Title: Frogs
Author: Lisea
Pairing: S/J, X, Abby (original
character)
Rating:
PG-13
Summary: Someone
at Xavier's School has problems with biology lessons...
Disclaimer: X-Men => Marvel and
Fox. Abby Greenwood => Me. Questions?
Author's notes: I'm actually very fond of
Scott. I don't think he could do what he was going to. :-) And there
might be a sequel. All depends on how nice you are.
Why won't people write any Scott fic? I Want Scott Fic!! (Consider yourself challenged!)
***
Scott Summers was walking along the halls of the mansion to his office. He sipped his coffee as he glanced at his newspaper, then tugged the paper under his arm to get the door to his office open. A girl waiting in his office stood up from a chair by the desk. She had been waiting for him.
"Ms. Greenwood. How can I help you?" he asked, going around his desk and pulling out his chair.
"Is it true? Are we going to disect frogs in biology next week?" Abby fumed, leaning against Scott's desk.
"Abby, if you don't want to do it, you don't have to. But yes, it is scheduled for next week."
"Over my dead body. You're _not_ disecting anything!" she said, slamming her fist against the table.
"It's part of the biology lessons, Abby. You need to learn about the internal organs in other mammels."
"Bite me."
"Excuse me?"
"There's a difference between learning from a book and cutting open a defenseless creature, wouldn't you say, Mr. Summers?" she was practically shouting at this point.
Professor Xavier wheeled in Scott's office. "I could hear you all the way to my office, Ms. Greenwood. Is there a problem?"
"Yes. One of your teachers wants to play murderer."
"Abby, I'm not trying to play anything! They're just frogs, and we will give them an anesthetic!" Scott argued.
"So it's okay to kill animals? Humans are animals too, is it alright to kill them too? If we need an animal to be disected, let's start with you!"
"Frogs are different from humans, Abby."
"Ms. Greenwood, if you'd calm down..."
"I'm not going to calm down! And stay out of my head! I have a right to make myself heard!" Abby turned from the Professor back to Scott. "You'll kill frogs because they're not humans. That makes it alright to kill other forms of life just because they are inferior to you? I'll be sure to tell that to the FOH the next time we meet!"
Silence.
"Ms. Greenwood has a point, Scott."
Scott smiled. "Yeah, I guess she does. You certainly have a way with words."
Abby shrugged. "When there's a problem, I make noice."
"I've noticed. I think Jean could hear you all the way to the medlab. In the future, would you be so kind as to keep the volume down?" Xavier asked, then wheeled himself out of the room.
"Can't make any promises" Abby called out after him.
"Abby, please sit down" Scott asked, pointing to the chair in front of the desk. Abby sat down and glared at him.
"So you're gonna let them go?" she asked.
"You can let them go yourself. They're in the storage room. I'll give them to you later. Right now, I think we should talk."
"What about?" she asked, still glaring at him.
"Constantly questioning your teachers' authorities will get you nothing, Abby. Is there something else I should know about? Anything bothering you?"
"I can't honor "teacher's authorities" because I don't think there is such a thing. Just because you're a teacher doesn't mean your opinions are better than anyone else's. I'll look up to the fact that you are sharing your knowledge with others, but there's good and bad knowledge. I have a right to disagree and an equal right to say so."
"Okay. But the next time, could we talk about whatever's wrong, instead of you fuming in my office and shouting at me?"
"We were talking about whatever's wrong. I was just making sure you were listening."
***
Scott wrapped his arms around his girl's waist, pulled her against him and kissed her on the forehead. Jean responded by putting her arms around around his neck. "So, what brings you to my side of the medlab, Mr. Summers?"
Scott sighed. "I had a... conversation with Abby. About the frogs. That girl has a nasty temper, even for a 19-year-old."
"You came away with it in one piece?" she said in mock surprise.
"Barely. For a minute I thought she might disect me if I wouldn't let her have the frogs. She seemed to settle down after I promised to go set them free with her."
"Poor Scott. What are you going to teach in biology next week?"
"I told Abby to read up on internal organs, and teach the others in class. She seemed pleased. And that worries me."
"How's so?"
"I think she might use me as learning material."
"You think I could sit in on your class?" Jean smirked.
"Hey! You'll pay for that remark later, missy" Scott said, and jumped up to sit on the exam bed. "I don't know what the Professor was thinking when he asked Abby to join the classes. She asked herself to do some voluntary work here instead. Said she "didn't do well with authorities, being a New Age- hippie"."
"I didn't say I was a New Age- hippie, I said I was a Wiccan hippie. There's a difference" Abby said, making Scott jump.
"Hello, Abby, what can I do for you?" Jean asked. Abby held out a slimy, green frog in her hands.
"I think this one's sick. He looks a lot sleepier than the rest of them."
Jean looked at the frog, unwilling to take it. "It... looks fine, Abby. It may be just tired."
"Or he did something to it" she said, looking at Scott.
"I didn't do anything with them, Abby. Scout's honor" Scott answered, holding up one of his hands. Abby eyed him for a moment, then turn to walk out of the doors.
"Come on, Sweetie. Time to let the little ones free" she called out from the door.
"Sweetie?" Jean asked Scott.
"Don't ask."
***
"Here" Abby said, handing him the plastic aquarium that held the frogs. "You do it."
"Don't you want to?" Scott asked.
"I want you to. You might even learn something."
"I'm not sure what it is you want me to learn, but here goes" Scott put the aquarium on the ground and tilted it sideways and onto the ground. They both watched as the green frogs jumped away.
"Just saved lives and stopped a massacre. Feel better?" Abby asked him.
"I wouldn't have called it "a massacre"."
"I would've."
"Fine. Is there anything else you might fight with me about?" Scott said, picked up the empty aquarium and they started walking back to the mansion.
"No, not for the time being. But I'll make noice."
"I was afraid of that... May god have mercy on us."
"Goddess."
"Whatever."