I have a million excuses for not posting this three weeks ago which was when I had this ready. First, I had surgery and I was out of it for a week or so. Second, fanfiction locked my account for an infraction of some sort. And third, my floppy disk got messed up and I had to re-write this whole chapter from scratch even though I had it almost completely ready. I think the Big Man Upstairs is getting back at me for something or other (lol).
Anyway, here's the long awaited chapter three of 'On the Outside of Eden'. Buuuuut, because I haven't taken up enough of your time, first I'll answer reviews:
Lavender Gaia: I always thought that Amara looked up to Jean as an older sister since 'Walk on the Wild Side' (my favorite episode next to Blind Alley, btw). Why shouldn't she cling? And more on the apartment later. You're right, how can they afford it?
Wen1: I grow orchids as a hobby. I had to include it in my story. :)
marvlix: You know, whenever I play Scott's car in a video game against some one, I never loose. Even if the other person plays that same game everyday of their life. Cool huh? It's my dream car too.
Thank all of you who reviewed. You guys rock!
Chapter three of 'On the Outside of Eden' called 'Ex's and Oh's'
Mrs. Jean Grey-Summers
Dr. Jean Grey-Summers
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Summers
Mr. and Dr. Scott Summers
Professor and Dr. Scott Summers
Ms. Grey
Ms. Grey?
"Ms. Grey, are you paying attention?"
Jean snapped out of her daze to meet the annoyed glare of her chemistry teacher and the giggles of her class mates.
"Ms. Grey, would you kindly tell me what we were talking about"
With a quick mind sweep she smiled sweetly.
"We were talking about the application of quantum physics to everyday life, Mrs. Mon"
Mrs. Mon was slightly taken aback but smiled and turned around again.
"Thank you, Ms. Grey, now…"
Just then, her cell phone rung. She picked it up and hung up after 3 minutes.
"I'm going to have to end this class early. There's a family emergency and it's urgent that I'm there. You may all go."
Jean packed her books and got up to leave when she felt a familiar presence in her mind.
>Jean?>
>Who else would it be, dummy?> she sent back with a smile.
On the other end of the psychic rapport, her boyfriend laughed.
>Hey, do you remember that apartment we saw yesterday?>
>The one that's 30 minutes from college, twenty from your work and…>
>Yeah, that one. Can you come down to it?>
>Why? Did you buy it?> she asked excitedly but Scott had already gone off-mind.
She ran to her car and drove off in the direction of her dream apartment.
When she got there, she parked her car and ran up the three necessary flights of stairs. She pushed the door open with her TK and burst into the room to get a big surprise.
All of their furniture had been moved in and was set in place. Most of the trinkets that they had were set up on the counters and several vases with flowers were on the kitchen counter and the dining room table which was lit with candles.
Jean felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned around to meet Scott's smile.
"Surprise"
Jean squealed and jumped on him, straddling his waist and throwing her arms around his neck. She pressed her lips against his with a great amount of ferocity. Scott staggered back into the wall behind him from shock. Quickly recovering he grabbed her butt to keep her up and kissed her back with the same amount of enthusiasm.
>thankyou thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!>
>Your welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, I guess>
She laughed against his lips and opened her mouth to deepen the kiss.
Scott led them over to the kitchen counter where he placed Jean's ass so that he could free his hands. Jean giggled as he ran his hands over the skin on her back. She ran her hands through his chocolate colored hair as he slowly made his way around and undid her belt. She released his waist so that he could get her pants off better. Once he had discarded them, Jean removed his sweaty top to reveal his bare chest (yummy! I think I might pass out just writing this!). Then with her powers, she undid his belt and dropped his pants. He greedily removed her top and began kissing down her throat. She gasped.
"You sure you don't want to go back on that celibacy thing you were talking about the other day?" she asked him seductively. To make her point, she reached down and gave the bulge in his pants a squeeze. Scott gasped but responded,
>Sorry, Jean. It just wasn't the way I was raised>
He grabbed her ass and captured her lips again.
>Still doesn't mean we can't havesome fun…>
She giggled and re-straddled his waist. He lifted her up again and made his way to their bedroom.
Jus then, the doorbell rang.
Cyclops and Marvel Girl untangled themselves and stared awkwardly at the door.
>Scott, didn't we move here to avoid this sort of thing?>
>Sorry, this is my fault. I ordered some pizza to celebrate>
She sighed.
>I'll get it>
Jean turned around and headed towards the door.
"You're not going to answer the door like that, are you?" Scott asked, referring to the fact that Jean was still in her underwear.
She smirked at him.
"Of course not."
She swooped down and picked up his shirt to put on.
"You are something else" he laughed. "I'm going to go get my wallet"
He turned and left.
Jean tugged Scott's shirt down to make sure that it was covering her panties completely and then headed towards the door.
"Who is it?" she called.
"Pizza Hut" came the monotone response.
Jean opened the door to get one of the biggest surprises of her life.
Standing before her and mirroring her shocked expression, complete in red Pizza Hut cap and uniform, stood…
"Duncan?"
Duncan Mathews stared back at his ex-girlfriend, completely at a loss.
"Jean? What are you doing here?"
"I-I live here. You work for Pizza Hut?"
He nodded. (1)
"Yeah. What are you doing here? I thought you lived at that mutant house"
"Well, I did. Then Scott and I—"
"Wait. Scott? You're living with that loser?"
Jean's expression changed from shocked to angry.
"Yeah. What's it to you?"
Jean turned to see Scott standing in the doorway behind her, casually leaning on the frame.
Jean got a quick mental reading from Duncan and realized how bad the situation looked.
She was in Scott's shirt and he was in his boxers. Their hair was messed up and both were slightly sweaty. He must have thought that…
"You've been banging her?" he asked suspiciously.
Jean opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by Scott. He threw an arm around her and spoke offhandedly.
"So?"
Duncan glared at him and he smirked. Jean decided to step up before she was washed away in the river of testosterone.
"How much for the pizzas, Duncan?"
"$17.55" he said, his gaze never leaving Scott.
"Sweetheart, gimme your wallet"
Scott handed his girlfriend his wallet and tried to keep from laughing at Duncan's expression when she called him Sweetheart.
"Here" she said, handing him a $20, "Keep the change"
And with that, she shut the door on him. Once she did, she turned around and smacked Scott on the chest.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"Why did you tell him we were sleeping together?" she asked him irately.
"It just, you know, slipped out. I've-I've just always wanted to say that to him, that's all" he stammered, blushing slightly.
"Men! God!"
Jean turned around to hide her smile. She covered her escape by taking the pizzas to the table. Scott caught her happiness through their link, however, and came up behind her and hugged her waist.
"You've got to admit, it is funny" he whispered into her ear. "Duncan working at Pizza Hut"
Jean giggled.
"'Would you like bread sticks with that?'"
They both laughed and she turned in his arms to kiss him.
>You know, after all that, I'm not in the mood for pizza> anymore Scott sent to her.
>How about pasta? I know a place…>
>Sounds perfect>
They both redressed in nicer clothes and headed down.
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After a nice dinner at a pasta place near Scott's work, they decided to take a walk.
After walking about two blocks, they were in front of a pet store. Jean pressed her nose up against the window like a small child. There were puppies, kittens, birds and lizards of all kinds.
She turned her attention to Scott who wasn't paying attention. His focus was on the electronics store next door.
Jean tugged the sleeve of his coat playfully. Scott's eyes met hers and then looked beyond her to the store. Then he looked back at her. Her lip trembled and she gave him her puppy dog eyes: Scott's kryptonite.
He sighed and Jean gave him a swift kiss and went inside.
"We want a pet!" Jean announced to the girl at the cashier.
The blonde looked up from the magazine she was reading into the green eyes of the red-head in front of her.
"Um…OK. You look around and see what you like. If you have any questions, It's not like I'm going anywhere"
"Thanks…" Jean squinted at the name tag on the girl, "…April" (2)
"No problem" she said before adding to herself, Anything to help a fellow mutant.
Jean was so excited at the idea of getting a pet that she didn't catch the stray thought.
Scott walked into the shop to see Jean looking at some tabbies.
"What do you want to get?" he asked her.
"I was thinking a cat"
Scott gave her a weird look.
"Really? I was thinking a dog."
"But I like cats" she countered. "My family had one when I was little. His name was Prometheus" (3)
"Weird name for a cat but I still think we should get a dog"
"It's a leader thing, isn't it?" she said to him, going on the offensive.
"What?"
"You like dogs because they're easier to train and their classified as leaders"
Scott had to smile despite their argument.
"You know me too well, sweety"
She blushed.
"It helps when you're a telepath" was her response.
Then an idea came to her.
"Why don't we get both?"
"Two reasons. One, cats and dogs don't get along and two…" he opened his wallet and showed her his empty bill section. "I think my wallet is going to start housing moths"
"You and I both know that you're not out of money"
"Nooo, but I am out of cash" he countered.
"We take credit cards!" April shouted from the cashier.
"You're not helping me here!" he shouted back to her, making Jean laugh.
"No seriously" April said, stepping out from behind the counter. "I think I might have just what you're looking for"
April led Scott and Jean to a room in the back of the store where there were many cages and pens with animals in them.
Near the back, there was a large pen where a fiery red-orange kitten and golden retriever pup were playing.
Jean smiled at them and gently tapped her hand against the glass.
Scott looked at the number at the top of the pen where there was a price. He turned to April.
"This is for both of them?"
"Yeah" she responded "They're both strays to begin with so that doesn't cost much. We actually found them together, huddling for warmth in some gutter. They're practically inseparable and we can't sell one without the other"
Scott and Jean smiled to each other, thinking how their own stories were very much the same.
"Here"
April unlocked the pen and Jean reached in to grab the little animals. She handing the puppy to Scott and began stroking the kitten who meowed.
>Now I see where you get it from> he sent to her with a chuckle.
She "accidentally" stepped on his toe only making him laugh out loud.
The little puppy in his arms barked at him playfully as Scott scratched his ears.
"Hey there, little guy. You wanna come home with us?"
He barked again.
"That settles it" he declared.
"Thank you, Scott" Jean gave her boyfriend a quick peck on the lips.
"Tell you what" April spoke up, "since you guys get along so well, I'll give all of the supplies you need half price"
"Say thank you, Rachel" She moved the small kittens arms in a waving motion and it meowed in protest.
"Rachel?" Scott asked with a smile.
"Yeah. Rachel. And who's this cutey?" Jean scratched the pup's head.
"This fearless-leader-to-be here is Nathan"
"Like the hot dog?" she laughed.
Scott rolled his eyes behind his glasses. "Yes, like the hot dog" he said sarcastically.
They went to the cashier while April put a few thing together for them. Things like baskets, food, washing supplies, a litter box and a pooper scooper. After paying and putting their new pets in carriers, they left the store with smiles on their faces and bags in their hands.
"You're the best" Jean said, leaning her head on Scott's shoulder.
"I'm only as good as the woman I'm with" was his response.
>That was so corny, it was sweet>
He laughed and gave her a swift kiss on the lips and they headed back towards Scott's car.
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From the inside of the store, April looked on at the retreating figures of the young lovers with a smile on her lips.
"Now that's romance"
One of the older dogs behind her began barking at her for food.
She turned around to it, slightly annoyed.
"Hold your horses, Kimi" she said to it.
She reached behind the counter to fetch the dog food, the two diamond studded 'H's on her charm bracelet clanging against it noisily.
(1) In this story, Duncan didn't go to work at that mining place like he did in the TV series and Scott and Jean haven't seen him since graduation. Duncan always struck me as the popular guy who would end up working for McDonalds, or in this case, Pizza Hut (which isn't mine by the way. If I ever do end up owning it, though, FREE PIZZA FOR MY REVIEWERS!)
(2) April is mine. She is from the book I'm writing and you can't use her even if you ask. Sorry. :(
(3) Either in the original TV show or in the comics, the Greys really had a cat named Prometheus. Here are some interesting facts about him:
1)Prometheus was the Greek god.
2)He was like the black sheep of the gods (like Jean is to her family)
3)He was the rebel god.
4)He is known for stealing luxuries from the gods and giving them to mortals for their use.
5)His most famous felony was stealing fire from Zeus and giving it to mankind (convenient for the future Phoenix, right?)
6)The legend of Pandora's Box coincides with this: Zeus was mad at Prometheus for giving us all these things so he was punished. Zeus then wanted to undo everything that Prometheus had done so he created Pandora. When Pandora went to Earth, she released evil into the world and it undid what Prometheus had done. Zeus's plan backfired though because once Pandora got rid of all the evil, all she was left with was Hope.
7)The golden statue in Rockefeller Center is that of Prometheus.
8)It's scary what you can learn on the internet.
That's all for now folks! I hope you find it worth the wait. I'm going on vacation so I won't be on for a while. But don't' worry! I'll be back…