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The Decision, part 6: Storm (conclusion)
(ring) .. (ring)..

"Jenny?"

"Non." The sympathy was very evident in Remy's voice. "Stormy, petite want'd go home, so Logan, he take 'er. Dey on de way now."

"Thanks, Remy." As was the disappointment in hers.

"She better now, you talk in de mornin', chere."

"Of course. Thank you, Remy."

After hanging up the phone with Remy, I was filled with disppointment, but not surprised. Jubilee may not have meant to this time, but she had still managed to avoid me.

She was leaving and I needed her to speak to me before going, even if just to yell at me for my betrayal. If she did not want to forgive me, I could understand. But I needed some hope that she might at some point in the future. Perhaps not soon, but at some point. Because right now, I cannot forgive myself.

Right or wrong, I have hurt my friend. An unusual kind of friendship it may be, but still friendship. And I betrayed that. If in no other way than not talking to her as an equal as I should have, and should haveinsisted Scott do so, as well. Of course, he did point out that she would then have the option of saying no, and we did not want to actually give her that option...

Do I deserve to be forgiven? Remy and the others seem to feel I am being too hard on myself. I only know I feel I deserve her anger and would feel better about it if she would yell at me.

Ironic, isn't it? One of the reasons we cited for her to be sent away was her immaturity, and though not speaking to a whole house full of people for three - almost four - days, may not be considered mature, it is much more so than running around yelling at said people. And that is what I, and I think everyone, wishes she would do.

So how mature does that make us?

I have decided that I will not give up. I am determined I will speak to her, and head downstairs to the front hall to wait for Logan and Jubilee to arrive.

Thirty minutes later she heard Wolverine's jeep start up the drive. She opened the door to watch him walk around the jeep and open the passenger side door. He picked up a sleeping Jubilee and carried her inside.

"Sorry, 'Ro, she's just tuckered out. You'll be able to talk ta her in the mornin'."

"Of course." she smiled at him. "I'll come with you and turn down her bed."

"Yeah, like she ever makes her bed." he chuckled, following her up the stairs.

Together they put their young friend to bed. Then, taking a moment afterwards to simply look at her young face. They both knew she would leave a hole in their hearts when she left but were resigned to doing the right thing for her.

Closing the door behind them, she was surprised when he put a hand on her shoulder.

"She's still yer pal, and she knows it. She's just ain't ready to get over bein' mad at ya. Ya knew when to wait before, be patient, and wait for her now."

"I know you're right, Logan. But I feel so guilty, and she leaves tomorrow. I don't want her to go with bad feelings between us."

"You and everyone else, darlin'. But we're gonna hafta let her get used ta it before she'll admit she could be happy there. Then she'll let it go and everybody will be friends again."

"I hope you are right."

I am one of very few people who are aware of Jubilee's penchant for sleeping on Wolverine's floor. While he was away, she slept on my floor afew times, once our friendship was first tenuously formed. Usually I didn't know until the next morning, when I would find my spare blanket folded in a chair, folded neatly but in a different manner than I do it.

So the next morning, when I saw the blanket in my chair, I was completely surprised but filled with hope. Unfortunately, that did not last past going to the kitchen. As soon as I saw Jubilee, I knew nothing had changed. She sat at the table eating and while everyone attempted to engage her in conversation she in no way responded, many times looking through the person speaking to her. I did not bother to try.

(Sigh) After seeing the blanket I had been so sure Jubilee would at least speak to us, even if she did not forgive us. Forgive me. I knew Logan was right, but the hope had still been there.

As I sat down to eat, I started mentally preparing myself to see the young girl off. It may be a long time before I see her again. I had resolved myself to not pushing her and I would not force my presence on her while she is adjusting to her new home. Of course, if she were to invite me...

I'd be patient and continue to wait as Logan advised. As I probably should have in the first place.

It was hard watching her go. Most of the women had tears in their eyes and everyone had on their sad face. After watching Jubilee and Wolverine pack his jeep and drive away, most decided to work it off in the Danger Room.

Ah, Scott has made the mistake of leaving his car out. Too bad about the rain. All those spots on his pretty car. Maybe he'll be in the Danger Room and I can get his glasses spotted as well. Petty, I know, but I have learned recently that I seem to have a small streak of immaturity inside me. Besides, I believe Jubilee would appreciate it.

>>>>>>> Two weeks later >>>>>>>

(ring) .. (ring) ..

"Xavier's School-" she started.

"Hey, Storm." Jubilee interrupted.

"Jubilee!"

"Um. Can you do me a favor?"

"What kind of favor?"

"Well... Remy kinda owes me some money from where we played pool before I left..."

"I can speak to him, I suppose."

"Great! I wanna go to the mall and I'm tapped out."

"I'll see what I can do."

"Well... "

"Was there something else?"

"Wel-l-ll.., I thought.., ya know.., maybe..."

"Yes, Jubilee?"

"Like, if you could get the money from him, maybe you could bring it to me, and we could go to the mall? They keep giving me health food. I haven't had chilli-cheese fries in forever!"

Storm said with a big smile on her face, "I'll be there as soon as I can." before going to search for Remy.

'Perhaps it will stop raining on Scott's car whenever it leaves the garage? Hmm... I'll think about it.' she mused.

The End

note:

Tokyo Fox- No offense taken. I just thought it might not have been clear and wanted to explain. BTW, how do you feel about Sabretooth:)

angel- LOL! Great idea, but we KNOW she went to the school. This was not to add a new chapter to that time, but a possible behind the scenes look at what MIGHT have happened to cause her transition to GenX. Coulda been fun though, huh?

Lost it somewhat when I had to go to work, but the ending was what I always intended. Were you waiting for a big confrontation? Sorry, wasn't actually ever gonna happen. To be honest, its because I simply couldn't think of anything good enuf to say. Jubilee WAS going to Snow Valley and did. Were they sorry? Yes. Did Jubes know that? Yes. She just had to have time to get used to the situation to forgive them, and fromStorm's pov, for her to forgive HER. Who was really just angsting over her part of sending Jubilee away.

For those that read 'Comfort' and 'Chilli-Cheese Fries', now that 'Decision' is finished I will be correcting them. I learned a valuable lesson in proof-reading. Many symbols and punctuation disappeared on me and I was really embarrassed. I am VERY happy you liked them, but they will be fixed. As soon as I figure out how. I apologize for any confusion while reading them. 'I' was confused by 'Comfort' and 'I' wrote it.

Also, I have some stories in mind with Jenny in them. If no one likes her let me know.

Thanks for the great reviews and encouragement! And yes thanks for the criticism too! Criticize all you want! I need the pointers. The last two weeks is the first I have written anything besides letters in 7-10yrs.

Okay, that was more than enough and I'm done.

Dizi