Logan entered the room with the students and he could tell they didn't exactly like to wait to see Charles after having to go so long with him gone. A lot of the students saw him as a surrogate father, Scott was among those that saw Xavier as a father figure in his life, but Scott was one of the more patient students.

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Storm was in shock, had Charles really proposed to her, she knew he had, and there was only one response she could give

"Yes"

Charles placed the diamond ring on her left hand and hugged her in his arms... this was a better day than they could have hoped for. Kathy soon joined the family embrace.

After a while of being together as a family Charles realized his students were waiting for him to go and see them. So he, Storm and Kathy went to the TV room to see the students.

Kathy pushed the door open and the students began to wonder if the procedure had failed and their professor was still in a wheelchair, then Charles walked in, Storm had a loose grip on his right elbow, and an array of surprised gasps filled the room. Most of the students had never seen any other way as in that chair and thus this was a huge surprise.

After a while of greeting and talking Jean noticed the ring on Storm's left ring finger and knew exactly what had gone on in that other room that warranted Storm's presance. She didn't point out Storm's brand new engagement ring, but Kitty did

"Ms. Munroe, like, when did you get that ring?" Kitty asked

That caught Evan Daniel's attention away from whatever he was doing

"What ring, Auntie O?" he asked walking up to his aunt, he then noticed the new diamond ring that was glistening on the ring finger of her left hand and even he knew exactly what it meant, his aunt was going to get married.

'Mom is going to love this, she always thought Auntie O would never get married' Evan thought

'Charles I think the students are curious about my ring' Storm projected to her fiancee

'That they are, should I tell them or do you want to do the honors?'

'You go right ahead' she returned

"So, is there anything you want to tell us?" Evan asked his aunt a strange grin on his face, she had asked him a similar question a number of times when he came in with a Cheshire cat grin on his face

"Yes, Evan, there is" Charles replied blue eyes sparkled ever so slightly

"Charles and I, we're going to get married" Storm continued

A chorus of gasps followed that statement

"Congratulations" Jean said with a smile, the others agreed this was more reason to celebrate. There would be a wedding soon, or so the hoped, but a wedding required planning and time, but they had time and each other so that was all that mattered.

Things began to settle down and Storm began the plans for the wedding. Her first task was to call her sister, Vivian and let her know

"Ororo, what's going on?" Vivian asked

"You mean besides the fact that I'm getting married" Storm said all too casually

"Wait... You're WHAT!" Vivian said in shock

"I'm getting married, Vivian, to Charles Xavier" Storm replied and waited for Vivian to reply

"Vi, Vivian"

"You're really engaged to Charles Xavier"

"Yes, Vi, I know, you didn't expect that." Storm lay back on her bed "we've been dating for months, I guess I forgot to tell you that I was in a relationship"

"So that's why you've been denying any blind dates I wanted to set up, you were already in a relationship"

"Yes"

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Charles noticed that someone had put a rolling chair at his desk having the foresight to know that once he was on his feet he'd need it.

He sat at his desk and began to get caught up on things. Then suddenly Bleu decided to make an appearance, jumping up on the desk to once again greet his favorite human

"What happened to your chair, I barely recognized you"Bleu said

"You're going to have a hard time getting used to me being on my feet" Charles chuckled rubbing the cat under the throat

"Got that right"Bleu replied

Storm entered the office with Charles and chuckled as she saw Bleu sitting on the desk, it was normal to have the cat there, but the way he looked at the chair Charles sat in was quite funny. It was as if he was trying to make sence of the fact that his favorite person was in a desk chair and not a wheelchair as he was so accustomed to. She brought in a brunette teen girl she introduced as Bethany.

"Hello, you came to the school while I was away, my name is Charles Xavier."

"So you're Professor Xavier, it's good to finally meet you"

"You too, BJ, sit down... I was just going over your test results and I have a slight concern about your answers and the time it took."

"I'm a little slower than others, so what?"

"Well BJ, when was the last time you had your eyes checked?"

"Excuse me professor" BJ asked in surprise

"I don't think that you are slower so much as you have a hard time reading things due to the fact that you need glasses. My fiancee told me she saw you squinting a lot when you try to read and avoiding it if at all possible, even though I have it on good authority that you love books and reading. J.B. Fletcher is one of your personal favorites, am I right?" Charles smiled warmly

"Yes sir, J.B. Fletcher is one of my all time favorite writers" BJ replied

"I will set up an eye exam for you later this afternoon, okay?"

"Okay, professor" BJ smiled and left the office.

Storm took the newly emptied seat, they knew they needed to make wedding plans and soon got started talking about what they were going to do for it.

To Be Continued...