Aburameclanhead: I have returned from beyond the grave to bring you more LauraxShawn goodness.

I know it's been awhile...

Logan: Awhile? It's almost been a year!

Laura: Yeah! We've been waiting till the end of school AND summer just for TWO days to pass in here!

Aburameclanhead: I know ok! You try waiting for your so called friends to learn f****ing Mandarin Chinese, so they can bring YOU back to life with Chinese magic. Anywho, we finally can move this along.

Shawn woke up feeling pretty good.. It was the day before Christmas and he felt that he had bought the perfect gift for Laura. He went to the shower, came back and carefully place the small box in his pocket. He walked out into the hall and down to the kitchen. As usual he grabbed as much food as he could. Then she walked in...

Laura got up feeling great. She and Shawn were becoming closer and she was getting bolder. After last night she decided that she was going to buy Shawn a gift for Christmas to tell him how she felt. She went to the shower put on some clothes and went down to eat, and there he was...

As soon as Laura walked in Shawn waved to her, smiling. She walked over and sat across from him, picking out a few things to eat.

"Good morning," She said with just a hint of a blush on her face.

"Good morning," Shawn replied, pausing his meal to talk to her.

The fact that he stopped eating was surprise enough but he and Laura were getting along now too? All the girls were happy to see that Laura was finally able to talk to her first crush. The boys however however were more confused than ever, first she hated him and now their best friends, though a few of them were starting to catch on as well.

After breakfast, Scott followed Jean out of the kitchen. "So, Shawn and Laura huh?"

The telepath moved some loose hairs behind her ear and smiled. "Yeah, Laura's been trying to tell Shawn she likes him since he caught her falling down the stairs."

Scott laughed, "You mean that's why she was acting like that? Shawn thought she hated him or something."

The two walked down the hall, glad they were past all of that drama.

Laura and Shawn were still in the kitchen after everyone left, just talking about nothing in particular.

She looked at her watch and realized she needed to go to pick up Shawn's gift. There wasn't much to buy the day before Christmas but she managed to reserve something just perfect over the phone that she saw in a catalog she borrowed from miss Monroe. They said if she didn't get there before anyone else asked about it , they would sell it. "I'm sorry Shawn but I have to go."

"Uh sure," he replied watching her leave.

She turned and waved goodbye and Shawn waved back.

Laura was heading into town to see if they still had what she was looking for at the mall. She went into the store and looked around for anyone with an employee tag. She found a young woman and asked to check on her purchase.

The woman began to look through the computer, " Oh yeah, here you are, Laura Kinney, I'll just need a picture ID,"

Laura pulled out her school ID card.

"Alright. Here's your purchase have a nice day"

"Thank you." Laura replied before she turned and left the store.

After Laura left the store, she began heading to the subway. Suddenly, a flash of silver blew past and the bag with Shawn's gift in it was gone. "Grr, Pietro," she growled.

"Well well well. What do we have here? Buying a Christmas gift the day BEFORE Christmas? What I nice way to say 'I can't stand the sight of you' to that special someone." teased the delinquent. He was dressed in his street clothes, meaning he probably wasn't wanting a fight.

"Give it back Pietro. You really don't want to bother me."

"Ooh, I'm shaking in my boots, no really, I am. What did ya get anyway?" He reached into the bag and pulled out a long box. He opened it and whistled. "Wow I take it back. You must really like whoever you got this for, too bad they'll never get it." and before Laura could even move, he was gone.

Back at the Brotherhood house, Lance was in the kitchen, fighting a rat over the last slice ham, Blob was watching cartoons, and Toad was upstairs trying to get Wanda to go out with him.

All of a sudden Pietro bursts in laughing. Before Lance or Blob could say anything Wanda blasted Toad down the stairs.

"So what are you so happy about?" Toad asked rubbing the bump on his head.

"Oh you guys won't believe this, It has to be my be my greatest joke ever," the boy cryed as he doubled over laughing.

"Spit it out already you idiot," Lance demanded. He wasn't known for being patient.

"Y'know Laura Kinney?" he gasped as he tried to stop laughing.

"Wolverine's psycho daughter? Yeah. Wait, you didn't..." Blob was starting to see where this was going.

"She was buying a present for somebody, so I snatched it and sold it at the pawn shop down town."

"You stole from Laura Kinney?" Lance asked in disbelief. "The Laura Kinney who sneak in here and kill us all without getting caught? The Laura Kinney who KNOWS WHERE WE LIVE!" Lance grabbed Pietro by the shoulders and started to shake him violently.

"Uh yeah. Weren't you listening?" Pietro answered nonchalantly.

Toad was about to have a heart attack. "Oh God! We're all gonna die!" His eyes darted around, trying to see if she had already gotten in.

"Don't worry. There's five of us and only one of her. Besides, we've got Wanda."

Blob pumped a fist into the air. Yeah, she better not start poking her nose around here." he boasted with confidence.

"Yo, Pietro, you leave the door pen?" Toad could have sworn it was shut a second ago.

"No I shut it when I came in." Pietro answered, looked over to the open front door.

They all heard a growling noise. They looked up and before they could get out of th

e way Laura dropped down, grabbed Pietro from behind, extended her claws over his throat, and asked ,in a disturbingly calm voice, "Where is it?"

Pietro looked over to his friends. "Help?" He asked.

They simply backed away and shook their heads. Then a glimmer of hope came walking down the stairs.

"Wanda!" His face lit up when she saw them... and sank when she turned back up and said "Not my problem,"

Laura's grip tightened on his arm. "I won't ask again. WHERE IS IT!"

"Ok, ok, I sold it at the pawn shop."

Her eyes lit up in anger, "YOU WHAT! WHICH PAWNSHOP? WHERE?" She screamed as she pinned him to the wall.

"The one West of The Bayville Mall. Lead-head Pawn. Here's the receipt. Can't miss it."

She took the receipt, let go of his arm, and slammed the door on her way out, hard enough to make a piece of the ceiling hit Toad in the head.

Laura hurried over to the pawn shop and explained the situation to the man at the counter.

"Should've known it was stolen. Here you go." He gave the long box back to her and her face lit up like the little plastic Christmas tree in the window.

"Thank you so much!" she practically squealed. Something she'd normally never do. Then again she's done a lot of things she'd never do since Shawn arrived. She looked into the box and smiled. Then she walked out and headed home, down the snow covered road, thinking that, for once, everything was right with the world.

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