Later that week
"Ann, sleep well?" Kitty asked as I wheeled into the dinning room.
"Yeah, just fine."
"Something wrong, kid?" Logan asked.
"Once I can walk again, I'm going back home for a while. I need a brake from all this." Everyone was in a stun shock. No one thought I would leave. I had to get out of here. *If not for me, then for my family. * If I was going to fulfill my promise to Ronnie and the rest of them, I had to stay alive. I needed to for them.
"Well if this is what you want. We can't stop you, even if we wanted to." Professor Xavier said after a long unsteady pause. "But tell us, have you told Steve about your choice?"
"No and that's how its going to be. I'm going to leave at the end of the month. I hope. Anyway, I'll be back after a week or two. Y'all know my Email and screen names so its not like I'll be too far away from you. If you want I'll bring the pager thing you always try to get me to bring with me." I tried not to show my emotions. I couldn't do this, not to them. They were my family away from my family. "I have to go for a walk. Or something." I tried to leave to the best of my ability. I forgot about all the steps in this place. So I just went back to my room and turned up the music. Since I came here I only cried once. And it was when I went home. I had to vent, so I cried.
Scott walked in to see me face down on my bed crying with the music almost on max. He rubbed my back making sure not to hit the rib. I could tell he was there. At this point my whole back hurt and there was nothing any one could do for it. I just cried more. At one point I let out a whale of pain. Scott ran to find the professor. I could see he wanted to know what was wrong. He came back with Professor Xavier. They turned off the music. All that was heard was the sound of me crying. I couldn't hear anything. The pain was too great. I had to give in but they would not let me. Professor Xavier, somehow, broke into my mind; and some how dulled the pain into a small area of my back. It still hurt but now I could deal with it.
Once they calmed me down they were asking questions about what was going on. "Ann, where was it hurting?" Professor Xavier
"All over my back. Not just the rib." I was slowly getting into a sitting position with some help from Scott.
"Why didn't you tell us your back was hurting as much as it did?"
"I thought I could take the pain. It usually stops quickly." I said. My face had to be puffy and red but for once I don't think I cared. They kept asking me questions and I kept answering them.
"Please Ann, you have to start to talk to us. I know your annoyed that you can't do track but you need rest so your rib heals."
"I want to go back to school." Scott looked at me as I said that. He couldn't figure out why. "I need to get out of here. I can't just stay confined to these walls."
"I understand." Professor Xavier said. "How about one more day of bed rest and then you go back."
"Professor, I really need to get back there. The longer I wait the more work I have to do. I can't get any father behind on my work. That's just not the way I work."
"Yet you put off projects to the last night." Scott said.
"That's different. I still pass the classes." There were more reasons then that. I still felt funny about being here when the world I loved, that would never accept me for who I am, was right outside. How could I stay inside on days where I should be outside. I used to be outside at night looking at the stars; now I can't even be outside too long with out my chair getting cold.
"Ann are you sure you want to go back?"
"For the last time, yes!" I was about to lose it… I was not a person who stood around and watched as people around her were dying or laughing. I couldn't stay inside any longer. I thought they said to me that they respected me and would stand beside me, now I'm not sure. I can't even stand by my self. I was about to brake out of my mind. I had been back in school for a few days and even going to track pratics so I could keep records.
"Ann, sleep well?" Kitty asked as I wheeled into the dinning room.
"Yeah, just fine."
"Something wrong, kid?" Logan asked.
"Once I can walk again, I'm going back home for a while. I need a brake from all this." Everyone was in a stun shock. No one thought I would leave. I had to get out of here. *If not for me, then for my family. * If I was going to fulfill my promise to Ronnie and the rest of them, I had to stay alive. I needed to for them.
"Well if this is what you want. We can't stop you, even if we wanted to." Professor Xavier said after a long unsteady pause. "But tell us, have you told Steve about your choice?"
"No and that's how its going to be. I'm going to leave at the end of the month. I hope. Anyway, I'll be back after a week or two. Y'all know my Email and screen names so its not like I'll be too far away from you. If you want I'll bring the pager thing you always try to get me to bring with me." I tried not to show my emotions. I couldn't do this, not to them. They were my family away from my family. "I have to go for a walk. Or something." I tried to leave to the best of my ability. I forgot about all the steps in this place. So I just went back to my room and turned up the music. Since I came here I only cried once. And it was when I went home. I had to vent, so I cried.
Scott walked in to see me face down on my bed crying with the music almost on max. He rubbed my back making sure not to hit the rib. I could tell he was there. At this point my whole back hurt and there was nothing any one could do for it. I just cried more. At one point I let out a whale of pain. Scott ran to find the professor. I could see he wanted to know what was wrong. He came back with Professor Xavier. They turned off the music. All that was heard was the sound of me crying. I couldn't hear anything. The pain was too great. I had to give in but they would not let me. Professor Xavier, somehow, broke into my mind; and some how dulled the pain into a small area of my back. It still hurt but now I could deal with it.
Once they calmed me down they were asking questions about what was going on. "Ann, where was it hurting?" Professor Xavier
"All over my back. Not just the rib." I was slowly getting into a sitting position with some help from Scott.
"Why didn't you tell us your back was hurting as much as it did?"
"I thought I could take the pain. It usually stops quickly." I said. My face had to be puffy and red but for once I don't think I cared. They kept asking me questions and I kept answering them.
"Please Ann, you have to start to talk to us. I know your annoyed that you can't do track but you need rest so your rib heals."
"I want to go back to school." Scott looked at me as I said that. He couldn't figure out why. "I need to get out of here. I can't just stay confined to these walls."
"I understand." Professor Xavier said. "How about one more day of bed rest and then you go back."
"Professor, I really need to get back there. The longer I wait the more work I have to do. I can't get any father behind on my work. That's just not the way I work."
"Yet you put off projects to the last night." Scott said.
"That's different. I still pass the classes." There were more reasons then that. I still felt funny about being here when the world I loved, that would never accept me for who I am, was right outside. How could I stay inside on days where I should be outside. I used to be outside at night looking at the stars; now I can't even be outside too long with out my chair getting cold.
"Ann are you sure you want to go back?"
"For the last time, yes!" I was about to lose it… I was not a person who stood around and watched as people around her were dying or laughing. I couldn't stay inside any longer. I thought they said to me that they respected me and would stand beside me, now I'm not sure. I can't even stand by my self. I was about to brake out of my mind. I had been back in school for a few days and even going to track pratics so I could keep records.