Welcome to my story Defining Normailty. Its the sequel to The Difference. p.s. Letters to Bobby Grey is squeezed between them so you may want to read it before this. I hope you all enjoy it...and give me heaps of reviews!

Oh and also the character Blink...i heard a difference author(can't remember which one) use that name fore the kid. it seemed to fit so i hope the s/he doesn't mind me using the name.

Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men

DEFINING NORMALITY

There is no such thing/person as ''normal'' - the normality of something is actually judged on a case to case basis, furthermore, the normality of something is only to do with how accustomed one is too something and how 'normal' it is too them, etc. etc.

- From a personal friend of mine

The First Chapter is called: Change of Plans

All was silent at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. It was 3:00 in the morning and all but few were fast asleep in their warm beds. For once Bobby Drake was also asleep in his bed, pleased that at least one night a month his body would allow him the pleasure of shutting down for a few hours.

Abruptly a shrill ring sounded through the hallways, sounding much louder than it ever did during daylight hours. However, no one heard the intrusive phone, or those who did hear it chose to ignore it and go back to sleep. A small boy wearing gray sweat pants padded silently up to the phone and brought it to his ear.

"Hello?" he asked, his voice portraying caution.

"I'm sorry to be calling at such an early hour," said a breathless female voice. "But I really gotta talk to my son. Can you get him for me?"

Moments later, Bobby felt a hand on his arm, shaking him out of his dreams. Bobby moaned and rolled over, swatting at the hand that was trying to ruin his one good night of the month.

"Go away," mumbled Bobby.

"Bobby, get up," persisted the boy. "Bobby, your mother is on the phone."

Bobby's eyes immediately snapped open and he peered through the darkness at his awakener. It was Blink, a fellow nocturnal mutant.

"Which one?" asked Bobby, his voice husky from sleep.

"The one who stayed with us awhile ago, the one who never sleeps…like you and me."

Bobby yanked his covers off and ran down the stairs to where the main phone was in the lobby. He held it for a moment before bringing it to his ear.

"Marina?"

"Bobby-Grey! I got your letter in the mail. Is it true, are you really coming to stay with me?" Bobby smiled at the sound of his birth mother's excited voice.

"Yeah 'Rina, I'm coming as soon as you give me the okay."

"Okay!" said Marina, making Bobby laugh. "Have you talked to your parents about this? I mean, I never heard from them after I talked to them about your adoption."

As soon as the words came out of his mother's mouth, Bobby felt a cold chill sweep through him…it was more like a warm chill since his body was already pretty frosty. He hadn't wanted to tell Marina until he got to Italy, but he didn't want to lie to her now.

"Ummm Marina? The reason they never made contact is because…theydont'twantyoutohavemeanymore," said Bobby, mumbling the last bit.

"You really shouldn't mumble, Bobby-Grey. Can you repeat that again?"

"They don't want you to have me anymore," said Bobby, looking down at his feet feeling ashamed.

"WHAT!" screamed Marina. Bobby pulled the phone away from his ear as Marina began to shriek words that should never be repeated in front of anyone. When his mother stopped spewing swear words, Bobby ventured to put the phone back against his ear.

"Okay Bobby-Grey, I'm calm now. Now please tell me why I'm not allowed to have you," said Marina, through gritted teeth.

"They decided that since their precious Ronny is now a mutant that now I'm acceptable as well. They say that they've always wanted me and they aren't about to let me go."

"That's a bunch of bull," said Marina.

"Yeah I know. Anyway that is why I'm coming over. I'm eighteen now and officially an adult. That means that I can come and stay with you whether they like it or not!"

"YEAH!" Marina shouted into the phone. There was a crash in the background as well as a very male and very British voice shouting: "Gawd woman! Can't you even tawk on tha' phone witout breakin' something?"

"Oh shut up," said Marina, good humouredly. "Anyway, Bobby. What about University?"

"I decided to take a year off. Besides, I think time spent over seas would be quite educational, don't you?"

"Oh most definitely."

Bobby couldn't sleep after his call was over, so to pass the rest of the night, he sat up with Blink and watched re-runs of Saved by the Bell on TV. Would A.C. Slater ever really realize that his elasticized jeans were geeky?

When Bobby couldn't handle more of Screech and his pals, students were finally getting up for the day. No one was in much of a hurry; it was summer holidays, not to mention Bobby had graduated.

Bobby got up and moved to the kitchen where breakfast had been set up for the kids. Rogue stumbled into the room with her hair a mess and her clothes crooked. Remains of yesterday's makeup smudged on her face.

"Good morning Rogue, sleep well?" asked Bobby. Rogue squinted her dark eyes at Bobby and glared; she wasn't much of a morning person.

The next person to enter the kitchen was Ronny Drake, Bobby's half brother. Rogue gave him an even deadlier look and walked to the separate side of the kitchen, she hadn't yet forgiven him for calling the cops on them in Boston.

"Hey Ronny," said Bobby. He had promised Marina that he would help Ronny settle into the whole mutant thing. Sure he still wasn't pleased with what Ronny had done to him and his friends, but he knew what it was like to be a mutant and get no support.

"Hey Bobby, you up all night?" asked Ronny, getting himself some Count Chocula cereal.

"Yeah. My mother called so I stayed up to talk to her," said Bobby. Ronny's eyes shot up and he looked at Bobby with a scrutinizing look. He hadn't been comfortable hearing about Marina, he didn't like the thought of his brother abandoning his family…even if Ronny did call the cops on them that one time.

"Marina called?" asked Rogue, moving closer to Bobby again. Ronny immediately inched away, ever since he came to the mansion, the super strong mutant would give him a punch or two a week and he didn't like her one bit for it.

"Yeah, around 3 am."

"What did she say?" asked Rogue. She and Bobby were the two students that had grown closest to Marina in the time that she had stayed with them. Rogue loved hearing from Marina, and they would occasionally talk on the phone when Marina called Bobby.

"We were just making plans."

"Plans for what?"

"For me going over there."

Bobby sat in front of the Professor's desk, staring at the carpet. He hated it when the Professor called him in there yet didn't say anything. Bobby was always afraid that in those moments of silence that the Professor was crawling around in his brain, despite the fact the Xavier promised the studnets their privacy.

"Bobby, are you sure you want to leave? I thought you wanted to go to university," said Professor Xavier, finally speaking.

"I did…I do, I'm just making a small change to my plans. I want to spend a year in Italy and anywhere else I wish to travel in that time."

"And I'm guessing Marina called last night to say it was all okay with her?" asked the professor.

"How did you know Marina called?" asked Bobby, fearing the Professor had been in his mind.

"Blink told me," replied the Professor.

"Oh."

"So, a change of plans is it? Well I hope you have a wonderful time abroad."

So that was my first chapter of my new story. What do you think? Please tell me!

Leh Sun