Pre-note: These are all too small I think for individual chapters, so I made one large chapter with several very short scenes. Enjoy!
disclaimer: All recognizable characters are owned by Marvel, except Jenny who is MINE. (Though I have been known to share if you ask nicely.) Oh, and I do not in any way mean to support piracy in mentioning internet downloads.
Moments
by Dizi
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"So let me get this straight. You just click on this icon here, it pulls up the search screen, you type in what you want, and it downloads." Jenny confirmed.
"That's right." Bobby beamed at her.
"And you just get music?" Jenny's voice was incredulous but her eyes gleamed.
"Sure. In a few days, I'll show you how to burn them to disk if you want."
Three days later...
"Bobby, it won't let me do any more. The computer says the hard drive's full."
On Again, Off Again
Carefully, Jenny lifted the large pot of water to the stove and turned the burner on high for the water to boil the spaghetti noodles.
Immediately after she stepped back, strong arms closed around her, twirled her about, and she found herself dipped backward supported by Remy's arms, staring up into his red eyes inches from her own.
"Come away wit' me, chere." He said in an exaggerated lover-like tone. "We go to Paris and live de high life, no problems, no worries, no one to bot'er us. No strain fo' Remy's heart, and Jenny cook only when she want to, sound good, non?"
Jenny blinked up at him. "Um, who'd cook dinner tonight?"
He stared at her a moment, then burst out laughing before setting her back on her feet. "Ah, well, dere's always somet'ing, isn't dere?"
Puzzled, she watched him stride towards the door still laughing under his breath and stopped him before he could exit the room. "Remy, is something wrong?"
He stopped laughing and smiled wryly, "Non, chere, everyone get a broken heart." and continued out of the room.
'Ah,' she thought, 'it's one of those days.'
Chili Night
"Hi, Jenny." Scott greeted her. "Not going to Harry's tonight? Isn't it your day off?"
"Hi!" she returned cheerfully. "Yeah, I'm off. Logan's taking me after dinner. He's making chili."
"Oh, you're in for a treat." He said enthusiastically. "Don't tell him I said so, but he makes great chili."
"Mmmm, I loooovvve chili." Jenny smiled. "Especially if I don't have to cook it! I'm gonna go check on it, I'm hungry."
"Wait!" Scott called. "I wouldn't go in there if I were you!" But it was too late, she'd already gone into the kitchen.
Less than a minute later, she backed out of the room, her face pale. "How could he have gotten it so bad so quickly? He's only been in there thirty minutes."
Scott gave her a sympathetic look.
"He is going to clean it, right?" she asked with a panicked look on her face.
"Ah, sure, he is." Scott gave her a reassuring pat on the arm. "Don't worry about a thing."
Jenny gave him a suspicious look and stalked past him on her way to the med-lab and her emergency supply of Moonpies Hank kept for her there.
Watching her go, Scott wondered if he could talk Jean into helping him wash dishes and scrub the kitchen tonight before Jenny got home. It was worth a little cleaning time in exchange for Wolverine's chili.
And avoiding a freaked-out Jenny at five-thirty in the morning.
The Last Twinkie
Bobby watched Jenny leave the kitchen, quietly tiptoed in and opened the pantry door. Snatching up the box of Twinkies, he smiled as he took the last one and ran out clutching his prize, a gleeful smile on his face.
Forty-five minutes later, Jenny checked her watch. 'Snack time,' she thought.
Going back to the kitchen, she entered the pantry and opened the box of instant oatmeal, pulled out a Twinkie, and put it in the empty Twinkie box, then left the kitchen to continue with her routine.
Watching Jenny leave, Hank sneaked into the kitchen, opened the pantry and his eyes lit up as he took the last Twinkie from the box.
Self-Defense Class
"This is a joke, right?" Jenny demanded, looking back and forth between Logan and Bishop.
"No, this is a test." Bishop explained patiently. "The goal is to get past Wolverine using the self-defense skills you've learned."
"Can't I fight Bobby?" she begged. "I bet I could take Bobby."
"Don't worry, darlin', ain't usin' my claws." Logan smirked, flashing said claws. "I won't hurt ya... much."
"He can't even turn off his powers!" Jenny exclaimed. "How am I supposed to fight him? There's no way I can win!"
"That's what the test is about, you have to figure it out." Bishop said calmly. "Study the room and let me know when you're ready."
Never having been in the Danger Room, the training room of the X-men, Jenny had been curious about it. So when Bishop suggested a test there instead of the gym, she'd given in to curiosity and agreed. Now, she fervently wished she had kept that curiosity under control.
The scenario Bishop had planned was a simple one. On one end of the room a short wall formed a three sided box, each side being ten feet long, around a circle a yard in diameter which was the goal. Theory being that starting from the other end of the room, Jenny had to somehow get past Logan and run around the wall to the circle.
Jenny could see the inherent problem right away. Logan was supposed to start at the wall and come for her from there. If she were to somehow get by him and run one direction to get to the circle, all Logan had to do was go the other way and head her off. Her real goal wasn't to get to the target but to get past Logan.
Or that was what she had always been told was the point of the self-defense lessons. To get away.
The speakers brought Bishop's voice from the control room. "Are you ready?"
"I suppose so." was Jenny's forlorn reply.
Straightening from his leaning position again the wall facing her, Logan started stalking toward her at a fast pace, a manacing expressionn on his face, and Jenny hesitantly walked toward him. About halfway he quickened his pace and growled, making Jenny freeze.
In the control room, Bishop shook his head at her, disappointed that she'd given in so soon.
When Logan was about five feet from her, Jenny let out a bloodcurdling scream, and while Logan groaned and clutched his ears in surprise, she bypassed the scenario entirely and ran out the door, slamming it in Logan's face and locking it behind her, then she continued running to the control room.
Panting as she ran into the room, she locked that door too and ducked behind Bishop sitting in the chair.
"What are you doing?" He demanded. "You're supposed to go to the circle."
"No, I'm not." Jenny said in a surprised voice. "I'm supposed to get away and run to safety. That circle wasn't safe, he would have caught me in an instant."
"But..." Bishop looked through the glass into the Danger Room at the simple little scenario and shook his head again, this time at a bewildered Wolverine trying to get through the locked door without using his claws.
"That's what you said from the beginning." Jenny reminded him. "I'm supposed to get away and run to safety. The circle wasn't safety, you are. Is he coming?"
Laughing, Bishop flipped on the microphone. "Game over, Jenny won."
Hidden Depths
"... It was so sweet." Jean sighed, "He hummed 'Love Me Tender' and we danced in the park."
"Wow." Rogue exclaimed. "Scotty? Our Scotty? He was romantic?"
"You should not be surprised, Rogue. He is an X-man and most of us have hidden depths." Ororo reminded her.
"But Ah didn't even know he could dance." She defended herself.
Jean sighed again. "Yeah, he can dance, he even likes to, but we don't very often."
"He really likes Elvis too." Jenny added. "He's always asking me to play something by Elvis."
Smiling, Jean confessed, "Scott's always been an Elvis fan."
"Yeah, but I like to play the techno, totally trips me out when starts doing the Robot." Jenny grinned.
They all stared at her for a full minute.
"What? What did I say?"
note:
Elizabeth Robbins- (innocent look) I have no idea why they would be so surprised!
Jinxeh- I live in hope for Remy! I was still in good guy mode for Vic because of "No Place Like Home" where he's not actually good, but not viscious either.
GothikStrawberry- Well, if you don't like him being 'nice' don't read "NPLH", though he's really only 'nice' with Jessie. But I just had to include him in the Jenny stories. I mean she works at a bar, hello!
Sabeybaby- I would never have guessed you to be a Sabes fan! I'm so shocked! LOL, I was surprised how popular he really is!
B Oots- You ask for the hard ones! Sorry, not gonna take Sabes further in these, Jenny and the X-Men don't know what he did so not really anywhere to go with this one.
Captain Tish- It's a deal! I've already started 'Human and the Demon'! Hah! But I'm not posting it until I finish posting 'NPLH' as I really don't like posting 2stories at once.
S- It's coming I swear! I'm actually working on ch3 today!
Kenny7- You sure haven't, but I forgive you. I had to do a story at Harry's it's a big part of Jenny's life. I was actually thinking of this story when I got the idea for the Vic fic. So it's thanks to Jenny for 'NPLH'.
Anything but ordinary3- Glad you like the Hank and Bobby action from the first couple shorts.
Lots of reponses to this one! Sabes is REALLY poplular, I thought the O:ZT would go over better (but that's probably because I'm a Jubilee fan). Next is the original 'Fantasies and Nightmares' (Please be kind, it's my fav and a little older so may not be quite the Jenny you're used to.) Then you'll have to wait for the sequel for your Jenny fix. Unless I get some real inspiration, then there will be another short, but I doubt it since I'm writing the sequel now.
Thanks for reading and the support,
Dizi