"Why ain't ya frightened of me Jubilee? Ya used ta be."
Those words were ones I've been waiting to say for the past couple of hours. She did used to be frightened off me back when I was living with the X-Men. She did try and conquer her fear by bringing me my supper but she was still frightened. I can always tell when someone is frightened since I can smell their fear.
"I am still a little frightened but you're not trying to kill me at the moment are you. Anyway you're not ugly, not like Emplate and you sort of remind me of Wolvie. I don't see him nearly as much as I'd like to now and I guess I just wanted the company."
I can sense she's being honest and I must admit I wanted the company myself. I wouldn't admit this to anyone but I've always been jealous that Logan's had such a special relationship first with Kitty and then with Jubilee. For a few hours at least I've won one over him. Jubilee's mine runt all mine and you're not going to have her. I'm not going to hurt her or be anything but the perfect gentleman with her. In fact I'm going to be the friend to her that you used to be and protect her from anyone who tries to hurt her. Just imagining the look on your face if you knew makes it all worthwhile.
"I suppose you want to go to the park or something now after all that shopping. I'll go with you if you like but just remember that I've got a paf with your name on it if you try anything," she says with just an edge of steel in her voice. I nod to show that I understand her.
Just outside the park she makes me stand and wait while she goes off somewhere. She's back in under a minute carrying two ice creams. It's a wonder that she keeps such a trim figure with all that junk food that she consumes unless she maybe needs to eat that much to provide the energy for her pafs. Like I need to eat a lot of raw meat when my healing factors been particularly taxed because after all nothing is free. To my slight surprise she hands me one of the ice creams and looks at me expectantly.
"But I don't have ice creams. I never have."
"Well it's about time you tried one Vic. You said you wanted to try normal things for a day and enjoying an ice cream is one experience you have to try. Besides I want to see if it will melt and mess up your muttonchops like it does with Wolvie."
The ice cream turns out to be quite delicious. It reminds me of milk which I do sometimes drink. Before you ask I drink it from a glass and not a saucer and if you dare to make any cat jokes I'll rip your guts out. Not today though since I'm not killing anyone today. Maybe tomorrow if I can be bothered. By the way it did mess up my sideburns but I had a handkerchief handy so that was alright. Contrary to popular belief I do try and keep myself neat and tidy and yes cats do like to keep clean.
"I suppose I'll leave you to it while you go look at the trees or something. I'll wait here if you want to hang out with me for a bit. You know it's a shame you can't be like this all the time but I suppose you can only keep those instincts at bay for so long,"
"Yeah it is a shame I suppose. Still I think I would find it more difficult ta kill ya after today. Ya aint the same as other ferals Jubilee and I think I even like ya. So yeah I'll hang out with ya fer today."
I find it very hard to resist temptation when I see the rabbit but I manage to rein in the instinct to hunt and kill at the very last moment. Instead I look at the pretty flowers inhaling the scent even from this distance. I shut my eyes and I can smell everything. I can name every flower, tree, mammal, reptile, insect and bird as each has its own individual scent. Just over there I smell a tall oak tree. It looks big enough to support my weight so I think I'll just climb to the top and watch the world go by for a bit. A bit of rest and relaxation feels good now and a nice climb will be just the thing to soothe away the stresses of today's experiences.