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Sam walked down the next day wearing a similar outfit that he had worn the day before. Early that morning he had spoken to Logan who informed him that all he had to do was repeat the phrases, he himself used. Sam went over the often used words and even said them aloud to make sure he said them correctly.

He strutted a little late into the dining area and sat at the head of the table, opposite of Logan. He pulled out a car magazine and waited patiently for his food. When Ororo offered him his usual cup of coffee he grunted a response. She slowly gave it to him, not understanding what he had said but wary of having it repeated.

In front of Rhane was the sugar, so he asked her to pass it to him. "Hey Scruffy pass me that sugah." Logan who was reading his newspaper looked up sharply wondering what Sam was trying to pull.

"What did ya call me, ya hillbilly?" Sam gulped at the fire in Rhane's eyes.

"Nothing." He looked down at the cup of coffee and drank it strong and black afraid of asking her for anything else. Lucky for him the only ones who were in the dining room were his sister, Logan, Ororo and Rhane. A little after that the rest of the mutants came rushing in.

They stared at Sam as they ate their meal silently. "Um, Sam we still on for that game today?"

"Sure icicle, just don't mess up mah hair!" He pointed a fork at Bobby who tried hard not to laugh. Everyone at the table didn't help since they almost split their ribs. The only ones who weren't laughing were Jean and the Professor.

"Hey man, that was a great impression of Logan." Evan whispered to him. Sam looked at him forlorn. But ah wasn't playin', he thought.

"Hey Sam, can you like, pass over the bacon please." Kitty asked. Sam smiled politely and almost said sure but looked at Logan quickly and growled, receiving a couple of giggles and a frightened stare from Storm who was sitting beside him.

"Fine Hairball, just make sure next time, ya ask Carrot Top over there ta pass it ta ya." Jean gave him a dirty look and quickly scanned his mind. When she saw what he was doing, her annoyance passed on and instead she found it funny. Unfortunately no matter how powerful their telepathy was they weren't prepared for the next incident.

Sam got up from the table, picked his teeth and adjusted the tools in his pants in front of everyone. He than left the room intent on getting his baseball gear so that he'd be ready to play when the time came. The food dropped from their open mouths.

In the dining room everyone turned to Logan who hid behind the newspaper, only he had vulgar table manners, and it was no doubt who Sam was getting it from. Regardless of it all no rebuke came and they continued eating in eerie silence.

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"Ah swear the minute I get mah hands on mah brother, I'ma crack his neck!" Rhane followed Ashley into their shared bedroom, not saying anything in fear of assisting Ashley in her ranting. Ashley's accent was getting thicker by the minute. "One question ah have, why is he askin' Logan for advice?"

"Advice on what?" Rhane's face was confused. Ashley cursed at herself in her head, she wasn't supposed to say anything, but she didn't want to lie either, so she came as close to the truth as possible.

"On bein' a woman's man." Ashley said, Rhane sighed loudly as she picked up a stuffed bear.

"I don't know why he wants to change so bad. He's already fine the way he is." She plucked imaginary lint from her bed. Ashley looked on. Mah brothers an idiot, she thought.

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Sam was laughing and playing baseball with his friends at the back of the Institute when he noticed his sister and Rhane come out of the building. He smiled and waved at them, they waved back. He was normal for the rest of the game and doing fine until he 'accidentally' tripped over Roberto's (who was on the other team) outstretched foot. He was escorted off the field and his team was forced to forfeit. They glared at Roberto menacingly who got into trouble by Ororo and had to suffer a lecture on integrity.

Rhane and Ashley followed Logan and Sam downstairs, waiting outside until Mr. McCoy had checked him out. Sam had a sprained ankle and was to stay in the med lab for two days until it healed because of his track meet at school the following week. He was devastated; nothing was more boring than being in the company of a hairy man.

"Don't worry Sam, I'll keep ya company." Rhane smiled happily and bounced on the bed. Logan peered over her shoulder, since her back was to him and mouthed "Commandment number three."

Sam nodded and an innocent look immediately appeared on Logan's face along with a halo when Rhane turned around. Ashley and him exited the room followed by Beast. Ashley stopped Logan in the hallway.

"Do me a favor, don't help my brother. You're makin' things worst." Logan looked at the little girl in front of him and glared; she just smiled and crossed her arms. He rolled his eyes.

"My advice is workin' just fine. If he keeps goin' he'll have her wrapped around his little finger." With that he winked and gave her a smirk. She rolled her eyes and wondered when it would all end.

Rhane tapped her shoulder and Ashley whirled around. "I'm never talkin' to your brother again." She than walked away. Ashley looked through the window and looked at a scowling Sam. She wondered what had happened and followed her friend to their bedroom.

"What's wrong?" Rhane went into a description of her conversation with Sam.

"I asked him how he was doin', and he said 'I'm fine bub, what ya still doin' here?', so I asked him how was school, and he said 'School's fine scruffy'! Ya'd think he understood that that name doesn't please me much."

"What did ya do?" She immediately regretted asking when Rhane blushed.

"I told him I'd show him scruffy and punched him with my paw."

"You're paw?"

"Yeah, I sort of changed." She blushed more, thinking Ashley would be angry at her.

"Well he deserved it, stupid men!"

Rhane sighed in agreement and they spent the rest of their day planning an outing. At the same time Logan was downstairs holding an ice pack to Sam's face.

"I still don't understand why ya called her scrappy, women don't like that."

"Ah called her scruffy not Scrappy and you're a little late in tellin' me that, don't ya think?"

"Well the next plan will be simpler. Don't eat all of that southern stuff; a real man is satisfied with steak and Beer."

"Thou shall live off of steak and beer." Sam smiled and figured that tomorrow he would live the funnest part of his Commandments. This would surely be more pleasurable than the others. Oh yeah, tomorrow he was going to have a great ol' time. **************************************************************************** ** This Chapter was lame but the next one is going to be much better! Sam drunk? Oh yeah, much better.