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Bits and Pieces Chapter Thirty Five
Disclaimers Apply

A/N Goddess Foxfeather, Queen of Mad Plotbunnies, BUSIEST
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�Do you
ever get the feeling someone is playing a massive joke on you, but you don�t
know who it is or where the denouement will occur, just that it will be
grievous and possibly messy?�
Professor
Xavier smiled slightly, pushing the tea tray towards Beast with a nod at the
plate of sweets. �Try the sugar
cookies. They�re very good.�
Beast
selected one and turned it over in his massive hand, staring at it as if it
held the answers he was looking for. �I
am at a loss, Charles. It�s been one
thing after another this week. First
Jean�s illness, then Jubilee�s concussion, now Bobby� If I didn�t know any better I�d say the Fates
are conspiring against us.�
�Don�t
tempt them,� the Professor murmured, popping a tartlet into his mouth and
smiling. �Remind me to thank whoever
went to the store. Apricot is my
favorite.�
Beast did
not respond, staring instead at the cookie in his hand. �Something is coming, Charles.�
Professor Xavier
looked up, swallowing his treat with a slight gulp. �I know, Henry� Soon.� He glanced away and focused on the window
over Beast�s shoulder. �I prefer to
think of it as an evolution��
�Charles,
this isn�t a slow progress. This is sudden, sharp��

�Punctuated equilibrium then.�[1]
Beast barely suppressed a roll of his eyes. �Charles, please don�t be flippant now. You know what�s going to happen better than
any of us do.� He turned the teacup
around in his hands, watching the play of light on the liquid within the thin
china. �I�m not a superstitious
man. I don�t look for signs and wonders
in every day occurrences, but these past few months�� He looked up to find Professor Xavier gazing
at him intently, his expression inscrutable.
�There�s just too many things that have gone on to *not* believe we�re
on the brink.�
There was a
very long silence in which not even the ticking of the ormolu clock could be
heard. Finally, when it had stretched
almost too long, Professor Xavier sighed.
�I had hoped to hold this off for as long as possible. I had hoped��
He shook his head slightly and smiled, his lips curling sadly. �Foolish old men and their
dreams.�
Beast set
the tea cup down and leaned forward, his voice a low rumble as he replied. �Charles, it�s not foolishness to want peace.�
�No, but it�s
foolish to want it when you�ve seen the future and you know what is to come.�

�What�re
you doing?�
�Nothing��
�It doesn�t
look like nothing.�
�Then I�m
doing something.�
�What is
it?�
Lance
rocked back on his heels and vented a pent up breath. �Amara, I love you. Please stop asking me questions like a four
year old.� He turned to look at her,
moving away from the bedroom door where he had been eavesdropping on Todd and
Rogue. �And keep your voice down!�
She raised
a brow. �Anything
interesting?�
�What makes
you think I was�� he paused, realizing who he was talking to. �No, not really. Just them looking through a
book or something. Talking about marine biology.� He shrugged.
�Kinda dull.�
Amara did
not bother to feign interest. At that
moment, her interests lie elsewhere academically. �I need for you to drive me to the library in
town.� She stepped closer, dropping her
volume a hair. �I�d use the one here but
Jubilee and Tabby are being all�sniffley� in it.�
�Tell Mark
to make �em leave,� he replied, not relishing the idea
of a drive in to town when it looked like it was about to rain outside. �He�s the librarian, it�s his job.�
�He�s�� her
face became a mask of distaste, �serving them *tea*.� She shook her head and looped her arm though
his, pressing closer. �Besides, I don�t
need any of _them_ breathing down my neck while I do my research.� She smiled up at him, her eyes glinting with
a Plan. Lance could even hear the
capital when he said it to himself. �You,
however, I don�t mind��
�Thanks, I
think,� he murmured, pushing a few stray strands from her eyes. �What�s so important that�
Oh. No, Amara,� he
protested, not bothering to keep his voice down anymore. He knew just by looking at her what she was
planning. �You can�t try that
again. I love you but I am *not* going
to try and go to Nova Roma with you again, not after what happened last time!�
He tasted the coppery tang of fear in his mouth and winced. He did not know his dislike of the idea ran
so deep but he was not going to back down.
�It�s insane to try�you know that!�
�So you
think I�m insane, too?� She jerked away from him so violently she sent him
sprawling. �Fine. It is as I was told. I will be alone. I will work alone, rule alone, die alone!� The Nova Roman turned away and tried to stride
down the hall, return to the stairs so she could remove herself from Lance�s
presence, but something stopped her. Namely, Lance�s hand on her ankle. �Let *go*!� she demanded, her skin heating
rapidly to a temperature which was painful for Lance to touch.
He hissed
and released his grip on her leg but transferred it quickly to her skirt. �You�re not going to run off! Amara, listen to me�� He rose to his knees, not letting go of her
garment. He knew she was okay with
nudity but highly doubted she would go so far as to strip off her skirt just to
elude his grasp. �I know you want to go
home� I know you hate it here and you hate everything about us for the most
part but look� You can�t. You can�t go
back to Nova Roma. It�s impossible.�
Her eyes
flashed orange, then gold, for one brief moment before settling back to their
usual deep brown. �Of course, Lance. You�re
very right.� She smiled sweetly and
disentangled herself from his grasp, stepping out of arm�s reach. �I�ll keep that in mind when the end comes.�
�The end?� He stood,
frowning, but she was already walking away.
�Amara, what are you talking about?�
�Don�t
worry about it, Lance. Nothing to be
done about it anyway.�

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