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January 13st The day started out like any other for the silver haired speedster, he woke up, his bed was a mess as normal. Ever since he had stayed to be an X men he had gotten his own room in Charles school. Of course he stopped by his moms for weekly visits to assure her everything was alright.

Peter got dressed and headed downstairs in a flash. He looked around the large kitchen of the house and grinned, He noticed Jean was stirring something at the counter. He went over to her and poked her. "Heeeey Jean! Are those for Scottie boy?" He said in his normal happy go lucky attitude pointing towards the batter mix in her hands. Jean look up at him, surprisingly she didn't seemed annoyed by him...Strange. "No Peter, they're not for Scott" She said speaking to the speedster while an old recipe book floated over to her "It's supposed to be a chocolate cake for a special occasion" Peter licked his lips "Oh hey really?! Those are the best! What's the occasion? Wedding with Scott? Picnic with Scott? Romantic dinner with Scott?" The telepath sighed at his rambling "no...No, it's not for Scott" She glared at him.

Summers walked in minutes later, Peter was still prying Jean for the reason of the meal, Jean was still resisting the urge to shove the boy in the oven next to her. Jean looked over to Scott, giving him a miserable look. Scott walked over to the two "Good after noon! What's up Pete?" He glanced over at the older adult that was whining to Jean like a child "She won't tell me why's she baking a freaking cake for no reason!" Scott chuckled at Pete "You don't remember?!" Pete crossed his arms stubbornly "What the hell was I supposed to remember!?" Scott paused "Nevermind then. It isn't important" "Well it better not be" And with that the silver haired boy zipped off.

All throughout the day people seemed to stare at Peter when he walked- or ran around the hallways, some even giggled when he went by. God, it was starting to get on his nerves.

Later that day Peter was sitting in his room, still trying to make sense of everything that had happened today. Just then Jubilee knocked on his door, he scrambled out of bed to open the door. He swung it open and Jubilee stared at him for a long moment before perking up "O-Oh! Peter! The professor wants you downstairs" Peter cocked his head to one side "Alrighty" he walked at a normal pace with Jubilee wondering what he had done now. Once they had reached the bottom of the stairs, they entered the dining room. Peter stood there shocked. All his friends and superiors were gathered in front of a large chocolate cake, topped with candle's. "Happy birthday!" They all shouted at once. Peter had to take a moment to let it all sink in. of course the moment was a mere second to him. Was it January already? Oh god, it was! He had forgotten his own birthday! He was snapped out of his thoughts by Jubilee nudging his shoulder "Sooooooo?" She looked at him waiting for a reaction. "Guys...Wow! I can't believe you would actually remember!" "Well the professor reminded us mostly…" Scott elbowed Ororo for the comment. "Thank you guys so much…" He trailed off noticing Erik had joined the group to celebrate the speedster's birthday. He smiled brightly and zipped over to the front of the cake "Let's eat!"

After the small celebration had finished, Peter ran over to Erik who was leaving the mansion again to go god knows where "Aw, come on' don't cha wanna say bye to your son before you leave?" Erik stopped, sighing "Goodbye Pietro" Peter frowned, at the use of his real name and Erik's lack of interest "Well fuck, could you be any better at this?" suddenly Erik pulled him into a hug "Never speak of this…" he said briskly and started walking out the door. Peter didn't try to stop him. The hug was good enough.