Ways Of Persistence

            Tabitha swung open the Brotherhood home door, strutting into the house, followed by Elizabeth, Rogue, and Kitty. The blonde smiled as she saw John and Wanda sitting at the breakfast bar reading through a magazine article together. "Hey Mork, hey Mindy!" Tabitha smiled, strutting towards them.

            John raised an eyebrow looking up at Tabitha, "Why Mork?" He asked.

            Tabitha stopped, looking up, "Aren't you from another planet?" She asked curiously.

            John's eyebrow rose higher, "Australia's not another planet, it's a superior nation!" He slightly snapped.

            Tabitha stuck her tongue out at him. Wanda let out a laugh, and strutted towards her with a smile, "Well, someone's got a bounce in her step! Just get a bikini wax?" Wanda asked.

            Tabitha looked at her, and then down towards her frontal waist area. "I don't know exactly, people were moving around down there, so I assume something was getting done!" She said, examining herself.

            Wanda smiled, shaking her head at the sarcastic blonde. She then looked up smiling, as Elizabeth, Rogue, and Kitty made their way into the kitchen. "Funny, that's what Wanda said on her last dentist appointment." John grinned.

            Wanda blushed smiling, as she walked towards her seat next to his. "So, are we ready to leave?" Rogue asked.

            "Well, I want all of us to go, but Lance is pouting about how he doesn't wanna go anywhere!" Wanda complained.

            "What? Why?" Kitty asked.

            "Grades." John told her.

            Lance walked into the kitchen, "You guys go ahead without me, I so am not in the mood." He sighed, as he walked towards the refrigerator.

            "Oh, come on, hun, please?" Kitty begged.

            Lance shook his head, "No, I'm not going." He stated, as he took a drink of his water bottle.

            Rogue and Tabitha looked at each other, with raised eyebrows. Rogue then gestured her head towards Lance. Tabitha nodded, walking towards him, "Okay, I see what this is gonna take." She said, as she began unbuttoning the top two buttons of her blouse.

            Lance turned to the sink, washing his hands. He turned to come face to face with Tabitha, who began shimmying in front of him, leaning forward to show the slight cleavage. Lance rolled his eyes, as everyone around them laughed at Tabitha's actions. "Oh, yeah! It feels good to be bad, doesn't it daddy?" Tabitha smiled, as she continued shimmying.

            Tabitha bounced up and down, as she continued to shimmy, "Tabitha, I said—", Lance's eyes moved to her cleavage, "Wha?"

            Lance continued to stare as if falling under hypnosis, his mouth slightly dropped. He shook his head, and threw his hands down, "Alright stop!" He snapped.

            Tabitha grinned, as she stopped, and began buttoning up her two buttons. "Fine, I'll go!" Lance snapped, as he began to walk towards the doorway.

            Tabitha threw her fist into the air triumphantly, "Yeah!"

            Lance stopped, looking back at Tabitha, "I don't know if you hypnotized me with those things, but for some reason, I'm not afraid of flying." Lance explained, as he walked out of the kitchen.

            Tabitha nodded proudly at Lance's comment. "You're such a nut, Tabby!" Kitty laughed.

            "Hey, it got him going, didn't it? It works on Brian all the time!"

            Elizabeth and Wanda let out spews of laughter, "Please, the boys are meeting us there! Let's go before we hurt ourselves!" Elizabeth laughed.

*~*~*~*

            Music could be heard from the outside of the large billiard building. Remy, Brian, and Peter stood against Peter's black Cadillac Escalade. Remy threw his cigarette to the ground. "Get down, get down!" They heard Tabitha singing from around the other side of the car.

            "Whoop whoop!" Elizabeth yelled out.

            The singing continued, and the three boys looked around the other side, seeing Tabitha, Elizabeth, and Kitty dancing towards the doorways of the billiard hall. "Uh, hello?!" Peter snapped.

            "Oh, hey!" Kitty smiled, turning away from her friends.

            "Lizard!" Brian yelled out.

            Elizabeth swung around, "Bee! Come on, let's get inside before all the tables are taken!" She snapped.

            Brian rushed towards the girls, as they continued to dance and sing into the billiard hall. Remy eyed Rogue, who walked next to Wanda, into the building. "You alright, mate?" John asked him.

            They all walked inside, "Yeah, fine." Remy sighed.

*~*~*~*

            Wanda looked at Elizabeth, as she felt a nudge. Elizabeth gestured to Wanda's side. Wanda turned, and saw Logan sitting at the bar area. "What's he doing here?" Wanda asked suspiciously.

            Rogue looked up from leaning over the table, with the queue stick in her hand, pointing it at the white ball. She saw her two dearest friends staring towards the bar, "What's up?" Rogue asked, as she ignored the game.

            Elizabeth and Wanda quickly turned to look at her, "Nothing!" They said in unison.

            An eyebrow rose suspiciously on Rogue's pale face, as she walked to them, attempting to look at what caught their attention. She looked towards the bar area, and saw Logan, sitting at the bar; she only got a view of his side, as he drank out of his beer bottle. Elizabeth turned to look at their training instructor, and placed her hand onto her chin in thought, "You know, I find it awfully convenient that he's around here!" Elizabeth smiled.

            Wanda then turned to look at the fellow mutant at the bar, "Yeah, me too!" She grinned.

            "Shut up, you two nitwits!" Rogue playfully snapped.

            Elizabeth's mouth dropped, as she slowly turned her head to face Rogue, "I know what you can do!" Elizabeth smiled.

            "What?"

            Elizabeth lightly slapped Rogue on her sleeved arm, "You can go and convince him to chaperone for us!" Elizabeth smiled.

            Wanda looked at Rogue, her eyes widened, "Yeah!" She whispered.

            Tabitha rushed to them, "What's goin' on?" She squealed.

            "Logan's here!" Wanda grinned, as Tabitha leaned into her, trying to get a view of what her friends stared at.

            "And just how am I supposed to convince him, brainiacs?" Rogue asked.

            "Bat your eyes." Elizabeth suggested.

            "Beg." Wanda added.

            "Show some booty!" Tabitha finished.

            Elizabeth and Wanda's heads turned to look at the young blonde, "Does everything have to do with sex when it comes to you?" Wanda asked.

            Tabitha shrugged, "What's the point of havin' what men love if you don't show it off once in a while?" She grinned.

            "Just go! At least ask the man!" Wanda growled.

            "What is he doing here, anyway?" Elizabeth asked curiously.

            Rogue raised an eyebrow curiously, as she walked towards Logan, "I don't know." She trailed off as she walked towards him.

            The three girls watched their friend walk towards the bar area. "Where's she going?" Remy asked, as he walked to stand near the girls.

            "To convince Logan to chaperone on that cruise." Tabitha answered him.