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CHAPTER 37
The weeks had past and fall was slowly turning into winter while the temperatures dropped with each passing day. Like anticipated Marie's Biology test results were miserable, but she had at least past with a D-. The teenager had been kinda relieved about that outcome, but Logan on the other hand had stormed into the professor's study and had demanded for yet another repeat or a change in grading. Not intimidated in the slightest by the feral's outburst or the damage one of his antique chairs has taken, Xavier made it clear that he wouldn't manipulate grades, but that he would ask Jean to give Rogue additional chances to improve her grades.
This brought Rogue to the local public library – not that the Institute didn't harbored its own vast collection of books, but for the paper Jean had assigned to her, she needed some sources that were only available in town.
The brunette had copied the two articles she needed and was now leafing through an illustrated book of Alaska while she waited for Logan to return with the promised cacao and a coffee for himself. Becca lay in her carrier on the table next to her mother and sucked her thumb, while Marie held the book up and pointed at the breathtaking pictures of the scenery. "Look, honey, that's Mount McKinley. Mommy had planed to travel all the way up to Alaska and see the mountain with mah own eyes."
"I don't want you to give up on that dream, Kid." Logan's voice had startled her slightly and she watched him sink down on the chair next to hers. He placed two paper cups down in front of their calm daughter. "Actually, before Becca came, I was goin' to take you on a trip up to Alaska to celebrate your graduation."
Grinning she arched her brow and focused her chocolate eyes on his usual scowl that plastered his features. "So ya planned on jumping mah bones in Alaska?"
"Kinda." A smug smirk tugged on his lips. "But we could delay the trip a little, so Becca is older and can enjoy the snow."
"And how long do Ah have to wait, Logan?" She batted her lashes at him sweetly.
The Canadian inhaled and ran his fingers through his thick hair. "What do you think 'bout a birthday journey to celebrate your 21st?"
"21st?" Her jaw got slack for a moment and she starred at him in disbelief. "Ya are aware that Ah just turned seventeen."
"Becca would be four and you were allowed to get boozed."
"Ah already drank beer with ya."
"I know."
She saw him grin about her frustration and narrowed her eyes on him. "Ya're not gonna change your mind, sugah?"
"Nah, 21 is special."
"So is the 18th."
"Yep, but drivin' through Canada with a wailin' one year old on the backseat ain't in my definition of vacation."
She sighed in defeat. "Fine… But it's sooo damn long till Ah'll turn 21." Her eyes centered on her peaceful baby girl for a moment. Then she met his gaze with a shy smile. "How about a wailing two year old next to a cranky four year old on the backseat?"
A genuine smile found its way onto his face. "Sounds like a plan." He captured her lips briefly with his, before breaking away and looking around. Logan breathed a sigh of relief as he saw no one had noticed his fau pax. "But we'll marry before Becca's sibling's birth. Us havin' one love child is more than enough."
"No objections there."
Logan saw her bright grin and leaned back into his chair with his coffee in hand. "I never thought that I would be makin' plans for the future," he murmured between sips of his coffee. "There was a time my plans only involved to which bar I'd head next."
"Do ya regret that?" This question was nagging on her since Becca's birth.
He immediately shook his head and a soft smile spread on his relaxed features. "Nah. It's nice to think about the future." He slipped her small hand into his under the table and squeezed it reassuringly. "To have a future."
None of them had noticed the two ice-blue eyes that had observed them the entire time from a landing two floors above.
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