Jean Grey (jean_grey) wrote in parabolical, |
"I know that," Jean replied, softly. "I know I did everything I could do to save her, but it's hard not to look back and think I could've done more."
One of the main reasons why she pursued a career in medicine was because of Annie Richardson, her childhood friend. She wanted to be able to save people's lives, contribute a real service to the world that was filled with so much violence and death.
She let a moment pass in silence, before she picked up where she left off. "After she died, I fell into a deep depression. My parents were worried sick about not only my mental health, but about what was happening to me... how I was changing." Into a mutant. You couldn't change into one, you were born one, but her parents, as educated and well-read as they were, didn't know how to handle the situation. They didn't know how to cope with the reality that their daughter was special.
"They'd sent me to different child psychologists, but none of them could help me. They even entertained the idea of putting me in a mental institution."
Jean was so horribly mortified by the mere suggestion that she had shut herself in her room for days on end.
"Just when they thought they couldn't do anymore, two men showed up at our house one day. They'd come to help me," she said. "Their names were Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr; they'd recently opened a school for gifted children like myself in Upstate New York. And they thought it would be a good idea for me to enroll there.
Initially, my parents weren't exactly keen on the idea of my going to a boarding school. But they eventually came around to the idea."
It had taken them a couple months to decide on whether or not they wanted their eldest child to live away from home at such a young age. But after her powers had started getting steadily out of control, they had to give in. They had a responsibility to their daughter to make sure she got the help she deserved.