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Dearly Beloved
Jubilation Lee


Jubilee stood in the doorway of the Medbay at the Academy,
watching Sean Cassidy administer CPR on Emma Frost with wide-eyes,
unable to believe that The White Queen was dying right in front of her
eyes, and there wasn't a damn thing she could do about it. She stood
for what seemed like hours, but what in actuality was ten to fifteen
minutes, while most of the others waited in the Rec Room. It was then,
in that short span of time, that both Jubilee and Sean Cassidy realized
what they lost. Everett Thomas' voice echoed in a rather eerie tone as
he placed a hand on Banshee's shoulder, "She's dead sir."

"NO!" Jubilee cried out in her sleep. "It's not fair!" she
asserted as she sat up in bed, continuing to scream as sweat dripped
down her face. It took a moment of staring about her empty room for her
to realize she was reliving the experience in her dreams. She blinked,
and looked over at the clock, six a.m. She sighed, and actually got out
of bed, looking over sadly at the bed, which Paige would normally have
occupied. Both Paige and Emma Frost had died that week. She lost her
best friend, and as much as she hated to admit it, a mother figure all
in one sitting. Paige's funeral was the day before yesterday, and Emma
Frost's was today. After the funeral, Jubilee and Everett would leave
for New York, to stay with the X-Men, and the rest of the team would go
their separate ways.

After a long bath, Jubilee pulled herself from the tub and
prepared herself for the funeral. Funeral. She despised the word.
Perhaps more so than any of the other members of Generation-X, Jubilee
learned at an early age what it was like to lose friends, what it was
like to lose family, and the inability to deal with death came right
along with it. It was the death of her parents that began the chain of
events, which eventually brought her to the X-Men. It was the thought
of Wolverine being dead which caused her to use her powers to blow up a
house in Japan. It was Illyana's death, which brought her and Scott one
step closer to one another, and it was the death of Paige Guthrie and
Emma Frost, which would bring her back to the X-Men.

Jubilee wandered downstairs after getting dressed and made her way
towards the kitchen. For once in her life, she headed to the kitchen
without much of an appetite. She leaned in the doorway of the Kitchen
for a moment, almost seeing Emma Frost at the stove, realizing that
she'd give anything to have some of Frosty's horrid cooking at the
moment. Her eyes then drifted towards the kitchen table as she made her
way towards the refrigerator, remembering the days when she and Paige
would have the late-night Sugar Bomb munchies. Tears filled her eyes as
she opened up a can of root beer, listening to the alarms going off as
people prepared. Had an hour and a half already passed? ~~Gel?~~
Jonothon Starsmore inquired as he walked into the kitchen, surprised
that Jubilee was up as early as she was.

Jubilee quickly tried to hide the tears as she inquired with a wry smirk, "Couldn't sleep either?"
Jonothon nodded numbly before sitting down at the kitchen table.
Jubilee paused, setting the root beer down as she made her way to the
table. "Sucks, doesn't it?" she asked softly, reaching a hand out to
Jono.

~~I don't want to talk about it~~ he asserted softly.

"Yeah right," Jubilee retorted. "That's why you and me are sitting here, fully
dressed and ready."

~~You couldn't possibly understand J~~ he explained, or at least tried to in a matter of fact tone.

"Oh really?  Listen Jono, I know how much Paige meant to you," Jubilee explained in a
slightly sharp tone. She was my best friend, as well as my roomie.
Don't tell me I don't know or can't possibly understand. I've watched
my parents, teammates, people I've loved, die, right in front of me.
Don't tell me I don't understand because believe me Mr. I'm always
depressed, I do." Silence. Jubilee sighed, murmuring, "I'm so" as
Jono brought a finger to her lips.

~~No need~~ Jono asserted softly.  ~~You're right..it..it just hurts..so much. I loved her, J. She was
the first that ever got to me. Paige was the first that managed to find
a way into my life, into my deeper thoughts, into a side of me that I
rarely let people see and I~~ Jubilee simply wrapped her arms around
Jono, the both of them in the kitchen ..for what seemed like hours,
crying, holding one another.

A soft, Irish "Kids?" eventually brought the duo out of their
shell, as they looked up at Sean Cassidy, who loomed in the doorway.
"It's time." Jono and Jubilee looked at one another, and embraced one
last time before leaving the kitchen. Sean turned out the light as he
walked out, tears streaming down his face as he followed in suit,
allowing the memories of the love and laughter he shared with a
love..and a student, to linger in the kitchen. Sean could already hear
the minister's words as the door to the Academy closed behind him for
what would probably be the last time. "Dearly Beloved.."

(The End)