Too Powerful? [COMPLETED!]

16- Alex Alex Alex

A/N: Hello guys!!! See, I kept my promise, no? So anyway, exams are not completely over yet, I still have 2 more papers, but what the heck, right? Answay, this is a filler chapter, but I do hope you guys enjoy it all the same :) Toodles!

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Scott:

Two weeks had passed since Alex told me her story. The snow had melted, but the air was still cool, occasionally blowing hard enough to ruffle the few spring leaves that had peeked out. Rogue did not blame Alex for anything that had happened; in fact, the two were closer than ever now, constantly driving me crazy with all the prank jokes they decided were funny enough to play on me.

These past days, Rogue and I have been discussing and coming up with ways to help Alex. During the discussions, Alex was always included, although she was pessimistic about the possibility that she could, indeed, be helped.

"Look, guys, can we please not have this discussion again? It's boring me. Let's go catch a Frisbee or something, pretty please?"

It was 10 in the morning, and we were sitting on the grounds, a notebook in my hands. I had just suggested that we get help from Lady Mastermind. She was able to play around with emotions- since Alex could learn anything, she could definitely learn to control her emotions, solving the problem, no?

I thought it was a pretty good idea, until Alex reminded me, with a scorn, that it doesn't matter how many mood-controlling powers she learnt; she just exploded when things got too stressful. Ideas after ideas had been put forth by me, and every one of them had been mooted by Alex. I was starting to get exasperated, and it didn't help that after a while, Rogue didn't contribute to the discussion. She merely sat there between us, with an amused expression on her face, watching catty remarks get exchanged.

I sighed with frustration and turned to look at Alex. She was staring straight back at me, a childish pout on her face, which was still slightly thinner than before her hospital stay. Her brown eyes blazed with determination- she really hated having this discussion, and was always looking for ways to end it sooner.

I bit my lips, but didn't say anything. Does Alex not realize that she could not continue living here, cut off from the world, forever? Has she no idea that if the other side knew her abilities, they might kidnap her, like what the Professor had told me the day she arrived? Does she not want to return to her old, ‘normal’ life, and, most importantly, does she not realize that it was possible? That just because she was a mutant, it does not mean that she had to spend her entire life terrified of herself.

I wanted to help Alex.

No, I needed to help her.

Not because I was in charge of her, not because the Professor asked me to.

No. It was none of those reasons whatsoever. The reason I needed Alex to learn to manage her powers was because...

Well. I loved her.

From the moment I looked at her for the first time, I felt an unexplainable rush of emotions coursing through my veins. As we grew closer, I was more and more drawn to her. I felt compelled to make sure she was safe, I wanted to make her happy; I did all I could to make sure that she felt comfortable in her new surroundings. She was beautiful, no doubt, but it was more than just her looks that attracted me. It was the way she could make me laugh with just a look, it was the way she held her self, trying to stay strong, yet giving the aura of naïvity at the same time. It was the way she could make me feel so comfortable, yet so nervous at the same time. Truly, I couldn't explain how, in a matter of 6 months, give or take, I had turned into a hormonal, love-struck teenager- a complete opposite from the rational, serious Scott Summers that I once was.

I guess this was what the Professor meant about me being the best person to do this job. For I could tell that helping Alex was not going to be easy. There would definitely be many failed tries in the course of helping her, but I knew I would always be there for her. Wolverine may be smarter, but nobody loved Alex like I did. I would willingly do all I could to help her, to make sure that she could live a happy life again. That was, in fact, the least I could do, for all the happiness that she had brought into my l-

"H-E-L-L-O??? Earth to Scott!!!"

I blinked. Alex stared at me for a few moments, wide-eyed, before erupting into a fit of giggles. Rogue joined in, laughing hysterically too, and together, the both of them started clutching their stomachs, tears streaming down their cheeks. Rogue had even started rolling on the grass, her body convulsing with laughter.

I frowned, annoyed.

"Oh-my-god!" Alex spluttered. "You should have s- seen your f- f- face!!! You had the goofiest, silliest expression ever, and that's saying a lot, considering we can't even see you eyes!!!"

My face turned red with embarrassment. Rogue chimed in, soon enough.

"Yeah Scott, what were you thinking about? You looked sooo..."

"LAME!!!" Both girls shouted in unison, before erupting into another fit of laughter. A few other students threw annoyed looks in our direction, possibly because of the loud shrieks the girls were emitting.

Honestly. Girls.

Truth be told, I was not only mortified, but a part of me was also hurt. This was one of the reasons why I knew I could not tell Alex about my feelings for her. She thought of me as an older brother, a mentor, a good friend, but nothing else. I did not need the Professor's mind reading abilities to tell this.  Sure, I was disappointed, but as long as I could be in the company of Alex, at least I could be contented.

I waited quietly for the girls to sober up. I knew it would be useless to ask them to, they would probably rub it in my face even more. Plus, I loved seeing Alex happy. Even it was at my expense. I mean, it surely beat the expression she wore in the hospital room. Even today, I could still remember her face when she made the tree fly-

Wait a minute.

Wasn't Alex the one who had made the tree stop flying? My heart suddenly pounded faster, trying to put pieces together. Alex had stopped her tornado powers just before the tree smashed the window, just as I was about to get up.

After that... she even switched to her fire powers, then her magnetic capabilities, all because... she had wanted to.

Alex could control her powers, I realized suddenly, as my mouth when dry.

She could do it.