Mutant and Proud (A Charles Xavier Fanfiction)

Chapter 5

-Jessica POV-

Just as I finish putting away all the equipment I was using Erik came in, to pick me up for lunch. I give him a small smile and I grab my coat. He smiles and offers me his arm. I ignore it and walk out with him following me. "You aren't like other girls are you?" He asks walking next to you.

"What makes you think that? Is it that I have powers that other girls don't have or is it that I am not totally head over heels for you?" I question with a tad bit of sass.

"No not necessarily. It's just you act different than other girls." He says.

"Well that's because I'm not other girls. I'm nothing close to them." I say a little annoyed. "Where did you want to go anyway? I only have a hour lunch break." I say looking over at him.

"How about the sandwich shop around the corner? It will give us time to talk." He says and you roll your eyes a little, and start walking to the shop.

"What do you even want to talk about?" I ask as we enter the shop.

"About you. Your life. Your love life maybe." He says with a small smirk. I sigh and go to the counter and order my usual and thank Caren the server who was one of my friends. I went and sat down with erik at a table in the corner. "So how about you tell me a little bit about yourself." Erik says and I sigh.

"What do you want to know?" I ask looking at him.

"Um well what is your power?" He asks trying to get the most information as he can.

"I can read minds. Like Charles." I explain and he nods. "What about you Mr. Lehnsherr ? what is your power?" I ask trying to direct the conversation towards him.

"I control metal." He says proudly. I look into his mind to see what his power is like. When I look inside I get a large burst of pain and suffering. He has been through a lot. I see the reason why he wants to kill Shaw and it is understandable. After what he did to him I am surprised that he did not rip the man's head off with his bare hands. I decided not to say anything not wanting to upset him.

"Wow impressive." I say. I have never heard of a mutant with the power to control metal.It

was honestly interesting and it was inspiring to see him act normal after all that has happened to him. He smiles a little and nods.

"Yeah I am very grateful for what I have." He says and I look down a little.

"That makes one of us." You say quietly and he looks at me a little confused.

"Are you not grateful for your powers?" He asks genuinely confused on what I have said.

"No I'm not. I wish I did not have them. You don't know what it's like to have my power.." I say

"What about it is so bad. I mean you read minds. That's all you have nothing to not like about it. You can always know things and it is invisible so unless you want someone to know about you it will stay a secret." He says acting like he knows what it's like.

"That is what you think. Erik reading minds might become helpful at times but to me it is a burden. I don't know how to control it so I end up learning things I do not want to know. I get overwhelmed with people's feelings and thoughts. Why do you think I work in a dark room with one another person. I can not control my mind. So if there was a way...I would get rid of my power but guess what there is not. So here I am talking to a stranger about my problems...:" I say getting a little upset. I have never been able to talk to someone about this. But now that I can I am letting it all out. He frowns.

"Jessica I didn't know..." He says but I cut him off.

"Of course you didn't. I keep it hidden. I hide that I am overwhelmed every moment of my life. So how could you know?" I say standing up. "I'm sorry I have to go..." I say walking out of the restaurant leaving him there. I go back to the lab and go to my work station and once again threw myself into your work. I do not want to talk to anyone. Why in the hell did I even think it would be a good idea to join this team. I was such an idiot.

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