Okay people here we go!
Educating the Tutor
Jean was still bound to the infirmary. They didn't trust her, and she didn't blame them. The professor was probably reading her mind to find out if she would try again. She didn't mind letting him know that she would. But she would not allow him to know her secret. She couldn't loose his respect. But hadn't she already done that?
One day Dr. McCoy didn't come in. instead, Logan walked in, flipped a chair around and straddled it. "Alright Red," he started, "Hank had to go on a recruitment some where, I don't know. But I am your tutor tuday. Ya ready?"
She just shrugged her shoulders as usual. She really didn't see the point. She didn't want to be around anyway, why were they bothering? "Okay, tell me what you thought of. . . Catcher In the Rye?"
"I hated it. I despised the main character; I thought he was an idiot who made terrible decisions."
"Now Red, that's a bit. . ."
"But I'm glad I read it. I identified with Holden a lot. And I agree, I want to be the catcher in the rye too. But I cant, I'm just useless."
Logan had no idea what to say. He didn't know how light you were supposed to take it with an eighteen year old girl. He did however know what he would have said if anyone else had said that about Jean, "Bullshit!"
She turned to him in shock. No one else had sworn at her but Rogue. But he wasn't finished. "That is a sack of a hundred percent bullshit. And don't you ever let me catch you talkin' that way 'bout Red again."
She looked down. It took a moment for Logan to realize what he had said. "Just tell me somethin' kid. What makes you think that no one would want you? You know there is no sin to great. Hell my bein' here is livin' proof a that."
"You really wanna know?" she asked.
"Fuck yes kid. That's what we been askin you for the last three weeks."
"You cant tell anyone, you have to guard it like you guard all your thoughts."
"Done in a heartbeat kid, but what is so bad?"
"I'm. . . I'm . . . I'm in love. . ."
"with Scott, we know, but. . ."
"No, with Rogue."
Wolverine stood up and stepped back. His lips moved a lot, but no actual words came out. Jean looked down, and knew it had begun. Then she felt a hand around her shoulder, she looked over and say Logan sitting next to her on the bed. He had his arm around her shoulder giving the closest thing to a hug any of the students had ever gotten from him. "Are ya lesbian or bisexual?"
"Wait, what? Your not freaked out by this?"
"Oh, hell yes I am. But you matter more than my comfort. Kid, we aint gonna give up on you. I bet if you tell Charlie, he'll make arrangements for ya. Hell tell kitty and you'll have a blind date by the end of the week no doubt." He said it all with a smile that tried to tell her that it was all true. But her eyes refused to believe it. Her friends were already better than she deserved, no one was that good.
"You promised."
"Don't worry, I aint gonna tell no one. But I would hope that you do."
"Well I wont," she said resolutely. "I don't want them thinking less of me."
Wolverine walked out, too defeated to continue the lesson. But as he left, he murmured, "You underestimate them Red, you really do."
Educating the Tutor
Jean was still bound to the infirmary. They didn't trust her, and she didn't blame them. The professor was probably reading her mind to find out if she would try again. She didn't mind letting him know that she would. But she would not allow him to know her secret. She couldn't loose his respect. But hadn't she already done that?
One day Dr. McCoy didn't come in. instead, Logan walked in, flipped a chair around and straddled it. "Alright Red," he started, "Hank had to go on a recruitment some where, I don't know. But I am your tutor tuday. Ya ready?"
She just shrugged her shoulders as usual. She really didn't see the point. She didn't want to be around anyway, why were they bothering? "Okay, tell me what you thought of. . . Catcher In the Rye?"
"I hated it. I despised the main character; I thought he was an idiot who made terrible decisions."
"Now Red, that's a bit. . ."
"But I'm glad I read it. I identified with Holden a lot. And I agree, I want to be the catcher in the rye too. But I cant, I'm just useless."
Logan had no idea what to say. He didn't know how light you were supposed to take it with an eighteen year old girl. He did however know what he would have said if anyone else had said that about Jean, "Bullshit!"
She turned to him in shock. No one else had sworn at her but Rogue. But he wasn't finished. "That is a sack of a hundred percent bullshit. And don't you ever let me catch you talkin' that way 'bout Red again."
She looked down. It took a moment for Logan to realize what he had said. "Just tell me somethin' kid. What makes you think that no one would want you? You know there is no sin to great. Hell my bein' here is livin' proof a that."
"You really wanna know?" she asked.
"Fuck yes kid. That's what we been askin you for the last three weeks."
"You cant tell anyone, you have to guard it like you guard all your thoughts."
"Done in a heartbeat kid, but what is so bad?"
"I'm. . . I'm . . . I'm in love. . ."
"with Scott, we know, but. . ."
"No, with Rogue."
Wolverine stood up and stepped back. His lips moved a lot, but no actual words came out. Jean looked down, and knew it had begun. Then she felt a hand around her shoulder, she looked over and say Logan sitting next to her on the bed. He had his arm around her shoulder giving the closest thing to a hug any of the students had ever gotten from him. "Are ya lesbian or bisexual?"
"Wait, what? Your not freaked out by this?"
"Oh, hell yes I am. But you matter more than my comfort. Kid, we aint gonna give up on you. I bet if you tell Charlie, he'll make arrangements for ya. Hell tell kitty and you'll have a blind date by the end of the week no doubt." He said it all with a smile that tried to tell her that it was all true. But her eyes refused to believe it. Her friends were already better than she deserved, no one was that good.
"You promised."
"Don't worry, I aint gonna tell no one. But I would hope that you do."
"Well I wont," she said resolutely. "I don't want them thinking less of me."
Wolverine walked out, too defeated to continue the lesson. But as he left, he murmured, "You underestimate them Red, you really do."
