Dark Angel

Chapter 3
Three months ago....

After the second fiasco with Remy and his stupid act in the maze, Logan promised her that he would make everything better. He asked her if she wanted move out but she said they'd be asked to be apart of the team so they stayed at the mansion and she didn't want Logan too far from Jean, he'd think of excuses to go to the mansion to see her. She'd rather keep them both in her sights. Their relationship progressed into something more than what it was three months ago, he was closer to her but not all the way there. Any trouble in the field, he still went running to her but Vanquish took it in stride. The problems started again when Jean and Scott began having problems of Logan getting closer to Jean.

They began fighting about him always being around, Jean interjected saying he was a team member looking out for another team member's well being; to only have Scott say he's only been looking out for her. The Professor had an open house for new students to attend the school to control and develop their powers. Scott and Jean had a big blow up and they distanced each other the whole day. Scott stopped Vanquish in one the corridors of the school asking her how she put up with Logan. She responded that she loved him enough that it could be fixed. They shared a hug and Scott kissed her on the cheek whispering how good a friend she was and her patience was unbelievable. Jean of course walked in on this and took it the wrong way and left with tears in her eyes. Misinterpreting the situation, she sat outside away from the guests and friends until Logan happened upon hair catching a smoke of his cigar.

Vanquish and Scott rejoined the party giving out information and refreshments. The Professor asked if Vanquish could find Jean so she could explain the development of telepathy to some of the new recruits. She found it weird that he couldn't just contact her with his mind. She looked all around and caught the smell of Logan's cigar and went outside ready to tell him how rude he is when she came around the corner to find he and Jean together. She never felt such a pain in her life at that moment, she got so mad the heat resonating off her body set all the plants ablaze. Too enthralled in their animal lust they didn't notice her that very moment; too busy calling each other's names.

'Logan.'

He heard her voice and turned around in mid thrust to see Vanquish looking blank and pale. He let Jean's legs down from his waist as he pulled up his jeans breathing heavily. She saw Jean's face with a smirk and wondered what that was.

'Logan,' she said again.
'Darlin'?'
'How you gonna fix this?'

Vanquish turned around and headed back to the party but not before telling Jean the Professor wanted her inside. She made her way past the guests excusing herself going to her room. Logan ran past everyone knocking down a few people along the way skipping the steps. Jean came in behind him with a smile on his face passing Scott.

'What the hell just happened?' he asked her.
'Why do you care you were too busy with little miss firestarter to care about me.'
'What are you talking about?'
'I saw you two in the east wing corridor playing kissey face with each other, but I left to see anything else.'
'What?'
'Is she the reason really why we've been having problems Scott? Is she who you want?'
'Uh no Jean, I want you, but you don't want what I want just yet. I got jealous of how Logan's always up under you and I asked her how she dealt with it months ago.'
'Huh?'
'Yeah, Jean and you know what she told me?'
'What Scott?'
'To basically just love you and since I already do, I guess I have to do it harder.'

Jean looked into his lenses pass the red quartz and saw he was telling the truth, probed his mind and found he was telling the truth. She turned back to look at the stairs whispering 'oh no' to herself.

'So what the hell happened?' Scott asked again.

Kurt came out of his room after changing his clothes making a mess at the food bar as Vanquish came running down the hallway slamming her door. He bamfed to her room and found her throwing her clothes into a suitcase on the bed like a crazy woman. Logan ran up the stairs pushing past her door finding her in Kurt's arms crying. He saw Kurt give him the nod to leave reassuring him he had the situation under control. Logan placed his hands together as if in prayer leaving it Kurt. Ever since that day whenever they had problems Logan would go to Kurt for help with Vanquish. He became her therapist if you will. Logan drifted further from Vanquish if she didn't even want to hear his side of the story, but she only really drifted because of how he felt for Jean. It never got the same between them after him fucking Jean, he couldn't get it out his head, but she told him she loved Scott and wouldn't leave him. It happened under false pretenses and it was all her fault but she did love Scott.

It had been a month since she even stepped foot in his room. The only time she tolerated his presence was at breakfast, lunch, dinner and team activities, but she did miss him and he missed her. Only during battle with some pansy organization to rid the world of mutants brought them together. Vanquish dove in to save Jean from falling debris only to get herself hurt in the process. Quickly Logan ran to her aid taking her back to the ship to assess her damage. ''Bout time.' was all she said before she and Logan christened the Blackbird while the X-Men handled to puny little group. That was the only good time before Logan accidentally called Jeans name in the throes of their passion. Since then Kurt has become her confident in helping her reconcile her relationship with Logan.

Kurt would ask if they would sit, the three of them and discuss what the problems were for that week and totally, with Vanquish it was Logan's lingering love for Jean and Logan's gripe that she couldn't get off of it. Kurt saw two of his best friends fighting over something so trivial but he didn't go through what they were so he was absolutely neutral. Sitting outside having a picnic, Logan sat under the tree with his hat over his eyes not wanting to have any fun.

'C'mon Logan let's play, it'll be good for you.'
'Play what?'
'Lets play tag, I love that game.'
'Tag what're we eight.'
'No but it'll be fun c'mon please.'
'No darlin' that tuffle with Juggs yesterday got me stiff.'
'Logan?'
'Yeah?'
'You have a healing factor, man I can't win.'

He watched her walk away defeated picking up everything taking it back to the house. Kurt shook his head looking at the hurt girl slink away into the house.

'You know Logan she is trying.'
'Playing kid games is not going to help an adult relationship.'

Kurt huffed and bamfed away wondering what could be done to help his friends. The one on one sessions with Logan basically was him telling Kurt the pains Vanquish was putting him through.

'Didn't I just last week go shopping with her?'
'Ja you did, but....'
'But, but nothin' I spent six hours watchin' that girl try on shoes and for what? She asked me every pair did I like them or not. Kurt after the tenth pair they all looked the same.'
'Well did you ever think that she asked you because she wanted to look for something you'd like to see her in?'
'What that's ridiculous. I like the girl wearin' nothin' but a smile, she could have on clogs for all I care.'
'Do you tell her that?'
'No.'
'Why?'
''Cause the girl has a temper that competes with mine, that sounds like something a jerk would say.'

Kurt could only shake his head because Logan heard what he said but did not listen to the words. Their sessions together got them nowhere. Vanquish told them how he doesn't treat her like she needs. Logan brought up the bath with Remy out of spite but when she said 'exactly' he got angry and walked away, saying something about being a sensitive pansy. Vanquish could only look at Kurt with disappointment until she yelled back at him.

'I bet if Jean wanted it you fill every tub in the house and strip the garden bare!!'

The words stung Logan only because what she said was probably true and she knew it. The therapy was soon down to one.