The Wolverine within the Logan: The Beast within the Beauty
Chapter 3: Miss Perfect Jean Gray
"Wolvie, does everyone know you're here? They'll be so happy ta see ya!"
Jubilee brushed aside her emotions and put on that mask she hated. The mask that she had used for years to cover up the pain that Wolverine caused with his departures.
"Jubes. . . ya don't gotta cover up darlin' I can see ya hurtin'. Ya don't think that I've known ya fer this long and not know how you feel?"
Jubilee smiled. He had no idea how she felt. If he did, how did he leave her so many times? If he knew she wasn't a kid anymore, if he knew she was a woman, how did he leave her? If he knew she was in love with him, he wouldn't be able to.
"Don't be daft Wolvie! I'm fine, really. I'm just so happy you're back."
"Jubilee?" Jean walked into the room. A flawless look of surprise and happiness flew across her face, her lips in a perfect "oh." "Logan! I didn't know you were back!"
Jubilee sighed inwardly. She could feel Wolverine burning up. After all, as much as she was in love with Wolverine, he was in love with Miss Perfect Jean Gray.
It wasn't that Jubilee had anything against Jean, in fact they had grown very close over the past years, but she wished that Wolverine would look at her just once with the same intensity he was gazing at Jean with now.
Jubilee could understand his love for her, after all she had the same love for Wolverine, but what she couldn't understand was why. Wolverine and Jean couldn't be more wrong for each other, and besides that Jean was happily married to Boy Scout Scott. Jean could never understand Wolverine's love of the wild or his animalistic nature. Jubilee understood it perfectly. She only wished that he would sweep her off her feet and take her with him in his search for his past.
"When did you arrive here Wolverine? I didn't hear your, or rather, Scott's bike pull up."
Jean inquired with a flawless tilt of her perfect eyebrows.
"Oh that. Well. . . er. . . I sorta crashed it on my way here. I walked."
"Were you hurt? Are you ok?"
Jean asked with concern in her voice.
Jubilee was forgotten in the shadows, as she always was when Jean Gray was present. She felt angry. Who was Jean to ask Wolverine if he was ok? Who was Jean to make Jubilee feel so insecure? Who was Jean to make Wolverine smile like she could never make him? Jubilee's jealousy raised angry questions. She felt stupid for being jealous. Wolverine wasn't even hers. All he saw her as was his adopted kid sister.
Wolverine smiled that cocky smile of his and dawdled:
"Yer askin' me if I'm alright?"
Jean blushed a perfect crimson. She murmured in a low voice,
"Of course your healing factor. . ."
Wolverine smiled and winked at Jean
"Yer one smart woman Jean."
Jubilee couldn't take it anymore. When would Wolverine see that she was a woman too? She thundered out of the room, a sob rising out of her throat. She slammed the door to give love struck Wolverine and Miss Perfect Jean Gray their due privacy.
Jean and Logan looked at each other.
"O. . . k. . . What just happened there?"
Logan didn't know where that had come from. He had only been here an hour or so and Jubilee was already in tears.
"She's out in the forest by the lake. I don't know what's wrong. . ."
Wolverine bolted, heading for the lake.
"Wolvie, does everyone know you're here? They'll be so happy ta see ya!"
Jubilee brushed aside her emotions and put on that mask she hated. The mask that she had used for years to cover up the pain that Wolverine caused with his departures.
"Jubes. . . ya don't gotta cover up darlin' I can see ya hurtin'. Ya don't think that I've known ya fer this long and not know how you feel?"
Jubilee smiled. He had no idea how she felt. If he did, how did he leave her so many times? If he knew she wasn't a kid anymore, if he knew she was a woman, how did he leave her? If he knew she was in love with him, he wouldn't be able to.
"Don't be daft Wolvie! I'm fine, really. I'm just so happy you're back."
"Jubilee?" Jean walked into the room. A flawless look of surprise and happiness flew across her face, her lips in a perfect "oh." "Logan! I didn't know you were back!"
Jubilee sighed inwardly. She could feel Wolverine burning up. After all, as much as she was in love with Wolverine, he was in love with Miss Perfect Jean Gray.
It wasn't that Jubilee had anything against Jean, in fact they had grown very close over the past years, but she wished that Wolverine would look at her just once with the same intensity he was gazing at Jean with now.
Jubilee could understand his love for her, after all she had the same love for Wolverine, but what she couldn't understand was why. Wolverine and Jean couldn't be more wrong for each other, and besides that Jean was happily married to Boy Scout Scott. Jean could never understand Wolverine's love of the wild or his animalistic nature. Jubilee understood it perfectly. She only wished that he would sweep her off her feet and take her with him in his search for his past.
"When did you arrive here Wolverine? I didn't hear your, or rather, Scott's bike pull up."
Jean inquired with a flawless tilt of her perfect eyebrows.
"Oh that. Well. . . er. . . I sorta crashed it on my way here. I walked."
"Were you hurt? Are you ok?"
Jean asked with concern in her voice.
Jubilee was forgotten in the shadows, as she always was when Jean Gray was present. She felt angry. Who was Jean to ask Wolverine if he was ok? Who was Jean to make Jubilee feel so insecure? Who was Jean to make Wolverine smile like she could never make him? Jubilee's jealousy raised angry questions. She felt stupid for being jealous. Wolverine wasn't even hers. All he saw her as was his adopted kid sister.
Wolverine smiled that cocky smile of his and dawdled:
"Yer askin' me if I'm alright?"
Jean blushed a perfect crimson. She murmured in a low voice,
"Of course your healing factor. . ."
Wolverine smiled and winked at Jean
"Yer one smart woman Jean."
Jubilee couldn't take it anymore. When would Wolverine see that she was a woman too? She thundered out of the room, a sob rising out of her throat. She slammed the door to give love struck Wolverine and Miss Perfect Jean Gray their due privacy.
Jean and Logan looked at each other.
"O. . . k. . . What just happened there?"
Logan didn't know where that had come from. He had only been here an hour or so and Jubilee was already in tears.
"She's out in the forest by the lake. I don't know what's wrong. . ."
Wolverine bolted, heading for the lake.