Xavier's
office was a homey room. That's what Jean
had thought - she felt
at home here. Until now. Now she
felt unsure, nervous and put on
the spot.
Jean sat on the couch, with all eyes on her.
Opposite
of her, Storm and Hank sat on the couch, and Rogue sat
on
the armrest of the couch, Xavier's dark wooden
desk,
sat at one end of both of the couches, with
Xavier behind it. And,
Logan, as usual, stood in the
far corner, leaning against the
wall, with one foot up
against it and arms crossed. Yap,
Jean was
definitely put on the spot.
The private office wasn't any better than
outside.
The room was thick with an uncertain silence. Until
Rogue
spoke up, "Ah don't think she's Jean. Jean died
almost three
years ago!"
Everyone in the room turned their attention from
Jean
towards Rogue. "Rogue, I know that the fact is hard
to
grasp but I do believe that she's Jean. Our Jean
Grey."
Storm said, in her usual calm voice.
Jean frowned; these people don't believe that she
was
Jean. Is Jean. She could feel it. Emotions of
uncertainty,
pain, confusion, nervousness and
happiness came from everyone in
the room.
Xavier looked back at Jean, "May I enter
your mind,
Jean, and see what exactly happened to you?" He
asked.
Jean looked at Xavier, uncertain and nervous.
She
knew that she could trust him, and that he was strong
enough
to handle whatever and whoever is in her head.
Finally she nodded,
"Yes."
Xavier moved over in front of Jean, "I need
you to
relax for me." He said, and waited for
Jean to take a
deep breath and close her eyes. He placed finger
tips
on either side of her temples and closed his eyes,
slipping
into Jean's mind.
Jean had her shield up, and Xavier needed them
down
to find out what happened. /Lower your shields
Jean./ he
told her telepathically. He waited until
Jean lowered her shield,
before easily slipping into
the outskirts of Jean's mind.
Jean's mind reminded Xavier much of Logan's mind.
The
only difference was, is that Logan's memories are more
clear.
They were darker, granted, but Jean's weren't
very
clear and they were bright.
Xavier felt a struggle in Jean's mind, before
she
placed her shield back up, and kicked Xavier out of
her
mind.
Jean opened her eyes to find Xavier staring back
at
her, "Sorry," she whispered softly.
"It's alright, Jean," Xavier replied
softly,
soothingly.
Storm got up, clearly concerned, "What
happened?" She
asked.
Everyone seemed to ignore Storm's question and
just
stared at Jean. Xavier, from the looks of it, seemed to
be
lost in his own thoughts trying to make sense of
what he saw in
Jean's head.
Logan was still in the back of the room,
watching
Jean closely. "Xavier, it's Jean. Who or what
else
could it be?" He asked.
"How do you know that she is Jean?"
Hank questioned.
Even though he didn't know Jean in person, he'd
heard
plenty of stories about her to feel as if he knew her.
And
he knew that the dead can't come back to life.
"Because she smells like Jean. She is
Jean." Logan
replied, still keeping his gaze fixed on Jean.
Jean gave Logan a kind smile as Storm got up
and
walked over to her. She sat down next to her friend
and
wrapped her arms around Jean's shoulders, hugging
the red-head. "I
don't care how you managed to get
back, I'm just glad you did."
She stated.
Rogue nodded, agreeing with Storm, "Welcome back."
Xavier watched both Jean and Storm when he
suddenly
remembered that Jean and Hank haven't been
properly
introduced. "Jean, this is Hank McCoy, or Beast,
Hank,
this is Jean Grey; the psychic I've been telling
you
about." he said.
Both Jean and Hank stood to shake hands, "It's
nice
to meet you Mr. McCoy." Jean said
"Oh, the pleasure is all mine, Jean. And
please call
me
either Hank or Beast. Everyone else does." The blue
man
replied.
Jean smiled and the blue man
and nodded, "Alright
Hank."
The phone on Xavier's desk rang; Xavier looked
at
everyone in the room. "If you all could excuse me."
He
said and watched everyone slowly depart the room,
before he
picked up the phone
Rogue ran up to her room to unpack and to talk
with
Jubilee and Kitty, her roommates, about what had
happened.
Hank left to go down to the Infirmary, and Storm
hugged Jean,
"We'll talk later." she said, before
heading out towards
her garden, outside.
Logan watched Storm leave him and Jean alone in
the
hall.
"Where's Scott?" Jean asked softly,
looking up and
down the hall, "I haven't seen him at all
today."
Logan looked back at Jean. How on earth was he
going
to explain to Jean, without breaking her heart that
Scott
left the X-men shortly after her death, not able
to live without
her. That he had started a new
chapter, without Jean, but with
someone else. "He's on
vacation." Logan said, with a
soft growl.
Jean nodded slowly, "When's he coming back?"
She
asked, curiosity written all over her face.
Logan didn't get a chance to reply. Xavier
strolled
out of his office and looked at both Jean and Logan,
"We
have guests. Jean, I'm sure that you would like to
see them."
he said.
Jean
only nodded, before heading out to the front
door, outside.
Logan sniffed the air and looked at Xavier,
"Jamie
an' Scott?" He growled, "Jean just came
back, an' ya
invited Jamie an' Scott over! Jean's goin' ta
kill
'em both!"
Xavier frowned, "I know and I didn't tell
Jamie or
Scott about Jean. I couldn't, they didn't give me
a
chance and they were only a few miles away." He
replied,
then added, "Come. Let's keep the three of
them from an
argument."
