The Professor, ostensibly unconcerned with Todd's age or his relationship with Elizabeth, invited Todd to come live at the Institute as a new student if he wished. Professor X didn't seem terribly concerned with accepting a new student at the Institute in the middle of the year. Todd was welcome at the Institute.
"Are you going to switch?" Elizabeth asked, her eyes wide.
Todd seemed a little nervous. He rubbed his palms on his jeans and didn't look Elizabeth in the eye.
"I don't know," he finally said.
"You don't have to be a student here," Elizabeth assured him, she knew how big a deal it was to him.
"It's not that I don't want to leave the Brotherhood," he said quietly, "I just don't want to betray my friends. I know they'll hold it against me. I just don't share the same goals with them like I did before."
Elizabeth tried to be sympathetic but she was still holding a grudge against Pietro and Jason. She sighed.
"A good friend will accept your differences and be supportive of your best interests even if they disagree with your choices or your politics," Elizabeth reasoned, "You aren't joining the Friends Against Humanity. At the end of the day, the Professor wants all mutants to be treated fairly, including Eric Magnus, Raven Darkholme, and members of the Brotherhood. We all want a better world for mutants, we just have different methods for getting there."
"Somehow I don't think the Brotherhood is going to see it that way," Todd's glum face was downcast.
"I hope you do whatever is right for you," Elizabeth rubbed his arm to comfort him, "I also hope that your friends adjust and understand over time."
"You wouldn't blame me if I didn't attend here?" Todd asked her.
"Not a chance. We'll get through this next year and a half either way," Elizabeth's smile was grim, "I was raised by X-Men; I'm not afraid of a challenge."
Todd did not score well when he tried out to be an X-man. He was fairly bitter about it so Elizabeth offhandedly mentioned to Logan that Todd's area was more computers, art, and design. When he didn't seem to be taking the hint, Elizabeth asked if Todd could be helpful programming and designing Danger Room challenges and training sessions.
"You're not supposed to know about the Danger Room," Logan grunted as he lifted the engine out of a car.
"Yeah, right," she couldn't help but laugh, "Not only do I live here - I mean hello! - but you already must have figured out that I have been in the Danger Room before. You'd have smelled me."
He gave her a look out of the corner of his eye, "Maybe."
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "Kurt likes to use the Danger Room to play pirates. You probably already know that. Kitty got tired of being the damsel in distress so I got to be the kidnapped Princess a couple of times. But that was ages ago."
Logan contemplated that for a moment, or pretended, "I know you started spending a lot less time with Kurt and Kitty during your sophomore year. Doesn't seem to me the two of them ever stopped playing pirates."
It took a minute for that to sink in for Elizabeth.
"Are you upset with me for being with Todd? Or for spending a lot of time with him?" Elizabeth asked, considering the thought.
"It's your life and you make your own choices," Logan told her calmly, "I'm just pointing out what I've seen."
"Okay," Elizabeth said slowly, "While I consider your perspective, will you consider how Todd could be helpful? He really wants a place where he can feel he belongs and be respected."
Logan stared at her thoughtfully, "I suppose I could consider it."
"Thank you," Elizabeth hugged him impetuously, heedless of the grease. Then she went to talk to Kitty. She would make plans to spend time with Kurt and Kitty, maybe even play pirates together.