"There, all done!" Evan said proudly. "Mrs Wagner, I am pleased to tell
you that Rover is a beautiful baby girl."
"Shut it, Doctor Daniels," Kitty said with a scowl, taking "Rover" from him. Then she smiled. "Kurt, you owe me five dollars and a Mars bar, remember?"
"Aww... not fair," Kurt mumbled, fumbling in his pockets.
Scott looked at his watch. "Oh, jeez, it's nearly midnight! Jubilee, Amara, Jamie, Bobby, you should be in bed!"
"Scott, the adults are all out, can't we stay up later?" Bobby begged.
Scott sighed. "No! Go to bed!"
Amara mumbled, "so unfair," but they all turned to go upstairs and go to bed. Slowly.
"So we're calling her Rover?" Evan asked hopefully. Hoping that Scott wouldn't insist they all went to bed too.
"That's cruel!" Kitty argued. Kurt disagreed too, but Kitty said that Kurt Junior was also not a good name. Kurt started sulking again.
"Betty Ann," suggested Scott (it was the first name to come into his head).
"Rover!" Evan said insistently.
"Logan," Rogue teased.
"That's genius," Evan said in an awed voice. "Not as good as Rover though."
"Where is it gonna sleep?" Kitty asked. "We like, don't have a crib or anything."
"In the basket," Scott said. "No Evan, not a dog basket."
"And whose room is it gonna sleep in?" Kitty added.
"Logan's," Kurt said again.
"I so cannot imagine Logan looking after a baby," Kitty said, and she giggled.
"What is that noise?" Scott asked nervously.
"Well, it's either the adults come back drunk, or it's a mutiny," Jean said, staring upwards to where a lot of giggling was drifting down.
Scott sighed and turned to go upstairs. Up in Bobby's room, he found Amara, Jamie, Bobby, Rahne, Jubilee, and Roberto all sitting on Bobby's bed. It was clear that they had started a game of Shove Everyone Else Off the Bed, because Rahne squealed and went flying across the floor. "Ow!"
"Yes! Two points to me!" Bobby grinned. He looked up and his face fell. "Oh, hi Scott."
"You said go to bed," Jubilee said. "So we did." She shoved Jamie from behind, and suddenly Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, and Jamie were all sat on the floor, rubbing their sore behinds.
"Well, I did-" Darn, he hated it when they were right. He hadn't said which bed. Although you would have thought it was obvious.
"We were gonna play Spin the Bottle," Amara said. "Do you want to join in? Waaah!" She squealed as Jubilee shoved her from behind and she bounced over the carpet. "No fair, Jubilee!"
"No," said Scott firmly. They were too worked up to sleep now, and no one else was going to get any sleep, because if the baby didn't wake them and keep them awake, they'd certainly be disturbed by the adults coming in later. "Alright, you can stay up, but do it quietly, okay? And no destroying the furniture."
"Aww... not even a little destruction?" Bobby begged.
"No!" Scott said, and turned and left quickly. He considered checking on whoever was left, but he changed his mind at the last minute and headed back downstairs.
"Shut it, Doctor Daniels," Kitty said with a scowl, taking "Rover" from him. Then she smiled. "Kurt, you owe me five dollars and a Mars bar, remember?"
"Aww... not fair," Kurt mumbled, fumbling in his pockets.
Scott looked at his watch. "Oh, jeez, it's nearly midnight! Jubilee, Amara, Jamie, Bobby, you should be in bed!"
"Scott, the adults are all out, can't we stay up later?" Bobby begged.
Scott sighed. "No! Go to bed!"
Amara mumbled, "so unfair," but they all turned to go upstairs and go to bed. Slowly.
"So we're calling her Rover?" Evan asked hopefully. Hoping that Scott wouldn't insist they all went to bed too.
"That's cruel!" Kitty argued. Kurt disagreed too, but Kitty said that Kurt Junior was also not a good name. Kurt started sulking again.
"Betty Ann," suggested Scott (it was the first name to come into his head).
"Rover!" Evan said insistently.
"Logan," Rogue teased.
"That's genius," Evan said in an awed voice. "Not as good as Rover though."
"Where is it gonna sleep?" Kitty asked. "We like, don't have a crib or anything."
"In the basket," Scott said. "No Evan, not a dog basket."
"And whose room is it gonna sleep in?" Kitty added.
"Logan's," Kurt said again.
"I so cannot imagine Logan looking after a baby," Kitty said, and she giggled.
"What is that noise?" Scott asked nervously.
"Well, it's either the adults come back drunk, or it's a mutiny," Jean said, staring upwards to where a lot of giggling was drifting down.
Scott sighed and turned to go upstairs. Up in Bobby's room, he found Amara, Jamie, Bobby, Rahne, Jubilee, and Roberto all sitting on Bobby's bed. It was clear that they had started a game of Shove Everyone Else Off the Bed, because Rahne squealed and went flying across the floor. "Ow!"
"Yes! Two points to me!" Bobby grinned. He looked up and his face fell. "Oh, hi Scott."
"You said go to bed," Jubilee said. "So we did." She shoved Jamie from behind, and suddenly Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, and Jamie were all sat on the floor, rubbing their sore behinds.
"Well, I did-" Darn, he hated it when they were right. He hadn't said which bed. Although you would have thought it was obvious.
"We were gonna play Spin the Bottle," Amara said. "Do you want to join in? Waaah!" She squealed as Jubilee shoved her from behind and she bounced over the carpet. "No fair, Jubilee!"
"No," said Scott firmly. They were too worked up to sleep now, and no one else was going to get any sleep, because if the baby didn't wake them and keep them awake, they'd certainly be disturbed by the adults coming in later. "Alright, you can stay up, but do it quietly, okay? And no destroying the furniture."
"Aww... not even a little destruction?" Bobby begged.
"No!" Scott said, and turned and left quickly. He considered checking on whoever was left, but he changed his mind at the last minute and headed back downstairs.