Title: Who Knew?

Author: Ace-of-Cyberspace13

Summary: Things nobody knew about the X-Men.

Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men: Evolution or Innocent by Taylor Swift, though, when I wrote this I had it stuck in my head.

This chapter is dedicated to: Rogueslove22

Thanks to: Cloudy-TheNightMareQueen, Rogueslove22

Today had not gone very well. Ororo had come home from the store to find her garden ruined, iced over in a prank by- you guessed it- Bobby. She had gotten angry and lost control, and now Bobby was in the infirmary with severe burns, among other things. Jean was walking down the hall when she heard a quiet sobbing coming from Ororo's room. She knocked on the door and it opened a little. "Storm? Ororo? Is that you? What's wrong?" she asked.

"Oh, Jean. I didn't see you there. It's nothing," she said, wiping her eyes, which were red from tears.

"It's not 'nothing', Ororo. Tell me."

Ororo sighed. "I could've killed Bobby today. You know that?"

"Is that what this is about? Ororo, we all lose control. It's part of being a mutant."

"Yes, Jean, but I'm supposed to set an example. I'm supposed to be in control all the time."

"Ororo, no one can be in control all the time. It's not possible."

"I have to."

Jean sighed and began to sing.

"I guess you really did it this time
Left yourself in your warpath
Lost your balance on a tightrope
Lost your mind tryin' to get it back

Wasn't it easier in your lunchbox days?
Always a bigger bed to crawl into
Wasn't it beautiful when you believed in everything?
And everybody believed in you?

It's all right, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you've been
You're still an innocent
You're still an innocent

There's some things you can't speak of
But tonight you'll live it all again
You wouldn't be shattered on the floor now
If only you'd seen what you know now then

Wasn't it easier in your firefly-catchin' days?
When everything out of reach, someone bigger brought down to you
Wasn't it beautiful runnin' wild 'til you fell asleep?
Before the monsters caught up to you?

It's all right, just wait and see
Your string of lights is still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you've been
You're still an innocent

It's okay, life is a tough crowd
32, and still growin' up now
Who you are is not what you did
You're still an innocent

Time turns flames to embers
You'll have new Septembers
Every one of us has messed up too

Lives change like the weather
I hope you remember
Today is never too late to
Be brand new

It's all right, just wait and see
Your string of lights are still bright to me
Oh, who you are is not where you've been
You're still an innocent

It's okay, life is a tough crowd
32, and still growin' up now
Who you are is not what you did
You're still an innocent
You're still an innocent

Lost your balance on a tightrope
It's never too late to get back"

"Jean, that was beautiful."

"And true. It happens to everyone. You just get on." She got up to leave.

"Jean," Ororo called.

"Yes?"

"Thank you."

End

I chose the song before I chose the plot. This song has always reminded me of Ororo and when I decided that Jean's secret was singing and that this was the song I'd have, everything else just kind of wrote itself. This was supposed to be Amara's chapter, but I couldn't think of a secret for her. If you have a suggestion that would be great. On the subject of suggestions, I'm still taking them for chapters. My plan so far is as follows:

Ch5: Logan

Ch6: Remy

Ch7-#: ?

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