The car rumbled back thru the gates quickly, and three girls and two boys
piled out, leaving Lily to climb out last, carefully, with a woman in her
arms.
"Bobby, get the door." He ran ahead, pulling open the front doors, letting her in. David and Jubilee ran ahead, getting anything else in Lily's way, as Bobby, Rogue, and Loren ran to find Xavier.
Jubilee and David watched the door to the medical lab as Lily laid the woman down, and pushed the limp, damp hair from her face.
"I cannot believe we found you, Jean.You are alive, you have to open your eyes." she whispered. She walked down, and placed her hands on either side of her left shin, pressing a bit. It was a broken bone, as far as Lily could tell, so she pulled off the splint, and reapplied it, as Bobby, Rogue, Loren, and Xavier came into the room.
"Where did you find her?" he asked. Lily dug her toe into the ground as she bowed her head. Xavier looked up. "You went to Alkali Lake, Lily? I thought it was specified you could not go there," he said. She dropped her hands.
"Yes, but sir, I felt something! I knew something was there, something was still alive, and I had to find it."
"But how could she still be alive? It's been three years." he muttered. Lily shrugged.
"Well.alright, fine! I lied! She wasn't breathing. But.it wasn't much. It was an electrical charge, that was all it took to shock her back into life. The cold snow and the nearly frozen water slush helped keep her, so." she trailed off, shrugging. Xavier rolled to Jean's body, as her chest lifted up and down each time she breathed. Lily looked down at Jean, as well. "Should I go get Scott?" she asked. Jean's lips parted, and she moaned, opening her eyes.
"Yes." Lily raced from the room, out of the basement, and up into a classroom, filled with children getting help from Scott. He looked up from the board.
"Lily? Didn't you go on a road trip?" he asked. She waved her hand.
"Come, quick!" she cried. Scott set the chalk down.
"Uh.kids.stay here." He followed Lily back down to the lab, and skidded to a halt in seeing a pale Jean on the table, sitting up, looking around. "Jean." he breathed. She looked over, and a smile spread across her face.
"Scott," she said, and the two of them shared a long embrace. Lily hung back, leaning against the doorframe, digging her toe into the ground again.
She had slipped away from them, not wanting to be around Scott and Jean when they were hugging and kissing and being a couple. Her heart had broken over her own relationship, and had yet to fully mend, so she just wanted to be alone when couples were around her. She pushed open the door to her room, sighing, and dropped down onto her bed. Lily placed her head against the pillow, closing her eyes. All she could think of was John. It was all she ever thought about anymore when she laid down. His eyes, his face, his smile, his laugh.everything about him that made her smile. She reached out, without realizing it, and opened her drawer, pulling out a square, silver lighter. Lily brought it close to her face, and pressed it against her red cheek. She felt really warm, nearly hot, and she had been feeling like that all morning.
Lily laid in bed, covers at her feet, for an hour. Finally thinking something may be wrong with her, she replaced the lighter in her drawer, and headed down to the lab, to see if Jean was there. She was, and she was tending to her leg.
"Je.Uh.Ms. Grey?" she asked carefully, forgetting she had married Scott. Jean smiled.
"It's actually Mrs. Summers, Lily, remember? But.call me Jean. What do you need?" she asked. Scott sat, silent, smiling, in the corner.
"I was wondering if you could take my temperature." she said. Jean waved her over, and turned her head.
"Scott? Can you bring me that thermometer? It's in the drawer, right there," she said, pointing. Scott brought her an ear thermometer. "Alright, hang on, Lily." She placed her hand against her forehead, first, and shook it off. "Your very warm." She placed the thermometer in Lily's ear, and waited until it beeped. Pulling it out, she looked somewhat confused.
"What?" Lily asked.
"Well.it says your temp is ninety-five point nine, but you don't feel cool, you feel warm.well.run some cool water on a cloth, and lay down with it on your forehead for a while. Maybe take a nap. Come back down when you get up again, if you still feel hot." Lily nodded.
"Thanks, Jean." She turned, and headed up the steps.
She walked into the hallway, bumping into Rogue and Bobby.
"Hi, guys."
"Hey, Lily! We were just looking for you." Bobby said.
"What's up?" she asked slowly, pressing her cold fingertips against her hot forehead.
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come out to lunch with me, Rogue, Jubilee, and David." Lily sighed, shaking her head, and continued to walk.
"No, thanks, Bobby. I'm not feeling to hot right now, so I'm just gonna go get a glass of water and lay down," she said, and walked off. Rogue looked at Bobby, tugging on his arm.
"What?" he asked.
"You know she's still sensitive about going out with couples..without John." He bit his lip.
"Oh.right.oops.But.she went on the trip with us.for the entire three days we were gone."
"Because she had Loren to talk to when I was with you and David was with Jubilee." He sighed, nodding.
"Sorry. I forgot." She sighed.
"Don't apologize to me.But apologize to her later. When she's feeling better." Bobby nodded, and he and Rogue continued off, to find Jubilee and David. Lily leaned against the wall, hands pressed against her face, listening to them. She let out a shaky sigh, pulled back her hands, revealing red eyes, and tearstained palms. Turning, she walked into the kitchen, to find a cloth. Dropping onto her knees, she pulled open a cupboard, and stuck her head in, looking around. Nothing. Sliding over and closing the door, she opened another one, and bent inside, to see. She pulled her head out, but ducked it down as she heard two girls pass by, talking.
"She is such a baby," one girl said.
"Aw, give the girl a break, Ami. I mean, he did leave her here without a goodbye. It isn't Lily's fault John's such a jerk."
"Well.so what, Jen? Just because he left her doesn't mean she needs to be so sensitive about couples. It's been three years already. Lily needs to move on, get over it." Ami continued. Lily lowered her head into her hands, listening to them.
"Ami, leave her alone. John was a bastard, everyone knew it. But no one knew why she loved him so much.
"He just walked out on her, like he did everyone else!" Ami exclaimed
"Yea, but with Magneto?"
"He didn't leave because he loves Magneto. He left for some other reason I don't think Xavier is telling us." Ami and Jen walked out of earshot, but Lily didn't move. She stayed on her knees, on the floor, leaning against the cupboards, crying again.
She sat there for a little while, butt against the cool tiles on the floor, back against the cabinets, hands pressed against her eyes. Tears leaked out of them, and she finally shook her head, throwing them away, and wiped her hands on her jeans. She stood, pulling open another cupboard. Lily was still trying to figure out where they hid the clothes. She pulled open only one more cupboard, and found them, stacked neatly, right in front of her. Giggling slightly at herself, she picked up two, and walked over to the sink. She bent down, first, turning the water on and running it warm. Lily proceeded to splash water on her face, hoping she'd feel a bit better.
"Lily?" a voice asked. She cocked her head at an angle.
"What?"
"You feeling any better?" they asked. She wiped her eyes off, and looked over at Bobby in the doorway.
"No."
"I just wanted to apologize.about asking you to come to lunch before.I guess I forgot that you're still sensitive about."She waved her hand, shaking her head.
"Don't worry about it, Bobby.I'm fine. I'll be fine. I'm still just.It was exactly three years ago today that he left." Bobby nodded.
"I know. Exactly three. And we manage to bring Jean home today, too."
"But that's not as creepy. We found her two days ago.well.a day and a half." He smiled.
"Yea.well.you want me to bring you something back?" he asked.
"Nah. Thanks, though, Bobby." He nodded.
"No problem. Feel better!" he called, walking away.
"Thanks!" She lifted the cloth back up from the counter, and wiped her face off, but rinsed it again, to see if she could pull anything off it. Lily wiped her face, and turned, to toss the cloth into the hamper.
Turning back, Lily gathered the dry cloth into her hands, which seemed a bit paler than normal. Shrugging, she flipped the water back on, letting it run for a minute so it cooled down. After soaking the cloth in the water, and ringing it out, she dropped it against the counter, let the water continue to run, and pulled a glass from another cupboard. She walked back to the sink, holding it under the faucet, filling it up. Lily turned the water off, tilted the glass at her lips, and felt it slide down her throat. It felt good to her, and she downed the entire glass before rinsing it out, and setting it in the drainer. Sighing, she lifted the cloth, rung it out again, just incase, and pushed a corner against her forehead. It felt nice. She set it down again, and turned around, looking at the floor. She only just realized that her ring was missing. Lily always wore a band around her middle finger, a silver band with a very intricate design on it in gold. Smiling to herself, she dropped down, picking it up off the floor by the cupboard. She turned back around, walking over to the counter to get the cloth, when she heard a voice from the door.
"What is this? Lily Simon, sick? Lily Simon never gets sick!" he exclaimed. She shook her head.
"Yea, well, who asked you." She let her sentence falter and fail as she turned to see the face in the doorway. He smiled at her, arms crossed over his chest. She noticed that, in one hand, he held a lighter, while the other just pressed against his arm.
"Oh my god.John?" she whispered.
"Bobby, get the door." He ran ahead, pulling open the front doors, letting her in. David and Jubilee ran ahead, getting anything else in Lily's way, as Bobby, Rogue, and Loren ran to find Xavier.
Jubilee and David watched the door to the medical lab as Lily laid the woman down, and pushed the limp, damp hair from her face.
"I cannot believe we found you, Jean.You are alive, you have to open your eyes." she whispered. She walked down, and placed her hands on either side of her left shin, pressing a bit. It was a broken bone, as far as Lily could tell, so she pulled off the splint, and reapplied it, as Bobby, Rogue, Loren, and Xavier came into the room.
"Where did you find her?" he asked. Lily dug her toe into the ground as she bowed her head. Xavier looked up. "You went to Alkali Lake, Lily? I thought it was specified you could not go there," he said. She dropped her hands.
"Yes, but sir, I felt something! I knew something was there, something was still alive, and I had to find it."
"But how could she still be alive? It's been three years." he muttered. Lily shrugged.
"Well.alright, fine! I lied! She wasn't breathing. But.it wasn't much. It was an electrical charge, that was all it took to shock her back into life. The cold snow and the nearly frozen water slush helped keep her, so." she trailed off, shrugging. Xavier rolled to Jean's body, as her chest lifted up and down each time she breathed. Lily looked down at Jean, as well. "Should I go get Scott?" she asked. Jean's lips parted, and she moaned, opening her eyes.
"Yes." Lily raced from the room, out of the basement, and up into a classroom, filled with children getting help from Scott. He looked up from the board.
"Lily? Didn't you go on a road trip?" he asked. She waved her hand.
"Come, quick!" she cried. Scott set the chalk down.
"Uh.kids.stay here." He followed Lily back down to the lab, and skidded to a halt in seeing a pale Jean on the table, sitting up, looking around. "Jean." he breathed. She looked over, and a smile spread across her face.
"Scott," she said, and the two of them shared a long embrace. Lily hung back, leaning against the doorframe, digging her toe into the ground again.
She had slipped away from them, not wanting to be around Scott and Jean when they were hugging and kissing and being a couple. Her heart had broken over her own relationship, and had yet to fully mend, so she just wanted to be alone when couples were around her. She pushed open the door to her room, sighing, and dropped down onto her bed. Lily placed her head against the pillow, closing her eyes. All she could think of was John. It was all she ever thought about anymore when she laid down. His eyes, his face, his smile, his laugh.everything about him that made her smile. She reached out, without realizing it, and opened her drawer, pulling out a square, silver lighter. Lily brought it close to her face, and pressed it against her red cheek. She felt really warm, nearly hot, and she had been feeling like that all morning.
Lily laid in bed, covers at her feet, for an hour. Finally thinking something may be wrong with her, she replaced the lighter in her drawer, and headed down to the lab, to see if Jean was there. She was, and she was tending to her leg.
"Je.Uh.Ms. Grey?" she asked carefully, forgetting she had married Scott. Jean smiled.
"It's actually Mrs. Summers, Lily, remember? But.call me Jean. What do you need?" she asked. Scott sat, silent, smiling, in the corner.
"I was wondering if you could take my temperature." she said. Jean waved her over, and turned her head.
"Scott? Can you bring me that thermometer? It's in the drawer, right there," she said, pointing. Scott brought her an ear thermometer. "Alright, hang on, Lily." She placed her hand against her forehead, first, and shook it off. "Your very warm." She placed the thermometer in Lily's ear, and waited until it beeped. Pulling it out, she looked somewhat confused.
"What?" Lily asked.
"Well.it says your temp is ninety-five point nine, but you don't feel cool, you feel warm.well.run some cool water on a cloth, and lay down with it on your forehead for a while. Maybe take a nap. Come back down when you get up again, if you still feel hot." Lily nodded.
"Thanks, Jean." She turned, and headed up the steps.
She walked into the hallway, bumping into Rogue and Bobby.
"Hi, guys."
"Hey, Lily! We were just looking for you." Bobby said.
"What's up?" she asked slowly, pressing her cold fingertips against her hot forehead.
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come out to lunch with me, Rogue, Jubilee, and David." Lily sighed, shaking her head, and continued to walk.
"No, thanks, Bobby. I'm not feeling to hot right now, so I'm just gonna go get a glass of water and lay down," she said, and walked off. Rogue looked at Bobby, tugging on his arm.
"What?" he asked.
"You know she's still sensitive about going out with couples..without John." He bit his lip.
"Oh.right.oops.But.she went on the trip with us.for the entire three days we were gone."
"Because she had Loren to talk to when I was with you and David was with Jubilee." He sighed, nodding.
"Sorry. I forgot." She sighed.
"Don't apologize to me.But apologize to her later. When she's feeling better." Bobby nodded, and he and Rogue continued off, to find Jubilee and David. Lily leaned against the wall, hands pressed against her face, listening to them. She let out a shaky sigh, pulled back her hands, revealing red eyes, and tearstained palms. Turning, she walked into the kitchen, to find a cloth. Dropping onto her knees, she pulled open a cupboard, and stuck her head in, looking around. Nothing. Sliding over and closing the door, she opened another one, and bent inside, to see. She pulled her head out, but ducked it down as she heard two girls pass by, talking.
"She is such a baby," one girl said.
"Aw, give the girl a break, Ami. I mean, he did leave her here without a goodbye. It isn't Lily's fault John's such a jerk."
"Well.so what, Jen? Just because he left her doesn't mean she needs to be so sensitive about couples. It's been three years already. Lily needs to move on, get over it." Ami continued. Lily lowered her head into her hands, listening to them.
"Ami, leave her alone. John was a bastard, everyone knew it. But no one knew why she loved him so much.
"He just walked out on her, like he did everyone else!" Ami exclaimed
"Yea, but with Magneto?"
"He didn't leave because he loves Magneto. He left for some other reason I don't think Xavier is telling us." Ami and Jen walked out of earshot, but Lily didn't move. She stayed on her knees, on the floor, leaning against the cupboards, crying again.
She sat there for a little while, butt against the cool tiles on the floor, back against the cabinets, hands pressed against her eyes. Tears leaked out of them, and she finally shook her head, throwing them away, and wiped her hands on her jeans. She stood, pulling open another cupboard. Lily was still trying to figure out where they hid the clothes. She pulled open only one more cupboard, and found them, stacked neatly, right in front of her. Giggling slightly at herself, she picked up two, and walked over to the sink. She bent down, first, turning the water on and running it warm. Lily proceeded to splash water on her face, hoping she'd feel a bit better.
"Lily?" a voice asked. She cocked her head at an angle.
"What?"
"You feeling any better?" they asked. She wiped her eyes off, and looked over at Bobby in the doorway.
"No."
"I just wanted to apologize.about asking you to come to lunch before.I guess I forgot that you're still sensitive about."She waved her hand, shaking her head.
"Don't worry about it, Bobby.I'm fine. I'll be fine. I'm still just.It was exactly three years ago today that he left." Bobby nodded.
"I know. Exactly three. And we manage to bring Jean home today, too."
"But that's not as creepy. We found her two days ago.well.a day and a half." He smiled.
"Yea.well.you want me to bring you something back?" he asked.
"Nah. Thanks, though, Bobby." He nodded.
"No problem. Feel better!" he called, walking away.
"Thanks!" She lifted the cloth back up from the counter, and wiped her face off, but rinsed it again, to see if she could pull anything off it. Lily wiped her face, and turned, to toss the cloth into the hamper.
Turning back, Lily gathered the dry cloth into her hands, which seemed a bit paler than normal. Shrugging, she flipped the water back on, letting it run for a minute so it cooled down. After soaking the cloth in the water, and ringing it out, she dropped it against the counter, let the water continue to run, and pulled a glass from another cupboard. She walked back to the sink, holding it under the faucet, filling it up. Lily turned the water off, tilted the glass at her lips, and felt it slide down her throat. It felt good to her, and she downed the entire glass before rinsing it out, and setting it in the drainer. Sighing, she lifted the cloth, rung it out again, just incase, and pushed a corner against her forehead. It felt nice. She set it down again, and turned around, looking at the floor. She only just realized that her ring was missing. Lily always wore a band around her middle finger, a silver band with a very intricate design on it in gold. Smiling to herself, she dropped down, picking it up off the floor by the cupboard. She turned back around, walking over to the counter to get the cloth, when she heard a voice from the door.
"What is this? Lily Simon, sick? Lily Simon never gets sick!" he exclaimed. She shook her head.
"Yea, well, who asked you." She let her sentence falter and fail as she turned to see the face in the doorway. He smiled at her, arms crossed over his chest. She noticed that, in one hand, he held a lighter, while the other just pressed against his arm.
"Oh my god.John?" she whispered.