I don't own X-Men, only Jaime. I've had to change some personalities for
the purpose of my story. I'm taking my favorite parts of both the cartoon
and the movies, and putting it together. I've only seen the cartoon a few
times too, so don't blame me if I mess up. I also know that Warren is a
Trust fund kid, but for my story everyone is treated as equal as I make
them.
"Speech"
*Telepathic speech *
Chapter 4
Time passed quickly, and soon it was summer. Most of the kids went home, but there were about two dozen of us that stayed, it was late July when I got a reply from my parents, in the form of signed papers, with a letter slipped between the sheets, I gave the professor the papers. "What's that?" Rouge looked over my shoulder, we were the only ones left in our room.
I broke the seal on the envelope, and pulled out two sheets of paper, "Dear Jaime," It read, "Please forgive us for not thinking about school before, we've signed the papers, and increased the payments into your account. Jesse sent you a letter it was opened before we got it, We love you, Mum and Da'"
Flipping to the second letter, I read quickly, "My dearest sister, I've finally found my place, I'm staying with a family, they have no kids of their own, but I'm helping them out on their farm. I hope to see you, I miss you lots, Jesse."
As I had become accustom to, place names had been omitted from the letter, it was for our safety, and I had carefully blacked out, then whited out the name of the school on all the papers I had sent my parents.
"So?" Rouge asked.
"My brother wrote to me, probably six months ago, but he seemed himself, it was short, and typical of my family," I said.
Digging through my books, I found a small leather bound one, inside was a stack of letters, on the pages I had written some of the code we had used as children. Jesse's letter had not included my name, and thus I knew he was trying to find out where I was. In my reply, I slipped in one of our oldest codes, "My most dear brother, I miss you terribly, in your long absence, I have dropped out of high School, I now stay with a couple in a large mansion. do you remember the Xylophone I Felt had Gone Yellow? Hope to see you, Jaime"
"What's with the messed up capitals?" Rouge was watching me write.
"They're nothing," I said.
Rouge raised her eyebrows, but didn't say any more. I put the letter in an envelope, and wrote my brother's name and Post Box #, before sealing it, and stamping it.
When I placed the letter down on the table to go out with the rest of the mail that afternoon, Jean had just entered the front hall. "You're writing to your parents?" she asked.
"No, I received a letter from my brother," I smiled.
"The twin?" Jean asked.
"No, Jesse is older than me," I said.
*** Jesse's P.O.V. *** (August first)
I received a letter from family, I only knew because there was a stack of forward to stickers over the original writing. "Who's it from?" The youngest of the foster children at the house I was staying at asked.
Pulling out the single sheet of paper, I smiled, it was Jaime's writing. "It's from my sister," I said.
"Will you read it to us?" They all asked.
I smiled, and figured, why not, what would she put in that would give herself away. "My most dear brother, I miss you terribly, in your long absence, I have dropped out of high School, I now stay with a couple in a large mansion. do you remember the Xylophone I Felt had Gone Yellow? Hope to see you, Jaime"
"She makes no sense," one little girl said.
"It's a childhood riddle," I smiled at the children, I placed the letter down, and with a pencil wrote neatly the capitals in the sentence. X, I, F, G and Y, it made no sense to me, I figured it had to do with the place she was staying.
"What does it mean?" A nine year old asked, she spent the school year at a school for gifted students.
"I'm not sure," I said, "But I intend to find out."
"It looks like the initials for my school," she said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yes, Xavier's institute for gifted youngsters," she said proudly.
"You're right, do you know anyone there named Jaime?" I asked.
"There is one student, she's new for next year, but she had no place to stay, so she moved in early," Katie said.
I smiled, "And how old is she?" I asked.
"Old, she's in high school, and she's friends with Marie," Katie said.
At the end of the month, when it was time for Katie to go back to school, I offered to take her, "Are you sure, Jesse, she can be quite a handful on such a long drive," My boss said.
"I'm very sure," I said, "it will be alright, it's only a twelve hour drive, we'll leave at six at night, that way she'll sleep through most of the trip."
"You won't drive straight through, will you, twelve hours is a long time to drive."
"I'll stop regularly for coffee, or the like, don't worry about that," I said.
"Well, alright, but call us when you get there, and stay a couple days," She said with a smile.
I nodded, we left two nights later, after supper, it was really seven by the time we were out of town, Katie fell asleep at nine, and I changed the CD to one I liked a lot more than her pop music. At Eleven, I stopped at a truck stop, after getting a sandwich and a large coffee to go, I went back in the SUV. I tucked the gaudy princess quilt that she loved so much around Katie, before continuing the drive, once the coffee ran out, I opened my window, letting the cool breeze wake me up. At Midnight I stopped again, getting a bottle of Pepsi, there was a cop standing outside the SUV when I walked out of the Seven-Eleven. "Is there a problem officer?" I asked.
"I was wondering where a young man like you might be taking a child so late at night?" He said.
"I'm taking her to her boarding school, she's my boss' daughter, I decided to travel at night so she could sleep most of the way," I said.
"Where is the proof to your claims?" The officer asked.
"I could call them, though I don't wish to wake the children, that's why I'm driving, and not one of them, they have a new foster daughter coming in the morning," I said.
"They're trusting you with their daughter, so they can greet a foster child together?" the officer didn't believe me.
"My sister also goes to the same school," I said, "I don't get many chances to visit her."
"I'm not quite convinced, but you don't sound like you're lying, drive safely," The officer said.
I didn't stop again till four, and then it was only a bathroom break, we arrived in Westchester at quarter after six, I woke Katie, and we went to Denny's for breakfast. "Well good morning," The waitress grinned, she was much to cheery for that time of day, "What can I getcha?"
"Coffee," I said.
Katie laughed at me, before saying in her most polite voice, "I'll have hot chocolate please,"
"Much more polite than your older brother," The waitress said.
"I'm only half awake, sorry for being rude," I sat up, "Katie, stay here, I'm just going to the payphone to call the school, and tell them we'll be there in an hour."
"Don't forget to call Mum, and tell her we made it safely," Katie said.
"I won't," I said, "Decide what you want."
I made my phone calls, and returned to the table, just as the waitress returned with my coffee. "Coffee," I smiled happily.
"What can I get you all to eat?" The waitress asked.
"I'll have the stack of three pancakes with sausage, with white toast," Katie said.
"I'll have the meat lover's skillet," I said, "Please."
After breakfast, we got back in the SUV, "So you say that I don't need to help take your things to your room?" I asked.
"No, you do, at least the first load, Jaime and Marie will probably be in the room, and they can help us," Katie said.
"Alright," I said.
When we got to the school, I saw it did look like a mansion, and smiled, maybe my sister was here. "Jesse, come on," Katie had opened the back while I sat in the SUV.
"I'm coming," I opened my door, and went around the back, I didn't dare use my powers in front of such a prestigious looking school, and groaned as I lifted the heavy trunk that I had used my powers to put into the SUV. Katie took her pillow and beloved Quilt, waiting in the hallway for us was a man in a wheelchair, "Welcome to my school, young Jesse, do not be afraid to use your gifts," he said.
I was surprised, how did he know I had the use of Telekinesis? "Hi, Professor," Katie said, "Jesse, I'll show you my room."
Katie, in her endless morning energy bounded up the stairs, though I barely walked up them. *Katie, Jaime is not yet up, keep you voice down, * I heard softly in my head, and realized, that the professor was a telepath. I wasn't sure if I had received the warning accidentally, or if it was his way of telling me that I had nothing to fear in using my powers.
Katie opened the door, and I followed her into the room, there were five beds, two were occupied, both with curtains, I figured they were Jaime's and Marie's beds. Katie put her pillow and blanket on one bed, and I placed the truck next to it. One of the curtains was open, tied back to the wall, there was a girl with red hair, sitting on it, reading. "Hello Katie, how are you?" She asked.
"I'm good, Marie," Katie was bouncing.
From behind the closed curtain, I heard the groan of someone who did not want to wake up, but had been anyway. "Jaime, it's seven thirty anyway," Marie called over, "Just get up."
"Seven thirty isn't that late," I said.
***Jaime's P.O.V. ***
"Seven thirty isn't that late," A voice said.
"I agree," I called, rolling over, then I felt something strange, I felt this stranger's feelings, though they mostly consisted of being insanely overtired.
"Who's out there?" I asked.
"Katie's arrived, her escort is a rather interesting looking twenty something male," Rouge said.
"I'm Jesse," The male voice said.
"Get some sleep, you're over tired," I called to him.
***Jesse's P.O.V.***
"And who is she?" I asked Katie quietly.
"I am Jaime, and I am sitting right here," She said, and pushed the curtain out of the way.
My first glimpse of her in Seven years was of a half asleep, annoyed, seventeen year old, when last I saw her, she was a half asleep ten year old who didn't understand why her big brother was waking her up at four in the morning.
"You got big," Was all I could say.
"You came back," Jaime may have been seventeen, but at that moment, she reminded me of the ten year old I had left behind.
"I asked you not to wake up Jaime," The professor was in the doorway, in his wheelchair.
While I was distracted, Jaime came up, and wrapped her arms around me, in a moment of sheer joy.
"Jesse, if you ever leave like that again, I'll hunt you down, and gut you," Jaime said once she had finally let go.
"Since when are you gifted?" Was my reply.
"Since John left," Jaime said.
"When did he leave?" I asked, not trusting our little brother on his own.
"Two years ago," Jaime looked sad, "The same day you left."
***Jaime's P.O.V.***
"John is such an @$$," Jesse said.
I couldn't help but grin at my older brother's reaction.
"Only here," there came a voice from the door, I turned, and saw Scott standing behind the professor.
"Scott, everyone, I would like you to meet my older brother, Jesse, Jesse, this is some of the people I now live with, Marie, and Katie, you already met, then there is the Professor, and Scott, who is one half of the couple in my letter," I said.
Jesse looked over the group and said, "Why do I feel so at home here?"
"Jesse, you feel at home, because you know you belong with this group," The professor said.
"I can't leave my job," He looked at Katie, "The kids."
"You belong there too," the professor smiled.
Later, I was helping Jesse bring some things up from the vehicle, when he asked, "Am I allowed to take you out for coffee?"
"I don't see why not," I replied, so we went.
"I want to keep in touch," Jesse said.
"Me too, do you have e-mail," I asked.
"Yes, though only occasional access to the computer," Jesse said.
"What's your address?" I asked.
A/N: Well, that's all for today, tell me what you think of Jesse, I haven't written him before, at least not as Jaime's brother, so I've never had feedback on him. I'm very thankful for the reviews I've gotten, and in response to the one review I got on Chapter 2, yes, you will have to wait and see.
"Speech"
*Telepathic speech *
Chapter 4
Time passed quickly, and soon it was summer. Most of the kids went home, but there were about two dozen of us that stayed, it was late July when I got a reply from my parents, in the form of signed papers, with a letter slipped between the sheets, I gave the professor the papers. "What's that?" Rouge looked over my shoulder, we were the only ones left in our room.
I broke the seal on the envelope, and pulled out two sheets of paper, "Dear Jaime," It read, "Please forgive us for not thinking about school before, we've signed the papers, and increased the payments into your account. Jesse sent you a letter it was opened before we got it, We love you, Mum and Da'"
Flipping to the second letter, I read quickly, "My dearest sister, I've finally found my place, I'm staying with a family, they have no kids of their own, but I'm helping them out on their farm. I hope to see you, I miss you lots, Jesse."
As I had become accustom to, place names had been omitted from the letter, it was for our safety, and I had carefully blacked out, then whited out the name of the school on all the papers I had sent my parents.
"So?" Rouge asked.
"My brother wrote to me, probably six months ago, but he seemed himself, it was short, and typical of my family," I said.
Digging through my books, I found a small leather bound one, inside was a stack of letters, on the pages I had written some of the code we had used as children. Jesse's letter had not included my name, and thus I knew he was trying to find out where I was. In my reply, I slipped in one of our oldest codes, "My most dear brother, I miss you terribly, in your long absence, I have dropped out of high School, I now stay with a couple in a large mansion. do you remember the Xylophone I Felt had Gone Yellow? Hope to see you, Jaime"
"What's with the messed up capitals?" Rouge was watching me write.
"They're nothing," I said.
Rouge raised her eyebrows, but didn't say any more. I put the letter in an envelope, and wrote my brother's name and Post Box #, before sealing it, and stamping it.
When I placed the letter down on the table to go out with the rest of the mail that afternoon, Jean had just entered the front hall. "You're writing to your parents?" she asked.
"No, I received a letter from my brother," I smiled.
"The twin?" Jean asked.
"No, Jesse is older than me," I said.
*** Jesse's P.O.V. *** (August first)
I received a letter from family, I only knew because there was a stack of forward to stickers over the original writing. "Who's it from?" The youngest of the foster children at the house I was staying at asked.
Pulling out the single sheet of paper, I smiled, it was Jaime's writing. "It's from my sister," I said.
"Will you read it to us?" They all asked.
I smiled, and figured, why not, what would she put in that would give herself away. "My most dear brother, I miss you terribly, in your long absence, I have dropped out of high School, I now stay with a couple in a large mansion. do you remember the Xylophone I Felt had Gone Yellow? Hope to see you, Jaime"
"She makes no sense," one little girl said.
"It's a childhood riddle," I smiled at the children, I placed the letter down, and with a pencil wrote neatly the capitals in the sentence. X, I, F, G and Y, it made no sense to me, I figured it had to do with the place she was staying.
"What does it mean?" A nine year old asked, she spent the school year at a school for gifted students.
"I'm not sure," I said, "But I intend to find out."
"It looks like the initials for my school," she said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yes, Xavier's institute for gifted youngsters," she said proudly.
"You're right, do you know anyone there named Jaime?" I asked.
"There is one student, she's new for next year, but she had no place to stay, so she moved in early," Katie said.
I smiled, "And how old is she?" I asked.
"Old, she's in high school, and she's friends with Marie," Katie said.
At the end of the month, when it was time for Katie to go back to school, I offered to take her, "Are you sure, Jesse, she can be quite a handful on such a long drive," My boss said.
"I'm very sure," I said, "it will be alright, it's only a twelve hour drive, we'll leave at six at night, that way she'll sleep through most of the trip."
"You won't drive straight through, will you, twelve hours is a long time to drive."
"I'll stop regularly for coffee, or the like, don't worry about that," I said.
"Well, alright, but call us when you get there, and stay a couple days," She said with a smile.
I nodded, we left two nights later, after supper, it was really seven by the time we were out of town, Katie fell asleep at nine, and I changed the CD to one I liked a lot more than her pop music. At Eleven, I stopped at a truck stop, after getting a sandwich and a large coffee to go, I went back in the SUV. I tucked the gaudy princess quilt that she loved so much around Katie, before continuing the drive, once the coffee ran out, I opened my window, letting the cool breeze wake me up. At Midnight I stopped again, getting a bottle of Pepsi, there was a cop standing outside the SUV when I walked out of the Seven-Eleven. "Is there a problem officer?" I asked.
"I was wondering where a young man like you might be taking a child so late at night?" He said.
"I'm taking her to her boarding school, she's my boss' daughter, I decided to travel at night so she could sleep most of the way," I said.
"Where is the proof to your claims?" The officer asked.
"I could call them, though I don't wish to wake the children, that's why I'm driving, and not one of them, they have a new foster daughter coming in the morning," I said.
"They're trusting you with their daughter, so they can greet a foster child together?" the officer didn't believe me.
"My sister also goes to the same school," I said, "I don't get many chances to visit her."
"I'm not quite convinced, but you don't sound like you're lying, drive safely," The officer said.
I didn't stop again till four, and then it was only a bathroom break, we arrived in Westchester at quarter after six, I woke Katie, and we went to Denny's for breakfast. "Well good morning," The waitress grinned, she was much to cheery for that time of day, "What can I getcha?"
"Coffee," I said.
Katie laughed at me, before saying in her most polite voice, "I'll have hot chocolate please,"
"Much more polite than your older brother," The waitress said.
"I'm only half awake, sorry for being rude," I sat up, "Katie, stay here, I'm just going to the payphone to call the school, and tell them we'll be there in an hour."
"Don't forget to call Mum, and tell her we made it safely," Katie said.
"I won't," I said, "Decide what you want."
I made my phone calls, and returned to the table, just as the waitress returned with my coffee. "Coffee," I smiled happily.
"What can I get you all to eat?" The waitress asked.
"I'll have the stack of three pancakes with sausage, with white toast," Katie said.
"I'll have the meat lover's skillet," I said, "Please."
After breakfast, we got back in the SUV, "So you say that I don't need to help take your things to your room?" I asked.
"No, you do, at least the first load, Jaime and Marie will probably be in the room, and they can help us," Katie said.
"Alright," I said.
When we got to the school, I saw it did look like a mansion, and smiled, maybe my sister was here. "Jesse, come on," Katie had opened the back while I sat in the SUV.
"I'm coming," I opened my door, and went around the back, I didn't dare use my powers in front of such a prestigious looking school, and groaned as I lifted the heavy trunk that I had used my powers to put into the SUV. Katie took her pillow and beloved Quilt, waiting in the hallway for us was a man in a wheelchair, "Welcome to my school, young Jesse, do not be afraid to use your gifts," he said.
I was surprised, how did he know I had the use of Telekinesis? "Hi, Professor," Katie said, "Jesse, I'll show you my room."
Katie, in her endless morning energy bounded up the stairs, though I barely walked up them. *Katie, Jaime is not yet up, keep you voice down, * I heard softly in my head, and realized, that the professor was a telepath. I wasn't sure if I had received the warning accidentally, or if it was his way of telling me that I had nothing to fear in using my powers.
Katie opened the door, and I followed her into the room, there were five beds, two were occupied, both with curtains, I figured they were Jaime's and Marie's beds. Katie put her pillow and blanket on one bed, and I placed the truck next to it. One of the curtains was open, tied back to the wall, there was a girl with red hair, sitting on it, reading. "Hello Katie, how are you?" She asked.
"I'm good, Marie," Katie was bouncing.
From behind the closed curtain, I heard the groan of someone who did not want to wake up, but had been anyway. "Jaime, it's seven thirty anyway," Marie called over, "Just get up."
"Seven thirty isn't that late," I said.
***Jaime's P.O.V. ***
"Seven thirty isn't that late," A voice said.
"I agree," I called, rolling over, then I felt something strange, I felt this stranger's feelings, though they mostly consisted of being insanely overtired.
"Who's out there?" I asked.
"Katie's arrived, her escort is a rather interesting looking twenty something male," Rouge said.
"I'm Jesse," The male voice said.
"Get some sleep, you're over tired," I called to him.
***Jesse's P.O.V.***
"And who is she?" I asked Katie quietly.
"I am Jaime, and I am sitting right here," She said, and pushed the curtain out of the way.
My first glimpse of her in Seven years was of a half asleep, annoyed, seventeen year old, when last I saw her, she was a half asleep ten year old who didn't understand why her big brother was waking her up at four in the morning.
"You got big," Was all I could say.
"You came back," Jaime may have been seventeen, but at that moment, she reminded me of the ten year old I had left behind.
"I asked you not to wake up Jaime," The professor was in the doorway, in his wheelchair.
While I was distracted, Jaime came up, and wrapped her arms around me, in a moment of sheer joy.
"Jesse, if you ever leave like that again, I'll hunt you down, and gut you," Jaime said once she had finally let go.
"Since when are you gifted?" Was my reply.
"Since John left," Jaime said.
"When did he leave?" I asked, not trusting our little brother on his own.
"Two years ago," Jaime looked sad, "The same day you left."
***Jaime's P.O.V.***
"John is such an @$$," Jesse said.
I couldn't help but grin at my older brother's reaction.
"Only here," there came a voice from the door, I turned, and saw Scott standing behind the professor.
"Scott, everyone, I would like you to meet my older brother, Jesse, Jesse, this is some of the people I now live with, Marie, and Katie, you already met, then there is the Professor, and Scott, who is one half of the couple in my letter," I said.
Jesse looked over the group and said, "Why do I feel so at home here?"
"Jesse, you feel at home, because you know you belong with this group," The professor said.
"I can't leave my job," He looked at Katie, "The kids."
"You belong there too," the professor smiled.
Later, I was helping Jesse bring some things up from the vehicle, when he asked, "Am I allowed to take you out for coffee?"
"I don't see why not," I replied, so we went.
"I want to keep in touch," Jesse said.
"Me too, do you have e-mail," I asked.
"Yes, though only occasional access to the computer," Jesse said.
"What's your address?" I asked.
A/N: Well, that's all for today, tell me what you think of Jesse, I haven't written him before, at least not as Jaime's brother, so I've never had feedback on him. I'm very thankful for the reviews I've gotten, and in response to the one review I got on Chapter 2, yes, you will have to wait and see.