Chapter 4 – The return
It was around 11am when she heard it. That sound. The one that haunted her dreams and conjured up fantasies in that mucked up head of hers. It was the rumble of his bike.
Logan was back.
Charles had told her it would be sometime today that the beast returned to them but she wasn't expecting him quite this early. 'Must have been in a hurry.' Rogue thought. 'Probably found out that Jean was alive and wanted to make sure he got a quick fuck – he was never one to waste time.'
Rogue could feel her gut twist and back start to get knots with the anxiety of seeing Logan again after three years. She needed something to take him off her mind.
So, she got up and started shedding her clothes so that she could put her gym wear on – she needed a stress relief and the best was a round in the danger room and a run around the mansion grounds.
She always used this technique when she was in a shitty mood and didn't want to take it out on anyone else or if she was just pissed in general. Rogue had changed over the last three years; she was cold and angry at the world... at everything.
Yes, she had duties to her classes and the X-Men (Charles especially) but it didn't mean that she hurt any less. First she's kicked out of her home, and then she is used as a pawn in Magneto's game, Logan leaves and comes back whenever he wants all the while loving Jean and not her and to top it all off, the cure didn't bloody work and she was left with a maniac in her head.
At least now she can use any of the powers she has absorbed but that's not the point really, is it?
Marie was just about ready for her personal anger management therapy when suddenly her door swung open. Standing there was her best friend Jubilee, she looked like she was going to burst any moment with the news that she had.
"Roguey! He's back. Wolvie's back – can you believe it?" Jubes asked while jumping on Rogue's bed.
"Yeah, I know dim-wit. I heard his bike." Rogue replied as she started to leave her room.
"Where are you going? You not happy about this chica?" The yellow girl asked while following her friend down the corridor, quickly remembering to close the door (Rogue liked her privacy).
"Of course I'm not happy Jubes!" Exclaimed Rogue, "I hate his guts... you and I both know that when he finds out Jean is alive and kicking, he'll be all over her like a moth to a flame. Right now, I can't deal with that."
Jubilee tried to interrupt her friend but it would seem that Marie was having one of her 'Logan rants' and nothing could stop her when she got going on one of those.
"I mean, who does he think he is? Sure, Charles asked him to come back and all but that doesn't give him the right to think I want him back. He... he left me Jubes, he left everyone and he can't just come back and expect me to run into his big arms and say "Yay, you're home!" 'Cos that aint happening! You hear me?"
By the time she had stopped talking her voice had grown very loud and lots of students had come out of their rooms to see the commotion.
"Back up chica, Prof asked Logan back? I thought his return was, well, out of the blue?" Jubilee said, she looked as confused as the rest of the students and Rogue knew that her rant had given off more info than she'd like.
"It's nothing to worry about babe. Yes, Charles did ask him back and yes, I knew. Just don't ask questions that I can't tell you the answers to. Okay?" Jubes nodded but certainly didn't look convinced.
Rogue turned around and strode off to the danger room – she didn't need any more questions or stress right now.
She left the students and Jubilee looking on in wonder as the mighty X-Woman made her way down the corridor and into the elevator. What she didn't know was that a certain Wolverine had seen the whole damn incident take place!