"*.....*" = This phrase has been used on me by certain Americans who shall
go unnamed
Okay, I am about to hit one of the thorniest issues between American's and The British. For close minded people who believe that In world war two my country was a complete idiot and only survived because the wonderful US of A intervened and saved our *crumpet cased asses* (yep, an American said that to me once) then DO NOT READ THIS CHAPTER
You have been warned
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Mary was having some serious jet lag and she felt terrible. Evan wouldn't leave her alone and kept on pestering her about England, he also repetitively brought her scones (which Mary hated) and tea (ignoring her requests for coffee).
A few hours after she had woken up Kitty and the others came in to greet her.
"Thanks for rescuing me" she grinned
"Xavier told us that *you're British! That's so quaint!*" Kitty squealed
"Um, Thanks" Mary's smile faded
"I just wanted to ask *what's the deal with, like, tea over there?*" Kitty asked
"I dunno, I guess quite a lot of British people like it, I don't"
"Then why have you got two cups of the stuff by your bed?" Rogue raised an eyebrow
"Evan" Mary explained simply "I don't suppose one of you guys could get me some coffee?"
"I'll get you some right now, decaf?" Scott asked
"No! I've got jet lag and I need to be perked up!" Mary cried
Scott left in a hurry and the other's didn't quite know what to say
"So, what's England like?" Jean asked
"Wet, very, very wet" Mary replied "We're having one of the wettest Autumns ever"
"I hope you'll be up and about soon" Kitty smiled, she seemed actually quite nice even if her grammar was awful
"Thank you Kitty, that's really nice. I could get up right now actually but Your professor said that should rest until the jet lag wears off" Mary explained
"Jet lag? Surely it can't be that bad" Jean smiled
"In England it should be near the middle of the night, here it's late afternoon" Mary yawned to prove her point "But maybe I should try to get up, it'll take more than a little Jet lag to keep me down"
She got up and stretched.
"So, who's gonna give me a tour the minute I get high on caffeine?"
Kitty, Jean and Rogue gave each other nervous glances, something told them that a severely caffinated Mary would be a very scary sight
"Evan" they all said Simultaneously
"Yeah right, that'll happen" Mary laughed scornfully
"Kurt" came the second suggestion. Mary shrugged
"Okay. Now where can I have some dinner, I'm starved"
*
At dinner, Mary was sitting between Kitty and Kurt and she was sitting opposite Evan.
Evan was clearly writing an essay that would be needed in tomorrow on Monday. Mary felt bad but she was enjoying watching him squirm after how immature he had been acting towards her all day.
"What's that you're doing?" Kitty asked him
"Essay on World war two, *why do we have to learn about a load of junk that happened over 50 years ago?*" Evan complained
"Hey Evan, a lot of important stuff happened in world war two" Scott said sternly
Mary suddenly coughed, but her cough sounded strangely like "Nagasaki". She then coughed again and this one sounded like "A-bomb".
None of the others took much notice, Mary was right, the use of the first atomic bomb had possibly been one of the most important discoveries in world war two and she hadn't meant it as an insult, just as a way to wind Evan up.
And wound up he was but he knew enough about Mary to insult her personally
"England did well didn't they Mary? Really knew how to protect themselves" He said it in the kind of patronising tone that people used when they meant the opposite of what they were saying.
Mary looked down so that the others (who had now gone silent) couldn't see how angry she was. How DARE he talk about the blitz like that!!!
"I mean, if it hadn't been for the good ol' USA your gooses would have been cooked"
Still Mary didn't look up, her fists were clenching under the table and she stopped eating
"I mean, let's face is, *we saved your ass*"
Kitty was getting a little worried about Mary, her facer was beginning to crumple in anger and her knuckles were turning white from the pure pressure she was putting them under.
"You know, if there wasn't a word limit, I'd be able to do this essay in 2: We Won"
"NO!!" Mary screamed and hit her fists on the table. She jumped up.
"Don't make it sound like you did it alone!! If we were loosing it was because you country was too damn cocooned to help us! Did you ever think that because you dawdled so much people got killed!! And don't you go on at me about England fighting because my granddad died in the war protecting his country! Oh yes Evan and by the way, your country didn't win the war, they ended it and there is a big difference between winning and ending. Finally, the way your country ended the war killed millions of people and wiped an entire city off the map! So if you want to believe that crap about you saving my countries ass go ahead but I'm not going to help you!"
Mary was now crying and ran off out of the dining room. Even Evan looked surprised at her outburst.
"Way to go Evan" Rogue said sarcastically
"I'm gonna' try to talk to her. I can't believe you did something as cruel as that Evan" Jean walked out of the room
*
Jean went to Mary's room which the professor had given her only a little while ago. She knocked on the door but there was no answer.
"Mary? Look I'm so sorry about Evan" There was no reply "Mary?" gently jean pushed the door open
Mary wasn't in her room.
"Mary?" Jean was officially worried now
"Mary?!! Where are you?" she yelled at the top of her voice.
Kurt teleported in front of her
"What's wrong?"
"Mary's missing!"
*
At that moment Mary was running outside, she loved nature and Xavier's 'garden' amazed her. She didn't even notice when the ground turned into tiles. Mary didn't realise that she was stumbling towards the huge pool. Blinded by tears she slipped on a wet patch and skidded into the cold water.
And Mary couldn't swim
Okay, I am about to hit one of the thorniest issues between American's and The British. For close minded people who believe that In world war two my country was a complete idiot and only survived because the wonderful US of A intervened and saved our *crumpet cased asses* (yep, an American said that to me once) then DO NOT READ THIS CHAPTER
You have been warned
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*__*_**_*_*_*_*
Mary was having some serious jet lag and she felt terrible. Evan wouldn't leave her alone and kept on pestering her about England, he also repetitively brought her scones (which Mary hated) and tea (ignoring her requests for coffee).
A few hours after she had woken up Kitty and the others came in to greet her.
"Thanks for rescuing me" she grinned
"Xavier told us that *you're British! That's so quaint!*" Kitty squealed
"Um, Thanks" Mary's smile faded
"I just wanted to ask *what's the deal with, like, tea over there?*" Kitty asked
"I dunno, I guess quite a lot of British people like it, I don't"
"Then why have you got two cups of the stuff by your bed?" Rogue raised an eyebrow
"Evan" Mary explained simply "I don't suppose one of you guys could get me some coffee?"
"I'll get you some right now, decaf?" Scott asked
"No! I've got jet lag and I need to be perked up!" Mary cried
Scott left in a hurry and the other's didn't quite know what to say
"So, what's England like?" Jean asked
"Wet, very, very wet" Mary replied "We're having one of the wettest Autumns ever"
"I hope you'll be up and about soon" Kitty smiled, she seemed actually quite nice even if her grammar was awful
"Thank you Kitty, that's really nice. I could get up right now actually but Your professor said that should rest until the jet lag wears off" Mary explained
"Jet lag? Surely it can't be that bad" Jean smiled
"In England it should be near the middle of the night, here it's late afternoon" Mary yawned to prove her point "But maybe I should try to get up, it'll take more than a little Jet lag to keep me down"
She got up and stretched.
"So, who's gonna give me a tour the minute I get high on caffeine?"
Kitty, Jean and Rogue gave each other nervous glances, something told them that a severely caffinated Mary would be a very scary sight
"Evan" they all said Simultaneously
"Yeah right, that'll happen" Mary laughed scornfully
"Kurt" came the second suggestion. Mary shrugged
"Okay. Now where can I have some dinner, I'm starved"
*
At dinner, Mary was sitting between Kitty and Kurt and she was sitting opposite Evan.
Evan was clearly writing an essay that would be needed in tomorrow on Monday. Mary felt bad but she was enjoying watching him squirm after how immature he had been acting towards her all day.
"What's that you're doing?" Kitty asked him
"Essay on World war two, *why do we have to learn about a load of junk that happened over 50 years ago?*" Evan complained
"Hey Evan, a lot of important stuff happened in world war two" Scott said sternly
Mary suddenly coughed, but her cough sounded strangely like "Nagasaki". She then coughed again and this one sounded like "A-bomb".
None of the others took much notice, Mary was right, the use of the first atomic bomb had possibly been one of the most important discoveries in world war two and she hadn't meant it as an insult, just as a way to wind Evan up.
And wound up he was but he knew enough about Mary to insult her personally
"England did well didn't they Mary? Really knew how to protect themselves" He said it in the kind of patronising tone that people used when they meant the opposite of what they were saying.
Mary looked down so that the others (who had now gone silent) couldn't see how angry she was. How DARE he talk about the blitz like that!!!
"I mean, if it hadn't been for the good ol' USA your gooses would have been cooked"
Still Mary didn't look up, her fists were clenching under the table and she stopped eating
"I mean, let's face is, *we saved your ass*"
Kitty was getting a little worried about Mary, her facer was beginning to crumple in anger and her knuckles were turning white from the pure pressure she was putting them under.
"You know, if there wasn't a word limit, I'd be able to do this essay in 2: We Won"
"NO!!" Mary screamed and hit her fists on the table. She jumped up.
"Don't make it sound like you did it alone!! If we were loosing it was because you country was too damn cocooned to help us! Did you ever think that because you dawdled so much people got killed!! And don't you go on at me about England fighting because my granddad died in the war protecting his country! Oh yes Evan and by the way, your country didn't win the war, they ended it and there is a big difference between winning and ending. Finally, the way your country ended the war killed millions of people and wiped an entire city off the map! So if you want to believe that crap about you saving my countries ass go ahead but I'm not going to help you!"
Mary was now crying and ran off out of the dining room. Even Evan looked surprised at her outburst.
"Way to go Evan" Rogue said sarcastically
"I'm gonna' try to talk to her. I can't believe you did something as cruel as that Evan" Jean walked out of the room
*
Jean went to Mary's room which the professor had given her only a little while ago. She knocked on the door but there was no answer.
"Mary? Look I'm so sorry about Evan" There was no reply "Mary?" gently jean pushed the door open
Mary wasn't in her room.
"Mary?" Jean was officially worried now
"Mary?!! Where are you?" she yelled at the top of her voice.
Kurt teleported in front of her
"What's wrong?"
"Mary's missing!"
*
At that moment Mary was running outside, she loved nature and Xavier's 'garden' amazed her. She didn't even notice when the ground turned into tiles. Mary didn't realise that she was stumbling towards the huge pool. Blinded by tears she slipped on a wet patch and skidded into the cold water.
And Mary couldn't swim