Chapter 118 - Blast from the Past (1/2)
Peter was slightly surprised when he saw that Laura actually didn't looked pleased to see the man, who he assumed was her father, and had instead stood a little closer as if warding him off or more aptly marking her territory. Peter was sure that given a few more seconds the two would full on start growling at each other.
Thankfully with a small push to the back the man was moved forward and he broke eye contact with the two. The woman behind him was definitely eye catching. Wearing clothes that would look right in place at a fashion show and standing at 5'11 her white hair easily drew a person in.
The shorter man seemed to grumble something to her as he moved off to the side finally letting the last person exit.
Peter's brain seemed to stop as he took her in….'no it couldn't be'. The same reaction seemed to have happened to the woman. With blazing fire red hair and green eyes, Jean Grey couldn't keep the surprise off her face as she looked over at Peter.
They hadn't seen each other in a long, long time, but they still somehow looked the same. Peter was calculating the odds of him meeting up with, Felicia, Natasha, Laura and now Jean, all on the same day at the same place, and how drop dead gorgeous they all were. 'There is no way I'm that lucky.'
”Peter?” The words mostly snapped him out of his thoughts but his mouth was still lagging a bit behind. ”Jean?” The same thing seemed to be happening to Jean. ”Tiger?” Peter's smile got wider at the nickname. ”Red” The word seemed to finally make Jean come back.
She wasted no time rushing forward, past a bemused Storm and still glaring Wolverine as she gave him a crushing hug. Thankfully she didn't have super strength, or hard bones like Laura, so he wasn't crushed.
Jean felt a few small tears well up in her eyes as she buried her head into his shoulder. ”Peter! I was so worried about you! I went back to your old place… and then she told me….and then Felicia said you were coming back in a few days…I'm not prepared to see you yet….I couldn't feel you signature when I scanned the building? Did you upgrade the…telepathy disruptor? We never did come up with a name for the ear piece did we…how have you been?....have you been eating properly?...What was your trip out of New York about?”
The words gushed out and just didn't seem to end. Now Jean wasn't usually so chatty, but after seeing her best friend after so long…especially one she thought she might just have a crush on… she couldn't help but want to know everything about him.
Her mind also couldn't help but remember the fact Peter had been living on the streets, May died, she couldn't imagine how that affected him.
Peter was a bit overwhelmed as Tony leaned in from the side, breaking up their small moment. ”Telepathy disruptor? Where, why, how? Let me have a look at it, I promise I'll give you a small royalty if I have to mass produce them to the market.”