Winter Wonderland
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. Marvel does. I would like a Scott Summers though…
Chapter 5
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"So you're telling me that they've been in there since last night?" Kurt asked, incredulously.
"Like yeah," Kitty replied. "I saw them both go in there last night after dinner and I haven't seen either of them since."
"But she could have left after you went to bed. It's not like you camped out out here, did you?"
"No! Have you seen her today?"
"No, but that doesn't mean she's there. She could be still sleeping in her own room."
"At noon? Anyways, I know she's not in her room. I popped in there earlier to ask her a question and she wasn't there."
"Through the door, or the wall?" Kurt laughed.
"The wall. But the door was open I discovered."
"You're bad."
Kitty nodded. "Let's see if we can hear anything."
They crept closer and stood right outside Scott's door. Silence.
"Hmmm," Kitty pondered. "No talking or anything."
"Hoping for some interesting noises to then go tell everyone about?"
Kitty stuck out her tongue at him.
"I'm going to take a peek."
"Kitty!"
"It'll just be a second."
Kitty knelt down on the ground and slid her head through the wall. Yup, Jean was there. She and Scott were laying on his bed, intertwined, and sound asleep. She quickly phased out.
"She's there. They're sleeping."
"Together?"
"Yeah, but they're wearing clothes."
Kurt laughed. "I want to peek too."
"You'll wake them up if you bamf. Phase with me."
Kitty and Kurt knelt down on the floor and grabbed hands. They slowly inched into the wall.
"Ow!" Kurt yelped, as he stumbled a bit and lost his grip on Kitty's hand, colliding with the dresser.
"Shit!" Kitty whispered. "That was loud."
They quickly retreated, as Jean and Scott began to stir.
With a quick hand to his face to ensure his glasses were still there, Scott sat up. "Did you hear something?"
"Yeah, I thought so." Jean propped herself up on her arms. She was wrinkled and messy. Her long, red hair fell in her face.
"It sounded like 'Ow!', right?"
"Mmm. Maybe it was just someone in the hall."
"I guess," Scott stood up. "It sounded like it was in the room almost."
He walked over to the door and pulled it open. There was squealing and rapid footsteps, as Kitty and Kurt made a hasty retreat down the hall. Scott shook his head and came back inside his room, shutting the door.
"Great," he muttered.
"What was it?"
"Kitty and Kurt, right outside."
"So the noise probably did come from right inside the room, knowing those two."
"Yeah," Scott sat back down on the bed, next to Jean. "Those two have the biggest mouths in the whole institute."
Jean knelt up tall behind him and rubbed his shoulders.
"Mmm."
Jean smiled.
"Yeah, by the time we go downstairs, everyone will know I spent the night in your room."
Scott nodded. "How do you want to approach this?"
"We should just tell the truth. I don't care if people know, Scott."
"You sure?"
Jean nodded. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know. I guess I'm just not sure if this was for real or not?"
"Why wouldn't it be?"
"I guess I just figured that someone as popular as you would be happy with a geek like me. You could have anyone you want."
"I want you."
"Why?"
"Scott! We went through this last night, and this morning too."
"I just…I don't know. Jean, I care a lot about you. I…I want you to be happy. I don't want you to feel rushed."
"Scott, you're not rushing me. I made the first move."
"I know, but…"
"How many times to I have to tell you, its you I want. I've made up my mind."
Jean climbed off the bed and came around to stand in front of Scott. She grabbed his chin and made him look her in the eye. "You." She kissed his forehead.
He pulled her into a deep embrace. "Okay, I believe you. I guess, I just have wanted this for so long…that I was worried I was deluding myself."
They held each other for a while.
"So you think we should go confront the two weasels now?" Scott laughed.
"Confront, no. Acknowledge what they're saying, yes. They're right. We are together."
Scott's face creased with worry again.
"What now?" Jean asked, bemused.
"It's just, they might be a little…er…mistaken as to how together we are."
Jean laughed. "There will always be rumors like that. This is a house full of teenagers. Just roll with it, and offer the truth."
Scott nodded. "I'm afraid of Logan."
"I can deal with Logan. We're adults now, Scott."
Jean grabbed his hand and pulled him to his feet. He leaned down and kissed on the lips.
"Ready, Jean?"
"With you by my side? Of course."
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FEEDBACK! Okay, so the ending of the chapter's a little corny…but yet strongly taken from a comic I just readJ