AN:

41 chapters! Can you believe it? I don't. Although technically there's only 40 chapters, since one of them was an Author's Note.

Anyway, on to the story. In this chapter, someone will make a huge mistake! It'll be obvious who once you read it...

Douglas's POV:

I saw Sam sitting outside, and I knew I had to talk to her. I needed to explain, and try to heal our friendship.

"Hey, Sam." I called out to her as I walked up.

Sam looked up, and I was relieved when she stood up and walked over to me.

"Hey, Douglas." She said.

We stared at each other, and even though I wanted to pull her into my arms, I knew that I couldn't. There was a long silence.

Finally Sam smiled at me, and stepped forward to give me a quick hug. Then she pulled away, and said, "I don't hate you, Douglas."

"I thought you said you wouldn't read my mind."

Sam grinned. "I didn't need to."

I laughed. "Well, I don't hate you, either."

"Oh, I know that." Sam smiled mischievously. "You love me."

I felt my face get warm, and I knew that I was blushing. "You're never going to let me live that down."

"Nope."

"It's true, though." I said quickly, and almost stopped when I saw the hesitant look in Sam's eyes. But I knew that I had to say it now. "I do love you. But I know that you love Wolverine, and not me. But I guess that's okay, because I want you to be happy." The words were tumbling out of my mouth without my permission, but I didn't care. "So I guess what I'm saying is… it's okay that you're with Wolverine." My heart was protesting wildly, and I hated myself for letting her go. But I knew that she was happy, and I couldn't take that from her. "But I have to do this, just this once." I leaned down, wrapped my arms around Sam, and kissed her.

Finally I was holding her in my arms, finally I was kissing her, finally I had told her I loved her. But Sam didn't love me back, and even now she was pulling away from me. She yanked her lips away from mine, and I quickly let go of her.

Sam stood there, her eyes accusing me. She didn't seem to have noticed that she had brought her hand up to her lips, as if she could still feel my lips against hers. Then she shook her head. "I had thought that that this might have a simple solution. That we could just walk away, and just be friends. But you always complicate things, Douglas." She shook her head again.

I wished I hadn't kissed her. It had been a stupid thing to do. I had fixed what I had done the night before, but this was irreparable. "Sam, I'm sorry."

Sam didn't say anything. She just looked at me sadly, as if I had failed some sort of test. Then she turned, and walked away. She didn't look back.

I stood there in the courtyard for a while. I couldn't believe I had been such an idiot. Things couldn't get worse.

I heard a low, ominous growl behind me, and realized how wrong I was. Standing just a few feet away was Wolverine.

AN:

*SIGH* Douglas, Douglas, Douglas... you fool.

Also, I realized that Gambit has not made an appearance yet! How sad. Don't worry, he'll be here soon. But not for a couple chapters, sorry!

I still need Sam x Logan ship names. Sorry, Rachel, but I need something a little more creative than SamxLogan. Think up ideas, folks, and tell them to me!

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