Leaving Home

Chapter 6

Jubilee sat there in the water for an hour, unable to believe what had just happened, and too terrified to move. She'd seen Logan angry before, but not like this. Slowly she got to her feet and walked back to the mansion. No one had noticed her, until she reached her bed room.

Bobby was walking down the hallway and he noticed Jubilee walking towards her room. He did a double take at her wet dress and the miserable look that she wore on her face.

"Hey, Jubes!" he called to her, but she acted as though she didn't even hear him. He walked up to her and stopped her just before she opened the door. "Hey, Jubilee."

She felt a gentle had touch her shoulder, she turned to see that it was Bobby. She winced at him, wondering how he would feel if he found out what she did. She put on a fake smile and said, "Hey, Bobby. What's up?"

"I was about to ask the same thing. How come you didn't answer me when I hollered at ya down the hallway?"

"I must have not heard ya. I have heavy load on my mind right now."

"Care to talk about it?"

She shook her head, "No. It's best that you don't know."

"That bad, huh?"

"Worse. Anyways... I have to start packing. I'm leaving today."

"Oh, you're going on a trip. How long are you going to be gone?"

Jubilee stared into his eyes with sadness, "I'm not coming back, Bobby."

"What?!" he was shocked. "Why not? I thought you were going to stay here and be part of the team like you always wanted to be."

"I do, Bobby. I do. It's just..." she trailed off. Tears threatened her eyes again. She turned away from him, so that he wouldn't see her cry, "I'm sorry, Bobby. I-I just can't stay here. I'm not worthy enough to be an X-Men. I'm not even worthy enough be called your friend."

She started to head into her room, but he grabbed her again, and turned her around to face him, "Jubilee... Please. You're one of my closest friends and I want to help you. Please, don't shut me out. Tell me what happened."

She looked up at the man who she had been friends with since they first met, searching his eyes for something that she couldn't see. She sighed and eventually agreed to tell him what had happened between her and Logan. By the end of her story Bobby had a look of shock, horror, sympathy, and disappointment, but he didn't yell at her or slap her like Logan did. Instead he talked to her in a calm and understanding voice.

"So, that's what's got you down in the dumps, huh?" he asked. She nodded, and he continued, "Well, I have to say that that wasn't exactly the wisest thing that you've ever done, but who am I to judge. I've done some pretty screwed up stuff just to get back at people and to get the attention of a very pretty woman, whom I was in love with. So... Are you still gonna leave?"

"Yeah." she said sadly, "Logan was right about me. I can't stay here. I know he's left many times, because of certain people being here or certain things that have happened to him, but I don't think he's going to take off this time. I'm the one who fucked up, so now I have to leave."

Bobby shook his head, slowly he reached out and pulled her into a hug, "I don't want you to go."

Jubilee smirked, "Why? Don't you have Emma to keep you happy or is she giving you the cold shoulder again for freezing her underwear again?"

"You know what I mean, Jubes. I just don't want to see you go."

"I know. I was just trying to lighten up the moment. You know how I hate bad good-byes."

"Yeah. Where will you go?"

She sighed and thought back to Creed's offer and then thought back to how Logan said that he hated her worst than Creed. She hugged Bobby tightly, "I know someone who'll let me stay with them for a while. At least until I can get a job and earn enough to get my own place."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. I'm sure."

"Okay. Well, when you meet up with them, will you give me a call and let me know that you're alright?"

"Yeah."

He hugged her even tighter, whispering in her ear, "I love you, Jubilation. If ever you need any help or if you're ever in any trouble just call and I'll come help you. Okay?"

"Okay."

The two friends hugged each other tightly, until it was time for Jubilee to pack her bags. She wasn't taking very much, because there was no point. Bobby said that he would hang onto her stuff and put them into storage when she was ready to come back for them.

Later at about 7p.m. Victor Creed had started packing him bags. He was getting ready to head back to Canada, when he heard a knock on his door. He turned and sniffed the air. Smiling when he caught the sent of Jubilee. He walked over to the door and opened it to find her standing there with two bags in her hands and wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans.

"So the runt didn't want ya, huh?" he asked, she nodded. "Well, ya caught me just in time. I was about to give up on ya. Come on. We're heading up to Canada."

Jubilee shuttered, remembering that that's wear Logan stayed most of the time when he wasn't with the X-Men.

"You don't by any chance live anywhere near Logan's cabin do ya?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Cause I really don't want to be anywhere near him right now. It's not exactly healthy right now."

Creed nodded, understanding what she was trying to say, and shrugged his shoulders, "Don't worry, frail. I've got another cabin that's so far away from his place that he'd have to come across by mistake to even bump into ya."

A wave of relief came across her and without saying anything more she followed Creed to his jeep and got in.