It's now Sunday morning. There was no training today for the students. But Logan used the danger room for himself. Jean woke up with a horrible headache from the night before. Her and Scott definately had a tough night. She did stop crying but every time she fell asleep she ended up having nightmares. So she really didn't get too much sleep, neither did Scott because he refused to even fall asleep when she did. He didn't want to fall too deep into sleep and not wake up when she needed him. He figured she'd need him a lot since her nightmares are coming back.
Right now it was after breakfast so everybody has already eaten and went off to do whatever. But for some reason Rogue decided to stay in the kitchen with Jean and Scott. Her and Jean have gotten closer, especially since Jean's attack and all, but Rogue kind of went off to herself...like usual. But now she wanted to talk to them.
"So what keeps you down here?" Scott asked with a slight smile.
"Well, I heard Jean screaming last night..." Rogue started to answer. "...and I'm just hopin' she's okay." she looked over at Jean. Scott looked away from Rogue and over to Jean himself.
Jean was over by the counter getting some milk. But she looked kind of out of it. Her hand was a bit shakey as she poured her drink.
"I don't know...she's having nightmares again." Scott said and a painful expession came upon his face. If Rogue could see his eyes she'd see them swell with tears. He tried hard to hold back. He could cry in front of Jean but he didn't think he could in front of anyone else.
"Man. That really sucks." Rogue said and she stood up and put her hand on his shoulder. "I'm gonna go talk to her, if that's okay." she added.
"Sure, just be careful. It's hard to say when or if she'll have another power surge. I thought for sure she would last night. Luckily nothing like that happened. But we could be on thin ice." he gave a slight warning because it is possible. Plus being too close to Jean while she's having a break-down isn't really a good idea.
Rogue nodded and slowly walked over to Jean who had already finished her milk. Jean still looked a bit shakey. "Are ya okay Jean?" Rogue asked feeling worried.
Jean didn't answer her. It seemed as though she was just staring into space. Rogue moved closer. "Jean, can ya hear me sugar? I just want to talk to ya, I'm worried."
Jean still said nothing. Scott stood up. He didn't feel too good about this. Finally Jean turned around but only to stumble. Somehow she lost her balance and fortunately Rogue was right there. Jean fell right into her arms.
"Oh my God! She just fanted!" Rogue exclaimed as she held onto Jean tightly.
Scott rushed over to them. "Is she breathing?" he shouted.
"Yeah, but she doesn't look too good." Rogue said.
Jean looked pale and for her that wasn't really good.
"Damn it! We need the Professor!" he yelled feeling really scared.
"Go get him, I'll stay here with Jean." Rogue said trying to stay calm.
"No! You get him. I want to stay with her." he said, he would feel better if he held Jean.
"Okay, I understand." she slowly and carefully moved her arms away from Jean as Scott, just as gently, placed his around Jean. He held her tight and changed his holding position. He held her so that she was craddled in his arms.
Rogue quickly took off to find Xavier.
Hours later Jean woke up in the infirmary. She didn't remember blacking out or anything. But she wasn't alone when she awoke, Scott was seated in a chair right at her side. He held her hand. His head was tilted down but then she gently squeezed his hand when she realized he was holding hers. He looked up feeling relieved that she was finally awake.
"Oh Jean, you're awake. How do you feel hon?" he asked.
"Mmmm...okay...I guess. Really tired and my head hurts. But otherwise...fine." she said slowly.
"You nearly scared me to death. You were acting odd and Rogue went over to talk to you. You were really shakey and you fell. Luckily Rogue was right there to catch you. It was scary and strange. I mean, you were fine then all of a sudden you fanted." he explained.
Jean quickly sat up. "What? That's really weird. I don't even remember too much of that this morning. I do remember getting a drink of milk, but nothing after that." she was just as confused as Scott and everyone else.
"Well the Professor and Beast are running some tests on your DNA to see if they can find an answer to what happened. They're not even 100 sure. The only thing we can guess is that maybe it was because of your lack of sleep and the stress from the returning nightmares." he said. "But, sit back and don't get too active just yet. We don't need you fanting again or anything." he added.
She leaned back again and looked at Scott. "Hopefully it's only that. You know, that I'm just tired and stressed." she said.
"Yeah, hopefully." he leaned towards her and pressed his lips gently to hers. She returned the moved so that they shared a short but loving kiss.
After a short while Professor X and Hank returned to the infirmary. The news was good but a bit bad. They still weren't completely sure what was going on.
"Jean, which news do you want first? The good or the slightly bad?" Beast asked.
Scott looked at Jean and then over to the Professor and Hank. Jean sat there thinking for a moment and then she looked at Beast with a worried expression.
"Well, I suppose I'll take the bad first. I hope it's not too bad." she said.
"No, it's not horrible. It's only that we're still not real sure to why you actually passed out. But the good news is that there are no medical problems otherwise. And we are still taking a huge guess that it all happened because of your nightmares. That's definately stressing you and stress can cause things to happen." Hank explained hoping he was thorough enough.
"Oh, okay. So it's not something major?" she asked. Scott was looking back and forth as they all spoke.
"No." Hank said with relief.
Xavier spoke. "But I do believe I may need to put you through therapy. First I'll give you some medication that may help relax you, especially at night so that the nightmares may not occur. They could very likely be the start to all of this. I'll see what the medicine does first, if it works out then you may not need therapy. Although, I still would like to work with you to help you some because you need to talk about the nightmares. It'll be just you and me, and of course if you'd prefer to have Scott with us it's no problem." he went on explaining.
"Alright. I'll do anything to try and move on with my life. I don't want to remember everything that happened. I was doing okay untill the nightmares came back." Jean said feeling confused. She had no idea why they had returned. She barely thought about it.
"Jean, sometimes things like that never stop haunting you. So you'll never completely rid it from your mind. But with me and everyone else you'll be safe and loved. Though, it's possible that with time you'll slowly push it to the back of your mind and once that happens you'll recover more and more." Xavier said. He knew what she was thinking without even reading her mind. He could sense it.
"Couldn't you erase it from my mind?" Jean asked hoping for a yes.
"I thought about that but I'm not certain it would work. If I ever feel I can I may try. But for now we just have to work it out other ways and take each day one at a time." he explained.
"Okay." she said.
"Here's your medicine. Take two pills a day, one when you wake up and one right before you go to bed. It'll help you get through the day and at night it'll help you sleep. And you can leave the infirmary if you feel you're ready to. I see no reason why you couldn't. " the Professor said.
Jean took the pills and thanked Professor X and Beast for their help. Then they left her and Scott alone. She knew without anyone even telling her or without reading anyone's mind that they all loved her. She just knew. She used to be iffy with Rogue but she found out her true feelings when Rogue stayed with her before. Even Rogue was there for her. 'Oh, what did I do to deserve such wonderful friends?' she thought.
Scott looked at Jean and smiled. "You are a beautiful person Jean, that's why we all love you."
She looked up at him and her eyes began to swell with tears. "Oh Scott, I love you." she said smiling back.
Once again they kissed. But this time it was a bit longer. It was just as passionate as it always is.
"Well do you think you'd be fine with leaving the infirmary?" Scott asked.
"Yeah, but I don't want you to leave my side untill tomorrow at school." Jean said.
"Are you sure you'll be able to attend tomorrow?" he asked.
"If this medicine helps then yes." she answered.
He nodded okay and just as she was about to stand up he stopped her. "Uh-uh." She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. He then put his right arm behind her and slid his left arm under her legs. He picked her up and craddled her against his body tightly. She smiled widely at him and placed her arms around his neck. And again they kissed.
Scott carried Jean upstairs. Everyone watched them. Once they reached her room he went in and sat her carefully on the bed then sat closely beside her.
"You know what I was thinking?" he asked.
"Let me think...yes." she said jokingly.
"What, did you read my mind?" he joked back.
"Mmmhmmm." she said with another smile.
"Okay, then tell me." he said smiling back.
"You were thinking that we should share a room since we never sleep separate anyhow. And you want to know what I think. And I agree." she said and she kissed him on the lips.
"Really? That's great!" he exclaimed.
"Could you move into my room honey? It's a bit bigger." she asked.
"Sure. It doesn't matter to me as long as we're together." he said and he kissed her.
"Sweet. Let's talk to the Professor about it." she said after they pulled away.
"Okay. We will later on. I just want to hold you now." he said and he pulled her into a tight embrace. She returned his move.