"Hey everyone!!" I bounced into the room with a great big smile on my face. Everyone greeted me, and Jubilee shot me a look that meant 'I know what you've been doing'. I took a deep breath and decided to just come out with it; what was the point in skating around the subject? Logan and I were 'seeing' each other. Of course, we were mostly 'seeing' each other naked. Was it really that big a deal?

"So....Guess what! I'm seeing someone, finally!" I laughed nervously. These were my friends, why the hell was I so nervous?

"No shit? I knew it! So who is it? Someone you met last night?" John had been the first to speak, as usual. Everyone waited, staring at me, for my answer.

"No, actually, it's....Logan. We talked about it, and decided that we were going to give it a shot. Being more than just friends." I looked around as I talked, trying to gage the reactions of all my friends.

"Rogue, what are doing?" Bobby was shaking his head like I'd just said Scott and I were having an affair behind Jean's back. "It's a bad idea. Do you really think that there's any way it'll work out? Logan is a guy who's relationship's last only until the sun comes up. You know I care about you, Rogue, I don't wanna see you get hurt." I was shocked by his words. Mostly because he was telling the truth as he knew it. In all the years we'd known Logan, he'd never had a steady girlfriend. My stomach was twisting up tighter and tighter.

"Bobby, that's not fair! He loves Rogue! Maybe it'll be different. I got your back, sweetie!" Jubilee had come to stand beside me, hands on hips, looking ready to kick Bobby's ass.

"I'm sorry, I agree with Jubilee. Rogue can date whoever she wants. It's not our decision." Kitty put her hand on Bobby's shoulder, as if she was saying 'sorry you're being a jerk'. Good for her. Though now I felt bad that the couple were having a difference of opinion.

"Well, if we're doing roll-call over this, I gotta say, I agree with Bobby. It's gonna end bad. No freaking way around it. Not to mention, how the hell you think Scott's gonna react? He's going to have a fit! It's just gonna cause trouble." John always backed Bobby up and vice versa. It didn't matter how wrong they were. Some kinda weird man-code they had. Well, I'd had enough, and was going to say so.

"How do you know what's gonna happen? Maybe it'll be over in two days, or maybe we'll be together in two years! And what Scott thinks really doesn't matter to me. He's not dating Logan, I am. We are adults, and we can handle having a relationship and working together. Logan and I aren't the petty, playing games type of people." Take that! I am an adult and, dammit, I could have an adult relationship.

"You have no idea what you're talking about!" Bobby was getting angry. It was a rare thing, but when he wanted, he could unleash a nasty temper. "Are you ready for the kind of relationship Logan is gonna expect? 'Cause lemme tell you, he won't go without getting laid for long. If you're expecting him to take it slow, you have another thing coming. He may love you as a friend, but now all he's thinking about is getting in you're pants! What are you going to do when he dumps you for not putting out, or worse, gets bored after you start putting out?" Everyone was staring at me and Bobby, now face to face in the middle of the room. Now, this was something that wasn't going to end well. Pete, being the pacifist he was, remained silent. I could tell he wasn't going to take sides, and he knew that jumping in the middle was not a good idea.

"Bobby Drake, I can't believe you could even say that to me! Logan may be a lot of things, but I trust him to treat me the way I deserve to be treated. He is a gentleman when it comes to me. I know he cares about me, I felt it when he kissed me! Andr12;"

"You kissed him?!!" Bobby's voice cut off the rest of my tirade.

"That's none of your business." I wasn't about to tell him about last night, or just a little while ago.

"What else did you do?" Bobby had lowered his tone and it was full of concern. I didn't care. I didn't need his concern.

"Now, that's really none of your business!" I was getting angrier by the minute.

"What are you thinking? It's not like you have any kind of future with him."

"He may never die, Bobby. I have nothin' but a future with him."

"Oh, that's real cute, Rogue. This is a big mistake, you can bet on it." He actually had the balls to shake his finger at me.

"OK! Now this is getting borin'!" I turned to stalk out of my room.

"Where are you going?!" Bobby called after me.

"For a walk!!" I snapped back as I stalked down the hall. People were jumping out of my way like I was carrying a machine gun in my hand. Well, that had gone well. Who the hell did he think he was? Bobby was completely out of line. I just couldn't wait to go to dinner. That should be a nice, awkward situation.

I had stalked my entire way through the mansion and out to the lake situated on the edge of the property. I just wanted to be alone, but apparently, I was doomed to be disappointed today.

"Hey kid, what're doin' out here?" Logan. Of coarse he'd find me. He had a habit of always knowing when I was pissed or hurting. He always tracked me down. And he always made me tell him what was going on. I never knew if it was because he really gave a damn about my little dramas or if he was just plain nosey.

"I had to get away before I decided to put my ex in the med-lab." I really didn't want to have this discussion.

"You told your friends about us?" at my nod, he continued. "I heard you were in a mood. Should've known it had something to do with one of them."

"Jubes and Kitty backed me up, Bobby and John think it's a big mistake, and Pete just sat there like he always does. He's like a big, metal, mutant version of Switzerland." I laughed bitterly. "It's not that I care what they think, really. But Bobby was so.....angry. I just don't get it."

"He's your ex-boyfriend. You guys are still friends, he worries about you. Maybe he'll calm down. Maybe he won't. That's between you two. I'll do a lot for you, but I draw the line at getting involved in your business with your friends. You wanna talk, I'll listen, but I'm not going to play referee for my girl and her ex." Logan was, above all, a simple thinking man. Despite his love for a good fight and his constant harping of Scott, he really just hated the petty kind of fighting. Who would've thought?

"I don't expect you to referee. I know how you hate this stuff. I hate it, too. It makes me feel like I'm 15 all over again and my best friend passed a note to the boy I liked in class. I'll try to talk it out with him, minus the yelling this time." At the mention of time, I glanced at my watch and realized I'd actually been there most of the afternoon. It was almost 4:30 which meant almost time to eat. It also meant having to be in a social setting with Bobby. "Shit! I didn't realize how late it was! We better head in before someone comes lookin' for us." I stood up and dusted of the back of my jeans and straightened my shirt. I looked up at Logan and smiled. He was so easy to be around. Even after sleeping together, it still felt so comfortable just being near him.

"Ready, darlin'? I'm starving. Scott and I either tuned up or changed the oil on every damn car in that garage, I swear. The bonus was I got to bug him the whole damn time, so it made it kinda fun." He laughed quietly and took my hand. "It'll be fine, y'know? Don't worry too much about it. Just take it a day at a time." He had let go of my hand and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. He kissed my head and we walked back to the mansion. As we neared the doors, I took a deep breath and hoped Logan was right about everything being fine. Scott, Jean, Storm, and the Professor still had yet to know about me and Logan's newly defined relationship, and I had a feeling Bobby and John were about to gain some support in their opinion of said relationship. Like I had said what felt like a year ago, it'd been a long day. And it wasn't over quite yet.