Chapter 19

Derek came out of his room wearing his running clothes and noticed Dr. Cole asleep with a girl on the couch. Derek wanted to know who the lucky woman was and his eyes scanned through the girl's body and stopped when he saw her face. Derek had a disturbing expression; he decided to go outside running to re-think what he just saw.

Dr. Cole woke up from the sound of the front door. He noticed Angelina sleeping on his chest. He put her head on the couch quietly while he put his shoes back on. Before he kissed her on the forehead, he smiled as he noticed how peaceful she looks. He then stepped on something sharp.

"Shit!" he yelled then bit his tongue. Angelina woke up as she rubbed her face.

"What's shit?" she asked groggily.

"Sorry it seems I stepped on a pencil. Sorry if I woke you up."

"It's okay." She smiled at him then she noticed the time on the clock, "Oh no! It's 8 AM and I'm wearing the clothes from yesterday! My parents will probably wake up, I need to take a shower and change, and the papers….." she began to wander off as she got up and jogged for the door.

She looked back at Cole, walked to him, and gave him a "thank you" kiss on the cheek. Cole touched his cheek and flushes a little, and then he shook his head. "She's your ex-student!" he thought.

Angelina walked inside her room quietly and took a shower. Just when she got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself, there was a knock at her door. Her stomach dropped and she ran to open the door. Cole was on the other side; his hair still damp and he dressed in different clothes.

"I beat you," He smirked, "Ah, a kid did the paperwork for you and you got five minutes to eat breakfast with your parents."

"A kid?"

Cole nodded, "You know mutations. Anyway, now you have four."

Angelina gasped and slammed the door in Cole's face. He chuckled and headed downstairs, earning a few shy looks from some of the younger girls. They giggled when he looked back at them and he shook his head.

Angelina came out of her bedroom wearing dark jeans, tennis shoes, and an "Abercrombie & Fitch" green tube top. As she enters the kitchen, Professor Xavier was having conservation with Marie and Logan while Cole was drinking his coffee with Storm and Hank, and Derek was eating his cereal. Angelina poured herself some milk and sat next to Derek.

"How was your run?" she asked sipping drink.

"Splendid." He said coldly. "How was your sleeping in the same couch with Dr. Cole go last night?"

Angelina spitted her milk and it hit Hank.

"Sorry, Beast." Angelina apologized, and then she turned to look at Derek. "What did you just say?" she said.

"You heard me." He answered as he stood up and put his bowl in the sink. He went to Angelina and whispered in her ear, "I saw you and him getting comfortable this morning." And left.

Marie looked at the scene behind her and saw her daughter look shocked and scared at the same time. "What did Derek mean by……?" she thought. She turned to look at Dr. Cole, who looked a little flush, and left the room to follow Derek.

Cole looked around the whole mansion and still couldn't find Derek anywhere. Many things were running in his minds; when did he see them? Did he tell anyone? Logan? Marie? Charles? Finally, he found his ex-student outside looking up at sky, lying on the grass, and thinking.

"How are you?" Cole asked looking at Derek, who's eyes are closed.

Derek didn't answer him. Cole grunted as he stared at him. "He was always stubborn," Cole thought.

"Derek, what is wrong with you?" Cole asked, "I heard what you said before in the kitchen."

"So?" he whispered.

"You're jealous." Cole said directly.

Derek opened his eyes in a flash as he stood up and grabbed Dr. Cole's shirt, pulling him closer to him. Dr. Cole looked at Derek's emerald eyes and saw…..hurt and anger.

"I'm not jealous." He said hardheartedly.

"Then let me go." Cole answered back at him.

Derek did let go but let Cole fell off onto the ground. Dr. Cole stared at his ex-student and knew that he was jealous even if he won't admit it. He remembered how overprotective Derek was over Angelina that he would even forget about his own life. Even if it were a guard or a mutant, Derek would never let Angelina get hurt.

"Derek, why are you always so stubborn. Angelina and I fell asleep nothing happened between us. I helped her with that assignment you and the others gave her." Cole answered as he stood up. "Nothing happened."

"I'm sorry." Derek whispered.

Cole looked up at Derek and saw the hurt in his eyes again.

"I don't want her to get hurt. When I saw you and her together this morning, I thought you two were-"

"A couple?"

Derek sighed again, "I thought you did something else last night. Like flirting with her or kiss her."

"Derek, I'm her ex-teacher and even if I have aged for the past years, I would never date her because you have feelings for her."

Derek didn't say anything but looked up at the sky staring at the clouds that are floating. Then, he noticed that his ex-teacher was leaving and to be honest, that was what he wanted, to be alone….for now.