Dear reviewers, I wasn't planning on adding Romy into the fic because I believe that if there are too many characters, I have to divide the spotlight too much. But now that some fans have brought it up, I say "why not?"
There will be mention of Romy in this chapter as well as Loro, and Betsy/Warren (do you call that Watsy?). For Romy fans, I solemnly swear on the first ever printed issue of X-men (practically my bible) that they will have a cameo in later chapters.
X-Men are not mine, the Pacific Ocean is not mine, and the Earth is not mine
…yet.
Ch. 4 of "the seatbelt sign should be on at all times" called "Blame It On the Ozone"
(sorry it took so long to come out. I was on vacation)
"NO WAY!"
"Emma, you have to!"
"DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THESE COST ME?"
Jean staggered out to the roof of the jet.
More yelling she thought. Yipee.
She hadn't gotten much sleep last night because of the baby. The lack of coffee only worsened her mood.
"I CAN'T BREAST FEED! IT'LL COMPLETELY RUIN MY SURGERY!"
"WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO THEN? ASK THE FISH IF THEY HAVE ANY BABY FORMULA?"
Jean walked/stumbled away from where Emma and Hank were yelling at each other. Baby Emily was crying in Hank's arms.
The only other person up was Scott who was sitting at the front of the jet staring out into the horizon.
North she thought with a smile. He always looks north.
He caught her thought and returned her smile.
"I'm somehow always hoping to see Alaska on the horizon."
"Home is where the heart is they say," she quoted walking up to him and sitting down.
"Well 'they' need to get 'their' heads examined because my heart's right here." He turned and gave Jean a wonderfully romantic kiss.
She sighed dreamily.
"How long have you been up?"
"As long as they," he jerked his head in Emma and Hank's direction, "have been at it"
"And just how long have they been at it?"
Scott looked up at the sun. Scott had brought along his electronic watch so it had been blown with everything else.
"I'd say maybe 2 hours"
She linked her arm with his and groaned.
"Why is everyone having marriage problems?"
"I think it might be the ozone"
She gave him a weird look.
"It's been blamed for everything else, why not marriage problems?" he said with an innocent shrug.
She disregarded his comment and continued.
"I mean, Rouge and Remy have been yelling at each other for the past few weeks, Warren and Betsy hardly spend time together, I can almost swear that Ororo only went back to Africa to avoid Logan's proposal of adopting X23, now this with Hank and Emma having a baby two weeks before their wedding and…"
Scott held a finger up to her lips and with a defeated sigh, she shushed.
Then he laughed.
"Jean, Rouge and Remy have been yelling at each other because Remy claims she almost killed him with her food when the fact is that Kitty had cooked what he ate. Bets and War aren't seeing each other lately because Warren's parents are visiting from Europe and he has to spend time with them. And Ororo's not running away from Logan you paranoid red-head. She's on a private surveillance mission that I sent her on."
"And Hank and Emma?" she asked, grinning playfully as she looked up into his eyes.
"Nothing wrong with them," then he added with a whisper, "they're always like that."
Jean barked out a laugh and then almost as suddenly, her face became straight again.
"And us?" she asked not really wanting to know the answer.
Scott looked over at Emma then back at Jean.
"I'm a $#$#ing S.O.B. and I don't deserve your love after what I did to you?" he tried.
She gave him a half smile then snuggled into his arm.
"Damn right. But you're my $#$#ing S.O.B. and you'd better never make me regret taking you back."
Scott kissed the crown of her head.
"Most definitely the ozone" he said, smiling into her hair.
This was originally supposed to be part of the next chapter but it took up a little more space than I thought it would. Hope you like it anyway. If there are people out there like my friends who think Scott should burn in a thousand hells for what he did to Jean and doesn't deserve to have her back, please don't stop reading because of this chapter. I guarantee the best is yet to come.
For the rest of ya'll, JOTT FOREVER!
Next time on "the seatbelt sign should be on at all times"
"Are you gonna be a destructor of worlds just like your mom?" Logan cooed.
"Yes you are! Yes you are! Yes you-"
Jean smacked him upside the head.
"DON'T ENCOURAGE HER!"