A/N: don't own it. R&R

Chapter V

My "Situation"

I was calm now. We moved out of the corridor in the subbasement, to the Professor's office on the first floor. Most of the kids were outside playing on the huge grounds. The rest were in the game room that we past on the way here. I was really tired and I just wanted to sleep. I was lying on a couch, with Ororo sitting at my feet and Jean sitting on the armrest by my head. The Professor was seated behind his desk. Scott was sitting on a couch opposite of the one that I was on. He was staring at a buff man, who was standing in the corner by the door, staring at Jean. Everyone kept glancing at the door, like they were waiting for something. Professor X looked at Jean, he nodded. She placed her hand lightly on my head. I took it as a sign to sit up, so I did. I sat up and looked at Jean, she gave me a reassuring smile. Then there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Professor X called.

The door opened and in walked a blue skinned mutant. He had tattoos covering his face. He also had three fingers and a tail.

"Thank you, Kurt," the Professor told the blue mutant.

"Ja," Kurt replied, taking a seat on the couch by Scott.

Now standing in the door way were two people. One was a businessman dressed in an expensive looking suit. The other was a woman dressed in a dark blue lawyer's suit. She didn't look happy. He looked pissed.

"Mr. And Mrs. Black, please come in," the Professor said, motioning them in. "Have a seat," he gestured to the couch that Scott and Kurt were sitting on.

Scott moved to stand by the Professor and Kurt sat in a chair by Ororo.

"My name is Professor Charles Xavier," Professor X said. "And these are some of our teachers: Scott Summers, Dr. Jean Grey, Ororo Munroe, Logan, and Kurt," the Professor introduced them.

My parents took a seat on the couch. They stared at me for a long time before Vince, my stepfather, spoke.

"So, why are we here?" he asked in a angry voice.

"You're here so we can talk about Jennifer's situation," Professor X answered, keeping his voice calm.

OK, first of all, I HATE it when people call me Jennifer. It's just way too formal. Second of all, my "situation"? I think that this is a little more that just a "situation."

"Look, I know all about this place," Vince stated in the same angry voice. "It's a school for freaks and..."

"They ain't FREAKS!" the buff man interrupted him. "They're gifted kids," he sounded really pissed off.

"Now Logan, calm down," the Professor said calmly.

Logan snorted and turned to look out the window at all the kids running and playing and having a great time.

"As I was saying, she's not staying here!" Vince continued.

"She'll need help controlling her powers when they start to develop more," Jean told him in her soft, kind voice.

"She's not a mutant and she's not staying here!" Vince was standing now. "Come on Jane were leaving! Let's go Jen, get up!"

He was pissed and half way out the door with mom right behind him. I didn't move.