Chapter 1- Fight!
A/N I've made Jean 16 in this so in five years she'll be 21. It just seemed a bit weird to have her come back when she's 23 so I thought 21 was less random.
Let me confirm this will be jott, but no love is complete without challenges. Jean will have been gone for 5 years, so it's natural that Scott will have moved on. They will end up together though. Oh, and I won't make Betsy out to be a bitch or anything nasty like that, in fact she'll end up with Warren.
*~*~*~*~* 6 years later
"I beg you, please reconsider. This could have a disastrous effect on both Jean's control and her emotional state. You would be taking her away from all she has known for the last six years. You would be removing her from the people she now regards as practically family."
The professor knew at once he had made a mistake in this statement; Elaine Grey's face went a shade darker as she struggled to keep control.
"We are her family. She deserves to be with us. I feel she is in danger here, surrounded by mutants."
The professor's tone was cool but calm.
"Mrs Grey, all due respect, but Jean is a mutant and a powerful one at that. She is known around the globe, and there is nowhere you can take her where that will not be an issue. Nowhere."
"My mind is made up. I will leave tomorrow and Jean will leave with me."
"Please, just look, then make up your mind."
The professor pointed out of the gap that would eventually be a window and Mrs Grey hesitantly followed his gaze out onto the grass.
*~*~*~*~*
Jean was sure she had not laughed this much in her entire life. She and Scott sat on the boot of his car as he did a running commentary on the chaos that surrounded them. His arm lay loosely around her shoulders and she leaned into him slightly as she laughed. It had all started as a harmless rebuild the mansion exercise, but when Kurt, Evan and Bobby had 'accidentally' dropped paint on Kitty, Rogue and Amara it had escalated into an all an out war. The mansion lay forgotten as the three paint- splattered girls chased the guys round the garden.
"And Kurt has successfully ported into a tree, but no here comes Amara threatening to burn the tree." Jean concentrated hard and thrust Kurt out of the tree. She did not want any of them to face Storm's wrath.
"And Evan cleverly blocks Kitty's path with spikes, only to run into." Scott winced, "Rogue, wow does she not look happy. and Evan's down. It's two against three and."
Rogue turned to look at him,
"If ya don't shut up raht now ah swear ya'll be next."
Scott turned to his hysterical companion.
"Um, Jean I think its time to get outta here."
She broke from her giggling to look at him.
"Great, only I don't think I can get up." To illustrate her point Jean stood up, only to fall back down as her knees gave way from all the laughing. This set her off again and Scott could not help but grin.
"I'll have to carry you then." He swung her up into his arms.
"Scott, stop it, put me down." She struggled weakly but to no avail. Scott carried her through the war zone to the front step, where he stood with her in his arms as he carefully wiped a drop of paint of her forehead.
*~*~*~*~*
The professor turned from the window to look as Mrs. Grey.
"Don't you see?" He said gently. "She's happy here."
"What I see is my daughter acting like a hussy with that young man."
Not many people made the professor angry, but Mrs. Grey was pushing him to the limits.
"Your daughter," he said, stressing the last word as if to make Mrs. Grey remember that the girl was in fact related to her, "Has been lucky enough to find someone in Scott Summers that she can trust implicitly with everything. Scott and she are the closest of friends. I myself consider them to be. well, soul mates. If you think for one minute that sending Jean away will break them apart, I would deeply reconsider."
Elaine whirled round to stare at the Professor.
"Listen to me." She whispered harshly, "Jean will leave tomorrow, and you will not have a say in it."
And with that she strode past the Professor and out of the door.
*~*~*~*~*
Scott set Jean down gently but kept his arms around her. She lost herself in his eyes and leaned slightly closer. Scott searched for something in her eyes before leaning forward, closing the distance between their lips.
"Jean Grey."
The two shocked teens leapt apart at the sound of the voice.
"Mom," Jean asked shakily, "What are you doing here?"
"Saving you from teenage pregnancy by the looks of it."
Jean blushed the colour of her hair and Scott looked away uneasily.
"Mom, Scott and I are just friends."
"That may be, but this is not the reason I am here. Jean, your father and I no longer consider this a safe place for you to be."
Jean looked at her mother; puzzlement outlined her face.
"I don't understand."
Elaine smiled. "It's quite simple dear. The antagonism against mutants has reached such a high, that we, your father and I, feel that here, a known mutant academy, is not the safest place for you to be. I therefore require you to come home with me."
Jean looked at her wildly; as if somehow, she could block this conversation out, pretend it wasn't happening.
She shook her head, "No, no, no, you can't do this to me."
Elaine Grey went on nonetheless, "You will pack up your things and be ready to leave to come home with me tomorrow. We have enrolled you in a local school."
Jean's answer was quiet but firm.
"No."
Elaine's face went several shades darker as she surveyed her youngest daughter.
"We are your legal guardians and there is nothing you can do to prevent us taking you home with us."
Tears began to spring in Jean's eyes as she struggled to remain in control.
"Can't you get it into your head, I'm happy here. These are my friends, we protect each other." She shook her head at the hopelessness of it. "Don't you see, this is safest place I could possibly be."
"I have already been through this with the Professor. My answer remains the same. You will come with us, even if we have to force you."
"What does dad say about this?"
"Your father agrees that this is not a safe place for you to be. You will come home with me." The two red heads faced each other off, each growing angrier by the second.
"This isn't about the mutant strikes." Jean scoffed, "You've never liked me being here, they're just an excuse. You don't want me to be happy."
"Watch your tone, young lady. You see what this mansion has done to you."
That was it. Jean snapped. She searched for one of the earlier offending cans of paint and with one telekinetic shove, threw it over her mother's head before running off. Scott glanced once at the paint-covered Mrs. Grey before following suit, leaving a bedraggled Kurt, Kitty and Rogue to deal with her.
*~*~*~*~*
Jean ran and ran. She didn't care where she went; she didn't care how long she was gone, all she knew was that she had to get away from that bitch before she did something she regretted. Eventually she just collapsed on the ground and cried, tearing at the soil beneath her as sobs wracked through her body. That was how Scott found her, and he knew the futileness of words, so he gathered her into his arms where he held her and let her sob until she had run out of tears to cry.
*~*~*~*~*
Next chap- tears will be shed as good-byes are made. Please R+R. It means so much.
Thank you Jen and Lyranfan for reviewing. Thank you also Flame31 (I signed a petition to save X- Men Evo) and bKat and The Shoe Thrower- though try and refrain from shouting at each other through my reviews!
-sweet like chocolate
A/N I've made Jean 16 in this so in five years she'll be 21. It just seemed a bit weird to have her come back when she's 23 so I thought 21 was less random.
Let me confirm this will be jott, but no love is complete without challenges. Jean will have been gone for 5 years, so it's natural that Scott will have moved on. They will end up together though. Oh, and I won't make Betsy out to be a bitch or anything nasty like that, in fact she'll end up with Warren.
*~*~*~*~* 6 years later
"I beg you, please reconsider. This could have a disastrous effect on both Jean's control and her emotional state. You would be taking her away from all she has known for the last six years. You would be removing her from the people she now regards as practically family."
The professor knew at once he had made a mistake in this statement; Elaine Grey's face went a shade darker as she struggled to keep control.
"We are her family. She deserves to be with us. I feel she is in danger here, surrounded by mutants."
The professor's tone was cool but calm.
"Mrs Grey, all due respect, but Jean is a mutant and a powerful one at that. She is known around the globe, and there is nowhere you can take her where that will not be an issue. Nowhere."
"My mind is made up. I will leave tomorrow and Jean will leave with me."
"Please, just look, then make up your mind."
The professor pointed out of the gap that would eventually be a window and Mrs Grey hesitantly followed his gaze out onto the grass.
*~*~*~*~*
Jean was sure she had not laughed this much in her entire life. She and Scott sat on the boot of his car as he did a running commentary on the chaos that surrounded them. His arm lay loosely around her shoulders and she leaned into him slightly as she laughed. It had all started as a harmless rebuild the mansion exercise, but when Kurt, Evan and Bobby had 'accidentally' dropped paint on Kitty, Rogue and Amara it had escalated into an all an out war. The mansion lay forgotten as the three paint- splattered girls chased the guys round the garden.
"And Kurt has successfully ported into a tree, but no here comes Amara threatening to burn the tree." Jean concentrated hard and thrust Kurt out of the tree. She did not want any of them to face Storm's wrath.
"And Evan cleverly blocks Kitty's path with spikes, only to run into." Scott winced, "Rogue, wow does she not look happy. and Evan's down. It's two against three and."
Rogue turned to look at him,
"If ya don't shut up raht now ah swear ya'll be next."
Scott turned to his hysterical companion.
"Um, Jean I think its time to get outta here."
She broke from her giggling to look at him.
"Great, only I don't think I can get up." To illustrate her point Jean stood up, only to fall back down as her knees gave way from all the laughing. This set her off again and Scott could not help but grin.
"I'll have to carry you then." He swung her up into his arms.
"Scott, stop it, put me down." She struggled weakly but to no avail. Scott carried her through the war zone to the front step, where he stood with her in his arms as he carefully wiped a drop of paint of her forehead.
*~*~*~*~*
The professor turned from the window to look as Mrs. Grey.
"Don't you see?" He said gently. "She's happy here."
"What I see is my daughter acting like a hussy with that young man."
Not many people made the professor angry, but Mrs. Grey was pushing him to the limits.
"Your daughter," he said, stressing the last word as if to make Mrs. Grey remember that the girl was in fact related to her, "Has been lucky enough to find someone in Scott Summers that she can trust implicitly with everything. Scott and she are the closest of friends. I myself consider them to be. well, soul mates. If you think for one minute that sending Jean away will break them apart, I would deeply reconsider."
Elaine whirled round to stare at the Professor.
"Listen to me." She whispered harshly, "Jean will leave tomorrow, and you will not have a say in it."
And with that she strode past the Professor and out of the door.
*~*~*~*~*
Scott set Jean down gently but kept his arms around her. She lost herself in his eyes and leaned slightly closer. Scott searched for something in her eyes before leaning forward, closing the distance between their lips.
"Jean Grey."
The two shocked teens leapt apart at the sound of the voice.
"Mom," Jean asked shakily, "What are you doing here?"
"Saving you from teenage pregnancy by the looks of it."
Jean blushed the colour of her hair and Scott looked away uneasily.
"Mom, Scott and I are just friends."
"That may be, but this is not the reason I am here. Jean, your father and I no longer consider this a safe place for you to be."
Jean looked at her mother; puzzlement outlined her face.
"I don't understand."
Elaine smiled. "It's quite simple dear. The antagonism against mutants has reached such a high, that we, your father and I, feel that here, a known mutant academy, is not the safest place for you to be. I therefore require you to come home with me."
Jean looked at her wildly; as if somehow, she could block this conversation out, pretend it wasn't happening.
She shook her head, "No, no, no, you can't do this to me."
Elaine Grey went on nonetheless, "You will pack up your things and be ready to leave to come home with me tomorrow. We have enrolled you in a local school."
Jean's answer was quiet but firm.
"No."
Elaine's face went several shades darker as she surveyed her youngest daughter.
"We are your legal guardians and there is nothing you can do to prevent us taking you home with us."
Tears began to spring in Jean's eyes as she struggled to remain in control.
"Can't you get it into your head, I'm happy here. These are my friends, we protect each other." She shook her head at the hopelessness of it. "Don't you see, this is safest place I could possibly be."
"I have already been through this with the Professor. My answer remains the same. You will come with us, even if we have to force you."
"What does dad say about this?"
"Your father agrees that this is not a safe place for you to be. You will come home with me." The two red heads faced each other off, each growing angrier by the second.
"This isn't about the mutant strikes." Jean scoffed, "You've never liked me being here, they're just an excuse. You don't want me to be happy."
"Watch your tone, young lady. You see what this mansion has done to you."
That was it. Jean snapped. She searched for one of the earlier offending cans of paint and with one telekinetic shove, threw it over her mother's head before running off. Scott glanced once at the paint-covered Mrs. Grey before following suit, leaving a bedraggled Kurt, Kitty and Rogue to deal with her.
*~*~*~*~*
Jean ran and ran. She didn't care where she went; she didn't care how long she was gone, all she knew was that she had to get away from that bitch before she did something she regretted. Eventually she just collapsed on the ground and cried, tearing at the soil beneath her as sobs wracked through her body. That was how Scott found her, and he knew the futileness of words, so he gathered her into his arms where he held her and let her sob until she had run out of tears to cry.
*~*~*~*~*
Next chap- tears will be shed as good-byes are made. Please R+R. It means so much.
Thank you Jen and Lyranfan for reviewing. Thank you also Flame31 (I signed a petition to save X- Men Evo) and bKat and The Shoe Thrower- though try and refrain from shouting at each other through my reviews!
-sweet like chocolate