Disclaimer: I don't own Mutant X or the characters.
~* Brother's Keeper *~
As Jesse turned the corner he saw Brennan stepping out of Lexa's room. "How is she?"
Brennan took a deep breath. "Hurt." He shook his head and walked away.
Jesse could see the sorrow in his friend's eyes, but didn't know why it was there.
After Brennan left, Lexa threw herself face down on her bed and cried her heart out as she clutched the silver pendent close to her heart. She loved her brother so much and now after five years of searching she had found him only to loose him again forever.
Just then she heard a soft knock on the door. "GO AWAY!" The door opened slowly and someone stepped in.
Jesse easily dodged a book that was thrown at him since Lexa hadn't even bothered to look and aim before letting the object fly out of her hand. He knelt down beside her bed and put his hand on her arm.
Lexa flew up and swung her arm around to deliver a hard backhanded hit to his jaw, but Jesse caught her wrist and lowered it back to her side. He stood and then sat beside her on the bed. "I'm sorry, Lexa," he said gently as he brushed a tear away.
She pulled her hand away and hardened her expression. "Jess, get out."
"Lexa..."
"Jesse, I said get out!"
He stood and went to the door as she broke down again and cried the most heart wrenching cries he had ever heard.
"Jesse," She whimpered. She rocked back and forth on her bed as she wrapped her arms tightly around herself.
He started back over to her and she got up to meet him in the middle of her room. Lexa threw herself into his open arms and wrapped hers tightly around his neck as her legs buckled.
Jesse sunk to the floor with her, holding her tightly.
"Jesse, why? Why him?! Why did he have to die!?" She clasped his shirt tightly in her hands and cried even harder.
Jesse's heart broke. She didn't deserve this. "I donno, Lex," he whispered. He stroked her hair and rocked with her as she buried her face in his shoulder. Jesse felt all the oxygen leave her lungs and for a while she didn't breathe. Suddenly with one gasp it all came flooding in, but it was only pushed back out as she continued to cry.
"Jesse, it's my fault." She sobbed. "It isn't Brennan's. It's mine! I killed my own brother!" A sobbing fit overtook her and she had to stop talking until it passed. "The one person I loved most, the one person I ever really cared about and I killed him!" She pressed her forehead into his shoulder and let out a long whimper.
"No, Lexa, look at me." He took his arms from around her trembling body and grasped her shoulders lightly as he pushed her back. He lifted her tearstained face so that their eyes met. "You did not kill your brother. You killed Troy."
"Then why is Leo dead!" The tears fell from her eyes in two small streams of liquid and she didn't try to stop them.
Jesse took her face in his hands and brushed his thumbs over her cheeks. The look in her eyes as she gazed at him was one of helplessness and abandonment. He sighed as he pulled her back into his arms. "Lexa, I'm sorry."
She sobbed and tried to collect herself. "I'm alone now, Jess. He was it. He was the only family I had left."
Jesse kissed her head as he stroked her silky black hair. "No he wasn't."
Lexa tilted her head up with confusion.
"You've got us," Jesse smiled warmly down at her.
She pulled roughly out of his arms and glared at him. "You!? You guys went behind my back! You dug into my personal life! Families don't do that!"
"They do when they care. Lex, Shalimar and Brennan may not admit it out loud yet, but I will..." He reached out and stroked her cheek. "We care about you."
Her look softened and she drew in a shaky breath.
"And we're all here for you." He reached down and took the pendent from her hand to clasp it around her neck. "You'll never be alone, Lexa."
She smiled slightly and touched the pendent that now hung from her neck. "Thanks, Jess." They embraced tightly and then Jesse picked her up and placed her in bed. "I love you. Goodnight," Jesse laid a tender kiss on her temple and then went to the door.
The words hit Lexa's heart hard. The look in his eyes and his tone of voice let her know that that 'I love you' was more than just him trying to comfort her, but she decided she would figure it out later. "Night," she replied.
Jesse smiled and dimmed the lights before he left. Lexa rolled over and lifted the pendent to her lips, kissing it gently. As she closed her eyes and fell asleep her hand clasped around the precious treasure that was all she had left of her beloved brother.
~*~* I liked the episode, but it was so sad!! I felt so bad for Lexa at the end. My mother and I both felt that Jesse should have done something, so in my mind this was that something he should have done. Hope you like it. Please review!*~*~
~* Brother's Keeper *~
As Jesse turned the corner he saw Brennan stepping out of Lexa's room. "How is she?"
Brennan took a deep breath. "Hurt." He shook his head and walked away.
Jesse could see the sorrow in his friend's eyes, but didn't know why it was there.
After Brennan left, Lexa threw herself face down on her bed and cried her heart out as she clutched the silver pendent close to her heart. She loved her brother so much and now after five years of searching she had found him only to loose him again forever.
Just then she heard a soft knock on the door. "GO AWAY!" The door opened slowly and someone stepped in.
Jesse easily dodged a book that was thrown at him since Lexa hadn't even bothered to look and aim before letting the object fly out of her hand. He knelt down beside her bed and put his hand on her arm.
Lexa flew up and swung her arm around to deliver a hard backhanded hit to his jaw, but Jesse caught her wrist and lowered it back to her side. He stood and then sat beside her on the bed. "I'm sorry, Lexa," he said gently as he brushed a tear away.
She pulled her hand away and hardened her expression. "Jess, get out."
"Lexa..."
"Jesse, I said get out!"
He stood and went to the door as she broke down again and cried the most heart wrenching cries he had ever heard.
"Jesse," She whimpered. She rocked back and forth on her bed as she wrapped her arms tightly around herself.
He started back over to her and she got up to meet him in the middle of her room. Lexa threw herself into his open arms and wrapped hers tightly around his neck as her legs buckled.
Jesse sunk to the floor with her, holding her tightly.
"Jesse, why? Why him?! Why did he have to die!?" She clasped his shirt tightly in her hands and cried even harder.
Jesse's heart broke. She didn't deserve this. "I donno, Lex," he whispered. He stroked her hair and rocked with her as she buried her face in his shoulder. Jesse felt all the oxygen leave her lungs and for a while she didn't breathe. Suddenly with one gasp it all came flooding in, but it was only pushed back out as she continued to cry.
"Jesse, it's my fault." She sobbed. "It isn't Brennan's. It's mine! I killed my own brother!" A sobbing fit overtook her and she had to stop talking until it passed. "The one person I loved most, the one person I ever really cared about and I killed him!" She pressed her forehead into his shoulder and let out a long whimper.
"No, Lexa, look at me." He took his arms from around her trembling body and grasped her shoulders lightly as he pushed her back. He lifted her tearstained face so that their eyes met. "You did not kill your brother. You killed Troy."
"Then why is Leo dead!" The tears fell from her eyes in two small streams of liquid and she didn't try to stop them.
Jesse took her face in his hands and brushed his thumbs over her cheeks. The look in her eyes as she gazed at him was one of helplessness and abandonment. He sighed as he pulled her back into his arms. "Lexa, I'm sorry."
She sobbed and tried to collect herself. "I'm alone now, Jess. He was it. He was the only family I had left."
Jesse kissed her head as he stroked her silky black hair. "No he wasn't."
Lexa tilted her head up with confusion.
"You've got us," Jesse smiled warmly down at her.
She pulled roughly out of his arms and glared at him. "You!? You guys went behind my back! You dug into my personal life! Families don't do that!"
"They do when they care. Lex, Shalimar and Brennan may not admit it out loud yet, but I will..." He reached out and stroked her cheek. "We care about you."
Her look softened and she drew in a shaky breath.
"And we're all here for you." He reached down and took the pendent from her hand to clasp it around her neck. "You'll never be alone, Lexa."
She smiled slightly and touched the pendent that now hung from her neck. "Thanks, Jess." They embraced tightly and then Jesse picked her up and placed her in bed. "I love you. Goodnight," Jesse laid a tender kiss on her temple and then went to the door.
The words hit Lexa's heart hard. The look in his eyes and his tone of voice let her know that that 'I love you' was more than just him trying to comfort her, but she decided she would figure it out later. "Night," she replied.
Jesse smiled and dimmed the lights before he left. Lexa rolled over and lifted the pendent to her lips, kissing it gently. As she closed her eyes and fell asleep her hand clasped around the precious treasure that was all she had left of her beloved brother.
~*~* I liked the episode, but it was so sad!! I felt so bad for Lexa at the end. My mother and I both felt that Jesse should have done something, so in my mind this was that something he should have done. Hope you like it. Please review!*~*~