"You turned your dad's hair pink?" Summer gasped before joining the hysterical laughter back at the Mansion.

"Then what happened?" Chris choked out.

"Professor Xavier heard him yelling and came back. He made her fix it," Logan chuckled.

Bill and Ted looked shocked. "You fixed it? Dude, that's totally bogus!" Bella grinned slyly.

"Don't worry. Xavier never realized that I put little pink hearts all over his back too." Everyone turned to stare at her in disbelief. "What? He deserved it."

Logan shook his head and snorted while the students just about died from laughing. "Remind me never to get on your bad side."

"HEY LOOK! IT'S THE ICEMAN!" Bella suddenly shouted, nearly giving him a heart attack. Bobby had just walked through the door and was now looking at her, slightly frightened. Bella pointed and jumped up and down a few times before sitting back down and picking up her soda. His eyes narrowed.

"How many Dr. Peppers have you had today?"

"I don't know. I forgot to count after the third."

"Any other sugar?"

"No. Well… there was that ice cream. And maybe some chocolate."

"Anything else?"

"Um… maybe a little cotton candy?"

"Yeah. I'm confiscating this."

"NOOO! Not the soda! I need that!"

"You definitely don't need this!"

"Yes I do! Because… um… I'm sick! Yeah! Cough cough. I need a doctor."

"So lets go to the infirmary."

"No need! See? The doctor's right there. DOCTOR PEPPER!"

"Nice try. You and soda are too dangerous together."

"Dang. Hi Iceman!"

By this point, Bobby was looking very frightened. "Do I know you?"

"Nope!"

"That's what I thought." Small pause. "So should I worry that you know me?"

"New student," Logan cut in, "she saw the movies." Bobby nodded and shook Bella's hand.

"I'm Bella! You were one of my favorite characters."

"Bella? From the bacon incident?"

Summer and the others nodded. "And the pink hair incident. And the paint incident. And the pool incident. And the cat-on-fire incident." Logan blinked and looked at Bella, wondering what the cat-on-fire incident was. She blushed.

"You didn't hear about that Logan?" asked Summer. "Colossus couldn't sleep a few nights ago and was looking out the window. All of a sudden he sees Bella walking around outside. With her eyes closed."

"I was half-asleep. I was trying to go to the kitchen for a glass of water. I still can't figure out how I wound up outside." Bella grimaced.

"Anyways, she's just wandering around and Kitty's cat (you know, the really mean one, Fluffy) pops out of this bush and launches himself at her. Scared the pants off her. So she stuck her hands out and his tail burst into flames."

"It was a reflex! Something was attacking me and I reacted on instinct! Besides, Wyatt's fire was the last one I absorbed, so of course it was the first thing that came to mind," she cried out.

"Then what?" Logan asked.

"She panicked and threw it into the pool."

"Huh," Bobby said, "I was wondering why Kitty asked me what the best way to secretly murder someone would be."

Bella blinked at him. "Well. That's frightening. Hi Iceman!"

"WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING THAT?" Summer exploded.

"I don't know. It's fun. Besides how often do you get to meet characters from your favorite movie?"

Logan frowned. "But you didn't do this with me, or Storm, Charles, or Kurt."

"I would have if I didn't have more pressing things on my mind at the time. Like being a mutant. Duh." The students blinked and started giggling.

"Yeah Logan. Duh."

"Duh Logan."

"Geez dude, duh."

Logan groaned and started banging his head on the table. Bella laughed and went to bed. It was still fairly early, but it had been a long day for her. The group was much quieter without her, even after Colossus, Kurt, and Wes came down. Pretty soon, all of the girls went to bed. Logan downed a beer while the boys laughed about all of Bella's little adventures.

"Dam-, what did we do for fun before Bella came to the Mansion?" Chris asked.

"She's so fun," added Bobby.

"Colossus drummed his fingers on the table. "So how many of us are planning to ask her out?"

Logan stiffened, his beer frozen halfway to his mouth. The group got very quiet and hands were raised one by one. Bobby, Chris, Wes, Colossus, and Kurt. He put down the drink and left inconspicuously as the boys discussed their problem.

The Wolverine fought back a wave of rage as he pictured all those children coming within ten feet of his Bella. Sitting on his bed, he imagined opening Bella's door, just across the hall from his own, telling her how he felt, seeing her smile and kiss him back, knowing that none of the others stood a chance because she was his… The anger drained away, leaving him empty. He couldn't do it. Bella would never choose him when she could be with someone her own age.

The confrontation with her dad was over. Bella was officially emancipated, and it was time for his trip. He decided to leave in the morning. Maybe he could go visit Marie. She'd moved to Massachusetts after breaking up with Bobby. She was living with her aunt, doing part-time waitressing and getting through her freshman year at a local college. After that, he could go up to Canada again, say hello to some old friends. Maybe it would be enough to take his mind off the smart, funny, beautiful woman he could never have.