My husband and my best friend

My husband and my best friend


Alex and Rini watched as Scott and Marie each tried on their wedding bands as the manager of the store handed them to the couple. Marie smiled and nodded her approval. Scott also nodded and said “It’s a nice comfortable fit.”

With that done, both removed the bands, bands that wouldn’t officially be placed on each others fingers until tomorrow afternoon. Once the manager had placed both rings in a royal blue velvet box before placing them in a velvet pouch that matched the colour of the box, the manager then handed them to Scott, who then gave them to Alex.

The manger said “Oh and Mr. Summers the ring you chose and had adjusted the other day is now ready. Would you like me to go and get it for you?” Scott nodded and replied “Yes that would great.”

The manager nodded before he left and went though dark long red velvet curtain that led into the back of store where the stock room was that held recent deliveries.

Once the manager had left Scott turned to Marie and grinned as he told her “Ok now that is your cue to leave with Rini and wait out side.” Marie pouted and asked why. Scott grinned and replied “Because the ring he’s just gone to get from behind that curtain happens to be your engagement ring. I don’t want you seeing it until I’m ready for you to. Now move it and park your self outside.”

Marie huffed and mock pouted and said before she left the shop with an amused Rini behind her “I can’t believe this. Fine you win, I’m going. You’re an evil man Scott Summers, just know that.” Scott chuckled while Alex smirked and shook his head in disbelief at their childish antics.

Once Marie had left Scott turned just in time to see the manager return with another blue box and a blue pouch, like the one that held their wedding bands. The manager opened the box, allowing Scott to see the ring, before nodding and confirming it was indeed the ring he had chosen.

The manager then closed the box before placing it inside the pouch. He then handed it to Scott who nodded and thanked him. He and Alex then left the shop and joined Marie and Rini outside.

Marie asked dryly “Are you quite finished hiding stuff from me yet Mr. Summers?” Scott sighed and smiled slightly as he commented “It’s for your own good Marie. You’ll be getting it later tonight, that’s all you need to know. Now let’s go to lunch, I after all did promise to take you guys to that new Italian restaurant.”

Later on that day during the evening Scott took Marie out on his bike. When Logan and Jean had left, Jean had insisted on taking her car, as she loathed travelling on a bike. A reluctant Logan had to go a long with what she wanted.

They rode for a while until Scott stopped the bike and parked near the gates of the local public gardens. He and Marie then walked the short distance over to the pond in the centre of the gardens.

They were surrounded by lush flowers of all kinds that omitted the most wonderful and pleasant of scents. The night air was warm and comforting. They looked up into a beautiful star filled sky. Their surroundings were one of the most romantic and popular areas in New York.

Marie shivered slightly, which Scott immediately noticed. He came behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her up against his chest. Marie sighed and snuggled closer to him, as he rested the side of his head up on hers, his cheek brushing her own.

They continued to stand, watching the night sky above them, until Scott sighed and cleared his throat. Marie pulled back slightly to look up at him. He smiled slightly before reaching into the pocket of his black leather jacket.

Marie watched as he removed a blue velvet pouch from his pocket. She swallowed as she eyed the pouch, knowing exactly what was inside that pouch and what he was about to do.

Scott proved her suspicions correct when he took out a small royal blue box from the pouch. She watched with bated breath as he slowly opened the box, to reveal the most beautiful ring she had ever seen.

She gasped slightly, placing her hand over her mouth. It was exquisite. Scott smiled gently at her reaction, as he looked into her widened bright green eyes. He took the ring out of the box, before pulling away from Marie and getting down on one knee, making Marie’s eyes fill with tears.

He took a deep breath before saying “Marie, I realise this is hardly ideal, that it is something we never planned on happening. But the fact it is you I’m asking makes it easier, I’m glad it's you that I’m in this with. I know I’m not him, but I promise I’ll give you a happy life as best as I can. So I’m asking you, will you Marie, Marry me?”

Marie moved her hand from her mouth and nodded with a small smile, as a single tear rolled down her cheek. She said out a loud “Yes Scott I’ll marry you, I know I’m not her, but I promise I’ll try to make you as happy as I’m possibly able to.”

Scott smiled gently and sadly as he nodded knowingly as he stood and took her left hand before gently slipping the ring onto her ring finger. He gently brought her hand up to his mouth, pressing a gentle kiss to her knuckles.

He pulled her into his arms and buried his face in her hair as she buried hers in his chest, as tears streamed down both of their faces, as they remembered the day the ones who they loved and thought loved them in return, left them and broke their hearts.


FLASH BACK, ALMOST FOUR YEARS PREVIOUSLY:

Scott and Marie remembered the day their whole worlds were turned upside down, as if it were only yesterday. They had been in the danger room with Hank, Charles, Storm and the rest of the X-Men team. Jean and Logan on the other hand had not been.

Jean claimed there were still some test she wanted to do on Logan, especially after what happened recently on the last mission they were on, and Logan had been under the control of the psycho scientist, who had injected Logan with a tranquilizer dart full of a mind controlling serum, he had been using to control other mutants, turning them into his own personal brand of deadly assassins.

Scott and Marie had finished up with the session in the danger room. The others had already left. Scott and Marie were heading to the medical bay, seeing as Bobby had accidentally used too much force when he had used his powers. This in return meant both Scott and Marie needed treatment before they ended up with more then a mild case of frost bite.

Hank had promised to meet them at the medical bay as soon as he had changed his clothes and freshened up, after his physical bout in the danger room. Scott and Marie had agreed and made their way from the danger room on their own.

They had been laughing and chatting, as friends did, in order to distract themselves from the sting of mild frost bite. They had just reached the double metal doors of the medical bay, when they noticed one of the doors was open ajar.

Their chatting and laughter immediately ceased, and was replaced with frowns, which soon turned into looks of horror. Horror as they heard feminine giggles and deep throaty male chuckles, which was soon followed by moans, groans and whimpers.

Marie placed a hand over her mouth, to stifle the sob that broke lose, as she heard Logan growl out in passion “I LOVE YOU JEANNIE.” Scott clenched and unclenched his hands as he shook in rage and deep despair as the woman he loved more then life it self screamed before replying in a whimper “I LOVE YOU TOO LOAGN, SO MUCH, OH GODDAMN IT FUCK ME!”

Scott felt his eyes fill with tears, he squeezed his eyes shut tightly behind his visor. He trembled as tears streamed down his face. His despair and heart ache soon involved into pure rage. He growled under his breath as he violently pushed the doors open, making the mental slam against the wall with an almost deafening sound that echoed down the corridors of the mansion.

Both Jean and Logan jumped startled. They turned to face the doors, and were horrified at what they saw. For there standing in the open door way, was Scott and Marie. Tears were streaming down their frighteningly pale faces.

Logan could smell the pure disgust and rage rolling off Marie in monstrous waves. He watched as her gaze fell upon the half naked and healthily breathing Jean. His eyes widened at the pure loathing and rage that he could smell being directed at the red haired doctor, dripped off of Marie.

“Marie” Logan said desperately, as he watched her sob as she trembled in rage. Marie spat out her voice was pure ice “How could you do this to me Logan, I thought you loved me?” She suddenly screamed “BUT IT WAS ALL FUCKING LIES, YOU LOUSY CHEATING GOOD FOR NOTHING BASTARD.”

She sobbed “I gave you my innocence. I gave my first time to you. I learned to control my powers for you, so we could touch and be together. But no, that wasn’t enough for you, you had to go and fuck that goddamned slut. You went and slept with another mans fiancée. Tell me Logan how many times, how long have you been fucking her behind my back? COME ON ANSWER ME, HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES?” she screamed at him at the top of her lungs.

Logan was stunned as well as horrified. He had never seen his Marie lose control of her temper like this, it was almost worse then his own. He suddenly thought ‘No she isn’t my Marie any longer; I ruined that when I slept with Jean’

Scott growled “You fucking bastard Wolverine. You could have had any woman in this mansion if you had wanted. In fact you did have a woman, one of the best in this entire mansion. But no you had to chose my fiancée, or should I say my now ex-fiancée? You have hated me and gone out of your way to try and take over everything that belonged to me first; ever since you arrived here at the school.”

He spat with pure venom “Why Jean, why her, when you could have had someone like Ororo. Or maybe Jubilee or better yet Kitty, you seemed to like your playthings young, if Rogue is anything to go by.”

Scott suddenly lost it when Logan eyed Jean as she attempted to cover up her exposed breasts. That did it, Scott growled almost animal like as he launched him self at Logan, punching him in the face, feeling an almost sick satisfaction when Logan hit the floor and his nose spewed blood, it was almost worth the throbbing in his hand from hitting the metal that was Logan’s skeleton.

Logan was on his feet in an instant, his nose having already healed due to his healing ability, all that was left was a smear of blood. Logan growled menacingly as he let his metal claws loose.

Jean exclaimed in horror “No Logan, don’t you even dare.” Marie spat “Don’t even fucking think about it, put your claws away you cheating scum bag. Haven’t you and she caused enough damage already, or are you just fucking sadists?”

Logan ignored her, he was far too enraged, no one hit the Wolverine and got away with it, at least without taking a good beating first. He launched him self at Scott, Jean panicked and used her powers to hold Logan off.

Scott spat “No Jean. Don’t hold him back, he has already stole my fiancée from me, let him finish off the job, it no longer makes any difference to me. In fact I would welcome it.” Jean sobbed with guilt and anguish as she realised how badly she had hurt him.

She sobbed “I am so sorry Scott; I never meant to hurt you. It’s just that I love him Scott, I couldn’t help my self. I wanted him so badly, I tried to resist; I swear I did. But the want was just too much for me to resist.”

Scott asked in a deadened voice as tears slowly streamed down his face “Why did you do this, wasn’t I enough for you, don’t you love me, did you ever love me? I had no idea things were like that between us, that you had to go and fall for someone else and screw them behind my back? Why did it have to be him of all people, you knew how much I hate him. Damn it Jean, you just had to screw the one bastard I loath more then not being able to see in colour and without my visor.”

Jean sobbed at the deadened tone of his voice. She could feel his emotions rolling off him in waves. He was deliberately allowing her to feel the damage her betrayal had caused. In short she had broken him, she knew it, and hated her self for it.

Logan had listened to everything that had been said. It calmed him, as soon as Jean had begun to sob. He realised now was not the time to rage, that Jean needed to be comforted more then he needed to beat the shit out of one eye.

Logan allowed Jean to hear his thoughts ‘Let me go Jeannie, I won’t do anything, I’ll put my claws away, I promise’ Jean nodded and released him. And as promised he immediately allowed his claws to return back inside of his knuckles.

Scott commented icily “I want you gone Logan, and you can take her with you, for I no longer want anything to do with any of you. I don’t want nor do I need for me and Rogue to have to deal with seeing the two of you all over each other every single fucking day.”

Marie nodded “I agree, I don’t want to have to even look at the two of you, the mere sight of you both makes me ill. This is my and Scott’s home, and we have done nothing wrong, so why the hell should we be the ones to leave?”

She added bitterly “Besides Logan the only reason why you haven’t left before now, is because your precious Doctor Jean Grey is here, your not here for me. I wonder how many times you imagined it was her you were making love to, when you had been with me. Were you imaging her when you took my virginity Logan? You make me sick, you cheating bastard.”

Logan looked pained as he pleaded “Marie please, I swear I never meant to hurt you like this, I’m sorry. I can’t help but love her.” Marie spat “Don’t you fucking dare call me that, you lost that right when you cheated on me with her. And save your damn lies Logan, for I no longer care about what you have to say. Your word is more worthless then anything Magneto or the brother hood could have ever said to me.”

They could all see that that had cut Logan badly; she had more then hit her desired effect. They all turned when Hank entered the medical lab and took one look at Jean and Logan and immediately knew what had happened, he could also smell the scent of sex heavily in the air.

He shot Jean and Logan a look of revulsion. He growled “I highly recommend you both leave my lab right this instant, this is an area for the sick and injured, not for your sick and twisted affairs. Not get out, as I have two patients who require my attention.”

Logan growled but Hank merely held his ground and not once did his gaze waver. Logan snarled and took Jean by the hand and led her out of the medical bay.

As soon as they left Marie’s knees gave out and she fell to the floor sobbing uncontrollably. Scott quickly went to her, he crouched down, taking her into his arms. Hank watched sadly as the two sobbed into each others arms on the floor of the medical bay.

Charles having sensed the disturbance entered the medical bay and sighed sadly as he watched Marie and Scott, the man who was like a son to him. Charles felt anger at what Jean and Logan had done. He agreed it would be uncomfortable if both Jean and Logan were to stay at the moment. It would be best that they left until all had clamed down.

The next day Jean and Logan were gone, they left in her car. After Jean had persuaded Logan to leave Scott’s bike alone, she knew if Logan took the bike it would only be rubbing salt into already painfully fresh wounds. She was no longer in love with Scott, but a part of her would always love him.

Scott had gone to the room that used to be his and Jean’s and discovered it half empty. Her clothes make up, and perfumes were gone. Every trace of Jean was gone from the room. Scott’s final undoing was when he noticed her engagement ring lying innocently on the bedside table near the lamp on Scott’s side of the bed.

Scott had picked the ring up with a trembling hand. He sobbed, as he closed his hand over the ring and fell back onto the bed, curling into a ball, as he desperately clutched the ring to his chest.

END OF FLASH BACK: