Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. Those go to Marvel. I do however own Faye and Sydney.

Thanks to everyone for reading and for the wonderful reviews!!! Updates this week may not come quickly, my nieces are over, all three, and are already driving me crazy so I don't know how much time I'll have to write, so please be patient with me and I'll try and hold it together and not go crazy.

Once Upon a Dream Part IX

At breakfast the next morning, Logan was mulling something over in his brain.

"I'm going to teach you to fight if you're going to live in that damn apartment." He said turning toward Sydney.

Faye looked at him a moment before bursting out laughing. "Sydney fight?" she said doubling over. "She's knock herself out!"

"I would not!" Sydney replied defiantly.

"Remember the foam sword incident?" Faye asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that one." Sydney replied sheepishly.

"She and one of her brother-in-laws were foam sword fighting and she managed to give herself a busted lip and a black eye." Faye said filling everyone in at the table who looked just plain confused.

"Hey at least I was having fun." Sydney retorted.

"Well, foam sword or not," Logan said, "If you're going to live in that damn apartment you're going to learn to fight and you ain't staying there till you do."

"Whatever you say Logan." Sydney replied before digging into her food.

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It was after breakfast and Logan and Sydney were in the gym, Logan trying to teach Sydney how to throw a punch.

"I swear Sydney if you keep your thumb there it's going to break." Logan said angrily and annoyed.

"Sorry Logan." Sydney replied fixing her unruly thumb that refused to actually stay in place.

"Okay now I want you to hit me." He said.

Sydney reared back, hitting him square in the chest. Pain seared through her hand and she let out a cry.

"I said hit not hurt yourself." Logan said grabbing her hand and examining it.

"Well you are made of freaking metal." Sydney replied as Logan ran his hand over her bruised knuckles.

"I told you she would hurt herself." Faye said from over where she was sitting, munching popcorn.

"Don't you have something you could be doing?" Sydney asked annoyed.

"Not really," Faye replied. "This is more fun."

"Faye" Logan growled, "Either you find something to do or I swear you'll be washing all the cars in the garage for two months."

With an "eep" Faye quickly exited the gym at a run."

Sydney laughed but let out a hiss of pain as Logan touched one of the bruises forming.

"Do you know anything about defending yourself?" Logan asked letting her hand drop.

"Of course I do." Sydney retorted. "All you have to do is sing."

"Sing?" Logan asked raising his eyebrow. "If you were Faye I would say singing would work, but you have a nice voice."

"No, not that sing. SING. Solar plexus, instep, nose, groin." She said demonstrating each move, catching Logan off guard.

"And just where the hell did you learn that?" he asked.

"Miss Congeniality." She replied. "Did I hurt you?"

"I'm made of metal Darlin', but that would be a good defense."

"Well than I guess training is finished then." Sydney said walking off, only to be grabbed by Logan and pulled close to him.

"Just where do you think you're going?" He growled in her ear, making her shiver.

"Don't you have a class?" she whispered back.

"Damn it." He muttered letting her go.

She laughed and walked away leaving Logan to deal with a class of extremely hyper teenagers that had just entered the gym.

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Most of the people Sydney knew were either in class, teaching one, or in Faye's class being annoying.

After just walking around for a good while, she walked into the kitchen only to be met by the blue skinned mutant Kurt Wagner. She had met Kurt earlier that morning at breakfast.

"Guten Tag." He said upon seeing her. "Vould you care for a sandwich."

"I would love one." She replied sitting at the table across from him. He handed her a sandwich and continued to make another one.

"Danka shame." She said before biting in.

"Bitta" he replied. "How did you're lesson vith the Wolverine go?"

"Well I almost broke my hand." She replied casually. "But other than that it wasn't too bad."

"I hope I am not being too prude in asking this," Kurt said, "But are you and him a couple?"

"I don't really know." Sydney replied. "We've never really discussed it."

"Vould you like to be?"

"I...guess." Sydney said slowly. "I mean, I feel safe with him and I trust him but…well, from what everyone tells me, he's an animal."

"Is he not like that vith you?" Kurt asked.

"No." Sydney replied thoughtfully. "When his is with me he's caring and kind. He's helped me when I needed it."

"That is vhat Ororo said." Kurt replied, "He is a different man around you. I do believe the lunch bell is to sound soon. I believe I shall leave before I am trampled."

With a bamf and a puff of blue smoke Kurt was gone, leaving Sydney alone with her thoughts.

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"Logan what are we?" Sydney asked.

It was later in the afternoon and Sydney had convinced Logan to take her to her apartment so she could begin unpacking her things.

Logan froze halfway finished with the box he was using one of his claws to open.

"I don't know." He replied finishing the task with one swipe. "What do you want us to be?"

"I don't know Logan." She said quietly, sitting on the couch that was surrounded by boxes. "What…what are your feeling for me?"

Logan retracted his claws and came to sit down next to her. "You know what they are." He said gruffly.

"No I don't." Sydney replied "you're gruff and angry yet with me you're caring. It confuses the hell out of me."

"Does this confuse you?" he asked grabbing her face, his lips meeting hers.

"No she whispered blushing bright red when he finally pulled away.

"Good" he replied brining his lips down to hers once more.

"Logan can I ask you something?" Sydney said nearly ten minutes later.

"Anything" Logan replied.

"Can we just…take this slow? I'm...I've just…I don't know how to do this whole relationship thing and it scares me."

"It's okay Darlin'" he replied. "I ain't gonna force you to do anything, and we can take this as slow as you want."

"Thank you Logan." She said laying her head on his shoulder and taking a deep breath, loving the smell that was Logan.

"You're welcome Darlin'" he replied wrapping an arm around her.

I hope Kurt's accent wasn't too bad. I've never written an accent before. It's funny because writting the german parts I felt like I was talking to one of my uncles.