a/n: the ending of this chapter lowkey made me cry a little ngl
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~Scott's POV~
"You're worrying too much, Summers."
"Stop reading my mind, Jean."
"I don't have to read your mind to know something's bothering you." Jean rolled her eyes and sat next to me on a bench. "Is it Logan?"
"He hates me!"
"He hates everyone. He even hates me for what I did to Lyla... And somehow doesn't want to get through that thick adamantium skull of his that he would be mourning his daughter if I didn't do that."
"You're not the one dating her." I grumbled, watching as Lyla and Logan walked around the gardens.
"Right... I forgot that you need everyone to like you." She smirked and I rolled my eyes.
"It's not like that. You know what I mean."
"He's not going to like you, Scott. I've been inside his mind and he's in a constant war with himself... Plus, you know that Lyla is a daddy's girl and that means that he's always going to be protective of her."
"Jean, I'm her boyfriend, not a threat."
"To him, those are the same thing. He probably sees you as someone who's trying to take his little girl away." Jean shrugged and leaned back.
"Which makes tonight so much harder." I mumbled and she raised an eyebrow. "You know what I'm talking about."
"The moment he sees that you're doing something nice for her and the amount of detail you've been putting into it for almost year or so, he'll probably soften up."
"Yeah, but what if he sees it as me trying to control her? We literally had that argument this morning!"
"Leave him to the Professor to knock sense into him. And Logan will probably back off the moment he realizes that by doing that, he's pushing Lyla away." Jean assured and stood up. "Tonight will go as planned, okay? You took care of everything and all we did was follow instructions."
"Is everything there?"
"Rogue, Peter and Kurt are moving them now and setting them up in the places you marked... The Professor is there making sure it's going smoothly. I'm headed there now with Remy to switch so he can handle Logan and get him there."
"So all I have to worry about is Lyla?" I asked and she nodded. "You sure?"
"Positive." She promised and ruffled my hair before walking away. "Loosen up a little, boy scout. We're not in the field."
