Yo. What up G-money? Sorry... So anyhoo... :) Hope y'like this next chapter. And... yeah. So for all the reviews I've been getting... I PROMISE there will be Romy in the story line, I just don't wanna rush it. I like drawing it out... makes it that much sweeter when it happens. And as for Kitty and Colossus... I was kinda thinkin the same thing... but I'm working on the fifth installment of it now, so it won't be for a while.

'ang in there mate!

9

AJ pressed her lips together, looking out the window silently. She was irritable to put it lightly.

Logan looked at her through the rearview mirror, clearing his throat. "You ready to explain to us what happened last night?"

She returned his look through the mirror, giving her head a shake. "I told you guys… I don't know."

"So you were just… standin' there… for no reason." Pyro shrugged. "An' suddenly… you know what's about t'happen in three minuets?"

She crossed her arms and looked out the window again "I TOLD you guys… I don't know!"

Bobby narrowed his eyes, turning around from his seat in the middle of the van to look at her "So-"

"Hey… can we get some music or something…" She asked, unbuckling her seatbelt, crawling from her seat in the back, over the middle bench- trying not to kick Kitty in the head- and moving between the driver and passenger seats.

"Here." Rogue rolled her eyes, undoing her own seatbelt and scooting past her. "You take mah seat. Ah'll… sit next to… Pyro…" She rolled her eyes as she slipped her way to the back of the van.

AJ sat next to Logan, flipping the radio on and kicking her feet up on the dashboard.

She cleared her throat and pressed her lips together, turning away from him.

"That's not the first time." She said. It was barely audible, but she knew full well that with his powers, he could hear her loud and clear; even over the music.

His eyebrow perked up slightly, and he looked at her through the corner of his eye.

She shook her head and squared her jaw. "I didn't know what the images were… they were just a mixture of different things… hind sights twenty-twenty though." She shook her head and ran a hand through her short red hair "I saw John getting shot. I stayed because it was my fault."

He looked into the rearview mirror again. Gambit grinned at Bobby who was trying to listen to Kitty as she rambled on about God-knows-what. Rogue smacked Pyro upside the head as he tried to make a pass at her. He looked back at AJ.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I saw… him fall to the ground and I told him he was too heavy for me… the night before." She whispered, her eyes filling with tears. She blinked them away rapidly, hoping that Wolverine hadn't noticed. "I didn't even put two and two together until last night. I didn't know…"

He squared his jaw. "It ain't your fault kid."

"I don't understand." She shook her head, struggling to keep her voice down. "What is going on?"

"That's why we're headin' home. Professor X is the only one that can help you."

By the time they arrived back at the mansion it was too late for them to disturb anybody.

AJ rubbed her tired eyes with a frown. Logan walked along side her, carrying her bag full of newly purchased clothes for her.
He pushed her bedroom door open, tossing the bag on the bed.

"Get some sleep. You can talk to Xavier in the morning."

She nodded mutely, falling onto her bed, instantly drifting to sleep.

She rolled over looking at the alarm clock on the nightstand next to her bed. 9:30. She'd expected to be dragged from bed by 6:30, something that Logan found amusing to do to new students for some sick reason. She rolled out of bed, getting a quick shower before making her way down to the dining room.

Pyro sat up when he saw her, taking his feet off the chair next to him. "There you are Sheila. I was startin' t'get worried."

She smiled, sitting down next to him, her eyes scanning the kitchen through the open doorway.

"Where's everyone else?"

He shrugged. "I think Wolverine's havin' a chat with Xavier. He told me t'let you sleep in. Other then that… I don't think the people 'ere are too keen on havin' breakfast with an Acolyte."

She rolled her eyes "Former Acolyte."

He frowned. "What do y'mean by that?"

AJ looked at him. "What I mean is that there's no way on earth you wanna go back to them."

"You wanna stay here!"

"What would make you want to go back?"

"Excuse me?" He flipped his lighter open and closed.

"Pyro. They left you for dead!"

"Only because they had to."

"They had to!" She stood up slamming her hand on the table. "They had to. Well then, I guess I made the wrong move."

He watched her leave with a frown flipping his lighter closed again. Women were too sensitive.

She stomped down the hall nearly knocking into Logan as he exited Professor Xavier's office.

"Woah…" He frowned. "That's the thanks I get for lettin' you sleep in?"

She knit her brow muttering a sorry, moving past him.

"Don't go anywhere. Charles is ready t'see you." He pointed at her, opening the door for her.

"Alone?"

He raised an eyebrow "Y'don't have t'be afraid of him kid. You know that."

"I know… I just… I feel bad. For leavin' an' all."

He smiled "Trust me. Xavier's the most forgiving mutant here. It's not him you'll have t'worry about."

She nodded, stepping in silently.

Logan closed the door behind her.

AJ moved in slowly as Professor X smiled at her. "Please, take a seat."

She followed his instructions, sitting across from his with a small smile.

"I trust you've been well." He tented his fingers.

She nodded "As well as can be expected."

"So, Logan tells me you're experiencing some odd symptoms."

"Yes." She rubbed her hands together. "For longer then I let on. I guess you were right when you told me my powers were still developing."

He chuckled. "I assure you; I had no idea to what extent. You would have had a better chance predicting that."

She laughed. "You have a point."

"Explain to me what you experience." He folded his hands on the desk.

"I zone out and see… things, people, scenes that will happen in front of me in the next… minuet… day…" She shrugged. "I can't control it at all and I don't always understand what they mean."

"Well AJ, it seems that your ability to focus has evolved; a natural direction for such a gift, you've begun having premonitions of the near future."

"So… I'm like psychic?"

"Not quite." He grinned. "With your permission of course, I'd like to do a few experiments with you. And if you're willing, we could potentially help you learn to control your new power."

"You want me to stay?" She pressed her lips together.

"Only if you're willing to."

"But I left… I'm a traitor. You don't want me back." She shook her head.

"AJ, I know why you left. You're not a traitor. You're angry." He pressed his lips together. "And if I didn't want you to stay, I wouldn't extend an invitation."

"What about Pyro?"

"The invitation is offered to him as well. He's more then welcome to make the mansion his home, but he would have to participate with us."

AJ nodded slowly "Can I have some time to think about it?"

He grinned "Of course. In the mean time, I'd be more then happy to start assisting you with your newly developed gift."

AJ smiled. "I'd like that."