'When did she leave?' asked Storm awkwardly, looking at Xavier who was looking very nervous.

'Right after the clash.' he said quietly, his index fingers together as usual. 'Um…' he looked at his watch, 'Some time around 4.'

'It's now 3 am.' said Wolverine slowly looking at his own wrist and frowning. The 3 adults stood in uncomfortable silence in the roomy kitchen, wondering where the young and strong-headed girl could have got to.

Suddenly, they heard a slam in the front room. They swiftly made their way out to the front, where they saw Vixen leaning on the door.

'Where have you been?' asked Wolverine hesitantly, looking at the teenage girl. She looked up from where she was leaning, her eyes slightly glazed and a very vague look in her emerald eyes.

'Guess!!!' she said slightly slurred. The adults looked at her patronisingly. Seeing their blank faces, she continued: 'I was with vvv- the Brotherhood boyz…' she stood up and, a little unsteadily, walked forward towards the others.

'What did you do?' asked Storm patronising. 'What did… were you careful? You didn't do drugs, did you?'

'I got fff-- very drunk.' she said poking the woman in the arm. 'And I did a lot of sh-- shit stuff too!' she continued 'And I had a lot more fun than I do… here… EVER!' she finished shouting at the others.

'Vixen,' said Xavier calmly, 'I think you should be getting to bed. It's a little late.'

'The night is yet young!' she hollered at the bald man in his wheel chair. 'Unlike you.' she bent over so that her face was a few inches away from his.

'Go to bed, Vixen.' said Wolverine trying to calm her down. She looked up at him, walked over to him until she was standing right in front of him, her chest inches away from his.

'Will you come with me?' she asked sensually, stroking his chest with her finger. 'I could do with some comp-- company.' she looked deep into her eyes and lifted her face up slightly.

'Go to bed Sweety.' he said softly, taking her by the shoulders and directing her towards the stairs.

'Well… wh-- which is my room?' she asked looking nervously at the stairs. Logan smiled paternally.

'I'll take you, honey.' he said kindly chuckling. 'You guys get to bed. I can make my own way to bed.' he said looking at Xavier and Storm.

They walked off up the stairs and into her room, being careful not to wake Amara who was deeply asleep. Logan helped the girl get changed and put her to bed where she almost instantly fell asleep.

'Hey, Vixen!' cried Kurt, shaking her sleepy arm gently, 'Vixen, get up! It's time for school!'

'Get lost…' she said groggily, hardly awake. 'Oh… my head…' she groaned rubbing her eyes.

'Come on, Vixen!' persisted the boy, shaking her harder. 'It's time for school! You'll be late!' Vixen slowly lifted herself up from her pillow, black make-up smudged all over her eyes, and yawned deeply.

'What's the time?' she asked blearily, rubbing some of the make-up off her cheek.

'It's five minutes till the bell goes!' cried Kurt in desperation, 'Come ON!!!' Vixen slowly got up out of bed, clutching her forehead.

'Ah man. This sucks…' she said woozily, looking drearily up at her friend, 'my head hurts so bad.'

'I'll go and get you a pill if you like.' said Nightcrawler walking towards the bedroom door, 'As long as you get dressed in the meantime.'

'Okay, okay, I'll get friggin' dressed.' she replied tediously getting up and making her way towards her closet and grabbing a pair of jeans.

When Nightcrawler came back, she was just slipping on a kaki t-shirt. The teenaged boy watched as it slipped gracefully down her back, covering her red spotted bra, before she turned around to see him watching her.

'You pervert.' she said smiling at him, her voice husky as though she had a sore throat, 'How long have you been watching?'

'Um… err… Only a- about erm…' he tried to say, blushing crimson, 'I err… only just got here.' he smiled sheepishly.

'Sure you have.' she answered raising an eyebrow to him, 'And I love school.' she giggled as he passed her the pill and glass of water, he smiled timidly still blushing profusely. 'That's okay, I'm sure you've seen it all before.' she finished turning around and looking for a sweater.

Kurt was overjoyed she had turned around so that she couldn't see him blushing even harder at this last remark.

'Err… Yeah!' he said loudly trying to hide his embarrassment. 'Yeah! Of course I have! I mean… who hasn't? Haha! Noone! That's who!' he continued quickly and noisily.

Vixen turned around slowly and puckered her brow at him slightly in scepticism, picking up a black cropped cardigan off the carpet.

'Come on, Vixen!' said Kurt quickly, changing the subject, 'School!' he said tapping his inducer which looked like some funky kind of army watch.

'Oh! Yeah, sure.' she said blinking and grabbing her backpack out from under the bed.