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Fender Benders And Consequences	By : Karen Category: X-Men: (All Movies) > Het - Male/Female > Logan/Marie Views: 10986 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the X-Men movies, or any of the characters from them. I make no money from from the writing of this story.

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Note: "Dial-A-Ride" is a free taxi service where I live that takes senior citizens to doctor appointments, the store, etc. I don't know if places in New York offer a service like this, but for this story, they do.
Second Note: Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant may not really be in New York, but it is in my universe.
Special Thanks: to Victoria, for allowing me to copy-cat her 'truth in advertising' comment.
At precisely twelve noon Jubilee and Kitty arrived and for a good five minutes there was hugs all around. Logan watched the scene in amusement; it was times like these that he was reminded how young Marie really was. The age difference hadn't been much of an issue, but it was certain to surface occasionally, so they'd just have to work hard to make sure those issues never became anything major.

Marie had asked Logan if she could tell Jubilee and Kitty about the baby by herself. She wasn't sure what their reaction was going to be and didn't want Logan's feeling hurt. He grabbed a beer out of the fridge and excused himself to go outside. He was sitting on the front porch when a Dial-A-Ride cab pulled up next door and Mrs. Anderson got out. She appeared to be struggling with some packages, so Logan got up and started walking over toward her house.

Back inside the house, Marie was about to break the news to her best friends, praying they would be happy for her. She asked them both to sit down as she had something very important to tell them.

"I'm not exactly sure how to tell you this, so I'm just gonna come right out and say it."

"You're moving to the city full-time. I knew it," Jubilee wailed.

"We hardly see you now, Marie. It's not fair," Kitty added.

"I'm not moving to the city full-time. That's not it."

"Oh my gawd, you're sick. They found something while you were in the hospital."

"It's not terminal is it, Marie? Oh, gawd, you're not gonna die or anything?"

"I'm not dying from any terminal disease. Jeez, you two like to jump to conclusions."

"Well, if you're not moving and you're not dying. What's this big news?" Jubilee whined in frustration.

"Well, it's true they did discover something while I was in the hospital, but, it's not terminal, and it will be over in about eight months," Marie said mysteriously.

"Marie, my little chica, you have way lost us. What the hell are you talking about?"

Marie lifted up her shirt and put her hand on her stomach, "You two are going to be aunts."

"Are you.......?" Kitty asked. Marie nodded her head in the affirmative.

Jubilee and Kitty both screamed at once and bounded off the couch to grab Marie in a big bear hug.

"Oh, my gawd, Oh my gawd, Oh my gawd!!" Was all Jubilee could say.

Kitty just hugged her silently.

Both girls suddenly released her.

"What about Mr. Droolworthy? How's he feel about this?" Jubilee inquired.

"Logan is thrilled about it. He's already made a list of names, if you can believe that."

"Yeah, but what about Scott? Didn't he like go ape-shit or something?" Kitty asked.

"He's actually okay with it. Believe me, I'm stunned about that myself."

"Wow, a baby. I can't believe you're going to have a ....BABY!"

"Let's go find Logan, and go get some lunch, I'm starving."

"Yeah, you're eating for two now."

"Or could be three, if it's twins."

"Bite your tongue!"

All three girls walked outside to the front porch, but Logan wasn't there.

"Where'd he go? I swear he went out the front door."

"There he is," said Kitty, pointing in the direction of Mrs. Anderson's.

Logan had an armload of brown paper bags and was obviously helping Mrs. Anderson with her groceries.

"I'm just borrowing your young man for a minute," Mrs. Anderson said with a wave.

Marie waved back.

"Does he have a brother? A cousin, maybe?" Kitty sighed.

Logan came bounding back over "You know, Marie, that Mrs. Anderson is one hot babe."

"Oh, ha, ha, ha. Are you ready to leave for lunch?"

"Ready when you are. Just gotta grab my wallet and we're outta here. Where do you gals wanna eat?"

"Sweet Tomatoes Salad Bar." All three cried in unison.

{Ugh, rabbit food.} "Perfect." He rolled his eyes at Marie.

At the restaurant Logan searched unsuccessfully for something that wasn't 'healthy'. The girls were chattering away about Kitty and Jubilee's latest attempts at dating. Several male-bashing comments got a "Hey, I resent that" from Logan. They caught her up on all the latest news at the shelter. Marie had already spoken to Ororo, but that had been mostly about Marie. Logan tried valiantly to contribute to the conversation, but got lost when they started talking about Britney Spears versus Christina Aguilara and N'Sync versus The Backstreet Boys.

"Most of today's music is just loud crap. How can you listen to that garbage?"

"Careful, Logan, you're showing your age!" Jubilee warned.

"Did you know there really is a band called Garbage?" Kitty informed him.

"Finally, 'truth in advertising'!" Logan joked and all three girls giggled.

"Logan, honey......." Marie started, rubbing his arm gently, "is it okay if we stop at the mall while we're here?" She stuck out her lower lip in the pout that she knew would make him do anything for her.

"Ah, jeez ...not the pout! Ugh, Okay, but just for one hour!" he said, holding up his pointer finger for emphasis.

Marie leaned over and kissed him on the cheek "One hour ...Two..tops!"

The three girls practically bounced into the mall. Logan looked liked he was being led to his execution.

{If Scooter could see me now, I couldn't show my face at the office ever again.}

"Logan, honey is there anything you need while we're here?"

"Yeah, a disguise!"

"I'm sorry, we won't be long. I promise."

Logan parked himself on a bench in front of the centercourt fountain and arranged to meet the girls back there in an hour. He leaned back on the bench and prepared to be bored when he noticed a very interesting shop on the other side of the fountain. He stood up and strolled across the mall. An hour later he was innocently sitting on the bench when the girls returned armed with several shopping bags each.

"Did you leave anything for anyone else?"

"Screw them!" Jubilee had such a mouth.

Just then Marie noticed the bag sitting by Logan's feet.

"Did a little contributing to the mall economy yourself I see. What'd ya get?"

He sheepishly handed her the bag. It was from 'Baby Gap'. Marie just stared at the bag for a minute. She reached in and pulled out two tiny little baby sleepers - one in pale pink and one in pale blue.

"Oh, Logan," she said, her eyes starting to water. She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.

Logan couldn't believe how much excitement two tiny little pieces of material could cause amongst three women, but here they were gushing over the baby sleepers - "How darling." "Oh, aren't they precious?" "Look how tiny." "They're like doll clothes." Yada, yada, yada. Women!!! He watched them in amusement as they went in a million different directions at once about babies. With the exception of Marie, teenagers and Logan weren't normally what one would call simpatico, but Jubilee and Kitty were good friends to Marie, stick-with-you kind of friends, and he had to admire that. Marie had told him that they had all been friends since kindergarten, more like sisters now. They were happy for her and he was grateful for that. Marie and Jubilee had to make a pit stop in the ladies' room, leaving Kitty sitting next to Logan on the bench.

"That was a real sweet thing you did, Logan," Kitty told him.

"I like making her happy."

"It's good to see her smile and hear her laugh again. Her mom and dad's accident was really hard on her."

"Scott told me she was very close to both of them and it just about destroyed her. I remember she wasn't even able to make it to their funeral."

"Yeah, Scott suddenly had a lot to deal with, Marie had only just turned seventeen, so he had to become her legal guardian and try to run the company by himself at the same time. Marie said her dad was preparing him to take over one day, no one thought it to be so soon. He suddenly had a lot of responsibility and I've always admired him for that." {And I have a major crush, but we won't mention that.}

"Well, don't repeat this, but I think he's done a damn good job."

"Okay, your secret's safe with me."

Logan liked Kitty; she wasn't quite as hyper as the permanently-on-a-sugar-high Jubilee. All three girls were so different personality-wise which is probably why they got along so well - they balanced each other out. Marie and Jubilee finally returned and they were on their way home. Marie told Kitty and Jubilee she would try to stop by the shelter on Monday at least to say "Hi" and she would see them then. Logan seriously doubted that Jubilee would take the hint that it meant they wanted some alone time tomorrow, so he decided to make sure she understood.

"Jubilee and Kitty, I have an idea. Marie and I have plans tomorrow, just the two of us, but how about if she spends the whole day with you two on Monday, sound like a plan?" {That's telling them straight.}

Jubilee was not as dense as Logan thought. "Works for me."

"We can go shopping for baby stuff," Kitty added. Shopping - the ultimate female bonding experience.

Finally, Logan and Marie were back at home - alone! Logan had survived the mall experience, with three teenagers no less, wasn't there some sort of bravery medal involved? Or at least there should be. They decided to stay home, order in dinner and watch a movie - Marie's choice. Logan knew she was planning on torturing him with something sappy, but then again he figured she wasn't the 'Friday the Thirteenth' kind of fan - teenagers having sex and getting bumped off in various gruesome ways. Marie chose the sappy 'Somewhere In Time' with Christopher Reeve {Pre-accident, poor bastard.} and Jane Seymour {Easy on the eyes - ok, not checking out other women, even no-chance-of-ever-meeting actresses.}

Marie stretched out on the couch with her head on Logan's lap and he found himself stroking her hair during the movie. He loved her hair it was like the finest silk and always smelled so wonderful. About halfway through the movie Logan noticed that Marie had drifted off to sleep, so he carefully eased them both off the couch and gently carried her into the bedroom. Trying not to disturb her, he pulled back the comforter and laid her down as gently as possible, climbing in beside her, he spooned them together and closed his eyes. Falling asleep wrapped around someone so tight your two heartbeats became one was even more intimate than sex Logan decided. For the first time in his life he was in love - truly in love and it was the best damned feeling in the world.
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