"Calm down, Jean," Xavier interrupted. "There will be no slapping anyone."
"Aww, he's no fun," Jean mumbled to herself.
"I am psychic, you know," Xavier warned.
"Evan can hold the baby," Jean said, quickly changing the subject. "Here you go."
Evan held his arms out and Rover-Emily-Betty-Ann was promptly sick all down his front.
"Ew, Rover!" Evan said. "Oh, let me hold her anyway."
"You promise to stop calling her Rover?"
"No," said Evan, and took her anyway. "Here, you can go and wash my shirt, can't you?" he asked, pulling it off and handing it to Jean.
"Hmph," replied Jean. "I'll stuff it in the washing machine for you."
Jamie chose that moment to appear from the kitchen with a notepad and biro in his hand and wearing an apron. "Breakfast orders, everyone?" he asked professionally. Then he added, "Lance made me do it. He told me to come out and pretend to be a waitress."
"Coffee," Rogue ordered.
"Coffee for Rogue..." Jamie mumbled.
"Milk for Rover and cereal with lots of milk for me," Evan added.
*BAMF* "Bacon, eggs, sausages, baked beans," said Kurt, who had just teleported in.
Jamie had no idea how Kurt knew he was taking orders, and then realised he was wearing his waitress outfit. "That all?" he asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Ach, nein, I forgot the tomatoes and the toast!" Kurt said cheerfully.
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Several hours later, Hank McCoy was still busy searching for any reports of abandoned, lost or kidnapped babies, along with scanning the Institute security tapes from the night before. He'd been searching for the last two hours with no trace of anything of any use. Lance had served up breakfast for everyone, and, after eating even more than Kurt, had gone out for a walk with Kitty. Jamie had kept his apron on until he'd served up everyone's breakfast, and then taken it off and hidden it so no one could make him wear it again. Xavier had taken some strong painkillers and headed back to bed. Rogue had finally prised herself off the sofa (the coffee helped) and gone to take a shower. Jean, Evan, Scott and Kurt were left in charge of Rover-Emily-Betty-Ann while Logan and Ororo tried to work out what had happened the night before.
"Kurt Junior," Kurt said again, stubbornly.
"Emily," said Jean. "Because she's a girl."
"Und?" Kurt asked. "She can still be called Kurt Junior!"
"Everyone should write their favourite name on a piece of paper, and draw one out of a hat," Evan offered. "That'd be fair."
"Er, okay," said Jean, nervously. Unless she could use her telekinesis to fix it...
And so, when Kitty got back, everyone wrote their favourite names on a bit of paper and dropped it into Lance's goldfish bowl-helmet he happened to have brought with him.
Just for the reference, here is a large selection of people's choices:
Kurt: Kurt Junior
Kitty: Catherine Anne Elizabeth Amanda Lucinda Jessica Lou Marie
Rogue: Alexandria
Scott: Betty Ann
Jean: Emily
Evan: Rover
Ororo: Jessi
The new recruits (they all more or less wanted the same name, so they entered one piece. And besides, they were currently busy cleaning up): Moonbeam or Moonshine
Logan: Marshmallow or Ella
Xavier: Mary Jane
Lance (well, he was there at the time, so he got to choose too. After all, he did make breakfast): Lyndsey Marie, Lynn for short (that was Rogue's second choice so he "borrowed" it off her having no real ideas of his own)
Jamie (who refused to agree on Moonshine since the other newbies had laughed at his apron): Jamie
Mr McCoy: Rachael
Xavier put his hand inside the hat and picked out a folded up piece of paper. Everyone held their breath...
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And you'll have to wait until next chapter to find out which one got picked. Ha. Yes, of course Logan wants to call a baby Marshmallow!!!
And Miah Tolensky, I don't know why Lyndsey Marie. Maybe I read it in a book once. And I like the name Lynn, short for Lyndsey or something (my middle name's Carolyn... hmm, this is the part where it gets a tiny bit confusing, huh?) And Marie is Rogue's real name (at least, it is in the movie). And I prefer the Lyndsey spelling as apposed to Lindsey or Lindsay because I like the Lynn part of it. And it's prettier.
"Aww, he's no fun," Jean mumbled to herself.
"I am psychic, you know," Xavier warned.
"Evan can hold the baby," Jean said, quickly changing the subject. "Here you go."
Evan held his arms out and Rover-Emily-Betty-Ann was promptly sick all down his front.
"Ew, Rover!" Evan said. "Oh, let me hold her anyway."
"You promise to stop calling her Rover?"
"No," said Evan, and took her anyway. "Here, you can go and wash my shirt, can't you?" he asked, pulling it off and handing it to Jean.
"Hmph," replied Jean. "I'll stuff it in the washing machine for you."
Jamie chose that moment to appear from the kitchen with a notepad and biro in his hand and wearing an apron. "Breakfast orders, everyone?" he asked professionally. Then he added, "Lance made me do it. He told me to come out and pretend to be a waitress."
"Coffee," Rogue ordered.
"Coffee for Rogue..." Jamie mumbled.
"Milk for Rover and cereal with lots of milk for me," Evan added.
*BAMF* "Bacon, eggs, sausages, baked beans," said Kurt, who had just teleported in.
Jamie had no idea how Kurt knew he was taking orders, and then realised he was wearing his waitress outfit. "That all?" he asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Ach, nein, I forgot the tomatoes and the toast!" Kurt said cheerfully.
*********
Several hours later, Hank McCoy was still busy searching for any reports of abandoned, lost or kidnapped babies, along with scanning the Institute security tapes from the night before. He'd been searching for the last two hours with no trace of anything of any use. Lance had served up breakfast for everyone, and, after eating even more than Kurt, had gone out for a walk with Kitty. Jamie had kept his apron on until he'd served up everyone's breakfast, and then taken it off and hidden it so no one could make him wear it again. Xavier had taken some strong painkillers and headed back to bed. Rogue had finally prised herself off the sofa (the coffee helped) and gone to take a shower. Jean, Evan, Scott and Kurt were left in charge of Rover-Emily-Betty-Ann while Logan and Ororo tried to work out what had happened the night before.
"Kurt Junior," Kurt said again, stubbornly.
"Emily," said Jean. "Because she's a girl."
"Und?" Kurt asked. "She can still be called Kurt Junior!"
"Everyone should write their favourite name on a piece of paper, and draw one out of a hat," Evan offered. "That'd be fair."
"Er, okay," said Jean, nervously. Unless she could use her telekinesis to fix it...
And so, when Kitty got back, everyone wrote their favourite names on a bit of paper and dropped it into Lance's goldfish bowl-helmet he happened to have brought with him.
Just for the reference, here is a large selection of people's choices:
Kurt: Kurt Junior
Kitty: Catherine Anne Elizabeth Amanda Lucinda Jessica Lou Marie
Rogue: Alexandria
Scott: Betty Ann
Jean: Emily
Evan: Rover
Ororo: Jessi
The new recruits (they all more or less wanted the same name, so they entered one piece. And besides, they were currently busy cleaning up): Moonbeam or Moonshine
Logan: Marshmallow or Ella
Xavier: Mary Jane
Lance (well, he was there at the time, so he got to choose too. After all, he did make breakfast): Lyndsey Marie, Lynn for short (that was Rogue's second choice so he "borrowed" it off her having no real ideas of his own)
Jamie (who refused to agree on Moonshine since the other newbies had laughed at his apron): Jamie
Mr McCoy: Rachael
Xavier put his hand inside the hat and picked out a folded up piece of paper. Everyone held their breath...
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And you'll have to wait until next chapter to find out which one got picked. Ha. Yes, of course Logan wants to call a baby Marshmallow!!!
And Miah Tolensky, I don't know why Lyndsey Marie. Maybe I read it in a book once. And I like the name Lynn, short for Lyndsey or something (my middle name's Carolyn... hmm, this is the part where it gets a tiny bit confusing, huh?) And Marie is Rogue's real name (at least, it is in the movie). And I prefer the Lyndsey spelling as apposed to Lindsey or Lindsay because I like the Lynn part of it. And it's prettier.