Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.

It's about 8:00 in the morning. I wake up, and look to my side. Rahne is, still, in my bed. We didn't have sex, or anything. We were watching a movie and she fell asleep. It happens all the time, and nobody seems to care. Who'd have thought that the youngest students at the Institute would be considered two of the most responsible students? I smile, lean over to Rahne, and kiss her forehead. We've been dating for three, magnificent, years, now.

Rahne opens her eyes, smiles, and kisses me on the lips. "Good morning, Jamie." She says.

"Good morning, beautiful." We, both, get out of bed, and head down to the kitchen for some breakfast.

"You guys sleep together, again?" Ray asked, as we walked into the kitchen,

"Don't make it sound like something that it's not, Ray. We fell asleep. That's all." I say.

Rahne kissed my cheek and pats my back. "Relax, Jamie. Everyone knows that Ray is just jealous that you have a girlfriend, and he doesn't." she says, smiling. Ray seems to know that she's joking, because he shakes his head and smirks.

I fix Rahne's breakfast before my own. I always do. Every morning, she has the same thing: two slices of lightly buttered toast, three turkey sausage links, one fired egg-white, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. I don't mind fixing it for her. It makes her happy.

After we eat, we get ready for school and leave the mansion. She drives both of us, like she does every day. We don't have any classes together, but we make it through the day. I don't make a big deal of it. We're seniors, and our last day of school is in two weeks. After that, we're not sure what to do. We both want to go to college, but we also want to work for Professor Xavier's old friend, Moira MacTaggert on Muir Island. Both of us applied to colleges, anyway, and got accepted. If she goes to college, she'll be going to Notre Dame. If I go to college, I'll be going to NYU. I think that my heart is leading me to Muir Island, though. But, I digress.

After school, Rahne and I decide to go out to the park and study for our final exams. I'm studying for all four of mine, at the same time. I'm, also, helping Rahne study for one of her finals. I suppose that being a multiple man has its upsides. I, always, find it hard to study with Rahne, though. I can't help but stare into those amazing, emerald, eyes. She's the most beautiful creature to, ever, exist. I keep wondering how I got so lucky. My mind wanders too much. Maybe it's a good thing that we don't have any classes together. I smile, and wrap my arms around her, from behind. I look at the text book that she's reading. "The answer is 74." I say, noticing that she's figuring up math problems, in her head. When she does work in her head, she always mouths what she is thinking. It's almost as cute as that little snort that she makes when she laughs extremely hard. Dear God, above, I love this girl.

"Jamie." She says, as she closes her text book. "I'm getting annoyed with this math. How about we go out for a bite?"

I cock my head to the right, nod, and smile. "Sure, why not? I'm buying, though."

"Jamie, you always buy. Isn't it my turn?"

I take a moment to make it look like I'm contemplating the answer. I smile, look her directly in the eyes and say "No." I kiss her cheek. "You don't have to feel guilty about not paying."

"Guilty? I never said that I was feeling guilty. You need to shut up about things that you know nothing about, Mr. Madrox." She says, huffing. I start to feel annoyed at myself, until she starts to laugh. "I'm, only, joking. You can talk about whatever you want, Jamie."

I shake my head and smile. "So, this new Italian restaurant just opened, in the east side. Want to check it out?"

"Wait a second! I have a better idea. How about the two of us cook a meal at the mansion? It's Friday night. Almost everyone will be out of the mansion. What do you say?"

"Great idea, Rahne."

. I'm Jamie Madrox, and my life has never been better than it is, now.

((To be continued…))