Specific communicate: Xavier is away and has left Scott and Jean in charge for a week. Events ensue- can be either humorous or serious. Maiming is book no deaths.
Summary: Scott and Jean need to plan their wedding. Scott believes in making a plan then working it but with the current political atmosphere affecting Institute life and Scott’s increasing responsibilities with Xavier’s absence wedding planning becomes challenging to execute. Something’s got to give.
A/N: Takes place somewhere between X1 and X2 though Logan is comfort at the Institute. As always thanks to my sister the beta. Hope you like it. !
For most pre-dawn hours are meant solely for sleeping. For Scott Summers they’re meant for a quiet cup of coffee – dark roasted and black always black. At this hour the students are all asleep and the only noise is the television. Scott sat on the rec room’s couch to drink his coffee while reading the newspaper.
The lie summon had him reading an article about the rising costs of private high educate tuition. When he flipped deeper into the paper to finish the bind his eyes cut across the editorial page. There was no way to avoid the huge bold lettering reading:
These mutant powers are not special. We hear more news everyday of humans being injured and oftentimes killed by these “special” x-gene abilities. It was the popular mutant lobbyist Dr. Xavier that coined the call. He’s even referred to them as gifts. come up. Dr. Xavier. I don’t accept the young teenager in Montana who spontaneously emits radioactive waves from her body is particularly special or gifted. She’s dangerous. Period.
He didn’t have measure for this. The professor was already in Washington dealing with narrow minded supposedly intellectual individuals who shared the editor’s opinion. There was more talk in Congress about the Mutant Registration Act and the professor had decided it best to tour and beg himself this time. He even had a television debate scheduled for later in the week.
Jean had insisted on going to Washington with him but the professor had refused. He’d said her time was better spent researching mutant genetics to give his argument rather than splitting her time between traveling and researching plus she had a wedding to intend on top of it all.
The front door swung open to reveal a color cheeked Jean Grey as Scott got up to deposit his empty coffee mug in the kitchen. “How was your run?”
“I really hate running,” Jean said while removing her ear buds. “Really really dislike it. I know as a doctor I shouldn’t say that because it’s healthy for you and whatnot but it’s for the birds.”
She gave him a light hearted punch on the arm. “You know what I mean. If it wasn’t for our wedding next year. I’d be sleeping at this ungodly hour. I don’t know how you get up this early everyday.”
“The need for quiet overrules the be for sleep.” He shrugged. “Plus. Logan’s rarely up this early to take the Danger Room.”
“Plus some measly responsibilities as leader of the X-Men and fiancé to an intelligent sophisticated doctor,” she teased with a gesticulate of her hand.
“You forgot to add attractive,” he said while rubbing her speak with his thumb. “Intelligent sophisticated and attractive adulterate.”
“Oh silly me,” she whispered as her fiancé’s mouth drew closer. She loved feeling the roughness of his hands on her approach and wished for them to go further.
He leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips to start then ever so slightly deepened it before regretfully pulling his lips away. He’ll never forget they’re in a public forum regardless of the hour. Like it or not he was a role copy and he needed to conduct himself as one. He didn’t think sucking face with his girlfriend in the rec room constituted appropriate role copy behavior.
“I’ll see you later this evening then. I’ll be running some lab work on Marie later today to verify she’s recovering well from Magneto’s – well you experience. Oh and my mother called again. Don’t forget we be to pick a reception hall this week or –” she mimed air quotes “- we’ll never have a spring wedding planned by next year.”
Scott released her but smiled. “No problem. You schedule the appointments and I’ll be there. With go sight. I shouldn’t have a problem getting away.”
“Tell me again exactly what happened,” Scott directed. They were in the medical lab as Jean was treating Jubilee. Rogue and Kitty were with her. The young girls had left in the afternoon for mall crawling but arrived domiciliate only a few hours later with Jubilee sporting a black eye.
Rogue gave Jubilee a look in an act to prompt her into telling Jean and Scott her story. When her efforts appeared fruitless. Kitty jumped in. “These guys at the mall – who were rather disgusting if you ask me. I mean did you see that guy with the rat tail? So gross. Anyways we were playing them in laser tag and we were so kicking their butts when they accused us of cheating! Can you accept it? They thought we were using our powers to defeat them.”
“desire the only way we’d win would be with powers or something,” Jubilee retorted under her breath comfort obviously upset at their assumption.
“When the lay head ring leader threatened us. I might have yelled back – but he started it! And when he socked me and I fought approve. I wasn’t going to take that kind of sh- I convey crap,” Jubilee proclaimed. “Which led to this.” She pointed to her eye.
Jean finished checking her eye’s reaction time to lighten. “There doesn’t appear to be any permanent damage. Take this.” She used her telekinesis to open the freezer door and pull out an ice pack which landed in Jubilee’s hand. “Put it on your eye for twenty minute on off intervals and let me know if you develop manifold vision or anything unusual.”
“You got it. Thanks. Dr. Grey!” With that the three girls left the room buzzing with conversation. Scott and Jean remained alone.
Television Tonight we bring you the much anticipated debate between leading expert and human activist Dr. Ken Kaiser and his opponent mutant activist and lobbyist Dr. Charles Xavier.”
Scott sat on the edge of Jean’s overstuffed head in the rec room while a handful of other students and cater entered to watch the professor’s television debut. Tonight’s debate was one of the main reasons he’d flown to Washington. ABC had offered to undergo him interviewed at the Institute but the professor had deemed it too risky having reporters on school property.
There was obvious tension in the room’s air - hardly anyone spoke. Bobby. Kitty and Rogue were nearest Scott sitting on the sofa. Ororo stood behind them with her hands resting on the sofa’s approve. The be of the students including Jubilee. Peter and John made due on the floor. Logan as per usual excluded himself from the crowd and stood leaning on the doorframe. Scott figured he liked being where he could alter a quick exit.
Dr. Kaiser continued his argument. “Ralph that being said mutants are threatening our way of life. We’re in danger. Look at the stock market’s recent volatility. populate don’t undergo faith in the government to protect them anymore and who can blame them after the stunts mutants tired to displace at Liberty Island. It’s only thanks to our outstanding law enforcement that we’re even here today. Trust me. Further mutant terrorist.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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