Ororo was in the garden tending to the plants, weeding and watering it. It had been a normal day there with the X Men team. They'd gone on a mission earlier that day, and not everything had gone as planned, but they adjusted to it. Now was one time when she actually got to relax, and be apart from the rest of the world. Gardening calmed her, more than anything else (except maybe flying). She had a good life here and she wouldn't ask for anything else, she may not be able to think of anything else to ask for. Well… there was one thing that came to her mind, something that she thought of occasionally, she never really let herself dwell on it much, but she wondered sometimes. What would it be like if her parents had survived the accident, if they all got out alive. Would things be much different than they are now? She tried to push the thought out of her mind as to not feel sad, or let her emotions do a number on the weather. It was beautiful outside, and she didn't want to ruin the day for the kids, or anyone else. Soon the thought passed, she filled the space in her mind with the events of earlier that day, when her and her family were playing a game of frisbee outside. She smiled as the memory of her youngest son chasing the disk around as his older brothers played a bit of keep away, till she manipulated the winds to direct the disk to the little guy every time the brothers threw it, they then decided there was no way to avoid that, and decided to share. She continued nurturing the plants and laughing to herself about the looks on her sons faces as they realized they would never get the frisbee back if they didn't share with their little brother.
MEANWHILE IN THE PROFESSORS OFFICE:
The phone rang, the Professor turned to it picking it up.
"Xavier institute… Yes… She is… Why are you asking?... What?... A-alright… hold on one moment please."
Ororo.
Yes Charles.
There's a call for you in my office, I think you may want to look into this.
What is it Professor?
I think you'll find that out yourself.
I'll be right there.
Ororo left the greenhouse, and went up to the Professor's office. She entered, going to the phone, the Professor was a few feet away in a chair just watching her in his classic praying pose. She picked up the phone and spoke. "Hello?" "Or-Ororo… Is that really you?" "Yes… who is this?" The line was silent for a moment, there was a sob from the other side of the line. "You don't know how much I've searched for you." Ororo frowned in suspicion. "Who is this?" "Ro… it's Dad." Her facial expression went from suspicion to shock. "You're lying. My Father passed away 30 years ago." There was silence again on the line for another moment. "After your Mother died, I was in a coma, I didn't wake up till a year after that. I've been looking for you for so long Ororo." Tears welled up in her eyes, realizing this was possible for her to have just assumed that because neither of them were responding to her calls when she was buried, that they were both dead. She pulled her face away from the phone for a moment to look toward the Professor, he looked back toward her sincerity in his face. "Please let me come see you, I want to know how you've been. Please Ro?" The Professor nodded to her. "Y-yes." "Thank you, you don't know how much I've wanted to see you again." "Would you like to meet at Starbucks or something?" "That would be wonderful, I'll come in to Bayville tomorrow. Love you my dear." She stayed silent on her side of the line dropped a minute later, Ororo pulled the phone away from her face and put it back on the stand. She turned to Xavier again, her hand covering the lower half of her face. "Is it… possible?" He raised his head. "Yes, it is." "You mean… you think he really is? It's really him?" "It very well may be." She sighed not sure of what to do now. "What if it's not. What if it's just a prank or something, I do not want to endanger the whole school for the sake of my curiosity." "Relax Ororo, when you go to meet him just take your husband with you, I'm sure he'll be able to tell if it's truly him or not." Ororo smiled at his suggestion. "Thank you Charles." He nodded to her.