He woke up first. They were still wrapped tightly around each other. The sun was starting to rise, and the birds were flying and chirping. It really was beautiful here. With the sun rising, everything was lit in a golden haze.
She stirred slightly and he looked down at her. "Mornin' beautiful." he said softly.
She put her hand on his chest, and rested her head on it, looking at him. "Morning."
He reached up and brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "You okay?"
"Yeah." she said smiling. "I can't remember sleeping so well."
"Me niether." He leaned forwards and kissed her gently.
When he pulled back, he smiled. "You know, this is the second mornin' I woke up after sleeping with a beautiful woman and still had my pants on. First mornin' she was still here though."
She winced slightly. "Yeah... Sorry bout that."
He just chuckled lightly. "Aren't they gonna start to wonder where you are?"
She gave a little shrug. "The only people that really worry when I'm not there are Trixie and Tony. But they both know me well enough to know, not to bother me. They wouldn't call to check on me till tonight. Unless of course Trixie needs something. Then she won't stop calling till I pick up."
"She's quite the character, isn't she?" he asked, smiling.
"She's... indescribable."
"She's like the god damn energizer bunny. What does she like run on coffee? She never stops moving."
She giggled a little. "Well her mutation is that she controls electric things, and energy of sorts. She doesn't heal like us, but she doesn't age."
"So you're telling me, to not stab her with my claws?" he asked sarcastically.
She grinned and played along. "Might not be your best idea. And I know you're just full of great ideas."
"I've got a few." he said seductively.
"Care to share em'."
"Maybe..." he said cocking and eyebrow. "If you're good."
She blinked and played innocent. "I'm always good."
"MmmHmm, I'm sure."
They both settled into a comfortable silence for a few minutes, listening to the birds, the water. "We should probably head back though." he said, hesitantly.
"Yeah, probably... But it's really warm in this blanket and I know it's not gonna be when we get out."
"I'll keep ya warm." he said winking.
***Flashback***
"Ya cold darlin'?" He moved to put an arm around her even as she forced out an "I'm fine."
He looked at her, a ghost of a smile on his lips "Better?"
"Much... Thank you." She said smiling a little back at him, which in turn made him smile a little bigger.
***End Flashback***
He looked at her softly.
"What's wrong?" she asked, worried.
He shook his head. "Nothin'... Just remembering."
"Good things I hope."
"Yeah, good things." He kissed her again, then they got up.
She shivered. "Shit it's cold out here." she said, jumping up and down slightly, and rubbing her hands together.
He reached out and grabbed her hands. He brought them to his face and blew his warm breath on them, then rubbed them with his. "All better?" he asked, softly looking into her eyes.
"A little." she said, quietly.
He grabbed the blanket, then used his other arm to pull her against him.
"Well let's get back to the mansion, and into the heat."
"Sounds like a plan."
About an hour later they got back to the mansion. A few of the older students gave them odd looks when they came in wearing the same clothes as yesterday. Two of the older boys were even brave enough to say, "Score." as they walked bye.
Logan cocked his head to the side. "Well," he said, looking at Brooke. "Looks like we're popular."
"It would appear that way."
"Alright, well I'm gonna go find Tony. See ya later."
"I sure hope so."
He pushed her slowly against the wall. He watched her face for a minute and saw the anticipation there. He leaned down painfully slow and kissed her, long and passionate. A few students let out wolf whistles. Brooke laughed a little when they did, but kept kissing Logan who just flipped them off behind his back.
When he pulled back he grinned at her. "See ya, darlin'."
"Bye."
He glared at a few of the teenage boys as he left, and they looked ready to piss their pants. When he was gone she ran off to find Trixie. She found her in her room flipping through a people's magazine.
"Really?" Brooke said, as she walked in.
"What?" Trixie asked. "I like to keep up on the latest news in our celebrity world. You know that."
Brooke was silent and sat down on the bed. Trixie slowly looked up from her magazine. "What happened?" she asked, sounding worried.
"Well... we went for a ride last night. I... I told him that we were in a lab. That we were experiments... I kinda fell apart."
"What do you mean?" she asked, sitting up straight. Obviously paying full attention.
"I just kinda... broke down. I don't know. I yelled, and I ended up in his arms sobbing."
"Are you sure this wasn't a dream?"
"He kissed me, Trix." she said ignoring the last question.
Trixie's eyes got wide and she almost fell out of her chair. "He what?!" she asked standing up. "Was it just a little kiss or was it like.. a real kiss?"
"It was a kiss that ended lying down."
"Oh my God! Did you have sex with him?"
"No, but..."
"But what?"
Brooke shrugged a little. "I don't know. I guess, we kinda thought about it, but we were outside and-"
"Why the fuck were you outside?! It's cold outside!"
"I don't know. I never said we were smart."
"Wow, okay then. Listen I told Storm we'd help her with the kids outing today so..."
Brooke let out a loud sigh. "Who's gonna be there? Adult wise."
"Well there's me, you, Storm, Iceman, Beast, and uh... Jean." she said the last name quieter.
"Ugh, great. That's just how I wanna spend my day. Let's go."
Logan found Tony in the kitchen. "Hey, man."
"Hey. Where the fuck did you disappear to last night?"
"I went out with Brooke."
Tony waited for more of an explanation, but didn't get one. "And?" he asked exasperated.
"And, she told me we were in a lab. She said she'd tell me more. Just not everything at once."
"So it went well? That's great."
"I kissed her."
Tony's eyebrows went up. "Huh." he said thoughtfully. "And how'd that go."
"I had to stop, before I couldn't stop myself."
"How far did you get, dude?"
"I don't know, we were laying down, and I stopped. She asked me not to, and God knows I didn't want to but..."
"But?"
They were interrupted by two of the teenage girls coming in. They were chatting away and one of them blushed red when she saw Logan and Tony.
"Ladies." Tony said, and Logan gave them a nod.
The one who wasn't blushing looked at them. "Hey did you guys hear Jean's pregnant?"
"Seriously?" Tony asked.
***Flashback***
"Logan?" she whispered.
"Yeah, darlin'?"
"...I think I'm pregnant." he barely heard her, she whispered so quietly.
***End Flashback***
He shook his head. That one didn't make since. She didn't have a kid. There was no way.
"Yep, she's knocked up." she said matter of factly. "Come on, Kitty. Let's go."
Tony laughed. "Jean and a baby. That'll be interesting."
Then one of the kindergartners ran in the kitchen crying. "Tony, Wolvie! Tony, Wolvie!"
Tony rolled his eyes, but Logan got down on his knees so he was her level. "What is it, kiddo."
She sniffed and clutched at her teddy bear. "Th-there was a b-butterfly on the playground outside, and, and I was playing with it and then Zac came up a-and he.."
"Shhh, take it easy, kiddo. Slow down, you're okay."
"He killed it." she said crying.
***Flashback***
"He killed it." she said, crying.
Flash*
He remembered blood, and tears. The memory was fuzzy.
Flash*
"RRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH" he remembered waking up from a nightmare, claws blazing.
Everything was so fuzzy. He couldn't make out what was what.
Flash*
He saw the blood on her shirt, she was sitting against the wall away from him.
Flash*
"I just want it to be over. I'm tired. I'm so fucking tired" she whispered, with her voice cracking.
***End Flashback***
"Logan?" Tony asked. "You alright there?... Logan?"
He snapped out of it. His eyes were slightly watery. "Listen, kiddo. You tell Zac if he kills another butterfly he's gonna have me to answer to, okay?"
"Okay." she said in a small voice. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek, then ran off.
Tony was still looking at him curiously. "Brooke was pregnant." Logan whispered.
"When? What are you talking about?"
"I killed it. I killed the baby... I hurt her. Oh God."
"Loga-"
"I gotta go."
"Where? Logan wait! What are you talking about."
Tony ran after him, but he was already gone. "Shit! Seriously?!" he said raising his hands in the air then letting them fall back down. "What the fuck is going on around here?!"
I have to thank Mimirod95 for the idea of Logan thinking that he was the one who killed the baby. Leaving you with a cliffhanger here, sorry. Please review.
