"Logan, please wait!" Rogue was out of breath, but clutched the Canadian by the battered leather jacket, stopping him from getting into the pick-up. "Ah'm sorry, Logan. For screaming at ya." She was panting hard, but he finally straightened before her and glared down on her troubled features. "Ya have to understand. Ah couldn't find ya and Ah was so worried and when Ah finally found ya, Ah see mah baby standing on a rumbling washer! Sorry when Ah freak out in that moment." Her grasp on his sleeve tightened. She wouldn't let him leave like that. She knew, she had overreacted and that he was mad at her, but she thought this would have been one of their arguments, both brooded about and eventually shrugged it off.

Logan was still a little angry with her, but he thought she knew he just needed some time to calm again. But when she was already begging him for forgiveness, who was he to not put some things straight. "I would never, you hear never, do anythin' to harm you or Becca."

She was at the brim of tears now and nodded. "Ah know. That's why Ah feel so bad."

"Good." He answered with a smirk and saw her eyes narrowing at him.

"Huh?" She bit down her annoyance and let go of his jacket, her eyes swimming with insecurity. "Are ya still leaving?"

Logan had quite a funny look on his face as he stared back at the brunette. "I ain't leavin' you, Marie." He retrieved the handwritten list from his jeans' pocket and waved it in front of the girl's face. "Chuck asked me to go shoppin'."

A stone fell from Rogue's heart and she remembered the professor's request during breakfast. "Ah forgot!"

"Obviously, Kid." He reached out and ruffled her hair, before pulling her head against his chest, hugging her. After a moment he let go off her. "Nonetheless I need a little time alone to free my mind. Will be back in a few hours." He bent down and kissed her quickly onto her pink lips, before climbing into the pick-up.

"Ok. Have fun." Marie was smiling now and watched him close the door. "Oh, would ya buy new diapers."

Logan snickered and revived the engine. "Yep, and new baby powder."

X X X X X

When the brunette returned, Jean was ready to clean up the mess Logan had left behind, but was completely baffled when Rogue went over to her baby with a faint smile on her lips. 'Why isn't she crying?' She watched the teenager stroke her child over the cheek gently, before getting back to her books on the table. "Rogue?"

Marie noticed the worried and puzzled look on the doctor's face and couldn't suppress the smug grin to form on her lips. "Was a misunderstanding. Logan's just shopping supplies for the school."

"Oh."

'Yes, oh, you backstabbing bitch!'

'Wolverine, behave.'

'Red would have had a field day, if I had left you. Never gonna happen.'

'Ah know, Logan. Would ya shut up now, Ah have to learn for mah test.' She heard him grumble in her mind, but he remained quiet. Rogue ignored the presence of the doctor next to her and the green eyes resting on her and concentrated on her writings. After a minute of watching the brunette, Jean eventually left without another word.

X X X X X

Scott just left his office and walked along the corridor, when he saw Logan leave the professor's study, his arms tugged around a cardboard package, while a plastic bag hung from one of his hands. "How much stuff does a baby need?"

Logan growled at the stupid smirk he received. "She's a little young to enjoy this."

Cyclops frowned and watched the other man walk away with his purchases, when he noticed the inscription on the large package. His anger for Logan reached another notch on his imaginary scale and he was torn between running after Wolverine and storming into the professor's study to finally voice his concerns. He decided for the latter and threw the door wide open. "Professor, that's unacceptable!"

"Scott?" Xavier asked in his ever calm tone. "Would you please close the door?"

With an angry huff the younger man obeyed, before stomping over to the professor's desk, his fist balled. "That bastard uses the school funds to buy himself a new TV!"

Xavier stapled his fingers before his face and smiled. He didn't need to use his gift to know whom his former student meant with 'bastard'. "On the contrary, Scott. Logan didn't ask for one Cent. He bought everything for his child and Rogue with his own money, even the gas for the car he used for transportation the other day."

"Really?" Suddenly Scott was at a loss of arguments.

The older man wheeled his chair around the large desk and stopped in front of the X-Men leader. He knew exactly that the two men couldn't stand each other from the very first moment and that he needed to defuse the tension before something happened, everyone would regret in the long run. "Rogue is good for Logan."

"But the important issue is, is Logan good for Rogue? And the answer is more than obvious."

"Is it?" The professor's tone was edged with objection. Rogue had been calm and withdrawn to begin with, but every time Logan had returned from his trips the shy girl crawled out of her shell. She laughed much more and Logan had made her spent more time away from her books, till she eventually liked to hang out with kids her age than hiding away in her room. Xavier guessed the girl's determination to gain control over her baleful gift had also been strengthened by the knowledge she held over Logan's feelings for her.

Scott's rage was building up again and he thought with distaste at what that animal had done to one of his students. "He took advantage of her and got her pregnant! The least he can do is to take care and responsibility for his child!" Though, he didn't like the idea of having that animal do even more harm to Rogue and her child when he stayed close to them.

"Scott, please calm down."

This only fuelled his temper. "How can you say that? How can you let him near Rogue or any other student?"

Xavier breathed in deeply and his voice was calm but serious. "Logan isn't attracted to younger girls and he wanted to wait for Rogue to grow up." He paused a moment. "His feelings for her are deep and genuine, I ensure you. He doesn't see her as a child, but he's aware of her youth."

Cyclops tensed his jaw, searching his mind for arguments. "It's still wrong that he told a love-sick and confused teenager about his feelings for her. Something like this was bound to happen!"

"No, he didn't tell her." The older man saw the surprise in Scott's features. "I assume due to her mutation's nature and her absorption of Logan, Rogue somehow became aware of his feelings for her and decided to take the initiative." He wasn't sure how much he should reveal about what he had witnessed and now knew about the relationship of Logan and Rogue. He didn't want to spread their private life to the entire school. And most of all, he didn't want to fail Logan and the trust the other man had granted him. "It was indeed her to go to Logan in the middle of the night with the plan to seduce him."

"Still, he took the opportunity!"

"No, he made her leave, before they could act upon their feelings." He saw Scott was about to object, but continued nonetheless. "I want you to believe in my judgment, Scott. Logan didn't take advantage of the situation and he's determined to wait till Rogue is off-age." He reached out with his mind and felt the younger man contemplate his words and especially the faith in him to assess the situation right. "The child was indeed an accident."

Scott was calming and had a lot of information to chew on.