Okay Ladies and Jellybeans! This is the sequal to "Time heals most wounds." Yippeee!! Hopefully you like it! (This one is much more... dramatic and such, so chances are if you liked the last one, you'll loooove this one.) And just you wait you Romy lovers... there will be some action later... (Not a Romy. Just refrence to it... LOL)

(If you're just stumbling on this story, my suggestion would be to go back and read Time Heals Most Wounds first... but that's just me.)

So without further ado...

Healed With a Kiss

1

Johnny opened the large doors of the institute, looking around quickly before motioning for his companions to follow him. It was weird to be back… it'd been so long.

Surprised that no one had been there to greet them at the door, he led the three behind him down the long hallway, stopping at the familiar door at the end.

If he remembered correctly, this was Xavier's office.

He knocked on the door.

A beautiful black woman with long ivory hair opened the door. A smile danced across her lips as she held the door open for them.

"I thought that was you Johnny."

He gave her a hug "Storm, how have you been?"

"I've been well! Look at you!" She moved back taking a good look at him "You're all grown up." She stepped aside and let the four of them enter.

"Johnny Storm. This is quite the surprise." Professor Xavier said with a grin.

"Professor Xavier, this is my sister Sue Richards, her husband Reed Richards and that's Ben Grimm."

"The Fantastic Four." Professor Xavier said with a nod. "To what do we owe the pleasure?"

Johnny leaned forward on Xavier's desk. "Well… we've been invited to your neck of the woods, and we need a place to crash for a while… I thought maybe you could help us out."

"Of course." Xavier smiled "You're more then welcome to stay for as long as you need."

Johnny smiled "Thank you Professor."

"Lily here is our official welcome committee. She'll show you to your rooms." Xavier smiled "It has been five years, but I trust you still know your way around here John?"

Johnny laughed slightly, his eyes drawn directly to the red head standing in the doorway.

She smiled at the four, shaking their hands in silent awe. "I'm so… honored to meet you. I'm a big fan." She grinned, causing her green eyes to twinkle. There was something about her that was almost familiar. It made Johnny feel right at home.

He shook her hand before bringing it up to his face and planting a light kiss on the back with a wink. "The honor is all mine."

"The papers don't lie…" She smiled as she turned "you are a ladies man."

"That's nothing. You should see him in public. It's disturbing." Ben grinned at the young girl who laughed lightly. She started down the hall, explaining to the other three members of the Fantastic Four where everything was. Johnny couldn't help but notice the tattoo peeking out from under her shirt on her back.

"Lily right?" He said, falling in step beside her.

She nodded. "That's my name."

"No. The tattoo. It's a lily, right?"

She smiled and lifted her shirt slightly. A flower bloomed, spreading its way along the right side of her back. "Yeah."

"It's nice." He grinned.

"My sister totally flipped out when I got it…" Lily rolled her eyes "Like she's one to talk… she got one when she was-"

Johnny zoned out. His eyes were drawn to a slender figure at the end of the hall. Her hair was pulled up in a french twist. She wore a fitted deep purple top and a black, knee length, form fitting skirt. Maybe that's what drew his attention. None the less, he raised his eyebrows as the woman dropped whatever it was she was carrying and bent over to pick it up. Nice view.

Lily grinned and looked at the other three. "Short attention span…"

Reed smiled "We're used to it."

"Hey." She elbowed him in the ribs, catching his attention again. "She's the counselor." She shook her head, shaking her fist. "And my big sister. Don't get any ideas."

By the time Johnny looked back, the woman was gone.

The group continued to follow Lily as she guided them through the halls of the mansion, stopping every once in a while to introduce someone to them.

Once she'd shown them all their rooms, Sue, Reed and Ben decided to settle in.

"Any X-men here?" He asked, smacking his hands together before giving her a wink. "Actually… I'm more interested in seeing the X-women… but I can settle."

"Yeah sure! I think we might even be able to catch two at once!" Lily nodded waving the young heartbreaker along with her. She skipped to a stop at one of the many doors downstairs and knocked in a familiar rhythm.

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Alexis frowned. "I dropped all my paper work and totally messed it all up. I'm gunna be up all night…" She trailed off, muttering under her breath.

"Relax!" Kitty grinned, sitting in the chair at the desk, watching her friend file everything away in the tall filing cabinet.

"I don't know… I think he's like, really cute."

Kitty tilted her head, looking at the picture in the magazine she held up.

Alexis looked over her shoulder and scrunched her nose "I don't know… he's no Mel Gibson…"

"He's no Brad Pitt." Kitty added.

"He's no Robert Redford."

Kitty raised an eyebrow "Robert Redford?!"

"Hey, in his day, he was quite the dream boat." She said with a laugh.

"He's no… Tom Cruise."

"I don't like Tom Cruise. He's no Robert Redford."

Kitty laughed and shook her head, holding the magazine up again.

"Okay… I have to get this done! No more distracting me…"

At the knock on the door she sighed before granting the person entrance. Assuming it was just her sister, she kept her back to the door while she finished working.

"Hey doll face. Kitten..." Lily said, acknowledging her sister and Kitty with their loving nicknames. "Some crazy fan wants to meet some X-ladies."

Kitty was silent.

"Yeah, alright. Just give me a minuet Lil. I messed all my paper work up in the hall." She shook her head "…always make more work for myself than n-"She spun around, still holding her file.

That is, until she saw her guest.

Please R&R!!! Hope y'all liked it so far!!