I don't own the X-Men, I don't own the song used in this piece and I have not made any money off of either the song or the X-Men, nor do I intend to.
"(Everything I Do), I Do It For You" was written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, RJ Lange
1991 Out of Pocket Productions. The version of this song I am using appears on Brandy's "Never Say Never" CD track 16, just in case you want to hum along.
Italics = singing
Thanks For Dinner: The Him As A Muse
They'd been friends and roommated for less than a year, but Amandra and Jubilee were like sisters. They wore each other clothes, styled each others hair, got on each other's last nerve. Right now, though, Amandra fears that the depression that has set into her best friend's heart may ruin a perfect summer.
"Mornin' Mrs.Summers," Amandra bounced in the kitchen like a warm beam of sunshine with her personal rain cloud in tow. Jubilee.
"Jean, Mandy, just call me Jean," Jean liked the fact that Amandra was always polite but 'Mrs. Summers' sounded so old.
"Sorry," she said peeking over Jean's shoulder to see what she was cooking,"hey J, Mrs. Summ...opps, Jean is makin' pancakes." Amandra yelled over to where she'd last saw her friend. Jubilee was gone, vanished. She looked around the kitchen, finally she peered out the window, her friend was almost running away form the kitchen.
"What's wrong with Jubilee, she's been in a funk since she got here Friday," Jean asked flipping a pancake in the air?
"Him," Amandra muttered.
"Him...Logan," Jean returned?
"Yes and please don't say Him's name around her."
"His name.."
"No Him, I can only bring him up if I call him Him. Logan, Wolverine, Wolvie, 'his' even she looks at me like she's ready to kill me."
"I hope she doesn't let this ruin her first college summer vacation."
"Jean, it wouldn't surprise me if it did," with those bitter words Amandra left out of the kitchen via the back door and headed down to where she knew Jubilee would be, the pond.
Jean watched the young woman pass the window in the kitchen, praying a silent prayer Jean hoped that Amandra could find some way to snap Jubilee's mind out of the dark place it was.
Logan had taken off again, no word where he was going or when he'd be back and he promised to be here when Jubilee came up this week. The girls had planed a world wind driving tour from New York to Florida. Jean couldn't imagine why Logan would promise, one night, to here for the little Firecracker when she visited and then take off the morning after the call.
Just another let down for Jubilee handed to her by Logan.
"Hey Jeannie," correction, another surprise for Jubilee handed to her by Logan.
He was dirty, smelled like whiskey and looked like hell, but he'd made it.
"Hey, Dirtnap, wha'cha doin'," Amandra ran a slinder hand through Jubilee's onyx silk hair.
"Go away," Jubilee returned in tears.
"You plan on hanging here on this pier, at this pond all day or just until you fall in?"
Jubilee looked up, the poor girl's heart was broken. Blue eyes lost in a sea of red drummed up by endless crying, her face was a pale white and she trimbled alittle. Amandra took her friend into her arms and rocked back and forth, humming.
"What's sniffle that..." Jubilee asked with her face buried in Amandra shoulder?
"What the song," Jubilee nodded," 'Everything I do', I play it all the time around the apartment."
"Oh, I wish sniffle, sniffle I could sing."
"You can, I have heard you in the shower."
"No I can't."
"Sit up, I'll teach you, you just need to find your key that's all." Amandra wiped away her tears and smiled brightly at her friend.
Back at the house...
"You said they went down to the pond," Logan barked the questioned to Jean as he exited out the kitchen door?
"Yes, about an hour ago" Jean returned," and fix your shirt."
Logan nodded, he felt so much better. Amazing what a shower could do for a man, or at least for him. He had a world of apologizing to do with his Lil' darlin' though. For some reason he refused to acknowledge he just couldn't be there when she came home.
"Okay you almost got it," Amandra voice sounded like a kindergarden teacher trying to encourage her students.
"I told you I can't sing," Jubilee stormed to her feet.
"Sit down," Amandra yanked her down.
"You need a muse."
"A moose, what's a moose..."
"No stupid a Muse, something to bring the emotion to your voice...sing to, Him..."
Again Jubilee got up to leave, again Amandra pulled her back down.
"Just close your eyes and sing to him, I promise if you don't like how you sound I won't make you do this again." Jubilee pondered the offer made her.
"M'kay, but after this I go to my room, deal."
"Deal."
Amandra started a steady beat by clapping her hands. By this time Logan had positioned himself on the opposite side of the boathouse and listened,"Who the hell is Him," he wondered?
Look into my eyeeeescrack
"See, I'm going to my room," she pouted.
"Jubilee, just think about how much Logan means to you," Jubilee started to protest,"and nothing else." Jubilee's eyes narrowed.
"AHUMMM," she cleared her throat and closed her eyes. Again Amandra clapped a steady slow beat.
Look into my eyes
You will see
What you mean to
Me
Search your heart
Search your soul
When you find me there
You'll search no more
Don't tell me
It's not worth trying for
You can't tell me It's not worth
Dying for
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for
You
Look into your heart
You will find there is nothing left to
Hide
Take me as I am
Take my life
I would give it all I would
Scarifice
Don't tell me it's not worth
Fighting for
I can't help it there's
Nothing
I want more
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for
You
There is no love
Like your love
And no other could me more love
There is no where
Unless your there
All the time all the way
Everything I do
You can't tell me
It's not worth trying for
Just can't help it
There's nothing in the world I want more
Oh, I would fight for you
Yeah, I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you
Yeah, I'd die for you
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for you......
Jubilee's voice trailed of with the whistle of a passing wind. Amandra could only stare that her love sick friend, marvelling had she'd perfected the song with the added thought of Logan .
"Damn Leelee, you got it bad for the guy."
Logan stood behind the house, tears ran the length of his face. "I love ya too kid."
"(Everything I Do), I Do It For You" was written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, RJ Lange
1991 Out of Pocket Productions. The version of this song I am using appears on Brandy's "Never Say Never" CD track 16, just in case you want to hum along.
Italics = singing
Thanks For Dinner: The Him As A Muse
They'd been friends and roommated for less than a year, but Amandra and Jubilee were like sisters. They wore each other clothes, styled each others hair, got on each other's last nerve. Right now, though, Amandra fears that the depression that has set into her best friend's heart may ruin a perfect summer.
"Mornin' Mrs.Summers," Amandra bounced in the kitchen like a warm beam of sunshine with her personal rain cloud in tow. Jubilee.
"Jean, Mandy, just call me Jean," Jean liked the fact that Amandra was always polite but 'Mrs. Summers' sounded so old.
"Sorry," she said peeking over Jean's shoulder to see what she was cooking,"hey J, Mrs. Summ...opps, Jean is makin' pancakes." Amandra yelled over to where she'd last saw her friend. Jubilee was gone, vanished. She looked around the kitchen, finally she peered out the window, her friend was almost running away form the kitchen.
"What's wrong with Jubilee, she's been in a funk since she got here Friday," Jean asked flipping a pancake in the air?
"Him," Amandra muttered.
"Him...Logan," Jean returned?
"Yes and please don't say Him's name around her."
"His name.."
"No Him, I can only bring him up if I call him Him. Logan, Wolverine, Wolvie, 'his' even she looks at me like she's ready to kill me."
"I hope she doesn't let this ruin her first college summer vacation."
"Jean, it wouldn't surprise me if it did," with those bitter words Amandra left out of the kitchen via the back door and headed down to where she knew Jubilee would be, the pond.
Jean watched the young woman pass the window in the kitchen, praying a silent prayer Jean hoped that Amandra could find some way to snap Jubilee's mind out of the dark place it was.
Logan had taken off again, no word where he was going or when he'd be back and he promised to be here when Jubilee came up this week. The girls had planed a world wind driving tour from New York to Florida. Jean couldn't imagine why Logan would promise, one night, to here for the little Firecracker when she visited and then take off the morning after the call.
Just another let down for Jubilee handed to her by Logan.
"Hey Jeannie," correction, another surprise for Jubilee handed to her by Logan.
He was dirty, smelled like whiskey and looked like hell, but he'd made it.
"Hey, Dirtnap, wha'cha doin'," Amandra ran a slinder hand through Jubilee's onyx silk hair.
"Go away," Jubilee returned in tears.
"You plan on hanging here on this pier, at this pond all day or just until you fall in?"
Jubilee looked up, the poor girl's heart was broken. Blue eyes lost in a sea of red drummed up by endless crying, her face was a pale white and she trimbled alittle. Amandra took her friend into her arms and rocked back and forth, humming.
"What's sniffle that..." Jubilee asked with her face buried in Amandra shoulder?
"What the song," Jubilee nodded," 'Everything I do', I play it all the time around the apartment."
"Oh, I wish sniffle, sniffle I could sing."
"You can, I have heard you in the shower."
"No I can't."
"Sit up, I'll teach you, you just need to find your key that's all." Amandra wiped away her tears and smiled brightly at her friend.
Back at the house...
"You said they went down to the pond," Logan barked the questioned to Jean as he exited out the kitchen door?
"Yes, about an hour ago" Jean returned," and fix your shirt."
Logan nodded, he felt so much better. Amazing what a shower could do for a man, or at least for him. He had a world of apologizing to do with his Lil' darlin' though. For some reason he refused to acknowledge he just couldn't be there when she came home.
"Okay you almost got it," Amandra voice sounded like a kindergarden teacher trying to encourage her students.
"I told you I can't sing," Jubilee stormed to her feet.
"Sit down," Amandra yanked her down.
"You need a muse."
"A moose, what's a moose..."
"No stupid a Muse, something to bring the emotion to your voice...sing to, Him..."
Again Jubilee got up to leave, again Amandra pulled her back down.
"Just close your eyes and sing to him, I promise if you don't like how you sound I won't make you do this again." Jubilee pondered the offer made her.
"M'kay, but after this I go to my room, deal."
"Deal."
Amandra started a steady beat by clapping her hands. By this time Logan had positioned himself on the opposite side of the boathouse and listened,"Who the hell is Him," he wondered?
Look into my eyeeeescrack
"See, I'm going to my room," she pouted.
"Jubilee, just think about how much Logan means to you," Jubilee started to protest,"and nothing else." Jubilee's eyes narrowed.
"AHUMMM," she cleared her throat and closed her eyes. Again Amandra clapped a steady slow beat.
Look into my eyes
You will see
What you mean to
Me
Search your heart
Search your soul
When you find me there
You'll search no more
Don't tell me
It's not worth trying for
You can't tell me It's not worth
Dying for
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for
You
Look into your heart
You will find there is nothing left to
Hide
Take me as I am
Take my life
I would give it all I would
Scarifice
Don't tell me it's not worth
Fighting for
I can't help it there's
Nothing
I want more
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for
You
There is no love
Like your love
And no other could me more love
There is no where
Unless your there
All the time all the way
Everything I do
You can't tell me
It's not worth trying for
Just can't help it
There's nothing in the world I want more
Oh, I would fight for you
Yeah, I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you
Yeah, I'd die for you
You know it's true
Everything I do I do it for you......
Jubilee's voice trailed of with the whistle of a passing wind. Amandra could only stare that her love sick friend, marvelling had she'd perfected the song with the added thought of Logan .
"Damn Leelee, you got it bad for the guy."
Logan stood behind the house, tears ran the length of his face. "I love ya too kid."
