"Oh yeah, Logan can just like, spend half his night getting up to feed the
baby," Kitty said loudly over the wailing. "And then be really grouchy when
he's teaching us the next morning. Great."
"Keep it in your room then!" Kurt replied.
"No!" yelled Kitty. Just as the whole room went silent. Rogue looked at the baby in her arms that was suddenly quiet. "Er... Ah haven't broken it, have Ah?"
"Maybe it just exhausted itself screaming," Evan offered.
The baby gave a huge yawn, and then curled up asleep in Rogue's arms. "Aww..." sighed Rogue. "It's so cute when it's asleep!"
"Everyone be really quiet," Amara said in a stage whisper. "Don't wake it up!"
"When's Scott going to be back?" Jean asked, staring at her watch. "He's been gone at least ten minutes. Come on Scott, we need you NOW."
"We should call it Kurt Junior," Kurt said, completely changing the subject.
"No way! If it wasn't for me, we wouldn't have found her," Kitty interrupted. "I am so going to name her myself, and I'm going to call her..." she paused, thinking. "Rebecca Elizabeth Rosemary Daffodil Emily Annabel Marie."
"How about Scott?" Jean suggested. "Or just Emily for a girl."
"Rover," called Evan from where he was still sat, stretched across the sofa.
"Rover?" Rogue asked, confused.
"Yeah, Rover," Evan said. "You know, as in the dog's name?"
Rogue turned her nose up. "Lyndsey? Or Amanda. Maybe Lyndsey Marie."
"Sunshine," offered Amara. "Or Aurora."
"Or Moonbeam," Bobby said with a slight snort.
"Moonshine," Jamie added.
"Those are hippy's kid's names!" Kitty said.
"So?" said Bobby, straight-faced.
"She is SO not a hippy child!"
"Kurt Junior!" Kurt protested.
"No Kurt!" Kitty argued. "Anything but that!"
Jubilee shrugged and said, "It might be a boy."
"She isn't!" Kitty said, just as Kurt said, "It is."
"Alexandria-Marie or Alexander," Rogue said.
"Kurt Junior!" Kurt said stubbornly.
"Kurt, no one wants to be called Kurt Junior," Kitty said bluntly.
"Oh Scott, where are you?" Jean pondered out loud. Then the door flew open, and Jean need ponder no more, for Scott had returned. "Diapers... baby food... everything," he panted, having run from the car. He dumped the bags on the floor.
"Someone will have to change it," Kitty said in an obvious tone. "Bagsie not me."
"Or me," Kurt put in quickly.
There was a whispered argument as everyone refused to do it, when Evan looked up. "If it's such a big deal, I'll do it," he offered.
Everyone stared at him.
"It's no big deal," he shrugged. "Just give us the baby, the diaper, and the place to do it, and I'll do it for you."
Rogue handed the baby over hurriedly before Evan changed his mind.
"I'll even find out if it's a boy or girl for you," he grinned.
"I bet you five dollars it's a girl," Kitty said to Kurt, who had been sulking ever since Kitty had told him no one wanted to be Kurt Junior.
"Five dollars and a Mars bar it's a boy," Kurt replied.
"You're on!" Kitty said, shaking his hand.
Scott handed over the carrier bag. "Use the table over there... better put this blanket down on it first though."
"Yeah, okay, I will be with you anon," Evan smirked. "What? It really isn't a big deal, I used to baby-sit a lot."
"I so did not want to know that," Kitty whispered to Kurt.
"So," Evan called back, "does this mean I get to name it?"
"NO!" everyone yelled in a whisper, thinking of Rover.
"Keep it in your room then!" Kurt replied.
"No!" yelled Kitty. Just as the whole room went silent. Rogue looked at the baby in her arms that was suddenly quiet. "Er... Ah haven't broken it, have Ah?"
"Maybe it just exhausted itself screaming," Evan offered.
The baby gave a huge yawn, and then curled up asleep in Rogue's arms. "Aww..." sighed Rogue. "It's so cute when it's asleep!"
"Everyone be really quiet," Amara said in a stage whisper. "Don't wake it up!"
"When's Scott going to be back?" Jean asked, staring at her watch. "He's been gone at least ten minutes. Come on Scott, we need you NOW."
"We should call it Kurt Junior," Kurt said, completely changing the subject.
"No way! If it wasn't for me, we wouldn't have found her," Kitty interrupted. "I am so going to name her myself, and I'm going to call her..." she paused, thinking. "Rebecca Elizabeth Rosemary Daffodil Emily Annabel Marie."
"How about Scott?" Jean suggested. "Or just Emily for a girl."
"Rover," called Evan from where he was still sat, stretched across the sofa.
"Rover?" Rogue asked, confused.
"Yeah, Rover," Evan said. "You know, as in the dog's name?"
Rogue turned her nose up. "Lyndsey? Or Amanda. Maybe Lyndsey Marie."
"Sunshine," offered Amara. "Or Aurora."
"Or Moonbeam," Bobby said with a slight snort.
"Moonshine," Jamie added.
"Those are hippy's kid's names!" Kitty said.
"So?" said Bobby, straight-faced.
"She is SO not a hippy child!"
"Kurt Junior!" Kurt protested.
"No Kurt!" Kitty argued. "Anything but that!"
Jubilee shrugged and said, "It might be a boy."
"She isn't!" Kitty said, just as Kurt said, "It is."
"Alexandria-Marie or Alexander," Rogue said.
"Kurt Junior!" Kurt said stubbornly.
"Kurt, no one wants to be called Kurt Junior," Kitty said bluntly.
"Oh Scott, where are you?" Jean pondered out loud. Then the door flew open, and Jean need ponder no more, for Scott had returned. "Diapers... baby food... everything," he panted, having run from the car. He dumped the bags on the floor.
"Someone will have to change it," Kitty said in an obvious tone. "Bagsie not me."
"Or me," Kurt put in quickly.
There was a whispered argument as everyone refused to do it, when Evan looked up. "If it's such a big deal, I'll do it," he offered.
Everyone stared at him.
"It's no big deal," he shrugged. "Just give us the baby, the diaper, and the place to do it, and I'll do it for you."
Rogue handed the baby over hurriedly before Evan changed his mind.
"I'll even find out if it's a boy or girl for you," he grinned.
"I bet you five dollars it's a girl," Kitty said to Kurt, who had been sulking ever since Kitty had told him no one wanted to be Kurt Junior.
"Five dollars and a Mars bar it's a boy," Kurt replied.
"You're on!" Kitty said, shaking his hand.
Scott handed over the carrier bag. "Use the table over there... better put this blanket down on it first though."
"Yeah, okay, I will be with you anon," Evan smirked. "What? It really isn't a big deal, I used to baby-sit a lot."
"I so did not want to know that," Kitty whispered to Kurt.
"So," Evan called back, "does this mean I get to name it?"
"NO!" everyone yelled in a whisper, thinking of Rover.