Part 3
The room where Jean Grey chose to be her own is too alike to the one she used to have on the school and is almost comical how even after dying and reviving so many times, so many times indeed, Jean´s taste is still so similar. She´s looking a bit forlon to the scene bellow her. So many mutants she never really meet, not properly, are thriving and living instead of surviving...but can Jean do the same.
“You can enter, Scott, you can´t ever surprise a telepath” and Scott smiles, as he enters in the room, noticing the similarity of her room in Xavier´s school and noticing how he´s not wearing the uniform...for once. Something civil is a bit rare for Scott.
“What´s your thoughts, Jean?” Scott asked as now Jean is facing him with her green eyes not hiding her despair as Scott promises to be here for her and wants to help in whatever he can.
“I was thinking about our daughter. She only has us now and...” she controls a sob now, maybe a talent of hers or maybe she still refuses to cry over this. “I wasn´t the best mother for her, let alone role model, I know I´m not obligated to be her mother, she knows I´m not her mother from her universe, yet...how cruel could I be to show love and affection to.....Cable” her words have a dark tone now laced with shame “but not to my daughter, what kind of mother was I? What kind of mother was I?” and she covers her face with her gloved hands and Scott can understand the situation very well.
“Jean, can I ask you something?” Scott begins not looking at her but focusing on the view below him. “Was your desire for a son a way to somewhat give me a second childhood?” Scott then looks at her. “I know you, and I know what you think of some members of my family and yes, my father left as he always does and I´m not angry nor sad, I felt nothing in his leaving because I have a family already, but, I think we need to talk about that...even if Cable wasn´t...a monster, you couldn´t give me a second childhood, Jean, and it wouldn´t be fair with anyone”
Jean nods as she takes her mask off and reveals her face. So beautiful and young as she was when Scott buried her for the first time. “Ok, we have lots of talk about, Scott, and love alone is not enough. Talk to me about Madeline Prior” she demands and Scott won´t refuse her.
“If you thought Cable could give me a second childhood, I thought Madeline could have been my second chance at happiness with you...and yes, I can see how that´s awful,” Scott says to open a yellow smile now. “the young generation called me the new Magneto, but, I´d not want to be the new Eric, I don´t want to be a terrible father and husband...I don´t want to be like him”
“You´re not. You still didn´t reach that level” she promised him and that´s soothing for his soul.
“Madeline was your clone and she was just like you...it was uncanny. When you come back, I leave her behind and I think about that...is it love that unites us or obsession? You blame for not having been a mother for Rachel while I blame for create Cable. I don´t know how to healthy proceed loss, Jean, especially yours and when Pheonix was on me...” he takes his visor off showing his glowing crimson eyes. “she taunts me about having a new life with you and...fuck, for all the revolution I was doing and talking I almost give up all that for you” Jean places a finger on his lips.
“We both need to learn how to process loss in a healthy way. Scott Summers, I believe what we have is love...but I know that we were under critical situations that no couple was...who can say that their wives was killed by a cosmic deity and returns evil?” Jean jokes lightly.
“We have lots of talks to check, Jean, and I think we can finally do it” Scott promised as Jean nods. “Rachel is here. She´s our daughter but she´s her own person. We can be there for her but we can´t do more than that...We can just hope to do better this time?” Jean rest her head on his shoulder and jokes for the last time. “You can finally open your feelings when Logan is not aware”
“He found a new red hair to bother” Scott jokes back and Jean replies “carefully, or I´ll think you´re jealousy”
“and if I was?”
“Then I show you the internet and a thing called Scoggan where people ship you and Logan”
“Thanks, I hate it”
Meanwhile, Kurt was talking with Anne Marie as the souther bell was with her husband and his new cats and is not surprised to see the number growing and Remy being completely attached to the felines as they are with Gambit.
Kurt is more pacing and talking than anything else as Rogue receives an invitation to work in the Neo Excalibur that Besty, the new Captain Britain (she spoke how her brother wants to be there for his wife and child and can´t help by throw some not friendly glances at Kurt who in turn pretends to not notice) as well Gambit, and sure enough, his cats.
“Can´t you believe that?” Kurt asked seething. “She told me I have a problem...she, who sleeps around with everyone and have babies and throw them under the bridge!” Kurt concludes and Anne Marie nods letting him rant, he needs to rant more than anything.
“Yes, but, Kurt, my little brother, I hate to admit this and trust me, I do hate this, but, she has a point” Anne Marie comments and this makes Kurt halt on his steps as his eyes look hurt and betrayed.
“What you mean? I never throw any baby out of a bridge!” Kurt asks and now, for everyone´s surprise, Gambit spoke, carrying a cat as if is a newborn baby and is not afraid of telling Kurt the facts.
“You slept with your sister, you slept with a woman that barely knows what sex is, you slept with your fangirl and you slept with a space lesbian who was mentally unwell. Kurt, you´d have a problem. Me and Muffin think so” the cat meow as if to contribute with the conversation.
“But...me and Amanda” Kurt tries to defend himself but Anne Marie raises her hand, in a similar fashion Raven did and how Kitty did too.
“Kurt, if you have to justify that relationship then yes, is incest. Plus, is creepy how you call her “my sister” and gives kisses to her while calling me and Kitty your sisters” and now she scowls at this. “In fact, you can be very insensitive at the times, even if is not your intention, you can still come across as an insensitive. Do you have any idea how cruel was to Kitty to hear that... “you´re my sister” and see you with Amanda and be gaslight and be cheated by her?” she puffs and crosses her arms and Kurt is confused.
“Why she would be upset? She has Piotr...” and Remy and Rogue groans together along with the cats.
“You are the one forcing this relationship. She used to have a crush on you, but, with your obsession in make Piotr your avatar...” Rogue trails off and Kurt standstill now.
“But...I...” he trails off now and Gambit continues ignoring Kurt´s confusion.
“Let me tell you right now, that yes, you´re a manslut, and yes, we all X-men did bad things as well who was never call out. And now, let me tell you, I have my sins and I don´t believe in the Prof X´s line that we´re now born without sin...now, that´s not true, because of my sins and my mistakes lead me to be a better person as I AVOID repeat it, unlike you, who is forever under the belief that a nice pair of breast is all you need” Gambit states and is back to play with the cat.
Rogue glares at his brother one last time. “Kurt, you have a problem. And no orgy in the world will help you, and if you don´t do anything...you´ll lose Kitty forever...because, little brother, she´s far prettier than all the women you slept so far” Rogue concludes and let Kurt brew this idea for a moment.
“Do you understand you have a problem?”
“I ...think so, but I don't know which problem it is”
“But you know you have a problem?”
“....yes, I have a problem”
“That´s the first step to recovery, my little brother!”