Chapter 18 Past: Brotherhood, Now: X-Men?

J POV

I was sitting down laughing with the gang when I saw Lec enter the lunch room with some guy. She seemed pretty mad and really didn't want to talk to him so much, but he kept talking… apologizing. But I wasn't sure why. It was really starting to irritate me.

"Who is he" I asked. The other looked up and looked to see who I was talking about. They looked at him and then each other before shrugging.

"Don't know. Any ideas, Edward" Kitty asked. Edward looked at him for a minute, trying to read his thoughts and then shrugged.

"I'm not sure. He's too busy thinking about apologizing to Lec" he said. I furrowed my brows and saw Rosalie approaching.

"Rosalie, you were just with Lec. Who's that guy she's talking to" I asked. Rose looked up from her tray, turned to me and shrugged.

"That guy she meet in the park. You know the one from the Brotherhood, Danny" she said. I blinked confused and frowned at Rosalie.

"Why would she be talking to him" I demanded

"He's trying to get her to hear him out about why he's with the Brotherhood" she sniffed

"But I don't get it! Why would she talk to him after she found out he's Brotherhood" I g

"Jazz has a point, Rose. Why would she talk to him" Rogue asked and Bobby nodded

"It wouldn't make sense for her to talk to him after she came home angry as Wanda when I filled her shampoo with Vanilla pudding" he added

"You did that? I mean, they're right Rose. It doesn't add up" Emmett said

"Look that's all I heard. Look, talk to Bella. He was talking to her, before he came over to us" she shrugged. Bella? Why would Bella do that? I pulled out my phone and dialed her number but unfortunately, I got voicemail.

"Hey guys, this is Bella. Sorry, I couldn't talk to you. But leave a message and I'll get back to ya! Oh, and if this is Jasper: get over it. Lec's a big girl and can handle herself. See ya!" I growled. There was no way she would do that? I mean, after what he did to her… then I remembered that Bella didn't side with me.

"Why would Bella do that? I mean, you all saw Lec when she got back that night" Alice said worried.

"She said that he most likely didn't know what he wanted in life, blah, blah, blah. Something about being the same case as Pietro, yadda, yadda, yadda. Um… something about Wanda, Remy, Rogue and Peter being Brotherhood once then now being a good guys. And that she has a good feeling about him… and that's it I think" Rose said. I blinked for a second. Rogue, Gambit, Peter, Wanda and Pietro were Brotherhood?

"Uh… guys? Care to explain" Em asked

"Look, before we were X-Men, we were Brotherhood" Pietro shrugged. I looked at them shocked and Rogue sighed annoyed.

"Listen. Back then, when we first started out as X-Men, we were nothing but a bunch of confused teenagers. Wanda was… a troubled soul and Pietro wasn't exactly the best person back then. I wasn't as… optimistic as I was and Kitty was the perkiest person I ever meet; I truly wanted to strangle her. Peter was more quite and Bobby was less… of a joker. Evan wasn't as serious and back then, we didn't even know Launa existed. Kurt was still coming out of his shell, Logan wasn't exactly the best person to get along with, and Laura hated everyone. Reagan and Remy weren't even with us. Plus Amanda wasn't even a mutant" Rogue explained tersely "You see, are powers were activated while we were still growing up"

"It was? But, but now…"

"We grew up" Pietro said finally speaking up. His voice was low and wistful, as if he was thinking rather hard. "We realized the difference between right and wrong. Plus we discovered there were more things at stake"

"Pietro's right. We had to learn things that we didn't know before. That's how we've come together as X-Men" Kitty said "I mean, look at it from your point of view. It wasn't easy being vampires at first. Was it" I didn't have to think to know the answer was yes. We all had some problems. Edward rebelled, Rose murdered the people who raped her-her fiancé included-, Emmett was… well Emmett. Not even Carlisle was perfect. But we learned and we developed the strength to do what we do.

"And that's exactly what they're trying to tell us, Jasper. They had to develop strength to do what they do now" Edward said

"I understand. But I still don't Lec around him" I said "If he doesn't know what he's wants he may end up hurting Lec. And I'm not going to risk that"

"Jasper has a good point" Kitty said "But I'm with Bella. I think he just not sure of want he wants yet. And maybe Lec can help him"

"I agree" Reagan said. Everyone stared at her confused. She had hardly said anything the entire conversation, so her agreement surprised them. "I wasn't an X-Man as long as they have, and I've never been in the Brotherhood… but I know what it's like to be unsure of what you want. It takes a while to realize it and I think Danny just doesn't realize it"

"I'm indecisive. I understand were Reagan's coming from, since I was with the Brotherhood for a while. But only because I was blinded by the lies I was told and didn't realize it. But at the same time, if he does realize it and still wants to be with them, that's his choice" Rogue shrugged.

"I'm indecisive as well. When Carlisle first changed me, I rebelled against it. I didn't want to stray away from my true nature, but at the same time I didn't want to be a monster. For a while, I did what I wanted, but after realizing what I was doing I went back to Carlisle. And now I'm happy. I don't know what would have happened if I didn't go back to Carlisle, so I can't say anything. But I'm still indecisive" Edward said grimly. Pietro looked away and stood up quickly. He threw his tray away and walked over to Lec.

"What is he doin'" Rogue hissed

"He's asking Danny can they talk. Now Lec's getting angry and demanding what he's doing. He's reassuring her that he's not up to anything, that he just wants to talk" I informed them "Edward, what's Pietro thinking"

"That I should stay out his head and that he's blocking me" Edward said stunned. I didn't understand what Pietro was up to. All I could tell was that he felt impassive.

"Well whatever Pietro's thinking, he's convinced Lec to let him talk with Danny" Em said. I watched as Lec walked over to our table frowning.

"I have no idea what went on over here, but I do know it was about Danny. So do both of us a favor, and butt out. Surprisingly, we have a lot in common and I really think we could be friends. So don't interfere… Jasper" she said looking at me with the evil eye. I repressed a growl and forced her smile. She rolled her eyes and walked off.

"Should we, like, go after her" Kitty asked

"Give her until Gym. She'll be in a better mood then" Alice predicted

"Fine…"

"You're going to interfere aren't you" Evan asked.

"Of course"