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Wen
In their room, Scott and Jean had just awoken again side by side on their back. The young woman had laid her head nook of the X-Men leader' shoulder. They were silent, enjoying the tender moment. Scott was skimming with the edge of his fingers along her body which he knew by heart. Then, he reached her bandages which were covering her wrists and asked her:
- "Is it still hurting you?"
- "A little…yeah it is" she admitted, feeling trough their bond that he wasn't convinced by her answer "It bounds to say that I knew what I was doing, I wanted to die. And it'll take some time to heal, Hank has done a good job, but it'll probably leave scars"
- "How long will it be before he removes the stitches?"
- "About a week, it depends on the way it'll evolve, I'll have to take some sedatives for a while in addition "
He didn't say anything else, carrying on his innocent exploration. When he passed his fingers on her abdomen which hadn't yet regained its platitude, she tensed and he felt a wave of deep sadness through their bond.
- "Jean, you know that I'm here for you, that we can speak about that…" he said in a hesitant voice, not knowing how to tackle the subject, he didn't want to rush her, but seeing that she wasn't talking about it by herself, it seemed important for him to do it "I know you're hurt Jean, I've seen your glance when you've wanted to slip on this suit I like so much and that you've realised you couldn't close it at your waist…"
He hadn't lessened his glance since the beginning. She was now looking down, tears began to flow.
- "I…I regret it so much Scott, this baby was everything for me, I had lost you forever and it was the only thing remaining of you at the moment…when I lost it…I felt completely abandoned. To lose our bond and then our…our son...It was too much…it was too much…I didn't have anything to hold onto anymore …" she confessed to him between the tears as he was holding her close against him, laying some kisses on her hair "…a week before…or if I hadn't lost it…you could've felt it move, we…"
She gave way to her sobs and Scott did all he could to comfort her, rocking her and soothing her with words.
- "Ssshhhhh, everything will be all right now Jean, I promise you" he murmured into her ear, before laying a long kiss on her temple "I'm here now, I'm here"
In order to be able to get over this unachieved pregnancy, Jean had lay it to rest...To give way to her emotions without suppressing anything. So he let her cry against him, crying himself by thinking about what she had had to endure during these last four months, about what they could have lived without Magneto and his thirst for vengeance. If he had been near Jean, maybe she wouldn't have suffered this miscarriage. Their bond had this advantage, they had been able to confide into each other in a way deeper than with simple words, both of them knew perfectly what they had mutually lived henceforth. Magneto had lost, they were together again and they would never let another chance to him to separate them ever again.
In the living room, where the other adults were relaxing, Professor Xavier seemed distant for awhile, before declaring:
- "Scott has just contacted me via telepathy, they will come down later, he and Jean have reached the subject of the miscarriage"
- "Is she crying?" asked Ororo, saddened.
The Professor nodded.
- "He's comforting her, but would rather prefer that we not wait for them to eat. They'll both need time."
- "This'll lie heavy on our little Jeannie's heart for a long time" said Hank in a sad voice "But I think she'll fall pregnant in the coming months and this new pregnancy will help her to get over the miscarriage. We'd have to make sure that she stay relaxed at the approach of the sixth month so history does not repeat itself"
The other nodded.
- "It'll be easier with Scott by her side, the circumstances will be different. I think everything will be alright the next time, and we'd all have her complaints about her big abdomen and her back pains" smiled Ororo
It was mid-December and almost one month had melted away. Scott and Jean had completely recovered physically and both of them had regained their place as teacher at the Institute but they didn't miss a single moment to be alone together. Christmas was coming and despite the cold, the couple was often going out on a nice little dates, as at their beginning.
This evening, they decided to go outside for a walk in the Institute park. The sun was about to set and the cold was becoming quite bitter, but they weren't paying attention to it. Tightly in each other's arms, they were slowly dancing to the music of their hearts on the dock bordering the lake which looked as though it was covering itself with a golden light. Scott and Jean were giving way to their emotions, leaning forehead against forehead, silent and kissing lovingly for a long time. They were only kissing each other, but this contact was completely consuming them, leaving them with a soft feeling of warmth.
After about an hour, they decided to come back inside, their cheeks had been reddened by the cold, well not entirely because of it … They went to curl up in front of the hearth of a fireplace where a crackling fire was burning. Jean sat on Scott's knees, her head laying on his shoulder.
- "I had a wonderful afternoon" she said to him with a smile.
- "Oh yeah?" asked Scott as Jean had slightly raised herself in order to look him into the eyes.
- "Hmm…." she said by beginning to kiss his face before capturing his lips in a tender and loving kiss.
That's how Logan and Ororo found them as they came to inform them that the dinner was ready. In a tacit agreement, they didn't say anything until they broke up their kiss by themselves, staying forehead against forehead.
- "About time ya surface for air" grumbled Wolverine.
- "Yes, a little more and he was about to throw you a bucket of cold water" added Storm, amused.
Their remark seemed to go unnoticed. Jean stayed in her comfortable position for some seconds with her eyes closed and a little smile on her lips, before slowly opening her eyelids, sinking her glance into Scott's.
That was nice she sent to him, a naughty pout taking place on her face.
Scott frowned before smiling and kissing her on her forehead.
- "Would ya have forgotten that ya were in a public place?" replied Logan in a false strict tone, because seeing his protégée happy, could only make him feel somewhat concealing "Well love-birds, the dinner is waiting"
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