The Marvel Academy For Gifted Students

Lies

Jean

She had never been more nervous in her entire life, of that she was sure. Today was the day she would attempt on breaking into the Professor's mind.
Once a week she would go to his office and have special practice with him, he had told her that her power hadn't come to the light in its full extension yet, so he wanted to make sure she got enough practice when the time came for her to control it, and thanks to that she had improved.

Very early that morning she decided to try and convince Logan for one last time to talk to the Professor and stay in the Academy without having to hide. Standing outside the cottage she knocked firmly and rehearsed once more her speech.

The door opened and her mind went absolutely blank, Jean wasn't the kind of girl who gets nervous around boys but Logan's​ bare chest did make an impression on her
"Hi" she let out

"Hey" he greeted and stepped aside for her to enter, she immediately turned her eyes to the floor as he put on a shirt. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah" she answered right away "I...ah..I just wanted to ask you about...."

"Yes?"

He wasn't trying to make her nervous at all, in fact he seemed rather worried about her current behavior

Her mind clicked again "Xavier, Ehm I wanted to ask you one last time if you wanted to meet him and make this process a lot faster"

"What's wrong? Too much homework?" He said smirking

Jean rolled her eyes "No, it's just that I feel like you want to leave as soon as you can but since I'm still learning how minds work I take too much time and-" she stopped talking when Logan moved towards her, his hands rested on her shoulders

"Listen Jean, you have already helped me more than enough without expecting anything in exchange" he took a step back "I do want to leave but not until my mind clears up, I need to remember what happened"

She let out her breath, apparently his proximity had made her stop breathing? "Why not with the Professor?"

Logan chuckled​ and sat down, he lighted a cigarette and took a smoke "As you might have seen in my brain, I haven't been exactly welcomed everywhere, I'm not sure of what happened but I know I escaped from someone or somewhere, I believe you if you say this Professor of yours can be trusted but I can't risk it kid"

She nodded and surrendered, she was going to do as Loki had told her to.
Jean sat down as well "So what do you do normally?"

"Smoke"

She laughed "That seems right" sitting down next to him was the closest she had gotten  to a relaxing day.

"What about you?" He asked "You look more miserable than I do"

"Good one" she chuckled "just some stupid drama"

His normally tough expression softened "Go on"

"You don't want to hear about it"

He shrugged "I've got nothing better to do"

Jean smiled "Okay then, but you brought this on yourself"

And so she told him all of the problems she had with Scott and to her surprise he listened carefully until she had finished.

"Space? Is that still a thing?" He asked

She laughed "I know, right?!"

Logan was on his third cigarette by then "He sounds like a dick"

Jean fixed her hair "He's not, he's actually very sweet and nice while I am this walking time bomb with a lot of issues"

"Don't say that, you are probably one of the best people I've ever met and that's a lot to say"

She smiled "That's probably because you haven't dated me"

His eyebrow arched "Is that a threat?" Before she could even blush he continued "Listen Jean, any boy would be lucky enough to be your friend, to hell with this Scott if he needs space"

The red head smiled, a true smile "Thank you Logan"

He nodded "No problem"

XXX

Charles had welcomed her with a smile "How have you been Jean?"

"Good, yourself?" She said sitting down in one of his couches.

His wheelchair moved towards her "Can't complain" he answered, and pointing to cups on the table he asked "Tea?"

"Thank you, let me do it Professor" she offered and poured for the two of them

"Al right then, are you ready?" He asked and she nodded "Today we will work with blocking some parts of your mind, there are not many telepaths but you must never be completely unarmed when it comes to facing one"
Perfect, she thought.

And so he began, to someone else it must have looked like a staring competition but from her mind it was like a noisy drill. The Professor kept on smashing her mind barriers and travel to one thought to a memory to a feeling without anything she could do to stop him, she was too busy hiding as deep as possible any trail of Logan.

"Concentrate Jean" he told her

The girl took a deep breath and closed her eyes, this was going to be her only chance of getting information from Xavier about him and Magneto, she had no idea of what Loki planned to do with it but if it meant Logan was staying she would do what was necessary. She felt Xavier's presence in her mind and this time instead of building a barrier she went directly for him with all of her power.
Being inside of the Professor's mind was more tricky than she had ever thought it was...he could hear everyone, she admired for a few seconds the way he kept all of those voices hidden so they wouldn't hurt his mind. Jean didn't have much time so she quickly went around his memories until she found Magneto, taking as much as she could​, she tried to cover her trails and left his mind.

Her eyes opened, she noticed her breath was shaking

"Are you alright?" The Professor asked

She nodded "Sorry...I shouldn't have entered your mind"

But he smiled "It's just fine Jean, I'm glad that you did, it was amazing well job"

The red head sighed in relief

"Although I think it's enough for one day, don't you agree?" He asked

And she nodded "I know it must have only been 6 minutes of practice but I feel exhausted"

"Time passes differently in our minds, and it's a draining experience, but please stay at least to finish your tea and if you don't mind I wanted to speak with you"

"Sure"

After taking a zip of his drink, Charles finally said "Scott came to speak with me"

She bit her tongue in annoyance and drank her tea just so she wouldn't make her anger too noticeable

"And he mentioned that he was worried because you seemed distracted" he continued "I really don't wish to interfere in your relationship Jean, you know I really care about your​ well being, so please be honest with me, is there something wrong?"

Jean placed her cup back on the table, she knew Charles was only trying to take care of her but she wasn't going to be able to tell him what was going on and it broke her heart but she put on a fake smile "There's nothing to worry about Professor, I promise"