Chapter Eight

Storm eased the blue Honda in a parking spot near the entrance to the airport terminal. Jubilee bounded out from the back seat, as if the car would attempt to pull her back in.

"Man, I need a good stretch. How long before we have to be crammed into an airplane?"

"About an hour before our flight, darlin'." Logan replied.

"Kewl, plenty of time to hit the gift shops! I will meet you at the terminal gate!"

With that, Jubilee bounded off towards the huge glass entrance of the airport. "What about yer luggage, darlin' ..." Logan's voice trailed off as it quickly dawned on him that HE would be what's happening with her luggage. Storm stepped out of the driver's side of the car, and opened the trunk.

"It would appear that some things will never change with our dear Jubilee." Storm stated, eyeing Jubilee sprinting towards the entrance.

"Yeah, she definitely keeps me on my toes. Wonderin' if I am getting to old to keep up."

"Logan, you don't even know how old you are. Not that it matters how old you are, since you still look like someone in his mid thirties."

"Yeah, just fishing for compliments, Ororo." Logan grins. "Truth be told, it almost seems that I have been getting younger since I lost my admantium. Hank thinks that my healin' factor is getting stronger, as if it is trying to compensate for somethin'."

"Consider yourself blessed, Logan. It has been difficult to watch the rest of the team start to feel the effects of aging, while my mutation has kept me looking and feeling much younger than my chronological years would suggest."

"Yeah, you're still a hottie Stormy."

"I will assume that was a compliment, and MUST you call me Stormy?"

Logan grins broadly at the exasperated Ororo Munroe. "I better grab our gear and hunt down Jubes before she blows all of Chuck's fortune in one sittin'. Thanks for the ride."

"You are welcome, Logan. Please be safe."

"I never make a promise I can't keep. I promise we will come back." Logan gives the statuesque Storm a small wink.

Storm smiled and shook her head as she watches the heavily burdened X Man saunter towards the airport.