Ok. This chapter was supposed to get posted up before the holidays started, but I got pulled into work for most of the week before, and I had to go to a camp right before Christmas, so I have just now found time to post the chapter up. It's a little New Years gift. I hope you enjoy the chapter, and thanks to everyone who reviewed my story!! I love you guys!!
I am not familiar with any medical terms that may come up, so please don't hate me for them.
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"Oh it is good to be home!" Ororo said, walking through the doors of the mansion.
"It is. Especially after that boring lecture." Logan replied.
"I thought it was quite interesting." exclaimed Hank
The rest of the adults just rolled their eyes. Looking around, they could see that the mansion was clean, and that there was a lack of noise from the students.
"I would say that Scott and Jean were good leaders for the weekend, if the mansion was a bit messier, and if you could hear the students." Ororo commented.
"They've cleaned the place with a bunch of stuff. I can smell it." Logan said.
"Yes. It does appear that they have tried to cover something up." the professor agreed.
"Alcohol." Logan simply stated. "They were either drinking or they had a party, so all the kids are hung over."
"Now Logan, don't jump to conclusions." Hank said.
"I can smell the alcohol." Logan growled.
"I'm sure whatever happened, they have taken care of it. We need to have some faith in Scott and Jean. After all, they are almost adults." Ororo said.
"Almost doesn't mean that they wont do something really stupid." Logan shot at her.
"Enough. If there was a problem, they would tell us. And I would be able to sense their fear. Scott and Jean are responsible, and we can see that because they have the mansion cleaned up, and they would have made sure everyone was ok." the professor said gently. "Come. Let us find out what is for dinner. I'm starving."
Walking into the dining room, they saw that the table was set, but there wasn't anyone sitting down, or walking around the room. There wasn't even any food on the table. Looking around and not finding anyone, the adults walked into the kitchen. There they saw Kurt, Rogue, Scott, and Kitty making dinner. Well, Kitty was watching them make dinner.
"Kitty, can you start to bring these bowls out to the dining room please?" Scott asked.
"Yeah sure." Kitty replied, turning around with a bowl in her hands, and almost bumping into Logan.
"Oh my God!" She screamed, the bowl slipping from her hands.
"Easy Half-pint." Logan said, grabbing the bowl before it hit the ground.
Upon hearing Kitty scream, the others turned around from what they were doing.
"When did you guys get back?" Kurt asked.
"Just now." Hank answered.
"O." was the general response all around.
"Where is everyone else? Shouldn't there be screams, and yells, and breaking of stuff?" Ororo asked.
"Evan and a few other people have headaches, and Jean is studying for a test next week." Scott said.
"And everyone else is still tired and sore from the Danger Room session that Scott put us through this morning." Kitty said, reappearing behind the adults to get another bowl.
"Come on. It wasn't that bad." Scott protested.
"Scott you were worse than Logan." Rogue shot at him.
"Sounds like you learned well, Cyke." Logan smirked.
"Yeah, well. "Scott said, scratching the back of his head. "I guess I was a bit hard on you guys."
"Come on. I'm hungry Scott. Isn't this done yet?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah it is." Scott said, turning off the stove and putting the last of the pasta and sauce into bowls. "Can someone tell everyone it's dinner?"
"Don't worry Scott. I will." the professor said.
"Thanks professor."
*~After Dinner~*
"So Scott, where is Jean. She didn't come down for dinner." Ororo asked.
"I'm not sure. I'll go find her."
"Scott, she's in her room."
"Thanks professor. I'll talk to her."
Walking upstairs, Scott wondered why Jean wasn't at dinner either. 'She should be feeling better now. She's been sleeping all day.' Scott thought. 'Maybe not sleeping has caught up to her.'
"Jean?" Scott tried, as he knocked on her door. "Jean?" he said a bit more loudly. "Jean I'm coming in."
When Scott walked into her room, he took a few minutes to let his eyes adjust to the darkness. Reaching behind him, he closed the door and turned the light on. Since her light was right above her bed, Jean rolled over to shield her eyes from the sudden light.
"Scott, can you turn the light off. It hurts my eyes." Jean asked, slightly muffled from her speaking into her pillows.
"Jean, what is going on? Don't you feel better yet? You've been up here all day, and the professor and the other adults are back and asking questions. You've got to come down and eat something. We told them that you were studying for a test that you have next week." Scott explained.
"I do have a test next week, and I was supposed to be studying, but if I remember correctly, someone pulled me away from it to go drinking."
"You shouldn't be still affected from the alcohol by now. It should have worn off."
"Scott, we are mutants. Our bodies are different from normal people. Maybe the effects of alcohol are different for mutants."
"Maybe it's just your body because all the mutants that I know that drink aren't affected like this. Just come down and get something to eat. You must be starving by now, and just say that your not feeling well. That you must have caught some bug or something."
"What am I going to eat? What did you guys have for dinner?"
"Pasta. There is some left if you want it."
"Yeah I guess. It's better than nothing. So where have I been all day?"
"In the library, studying for a test you have next week. After lunch, you didn't feel well, so you went to your room to lay down and fell asleep. You heard the professor tell you that it was dinner time, but you didn't feel well enough to come down at that time. This morning you went to the Danger Room session. It was worse than one of Logan's sessions."
As Scott went into the details of the session, he helped Jean out of bed and into the bathroom, where she made herself look more presentable. After doing that, they left to go find something for Jean to eat.
"Hey. When did you guys get back?" Jean asked, upon seeing the adults in the kitchen finding some coffee.
"Just before dinner. What's up Red? You don't look so good." Logan asked.
"I'm sure it's nothing. I probably caught a bug or something." Jean said, giving him a small smile.
"Yeah. Sure." Logan replied, unconvinced. "If you say so."
While Jean went and took a seat by the window, Scott fished a bowl of the leftover pasta and put some onto a plate and stuck it into the microwave. Soon, you could smell it heating up. As the buzzer sounded, Scott took it out of the microwave, and handed it to Jean, who was talking to the professor, Ororo, and Logan. Hank had gone off to look over his notes on the lecture that they had just come home from.
"O God." Jean said suddenly, as Scott put the dish infront of her. Jumping up with one hand over her mouth and the other one on her stomach, Jean ran to find the nearest washroom.
"Anything you would like to share with us Scott?" the professor asked.
Sighing in defeat, Scott realized that they knew that they had been drinking, and that Jean had not 'just caught a bug'.
"Evan, Kurt, and Kitty challenged Jean and I to a game of shot for shot. We agreed to accept their challenge before we heard what it was. Otherwise, we would have never accepted it. Kurt had changed his hollow-emitter to make it look like he was older, that's how he got the alcohol. Jean and I ended up having almost the while bottle. We spilt some, so that's probably why you could smell it. When I went to go wake Jean up this morning, she was so sick, that I just let her stay in bed. She's been in bed all day, and I didn't know you knew anything, so we said that Jean was studying, and when you told me she was in bed, we made up that she had caught a bug after lunch. The problem is that Jean hasn't gotten over the effects of the alcohol."
Ororo left after Scott was finished speaking to go check up on Jean. Coming back into the kitchen, she said, "Jean's not looking too good. I sent her back up to her room."
"Shouldn't she be feeling better by now professor?" Scott asked.
"She should. But she could have serious damage done to her liver because of the alcohol. What did you drink?"
"Vodka."
"Was that it?"
"Yeah. We only drank straight vodka."
"How much alcohol was there per volume?" Logan asked.
"45 to 50 percent."
"Shit. You had better get her down to see Hank. If you guys had almost half a bottle, she could have serious liver damage from drinking that much." Logan stated.
"Scott, go get Jean. We'll meet you down in the lower levels with a few other students." Ororo said. Scott could hear the anger in her voice.
"K." was all Scott could get out.
All Scott could think about as he walked up the stairs was that if Jean had serious liver damage, then what would they do? They couldn't take her to a hospital. And what about Jean? You need a liver to survive.
Opening up her door, Scott could see her lying on her side, facing her window. Walking up to her bed, and sitting down beside her, Scott gently woke her up.
"What is it Scott?" she asked.
"They want me to take you down to see Hank. They know what happened." He added once he saw the look on her face. "They think that the reason that you are sick is because of alcohol poisoning to your liver. The professor thinks it's a good idea to check this stuff out, even if it's nothing."
Nodding, Jean started to sit up. Scott pulled her out of bed and together, they started walking to the elevator to take them to the lower levels of the mansion. Half way there, Jean suddenly stopped and clutched her head in one hand and sought to find the wall. Stumbling, Jean fell. Rushing to her side, Scott looked to see if she bumped her head on anything. Seeing that she hit it off the floor, he tried to get her to wake up.
"Jean? Jean come on wake up!" He said shaking her. "Jean this isn't funny. Wake up. Jean?"
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HA HA HA!!!! Sorry I couldn't help myself. I had to have a cliffhanger in it. It's not much of a cliffhanger, but a small one none the less. Please let me know that you think!!
I am not familiar with any medical terms that may come up, so please don't hate me for them.
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"Oh it is good to be home!" Ororo said, walking through the doors of the mansion.
"It is. Especially after that boring lecture." Logan replied.
"I thought it was quite interesting." exclaimed Hank
The rest of the adults just rolled their eyes. Looking around, they could see that the mansion was clean, and that there was a lack of noise from the students.
"I would say that Scott and Jean were good leaders for the weekend, if the mansion was a bit messier, and if you could hear the students." Ororo commented.
"They've cleaned the place with a bunch of stuff. I can smell it." Logan said.
"Yes. It does appear that they have tried to cover something up." the professor agreed.
"Alcohol." Logan simply stated. "They were either drinking or they had a party, so all the kids are hung over."
"Now Logan, don't jump to conclusions." Hank said.
"I can smell the alcohol." Logan growled.
"I'm sure whatever happened, they have taken care of it. We need to have some faith in Scott and Jean. After all, they are almost adults." Ororo said.
"Almost doesn't mean that they wont do something really stupid." Logan shot at her.
"Enough. If there was a problem, they would tell us. And I would be able to sense their fear. Scott and Jean are responsible, and we can see that because they have the mansion cleaned up, and they would have made sure everyone was ok." the professor said gently. "Come. Let us find out what is for dinner. I'm starving."
Walking into the dining room, they saw that the table was set, but there wasn't anyone sitting down, or walking around the room. There wasn't even any food on the table. Looking around and not finding anyone, the adults walked into the kitchen. There they saw Kurt, Rogue, Scott, and Kitty making dinner. Well, Kitty was watching them make dinner.
"Kitty, can you start to bring these bowls out to the dining room please?" Scott asked.
"Yeah sure." Kitty replied, turning around with a bowl in her hands, and almost bumping into Logan.
"Oh my God!" She screamed, the bowl slipping from her hands.
"Easy Half-pint." Logan said, grabbing the bowl before it hit the ground.
Upon hearing Kitty scream, the others turned around from what they were doing.
"When did you guys get back?" Kurt asked.
"Just now." Hank answered.
"O." was the general response all around.
"Where is everyone else? Shouldn't there be screams, and yells, and breaking of stuff?" Ororo asked.
"Evan and a few other people have headaches, and Jean is studying for a test next week." Scott said.
"And everyone else is still tired and sore from the Danger Room session that Scott put us through this morning." Kitty said, reappearing behind the adults to get another bowl.
"Come on. It wasn't that bad." Scott protested.
"Scott you were worse than Logan." Rogue shot at him.
"Sounds like you learned well, Cyke." Logan smirked.
"Yeah, well. "Scott said, scratching the back of his head. "I guess I was a bit hard on you guys."
"Come on. I'm hungry Scott. Isn't this done yet?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah it is." Scott said, turning off the stove and putting the last of the pasta and sauce into bowls. "Can someone tell everyone it's dinner?"
"Don't worry Scott. I will." the professor said.
"Thanks professor."
*~After Dinner~*
"So Scott, where is Jean. She didn't come down for dinner." Ororo asked.
"I'm not sure. I'll go find her."
"Scott, she's in her room."
"Thanks professor. I'll talk to her."
Walking upstairs, Scott wondered why Jean wasn't at dinner either. 'She should be feeling better now. She's been sleeping all day.' Scott thought. 'Maybe not sleeping has caught up to her.'
"Jean?" Scott tried, as he knocked on her door. "Jean?" he said a bit more loudly. "Jean I'm coming in."
When Scott walked into her room, he took a few minutes to let his eyes adjust to the darkness. Reaching behind him, he closed the door and turned the light on. Since her light was right above her bed, Jean rolled over to shield her eyes from the sudden light.
"Scott, can you turn the light off. It hurts my eyes." Jean asked, slightly muffled from her speaking into her pillows.
"Jean, what is going on? Don't you feel better yet? You've been up here all day, and the professor and the other adults are back and asking questions. You've got to come down and eat something. We told them that you were studying for a test that you have next week." Scott explained.
"I do have a test next week, and I was supposed to be studying, but if I remember correctly, someone pulled me away from it to go drinking."
"You shouldn't be still affected from the alcohol by now. It should have worn off."
"Scott, we are mutants. Our bodies are different from normal people. Maybe the effects of alcohol are different for mutants."
"Maybe it's just your body because all the mutants that I know that drink aren't affected like this. Just come down and get something to eat. You must be starving by now, and just say that your not feeling well. That you must have caught some bug or something."
"What am I going to eat? What did you guys have for dinner?"
"Pasta. There is some left if you want it."
"Yeah I guess. It's better than nothing. So where have I been all day?"
"In the library, studying for a test you have next week. After lunch, you didn't feel well, so you went to your room to lay down and fell asleep. You heard the professor tell you that it was dinner time, but you didn't feel well enough to come down at that time. This morning you went to the Danger Room session. It was worse than one of Logan's sessions."
As Scott went into the details of the session, he helped Jean out of bed and into the bathroom, where she made herself look more presentable. After doing that, they left to go find something for Jean to eat.
"Hey. When did you guys get back?" Jean asked, upon seeing the adults in the kitchen finding some coffee.
"Just before dinner. What's up Red? You don't look so good." Logan asked.
"I'm sure it's nothing. I probably caught a bug or something." Jean said, giving him a small smile.
"Yeah. Sure." Logan replied, unconvinced. "If you say so."
While Jean went and took a seat by the window, Scott fished a bowl of the leftover pasta and put some onto a plate and stuck it into the microwave. Soon, you could smell it heating up. As the buzzer sounded, Scott took it out of the microwave, and handed it to Jean, who was talking to the professor, Ororo, and Logan. Hank had gone off to look over his notes on the lecture that they had just come home from.
"O God." Jean said suddenly, as Scott put the dish infront of her. Jumping up with one hand over her mouth and the other one on her stomach, Jean ran to find the nearest washroom.
"Anything you would like to share with us Scott?" the professor asked.
Sighing in defeat, Scott realized that they knew that they had been drinking, and that Jean had not 'just caught a bug'.
"Evan, Kurt, and Kitty challenged Jean and I to a game of shot for shot. We agreed to accept their challenge before we heard what it was. Otherwise, we would have never accepted it. Kurt had changed his hollow-emitter to make it look like he was older, that's how he got the alcohol. Jean and I ended up having almost the while bottle. We spilt some, so that's probably why you could smell it. When I went to go wake Jean up this morning, she was so sick, that I just let her stay in bed. She's been in bed all day, and I didn't know you knew anything, so we said that Jean was studying, and when you told me she was in bed, we made up that she had caught a bug after lunch. The problem is that Jean hasn't gotten over the effects of the alcohol."
Ororo left after Scott was finished speaking to go check up on Jean. Coming back into the kitchen, she said, "Jean's not looking too good. I sent her back up to her room."
"Shouldn't she be feeling better by now professor?" Scott asked.
"She should. But she could have serious damage done to her liver because of the alcohol. What did you drink?"
"Vodka."
"Was that it?"
"Yeah. We only drank straight vodka."
"How much alcohol was there per volume?" Logan asked.
"45 to 50 percent."
"Shit. You had better get her down to see Hank. If you guys had almost half a bottle, she could have serious liver damage from drinking that much." Logan stated.
"Scott, go get Jean. We'll meet you down in the lower levels with a few other students." Ororo said. Scott could hear the anger in her voice.
"K." was all Scott could get out.
All Scott could think about as he walked up the stairs was that if Jean had serious liver damage, then what would they do? They couldn't take her to a hospital. And what about Jean? You need a liver to survive.
Opening up her door, Scott could see her lying on her side, facing her window. Walking up to her bed, and sitting down beside her, Scott gently woke her up.
"What is it Scott?" she asked.
"They want me to take you down to see Hank. They know what happened." He added once he saw the look on her face. "They think that the reason that you are sick is because of alcohol poisoning to your liver. The professor thinks it's a good idea to check this stuff out, even if it's nothing."
Nodding, Jean started to sit up. Scott pulled her out of bed and together, they started walking to the elevator to take them to the lower levels of the mansion. Half way there, Jean suddenly stopped and clutched her head in one hand and sought to find the wall. Stumbling, Jean fell. Rushing to her side, Scott looked to see if she bumped her head on anything. Seeing that she hit it off the floor, he tried to get her to wake up.
"Jean? Jean come on wake up!" He said shaking her. "Jean this isn't funny. Wake up. Jean?"
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HA HA HA!!!! Sorry I couldn't help myself. I had to have a cliffhanger in it. It's not much of a cliffhanger, but a small one none the less. Please let me know that you think!!