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Happy Easter my little lemon drops!

xXx

I awoke to the heavenly aroma of bacon frying. Inhaling deeply with my eyes still closed, I stretched out along the couch.

Couch? I opened my eyes. Why was I on the couch?

Benny ran over to me his face almost shining with joy. "Leah! Your mom made bacon!"

"Yeah, I see that. " I grinned at the crisp slices he clutched in his hand. "Any chance you're going to be willing to share your bounty?"

Dad appeared out of the hallway, rubbing his face tiredly.

"Course Leah!" Benny said sweetly, handing me over a slice. "Why are you on the couch?"

"I don't remember," I said honestly, "something about…"

Dad's sniffing interrupted me.

"What is it Dad?" I asked, frowning slightly.

"Do you smell the bacon?" Ben inquired, nibbling on one of the pieces in his hand.

"It's not that, it's…" Dad trailed off. Suddenly, his claws popped out and he rushed back down the hallway.

Ben looked over at me in fear. "What is it Leah?"

I was about to answer that I had no idea, but then it came back to me. I groaned as I remembered the nights events and the reason I was on the couch. I had hoped he would have the decency to sneak out early this morning but I was clearly wrong. We heard muffled fighting and then Dad reappeared, dragging a struggling Fang.

"Leah, care to explain this?" Dad asked, his voice dangerously calm.

"What's going on in here?" Mom came out of the kitchen, fully dressed and looking concerned. She gasped when she saw Fang. "Eric, what are you doing here?"

"Its Fang, Mrs. Logan." Fang said, flashing her a smile. "Do I smell bacon?"

"Leah…" Dad practically growled. "Start talking kid."

"He came here last night looking for a place to stay. I gave him my bed and slept out on the couch." I said.

Dad was giving me that look. That irritating one that read as 'my kid is an idiot'.

"Can I see you in the other room for a moment?" He asked, his voice making it clear that it was not a request.

"Um…" I stalled.

"Wolverine, I asked to stay here because the Brotherhood is after my head. This is the only place that I didn't think they'd look for me." Fang said, breaking out of Dad's grip.

Dad didn't even looked phased. He said in a bored voice. "What did you do to piss off your new pals?"

Fang held Dad's challenging gaze with one of his own. "I saved your daughter's life."

Dad didn't like the sound of that. He started after Fang, a growl rumbling in his throat. "You cocky little son of a-"

"The Brotherhood knows what Leah's blood can do and they want her dead. You know that. They sent Daken after her that night and I got her out of that restaurant before he got to her." Fang growled back.

"Daken got to her anyway and she fought him by herself. From the sounds of it, you were going to kidnap her. Probably for the Brotherhood." Dad snarled.

"I'd never hurt Leah!" Fang lashed out. "The Brotherhood wants me dead because I tried to protect her!"

Dad looked like he was about to punch Fang in the face, but Mom placed a firm hand on his arm and shook her head. He relaxed his arm muscles, but his voice was still deadly when he said. "Get out."

"I want to come back to the X-men." Fang replied calmly.

Dad's face was completely red at this point and the vein in his temple throbbed dangerously. If he hadn't had super healing abilities, I'd be worried that he'd have an aneurism. "After what you did, you think you can strolling back in here?"

"Who's strolling?" Fang quipped.

Dad couldn't hold back anymore. He grabbed Fang by the front of his shirt and slammed him into the nearest wall.

"Logan!" Mom barked.

"That guy saved me."

We all turned to look at Benny in surprise. He was shaking slightly and looked nervous. I couldn't blame him. This must be pretty scary looking for a kid.

"When I was at the base, he and Leah saved me." Benny said again. "I thought I was going to die but then they came in and got us out. He even carried me out the rest of the way when Leah went to go find someone. He told me everything would be okay."

Dad turned his attention back to Fang and growled. Fang ignored him, his attention on Benny.

"You told me you were a good guy and I could trust you." Benny told Fang quietly.

"That's right, I did." Fang said slowly.

"So if you're a good guy, you can be an X-man. Like Wolverine." Benny said.

Fang flashed Dad a feral grin. He now had him right where he wanted him.

"Its not for us to decide." Mom announced. "We'll take you down to see the Professor."

Reluctantly, Dad released Fang and took a step back.

"There's no way Chuck is going to let you stay after what you did to Summers and Gambit." Dad growled.

Fang smirked. "We'll see."

xXx

I pulled my jacket up around my nose in attempt to keep warmer as I treaded across the grounds. The temperatures were rapidly dropping as winter came closer, but there still was no snow. But I had more on my mind than the weather at the moment.

I pushed open the door to the garage and found Remy leaning over his bike. He looked up and grinned at me devilishly.

"What's cook'n good look'n?" Remy drawled as I came closer. When he saw my face, he became sombre. "Oh, are we not in a flirt'n mood?"

I nodded my head gravely and he leaned against his bike. "What's up cher?"

"Remy," I bit my lip, stalling. How was I supposed to tell him this?

"Leah," Remy countered, a smile hiding under his faked serious tone.

I sighed. I might as well just spit it out.

"Have you heard about what's been going on this morning?" I asked.

"Uh, no? Ah've been out here all morn'n." Remy answered, wiping away a dirt speck on his bike. "Heard somethang 'bout a meet'n, but Ah usually don't go to 'em less Ah dink somethang interest'n gonna happen. Why?"

Oh, so he's completely unprepared. Wonderful.

"Fang came to the institute last night." I said grimly. Remy's scarred face contorted. "And this morning he asked if could come back to the school."

"Cher don't tell me dey let dat animal back." Remy warned.

"Remy, I'm sorry-"

"Damn it!" Remy yelled, throwing down the oil stained rag in his hand. "Why de hell would dey let 'im stay here?"

"He said the Brotherhood is after him and he needs protection. The Professor and Hank think they can get him back to the way he used to be if he stays here." I answered tiredly.

"After what he did?" Remy steamed.

"They think its better to try to convince him to be a good guy than to lock him away." I said in a quiet voice.

Remy stared at me. Then he spat out a fowl swear and kicked his bike. I flinched as it crashed to the ground.

Staring at the ground, I asked. "Does getting mad at me and your bike make you feel better?"

Remy sighed, "No, no. Ah'm sorry."

I helped Remy stand his bike back up and then let him over to the work bench. I hopped onto the top to sit with my feet dangling while Remy just leaned against it.

"This isn't fair to you or Scott. The two of you have very good reasons to not want him here and no one would blame you for being angry." I said.

"De healers are still trying to repair Summer's voicebox." Remy growled. "And Ah look like roadkill."

I took his hand and squeezed it.

"And as much as Ah hate him for what he did, Ah hate it even more dat he's here around you." Remy admitted. "De psycho is obsessed with you. He even tried to kidnap you! How we know he not gonna try to again?"

"You don't have to worry gator fucker, haven't you heard? I'm a good guy now." An unpleasant voice said cheerfully. We looked over to see Fang leaning in the doorway. I felt Remy tense up next to me.

"Get de hell outta here." Remy snarled.

"I'm not going to hurt anyone, especially not Leah." Fang said, coming closer.

"Now why am Ah hav'n a hard time believe'n yah?" Remy snapped, wrapping a firm arm around me.

Fang's eyes glared at our contact and a growl rose in his throat.

"I have a session with Cap to go to." I announced. "Remy, do you want to come to dinner tonight, so we can talk more?"

Remy, seeing this as an opportunity to annoy Fang, grinned. "Love to cher."

"I'll be there too 'cher'." Fang called, giving Remy a challenging grin.

Remy glared, "Ah don't dink de fille was invite'n yah."

"Course I'm invited, I'm staying with the Logans."

I felt my insides twist. "Professor Xavier assigned you a room. There's no reason to stay at our apartment."

"Stay at your apartment again, you mean." Fang corrected.

Remy looked over at me in alarm. "He was in yo' apartment last night?"

"I was more than in her apartment, hick, I was in her bed." Fang laughed, smiling over at me. "Wasn't I Leah?"

I glowered at my one time best friend, not liking the game he was playing.

"He was-" Remy started.

"Yes, he slept in my bed last night and I slept on the couch. It was too late to wake the others up and find him another place." I explained. "I was hoping he'd have the decency to be gone by the morning."

"Yeah right." Fang laughed. "Don't tell me you didn't get a little hot at the idea of me being in your bed."

Hot rage boiled up in my throat. I deeply wanted to grab the wrench closest to me and whip it at Fang's head. Instead I pulled Remy toward me and kissed him fully, curling my fingers in his silky hair.

Pulling away, I asked. "Are you still okay for coming to dinner tonight?"

"Course, petite. See you den." Remy answered with a lopsided smile.

I left without even looking at Fang, but I paused outside the garage door for a moment. Out of sight, I heard Fang say. "Don't get cocky, you know she's only using you to make me jealous. She and me have a history."

"And you stupid enough ta believe dat history was a good one." Remy threw out.

"No, it wasn't all good." Fang said slyly. "But history has a way of repeating itself."

Not able to take anymore, I bolted away to make my lesson.