Mutant Hearts

A/N: This takes place two months after the return of Jean Grey and the death of Emma Frost. Also, in this reality Colossus is still a member of the X-Men.

Chapter One: The Problem with Life
"Jean, please, just talk to me!" Scott almost shouted at her.

She turns around, looking angry and says "When I disappeared, we were fighting. When I came back, I only acted like that because I had no idea what was going on and I needed a friendly face to help me! And when I was gone you had a relationship with Emma!"

"It wasn't like that-"

"Oh, it wasn't?" she said, sarcastically.

He walks up closer to her and puts his hands on her shoulders. She shakes out of his grasp and walks away. Scott hangs his head when he hears a voice he hates say "Rough week?"

"What do you want Logan?"

"I want a beer. That's why I came to the kitchen."

Scott glares at him and walks away. Logan chuckles and gets a beer from the fridge. Scott follows after Jean and grabs her wrist. He startles her and she accidentally controls him to slam into the wall.

She stares in shock at her actions and runs away. Cyclops gets up but sits back down against the wall, and slams the back of his head against it.

Jean runs into the backyard and doesn't even notice Beast trimming the plants. She runs straight towards Emma's tombstone and looks at it. She holds back tears and says "This is all your fault. If it weren't for you, I never would have died. You never would have joined the X-Men and all of this wouldn't be happening!"

She is about to shatter her tombstone with her mind, but Beast stands up and says "Jean, I truly don't believe it is fair to blame Emma for all of this."

"Hank? Oh god, I didn't know you were out here-"

"It's okay. By now I'm used to being ignored by beautiful girls."

"No, it's not that. I was just so distracted and I didn't pay attention. And you don't need to beat yourself up, I hope you know that."

Beast does not reply. Jean walks closer to him and says "We've been friends since the very beginning, Hank. I remember the old days, when it was just you, me, Scott, Warren, and Bobby."

"Oh how things change."

"Yeah. But you can't deny that over all those years, there's strangely been a strong attraction between the two of us."

Jean steps closer to Henry and puts her hand on his. He looks at this and smiles. Jean presses her forehead to his and looks into his memories. She sees his past, how he was a star football player, he later became a scientist, and then he learned he was a mutant. Then there were the X-Men. She saw several images of her passing by in his mind.

She pulls apart and Hank asks "Of all the people you could choose from, why me? Just look at me."

"Hank, for someone as smart as you, you are really dumb."

He looks confused but she goes ahead and says "It doesn't matter what's on the outside. I only care about what's on the inside."

She hugs him and he returns the embrace. As they hug she says "I've also known you've had a crush on me ever since I showed up at the Xavier Institute."

He blushes but she simply grins and gives him a kiss on the forehead and goes inside.

From upstairs through his window, Scott watches all of this and feels something deep inside, eating him up; guilt.

A/N: Hey I hope you like it! Also I took the pairing between jean and Beast from the X-Men Forever limited series. I originally wasn't going to use it, but I decided "Aw, what the heck!"