It was late evening when Gem picked up the phone and dialed her friend's number, reflecting on the danger room session with bobby. They'd run into his friend hank on the way. She'd been introduced to him before. She'd liked him, once she got used to the way he talked, and she pretty much understood him if she listened properly. He'd cornered them to say that he'd asked Scott and the professor and they'd agreed that iceman should help tutor her in the use of her powers because crystal and ice were similar materials and their powers worked in similar ways, no objections from this girl, thank you very much.
And she couldn't stop thinking about his hand brushing her arm during the session, the buzz she'd felt, a buzz that had defiantly not been from the cold, and his eyes were so blue….
Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice at the end of a line
"Hello Jackie? It's me"
"No it's not a joke it's really me, is their anyone there in the room with you?"
"K let me explain, allot happened on the trip to America, and I can't come back, I can't let them oh god its such a long story…." Gem managed to relate the whole thing in a shortened version, and listened for a few moments as her best friend called her x boyfriend every swear word under the sun, she was inclined to agree.
"I'm not gonna like what?"
"HE DID WHAT?"
"THEIR ENGAGED?"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, FOR GOD SAKES I'VE ONLY BEEN GONE WHAT TWO THREE DAYS…. oh no, Jackie…HOW LONG has this been going on behind my back?"
She stood there with the phone clutched in her hands. This was not happening to her, a few weeks ago she'd been living a perfectly normal happy life, and now she was mutant. Her ex had tried to kill her along with just about every other person in a club, and he'd been cheating on her with her Sister- the sister she'd never got one with, the sister she'd always hated, the sister who'd ALWAYS stolen her men. And they were engaged, when she was supposed to be dead for only about what? 2 days, and she'd never hurt him. She'd always been faithful, always done what he wanted. Was that it? Was she too boring, not challenging enough, wasn't she good enough for him? Didn't he even feel the tiniest bit guilty if she was supposed to be dead?
And for that matter, what if he'd always been this way and she hadn't noticed? What if it wasn't her fault? What if the only thing she'd done wrong was be a gullible fool, her usual problem when it came to affairs of the heart.
What, yeah, yeah I'm fine Jackie, listen gotta go. call you back some other time." She jerked herself back to reality, slammed the phone back down on the hook and ran up the stairs towards the rooftops. Running to somewhere she could think in peace, feeling the first tears prick behind her eyes.
"Gem what's the matter?" bobby called after her. He'd just been coming out of the rec room when he over heard the last 2 sentences and saw her run off. He decided to go after her. If there was anything he could do to help, then, goddammit, he'd do it. He couldn't bear to see her unhappy, especially not when she looked like she was just starting to feel better.
Authors note: again thanks to metro princess for some beta reading. What's a girl to do when her muses go on vacation?
And she couldn't stop thinking about his hand brushing her arm during the session, the buzz she'd felt, a buzz that had defiantly not been from the cold, and his eyes were so blue….
Her thoughts were interrupted by a voice at the end of a line
"Hello Jackie? It's me"
"No it's not a joke it's really me, is their anyone there in the room with you?"
"K let me explain, allot happened on the trip to America, and I can't come back, I can't let them oh god its such a long story…." Gem managed to relate the whole thing in a shortened version, and listened for a few moments as her best friend called her x boyfriend every swear word under the sun, she was inclined to agree.
"I'm not gonna like what?"
"HE DID WHAT?"
"THEIR ENGAGED?"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, FOR GOD SAKES I'VE ONLY BEEN GONE WHAT TWO THREE DAYS…. oh no, Jackie…HOW LONG has this been going on behind my back?"
She stood there with the phone clutched in her hands. This was not happening to her, a few weeks ago she'd been living a perfectly normal happy life, and now she was mutant. Her ex had tried to kill her along with just about every other person in a club, and he'd been cheating on her with her Sister- the sister she'd never got one with, the sister she'd always hated, the sister who'd ALWAYS stolen her men. And they were engaged, when she was supposed to be dead for only about what? 2 days, and she'd never hurt him. She'd always been faithful, always done what he wanted. Was that it? Was she too boring, not challenging enough, wasn't she good enough for him? Didn't he even feel the tiniest bit guilty if she was supposed to be dead?
And for that matter, what if he'd always been this way and she hadn't noticed? What if it wasn't her fault? What if the only thing she'd done wrong was be a gullible fool, her usual problem when it came to affairs of the heart.
What, yeah, yeah I'm fine Jackie, listen gotta go. call you back some other time." She jerked herself back to reality, slammed the phone back down on the hook and ran up the stairs towards the rooftops. Running to somewhere she could think in peace, feeling the first tears prick behind her eyes.
"Gem what's the matter?" bobby called after her. He'd just been coming out of the rec room when he over heard the last 2 sentences and saw her run off. He decided to go after her. If there was anything he could do to help, then, goddammit, he'd do it. He couldn't bear to see her unhappy, especially not when she looked like she was just starting to feel better.
Authors note: again thanks to metro princess for some beta reading. What's a girl to do when her muses go on vacation?
