Scott, I'll love you forever.

Chapter 15

The Morning After

Logan lay in bed trying to fall back in his blissful dream. The trouble with dreams was that whenever Logan was having a nightmare once he managed to get back to sleep he'd slip right back in but is he was having a dream about anything good he could never get back to it. Finally he sat up and rubbed his face, he'd been dreaming of lying in the snow spread eagle and his hand entwined with another person's and when he looked over he saw Scott, smiling as sweet as anything. The sun hit his face and made him look pale as the snow and the snow was like diamonds spread around his head. Logan stood and pulled on a pair of pants moving lazily down the stairs tugging on a shirt slowly, the girls were gossiping in the living room their curls somewhat crushed from sleeping on them.

Mari waved at Logan and pulled him over to the group, "so I didn't get to talk to Scott's date last night but he was so handsome! I mean he showed up late but he was built! And he made Scott absolutely shine with happiness."

Logan smiled, "Good, Slim deserves a good man."

Scott had woken up with the sun as he did everyday but he couldn't focus on any book that he picked up. His mind kept drifting back to the night before, the way he felt when Logan touched him, knowing the strength behind the gentleness. In the end he merely lay back and let his mind drift over the wonderful evening, the smell of the cigars Logan smoked was on Scott's sheets, a bruise was developing from where Logan had nipped him affectionately. As the morning sun washed over him and he breathed deeply releasing it in a contented sigh.

Warren nearly kicked in the door and waved a piece of paper around with joyful exuberance, "You got accepted!"

Scott shot up in bed grabbing the paper from Warren's hands and reading it over, a joyful cry burst from Scott's lips. The two young men ran down the hall barreling down the stairs. Scott skidded to a stop in front of the living room.

"He got accepted!" Warren said pointing at Scott.

"I got accepted!" nearly shouted tapping on his own chest, "Me I did it!"

The living room erupted into hysterics; everything was a hurricane of yelling and movement. Logan sat silent nearly blocked from Scott as the celebration ensued, Logan was smiling, Scott had come so far in such a short time, it didn't feel like it was possible, and yet there Scott stood with an acceptance letter in his hands.

Logan moved out of the room patting Scott on the shoulder and wandering down the hall towards the deserted kitchen. He could still hear the screaming from down the hall and his ears were ringing slightly.

"What's all that noise about mon amour?"

Logan smiled at Remy and sat at the table across from him, "Scott got accepted to a college."

"Good." Remy looked at the door and stretched, an exceedingly unpleasant smile spreading across his firm lips.

The noise dissipated and Logan heard running foot steps coming from the hall, Scott stuck his head in the room and his face dropped a little to see Remy there spread tantalizingly in a chair.

"Logan, are we still working out today?"

Logan nodded and stood fallowing Scott out of the mansion and down the hill. They squared off each staring the other down looking for a chink in the others defense. Logan found Scott's first and swiped his legs from under him. Scott grabbed Logan's shirt and dragged him down as he fell. They were in a heap in the soft grass Logan growled deep in the back of his throat the sound sent shivers up Scott's spine and he wrapped his arms around Logan's neck and kissed him.

"Thanks for being there last night."

Logan frowned as he caught a glimpse of the little bruise he had inflicted on Scott, "I didn't mean to do that."

Scott touched the tender spot of flesh and grinned, flipping Logan on his back lowering his lips to Logan's ear, "I don't mind, if you want the truth I sort of like it."

Logan's brow came together and he stared at Scott as if he were crazy, "Scott, that makes no-"

Scott cut him off with a kiss, "Logan, its fine, I like knowing your strong." Then softer almost a whisper, "It's fine, really."

Logan shook his head and smoothed the soft skin on Scott's neck, "God you're so beautiful." Logan could hardly see Scott's face, it was cast into shadow by the morning sun, but he knew every curve and dip of the young man's face. Scott blushed and kissed Logan again then stood and dashed off into the trees. Logan jumped to his feet and sprinted after him.

Scott's breath was heavy and labored he panted as he dashed in between trees and vaulted over rocks. Logan couldn't see the young man but he could smell him, his sent was thick in the stagnant air of the woods. Scott's was starting to sweat, they had been running for a two mile and so far Logan had only been toying with Scott; staying close enough to keep the heat on but presenting no real danger, but Logan was tired of that game now and he veered onto a short cut.

Scott paused for a moment trying to catch his breath, he turned his head this way and that trying to catch a hint of where Logan was. Scott heard a twig snap behind him and he bolted forward but before he could get traction on the slick leaves Logan's body hit his and they went tumbling down the hill. Logan pulled Scott close to his chest enveloping the young man to protect him from harm. They splashed down into a small creek at the bottom of the steep hill. Logan opened his arms and lay limply in the water grinning. Scott sat up and straddled Logan's hips still breathing hard, he looked down at Logan and saw his skin begin to yellow and then turn deep shades of purple.

"I was told you had a healing factor." Scott murmured kissing a large bruise on Logan's cheek. Logan grinned and nodded.

"I do." He sat up and shook his head trying to dry his hair, and ran a hand over his face feeling the cool wetness trapped in his newly grown sideburns, "Mostly it makes the whole process go by faster."

Scott stood as the bruises faded and pulled Logan out of the water. Logan sighed tiredly and rubbed the back of his head. Scott tugged at him and they walked even deeper into the woods, the sun was rising higher over the mansion and the cool in the woods was dissipating quickly. Logan unbuttoned his soaked shirt and stripped it away from his body tossing it over a tree branch and sitting down his back against a rock. He closed his eyes, Scott watched Logan, it was sweltering now in the hallow they sat in and Scott stripped off his own shirt and whipped a thin layer of sweat from his forehead. Logan opened his eyes, "Looking back on it, jumping into a creek wasn't the best idea."

Scott broke into laughter and crawled across the clearing and pushed Logan's shoulders again the rock and kissed him, "Teach me how to ride a motorcycle."

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AN: Apparently, and I say this with the greatest amount of love I have for my readers, very few people read my Authors Notes…. Not that I blame you they're fairly dull, however this fact has been made painfully obvious to me when I get little smarmy comments about my spelling errors….. or grammar stuff….. I love you guys and I love writing but this is fan fiction I'm not going to go over this with a microscope I just glance over it once… then I upload…. So yeah there are mistakes. LOTS of mistakes. So….. yeah………… (shrugs)