Storm awoke slowly opening one eye first and then the other. Her arm felt heavy and as she looked down upon it she saw that it had been set and wrapped in a cast that as now resting upon the bed sheets that covered her. Slowly she turned staring blankly at the ceiling. to gather her thoughts. Had her friends found her and brought her back? How long had she been asleep? Her questions were soon interrupted by a familiar voice calling out to her ""I see you have finally awoken" it announced. Storm's eyes quickly shifted around the room to see Xavier beside her bed and relaxed knowing that another battle was not imminent. Smiling slightly she looked up to see Logan in a chair asleep just behind her mentor head back and arms folded over his chest. She winced as she tried to sit up only to be stopped by Jean. "I wouldn't do that if I were you" her friend said resting a hand on her shoulder.
"With a fractured jaw, dislocated shoulder, three broken ribs and intestinal bleeding, it's a miracle you survived" the red headed doctor stated. Setting down the clipboard she had been looking at the woman moved to the other side of her friend taking her hand in her own. In an instant Jeans face turned from that of a professional to that of a saddened friend. "I thought we almost lost you" she cried allowing the tears to flow freely down her cheeks. "I thought we lost you".
As if reading Storm's next thoughts Xavier began to speak. "No one at the school will have any memory of you being there" he said. "Greg Toler has been removed from his position as principal and is awaiting trial". "Trial" Storm asked feeling her fingers subconsciously squeeze the sheets beneath her. "Will I have to" she began. "No" Xavier assured her. "The pictures we recovered from his office are enough to put him away for quite some time".
Feeling her muscles relax Storm eased back onto the pillow behind her as Xavier and Jean left her to rest. Sensitive to the lightest noise Logan's eyes shot open at the sound of the door close. Storm knew he must have been in the room with her for over two days without sleep to have slept through their conversation never mind how quiet. "Hey" he said his brown at looking into hers. "Hey back" she whispered. Rising from his place on the chair next to her the man stretched over the arm of her bed placing a gentle kiss on her lips. "Night darlin" he whispered. Smiling into the kiss Storm reluctantly aloud Logan to leave. Despite her inner protest she knew she was too weak to function at the moment.
Slipping into a dreamless sleep she awoke at the sound of door opening . Looking in the direction of the entrance to her room she smiled at the green haired girl that stood in the center of it. Without a word the child made her way across the floor climbing into bed beside her. Opening the book she held in her hand Fuzz took a hold of Storm's in her other and began to read the story aloud.
FIN
Authors Note: I want to thank everyone that has read and commented on my story. The encouragement you gave me is what made me continue to write. I was worried at first that I would get a lot of negative reviews based on the content but you can imagine my shock when you all said such nice things and seemed so enthusiastic about reading this. I hope you all will continue to read my work. For my next project I will be working on a saber tooth and possibly a Rolo fic as well. I also do request so if there is any coupling you would like me to write about (within reason) I'll be happy to cater to you. Feel free to send me a message, it would be nice to have some FF buddies J