There was a light breeze blowing though the trees out side the window. Alexandria watched the leaves dancing on their limbs from her bed. She felt sore and tired but every time she closed her eyes to take a nap she saw the man holding the gun and the gun's hammer pulling back. Her mind kept playing with questions that had no answers, or at least answers she didn't want. Like what would have happened if her family hadn't shown up when they did? Would she and Erik have been killed? Alexandria shivered at the thought and turned onto her side pulling her old teddy bear closer to her.
Ororo sat in Charles' study with the others as Erik explained what he was doing in their reality and why he had called out to Alexandria, but she wasn't really listening. She just couldn't stop thinking about how pale Alexandria had looked. Hank had checked her out and had told them she'd be fine after some rest, but Ororo knew that there was something more.
There was a sudden lull in the conversation and Ororo looked up just in time to see Charles asking everyone but Erik, Logan, and Elizabeth to give them a moment alone. Ororo nodded and stood. She wanted to check on Alexandria. She left the room without a word and with Jean at her side. They were stopped at the bottom of the stairs by Hank.
"Ororo, when she's feeling stronger I'll need to see Lexie to run some tests on this new power of hers."
Again Ororo nodded. "Of course, Henry."
"Lex, you ok?" Rachel asked as she walked over to her sister's bed.
Alexandria turned her head and looked up at the young redhead and nodded. "Yeah Rach I'm ok." She said as she sat up slowly. Her head buzzed a little but she was starting to feel stronger. "Are they all still down there with Erik?"
Rachel plopped down on the bed next to Alexandria as she nodded. "They've been in Grandpa's study since you guys got back." Rachel looked at Alexandria a moment, she knew that her sister wasn't ok but she also knew that Alexandria was to much like her mother to admit it. "Hey Lex how come you didn't tell me what you were doing?"
She was expecting that question. "Cause I wasn't really sure what I was doing until I was doing it."
"I would have come with you." Rachel said as she picked up one of Alexandria's stuffed toys. "You scared me ya know."
Alexandria looked over at Rachel and felt sick over the look of fear she saw in her sister's eyes. "I didn't mean to scare you, Rachel, and I couldn't take you with me. I didn't know what I was getting into and I would never have asked you to jump in with me head first."
There was a flash of anger in Rachel's eyes. "We're a team, Lexie. You and me. You should have taken me with you!"
Alexandria simply shook her head. Normally she would have had Rachel with her but she was glad she hadn't asked her to come. She would have never been able to live with herself if she'd put Rachel in danger. "I wasn't thinking when I took off, Rach. I heard Erik call out to me and just.. Reacted.. I didn't know what I was going to fly into. I wouldn't have put that risk on you."
"But it was ok for you to risk yourself?" Rachel asked in a way that reminded Alexandria of Jean.
"I'd like to know the answer to that one myself." Came Ororo's voice from the doorway.
Both of the girls jumped at the sound of Ororo's voice. When they looked up they saw both their moms standing there and neither of them looking to happy. Alexandria wasn't sure how to answer her mother so she simply shrugged.
"Rachel would you go down and give Bobby and Sam a hand in the kitchen. They're attempting to make tacos for dinner." Jean said softly as she placed a hand on her daughter's shoulder.
Rachel looked at her mom and then at Ororo and Alexandria before standing up. "Sure Mom."
Ororo sat down on the bed next to Alexandria and Jean sat on Rachel's across from her. No one said anything for a long time but then Alexandria said softly. "Is Erik alright?"
"Thanks to you, but I do not wish to discuss Erik at the moment. I would rather find out why my teenage daughter went off on her own in search of a telepathic call for help." Ororo said in a soft yet firm tone.
Her mother was never one for yelling she would much rather talk things through before handing out the punishments, but sometimes Alexandria wished she'd just yell.
Logan watched as Charles and Erik made their way down to the med lab and then he walked off towards the rec room and his stash of Canadian beer. His blood still boiled from the fight and his heart still pounded from the sight of his daughter being attacked. He ripped the top of the can off and downed the whole can before grabbing another and walking over to the windows. He stood there brooding as he looked over the grounds.
"So how do you think that'll all turn out?" Elizabeth asked as she enter the room and walked up to him.
"Charlie will make sure it works out for the best." Logan growled.
Elizabeth helped herself to one of his beers and popped it open as she asked. "So why aren't you upstairs with Ororo and Alexandria?"
Logan growled again then said. "I said my peace in the jeep. The kid knows I think she messed up but that everyone messes up. I'll let 'Ro handle the rest."
There was a moment of quiet between them as they drank their beers. Elizabeth could tell that Logan was becoming adjusted to the idea of his new role in his family. He could still be father but no loner lover nor husband. She only wished she could tell him the truth about the role she wished he'd play for her.
"I guess a month is fair." Alexandria said as she sulked on her bed.
Ororo stood up and kissed her daughter on top of the head. "I think it's more then fair. Now why don't you take a nap before dinner. We'll send Rachel up to wake you."
Alexandria nodded and laid back down. She wasn't able to tell her moms about what she saw when she closed her eyes but as she felt what she could only describe as a gentle blanket being placed in her mind she knew that at least one if not both already knew.
Ororo sat in Charles' study with the others as Erik explained what he was doing in their reality and why he had called out to Alexandria, but she wasn't really listening. She just couldn't stop thinking about how pale Alexandria had looked. Hank had checked her out and had told them she'd be fine after some rest, but Ororo knew that there was something more.
There was a sudden lull in the conversation and Ororo looked up just in time to see Charles asking everyone but Erik, Logan, and Elizabeth to give them a moment alone. Ororo nodded and stood. She wanted to check on Alexandria. She left the room without a word and with Jean at her side. They were stopped at the bottom of the stairs by Hank.
"Ororo, when she's feeling stronger I'll need to see Lexie to run some tests on this new power of hers."
Again Ororo nodded. "Of course, Henry."
"Lex, you ok?" Rachel asked as she walked over to her sister's bed.
Alexandria turned her head and looked up at the young redhead and nodded. "Yeah Rach I'm ok." She said as she sat up slowly. Her head buzzed a little but she was starting to feel stronger. "Are they all still down there with Erik?"
Rachel plopped down on the bed next to Alexandria as she nodded. "They've been in Grandpa's study since you guys got back." Rachel looked at Alexandria a moment, she knew that her sister wasn't ok but she also knew that Alexandria was to much like her mother to admit it. "Hey Lex how come you didn't tell me what you were doing?"
She was expecting that question. "Cause I wasn't really sure what I was doing until I was doing it."
"I would have come with you." Rachel said as she picked up one of Alexandria's stuffed toys. "You scared me ya know."
Alexandria looked over at Rachel and felt sick over the look of fear she saw in her sister's eyes. "I didn't mean to scare you, Rachel, and I couldn't take you with me. I didn't know what I was getting into and I would never have asked you to jump in with me head first."
There was a flash of anger in Rachel's eyes. "We're a team, Lexie. You and me. You should have taken me with you!"
Alexandria simply shook her head. Normally she would have had Rachel with her but she was glad she hadn't asked her to come. She would have never been able to live with herself if she'd put Rachel in danger. "I wasn't thinking when I took off, Rach. I heard Erik call out to me and just.. Reacted.. I didn't know what I was going to fly into. I wouldn't have put that risk on you."
"But it was ok for you to risk yourself?" Rachel asked in a way that reminded Alexandria of Jean.
"I'd like to know the answer to that one myself." Came Ororo's voice from the doorway.
Both of the girls jumped at the sound of Ororo's voice. When they looked up they saw both their moms standing there and neither of them looking to happy. Alexandria wasn't sure how to answer her mother so she simply shrugged.
"Rachel would you go down and give Bobby and Sam a hand in the kitchen. They're attempting to make tacos for dinner." Jean said softly as she placed a hand on her daughter's shoulder.
Rachel looked at her mom and then at Ororo and Alexandria before standing up. "Sure Mom."
Ororo sat down on the bed next to Alexandria and Jean sat on Rachel's across from her. No one said anything for a long time but then Alexandria said softly. "Is Erik alright?"
"Thanks to you, but I do not wish to discuss Erik at the moment. I would rather find out why my teenage daughter went off on her own in search of a telepathic call for help." Ororo said in a soft yet firm tone.
Her mother was never one for yelling she would much rather talk things through before handing out the punishments, but sometimes Alexandria wished she'd just yell.
Logan watched as Charles and Erik made their way down to the med lab and then he walked off towards the rec room and his stash of Canadian beer. His blood still boiled from the fight and his heart still pounded from the sight of his daughter being attacked. He ripped the top of the can off and downed the whole can before grabbing another and walking over to the windows. He stood there brooding as he looked over the grounds.
"So how do you think that'll all turn out?" Elizabeth asked as she enter the room and walked up to him.
"Charlie will make sure it works out for the best." Logan growled.
Elizabeth helped herself to one of his beers and popped it open as she asked. "So why aren't you upstairs with Ororo and Alexandria?"
Logan growled again then said. "I said my peace in the jeep. The kid knows I think she messed up but that everyone messes up. I'll let 'Ro handle the rest."
There was a moment of quiet between them as they drank their beers. Elizabeth could tell that Logan was becoming adjusted to the idea of his new role in his family. He could still be father but no loner lover nor husband. She only wished she could tell him the truth about the role she wished he'd play for her.
"I guess a month is fair." Alexandria said as she sulked on her bed.
Ororo stood up and kissed her daughter on top of the head. "I think it's more then fair. Now why don't you take a nap before dinner. We'll send Rachel up to wake you."
Alexandria nodded and laid back down. She wasn't able to tell her moms about what she saw when she closed her eyes but as she felt what she could only describe as a gentle blanket being placed in her mind she knew that at least one if not both already knew.
