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Caitlin looked at him," See it as my way of giving...thanks..."

"Thanks for...," muttered Caitlin quietly before becoming quiet herself. She didn't know how to explain it. She didn't know how to react to somone caring, to know how to truely act. To say the words never did feel true to her. In her mind, all acts of kindness of any degree,...held some sort of catch. Even with Sabertooth and Sinister that she did show caring and loving emotion too, she never fully gave trust to them.

"Never mind...," spoke Caitlin after a short while.

Caitlin tilted her head to the side, a bit confused by his words. Regardless she gave a kind smile.

"I am supposing the Professor wish for me to stay and become a teacher once again...?"

((Peachy....))


Caitlin looked down at William with a rather unamused expression at his passing out. At least Sinister and Sabertooth had been less complicated and by far easier to understand and figure out!


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Time went by and Caitlin did indeed stick around, even if she was going on trips most of the time. Much to everyone dismay, she never spoke of what happened on them or went into any type of detail. Mum was the word to her, however, Wolverine had companied her lately and even he was quiet about the trips himself. The professor had tried multiple times to get her to returned to her teaching of chemistry and ancient eygptian history but she had refrained on that too and didn't really give anyone an idea if she would ever teach again. Mostly she had stuck to herself and didn't interact much unless she absolutely had too.

At the moment she was watching a new bulleton on the tv. Their Senator Kelly was giving a speech on Anti-Mutant this and Anti-Mutant that. Caitlin was hooked on every word, completely focused to the point that Jubilee gave up on trying to get her attention after ten minutes of calling her name out.

*TV*

"There will be a gathering of Supreme Court Judges and Golbal Representives and Senators that will be held at City Hall tomorrow at ten in the morning. There we will be discussing laws and treaties that will be effecting this world of mutants to insure our safety in the future. Please, no futher questions."

*TV*

With that there were a few seconds of Senator Kelly walking off the stage before the TV whiched back to the news archor woman. The woman began to talk even more about the press conference and then gave some details on the meeting at City Hall the next day.

Caitlin pressed a button on the remote to turn down the volume. She didn't have any interest in listening to an archor woman babble on. She sigh escaped her as her face took on a distant look.

Caitlin tipped her head back over the top of the couch and looked at him for a moment before responding. "Shouldn't you be teaching your classes now? I did heal you...only your nervous system would have taken a bit longer to heal."

She picked up her head and turned off the TV. After doing so she was up from the couch, giving her back a lazy stretch.

Caitlin shook her head, "My healing abilities are better than Logan's and unlike him I am cast them outward to others to help them. You should be find, even with my lacking knowledge of the nervous system that would have made your nerves heal slower than everything else." Caitlin sounded rather insulted at Beast's and the Professor's reluctant wishes to get William back to active duty. even if it was just to teach. She was better than they believed.

A huff came from Caitlin, "Trust is a two-way street gentlemen. You have to trust me as well...not just me to you!"

"How very true Caitlin," came from behind the two. Caitlin turned around and saw the Professor rolling up to her and William. A growl eminated from deep within her chest. "Keep your mind to yourself and in your own balded head," hissed Caitlin with hands on her hips. "I tried, but the words were hard to ignore," explain the Professor as he rolled around the sofa and stopped infront of them. "Try harder," growled Caitlin in response.

The Professor signed, "Caitlin, you are trusted and I am sorry if I hurt your feeling in anyway, but it couldn't be ignored." He saw her ready to open her mouth again, most likely in a heated rant. "Still, moving on. I see you have heard about the gathering that will be held tomorrow," continued the Professor. Caitlin was like a switch, she immediately straightened her threatening posture and gave him a calm and interested nod. "I am attending and I would like you and William to accompany me. An old friend is going to be speaking on our behalf there."

"Our," echoed Caitlin, "You mean mutants?" The Professor nodded at her before she pointed an open hand at William, "What about your tests and treatments. You and Beasts seem rather reluctant to give him the go ahead despite my help." Caitlin's hands were now across her chest as she stood there with her eyes narrowed.

"Is it wrong to see just how well your healing ability works and to make sure it did a good job as we have never seen it performed before. I wouldn't be a good teacher, leader, person if I didn't make sure those around me were not at their best," explained the Professor.

Caitlin shoulders slumped, but her lip curled up, "And you couldn't tell me that before, or him!" It was the Professor turn to arch an eyebrow, "You have been gone for some time and you do hate intrusions on your mind even if it is just for a simple mental chat. Besides, he didn't ask. I am sorry it has come up like this and ended this way. As you said, trust is a two way street...?" Caitlin reared back slightly with a bit of a gapping mouth. Though it was quickly turned into a growl that had the Professor laughing, "Trust takes time my dear and so does learning everything about us, the school, and the environment here. Besides, if I always back down from a challenge, the students would be ruling this school and the human/mutant debates would have ended long ago in war."

Caitlin couldn't help but huff at him and smile, "I will go with you if that is what you like. I don't have anywhere to be for a while now."

The Professor turned to William, "Hopefully it will be a friendly debate on things but this gathering does hold alot of the world leaders and generals. Hopefully some good can come out of this for both sides."

Caitlin frowned, lowering her head to look out the window, "Being there to listen for the good and being there forced to listen to the peace temporarily are two completely different things." She looked up to the Professor, "What makes you think that they simple won't belittle everything and only hear what they want and take what they need to fuel their fears and angers of us? There are good humans but like us, we have our bad ones. Sadly when there are more bad than good and even more humans that have very negative thoughts about mutants already and the past does not help that." She waved a hand all around them to signalify what she meant but "us". "As you said, alot of powerful people will be there and as your friend has taken our side, their will be people taken the other side," question Caitlin as she flopped back down on the sofa with her arms crossed over her stomach.

"We must try...," spoke the Professor.