I would like to take this moment to mention that even though this story is roughly based after the first X-Men movie, the reality is still slightly different. For instance, Rogue and Bobby never had a fling, and Nightcrawler is already with the X-Men (though not for the Liberty Island incident). Thank you for your understanding.
"Have you heard?" Jubilee asked excitedly as she sat down next to a blonde haired boy on the concrete bench out in the garden, dropping her back pack heavily on the ground.
"Heard what?" Bobby asked, thankfully putting down his binder of physics homework.
"The rumors!" She said in annoyance, punching Bobby on the shoulder. "Every one is talking about it. I heard from Christine who heard from Amara who heard from Jaime who was listening outside of Oyre's door that the Brotherhood has reformed!" She looked ecstatic as she bounced around a bit. "Do you know what that means? That means we'll have something to do again!"
Bobby cocked an eyebrow, a confused look on his face. "I'm not quite sure I followed all of that…"
"That's okay." Jubilee said, waving it away with her hand. "All you need to understand is that the Brotherhood is back with none other than the Toad as their leader." She smiled mischievously. "That means that we might actually get to do something around here."
Bobby shook his head. "Oyre must be crushed. Finding out that the guy she loves is still alive but hasn't tried to contact her…"
"I don't know about that. From what I heard she was pretty happy about it." Jubilation said, cocking her head to one side as if to try and filter out all of the false rumors in her head to find the truth.
"She very confused." Jessie said, stepping before her two peers with her arms crossed. "She's packing her bags right now, intending to leave us. She thinks Toad wants her to go looking for him."
Jubilee snapped her fingers. "Of course! With her super sense of smell, she'll be able to find him like nothin'! Especially since she knows him so well." She stood up quickly, grabbing her back pack off the ground. "I wonder if Rogue knows; or Kurt for that matter!" She started to run off, looking over her shoulder and waving goodbye.
Jessie sat down next to Bobby, dropping her shoulders and sighing. "She's going to get herself lost or kidnapped or… or killed! She thinks that Toad wants her to leave here and find him and that's why he hasn't contacted her yet. She was packing her things, Bobby! Her stuffed animals, her clothes, everything but her uniform are in a suitcase!" She turned to look at him, a frantic fire in her eyes. "I don't want her to leave. I can't bear the thought of her joining up with that horrible group of mutants. She's my best friend."
Bobby stared at her in confusion; he didn't know how to comfort a girl, especially one who had started to cry. He shrugged and shook his head. "Well, we could always tell the Professor…" He paused, seeing the apprehension in her eyes. "Or we could go with her and keep her out of trouble."
"That's a great idea!" Jessie exclaimed, shooting to her feet. "We should get going; she's planning to leave during the danger room exercise so Logan can't catch her." She grabbed Bobby's shirt, careful not to touch his skin, and started dragging him back toward the Institute. "We have to be careful… We could get in serious trouble for this…"
"Think of it this way," Bobby said, regaining his balance after the unexpected tug. "If we do a good job and keep Oyre from getting hurt or returning to the bad guys, the professor might make us full fledged X-Men." He smiled at the thought as he followed Jessie into the Institute.