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Emma woke up in Logan's arms, he was still asleep but Emma contented herself with looking at him. He looked so peaceful lying there and she wished he could look that at ease all the time.

"Stop it" He grumbled, Emma smiled to herself.

"What?" She asked innocently.

"Staring at me" Logan replied, opening his eyes and looking at her warmly. "Morning" She whispered, touching his bicep lightly and not being particular subtle about it.

"Morning" He smiled softly in response. They'd hooked up last night and Emma was wondering how to get out of the bed in a dignified and ladylike manner.

"Can you look away please?" She asked, giving him a hopeful grin.

"I saw it all last night" He grinned mischievously. Emma yanked the duvet away from him and wrapped it round herself before getting out the bed, he gave her a glare.

"What's wrong? I saw it all last night" She mimicked teasingly. When she first met him Emma had hoped they would have sex, I mean it would be crazy not to think that, but she never actually thought it would happen. She was drawn away from her guttural thoughts by the ringing of Logan's phone. He looked at it, rolled his eyes and picked up.

"Yeah?" He answered, Emma laughed to herself at his wonderful manners. He gave a playful glower and went into the bathroom. She dressed and looked out over the forest, they hadn't come up with a plan exactly but Emma knew they had to go back. She had a job, he worked with other mutants (he was deliberately vague about it) and they couldn't abandon their responsibilities. Emma wished she could stay here forever, waking up next to Logan, walking through the endless forest and having dinner in a crowded diner. But that was done for now and Emma didn't really know what came next.

"Deep in thought?" Logan asked from across the room, Emma gave him a gentle smile and closed the distance between them.

"Who was that?" Emma asked casually.

"Professor X" He replied, however he wouldn't tell Emma about him. She found it hard not be curious when he mentioned someone called 'Professor X', she knew he worked with mutants but judging by some of their names they sounded more like a criminal gang.

"You're going back" Emma stated, she knew she wasn't invited. "Back to Westchester?" She clarified. He nodded, she wondered if she was just supposed to go back to the library and forget their plans to infiltrate Trask.

"You're not allowed to come" He told her, Emma nodded awkwardly. "Nothing's changed, we'll still go to Trask" He promised, holding her face gently so that she would meet his eyes.

"It'll just take longer than we thought" She smiled, Emma didn't mind waiting. He had to go back to his life for whatever reason and she would go back to hers, her only worry was that he would forget her and leave her behind.

"Do you think I'm going to forget you?" He asked, frowning slightly. Could he read minds too, hopefully not.

"I worry that you're going to" Emma replied. "You work for some sort of mutant institute and I work at a library. It just seems likely that you'll get wrapped up in something" She told him lightly, looking down at the floor. He lifted her chin gently and fixed her with an intense gaze.

"I won't forget" He stated, there was something in his voice that made her sure it was true.

"We should get going then" She grinned, opening the door of their room and heading out to the car.

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Logan pulled the car up outside Emma's building, she wished they were still in Canada doing nothing in particular but they weren't. She was back in Washington on a rainy Monday and they were going their separate ways...for now at least.

"Goodbye" Emma laughed, she had no idea how to express everything she thought and felt. "I'll see you soon?" She added, Logan looked at her and nodded once. She gave him a warm smile before turning to get out the car, Logan grabbed her arm and pulled her back around. He pulled her into a kiss that conveyed exactly what they couldn't say, that they would continue what they'd started, with Trask Industries and with their own relationship. They split apart and Emma jumped out the car, standing on the sidewalk as Logan sped away.

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Emma got into her apartment and was assaulted by the sound of a ringing phone.

"Hello" She greeted wearily.

"Em! Oh my god, I've been so worried" Piper yelled, pretty much bursting Emma's eardrum. "I mean what happened?" She asked quickly, Emma wondered how to explain it.

"We kind of had a long weekend" Emma smiled to herself, Piper quickly caught on.

"You had a good time then" Her friend laughed.

"The best" She replied, more to herself than to Piper.

"So where's loverboy now?" Piper asked, catching Emma's slightly depressed tone.

"New York" Emma sighed, flopping onto the couch.

"New York?" Her friend repeated. "When's he coming back?".

"I don't know" Emma replied honestly.

"Have you got his number?" Piper asked slowly.

"Not exactly" Emma replied, why didn't she think of that.

"Has he got yours?" Piper pressed.

"Well…no", Emma felt like a prize idiot.

"Oh sweetie, he is not coming back" Piper told her, her friend was ever the optimist.

"He's gonna come back" Emma replied confidently.

"If not, at least you had a long weekend of pure sex" Piper told her perkily.

"It was not just sex" She stated indignantly.

"Said every girl that was ever ditched by a guy" Her friend replied. Emma knew it wasn't true, he was definitely coming back...wasn't he?

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"How was your day off?" Diane, an older woman who worked at the library asked. She scooted over to Emma's computer and looked at the screen. "Is that where you were?" She inquired, nodding towards the picture of the B&B that Emma had up. She was leaving a review on the website, Emma literally couldn't give high enough praise to the place. "Yeah" Emma replied, clicking off the website and smiling at her colleague.

"You and your boyfriend?" Diane added, trying and failing to sound nonchalant. She may as well have just asked 'Do you have a boyfriend?'.

"Nope, not my boyfriend" Emma replied. Diane gave her an apologetic glance before going back to her own screen. Why did she have to meet him and spend the weekend with him...and sleep with him. She would never get him out of her head now, not that she even wanted to.

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"Emma, come on it's been two weeks" Piper yelled as she took the bag of Cheetos away from her, Piper couldn't stand her spending another night indoors listening to Loser FM.

"Two weeks of what?" Emma asked, picking up her glass of wine.

"Exactly, two weeks of what? Going to work, coming home, eating and drinking until you fall asleep in front of the TV" Her friend snapped. Emma was pretty sure that sounded like the perfect lifestyle, but apparently not.

"Look, I'm taking it easy. I'm fine" Emma waved her hand casually, trying to ignore the fact her friend was right.

"Did mini-break man really leave this much on an impression?" Piper asked, looking at Emma. The answer was yes, he had left a huge impression.

"This is not about him" Emma laughed falsely, her friend raised an eyebrow at her.

"Well whatever it is, you're coming out tonight" Piper ordered. Emma didn't want to go out, she wanted to stay and mope around and eat. Emma shook her head and went back to the TV. "It's Open Mic Night at U Street Cafe". Emma did love singing and coffee, the combination of the two was impossible to resist.

"Fine...but only for a bit" Emma countered, quickly running to tidy herself up. She knew that a night out would probably do her a lot of good, her friend was right, she'd been hung up on Logan for too long.

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Emma stood on the small coffee shop stage and sang like nobody was listening, it felt good to let go for a bit after days and days of overthinking. She finished the song with a laugh, a laugh that fizzled out as soon as she looked at the door. Logan walked in, shaking the rain from his hair and looking straight at her. Emma wondered if she'd finally gone mad and started hallucinating about him, surely she hadn't gone that crazy? She jumped down from the stage and headed straight towards him. He was still there, staring at her, looking pretty damn real.

"Hi" He muttered, looking at her hesitantly. Hi? That was all he had to say...hi.

"What are you doing here?" She crossed her arms defensively. She didn't feel defensive though, she felt all kinds of things but nothing bad. How could she be anything but happy when he was here, not that she was going to let him know that.

"I'm a big fan of karaoke" He replied sarcastically, raising an eyebrow at her. "I'm sorry that I haven't spoken to you since...Canada" Logan stated, that word had some implied meaning to it now. "I've been with the Professor...sorting some things out" He added, Emma wondered why he was always so cryptic with his choice of words. "Do you want to come back to New York with me, I understand if you don't but if you did then that would be..." He trailed off, looking a little out his comfort zone. Emma didn't want to cave so easily but if she didn't go with him now then she would always regret it. As well as that, it was about more than them, they'd agreed to look into Trask together.

"Yeah...I'll go back to New York. I just need to sort it out with work, when do you want to go?" Emma asked, taking out her phone.

"Tonight" He told her, she looked up at him in shock. Tonight? She couldn't just disappear like that, she'd never be allowed to. But she would at least try. Emma began calling her boss, walking away from the busy shop to take the call. Her boss wasn't exactly happy about it but she was allowed it.

"Alright, it's done...when are we leaving?" Emma asked, this was all going so quickly which seemed to happen whenever he was around.

"You alright to go now?" He asked, looking around the shop then back to her.

"Now?" She repeated. "I don't hear from you for weeks and as soon as you show up I'm supposed to just drop everything and go" She exclaimed, I mean she was willing to do it but she didn't want him to think she such was a pushover. "You must think I'm totally spineless" Emma added, he gave her a slight frown in response.

"I don't think that, you're angry and I get that, I'm asking a lot. But this is it, you can stay or you can come with me" He told her, direct and blunt as always.

"If you're getting involved with Trask then I want in" She replied, equally direct. "But it's purely professional, no-", she gestured between herself and Logan, "None of that is going to happen" She clarified. She wanted it to happen, she had spent a lot of time thinking about the two of them...happening, but she was not going to be that weak. She'd already agreed to go to New York at the drop of a hat, she wasn't going to hop into bed with him at the same speed. Until she knew what he actually thought of her, which would most likely be never, she was not going to let this go beyond professional partnership.

"None of that." He held his hands up and tried to suppress a sarcastic smile. "If that's what you really want?" He added jokingly.

"That is what I really want." She replied, trying to hide the fact that it was a load of bullshit. "Shouldn't we be getting to New York" Emma pushed, moving towards the door and swinging it open before letting it slam back into Logan.

"Whole car journey to New York...can't wait" He said sarcastically as they headed towards the car.

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