Jean rushed to Emma's side, and the rest of the women formed a defensive barrier around the fallen blonde. Helena took a few steps forward and swung as hard as she could. Her fist connected with Scott's jaw and sent him stumbling backwards. He corrected himself quickly and shouted, "I don't know who you are, but back off. This is between me and Emma!"

"Like hell jackass. You just bit off WAY more than you can chew."

Scott's fists clenched. "Consider this your last warning. If you are determined to stand in my way, I will go right through you." The ruby quartz covering his eyes glinted with his anger.

Diana stepped up next to Helena. "Threaten someone here again, and I will personally make sure you meet your maker today."

"Move aside, or…"

"ENOUGH!" Jean stood up and stalked towards Scott. Her hands were shaking and she was having a difficult time suppressing her anger. "How dare you attack Emma!" The rage was slowly blinding her and she was having a hard time stopping the intense flow of emotion that was overcoming her. She took a few more steps and faltered slightly feeling the dangerous burn begin to flow through her veins.

Scott's stance softened, "Jean, please come with me. You don't know what she is doing to you. I know you better than anyone else. She is playing with you. I'll take you back to the mansion and the professor can make your mind right again."

"Idiot…" Emma mumbled as she slowly stood up and felt the diamond form retreat. She walked to where Jean was standing fighting the Phoenix tremors that were threatening to overtake her completely. "Jean, please, calm yourself. Look at me." Jean didn't budge and she continued to stare Scott down, flames engulfing her eyes. Emma grabbed Jean's face and forced it to her eye level. "Come back to me. If you don't then this will end very badly for all of us. And hey, I just made friends, and you know how incredibly hard that is for me to do. And you promised I could make him bark like a dog, but I can't do that with you like this." Emma's voice was shaking as she tried to temper the Phoenix.

"Get away from her!" Scott yelled.

Betsy cut him off. "Shut up moron. We might be teammates, but you better hope Emma can calm her, otherwise I am not standing in between you and your incineration."

Emma continued to plead with Jean, "Come on Jean, fight it. You are in control." A tear slid down her cheek. "I love you and I want to spend all of my ornery days with you yelling at me for acting inappropriately, but I can't experience that unless you take back control. Please…" Emma dropped her mental barriers once more and let her raw emotions seep out and blanket the woman that she loved. Soon after, Jean's shaking started to subside. She drew a few deep breaths and slowly the Phoenix began to wane until green eyes were meeting blue ones.

Emma exhaled, "There you are. You had me worried for a minute. You with me now?"

"Always…" Jean slumped into Emma's arms and leaned solely on her companion for support.

Scott started to walk forward, but Betsy placed a hand on his chest, and sternly warned him. "Wait, make sure that we are dealing with just Jean."

"How could you let this happen Betsy? How could you stand by and let Emma do this to her?"

Helena spat, "Why don't you keep your dumb ass opinions to yourself? Who the hell are you anyways?"

Betsy turned to Helena. "Cyclops. The ex. Be quiet. We really need to be careful right now."

Scott grumbled, "Why can't you see what Emma is doing to her?"

"The only thing that Emma is doing is making sure we don't all go up in flames for you acting like a tool."

Emma mentally projected to Betsy, 'He isn't a tool. Tools have uses.' She winked at the purple haired telepath. She turned her attention back to Jean. "Sweetheart?"

The redhead was still struggling to control her breathing. "Just a moment more please Em."

"Take your time. Breathe with me." She took one of Jean's hands and placed it on her heart. "I'm here, and I'm fine. Nothing to get too worked up over."

Scott blew by Betsy and walked over to where Emma was comforting Jean. "Back away witch. I am taking her with me. Jean, please…"

Jean felt Emma's barriers go back up and suddenly felt raw and naked without Emma's calming influence. Diana reacted immediately and jerked Scott up by his collar. Ororo moved in between him and the redhead. "Scott, stop. You aren't helping matters. I am Jean's best friend. I would know if Emma was doing something to her mind. She isn't. They are in love. Let it be. Diana, let him go." Diana slowly lowered him. Once he felt his feet touch ground he jerked away from the Amazon. "Scott," Ororo started, "what the hell has gotten into you? What you just did to Emma is completely unacceptable."

"Bullshit Ororo. This isn't right. Jean isn't okay. She is coming back with me right now."

Emma squeezed Jean's hand and then let it fall. She turned and faced Scott with unadulterated anger screaming from her pores. "You ridiculous little boy! Did it ever occur to you in that miniscule brain of yours that I am not capable of controlling Jean's mind? We all know that she is the strongest telepath out of all of us, and I am not strong enough to bend her will. And you dare come here and try and sneak attack me? You…"

"Chicken shit." Helena finished the thought for Emma.

"Precisely. Thanks Helena." Emma quipped.

"Stuff it, both of you. I saw the video, and there is no way that was my Jean."

"That's because she isn't YOUR Jean! And how the hell did you see the video?" Emma railed.

Betsy swallowed hard. "That was my fault. I sent it in an email to the Professor. I had no idea this would happen though. I thought he would find it funny. Emma, I swear that I never meant anything to come of it."

Emma glared at Betsy. "Are you serious? What did you think would happen?"

"Emma…" Jean whispered.

Emma felt her anger drop a little at the moment she heard her name uttered. She turned her attention back to woman who held her heart. "Jean, you should sit. Rest please."

Jean righted herself, and stood up straight. She turned and faced Scott and walked over to him slowly. "Be grateful that I love her, otherwise you would be in ashes right now. And think very hard before you speak again because I am still considering the proposition. "

Emma's eyes went wide at the declaration. It was the first time Jean had ever said that she was in love with the blonde. She stood silently, however, waiting to see how Scott would react.

A/N: This confrontation is far from over. Scott isn't done, but then neither is Emma. To CrAzYrIgHtNoW –Hope that you enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for the review…and to anonymous…Thanks for following and I agree with you completely. Scott is a total douche bag. Special thanks to ltlconf who continues to amaze me with freaking hilarious one liners. The tool thing was totally yours, and I am appreciative that you let me borrow it. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW FOR THIS CHAPTER! I am dying to know what you all think.