"You're pretty good at this." Jean stated, moving her rook after a lot of thought. Her and Scott had been playing for over an hour now and neither one was making much head way.
"Thanks. You're not so bad yourself," Scott responded.
"It's bedtime, kids." Ororo stated, yawning.
"Aw, Ororo... Can't we stay up just a little longer?" Jean begged. "I wanna finish our game."
"Leave it there and finish it in the morning," Ororo replied.
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise," Hank quoted. "Benjamin Franklin."
Sighing, Jean got up and smiled at Scott who stood as well.
"G'night everyone," Jean said sweetly. She turned to Logan with an angelic look. "Sleep tight." With that the young redhead wandered up the stairs. "Come on, Scott." She called, half-way up already.
Her new friend nodded to the adults and followed her out of the room.
"Don't you think you should let up on his punishment a little?" Scott wondered as he walked beside her toward their rooms.
"Nah," Jean said, waving in dismissal. "I'll give him a week before I tell him I forgive him. Who knows, I may come up with something even better."
The two soon reached the hall that separated their rooms.
"How was your first day here?" she wondered.
Scott thought about it for a second before nodding. "I think I'll like it here."
Jean smiled and opened her door.
"Good." She stated.
"Sleep tight, Red," he said with a teasing smile.
"Don't let the bed bugs bite, Slim," she replied with a reflecting expression.
They both went into their rooms and shut the doors.
'Slim?' Scott thought, his mind repeating the name that she had just called him. After a minute he smiled to himself. 'I definitely think I'm going to like it here.'
-\\--\\- Wow, that was a weird update for me... I think i'm going to be continuing this story now. Don't worry readers of the other ones, I haven't given up on most of them.