Hey guys!! So, thanks for reading up to thins point. I want to let you know that you are really lucky to be reading this chapter cause I am finally at home, and I just got a job, so soon I wont have as much free time to write as I would like. This chapter is going to be a flashback of Jean and Scott shortly after Scott and Jean came to the institute. It involves Jean helping Scott through some depressing times because of his parents and his brothers deaths. Hope you enjoy. And thanks to Lyranfan for giving me this idea.
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Scott was sitting in the medical bay while stroking Jeans hand as she slept. He had awoken an hour ago to find himself in a slightly comfy bed, all nice and warm. Not wanting to move, He just laid there for a while, not really thinking about anything until he started thinking about Jean. Becoming concerned, he leapt out of bed, only to find her still sleeping on the bed next to him. Pulling up a nearby chair, he took a seat next to her, vowing not to leave her side until she was able to leave.
This is how the professor and Hank found them a few minutes later. Jean still sleeping, a gently beep beep sound coming from beside her, confirming them that she was still among the living. They had some close calls because of her being dehydrated, and malnourished. Too top it off, she was exhausted both mentally and physically. Slightly surprised to find Scott up, they realized that he had been eating and he was probably just tired from the running to keep up wit Jean.
"Scott? How are you feeling?" the professor asked.
Startled, Scott looked up quickly. Seeing who it was, he visibly relaxed. "I'm OK. How's Jean?"
"There was some touch and go moments there for a while, but I think that she is going to be OK." Hank told him truthfully.
"Is that why she is hooked up to the heart monitor?" Scott asked quietly.
"Yes" the professor spoke gently holding out a covered plate. "We thought you might be hungry. You've been asleep for about a day and a half."
"Really? That long? Wow. Actually, now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry." As if agreeing with him, Scott's stomach gave out a loud grumble of hunger at that moment.
Laughing slightly,. Scott took the plate from the professor and dug into it right away. Shortly after Scott finished, the professor left, taking the plate with him. Scott went back to sitting back to sitting beside Jean, gently stroking her soft arm. A while later, after seeing that Jean wasn't going to wake for a while yet, he told Scott to call if she woke and that he had to go to a class for a while. Softly closing the door behind him, he left.
Scott took Jean's hand and just sat there making circles on her hand with his thumb, remembering when he was depressed so long ago.
*~Flashback~*
A little girl, about 12 was running away from a boy about the same age as her. Finally catching up to her, he brought her down to the ground with him as he tackled her. Screams of terror came from the girl as the boy started tickling her. Laughing uncontrollably, the girl tried to get the boy off of her. Failing to do so, she started to retaliate. Tickling him back, he soon stopped and rolled off her. They lay spread out on the ground gasping for air. Standing up, the boy reached out his hands to help the girl up.
Watching from his window as they walked off, no doubt to find something else to do with all their energy, that the adults failed to find the source of, the professor chuckled at the site. His two students were adjusting nicely to their new home. Turing away from the window as a knock came from the door on the other side of the room, he simply said, "Come in."
In walked Ororo Monroe (I don't know if I spelt that right. If I haven't please let me know), one of the few teachers here at the institute. "What can I do for you Ororo?" the professor asked.
"Sorry to interrupt you, but Elaine Grey is on the phone, wishing to talk to you Charles." she said.
"OK. Thank you Ororo." he said picking up the phone. "Hello?"
" Mr. Xavier. I hear Jean has been a bit down lately. I was wondering if maybe we could come visit her. She sounded so sad on the phone the other day. I don't want to sound mean, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to visit her there, but it breaks my heart to hear her like this."
"Please, Charles is fine. And I would be glad to have you come visit. I'm sure Jean would too. She has been feeling a bit down lately. I have a feeling seeing her family would help brighten up her day. When is it that you would like to visit, and how long?"
"We would be able to come over on Thursday next week, and if it wouldn't be any trouble, stay till Friday. My other daughter is out for the week at a ski lodge with her school, so John and I thought we would come visit Jean."
"You staying over would not be a problem. We have plenty of spare bedrooms. Are you driving down, or flying?"
"Driving. We will see you about four in the afternoon on Thursday."
"OK that is fine. Have a safe trip."
"Thanks you. See you Thursday."
*~Thursday~*
Playing a simple game of hide and go seek, Scott and Jean were running around on the front grounds. They never noticed a car pull up as the professor, Logan, and Ororo came out of the institute. Hearing a car door close, Scott and Jean turned in the direction of where it came from. Not seeing who it was at first, Scott moved near Jean, as if protecting her. As the person closest to them turned around, Jean let out a squeal.
"Daddy!"
Running up to him, he opened her arms as if to give him a big bear hug.
"Hey sweetheart! How have you been? We've missed you so much, and from what your mother tells me, so have you." John Grey spoke while picking Jean up in his arms and swinging her around in circles.
Placing her back on the ground, she ran to the other side of the car and gave her mother a hug.
"What are you guys doing here? I never expected this. This is so cool! You have to come meet Scott. He's my best friend in the while world." Jean spoke quickly pulling her mother and father as she spoke to where Scott was now standing by the adults, towards the back, as if not liking what he saw.
"Mom, Dad. This is Scott. Scott, these are my parents." Jean gestured to each person as she spoke. "Mom, you and dad know the professor, Ororo and Logan already, don't you?"
"Yes we do dear." her dad said.
*~Later At Dinner~*
"Wow it's so great having you guys stay the night." Jean said eagerly.
Smiling, the professor had only see Jean this happy few times before. As the adults started talking about stuff that Scott and Jean had no interest in, Jean asked Scott something that had been bugging her since her parents had arrived.
"Scott, you've been really quiet. Is there anything wrong? If you miss your parents, then I'm sure that the professor can call them, and they would be happy to see you."
Scott politely ignored her as she said this and just looked at his food that he was playing with. Hearing what Jean said, both Logan and the professor looked at Scott to see what his reaction would be.
Thinking he didn't hear her, Jean tried again. This time she got a "My parents are dead" out of Scott, but she didn't really hear it so she asked him to repeat himself.
"I said my parents are dead. Now leave me alone." Scott yelled. After that, he took off to only he knows where.
Looking back at her plate with tears in her eyes, Jean realized that Scott had shouted that last part, and everyone had gone silent as he said it. Now, everyone looked at Jean, as if questioning her what happened. She felt as if she had lost her best friend and didn't know why.
Please excuse me for a minute." the professor said as he left the room, searching for Scott with his mind, until he found that he was in the Danger Room, no doubt working off some anger.
"She didn't know Scott. You shouldn't have yelled at her. She's taking it really rough."
"Yeah, well. All of a sudden, her parents come and she forgets all about me and all she'll do right now is talk about them. It's getting really frustrating."
"I understand, but you have to realize that she doesn't know about your parents because you have never told her."
"How could you ever understand?! You aren't me! You haven't gone through this! Don't imagine what I'm going through." Scott shouted, advancing on the professor. "She's a telepath. She should have been able to find out whatever she wants. She could have found out about them."
"No. No Scott you know she can't she doesn't have the control over her powers quite yet. You know that I have to keep the shields in place until she has complete control. She would have never have found out until you told her."
Not wanting to hear anything the professor had to say, Scott stormed off to his room where he changed into something comfortable so that he could go running in. Standing in the main hallway, Jean spotted Scott getting ready to go out running.
Walking up to him, she spoke quietly as not to startle him.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"Where you going? Out for a run?"
"Yeah." he said rather sharply, more sharply then he wanted it to sound. "Jean, I'm sorry. I never meant to snap at you at dinner."
"It's OK. I didn't know about your parents, and mine being here has probably not helped at all either. So, you want some company with you on your run?" she asked, changing the subject.
Smiling, Scott said, "Sure. But you have to hurry."
"No problem." She gave him a genuine smile and turned on her heel, running off to get changed.
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Coming back from their run, Jean's parents rushed up to her with worried expressions on their faces.
"Where have you been? We have been so worried." Elaine Grey cried.
"You should always let someone know where you are going young lady." John Grey joined in the talk.
"But I did. I told Mr. McCoy where we were going. I couldn't find any of you, and Scott was wanting to go. So I told the first adult who I saw."
"Well, where is Mr. McCoy? He should have told us if he knew." Elaine said sharply.
"He's probably down in the basement."
"He's not helping us down there." John almost yelled. "And you." he said pointing to Scott. "If you were going out, you should let someone know where you are going, whether Jean is going with you or not."
"The professor knew I was going to go out running, sir." Scott almost whispered. "He just didn't know Jean was going out with me."
"That's what I thought. However, I couldn't know for sure Scott." the professor spoke up, coming from the room behind Scott. "Mr. and Mrs. Grey, I should have asked all the staff members if they knew where Jean was before causing you to worry. This is no ones fault except mine."
"I thank you for taking the blame professor, but Jean should have came and found us. Jean go upstairs and take a shower and get warmed up before you catch a chill and get sick." Elaine ordered.
"You should go to Scott. We don't want either of you sick." the professor spoke.
Making their way upstairs, Jean and Scott could hear Elaine becoming hysterical at the thought that there was only one bathroom, and Scott and Jean were going to be taking a shower together.
*~The next Morning~*
Coming back upstairs to catch some breakfast, Scott, Jean, and Logan were sweaty from having a Danger Room session. Well, Scott and Jean were sweaty, having done the work while Logan mearly overlooked and corrected their technique. Jean's parents were kind of sceptical about how Jean was being treated here. After seeing Jean all sweaty, and worn out already, they were starting to have serious doubts about whether or not to keep her here.
After breakfast, which was a fairly silent mean, broken only by asking for something to be passed, or asked how everyone slept last night, Elaine and John pulled the professor and Jean aside and spoke with them.
"Mr. Xavier, we are starting to feel that maybe this isn't the best place for Jean." John started out.
"But I like it here." Jean protested.
"But we don't like it sweaty." Elaine said softly.
"I'm not leaving." Jean said, her tone final. With a last look at the professor and her parents, she left the room to go out walking through the grounds.
Seeing Jean leave the institute angry, Scott decided to join her. He would have plenty of time to feel sad at his lack of a proper family, which was what he had been doing.
"Hey Jean. What's wrong? You look sad and angry at the same time." Scott asked as he caught up to her.
"My parents want to bring me back home. I want to stay here." She cried out. The tears just leaked down her face when she had finished saying that.
Holding her close, he gently pulled her down to the ground where they would be more comfortable. Rocking her gently, he murmured soothing words for her to hear. After a few minutes, Jean's tears had subsided, so Scott pulled her up and they walked back to the institute in silence.
"Scott?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks. For everything. I promise I will make it up to you."
"You don't have to. That's what friends are for." Scott smiled.
"I know, but I still want to make it up to you."
"Well, I guess I can't complain all that much then." He smiled again, pushing her lightly."
"You had better watch what you wish for Scott Summers." She said laughing and pushing him back.
"Yeah."
*~Later that Afternoon~*
"Sorry to be leaving on such bad terms Jean." Her mother said as she gave a stiff Jean a hug goodbye.
"Yeah." Jean mearly answered.
"Call if you need anything sweetheart." He dad said. This time, Jean gave him a hug because she knew that her dad didn't want her to go home. He could see how happy she was here. He also saw what a change Jean had gone through by being here. It was something that he would never be able to do himself. And it pained him slightly to say it.
"I will."
Waving goodbye, Jean turned around expecting to see everyone except Hank there waving goodbye, but was slightly surprised to not see Scott there.
"Professor. Where is Scott?" she asked.
"Up in his room I believe. Why?"
"Oh, no reason. Just wanted to see if he wanted to do something." she lied.
As Jean made her way upstairs, she stopped outside of Scott's room. She could hear muffled sobs, as if someone was crying into a pillow or something soft, coming from within. Knocking lightly, as not to disturb whoever it was, she highly doubted that it was actually Scott crying. Hearing a muffled "Come in", she opened the door slowly, expecting Scott to be comforting someone on his bed. What she did see however, was Scott face down on his bed. Looking to see who it was, Jean managed a glimpse of Scott's face, red and tear stricken.
"What's wrong?" she asked, closing the door quickly and practically running to Scott's side.
"Nothing." came the reply.
"Something is obviously wring for you to be in here crying Scott."
"I miss them so much."
"Who?" Jean asked confused. 'He can't mean my parents. They were rude to him.'
"My parents. I want them to come here, and no offence, take me away to be with them and my brother and then we would live in a nice house with a dog. I wouldn't have to do any of this training, wouldn't have to wear glasses all the time, and I wouldn't have to live in all of this pain of missing them." He sobbed.
Jean just did what he always did while she was crying. Rubbed his back, told him everything was going to be all right, and that she was here for him. After a while, he had calmed down a bit, but Jean could tell by his even breath sounds that he had fallen asleep. She quietly let herself out of his room and seeing that it was dinner time, headed downstairs to tell everyone that he wasn't going to be there.
"Where is Scott? He knows that it is dinner time." Ororo asked.
"He's sleeping." Jean answered.
"Why? Not tired out is he?" Logan asked.
"Kinda." Jean stated.
Logan looked at the professor and they both knew instantly why he was so tired. He had been crying. Logan and the professor had heard crying coming from Scott's room, but they had figured that Jean was crying because her parents had wanted to take her home, and she ended up being mad at her parents when they had left. Now that Jean had said that, they knew it was Scott crying, no doubt because he wanted his parents to come visit him. But he knew that would never happen. Sighing, the professor pulled up to the table, digging into dinner, vowing to go and talk to Scott later. When he was awake.
*~End Flashback~*
Stirring in her sleep, Jean was aware of someone gently rubbing her hand. Opening her eyes, she instantly regretted that. The lights in the med bay were bright. Seeing that she was awake, Scott dropped her hand and went and turned the lights down so that they weren't as bright. Sitting back down, he took Jean's hand back in his.
"How you feeling Red?" He asked.
Taking her hand back from him, she turned on her side, away from him. "Please just go away Scott. I don't want to talk to anyone right now."
Standing up to leave, Scott walked to the door and just as he pushed it open, he turned back around and said, "I'm not going to give up. You never gave up on me when I was like this. So now, I wont be giving up on you. Don't even try to think I will. Call if you want to talk. I'll be around." And with that, he left, leaving Jean to her tears and thoughts.
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OK guys. That is the longest chapter I have ever wrote. It took me 2 days because my geeky brother wanted the computer and I had to give it to him the other day. Otherwise, it would have been up yesterday. Please enjoy the chapter and don't forget to review. The more reviews I get, the more chapter I write. But maybe not right now because I hurt my elbow today, and it's really killing me. It's been hard to do this chapter. Enjoy!!!!!!!! :D
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Scott was sitting in the medical bay while stroking Jeans hand as she slept. He had awoken an hour ago to find himself in a slightly comfy bed, all nice and warm. Not wanting to move, He just laid there for a while, not really thinking about anything until he started thinking about Jean. Becoming concerned, he leapt out of bed, only to find her still sleeping on the bed next to him. Pulling up a nearby chair, he took a seat next to her, vowing not to leave her side until she was able to leave.
This is how the professor and Hank found them a few minutes later. Jean still sleeping, a gently beep beep sound coming from beside her, confirming them that she was still among the living. They had some close calls because of her being dehydrated, and malnourished. Too top it off, she was exhausted both mentally and physically. Slightly surprised to find Scott up, they realized that he had been eating and he was probably just tired from the running to keep up wit Jean.
"Scott? How are you feeling?" the professor asked.
Startled, Scott looked up quickly. Seeing who it was, he visibly relaxed. "I'm OK. How's Jean?"
"There was some touch and go moments there for a while, but I think that she is going to be OK." Hank told him truthfully.
"Is that why she is hooked up to the heart monitor?" Scott asked quietly.
"Yes" the professor spoke gently holding out a covered plate. "We thought you might be hungry. You've been asleep for about a day and a half."
"Really? That long? Wow. Actually, now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry." As if agreeing with him, Scott's stomach gave out a loud grumble of hunger at that moment.
Laughing slightly,. Scott took the plate from the professor and dug into it right away. Shortly after Scott finished, the professor left, taking the plate with him. Scott went back to sitting back to sitting beside Jean, gently stroking her soft arm. A while later, after seeing that Jean wasn't going to wake for a while yet, he told Scott to call if she woke and that he had to go to a class for a while. Softly closing the door behind him, he left.
Scott took Jean's hand and just sat there making circles on her hand with his thumb, remembering when he was depressed so long ago.
*~Flashback~*
A little girl, about 12 was running away from a boy about the same age as her. Finally catching up to her, he brought her down to the ground with him as he tackled her. Screams of terror came from the girl as the boy started tickling her. Laughing uncontrollably, the girl tried to get the boy off of her. Failing to do so, she started to retaliate. Tickling him back, he soon stopped and rolled off her. They lay spread out on the ground gasping for air. Standing up, the boy reached out his hands to help the girl up.
Watching from his window as they walked off, no doubt to find something else to do with all their energy, that the adults failed to find the source of, the professor chuckled at the site. His two students were adjusting nicely to their new home. Turing away from the window as a knock came from the door on the other side of the room, he simply said, "Come in."
In walked Ororo Monroe (I don't know if I spelt that right. If I haven't please let me know), one of the few teachers here at the institute. "What can I do for you Ororo?" the professor asked.
"Sorry to interrupt you, but Elaine Grey is on the phone, wishing to talk to you Charles." she said.
"OK. Thank you Ororo." he said picking up the phone. "Hello?"
" Mr. Xavier. I hear Jean has been a bit down lately. I was wondering if maybe we could come visit her. She sounded so sad on the phone the other day. I don't want to sound mean, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to visit her there, but it breaks my heart to hear her like this."
"Please, Charles is fine. And I would be glad to have you come visit. I'm sure Jean would too. She has been feeling a bit down lately. I have a feeling seeing her family would help brighten up her day. When is it that you would like to visit, and how long?"
"We would be able to come over on Thursday next week, and if it wouldn't be any trouble, stay till Friday. My other daughter is out for the week at a ski lodge with her school, so John and I thought we would come visit Jean."
"You staying over would not be a problem. We have plenty of spare bedrooms. Are you driving down, or flying?"
"Driving. We will see you about four in the afternoon on Thursday."
"OK that is fine. Have a safe trip."
"Thanks you. See you Thursday."
*~Thursday~*
Playing a simple game of hide and go seek, Scott and Jean were running around on the front grounds. They never noticed a car pull up as the professor, Logan, and Ororo came out of the institute. Hearing a car door close, Scott and Jean turned in the direction of where it came from. Not seeing who it was at first, Scott moved near Jean, as if protecting her. As the person closest to them turned around, Jean let out a squeal.
"Daddy!"
Running up to him, he opened her arms as if to give him a big bear hug.
"Hey sweetheart! How have you been? We've missed you so much, and from what your mother tells me, so have you." John Grey spoke while picking Jean up in his arms and swinging her around in circles.
Placing her back on the ground, she ran to the other side of the car and gave her mother a hug.
"What are you guys doing here? I never expected this. This is so cool! You have to come meet Scott. He's my best friend in the while world." Jean spoke quickly pulling her mother and father as she spoke to where Scott was now standing by the adults, towards the back, as if not liking what he saw.
"Mom, Dad. This is Scott. Scott, these are my parents." Jean gestured to each person as she spoke. "Mom, you and dad know the professor, Ororo and Logan already, don't you?"
"Yes we do dear." her dad said.
*~Later At Dinner~*
"Wow it's so great having you guys stay the night." Jean said eagerly.
Smiling, the professor had only see Jean this happy few times before. As the adults started talking about stuff that Scott and Jean had no interest in, Jean asked Scott something that had been bugging her since her parents had arrived.
"Scott, you've been really quiet. Is there anything wrong? If you miss your parents, then I'm sure that the professor can call them, and they would be happy to see you."
Scott politely ignored her as she said this and just looked at his food that he was playing with. Hearing what Jean said, both Logan and the professor looked at Scott to see what his reaction would be.
Thinking he didn't hear her, Jean tried again. This time she got a "My parents are dead" out of Scott, but she didn't really hear it so she asked him to repeat himself.
"I said my parents are dead. Now leave me alone." Scott yelled. After that, he took off to only he knows where.
Looking back at her plate with tears in her eyes, Jean realized that Scott had shouted that last part, and everyone had gone silent as he said it. Now, everyone looked at Jean, as if questioning her what happened. She felt as if she had lost her best friend and didn't know why.
Please excuse me for a minute." the professor said as he left the room, searching for Scott with his mind, until he found that he was in the Danger Room, no doubt working off some anger.
"She didn't know Scott. You shouldn't have yelled at her. She's taking it really rough."
"Yeah, well. All of a sudden, her parents come and she forgets all about me and all she'll do right now is talk about them. It's getting really frustrating."
"I understand, but you have to realize that she doesn't know about your parents because you have never told her."
"How could you ever understand?! You aren't me! You haven't gone through this! Don't imagine what I'm going through." Scott shouted, advancing on the professor. "She's a telepath. She should have been able to find out whatever she wants. She could have found out about them."
"No. No Scott you know she can't she doesn't have the control over her powers quite yet. You know that I have to keep the shields in place until she has complete control. She would have never have found out until you told her."
Not wanting to hear anything the professor had to say, Scott stormed off to his room where he changed into something comfortable so that he could go running in. Standing in the main hallway, Jean spotted Scott getting ready to go out running.
Walking up to him, she spoke quietly as not to startle him.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"Where you going? Out for a run?"
"Yeah." he said rather sharply, more sharply then he wanted it to sound. "Jean, I'm sorry. I never meant to snap at you at dinner."
"It's OK. I didn't know about your parents, and mine being here has probably not helped at all either. So, you want some company with you on your run?" she asked, changing the subject.
Smiling, Scott said, "Sure. But you have to hurry."
"No problem." She gave him a genuine smile and turned on her heel, running off to get changed.
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Coming back from their run, Jean's parents rushed up to her with worried expressions on their faces.
"Where have you been? We have been so worried." Elaine Grey cried.
"You should always let someone know where you are going young lady." John Grey joined in the talk.
"But I did. I told Mr. McCoy where we were going. I couldn't find any of you, and Scott was wanting to go. So I told the first adult who I saw."
"Well, where is Mr. McCoy? He should have told us if he knew." Elaine said sharply.
"He's probably down in the basement."
"He's not helping us down there." John almost yelled. "And you." he said pointing to Scott. "If you were going out, you should let someone know where you are going, whether Jean is going with you or not."
"The professor knew I was going to go out running, sir." Scott almost whispered. "He just didn't know Jean was going out with me."
"That's what I thought. However, I couldn't know for sure Scott." the professor spoke up, coming from the room behind Scott. "Mr. and Mrs. Grey, I should have asked all the staff members if they knew where Jean was before causing you to worry. This is no ones fault except mine."
"I thank you for taking the blame professor, but Jean should have came and found us. Jean go upstairs and take a shower and get warmed up before you catch a chill and get sick." Elaine ordered.
"You should go to Scott. We don't want either of you sick." the professor spoke.
Making their way upstairs, Jean and Scott could hear Elaine becoming hysterical at the thought that there was only one bathroom, and Scott and Jean were going to be taking a shower together.
*~The next Morning~*
Coming back upstairs to catch some breakfast, Scott, Jean, and Logan were sweaty from having a Danger Room session. Well, Scott and Jean were sweaty, having done the work while Logan mearly overlooked and corrected their technique. Jean's parents were kind of sceptical about how Jean was being treated here. After seeing Jean all sweaty, and worn out already, they were starting to have serious doubts about whether or not to keep her here.
After breakfast, which was a fairly silent mean, broken only by asking for something to be passed, or asked how everyone slept last night, Elaine and John pulled the professor and Jean aside and spoke with them.
"Mr. Xavier, we are starting to feel that maybe this isn't the best place for Jean." John started out.
"But I like it here." Jean protested.
"But we don't like it sweaty." Elaine said softly.
"I'm not leaving." Jean said, her tone final. With a last look at the professor and her parents, she left the room to go out walking through the grounds.
Seeing Jean leave the institute angry, Scott decided to join her. He would have plenty of time to feel sad at his lack of a proper family, which was what he had been doing.
"Hey Jean. What's wrong? You look sad and angry at the same time." Scott asked as he caught up to her.
"My parents want to bring me back home. I want to stay here." She cried out. The tears just leaked down her face when she had finished saying that.
Holding her close, he gently pulled her down to the ground where they would be more comfortable. Rocking her gently, he murmured soothing words for her to hear. After a few minutes, Jean's tears had subsided, so Scott pulled her up and they walked back to the institute in silence.
"Scott?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks. For everything. I promise I will make it up to you."
"You don't have to. That's what friends are for." Scott smiled.
"I know, but I still want to make it up to you."
"Well, I guess I can't complain all that much then." He smiled again, pushing her lightly."
"You had better watch what you wish for Scott Summers." She said laughing and pushing him back.
"Yeah."
*~Later that Afternoon~*
"Sorry to be leaving on such bad terms Jean." Her mother said as she gave a stiff Jean a hug goodbye.
"Yeah." Jean mearly answered.
"Call if you need anything sweetheart." He dad said. This time, Jean gave him a hug because she knew that her dad didn't want her to go home. He could see how happy she was here. He also saw what a change Jean had gone through by being here. It was something that he would never be able to do himself. And it pained him slightly to say it.
"I will."
Waving goodbye, Jean turned around expecting to see everyone except Hank there waving goodbye, but was slightly surprised to not see Scott there.
"Professor. Where is Scott?" she asked.
"Up in his room I believe. Why?"
"Oh, no reason. Just wanted to see if he wanted to do something." she lied.
As Jean made her way upstairs, she stopped outside of Scott's room. She could hear muffled sobs, as if someone was crying into a pillow or something soft, coming from within. Knocking lightly, as not to disturb whoever it was, she highly doubted that it was actually Scott crying. Hearing a muffled "Come in", she opened the door slowly, expecting Scott to be comforting someone on his bed. What she did see however, was Scott face down on his bed. Looking to see who it was, Jean managed a glimpse of Scott's face, red and tear stricken.
"What's wrong?" she asked, closing the door quickly and practically running to Scott's side.
"Nothing." came the reply.
"Something is obviously wring for you to be in here crying Scott."
"I miss them so much."
"Who?" Jean asked confused. 'He can't mean my parents. They were rude to him.'
"My parents. I want them to come here, and no offence, take me away to be with them and my brother and then we would live in a nice house with a dog. I wouldn't have to do any of this training, wouldn't have to wear glasses all the time, and I wouldn't have to live in all of this pain of missing them." He sobbed.
Jean just did what he always did while she was crying. Rubbed his back, told him everything was going to be all right, and that she was here for him. After a while, he had calmed down a bit, but Jean could tell by his even breath sounds that he had fallen asleep. She quietly let herself out of his room and seeing that it was dinner time, headed downstairs to tell everyone that he wasn't going to be there.
"Where is Scott? He knows that it is dinner time." Ororo asked.
"He's sleeping." Jean answered.
"Why? Not tired out is he?" Logan asked.
"Kinda." Jean stated.
Logan looked at the professor and they both knew instantly why he was so tired. He had been crying. Logan and the professor had heard crying coming from Scott's room, but they had figured that Jean was crying because her parents had wanted to take her home, and she ended up being mad at her parents when they had left. Now that Jean had said that, they knew it was Scott crying, no doubt because he wanted his parents to come visit him. But he knew that would never happen. Sighing, the professor pulled up to the table, digging into dinner, vowing to go and talk to Scott later. When he was awake.
*~End Flashback~*
Stirring in her sleep, Jean was aware of someone gently rubbing her hand. Opening her eyes, she instantly regretted that. The lights in the med bay were bright. Seeing that she was awake, Scott dropped her hand and went and turned the lights down so that they weren't as bright. Sitting back down, he took Jean's hand back in his.
"How you feeling Red?" He asked.
Taking her hand back from him, she turned on her side, away from him. "Please just go away Scott. I don't want to talk to anyone right now."
Standing up to leave, Scott walked to the door and just as he pushed it open, he turned back around and said, "I'm not going to give up. You never gave up on me when I was like this. So now, I wont be giving up on you. Don't even try to think I will. Call if you want to talk. I'll be around." And with that, he left, leaving Jean to her tears and thoughts.
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OK guys. That is the longest chapter I have ever wrote. It took me 2 days because my geeky brother wanted the computer and I had to give it to him the other day. Otherwise, it would have been up yesterday. Please enjoy the chapter and don't forget to review. The more reviews I get, the more chapter I write. But maybe not right now because I hurt my elbow today, and it's really killing me. It's been hard to do this chapter. Enjoy!!!!!!!! :D