would throw a tantrum during the whole shopping tour and then… He would probably being arrested for child abuse or something like that. At least he could be sure that this was an easy way of getting rid of the boy. Yes, he should definitely try that…

With a sour and grumpy look on his face and the crying boy on his arm Logan made his way to the garage, where he ran once more into Ororo. "What?!" he snapped and she held out a cell phone to him. He hated these things even more than computers…

"Take this with you," she demanded and ignored his low growl when she slipped the phone into his jeans pocket. "Because I am damn sure you'll need it!"

"Bitch!" Logan grunted and walked past her. At least he could pick one of the nice cars and his eyes instantly fell on the dark blue sports car Scott had left. Smirking he walked into the direction as…

"Ah, ah!"

Rolling his eyes in complete annoyance now, Logan turned. "What?!"

"You are not using this car when Julian's with you! I know how you drive!" Ororo said and threw the keys to the black family car into his direction. "His car seat is in this one by the way…" Ignoring his deadly look, she watched how he went over to the black car and put the now calmer boy into the seat. "Buckle him up, Logan!" she added and crossed her arms. Only shaking her head when he slammed the door shut with an even deadlier look in his eyes, she watched him driving off and hoped that the boy would return in one piece…

"Have faith, Ororo," the Professor said and she sighed.

"I have…but why do I keep on feeling as if I have just made the biggest mistake of my life?" Ororo replied and turned around with a heavy sigh to make her way back inside. "Hey!" she said in surprise when she had reached the staircase and spotted the redhead, who was just about to descend the stairs. "You look good…," she noticed and knew that it was true. In the past 5 months the woman had tried to adjust to a normal routine again and looked way better than back in February. Even if she didn't know for sure but Ororo was convinced that Jean must have talked to someone about what she'd been through and she was sure that Logan was the one she'd talked to. "How are you doing?"

"Okay…," the redhead replied and tried to give her a weak smile.

"You talked to Logan, didn't you?" Ororo asked and walked next to her towards the kitchen, when she noticed Jean's surprised look. "Oh, he didn't tell us anything, if that's what you're worried about," she soothed her. "It was just a guess… So you talked to him, right?"

"Yeah…," Jean nodded and noticed Ororo's smile.

"That's good," the woman next to her nodded. "I just sent him off to go shopping with Julian."

"Did you?" she replied and sounded rather uninterested, which Ororo noticed. Touching her friend's arm, she made the woman stop.

"Jean…," she began as a telephone close by rang and the redhead startled. "Hold on, I'll get it," she said and ran quickly over to pick the receiver up. She didn't notice that Jean watched her in tension, nor could she hear the fast beating heart that had kicked into high gear as soon as the phone had rung. "No, Logan… You are just away for less than ten minutes and I don't care that the highway has too much traffic! Don't even dare to come back without new clothes for the boy!" Ororo slammed the receiver back down and groaned in frustration and anger. "That man is so impossible…," she cursed and turned around just to frown. "Is something wrong?" she asked Jean worriedly, since the woman was suddenly pale as a ghost.

"No…," the redhead waved quickly off. "I'm fine…"

"Really?" Ororo asked unconvinced but received another nod. "Anyway… What do you think about watching a movie together?"

"I…," Jean began and wrapped her arms around herself. "I don't want to go outside…"

"No, I mean here," her friend said and took her by the hand. "We haven't done this in a while and it will probably take hours before Logan comes back. So let's waste our time on something useful." She gave her a smile and dragged her over to the rec-room. "I just go and make some popcorn. Oh, and I get some sodas, too. Just pick a movie!" Smiling again, Ororo left and Jean stood rather helpless in the room. Not knowing what to do she walked over to the large box and began to rummage in it. Most movies in there contained either typical boy movies or girly stuff and if she was honest to herself, she didn't feel like any of it. She was neither in for violent movies or romantic ones, but nevertheless, she began to look through Ororo's and Jubilee's collection. "Someone like you?" Ororo's voice said behind her and before Jean could react the woman had snatched the movie from her. "Good choice. I haven't seen it in a while. Come on, sit down!" she said and began to work on the DVD player, before she sat down next to her. She handed the redhead a soda and placed the popcorn bowl in the middle of them. "Love that movie," Ororo smiled and pulled her legs close at the same time Jean did.

"Great, really perfect!" Logan cursed when another car took away his free parking lot. He growled and began to look for another one for at least the tenth time. "Remember," he said to Julian in a low growl. "Bikes! Never cars! Don't even dare to buy one!" After a few more minutes he had finally found a free parking lot that was surprisingly close to the entrance. He was just occupied with freeing Julian from the seat, when a car came to a halt and a woman looked out of her window.

"Hey!" she said angrily and made Logan look up and cock an eyebrow at her. "Can you read?" He turned and looked at the parking sign just to look back at the woman again. "It's for mothers with children!"

"So?" he asked nonchalantly.

"Are you a mother?!" she asked furiously and he gave the 5 kids in her car a look that had obviously fun to go on the nerves of their mother. "Drive your car away or I call the police!"

"So?" he asked again and shrugged. "Then call it!"

"Unbelievable!" she cursed and was about to drive away when she spotted something. "Hey, officer!" Hearing it, Logan looked up again and watched how a policeman came over. Cursing and shaking his head, he listened in to the conversation and crossed his arms when the policeman came over to him.

"Sir, I must ask you to remove the car, please," the man, who was way smaller than Logan and obviously intimidated by his physical appearance, said and kept a distance.

"Why?" Logan grunted and cocked an eyebrow at him. For the first time today he was glad that he had picked his casual wife beater and smirked internally of how scared the policeman was.

"Well, because the sign says mother with child," the man explained and Logan turned to give the sign a look again.

"And?" he asked and turned back to the man in front of him.

"You are not a mother, sir, so please make room for the lady," the policeman replied and watched how Logan disappeared with his head in the car again. "Sir!"

"As far as I can read, bub, the sign doesn't say anythin' about mother with child!" Logan grunted and pulled Julian up. "It has a stroller on it only," he went on and locked the car, just to give him and the surprised woman a look. "And," he added with narrowed eyes. "My kid is way younger than her lot and can't walk that far. So if that woman can't control her kids and just want t'get rid of them as quick as possible, it ain't my problem, ain't it? So," he said and grabbed his bag from the ground. "Can a daddy with child go shoppin' now or is there any other problem t'discuss here?!" he asked and glared at the policeman.

"Ehm…no," the policeman said and made room for the man to walk past him. "Go ahead."

"Good," Logan grunted and gave the woman another glare who turned to the policeman again.

"But, officer…," she began when the policeman cut her off.

"Ma'am, I am sure your children can walk to the mall, so would you please move your car and stop causing traffic?" he asked her rather unfriendly and watched her driving off angrily.

Having heard her curses, Logan only smirked and gave Julian a look. "Ya came in handy, bub," he grinned and turned just to see that the woman had found a free parking lot nearly at the end of the area. Chuckling, he put Julian to the ground and took his hand. "Don't even dare t'run off!" he warned him and entered what he had always referred to as a hellhole to his senses. All the voices, noises and scents overwhelmed his sensitive senses and he became rather jumpy.

After stopping at a sign, he looked for a shop that would suit the child and went into that direction. As he'd expected the mall was crowded and people seemed to be everywhere. Becoming more and more annoyed with every minute, Logan finally pulled Julian up and decided to piggyback him. He didn't want to be blamed if someone accidentally trampled on the child. "Not the hair, kid!" he growled when Julian buried his tiny hands in his father's hair. Being overwhelmed by all the movement and noises around him, the boy looked around in interest and had fun making noises and pointing at things to Logan's annoyance.

"Yeah, a balloon, so?" the man grunted and rolled his eyes. After finally fighting his way past some cooing women, who were too taken to see him with a boy on his shoulders and saying "How cute", he reached the shop he'd looked for and sighed. Inside of the store were too many preggers for his taste and he hoped they would just leave him alone. He looked around and went over to the Boy-section, just to feel even more lost than before. He had no idea which size the boy needed… "C'mere, kid," Logan said and put Julian down to have a better access to the clothing. While he went through it, he began to ask himself if some parents wanted to punish their children. Maybe they even hated them secretly or those companies that produced the clothes did, but he wouldn't even want to be caught dead in those shirts. "Forget it," he grunted and met Julian's big eyes. "We do it my style, kid," he said, grabbed the boy's hand and walked to the shirts. Looking at them critically, he finally pulled a light-grayish hoodshirt out of it and looked at the boy. Only nodding, he picked some shirts in his favorite colors, some jeans and wife beaters and finally new shoes, too. Being surprised how fast shopping could be, Logan turned and ran into a smiling woman.

"Is that all?" she asked in a way too sweet and friendly voice and he cocked an eyebrow at her.

"Ehm…yeah…," Logan replied and she nodded smiling.

"Did everything fit?" she asked.

"How am I supposed t'know?" he asked and shrugged.

"Well," the woman began and looked at him as if he was dumb. "Did the boy try the clothes on?"

"Why?!" Logan asked her with furrowed brows and she couldn't help but give a short laugh.

"To see if they fit?!" she asked him and shook her head in disbelief. She was convinced this man was one of those fathers, who didn't care at all for their child and were forced to go shopping with them. Of course they only did it to achieve something for themselves and that mostly was to get to know a girl, since girls thought that man with children were hot. She sighed and beckoned him to follow him towards the changing stalls. "Go in there with the cutie and try the clothes on."

Logan could only stare at her, then at the huge pile of clothes in his hands, at his boy and back at her. "ALL of'em?!" he asked but was just pushed into the cabin.

"Ah?" Julian asked and looked up at Logan, who by now fumed. If his day hadn't been ruined before, now it was and there was no way it could even get worse. Angrily, he grabbed the first jeans from the pile and began to work.

When he was finally done and stood in the long line in front of the cash counter, he sighed when the elderly woman, accompanied by her pregnant daughter, kept on cooing and ruffling Julian's hair. He was annoyed, more than that and usually people around him understood this. "What a little, pretty boy," the woman went on and made Julian laugh again. "And such a sweety, you are."

As if the situation wasn't already worse enough his cell phone rang next and Logan threw the clothes on the counter, before he reached into his pocket. Of course it was her… "What?!" he instantly snapped to the surprise of the elderly woman and her daughter.

"What are you doing?" Ororo asked and he rolled his eyes.

"Selling that kid, what else?" Logan grunted and heard the shocked gasps of the two women.

"Don't forget to buy something to play for him, too," she reminded him and he was about to hang up, when Ororo added: "And don't even dare to think about it, Logan!"

"Bitch!" he cursed and put the phone back into the pocket.

"That's 210,56, sir," the woman behind the counter said and for the first time today, Logan was shocked.

"What?!" he asked hoarsely and stared at the display. "210 bucks for this shit?!" he asked in disbelief.

"Ehm…, yes," the woman said in confusion. Only rolling his eyes and shaking his head, he slammed the credit card onto the counter. "Debit or credit, sir?"

"Pick one!" Logan grunted and asked himself what the owner of the card, Charles Xavier himself, would say if he found out that he had just wasted 210 bucks for clothing…

"You are such a happy camper and your daddy is such a mean and rude person," he heard the elderly woman cooing behind him and shot her a glare that would have made her drop dead to the ground if that was possible. "I can't believe this nice little boy has such a terrible father!" she huffed and looked away.

"Shut up!" Logan snapped and took the bag, the card and his boy before he left; ignoring the "unbelievable" the woman shot after him. By now he had the suspicion that Ororo would come up with more useless things to force him to spend time with the kid. "Forget about toys, kid," he therefore grunted and walked over to the next Pizza Hut. "I'm hungry and I don't give a shit if ya can eat pizza or not!" he growled. To his luck, there was one empty table and he sat quickly down, ordered something to eat and drink and ran a hand through his face. He wanted to get home, go to bed and stay there. He didn't want to see babies, woman, clothing or anything else that had to do with children at all. He just wanted to be alone and be grumpy…

"Excuse me, sir," a voice next to him sat and he looked up with a deadly look in his eyes. "I'm sorry, but… Would you mind?" Looking at the blonde and slim woman, Logan finally shrugged and received a smile from her before she sat down. "Thanks a lot. It's hell today, isn't it? Nearly all restaurants are crowded, it's terrible…"

"Oh really?" Logan mumbled and looked up when his food came. Sipping on his coke with a satisfied sigh, he noticed Julian's big eyes. Only rolling his own, he cut off a small piece from his pizza and handed it to the boy, who smiled happily.

"What a cute boy," the woman instantly remarked and received another smile, while Julian tried to chew the pizza and was even happier when his father got his sippy cup out of the bag. "What's his name?"

"Julian," Logan grunted and chewed on his pizza in complete annoyance.

"Definitely his daddy," she smiled at him. "He looks so much like you. I'm Kim by the way."

Reluctantly shaking her hand, he gave her a forced smile. "Name's Logan…"

"Are you from around here?" she asked after ordering her food.

"Nope," he replied. "Westchester."

"Oh, I love that area!" Kim said with a bright smile. "So…," she added and looked at him more closely. "I guess you are taken, huh?"

"Yeah," Logan lied and shook his head internally. Usually, he would flirt back, take that woman home with him, have some fun days or one fun night with her and what did he do now? Turned a hot chick like her down and didn't even feel interested. Glaring at Julian, he blamed the kid for it. "Well, gotta go," he excused himself and got up.

"Nice to meet you, Logan," she smiled at him and he nodded politely. "And you, too, Julian."

"Ah," the boy made and took his father's hand again.

"This is all your fault, kid," Logan grunted as soon as they were on the outside again. "A hot, willin' chick like her and of course I'm stuck with ya…" Letting out a frustrated groan, he sniffed. "Oh, come on!" he whined and sighed while picking up Julian. Frustrated beyond limits by now he looked for the restrooms and went that way.

Ororo looked once more at the woman on the other end of the sofa and frowned. She had noticed that Jean was more or less staring at the screen with glassy eyes for minutes. If she didn't know better, she would expect her to start crying next. She looked back at the screen when her favorite scene came and watched how the character Eddie sat down next to the devastated Jane. Her eyes instantly became dreamingly and she hugged her legs. She wished she had a boyfriend, who was so caring and gentle, too. Forgetting everything around her when she watched the scene, she suddenly heard how Jean uttered a sob after Eddie promised Jane that she would find it again. Looking at her friend surprised but also worried, Ororo sat up. "What's wrong?" she asked in a concerned voice and got even more confused when the redhead shook her head and ran off.

After changing diapers, earning strange looks from women and really wishing he could just go home, Logan piggybacked Julian once more through the mall to find a shop that sold things to play. Being lucky once, a shop was close by and he put his son to the ground to look through all the games, plush animals and tons of stuff that was supposed to serve a child's entertainment. And of course….his cell phone rang again. "What?!" he asked completely pissed off by now and glared at the plush-giraffe in front of him.

"What are you doing?" Ororo asked once more.

"What do ya thing? Strippin'," he grunted and put the giraffe back.

"And Julian?" she asked and ignored his heavy sigh.

"He's…," Logan began and stopped dead in the tracks, just to look around. The spot where the boy had been only seconds before was empty and he couldn't see him anywhere.

"He's what?" Ororo asked since she had noticed the strange undertone.

"Lookin' around…," he lied and kept on scanning the shop in hope to find the boy somewhere.

"Is he?" she asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, he's fine," Logan grunted and hung up. After putting the phone back into the pocket he walked around the shop, just to groan in frustration. "Damn it…," he cursed through clenched teeth and left the shop. He couldn't deny that he was worried and worried somehow was a big understatement. Stopping at the entrance, Logan tried to isolate the Julian's scent from all the ones that were in the air and knew that his day could in fact get far worse than before…

This chapter was really easy to write. I would have updated yesterday, but…I had to babysit the granddaughter again. She has paid us a surprised visit… Anyway, please review and don't just read!!! See ya!