Hi, here's chapter 5! I hope you all enjoy it. Everything is about to be
revealed, and Jean is not going to be happy... Have fun (. Oh, and thank you
to all of you who reviewed my last chapter, I appreciate all of them!
Chapter 5
Her eyelids flittered over her eyes and she breathed a moan in her sleep at whomever it was trying to wake from a much-needed rest. Jean grunted loudly and turned over in her bed. "Go away..." she mumbled sleepily.
"Wakey, wakey." Whispered a distinctively male voice. "It's time to get up, sleepy head."
"Scott, go back to your own bed, and come and wake me up again in a few hours." Jean mumbled.
"Jean, sweetheart, it's Christmas! Get up!"
"GO AWAY!" Jean screeched sitting up in her bed. Scott backed off at once.
"Jeez, I didn't know the mood swings were this bad."
"Fuck off, Scott, I'm tired, go away." Jean snapped laying back down. Scott sighed and sat down on her bed beside her.
"I'm sorry, sweetheart. If I promise to be quiet for the rest of the morning, will you get up? Everyone is already downstairs. I was sent up here to get you. I know you're tired, and I know that you're cranky, but it's Christmas, Jean. Please get up. Besides, I heard that the professor, Logan, Ororo, and Hank have a surprise for you."
One bleary eye opened and Jean turned over and looked up at Scott. He smiled at her and rubbed her back. "Please, sweetheart."
"Ok, fine." Jean said sitting up. Scott helped her and handed her, her slippers. "Want to tell me what the surprise is?" she asked as she stood up.
"No, because if I did that, it wouldn't be a surprise."
"You're no fun." Jean smirked shrugging her robe on and freeing her long, red hair from it. Scott took her hand and they walked downstairs.
"It's about time." Logan teased as the couple finally appeared in the foyer. Dominating the room itself was a twelve-foot Christmas tree adorned with all the traditional trimmings, including lots of tinsel and glass balls. Scott settled Jean down onto a couch and sat beside her draping his arm across her shoulders. She snuggled up beside him and laid her head on his shoulder.
"Is everyone finally here?" Evan called out.
"Evan." Ororo shot a look at him.
After a long hour of passing out gifts and making messes with ominous amounts of wrapping paper everyone, but the adults and Jean and Scott, went upstairs. There was still a small pile of wrapped gifts under the tree. They were Jean's and Scott's. Both had requested that they remain there, and that they would take them upstairs later. Jean could only guess what her parents had sent her, and she didn't want to open them with the other students around. They still didn't know, even though she was six months pregnant, she still wasn't showing. When Scott hugged her though, he could feel a bulge under her shirt, and it made him smile.
Jean sat up a little and looked around. Everyone was smiling at her. "So what's the big surprise Scott was telling me about?"
Ororo smiled at Jean again and got up to walk into the kitchen. "Scott, really, just tell me." Jean looked up when Ororo walked back out. She was carrying a small box and an envelope. She handed Jean the envelope first. Inside were pictures of baby furniture; a crib, dresser, changing table, and a rocking chair. "Wow, they're beautiful." Jean said looking at them.
"We were going to order it, but Scott said to wait and see if you liked it first."
"I do, I love it, they're beautiful pieces. I'll just have to tell my parents when they ask me about furniture, not to worry."
"Good. Well, then we also have these for you." Ororo handed Jean the thin box. She lifted the lid and inside were two baby outfits. One was a yellow sleeper with a border around the wrists and neck of blue moons and stars. The other was a shirt and shorts set, also yellow.
"Oh, thank you guys. They're so cute." Jean got up and went around to hug everyone then she sat back down next to Scott and he gave her a kiss.
"You're welcome." He whispered. Jean mouthed a thank you and began folding the clothes back up and placing them back in the box.
Up on the stairs, Kitty had just been about to go back down into the foyer to retrieve something she had forgotten, when she saw Ororo walk out of the kitchen with a box and heading towards the foyer. Curious, Kitty edged down the stairs and stopped at the banister where she was sure no one would see her. From there she saw Ororo give Jean the box. Once Jean lifted the lid and pulled out a baby outfit, Kitty's hand went over her mouth and she darted back upstairs to hers and Amara's room.
"Guess what." She exclaimed bursting through the door.
"What?"
"Jean's pregnant."
"No she's not." Amara said going through her magazine.
"Yes she is. Ororo just gave her a box and inside was a baby outfit."
"How do you know?" Amara inquired.
"I was watching from the stairs. I left my new makeup kit downstairs and I was going to get it when I saw."
"Are you serious, I mean really." Amara said excitedly as she stood up.
"Yeah, Jean's going to have a baby!"
After being presented with her gifts from the adults, Jean and Scott carried up the rest of their gifts from her parents and each other upstairs and opened them. Scott had gotten her two maternity denim jumpers, and a necklace with a pair of baby slippers on the end of the chain. Her parents had also sent her maternity clothes and bumpers for the crib. Sara had sent her two books on becoming a parent, two copies of the same book, one for her and one for Scott. Paul's gift was for them both. A picture album. Inside already were some pictures that had been taken of everyone for the holidays.
Jean's gift to Scott was a new green sweater to replace the one she had accidentally gotten sick on a few months back, and stained enough to the effect that he would have to throw it out. She had also gotten him a Christmas tree shaped tin of assorted chocolate, since she knew he loved it, and she wouldn't deny him something he could have even though she wanted it as well, and he wouldn't eat it so it was fair between them.
Outside Scott's room, where they sitting, was Kitty and Amara listening to their conversation and watching as they unwrapped their gifts.
"See I told you." Kitty hissed to Amara as Jean lifted maternity clothes from a box and hugged Scott in thanks. He reached out and rubbed her stomach gently with meaning. Kitty and Amara both gasped, and both Jean and Scott looked up. Scott got up and walked over to the door and opened it quickly. Kitty and Amara fell backwards and got up to run, but they were pulled backwards and held in place. Jean walked out into the hall with her left hand out in front of her. She turned Kitty and Amara around and pulled them back towards her.
"How long were you two out here for, how much did you hear or see?" Jean demanded with her hands on her hips.
"Everything." Amara squeaked out.
"Great, we're busted, we're busted!" Jean stomped back into his room and slammed the door shut. Kitty and Amara were immediately released from her telekinetic grip.
Scott flinched. "Ouch. Uh, don't worry about it just mood swings. But you cannot tell anyone, do you understand me. No one."
Kitty and Amara nodded and ran back down the hall to their room. After Scott heard their door close, he went back inside his room and shut and locked the door behind him. Jean was laying down on his bed on her side facing away from him.
"Jean, sweetheart..." he started softly as he walked over to her. "Sweetheart, I know you're upset, but please talk to me." Scott sat down beside her and rubbed her side gently. "Honey...?"
"I'm fine, Scott. I just didn't want anyone else to know for now, and now that Kitty and Amara know, they're going to blab to everyone. I don't know how you can trust them."
"Jean, even Kitty and Amara know when to keep their mouths shut. Besides, you're starting to show anyway, you're not going to be able to hide it for much longer. Hey, I know what'll make you feel better. How about this weekend we go shopping for maternity clothes. Just the two of us, out for the whole day. Shopping. Come on, I know that'll make you feel much better."
Jean turned over and looked at him for a minute. Then she smiled. "Ok, that's sounds like a plan." Scott leaned down and kissed her.
"Good. And don't worry, if Kitty and Amara blab, I'll make them do plenty of extra laps in the Danger Room, and if we're lucky, they'll break a nail."
Jean laughed. "I'm so thankful that I have the honor of being in love with such a wonderful man as you, Scott Summers. And I'm so thankful that you love me."
Scott hugged her. "Never doubt it, never forget it, Jean."
Author's Note: That wasn't as hard a chapter as I thought it was going to be. I thought it would take me longer than this to write it. I hope you all enjoyed it, please review if you wish. I'll update soon. I promise! (
Chapter 5
Her eyelids flittered over her eyes and she breathed a moan in her sleep at whomever it was trying to wake from a much-needed rest. Jean grunted loudly and turned over in her bed. "Go away..." she mumbled sleepily.
"Wakey, wakey." Whispered a distinctively male voice. "It's time to get up, sleepy head."
"Scott, go back to your own bed, and come and wake me up again in a few hours." Jean mumbled.
"Jean, sweetheart, it's Christmas! Get up!"
"GO AWAY!" Jean screeched sitting up in her bed. Scott backed off at once.
"Jeez, I didn't know the mood swings were this bad."
"Fuck off, Scott, I'm tired, go away." Jean snapped laying back down. Scott sighed and sat down on her bed beside her.
"I'm sorry, sweetheart. If I promise to be quiet for the rest of the morning, will you get up? Everyone is already downstairs. I was sent up here to get you. I know you're tired, and I know that you're cranky, but it's Christmas, Jean. Please get up. Besides, I heard that the professor, Logan, Ororo, and Hank have a surprise for you."
One bleary eye opened and Jean turned over and looked up at Scott. He smiled at her and rubbed her back. "Please, sweetheart."
"Ok, fine." Jean said sitting up. Scott helped her and handed her, her slippers. "Want to tell me what the surprise is?" she asked as she stood up.
"No, because if I did that, it wouldn't be a surprise."
"You're no fun." Jean smirked shrugging her robe on and freeing her long, red hair from it. Scott took her hand and they walked downstairs.
"It's about time." Logan teased as the couple finally appeared in the foyer. Dominating the room itself was a twelve-foot Christmas tree adorned with all the traditional trimmings, including lots of tinsel and glass balls. Scott settled Jean down onto a couch and sat beside her draping his arm across her shoulders. She snuggled up beside him and laid her head on his shoulder.
"Is everyone finally here?" Evan called out.
"Evan." Ororo shot a look at him.
After a long hour of passing out gifts and making messes with ominous amounts of wrapping paper everyone, but the adults and Jean and Scott, went upstairs. There was still a small pile of wrapped gifts under the tree. They were Jean's and Scott's. Both had requested that they remain there, and that they would take them upstairs later. Jean could only guess what her parents had sent her, and she didn't want to open them with the other students around. They still didn't know, even though she was six months pregnant, she still wasn't showing. When Scott hugged her though, he could feel a bulge under her shirt, and it made him smile.
Jean sat up a little and looked around. Everyone was smiling at her. "So what's the big surprise Scott was telling me about?"
Ororo smiled at Jean again and got up to walk into the kitchen. "Scott, really, just tell me." Jean looked up when Ororo walked back out. She was carrying a small box and an envelope. She handed Jean the envelope first. Inside were pictures of baby furniture; a crib, dresser, changing table, and a rocking chair. "Wow, they're beautiful." Jean said looking at them.
"We were going to order it, but Scott said to wait and see if you liked it first."
"I do, I love it, they're beautiful pieces. I'll just have to tell my parents when they ask me about furniture, not to worry."
"Good. Well, then we also have these for you." Ororo handed Jean the thin box. She lifted the lid and inside were two baby outfits. One was a yellow sleeper with a border around the wrists and neck of blue moons and stars. The other was a shirt and shorts set, also yellow.
"Oh, thank you guys. They're so cute." Jean got up and went around to hug everyone then she sat back down next to Scott and he gave her a kiss.
"You're welcome." He whispered. Jean mouthed a thank you and began folding the clothes back up and placing them back in the box.
Up on the stairs, Kitty had just been about to go back down into the foyer to retrieve something she had forgotten, when she saw Ororo walk out of the kitchen with a box and heading towards the foyer. Curious, Kitty edged down the stairs and stopped at the banister where she was sure no one would see her. From there she saw Ororo give Jean the box. Once Jean lifted the lid and pulled out a baby outfit, Kitty's hand went over her mouth and she darted back upstairs to hers and Amara's room.
"Guess what." She exclaimed bursting through the door.
"What?"
"Jean's pregnant."
"No she's not." Amara said going through her magazine.
"Yes she is. Ororo just gave her a box and inside was a baby outfit."
"How do you know?" Amara inquired.
"I was watching from the stairs. I left my new makeup kit downstairs and I was going to get it when I saw."
"Are you serious, I mean really." Amara said excitedly as she stood up.
"Yeah, Jean's going to have a baby!"
After being presented with her gifts from the adults, Jean and Scott carried up the rest of their gifts from her parents and each other upstairs and opened them. Scott had gotten her two maternity denim jumpers, and a necklace with a pair of baby slippers on the end of the chain. Her parents had also sent her maternity clothes and bumpers for the crib. Sara had sent her two books on becoming a parent, two copies of the same book, one for her and one for Scott. Paul's gift was for them both. A picture album. Inside already were some pictures that had been taken of everyone for the holidays.
Jean's gift to Scott was a new green sweater to replace the one she had accidentally gotten sick on a few months back, and stained enough to the effect that he would have to throw it out. She had also gotten him a Christmas tree shaped tin of assorted chocolate, since she knew he loved it, and she wouldn't deny him something he could have even though she wanted it as well, and he wouldn't eat it so it was fair between them.
Outside Scott's room, where they sitting, was Kitty and Amara listening to their conversation and watching as they unwrapped their gifts.
"See I told you." Kitty hissed to Amara as Jean lifted maternity clothes from a box and hugged Scott in thanks. He reached out and rubbed her stomach gently with meaning. Kitty and Amara both gasped, and both Jean and Scott looked up. Scott got up and walked over to the door and opened it quickly. Kitty and Amara fell backwards and got up to run, but they were pulled backwards and held in place. Jean walked out into the hall with her left hand out in front of her. She turned Kitty and Amara around and pulled them back towards her.
"How long were you two out here for, how much did you hear or see?" Jean demanded with her hands on her hips.
"Everything." Amara squeaked out.
"Great, we're busted, we're busted!" Jean stomped back into his room and slammed the door shut. Kitty and Amara were immediately released from her telekinetic grip.
Scott flinched. "Ouch. Uh, don't worry about it just mood swings. But you cannot tell anyone, do you understand me. No one."
Kitty and Amara nodded and ran back down the hall to their room. After Scott heard their door close, he went back inside his room and shut and locked the door behind him. Jean was laying down on his bed on her side facing away from him.
"Jean, sweetheart..." he started softly as he walked over to her. "Sweetheart, I know you're upset, but please talk to me." Scott sat down beside her and rubbed her side gently. "Honey...?"
"I'm fine, Scott. I just didn't want anyone else to know for now, and now that Kitty and Amara know, they're going to blab to everyone. I don't know how you can trust them."
"Jean, even Kitty and Amara know when to keep their mouths shut. Besides, you're starting to show anyway, you're not going to be able to hide it for much longer. Hey, I know what'll make you feel better. How about this weekend we go shopping for maternity clothes. Just the two of us, out for the whole day. Shopping. Come on, I know that'll make you feel much better."
Jean turned over and looked at him for a minute. Then she smiled. "Ok, that's sounds like a plan." Scott leaned down and kissed her.
"Good. And don't worry, if Kitty and Amara blab, I'll make them do plenty of extra laps in the Danger Room, and if we're lucky, they'll break a nail."
Jean laughed. "I'm so thankful that I have the honor of being in love with such a wonderful man as you, Scott Summers. And I'm so thankful that you love me."
Scott hugged her. "Never doubt it, never forget it, Jean."
Author's Note: That wasn't as hard a chapter as I thought it was going to be. I thought it would take me longer than this to write it. I hope you all enjoyed it, please review if you wish. I'll update soon. I promise! (