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She’s Been Enrolled (Part 3)

“You did WHAT??” Charles exclaimed angerily.

“We…. we brought Alex back. Well, I mean, I brought him back. Hank was there to make sure nothing happened to me.” Layla explained to him.

“Layla, I’m proud of you for finding how far you can reach with your powers, but there’s so many issues with this.”

“Like what?”

“Well for one, how do you know Alex is, well Alex? How long does this last? Will he be able to be normal after this? What does this do to his mental health? Wha–” Layla interrupts Charles.

Layla sighs and explains, “Hank ran tests on him. He’s has perfect health AND he’s very aware of what’s going on. Plus he blames himself for his death and the destruction of the school!”

The moment Charles hears Layla mention Alex blaming himself, he interjects. “Wait….. so Alex knows what happened? He remembers?” Charles asks enthusiastically.

“Umm…. Well, not exactly….” Hank nervously trails off, looking down at his feet.

“We told him what happened after he attempted to save you. But who wouldn’t blame themselves? I’d blame myself too if I was in that situation….” Layla pauses and looks at Alex who was sitting in a chair in Charles’ office. She looks back to Charles. “If you’re worried about him, look into his mind and see for yourself.” she continues.

“It’s not that easy, Layla…” Charles claims.

“Well with all do respect, Professor, unless you have spent some time with him now, or even just witness him talking or speaking, you won’t know the miracle of this….” Layla confidently, yet wistfully exclaims. “For a man who can open up others’ mind, yours continues to be very closed.” she closes the conversation.

Layla walks over to Alex, takes his hand and leads him out of Charles’ office. She slams the door, leaving Hank and Charles in shock as they watch her leave with Alex. Hank turns back to Charles and inhales deeply and nervously.

“You do realize that your job here is at risk, Hank, don’t you?” Charles asks sternly. Hank looks down, adjusts his glasses and looks back up with a new since of confidence.

“Charles, it’s the same Alex that we remember. I ran every possible test on him. We’ve even done research on every other living creature she has practiced on from plants to… one incident with an awfully large wild cat…. but yes, we’ve done research and they are ALL still alive. He’s healthy in every possible way. His personality is the same, even his mental state is the same. He still has PTSD from Cuba and Vietnam, it’s him. All you have to do is talk to him, spend 5 minutes with him….” Hank says, confident and passionate about his and Layla’s research and discovery.

Charles exhales sharply and look away from Hank for a moment. He slowly looks back at him. “I suppose it would be helpful to meet with him even if it is only for a few moments….. for research purposes of course.” Charles agrees.

Hank and Charles leave the office ad look for Layla and Alex. They look everywhere and are about to give up, then Charles sees Layla and Alex in the garden. Layla was showing Alex what she did to the tree Scott destroyed.

“So you brought the tree back the same way you brought me back?” Alex asks amazed.

Layla chuckles softly and tucks her wavy ginger red hair behind her ear. “Yes. I’m not exactly sure how it happened…. I just, felt it’s pain and…. touched it. It was all just happening so fast.” she explains shyly.

Alex looks at tree in amazement. He stares in amazement as Layla just watches him, smiling. Her smile fades as she looks down at wild flowers growing around the tree. “Alex…”

Alex looks at Layla. Layla slowly lifts her head and sighs. “I– I’m sorry that the Professor reacted the way he did.” she apologizes wistfully.

“Hey, don’t worry about it. He’ll come around eventally.” he tells her optimistically. He puts his hand on her knee to reassure her.

“Eventually is now.” Charles exclaims as he approaches with Hank not too far behind him. Alex and Layla look over at him when they hear his voice.

“I want to apologize for my behavior earlier. To both of you.” Charles states. he turns to Alex. “Alex, I shouldn’t have been so rude and making it seem that I wasn’t happy you’re back, because I’m thrilled that you’re here….” He looks to Layla, “….And Layla, I should have given you a chance and not have treated you like a child.” he continues.“Alex, if you’d let me, I’d like observe you for a bit after we talk.”

Alex half smiles and nods in agreement.

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After Alex and Charles spent some time together, Charles had Hank and Layla run tests on him, just so Charles could see that Hank and Layla were serious. What charles seen surprised him.

“If you look at his medical chart from when he was last living at the mansion and you look at all the tests that I just ran, you can see it’s the exact same as before. No changes.” Hank tells Charles.

Charles half smiles and his eyes brighten. “This is incredible. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

He looks over at Layla and smiles. She smirks back. “Now do you believe me?”

“I want to say it’s too good to be true, but everything to prove that it’s true is all right in front of me.” he says

“Yes, because seeing me with your own two eyes isn’t enough.” Alex shoots back sarcastically, smirking while he sits on the medical table. Charles looks at him sternly while Alex continues to smirk and has an eyebrow raised. Layla giggles and removes the blood pressure cuff off of his toned bicep as she accidently brushes her fingers over it. They may eye contact for a moment and everyone in the room can feel the electricity between Layla and Alex. Charles clears his throat and quickly breaks the silence. Layla takes the cuff and puts it away while Alex sits there shirtless, making Layla bite her lip while her back is turned to the guys.

Alex stands up and grabs the shirt laying next to him. “So am I still a lab rat or can I go find my baby brother and have a family moment?” he asks wit a casual tone.

“We’re done with tests, but I don’t think that’s the best way to tell him. We need to pull him aside and talk to him.” Charles tells him with a loving parental tone.

Alex sighs and looks down as he fiddles with the shirt in his hands. He gets ready to say something to Charles, but Layla steps in.

“I’m sure Hank would be perfectly fine having Scott come down here. Right, Hank?” she asks cheerfully, looking at Hank. Hank nods. Charles half smiles.

“Well then, Hank, why don’t you and I go and fetch Scott while Layla stays with Alex and keeps an eye on him. Charles smirks and heads for the door while Hank follows close behind. The moment the door closes, Alex looks at Layla and she immedientely starts blushing. She quickly looks away as Alex walks over to her. He leans against Hanks desk where Layla was cleaning up and straightening up his paperwork. She gives him a quick glance.

"I honestly don’t know how to thank you for bringing me back–” he says, but gets cut off by Layla.

“D-Don’t worry about it.” she answers nervously. Quickly walking to the other side of the lab to go wash the coffee cups and glasses that were left on the desk.

“But I am. From what I heard you and Hank say, bringing me back could’ve possibly killed you.” he exclaims. She tries to avoid looking at him, but he gets her to do so.

“I’m sorry but, c-could you maybe put your shirt back on?” she asks nervously.

He looks down at his shirtless torso and smirks, “Am I making you uncomfortable?” he asks

“Um…. Just a-a little bit…” she trails off nervously, playing with the string on her bracelet. Alex just half smiles, not wanting to make her feel uncomfortable he put his shirt on.

“Sorry.” he says.

She just looks him up and down and turns back around, biting her lip so he doesn’t see it.

“So….. You and Hank are close…” he states, trying to make conversation.

“Yeah, he’s a great teacher….” she responds. “You’re a lucky guy to have him consider you a best friend.” you continue.

“He considers me his best friend?” he asks, almost amused.

“Well yeah, with the way he’s talked about you and the fact that he admitted that he wishes he could be as heroic and courageous as you, I’d say so.” you tell him, smiling.

“He said that?” Alex questions, surprised.

You chuckle softly “Yes. It’s sweet…” you pause and look into his beautiful blue eyes. “Honestly, it made me wish I had known you before all this.” she continues, not realizing that if and her were any closer, they’d be kissing.

She wanted to kiss him, the urge was eating at her, but she wasn’t going to do that. After all, she JUST met him….. Although, she DID already see him naked. Her angel and devil sides were arguing back and forth. She was about to tell them to shut up, but then Hank had opened the door and let Charles and Scott into his lab. Alex and Layla quickly make space between each other. Scott takes a few steps in before he notices Alex standing there.

“Al–Alex?” Scott is shocked. He seems to be incapable of lifting his jaw off the ground. You can see tears streaming from behind his glasses. Alex held out his arms and walked over to Scott. He stood in front of him, waiting. Scott looks at him, and does nothing but ask, “How?”

Alex points to Layla. “She brought me back.” Scott loos at Lyla, and he approaches her haystily, making her think he’s angry, instead, he hugs her tightly and sobs. “Thank you.” he whispers to her before he lets go and hugs Alex.

They have their reunion for awhile. Then Charles approaches you. “You were right, bringing him back didn’t change a thing about him.” he stated.

“No, it was Hank who was right. He was the one who knew what I was capable of more than I was. This was his idea, I just made it happen.” you say back, smiling at the joyous reunion.

“Well, my work here is done.” she continued and walked out of the lab.

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Layla was sitting on the stone fence around the deck of the mansion, drawing. Alex joins her and sits next to her. He just looks at her with a smile on his face. She looks at him.

“Thank you.” he tells her.

“I told you that you didn’t have to thank me, Alex.” she tells him while chuckling and smiling.

“I know, but…. You gave me something that no one else did.” he tells her.

“And what’s that?” she asks, smiling with amusement.

“A second chance at life…” he looks at her almond shaped forest green eyes, half smiling. “…..and a chance to meet you.” her look of amusement turns into blushing and smiling as she looks down at her drawing and tucks her hair behind her ear. They stay silent for a moment while he admires her beauty and she continues drawing a portrait of her mother.

“Would you like to have dinner with me?” Alex asks suddenly, curiously. Making Layla look up at Alex, surprised.

“W-what?” she asks, awkwardly chuckling.

“Would you like to go to dinner with me? Maybe tonight?” he asks casually.

“That was fast.” she chuckles, smiling.

“Well, I realized life is too short to not move fast.” he replies confidently.

Layla looks away blushing, smiling and biting her lip. She looks at him.

“You know what? That is very true…. I’d love to go on a date with you.” she tells him, smiling shyly.

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