Tomorrow Will Be Better, Right?

"Great!" Scott grumbled as the X-Men went to their quarters. "Now we're all on KP duty tomorrow morning!"

"Scott right now that's not what worries me," Jean pointed to Xavier. "I've never seen him lose it like that before!"

"Professor are you okay?" Scott asked. "Look I'm sorry things got out of control there but…"

"Scott you have nothing to apologize for," Xavier told him. "Believe me!"

"Huh?" Scott blinked.

"You know something Scott," Xavier said. "Now I finally understand why you and the other students used to get in fights with the Brotherhood so many times! It has nothing to do with control. It has to do with how much the other guy annoys you! And boy does Shipwreck annoy me!"

"Chuck not in front of the kids," Logan said.

"No, I take it back!" Xavier ranted. "He doesn't just annoy me. He drives me up the wall! The man is a lunatic! A nutcase! An undisciplined maniac! I hate him! I hate him!"

"Chuck get a hold of yourself!" Logan snapped.

"IhatehimIhatehimIhatehim," Xavier fumed.

"Chuck snap out of it!" Logan slapped him.

Xavier sat there dazed. "Thank you Logan," He finally said. "I needed that."

"Professor I've never seen you like this," Scott said shocked.

"I've never been ticked off like this!" Xavier grumbled. "I'm sorry I lost control like that but that Shipwreck pushes my buttons unlike anyone has ever pushed them before!"

"Yeah he does seem to have that talent," Logan scratched his head.

"So that's where his kids get it from," Rogue said.

"I'm really sorry I lost control in front of all of you," Xavier sighed. "I should have been a better example. I mean I can hardly chastise you for fighting with Toad and Wavedancer if I can't even control my temper with Shipwreck."

"Well now you know those fights weren't our fault!" Evan snapped. "Those guys are evil!"

"I don't know how we're going to get through these two weeks if this keeps up," Remy groaned.

"Yeah," Kitty sighed. "All of the sudden being stuck at the Institute doesn't seem so bad anymore."

"I just have to find a way to cope being with Shipwreck," Xavier said. "Just like all of you have to learn to get along with Toad and Wavedancer."

"Well you can always tinker with his brain a little," Logan quipped.

"I can't do that," Xavier sighed. "In his case even if I wanted to."

"What do you mean?" Jean asked.

"Try going into his mind just for a second and you'll see what I mean," Xavier said. "Trust me, you won't really get far. Other than the emotions he projects, nothing. It's rare, but one out of millions of humans is born naturally shielded to telepathy. And just our luck Shipwreck is one of them! Why was I stuck with that irritating lunatic?"

"Chuck I thought the point of all of this was to learn how to get along with humans?" Logan snapped. "You're not exactly setting an example you know!"

"You're right," Xavier sighed. "I'm sorry students. I lost my temper. I should not have allowed Shipwreck to goad me like that."

"Now can we go home?" Evan whined.

"Yeah compared to these guys Wolverine's training is a piece of cake!" Bobby said.

"With all due respect Professor," Jean sighed. "Maybe we should go. I mean this has been nothing but one disaster after another."

"No way!" Scott said. "Look I'm not crazy about this either but if we go home now, Toad and Wavedancer will never let us live this down! They'll say we couldn't cut it! And I for one am not going to give them that satisfaction!"

"He's right!" Rogue growled. "I'm not gonna turn tail and run! If the Toad can handle this so can I!"

"Yeah but can the rest of us survive this?" Kurt groaned. "My arms are gonna be sore for weeks."

"Well look at it this way Kurt," Bobby said. "Tomorrow the others are gonna arrive. Strength in numbers."

"We already outnumber them and still those Delgatos manage to clean our clocks," Remy grumbled.

"Yeah well it's not like that matters any," Kitty grumbled. "I mean it's so obvious that they're the favorites around here!"

"Well if they wanna play teacher's pet then there's no reason we should play by the rules!" Evan snapped.

"Yeah let's show those goody two shoes up once and for all!" Rahnee said.

"YEAH!" They all shouted.

"NO!" Logan groaned. "Chuck will you tell them to cool it? Chuck?"

"I'm thinking it over," Xavier muttered.

"Oh great," Logan grumbled. "You know there's gonna be trouble when I'm the only one around here with a cool head. Tomorrow's going to be one fun day!"