Rob swore under his breath

Rob swore under his breath. He had just given up his freedom and for what? A chance to meet a girl. He'd always been like that. A sucker for women.

He silently trudged up to his room in the hotel. Logan was going to be by tin a hour to pick him up. He'd already canceled the reservation with the desk clerk. She'd been less then happy. He grabbed his bag and stuffed his jacket into it. Underneath, he was wearing a T-shirt. He stuffed his gloves into the bag as well. He changed into baggy shorts and looked at himself in the mirror. The X-Men would have to be incredibly careful around him if they didn't want to get hurt. He left the room, locking the door behind him. He walked down the flight of stairs to the lobby. He could sense Logan standing there, waiting.

"All set, kid?" Logan said, eyeing his clothing. "Don't touch anybody."

"That's the point." Rob said. Logan looked back at him.

"Look kid, we don't ask much. All we want is a good attitude and for the kids to uphold our rep at Bayville High. You don't have to worry 'bout the second. It's summer. How old are you?"

"Eighteen. I would have been a senior, but I quit." Rob said. For some reason, he felt totally comfortable with Logan.

"You're a year older then our oldest recruit. He's seventeen." Logan said.

"Cool." Rob's tone of voice signaled the end of the conversation. He followed Logan out to the car and jumped in the front seat. Logan started the car and silently drove to the mansion. Rob looked at it. The house looked uninviting and un-lived in. There wasn't any trace of the six teenagers that supposedly lived there.

"I know it looks a little overwhelming, but you'll get used to it." Logan said, getting out of the car. Rob followed him

"Did I say anything about staying?" rob shot back. "Don't push me. I'm not big on the big family things."

"Well, then brace yourself." Logan said. He threw open the front door. There stood all six teenagers plus a man in a wheelchair. The teens were dressed in everyday clothes. There were three girls and three boys. One of the boys was tall with red glasses. One had dark hair and the other had blond hair. One girl had red hair and the other was one with a brown ponytail. The third girl was the gothic one. They were all looking at him solemnly.

"Great party." Rob joked. The tallest boy looked at him. Rob couldn't see his eyes through the red sunglasses. He couldn't detect any sort of emotion coming from the boy.

"Jean, Scott, Kitty, Kurt, Rogue, and Evan, this is Robert." The man in the wheelchair said. Rob recognized him as Professor Xavier. The glasses guy held out a hand.

"I'm Scott." Rob backed away from the hand. He didn't want to hurt him.

"Call me Rob." Rob said. He reached into his bag and pulled ou his gloves. He pulled them on and reached for Scott's hand and shook it. Scott's head went over, looking at the gloved hand and looked way.

"I'm Evan." The blond guy said. He also shook Rob's hand.

"Nice to meet you." Rob couldn't believe himself. He was acting all polite, just like his grandparents had always wanted him to. Evan steeped back. He was just like Scott. He wouldn't' meet Rob's eyes.

"I'm Kitty and that's Jean." The ponytail girl said. When she reached out to shake Rob's hand, she accidentally brushed up against his bare arm. A look of shock registered in her face as she felt her powers and memories flowing out of her.

"Kitty?" Jean called after her. Kitty pulled away without a word. She collapsed into a sitting position a few feet away.

"You've already met me," the boy with the long dark hair said. Rob looked uninteresting as they shook hands. He was staring at Kitty. Kitty looked upset. Rob walked over to her, completely ignoring the last girl who stood there.

"Get away from her!" yelled another girl's voice. Rob felt a hand on his arm. Instinctively he shook it off. He stared at the girl who dared touch him. "Don't do that. You'll get hurt," he warned.

"So? Stay away form Kitty!" the girl yelled again. Rob took a step closer to Kitty. HE only wanted to see if he'd hurt her. He looked down. Kitty's eyes were glazed over. This only happened when he made contact for a few seconds. Rob looked around him.

"Rogue!" Rob heard coming from just about everybody in the room. He whipped around just as Rogue's bare hands were about to latch onto his arm. Instead, they hit his face. Everybody watched in horror.