Chapter two. A lot of the focus of this story will be on Sam and his relationships with both Arwen and his siblings. Remember, reviews are always welcome and help me to write faster, thus post faster.
Notes on Getting a Date
Sam kept his eyes on the clock. Detention let out at four forty-five. It was four forty. He'd spent the first hour doing the little bit of homework that teachers had assigned the first day. Then he spent half an hour just drawing in a notebook. Now, he just wanted the teacher watching him and seven other punks to release them. He wasn't surprised by any of the others in detention, as they were the kind that just threw paper airplanes and spitballs the whole time.
The only other mutant that had made it into detention was Nick Arnold, from the Brotherhood. Nick had been specifically annoying, actually throwing at least three paper airplanes into Sam's head with an uncountable number more missing his head by inches.
"You can leave, Mr. Guthrie," the teacher said when a fourth airplane hit Sam's head and he just grabbed it and crumbled it up. "On good behavior. As for you, Mr. Arnold…"
Sam was out the door in seconds, throwing away all the paper airplanes that had hit him as he walked out. When he walked out, Scott was pulling to the curb.
"How'd you know?" Sam asked as he climbed in.
"Word spreads when you're in the mansion," Scott said. "And the Professor always knows. He'd like to have a word with you."
"You six may leave," the teacher motioned to the six trouble-makers aside from Nick, who was now writing lines on the board. As soon as the six had scrambled out the door, yelping and hollering, the teacher turned to Nick and closed and locked the door. "Nicholas Arnold," the teacher crossed his arms. "I'm impressed that you could go through a whole school day without using your powers, Nuclear."
"What?" Nick spun around, only to be faced with Mystique. "Oh, Mystique… where've you been hiding?"
"You joined the Hellions?" Mystique asked tapping a foot.
"Well, you know how it goes," Nick shrugged. "We need food. You were gone, and Magneto's out of the picture…"
"As long as you're living in my house, you will be living by my rules," Mystique said. "But, as long as Ms. Frost believes me to be dead… you will be my spy. I want to know every move she makes."
"How will I tell you?" Nick asked.
"I have a feeling you'll be in detention a lot, Nuclear," Mystique said turning back into the smiling teacher. "You'll report to me then."
"Oh, uh, Pietro went to collect a girl in Tel Aviv this morning," Nick said before Mystique could open the door. "That's it so far."
Mystique nodded. "Good boy, Nick. You may leave now."
"We're trying to show the world that we want to be the best citizens we can be," Professor Xavier said to Sam as they talked in his office. "Now, I realize that you missed your ride and that Principal Kelly has a prejudice against mutants, so I'll let this incident pass. But please, don't let it happen again."
"I won't, Professor," Sam said looking at the floor.
"Okay, now that we've covered that, I would like you to talk to your brother about an incident in his school today," the Professor said.
Sam's shoulders dropped. "What's this?"
"It would seem that your brother got into a fight before the bells rang," Professor Xavier said. "He's refusing to listen to Logan or me, but I believe that he will listen to what you have to say as you are his older brother."
Sam nodded. "I'll talk to him, Professor."
"Thank you."
Sam finally found his brother in the Danger Room with Logan. It wasn't a simulation, just a training session in hand-to-hand combat, in which Jay wasn't getting the usual slack he got. No, Logan was making a point to make sure that he gave Jay a little beating.
"Logan," Sam began, walking into the room. "Can I borrow my brother?"
Logan grunted and pointed a claw at Jay. "We're not finished yet, Flapper." He then walked out.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" Sam asked Jay when the door closed.
"Nothing I'm going to share with you," Jay said with a frown. "Why do you even care? You got detention. At least I didn't draw attention of the teachers."
"I got detention for being late and getting caught by the principal," Sam said. "You got in a fight, on your first day. Who does that? And you won't talk to anyone?"
"Why should I?" Jay asked.
"So we can help," Sam said placing a hand on Jay's shoulder. "At least tell me what happened."
Jay made a face for a moment, then sighed. "Some jerks went after Jamie, and this girl, Theresa, and I were just defending him. One kid pushed Theresa into a wall, and so I pushed him back and then he punched me. End of story."
"Is that really all?" Sam asked. "You didn't taunt him or anything?"
"I might have called him a 'big tough guy that has to push around a girl'…" Jay said slowly. "He deserved getting lynched or something. He's an asshole."
"It's not your job to be the police," Sam said. "You could have just walked right by it with Jamie."
"If they had pushed Jamie, there would have been about ten of him sprawled on the ground," Jay said.
"Will you at least talk to Professor about what happened?" Sam asked. "And then keep out of trouble?"
Jay nodded. "At least it'll get me out of this training with Logan. That guy is cruel. I don't remember you telling Paige, Mom, or me about him."
"Yeah, well, I thought the mere mention of him would make you guys not want to come and have Mom keep me at home," Sam said.
"What kind of loser gets detention on the first day of school?" Pietro asked as Nick walked into the Brotherhood house after his long walk home.
"Hey, I'm Brother – I mean, Hellion," Nick defended. "What can you expect? And at least it wasn't for something stupid like that X-Freak."
"First off," Pietro said, "it's X-Geek, and second… wait, an X-Geek in detention on the first day of school? For what?"
"Being late," Tip said entering the room. "Kid walked into homeroom with, like, one minute left. And his shoes were caked with mud. God, don't them Kentuckians know how to take care of their shoes?"
"Kentucky, eh?" Pietro asked. "I know who that has to be. That's gotta be the lover of the little old Muse. You know who I'm talking about, right Wanda? That girl who beat up our oh so loving father."
Wanda Maximoff's eyes grew slightly dark. "He deserved to be stopped, but not to be hurt and beat up like that."
"Want to pay a little visit to the mall?" Tip asked. "I know for a fact that the Rebecca girl is going and I'm pretty sure she's taking the other three Chicagoland girls too."
"Let's go!" Wanda growled and began out the door.
"Alright!" Nick celebrated.
"Not so fast," Pietro put a hand on Nick's shoulder. "We're giving a test run to our newest member, which means there won't be room in the car for you."
"What!" Nick yelled.
"Oh, Mari," Pietro called. A moment later, Mari came down the stairs. "Want to meet the trainees of the team that abducted your father?"
"Gladly," Mari said with a cruel smile.
"Follow Tip to the car," Pietro said pointing through the open door. As soon as Mari was through, Pietro turned to follow.
"Did they really abduct her father, yo?" Todd Tolensky asked.
"No," Pietro said. "But I needed to tell her something to recruit her."
"Dude, you can just run there," Nick complained. "I mean, you ain't even driving or anything."
"Yeah, but I'd like to be in the seat next to Tip," Pietro said with a smile.
"Jerk," Nick growled as Pietro and Todd went out to the car with Wanda. Nick turned around and found Fred cooking in the kitchen and Duke reading a book. "The rest of them are off to fight your girlfriend and sister at the mall," Nick snapped taking a seat.
"Pissed cause they won't take you with?" Duke asked. "Damn, we need another car, considering that the district is letting Todd, Pietro, and this guy back in school. And whoever's idea it was to tell Wanda she could come in too was smoking something strong."
"Maybe we could ask Miss Frost for another car," Fred said.
"Not a bad idea," the voice of Emma said as she walked into the kitchen after having let herself into the house. "Which is why I'd like you boys to see your new present. Sorry it doesn't sit as many as that Honda you own."
"Oh, dude, this is awesome," Nick said running a hand along the side of a dark red viper. "I so totally call dibs on the keys."
"I don't think so," Emma said. "This is for your newest member. But if you'd like to meet them at the mall, I'm willing to let the Duke drive."
Duke caught the keys Emma threw at him. "You do realize I only have a permit, right?"
"I trust you more than I would any licensed driver from this house that isn't already in charge of a vehicle already," Emma said.
"So, you two up to a trip to the mall?" Duke asked jumping into the driver's seat.
"Awesome," Nick said, jumping in. Fred climbed in, taking up the whole back seat.
Kitty, Rebecca, Rose, and Arwen were all looking at the clothes in American Eagle. Rebecca was having a field day, throwing more shirts over her arm than Kitty even had in her wardrobe. "Don't you all just lurve shopping?" Rebecca asked, throwing another shirt over her arm. She looked around and found an attendant. "Can I get a dressing room started please?"
"Sure," the girl responded.
"Green really is your color," Rebecca heard a familiar voice as she exited the dressing room in one of her outfits.
"Pheromones," Rebecca snapped, spinning to face the blonde. "What are you doing here?"
"Last I checked, I worked next door," Tip said. "I was simply dropping in before work. Is that illegal?"
"I suppose not," Rebecca said with her teeth clenched.
"Oh, but you might want to go help your friends in the food court," Tip said briefly. "And, believe me, you need a new pair of sneakers for those jeans if you're going to wear that ancient belt."
Rebecca's mouth dropped open, until she registered what Tip had told her a moment earlier. She jumped back into her changing room and quickly changed back into her own clothes before running out of the store, not stopping to make a purchase. Sure enough, there was a commotion down at the food court.
"Scott," Rebecca said as soon as he picked up at the mansion after she dialed. "You might want to come to the mall, and bring Logan with you. And, well, as many as can fit into the X-Van."
"What's happening, Rebecca?" Scott asked.
"Absolutely nothing," Quicksilver said into the phone as he snatched it from Rebecca's hands. He quickly snapped it shut, cutting off Scott's voice.
"Give me that back!" Rebecca yelled jumping at his hands, but he held it out of her reach. She growled something about being short, causing Pietro to laugh, a deadly mistake. As soon as his eyes closed, Rebecca kicked him hard in the shin.
"Ow!" Pietro yelled pulling his shin up to his chest to cradle it. Rebecca snatched her phone from his hands and placed it back into her purse, before turning to the food court.
"Hello, Lady Luck," Toad said blocking Rebecca from the food court when she tried to get in.
"Move it, Toad boy, before you find your six foot long tongue tied to a flagpole," Rebecca snapped.
Before Toad could respond, he was knocked out of Rebecca's way. Unfortunately, Kitty was what hit him to the ground. "Ow…" Kitty moaned pushing herself back to the standing position. Toad tried to hit her with his tongue for landing on him, but Rebecca pushed Kitty out of the way so that Toad's tongue hit the rail past the girls. Rebecca pinned it there with her foot.
"Be glad I'm not wearing heels today, Frogger," Rebecca said before letting him go and turning to Kitty. "Why didn't you phase through him?"
Kitty pointed to where Arwen was hiding under a table and Wanda was hexing ketchup and mustard bottles from the hotdog place. "Wanda messes with everyone's powers."
On the other side of the food court, Rose was soaked and having trouble dodging the moves of a different girl with a braid in half her blonde hair and a rather bright style of clothes. She definitely fought like a military chick.
When Rose was kicked to the ground, Rebecca was about to jump in, but a red beam hit the girl from behind, sending her across the food court. Logan ran in and helped Rose to stand. Storm confronted Wanda and the Professor wheeled in and began communicating with the witch with his mind. After a moment, Wanda turned and walked out of the mall completely, calling for Pietro, Todd, and the other girl.
"Where are you going?" Nick asked meeting them at the entrance with Fred. "We just got here!"
"It's over," Wanda said simply and walked to the Honda.
"How did you two get here?" Pietro asked.
"Duke drove the new car Miss Frost gave us," Fred said.
Duke slowly walked up from the parking lot. He tossed the keys to Mari. "Gift from our sponsor," he said. "Time to go already?"
"Yeah," Pietro said. "Where's the new car?"
"Pietro, hurry up!" Wanda yelled from the Honda.
"Coming," Pietro yelled jumping into the driver's seat, Fred and Todd climbing in back. Duke and an annoyed Nick showed Mari her new viper as the Honda disappeared.
"Okay, time to get out from behind that table, Arwen," Logan said approaching Arwen's hiding space. Slowly, Arwen stood up from behind the overturned table. Even Logan had a good laugh looking at her covered in ketchup, mustard, and radish, with two pickles on her head. Rebecca pulled out her digital camera and took a picture.
"Not funny, Rebecca," Arwen said in a flat voice.
"Do you mind taking her back in the van?" Rebecca asked. "My car is still grasping that new car smell, but it will all be gone if she steps in it. And something tells me she really wants to leave soon, and I'm not quite ready yet."
"How supportive," Kitty said with a glare. "I'm ready to leave too."
"Don't forget me," Rose said ringing out her hair.
Sam, Bobby, and Roberto were all watching the television when they spotted the X-Van pulling up to the front hall. Bobby smirked and elbowed Sam. "You know, if she's in there, now would be a really good time for you to ask her to that dance," Bobby said.
"I know," Sam said. He waited a moment, then stood up and walked to the front room where he had heard a few people enter. However, when he saw Arwen, he had to cover his mouth to not burst out laughing and then leaned against a wall for support.
"What happened to you?" Roberto asked checking out what had caused Sam to practically fall over.
"I don't want to talk about it," she said through gritted teeth.
"You do realize that the condiments are supposed to go on the food, right?" Bobby asked.
"Do you want me to hug you right now, Bobby?" Arwen growled. "Because I will."
"Just get up to your shower," Rose said pushing Arwen with her fingertips. As soon as Arwen was gone, Rose asked. "Does anyone have a napkin?"
"So, where's Rebecca?" Bobby asked.
"Shopping," Kitty replied. "She didn't have any time to make a purchase before we left."
"What's got an X-Man like you doing in a shop like this?" Tip asked when Rebecca walked into the Steve Madden store.
"My belt isn't ancient," Rebecca said. "It's called vintage."
"And you like it," Tip said with a smirk. "Must be that Midwestern thing."
"You said that I needed different sneakers?" Rebecca questioned.
"Oh, yeah," Tip said. She looked around to make sure none of her bosses were around. "But you won't find them here. I'm working all night, but I have tomorrow off, if you'd like me to show you what you need."
Rebecca smirked. "I'll meet you in the food court at four, okay?"
"Sounds plenty good to me," Tip said.
"Wow, Rebecca, it only took you half an hour to realize that shopping alone is no fun," Kitty said slightly bitterly when Rebecca walked into the living room.
"Sorry," Rebecca said looking down slightly. "I just, you know I can't go to a mall without either buying something or getting with someone."
"Ever think that maybe you shouldn't make shopping a top priority?" Kitty asked. "It's really not that hard."
"Hey, Scott, when are you leaving?" Kitty asked the next morning as she quickly swallowed down her breakfast.
"In about two minutes, why?"
"I'm catching a ride with you," she said. "So are Rose and Arwen."
"Who's riding with Rebecca?" he asked.
"The freshman," Kitty said. "We already told them, don't worry."
"Did you tell Rebecca?"
"Minor details," Kitty said brushing it off.
"Where are Kitty, Rose, and Arwen?" Rebecca asked walking into the kitchen to see Megan, Hector, Paige, and Laura.
"They went to school already," Paige said. "Oh, Scott says you need to take us since your usual passengers took our places."
Rebecca sighed. "Great," she mumbled and grabbed a breakfast bar, quickly checking the package to make sure it was Kosher. "Hurry up, I'm leaving as soon as I grab my bag."
"I think you look better in red and yellow," the voice of Toad said when Rose and Arwen were walking down the hall. They both turned around to see Todd, Pietro, Fred, and Nick all standing in a row with their arms crossed.
"Just ignore them," Rose said placing her hand on Arwen's shoulder. "What are they going to do? If they use their powers, they'll totally ruin the third chance they've been given."
Arwen nodded and turned away.
"Hey, little Muse," Nick said with a laugh. "Duke's looking for you so you might want to fix your make-up or he won't ask you to the dance."
"At least he'll be able to get a date," Arwen said with a smirk. "You might be able to convince a potato to act as your date."
The other three Brotherhood boys began laughing. They only laughed harder when Nick tried to give them a glare. Rose and Arwen high-fived and continued their way to class.
"Way to be back up," Nick growled.
"You set yourself up, Idiot," Pietro said bent over laughing.
"Hey, how will we get dates to the dance?" Fred asked.
"I already know who I'm bringing," Pietro said with a smiled.
"I believe Tip already turned you down this mornin', yo," Todd reminded him.
"Yeah," Fred said. "Didn't she say she'd rather go with an X-Geek?"
"Details," Pietro said rolling his eyes. "In the end, no one can resist my charm."
After a long morning, Arwen was slowly making her way to lunch when she heard Sam calling after her. She stopped and waited for him to catch up to her. "Hey, Sam," she said with a smile.
"Hi, Arwen, so, um…" Sam began stumbling over his words. "Well, as you might have heard, this Friday there is going to be a dance." Arwen nodded. "And well, I was wondering, that is if no one else has, or if…"
"Yes, Sam, I'll go with you," Arwen said.
His eyes light up. "Really?"
"Of course," Arwen said.
"Zis, Alex, is vhere ve eat lunch," Kurt said to the younger Summers boy sitting down at the table he had sat at all the year before.
"Awesome, man," Alex said taking a seat and looking around. "Quite a few babes here, I see. You got one for that dance yet, man?"
Kurt blushed. "Not yet, but I'm vorking on it," Kurt said. "But you should be vorried. After all, you're ze new kid."
"No problem, man," Alex said. "I'll have a babe in no time." Alex looked around and spotted a curvy body with long blonde hair. "Take notes, land lover, on how to get a date." Alex stood up and began walking toward the blonde. He was about three feet away when she turned around. "Tip!" Alex practically yelled.
"Alex?" Tip was just as shocked. "What the fuck are you doing here?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing, Tip," Alex said and crossed his arms. "I just moved into the Xavier institute."
"I moved here at the beginning of summer," Tip said, conveniently leaving out where she was staying as only the X-Men and Brotherhood knew she was a mutant.
Alex spoke in a flat voice. "It's good to see you again. You look good."
"You're not still bitter about that surfing contest at Maui, are you? Alex, I barely beat you, and only because that one horny judge liked my ass."
A smirk appeared on Alex's face. "You do have a nice ass." Tip's jaw dropped. "So, did you hear about this dance on Friday night?"
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