Favors

                                    

                                          
Peter POV 
                          
"Has Scott asked you out yet?" Jubilee asks Jean who is sitting on her bed next to her. 
"No he's too much of a wimp," I interject causing both girls to scowl at me. "What?" 
"You're a wimp you wimp," Jubilee snaps back with a smirk. 
"That's not what you were saying ea-" 
"OKAY! Not necessary Peter!" Jean shouts, Jubilee's face is totally red. She sends a small shock at me, but I don't move knowing it will never end if I do. 
"Ouch! Why are you so violent love?" She sticks her tongue out at me, and I move quickly so Jean doesn't see. I gently lick her tongue before resuming my position on my bed. 
"EW PETER! That's gross!" Jubilee shouts her tongue still hanging out. 
"What did he-" Jean starts before reading her mind. "OH EW! Peter you're gross! If that's what dating is like I don't think I want Scott to ask me out!" 
"Oh don't worry I'm just a very special man," I say winking at Jubilee. Her face lights up, which is usually the sign of a bad idea...or is that on me only? 
"I just had the best idea!" Jubilee shouts jumping on the bed squealing. 
"Oh? What's that?" I say smirking at her suggestively. 
"Okay okay so-WAIT EW PETER NO! But we should set Jean up on a date with someone to make Scott jealous!" She yells excitedly. 
"Okay, but who's going to agree t-" I start when she gives me the look. "Oh no! No no no and no!" 
"Please Peter? Come on it's only one fake date!" She says pouting. 
"Do I get a say in th-" Jean starts but Jubilee puts a finger over her lips. 
"Nope! Please Peter?" She says giving me puppy dog eyes. 
"Give me one good reason to," I say my signature smirk coming back. 
"I'll do your laundry after your runs for a week," she says and I raise my eyebrow. 
"You're joking right?" I ask laughing. 
"Nope!" I snort, it's really a no brainer. 
"Deal!" I yell smirking. 
                          
(Two hours later) 
                          
Jean steps down the stairs, she looks gorgeous, but not nearly as beautiful as Jubilee is. "You look good," I tell her and she smiles gratefully. 
"Thank you!" She responds with a smile. "I was telling Scott how excited I was for this date, he looked pretty mad. I read his mind too, he was so jealous!" She tells me as we hop into the car. I open the door for her since I am such a gentleman, and I make sure she is alright with this. "If it will make Scott ask me out I'm definitely willing to." 
"You like him a lot," I say softly letting my more caring side come through. She seems surprised but still responds. 
"Yeah, I mean what's not to like?" She asks buckling her seat belt. 
"He is a great guy, but he still has to come to me for approval!" I say walking around to the drivers side. 
"Okay dad!" I smile a bit and start the car. The place isn't that far away, it's just a little coffee shop that Jubilee loves to go to. However she told me I am not allowed to even go anywhere NEAR coffee. Jean and I chat about random things until we pull up to the shop. "But I think we can all agree that the third was the worst!" 
"The original is the best! I mean none of the others would exist without the first one!" I say parking the car. 
"How did we even start talking about Star Wars again?" She asks laughing. 
"You started it!" I say turning to her. 
"You are such a child," she laughs gently punching my arm. We walk into the shop, Jean orders a frappe and I just get some sweets. "You don't drink coffee?" 
"I do, but Jubilee would KILL me if she found out!" We sat down at one of the tables and just chatted a bit more. She talked about how annoying it was to always hear people's thoughts, and I told her about how annoying it was to have everyone else moving SOOOOO slowly. 
"Doesn't it get boring? You know when everyone else is so slow?" She asks me her face softening. 
"It's-well yeah. It's hard to explain," I stop yet she waits for me to go on. "I-it's like being on a TV show, but everyone else is slowed down." She rests a hand gently on my back when my voice cracks a bit. 
"I'm sorry." 
"I shouldn't be complaining! You've got like the voices of everyone you ever meet in your head!" I say changing the subject. 
"Yes, but I'm learning to block them out. You can't stop yourself, it's going to be the same forever. How can you deal with that?" She asks not dropping the subject. 
"That's why I'm always acting so crazy, I just get bored so easily." 
"Is that why you dropped out of school?" My head shoots up, and I look her in the eyes. "I'm sorry I saw Erik thinking about it once." 
"I-it's fine! Yeah that's why I dropped out." We sit in silence for a second before I look back up at her. "Wait why was Erik thinking about it?" 
"He was just worried, he wasn't disappointed in you." 
"Please don't read my mind," I say looking away. 
"I don't have to to know that's what you are thinking." We sit in silence for a moment, but it's not awkward. It's more like an understanding silence, like we are trying to connect about our powers. "Well I think we should get going, it's getting kind of late." 
"Yeah," we both get out of our seats and clean up our table. We hop back into the car, and Jean turns on the radio. I hear the beginning of Sweet Dreams, and I smirk at Jean. "Oh you don't know what you've just gotten yourself into." Her face goes red, and she covers her ears. I sing along to the music in the worst voice possible, but I don't stop there. I sing all the musical parts that I can, Jean is cracking up in her seat. Eventually the song ends and we are both laughing about it.
"You are such a weirdo!" She says as we step it of the car. Scott is standing by the lake watching us. HUG ME! Jean says in my mind, an my face flushes. Why? I think in response, she jerks her head towards Scott, and I shake my head in realization. I pull her into a tight hug, and I glance over at Scott. I have never seen him looking so mad. I pull away and stalk off, making sure I can still hear what they are saying. Scott walks over to her and she smiles at him. 
"Oh hey Scott! How are y-" she's interrupted by him kissing her roughly. 
"OH HALLELUJAH IT WORKED!" I shout turning back to them. "Man I'm glad the hug was enough! I did NOT want to kiss her! I'd get Jean germs!" Jean gently smacks the back of my head, and Scott tilts his head in confusion. "Well I'll leave you to it bye!" I shoot running off before she gets the chance to stop me. I run into Jubilee and my shared room. "If worked!" I tell her, an she squeals in delight. 
"I knew it would!" She shouts running up to me and pulling me into a tight hug. I kiss the side of her head, and she steps back a bit her arms still around my neck. I wrap mine around her waist, and we stand there for what might be forever. Time doesn't really seem to count when I'm with her. That's how I survive, Jubilee is what keeps me sane. 
"I love you so much," I whisper and she looks at me in surprise. 
"I-I love you too! But where is this coming from? Not that I mind!" She says smiling. 
"It took me a while to realize, but you are my rock Jubilee. You keep me sane when everyone else is moving to slow. You know how to make me smile when I feel like I will never smile again. You're always there for me when I feel like the world is ending. I couldn't do it without you." There's tears in her eyes as she pulls me into a tight hug. 
"I love you so much Roadrunner." I place my lips close to her ear and whisper softly. 
"You're my everything Firecracker," I whisper even softer making her eyes water even more. I pull her close to me and tuck her head under my chin. We got together so perfectly, like the pieces of a puzzle. Two halves of a whole soul, or two halves of a whole idiot but you know whatever. She's my world, my universe and my reason to stay in this place. We stand like that for awhile, holding each other and just leaving everything behind. After awhile we move over to her bed and lay like that together. Soon she falls asleep, and I'm left to the noise of her soft breathing and occasional snores.  Soon my eyes grow heavy and I drift off into blissful oblivion holding my world and the love of my life.