"By the goddess Gemma, do French people have this special dispensation that they look good in anything?" storm laughed as her new friend examined herself critically in the mirror.

"hum, what you say?" Gemma said surveying the outfit in the mirror, she was wearing a tight pair of blue legging is some kind of velour material it, they caught the light just great and really brought out her figure, the top was a black sleeveless roll neck and she'd dumped a denim jacket over the top, she didn't need anything for the autumn yet, they were having a nice Indian summer, but Gemma had thought ahead. In the other bags somewhere there was a tight pair of jeans, a black long sleeved t shit and a blue ribbed cardigan she also ha a roll neck black cashmere sweater and a pair of black jog pants, a black zip up hooded sweater and some more summery clothes, she'd also brought a bikini for the pool at Xavier's, she'd never lived in a house with a pool before. Her life was looking a tiny bit better, but not much.

"I said do all French people have this rule that they look good in anything"

"Nah besides I didn't choose it to look good, it's just comfy, I don't see the point a skirts for everyday wear and leggings are easy to move in."

"And they make ya look like a million dollars sugah" rogue laughed

"Thanks rogue, you do look to bad yourself amie"

"Ya been hanging out with remy too long if ya say that sugah" rogue said suspiciously, Gemma sighed.

"It's French rogue it means 'friend' can I help it that I speak the same language your boyfriend does"

"Sorry sugah"

"s'allright"

"So Gemma, why did jean faint while trying to read your mind? I mean her fainting isn'tm are occurrence" storm began

"She's such a ditz" rogue intercepted in her southern accent.

"Well that aside, it was kinda weird" storm finished

"I don't think she could take not being able to get into my mind as well as the proffesor could,"

"You really do have remarkable strength of will gemma"

"Thanks"

"And what do yah think of our glorious leadah sugah?" rogue asked

"scott? He has a pole up his ass"

"a big one" storm laughed.

There was a companiable silence for a moment the storm said "well he can be a good leader in the field though, we have danger room session later today, you should come, the sooner you start training your powers and learning to control them the better"

"Yeah sure, when is it" Gemma replied, anything to keep from just sitting in the guest room and thinking about Mathew

"we have some lessons and things we need to sort out before then when we get back, but if you go up to bobby class, he's doing English literature can you believe no one thought that's what he'd teach, at the end of school he'll take you."

"you guys all teach a lesson then, after you graduate from the school if you stay on you teach the kids when your not on missions"

"most of us do, I mean we have to keep a semblance of a job for all the times we use xavier's credit cads for something like this, and If you like kids, it's a good enough job"

"yeah I suppose it is kids can be so sweet, what do you teach?"

"history" orroro smiled

"gym" rogue laughed.

"I thought so" Gemma laughed with her the girls left the shop, happy with their purchases

"Are you still upset about what happened" Storm asked her new friend on the way home, gem was staring into space with a melancholy look on her face in the back of the car.

"Yeah a little I guess, I'm getting over it …slowly, nut it hurts, I was with him a long time before all this"

"Yeah broken hearts are killers" storm said

"Ah'll say and she's speaking from experience sugah" rogue put in.

"rouge please lets not talk about that, it was a long time ago" Storm laughed, the women fell silent each lost in their own thoughts, only half tuning into the radio where Alicia Keyes was singing "fallin'"