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+Talking about Memories+

Jack sat in his room playing his guitar as tuned the outside world out. That girl he had just met down stairs was already testing his temper and he had to get away from her before he did something stupid. It had been an hour since he had left them standing downstairs and he was beginning to notice his stomach was growling. He stopped playing his guitar and got up and headed out his door. As he was walking down the hall he heard music coming from Jerry's old bedroom where the girl was going to be staying in. He walked over to the door and noticed that a guitar was being played and a beautiful voice was singing a song that he had heard before called 'Not Ready to Make Nice'. Yeah it was made by the Dixie Chicks and he had heard it on the radio once and had listened to it for awhile before Bobby had came in and started calling him a Fairy because he had been listening to a girly song, but what was coming from behind Dianna's door was far better from what he had heard on the radio and he was sure that even Bobby would like it.

Forgive, sounds good.

Forget, I'm not sure I could.

They say time heals everything,

But I'm still waiting

I'm through, with doubt,

There's nothing left for me to figure out,

I've paid a price, and I'll keep paying

I'm not ready to make nice,

I'm not ready to back down,

I'm still mad as hell

And I don't have time

To go round and round and round

It's too late to make it right

I probably wouldn't if I could

Cause I'm mad as hell

Can't bring myself to do what it is

You think I should

I know you said

Why can't you just get over it,

It turned my whole world around

And I kind of like it

I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,

With no regrets and I don't mind saying,

It's a sad sad story

That a mother will teach her daughter

That she ought to hate a perfect stranger

And how in the world

Can the words that I said

Send somebody so over the edge

That they'd write me a letter

Saying that I better shut up and sing

Or my life will be over

I'm not ready to make nice

I'm not ready to back down,

I'm still mad as hell

And I don't have time

To go round and round and round

It's to late to make it right

I probably wouldn't if I could

Cause I'm mad as hell

Can't bring myself to do what it is

You think I should

I'm not ready to make nice,

I'm not ready to back down,

I'm still mad as hell

And I don't have time

To go round and round and round

It's too late to make it right

I probably wouldn't if I could

Cause I'm mad as hell

Can't bring myself to do what it is

You think I should

Forgive, sounds good.

Forget, I'm not sure I could.

They say time heals everything,

But I'm still waiting.

Jack waited a few minutes before he opened the door cautiously and slowly stepped inside to find Dianna holding her head in her hands and when she pulled them away you could tell she had been crying. When she looked up and noticed him that sad face turned to one of anger and she screamed, "GET OUT GET OUT NOW." She got up and shoved him out the door and slammed it in his face. About that time Bobby came out of his room and said, "What the hell is going on?"

"Just that crazy girl," Jack said glaring at the door before walking off down the stairs.

Dianna sat in her room crying as memories of what happened flashed before her face. She tried to get rid of them but they kept coming back no matter how hard she tried to block them. She hated it when people saw her weak and she sure as hell didn't want these people too. She walked over to her bed and plopped down and let her tears fall. God she hadn't cried like this since her mother's funeral, she hadn't even shed a tear since then, not even when her other foster father beat the living daylights out of her and she fought back earning her another name on her list of wounded and dead. She had torn him to pieces literally but she had caused her own pain when she had to look at his face again when he was telling the police he didn't want a mutant living in his house. Professor Xavier had came into the picture after that and offered her a place to stay at his school, but she refused. She could make it on her own. She didn't need others to guide her but unfortunately the damn courts didn't see it that way since she was only seventeen. She had been jumping from foster care to foster care for years and now she had finally ended up in another one but something was different about this one. She could feel it, but didn't know what it was, whether it be good or bad.

Dianna's hand reached for her locket around her neck that held no saying on it. She turned it around and undid it. She held it in the palm of her hand before she opened it and stared at a picture of her and her mom. She felt a tear slip once more from her eye and she couldn't help but ask, "Why couldn't you have just minded your own business mom. If you had you would still be alive today and I would be the one rotting in a coffin, not you." Dianna closed her eyes causing a few more tears to fall. Dianna slowly closed the locket and put it back around her neck and then laid down on her bed and closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Her dreams were once again turned into nightmares plaguing her once again of her mother's death. Around 11: 21 P.M. Dianna eyes snapped open while the sweat that dripped from her body made her all the more wild looking. Her eyes seemed like they might have just seen a ghost. No not a ghost, my past, a nightmare, Dianna thought as she sat up in bed. She was soaking wet from the sweat so she changed into a pair of black and white sweat shorts that were very lose fitting and tied up to keep them around her waist. She threw on a small and tight black and white tank top that she had worn since she was fifteen. Her mother had gotten it for her when they had gone shopping together. In small letters in the front was sewed in 'Always Together'. Dianna let her hair down and brushed it making it very smooth feeling. She then noticed something, her stomach was growling so she decided to take the risk in going down and try finding the kitchen and maybe risk bumping into someone that she didn't exactly want to see.

Dianna slipped out of her room quietly and made her way down the stairs as quietly as possible. When she reached the living room she looked around and noticed connected to the living room was the dinning room that was connected to the kitchen, which was currently dark, meaning no one was up. She smiled at this and made her way to the kitchen. She began to rummage around for something to snack on when suddenly the lights came on. She whipped around and allowed her metal claws to extended at whoever had dared to turn them on, but when she found it was Jack she quickly put her hands down but still made sure her claws were out.

"You know it would help if you turn on a light instead of standing in the dark looking around for something you'll never find unless you look in the microwave," Dianna rose an eyebrow and then closed the refrigerator door and walked over to the microwave and opened it to find a nicely wrapped plate with an assortment of foods put together in sections for her.

"Ma didn't know what you liked so she made sure she put a bit of everything on there since you missed dinner," Dianna nodded as she put the plate back in the microwave and began to push buttons to get it to start heating. Once she was finished she turned around and noticed Jack was staring at her and she growled and said, "If you like what you see then take a picture it will last longer."

"Sorry, it's just weird to see a girl in the house running around in only a pair of short shorts that barely cover anything and a small tank top that barely covers her stomach which by the way I just noticed is pierced," Jack said smirking.

"Oh look cracker jack is very observant." Jack scowled and said, "Just because my brother calls me that doesn't mean you can."

"I can call you what ever I want, it's a free country," Dianna stated. Jack rolled his eyes and walked over and jumped up on the counter and sat down as he stared at Dianna and then stated, "It may be a free country but it dose have laws." Now it was Dianna's turn to roll her eyes. Dianna looked down at her hands and unclenched them making her metal claws retreat back into her skin leaving four huge cuts on both hands that were bleeding. Jack noticed this and said, "Dose that always happen when you use them." Dianna frowned and nodded as she looked around for the paper towels, which Jack ended up handing to her. "Doesn't it hurt," Jack asked and Dianna nodded and answered, "Sometimes."

"Why don't you go and get them removed if they keep on doing that," Dianna looked at him and then burst out laughing. For a minute Jack thought she had gone insane until she calmed down and then turned too look at him and said, "I would love to cracker jack but I can't because unfortunately I don't just have metal claws but metal all around my bones that help make my claws come out and believe when I say I doubt the doctors could get rid of all the metal," Dianna said and then noticed Jack jumping off the counter and coming toward her. He took her hand in his and stared at it while Dianna looked him over and noticed he was only wearing a pair of boxers. She blushed slightly hoping he wouldn't see it and thank the lord because he didn't.

"In the morning I think we should take you to the hospital, these cuts look serious," Jack said.

"Don't worry, they'll heal over like they always do, I have another mutation and that's to be able to heal my self and sometimes other's around me," Jack looked at Dianna in the eyes as if searching to make sure she was telling the truth and when he found no lie he backed away and said, "But still you should at least let me wrap those for you until they heal." Dianna hesitated before nodding and he walked off for a moment but came back with a medical kit in his hand.

"With all the hockey my brothers and I play mom keeps this around just incase," he said smiling and Dianna cracked a grin thinking of all four boys walking into the house with multiple cuts and bruises lining their faces and bodies.

"Hockey huh, you seem more like a football kind of guy," Dianna said and saw Jack cracked a smile at her lame joke as he began cleaning her cuts. Dianna took a deep breath and said, "Listen, about earlier, I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway. Being a telepath doesn't help in some situations and I become very tempted easily. I mean being able to know everything about somebody just by going through their mind with powers like mine is very unusual and when you get that chance sometimes you don't want to pass it up. So sorry if I offended you and I was hoping we could start anew, so hi my name is Dianna but I prefer to be called Lightning," Jack looked at her for a second before smirking and said, "It's nice to meet you Lightning I'm Jack Mercer you're new foster brother." Dianna and Jack laughed and Jack continued to fix her wounds. When he was done Dianna walked over to the microwave and opened it and pulled out her dinner. Jack went over to the refrigerator and pulled out a thing of ice cream and then pulled a spoon out of a drawer. They both walked into the dinning room and set down.

"So why do you wear so many necklaces," Jack asked as he dove into the tub off ice cream.

"Memories, each one has a different meaning," Dianna said as she took a bite of her pork chop.

"Mind telling," Jack said as he scooped some of the ice cream into his mouth. Dianna took another bite of her mashed potatoes and gulped it down before saying, "Sure, see this one here," she said pointing to the black cat necklace. Jack nodded and she continued what she was saying before, " I got this one right after my grandmother died. I still blame it on that black cat she owned." Jack snorted as he tried to keep from laughing.

"The black marble cross represents the day I was baptized in my church. My preacher got one for everyone who did it and being in touch with my religion has always made me feel safe," Jack nodded understanding what she meant.

"The crystal cross was something my friend gave me. It means she will always be with me no matter what and I will always protect her. She got it for me when I was in the hospital because a bullet wound I got from her stupid ex boyfriend and his friend. I ended up making sure they would never be able to reproduce again. Carla ended up dieing in a car wreck five months ago so it means a lot more to me now," Jack looked at her intently as he noticed her eyes beginning to water but she simple blinked it away and looked back up and said, " the pirate skull necklace was from a leader of a gang I used to be in. It's a symbol that I'm still in it even though I left not to long ago. I left because the stupid idiot started to get to close to me and I didn't exactly want a relationship with him and because he was in jail and wants to kill me. To tell you the truth I still don't know why I keep it, I guess it's to remind me of the mistakes I've made I guess."

"The dragon pendent came from an old friend to remind me she'll always have the spirits watching over me making sure I'll stay safe. She's from the Chinese culture so she believes in it deeply and to them dragons are connected to the spirit world. The golden heart necklace that says 'Love Always' on it came from my father before he died of cancer, god rest his soul, so that's easy to understand. The ribbon choker necklace, my younger half brother made for me before he was shipped off to Xavier's school," Dianna said and Jack looked up at this and said, "What is his name."

"St. John Allerdyce, he's a mutant like me. He can manipulate fire but he as sure as hell can't create, sort of like me," Dianna said as she took another bite of her food.

"So what happened to him," Jack asked and Dianna rolled her eyes and said, "I just said it, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, a place I should be going but am not since I refuse to go to that sort of school and be treated like a child. I like to live on my own and with John around I can't do that. So yeah I basically turned my back on my little brother, but I have to, it's for his own good. I mean he doesn't need his sister around him to fuck him up even more than he already is," Jack looked taken aback by this. Infact he was. Dianna thought lowly of her self and thought her younger brother didn't need her but hell he probably missed her more than anything.

"You know you shouldn't turn your back on him. He probably dose need you even if he doesn't say it. You're probably like the only family he has left," Dianna nodded and said, "Yeah I am the only family he has left because we both killed his real father because he tried…well I guess that part is my business and you can figure it out on your own." Jack nodded at that too already knowing what she was going to say and he wasn't going to lose his temper because of it since the man was already dead for it.

"How much are you and your brother alike," Jack asked.

"Personality 100 Physical features 2," Jack laughed along with Dianna.

"So what about those other two necklaces," Jack said calming down from his fit of laughter.

"The black and white fairy necklace represents me all together. It brings me hope, reminds me there are some things to believe in still. I got it when I was a kid so it brings back my innocent years which keep me sane if you know what I mean," Jack chuckled at that too and nodded since he couldn't speak.

"Okay what about the last one," he asked after gulping down the ice cream. Dianna tensed up at that one and said, "It's something my mother gave to me, and when I mean mother I mean my birth mother." Jack looked at her sympathetically and then asked her calmly, "What happened to her." Dianna sighed and said, "She died in a gang shooting, by the same gang, that, I might add, I was in. She went snooping around in places she shouldn't have and when she found out I was in a gang I slipped away from her slowly. Paten, the so-called leader in our gang, was selling drugs and one day he asked me to help him and I said 'no' he became furious. I left hoping that maybe he could blow off some steam before I saw him again and I thought he had when he called me and asked me to come down by the River Front Bridge. Unknown to me my mother heard everything and followed me there. When I got there Paten had a gun…." Dianna took a deep breath and closed her eyes as if remembering everything from the beginning to the end. Jack noticed she had let a few tears slip so he leaned over and wiped them away and that's when she looked up and took another deep, but raspy breath and said, " he had a gun and he was going to shoot me. I tried to calm him down and put some sense into his head as well as some of the other guys there. He said I was a coward and that if I couldn't even help sell some damn drugs then how could I call my self his friend let alone be in his gang. As he was about to shoot me one of the guys jumped on him and tackled him to the ground. What we did not know was that he had accidentally pulled the trigger and the stray bullet had been shot toward my mother's car that was hidden in the shadows where we couldn't see. See my mom had called my other friend Adam, the one who tackled Paten to the ground, and told him to make sure that no matter what I didn't do anything stupid, so if it wasn't for him or my mother, I would have been dead, not her. When Adam heard a woman scream everyone stopped as if frozen and looked toward the shadows where we saw my mom's black car with the glass busted because of the bullets entry. I had walked over to the car slowly and when I looked in I found my mom with a bullet hole in her head. I remember screaming bloody murder and I think that was what alerted the people who lived around the area to call the cops. When they got there they arrested Paten who swore vengeance on me and then they arrested all the rest of the gang for being involved along with Adam and me. I got off free along with Adam and some of the other gang members but Paten received a punishment of two years in prison because they said it was an accident. I think he got off easy because his dear old daddy was the judge. I haven't been able to have a proper dream since that night. Those memories plague my mind from day to day and every night." Dianna wiped the tears away from her face and then looked down at her unfinished food and got up.

"Do you have a picture of your mother," Dianna stopped what she was doing and looked at him and nodded.

"Can I see it," Dianna nodded and walked over to him as she unclasped her locket from her neck. She opened it up and let Jack look at the picture of her and her mother hugging each other in the picture. Dianna looked around fifteen in the picture and her mother looked like she could be in her forties.

"She's pretty," Jack said.

"She was, they say I look like her but I don't think I do, maybe her eyes though, but I have my father's color hair not including the blue streaks in it," Dianna said.

"Were you born with those streaks in your hair," Jack asked.

"Yeah, I guess it's part of my mutation," Jack nodded and continued to stare at the locket where he noticed on the other side was a picture of a young boy with brownish blond hair and brown eyes. He had his arm around Dianna's shoulder and in the picture he looked about thirteen even though he was about the same height as Dianna. Dianna had her arm across his shoulders as well and they were both making bunny ears for each other.

"Whose he," Jack asked pointing to the other picture and Dianna smiled as she said, "That's my brother John, in the picture he's thirteen and I'm fifteen. By now I say he's probably fifteen."

"Your right he doesn't look anything like you," Jack stated.

"Yep, got his looks from his father but his personality from our mother," Dianna said giggling a bit as she let Jack hold the locket as she picked up her plate of food and went to throw what was left of it away. When she came back Jack handed her the locket and she put it back around her neck. When she began to have problems with the clasp Jack noticed and got up. She pushed her hair out of the way and he helped her with the clasp. His hand accidentally brushed across her skin sending a sort of invisible surge of electricity through her making her shiver in a way.

"Are you cold," he asked noticing her shiver.

"Yeah," she lied and then turned around and said, "Thank you."

"Your welcome besides I help my mom with getting necklaces on everyday when she can't get them on herself," Dianna smirked and said, "So you really are a fairy." He acted out like he was hurt and then playfully slapped her arm and she slapped him back.

"Didn't your mom ever tell you not to hit girls," she asked and he smiled and nodded.

"Then do as your mom says," he smirked at that and said, "I do as she says, just not you. That's payback because of this morning."

"Yeah, whatever," Dianna said rolling her eyes and then said, "I'm heading to bed."

"Alright, see you in the morning," Jack said and Dianna surprised him by walking over and kissing him on the cheek.

"What was that for," he asked when she pulled away.

"For actually be a good guy, good listener, and it was also a goodnight kiss. I guess you don't get many of those often," Jack nodded and watched as she walked off with her hips swaying side to side. His hand went up to the spot where she kissed him and he smiled. Maybe having a girl in the house wasn't going to be all that bad. To bad she had to be his foster sister though. Jack got up and put away the ice cream and headed off to bed as well. He stopped by Dianna's door for a second and slowly opened it and looked in to find her fast asleep already with the light still on. He walked over and turned off the light and just before he left he bent down and kissed her forehead and quietly said, "Sweet dreams Lightning." He walked out of her room and quietly shut the door as to not wake her up and headed on into is room and shut the door. He jumped back into his bed and threw the covers over himself. He leaned up and turned off the light before lying back down as sleep slowly took over. In the room next to his Evelyn Mercer had been listening to everything and smiled to herself now happy that Dianna was on good terms with all of her new foster brothers.

Okay I worked so hard on this one chapter because I wanted it to be perfect and not make the character to perfect, but if you think there is a problem with her tell me and I'll try to tone her down just a bit. Oh and by the way it might be a while until I update again because school is starting for me, (Oh how I dread the). Yep I'm going to be in high school this year, what fun, maybe you people out there can help me pull through with this year by lovely reviews. Oh and that song at the beginning of the chapter is not mine it belongs to the Dixie Chicks and it's called, 'Not Ready to Make Nice'. Oh I also have the music video of it on my Profile now so look under Dianna's Music.

Hotredhead- Thank you for your review and I thought the idea was cool too that's why I made it into a story.

Bigamericanflirt- I'm glad you liked it, and I wasn't at first going to have her hair like Rogues but I thought after a while it would be a good idea. I'm so glad you like her powers to and I bet you're surprised she's related to Pyro huh. And as for the updating soon thing I'll try but things are getting busy around my place lately so it might be awhile but once again, I'll try.