Reflections_ch1

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Title: Reflections Chapter1

Summary: I love X-treme title. This is just a small work to show what would Storm would think of the change that occurred within the friends she left behind and things in general.

Let it be clear from the outset: I do not spy on anybody! Nor do I wish too.

So I will not be diverging the fact that I spotted Emma Frost passionately kissing Scott Summers in the kitchen this morning.  And I certainly will not let it slip that Scott answered Emma's kiss with equal passion. I do not think they saw me; I was huddled in the kitchen corner trying not to be seen while I was sipping my tea. I am a morning person unlike many other X-Men, so I try to get some peace and quiet by sitting in the corner not to be startled by someone who accidentally woke up before 10am.

I am however getting ahead of myself. After we found and destroyed Destiny's diaries we returned to Westchester. What we found was that the mansion became a school for mutants, open for all not just the select few. Although this change is positive our teammates have changed drastically and not necessarily for the best.

The PROFESSOR is still angry with me for having done what I did, although he rationally approves of my decision he is emotionally hurt that I did not trust him and even suspected him being behind some of our enemies. Our friendship is torn and it will take a very long time for it to heal.

LOGAN mercifully is still very much like I remember him, although he became calmer and gentler. Logan has always been very gentle but it was evident to very few people. Only those who knew him very well, like Kitty, Jubilee and I knew the gentleness of his heart hidden behind the gruff exterior. Now, it is more evident and students flock to him. He is still Logan but more accessible to others.

JEAN, my heart breaks when I see how she changed. Scott and her are drifting apart more and more everyday and she cannot bear it. I always thought that in their relationship Scott gave Jean more love than she gave back, now I see it is the other way around She feels shut out; she no longer can feel their bond. She tried everything to get him back. Even tried to make him jealous by kissing Logan in front of him. Not the brightest thing she could come with but she was desperate. I fear for their marriage. She is so unhappy.

SCOTT is the one whose change was the most drastic. He is more open with his feelings. He is surer of himself, far more relaxed. He looks like a man who faced his demons and won. That I think made him reevaluate his life and people in it. He has a new outlook on life and I am afraid not all the change that occurred within him was positive.

HANK has changed form yet again. He now looks more like his former self before he set up that tragic experiment. He is still blue but his fur is gone, his features are like any other human. He loves that form since it allows him to continue his research more efficiently. Jean has become quite a scientist since most of the time she spends helping Hank in his lab and teaching some classes. It makes feel better I think.

EMMA FROST, I never liked her. Now that I am forced to work with her I like even less. Spoiled and haughty she grates my nerves. Her second mutation to be invulnerable made her puffed up with her own self-importance than she is almost intolerable. She and Scott are inseparable lately. They became great friends in the past 2 years and that helped to alienate Scott from his wife even more. She often acts like she already has Scott. Needless to say that in the few Danger Room sessions I managed to 'accidentally' let a few lightning bolts fly very near her. That made her very uncomfortable. Admittedly it was not nice but I have the nasty habit to be prejudiced towards people who hurt my friends.

JUBILEE who had recently came to be an X-Man has matured; she is busy studying part-time in one of the correspondence universities. She has greater control of her powers and her personality continues to be sunny despite the hardships she endured. However the hostility between her and Jean she cannot disguise. She believes, quite strongly, that Jean's attraction to Logan spoiled his life and brought complications to her own. I think she's jealous of Logan's former attentions to Jean. Alas life is more complicated when it comes to relationships, things are never clearly defined.


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