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"So now that we're all acquainted here, let's get to the bottom of this. Jubilee, you say that Bobby pushed you in the pool. Bobby, is this true?" Beast asked Bobby.
"Yes," Bobby mumbled keeping his eyes on his shoes.
"HA!" Jubilee cried triumphantly.
"But she started it! It's not fair that I get blamed for this whole thing!" Bobby blurted out desperately.
"Oh please! Bobby was trying to flirt with Amara, so I had to tell him that she wasn't interested in girls," Jubilee said very matter-of-factly. Pietro couldn't help but laugh a little, and Beast smiled, closing his eyes and shaking his head at how juvenile this whole situation was.
"I think I get the picture…what were you two doing by the pool in the first place? Don't you know it's freezing outside? Jubilee, please get yourself dried off, and don't worry, I'll take care of Bobby," he said.
"But…" Jubilee started, upset that she was going to hear his punishment.
"Now," Beast insisted firmly. Jubilee sniffled pathetically, and before turning to leave she gave Bobby one last glare. When Jubilee's back was turned Bobby started making faces at her until Beast cleared his throat.
"Sorry Mr. McCoy," he muttered darkly. Now that Jubilee had left it was as if Bobby felt free to look around, and he was looking at Pietro intently. Being the new recruit with the most field experience Bobby was around the X-Men enough to hear how they talked about the Brotherhood. This was his first time coming face-to-face with one of the infamous members, though, so even though he was pre-disposed to hate them, right now he was more curious to find out what they were like.
"Bobby, how many times do I have to tell you? You can't react with violence every time you get upset with someone. It doesn't fix anything," Beast lectured. Bobby's attention somewhat shifted over to Beast.
"Yes Mr. McCoy," he answered in a whiny singsong voice.
"I'm serious about this Bobby, just because Jubilee insults your manhood, and kicks your ego down a few notches doesn't mean you can attack her. If anything I think it's good to have her around because your ego gets too big for your own good sometimes. Now to take out all of this aggression you have you will have a training session every morning for a week," Beast concluded sternly.
"That's not fair! I can't be alone with Logan! He'll kill me!" Bobby shouted.
"I've made my decision, now go and tell the other new recruits to get away from the pool before someone else falls in."
Bobby trudged angrily down the stairs muttering something about a she-devil under his breath.
When the front door shut behind him Beast turned to Pietro, "It's hard to believe they're high school students sometimes, isn't it?" he asked. Pietro nodded his head in response, and Beast continued, "Ah, well…those were just two of the many new recruits who live here. I heard you and your friends are unfamiliar with them. They're friendly enough and their hearts are in the right places, but sometimes I think we're running a day-care center instead of an Institute."
Pietro found it funny that Beast kept referring to the Brotherhood as Pietro's 'friends'. It was like he thought they had chosen to live together or something. Pietro didn't have any real friends. He never could let anyone that close, and that was how it always was, not that he would if he ever got the chance. Everything was too complicated. Pietro just happened to be one of the lucky five screwed up teenagers who were selected to be members of the elite Brotherhood. The truth was that their lives were messed up to the point where living in that house was their only option. Nothing good came out of living there because that meant you weren't good enough to be one of the X-Men. You were given hell by a team of teams who thought they were better than you, and it was your fault because you 'chose' to be on the loser team. You did your best to give them back ten-times the trouble they gave you, and in most cases the Brotherhood were considered the instigators because the X-Men were too perfect to ever want to fight with anyone. Oh, they were all about fighting for the greater good, and cooperation and peace between all mutants. Nobody saw the elbows thrown at the Brotherhood down the hall or heard the nasty gossip that was spread before they put a foot through the pristine doorway of Bayville High that was much too classy for the likes of them. If people already thought of them as delinquents how were they supposed to make a good impression on anyone?
"Well now that that's taken care of let's get you checked up. It's this way," Beast said encouraging Pietro to follow him down the stairs, "The professor tells me that once we get you kids some new clothes, there's going to be a special dinner tonight for you four, and maybe if you're comfortable enough, with some of the other students. Kind of like a getting to know you dinner. Won't that be interesting?"
Pietro's face paled as he followed Beast silently, 'Oh yes,' he thought, 'This is going to be very interesting.'