Their Own Happiness

Manhattan, Greyhound station. Henry noticed that the light tubes blown out yesterday had already been replaced with new ones.

A little farther away, Lorin and Lorna, aunt and niece with no blood relation, were saying goodbye. Catherine Hepburn had come to see her off as well, while Henry had gone to help buy the tickets first.

What people feared most in relationships was being unable to understand each other's thoughts and hurting each other through misunderstandings. But once they had made their feelings clear and confirmed that it was not because they no longer loved each other, but because they both needed to let go in order to move toward their own happy futures, then this was the right choice.

Lorin could respond to the man who loved her without any burden, join hands with him for the rest of her life, and build her own family.

As for Lorna, she would be with her blood relatives instead of being forced to lose her family's care at an age when she could not yet support herself. It was hard to say whether Lorna's awakening as a Mutant had been one of the factors that changed her aunt's mind. She had also honestly admitted that she did not know how to care for a Mutant child.

Quicksilver's identity as a Mutant, and the fact that he had once been an X-Man, had also influenced Lorin's thinking to some extent. After all, throughout the era this older woman had grown up in, the X-Men had always appeared in the news as positive figures.

Once the reluctant aunt and niece released each other's hands, the old woman stepped forward and took Lorin's hand as well. "Don't worry. We'll take good care of Lorna. When you get married, don't forget to send me a