Chapter 7: Chick Flicks and Poker
When night time came, Jean had just gotten out of the shower while Logan was putting Jack to bed. Jean was just about to check on them when she heard a soft *thunk* from Jack's room right next door. She hurried in the room to find Logan lying on the floor and Jack bouncing on the bed.
"Mommy, Daddy fell on the fwoor!" Jack bounced, pointing to Logan.
Jean quickly knelt by her husband's side and checked his pulse. It was a slow, steady rhythm, he was only sleeping. Jean sighed. She figured Logan had already taken the pills, not realizing how fast they would work on sedating him. She stood up, her hands on her hips in a very motherly fasion. "Alright Jack, back in bed now."
The little wolf-boy pouted. "But I wanted to play with Daddy!"
Jean pulled the covers over Jack as he snuggled into the bed. "Daddy's sleeping, you can play tomorrow. You have school in the morning with Hank, so you better go to sleep."
Jack sighed in defeat and rolled on his side, hugging a stuffed toy close to him and shutting his eyes.
Jean looked over at Logan's sleeping form on the floor. She couldn't help but quirk a small smile. She sighed. ~What am I to do with you now, hmm?~ Jean used her telekinesis to raise Logan into the air and floated him back into their own room, following closely behind.
As they entered the room, Jean gently sent him down on the bed. She flopped down beside him, curling in close and resting her head on his chest. Jean only hopped that he would have a restful sleep with no nightmares, and no complications with the medicine. She had the anti-toxin close by, just in case.
Jean woke to the sound of her alarm clock going off at 8 a.m. She groaned, and telekinetically hit the button to turn it off. Jean yawned, sitting up in bed and rubbing the sleepiness out of her eyes. She looked toward Logan who still seemed to be sleeping peacefully beside her. Jean smiled to herself. ~I guess the medicine worked then...so far, so good. I'll let him sleep for a while longer.~
Jean flung her feet over the side of the bed and tiredly got up. She had to wake up Jack and get him ready for school this morning.
It was around 10 o'clock when Jean finally finished getting Jack ready and brought him to Hank's little classroom in the mansion. After taking a quick shower, she walked into her bedroom to check on Logan.
He was sitting on one side of the bed, facing the window, looking as if he had just woken up. Jean smiled, walking towards the bed. "Hey babe, sleep good?" Logan hadn't answered her and Jean furrowed her brows. She walked around the bed and sat down beside him before he finally looked up. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Logan stared at her with a look of confuson. "Huh? What?" He shook his head, trying to clear the cobwebs.
Jean reached her hand up and brushed it along the side of his face. *~Logan, what's the matter with you?~* She asked, this time, using telepathy.
Logan just shook his head with a shrug and took Jean's hand. "I dunno, I'm not hearin' so well right now. My other senses're off too...I didn't even smell ya when you came in the room."
Jean nodded. "It must be an effect of the medication or something." She spoke loudly and Logan seemed to hear what she was saying this time. He just nodded back at her and Jean took his arm, pulling him up to his feet. "Why don't you take a shower and get dressed, we'll have to wait until Hank's done teaching Jack before you go see him."
Logan sighed. "Ahright." He half-smiled, kissing Jean on the cheek and left to take a shower.
That afternoon, in the med lab...
Logan sat patiently on the table as Hank started checking him over.
Jean was standing next to him, resting a hand on his shoulder. She looked up at Beast. "So Hank, is it just the medicine that's effecting his hearing?"
The blue furred doctor stood there with a very professional look on his face. "There's more to it than that. Since Logan's enhanced senses are because of his healing factor, this means that his healing has been effected."
Logan carefully picked up on what Hank was saying, listening carefully.
Jean's face was marked with more concern. "What do we do about it?"
"The medicine is already in Logan's system, so the anti-toxin would be of no use to us now. The dulling of his healing factor seems to just be a slight after-effect of the medicine, only meaning that it hasn't fully worn off yet. Nothing more. And since it's the first time Logan's taken the medication, his system hasn't yet adapted to it. The more he uses the sedatives, the lesser the after-effects."
Jean nodded and Logan hopped off the medical bed, anxious to get out of the stuffy med lab.
Before Logan got the chance to leave, Hank stopped him. "So uh, Logan. Take it easy today and try to remember that your healing factor isn't at it's best alright." He winked and walked past Logan and Jean, heading towards his regular lab so he could work on some experiments for a little while.
Logan just rolled his eyes and started to take off.
"Not so fast Logan." Jean called him back as she would Jack. "Hank's right Logan, you need to take it easy ok?"
He let out a long sigh and nodded. "Don't worry darlin', I'll be fine." Logan smirked and took off for a poker game with Remy, Kurt, and Scott.
Jean started to walk past the rec room when she heard people talking. She backed up and entered the room where Rogue and Ororo were watching a movie. "Hey girls, what are you watching?"
Rogue and Ororo both looked up from the television screen. "Oh hello Jean. We're watching Sleepless in Seatle. It just started."
"Yeah, and I'm tryin' ta convince Storm here that this movie ain't worth watchin'. It's the most dragged out love story ever!" Rogue drawled with a laugh.
Jean smiled. "Oh, I dunno. It's kind of cute though, don't you think?"
Rogue just shrugged turning back to the movie. "C'mon Jean, have a seat."
Jean looked around, noticing there wasn't a guy in sight. Usually the women got harassed by men who would rather watch football, whenever there was a chick flick on. They had many fights over the t.v. Sometimes it was rather amusing. "Where are the boys?"
"I believe they're all in the lower levels playing poker. I feel bad for Scott though. They dragged him to play and he's terrible at keeping a poker face." Ororo replied, laughing.
Jean smiled. She new Ororo had a little thing going on with Scott, although she tried to keep it somewhat quiet. They'd been giving off signs ever since Jean had first met them when she, Logan, Rogue, Remy, Jubilee, and Kurt first came to the mansion.
Rogue passed Jean a bowl of popcorn as she sat down on the couch. "And you don't gotta worry about Jack either, Jean. He's outside with Jubilee, Kitty, and Evan playing baseball."
Jean smiled, thankful to get away from her worries for awhile.
During the poker game...
"Hurry up mon ami and place your bets, de others be gettin' a bit rowdy non?" Remy told Kurt, hoping the young man would just fold.
"Okay, umm...I'll see your 5 dollars, and raise you...uh..."
"Ya better just fold Elf, ya can't win with a pair o' twos." Logan smirked. Luckily his hearing was back to normal (normal for someone without enhanced senses), otherwise the guys would probably be playing jokes on him instead of Nightcrawler.
"Ok..." Kurt sighed in defeat, lying his cards face down. "I fold." Then his eyes furrowed and he stood up quickly surprising the others, with an angered look on his face. "Hey! How'd *you* know I had a pair of twos?!" He glared at Logan.
Logan just shrugged, and Hank (who gave up on experiments to join the game), Remy, and Scott all laughed. "The last time you got up fer pretzels, ya left all yer cards face up."
Kurt frowned, crossing his arms over his chest. "Oh man!" He couldn't help but smile a little. It was pretty funny...and very foolish of him (look who he's playing cards with!).
"Alrighty Scott, your turn. Are you going to place a bet?" Hank asked with a bit of a smirk.
Scott scrunched his nose for a second, staring at his cards. He then placed them face down on the table. "I fold."
Remy's eyes brightened. "The rest o' you guys should jus' quit now non? I be winnin' all night long I tell you." He grinned.
A/N-Ok, I think I only got one review last time, but because of that reviewer...this chapter is up. Please be kind and review!!! More chapters will come! If that's what you want that is....;P
When night time came, Jean had just gotten out of the shower while Logan was putting Jack to bed. Jean was just about to check on them when she heard a soft *thunk* from Jack's room right next door. She hurried in the room to find Logan lying on the floor and Jack bouncing on the bed.
"Mommy, Daddy fell on the fwoor!" Jack bounced, pointing to Logan.
Jean quickly knelt by her husband's side and checked his pulse. It was a slow, steady rhythm, he was only sleeping. Jean sighed. She figured Logan had already taken the pills, not realizing how fast they would work on sedating him. She stood up, her hands on her hips in a very motherly fasion. "Alright Jack, back in bed now."
The little wolf-boy pouted. "But I wanted to play with Daddy!"
Jean pulled the covers over Jack as he snuggled into the bed. "Daddy's sleeping, you can play tomorrow. You have school in the morning with Hank, so you better go to sleep."
Jack sighed in defeat and rolled on his side, hugging a stuffed toy close to him and shutting his eyes.
Jean looked over at Logan's sleeping form on the floor. She couldn't help but quirk a small smile. She sighed. ~What am I to do with you now, hmm?~ Jean used her telekinesis to raise Logan into the air and floated him back into their own room, following closely behind.
As they entered the room, Jean gently sent him down on the bed. She flopped down beside him, curling in close and resting her head on his chest. Jean only hopped that he would have a restful sleep with no nightmares, and no complications with the medicine. She had the anti-toxin close by, just in case.
Jean woke to the sound of her alarm clock going off at 8 a.m. She groaned, and telekinetically hit the button to turn it off. Jean yawned, sitting up in bed and rubbing the sleepiness out of her eyes. She looked toward Logan who still seemed to be sleeping peacefully beside her. Jean smiled to herself. ~I guess the medicine worked then...so far, so good. I'll let him sleep for a while longer.~
Jean flung her feet over the side of the bed and tiredly got up. She had to wake up Jack and get him ready for school this morning.
It was around 10 o'clock when Jean finally finished getting Jack ready and brought him to Hank's little classroom in the mansion. After taking a quick shower, she walked into her bedroom to check on Logan.
He was sitting on one side of the bed, facing the window, looking as if he had just woken up. Jean smiled, walking towards the bed. "Hey babe, sleep good?" Logan hadn't answered her and Jean furrowed her brows. She walked around the bed and sat down beside him before he finally looked up. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Logan stared at her with a look of confuson. "Huh? What?" He shook his head, trying to clear the cobwebs.
Jean reached her hand up and brushed it along the side of his face. *~Logan, what's the matter with you?~* She asked, this time, using telepathy.
Logan just shook his head with a shrug and took Jean's hand. "I dunno, I'm not hearin' so well right now. My other senses're off too...I didn't even smell ya when you came in the room."
Jean nodded. "It must be an effect of the medication or something." She spoke loudly and Logan seemed to hear what she was saying this time. He just nodded back at her and Jean took his arm, pulling him up to his feet. "Why don't you take a shower and get dressed, we'll have to wait until Hank's done teaching Jack before you go see him."
Logan sighed. "Ahright." He half-smiled, kissing Jean on the cheek and left to take a shower.
That afternoon, in the med lab...
Logan sat patiently on the table as Hank started checking him over.
Jean was standing next to him, resting a hand on his shoulder. She looked up at Beast. "So Hank, is it just the medicine that's effecting his hearing?"
The blue furred doctor stood there with a very professional look on his face. "There's more to it than that. Since Logan's enhanced senses are because of his healing factor, this means that his healing has been effected."
Logan carefully picked up on what Hank was saying, listening carefully.
Jean's face was marked with more concern. "What do we do about it?"
"The medicine is already in Logan's system, so the anti-toxin would be of no use to us now. The dulling of his healing factor seems to just be a slight after-effect of the medicine, only meaning that it hasn't fully worn off yet. Nothing more. And since it's the first time Logan's taken the medication, his system hasn't yet adapted to it. The more he uses the sedatives, the lesser the after-effects."
Jean nodded and Logan hopped off the medical bed, anxious to get out of the stuffy med lab.
Before Logan got the chance to leave, Hank stopped him. "So uh, Logan. Take it easy today and try to remember that your healing factor isn't at it's best alright." He winked and walked past Logan and Jean, heading towards his regular lab so he could work on some experiments for a little while.
Logan just rolled his eyes and started to take off.
"Not so fast Logan." Jean called him back as she would Jack. "Hank's right Logan, you need to take it easy ok?"
He let out a long sigh and nodded. "Don't worry darlin', I'll be fine." Logan smirked and took off for a poker game with Remy, Kurt, and Scott.
Jean started to walk past the rec room when she heard people talking. She backed up and entered the room where Rogue and Ororo were watching a movie. "Hey girls, what are you watching?"
Rogue and Ororo both looked up from the television screen. "Oh hello Jean. We're watching Sleepless in Seatle. It just started."
"Yeah, and I'm tryin' ta convince Storm here that this movie ain't worth watchin'. It's the most dragged out love story ever!" Rogue drawled with a laugh.
Jean smiled. "Oh, I dunno. It's kind of cute though, don't you think?"
Rogue just shrugged turning back to the movie. "C'mon Jean, have a seat."
Jean looked around, noticing there wasn't a guy in sight. Usually the women got harassed by men who would rather watch football, whenever there was a chick flick on. They had many fights over the t.v. Sometimes it was rather amusing. "Where are the boys?"
"I believe they're all in the lower levels playing poker. I feel bad for Scott though. They dragged him to play and he's terrible at keeping a poker face." Ororo replied, laughing.
Jean smiled. She new Ororo had a little thing going on with Scott, although she tried to keep it somewhat quiet. They'd been giving off signs ever since Jean had first met them when she, Logan, Rogue, Remy, Jubilee, and Kurt first came to the mansion.
Rogue passed Jean a bowl of popcorn as she sat down on the couch. "And you don't gotta worry about Jack either, Jean. He's outside with Jubilee, Kitty, and Evan playing baseball."
Jean smiled, thankful to get away from her worries for awhile.
During the poker game...
"Hurry up mon ami and place your bets, de others be gettin' a bit rowdy non?" Remy told Kurt, hoping the young man would just fold.
"Okay, umm...I'll see your 5 dollars, and raise you...uh..."
"Ya better just fold Elf, ya can't win with a pair o' twos." Logan smirked. Luckily his hearing was back to normal (normal for someone without enhanced senses), otherwise the guys would probably be playing jokes on him instead of Nightcrawler.
"Ok..." Kurt sighed in defeat, lying his cards face down. "I fold." Then his eyes furrowed and he stood up quickly surprising the others, with an angered look on his face. "Hey! How'd *you* know I had a pair of twos?!" He glared at Logan.
Logan just shrugged, and Hank (who gave up on experiments to join the game), Remy, and Scott all laughed. "The last time you got up fer pretzels, ya left all yer cards face up."
Kurt frowned, crossing his arms over his chest. "Oh man!" He couldn't help but smile a little. It was pretty funny...and very foolish of him (look who he's playing cards with!).
"Alrighty Scott, your turn. Are you going to place a bet?" Hank asked with a bit of a smirk.
Scott scrunched his nose for a second, staring at his cards. He then placed them face down on the table. "I fold."
Remy's eyes brightened. "The rest o' you guys should jus' quit now non? I be winnin' all night long I tell you." He grinned.
A/N-Ok, I think I only got one review last time, but because of that reviewer...this chapter is up. Please be kind and review!!! More chapters will come! If that's what you want that is....;P