Who You Pretend To Be
Chapter 7: Offer
Rating: Pg-13. Could turn R later on.
Phenix
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I am going to make a MOJOR apology! I haven't updated in FOREVER! Things just got so crazy. But, here it is. Actually, I haven't been 'inspired' to write lately, but what got me back into it was my dad telling me that there will be no Scott in the third movie! What he tells me is that Brian Singer asked James Marsden to do something in the Superman movie, he accepted, Fox got mad a fired him. But, they're not even replacing him! They're writing him out! And that makes no sense! Scott is REALLY important to the Dark Phenix plot! Now, this may not be true, so don't get made at me if it's not. But, I just thought I'd let you in on what is rumored to be going down.
-X-
Shannon was in the kitchen with her cup of coffee, reading her book. It was almost noon. Griffon was in the back yard (what little she had) with her mother. The door bell rang. Shannon went to the front door, fixed her hair, and opened it. Scott looked slightly worried. Shannon smiled at him. She stepped aside and he came in.
"He's in the back yard." She said, leading him through the house. Scott saw him through the glass of the sliding door. He was running after a ball that his Gram's had thrown just a short distance away.
"Mom," Shannon said, walking to her. "This is Scott." They shook hands before Patty said that she was gonna go. Shannon gave her mother her 'Please don't go' look, which Patty ignored and left the house. She watched her mother go for a moment, but then felt something grab her around the leg. She looked down, and Griffon was staring up at her, eye's sparkling. She knelt down.
"Griff, There's someone who want's to see you." She said, pointing up at Scott.
"This is your Daddy." She told him in a soft voice. Griffon looked up at Scott, looking slightly confused. Scott, too, knelt down. He didn't know what to say. Griffon just stared at him.
Then, Griffon smiled his scrunched smile, and ran off to get the ball he had been chasing after before Scott had arrived. He brought it back and handed it to Shannon. She threw it just a few inches away, and Griffon chased after it, laughing. This process was repeated two more times, and Scott just watched.
But, the third time Griffon brought the ball back, he handed it to Scott.
-X-
Scott had spent the day there. Shannon came down the stairs after she put Griffon to bed. She had taken the night off. She sat down on the couch opposite him. Scott smiled. "He's a really great kid." He told her. He was expecting a 'thank you,' but instead got,
"I know."
"You've done a really great job." Shannon smiled.
"Thank you." There was a brief silence before Scott said,
"I have an offer for you." Shannon looked at him in wait.
"I talked to the professor, and he told me that you were a really good candidate for the job he offered you." Shannon sighed.
"Who really wants to teach history and english?"
"Apparently you did. He said you jumped at the chance to take the job, but suddenly backed out. What happened." Shannon didn't say anything. But, figured that she had told him almost everything at the dinner the other night.
"Scott, I'm a Mutant." He didn't seem surprised.
"I was offered the job, and planning on taking it. And then the Registration Act came into play." She admitted. Scott slowly nodded. "I got scared." She finished.
"We still want you, if you'll take the job." He told her. Shannon looked away.
"I don't know, Scott."
"It would give me a chance to get to know Griffon." Why did he have to use that. She looked up at the ceiling, then back at him and rolled her eye's.
"But where will he sleep." Scott smiled.
"Well, he can sleep in your room for the time being." Shannon looked around her house.
"When can I start?"