"And it is... Emily," Xavier announced.
"Nooooooo!" wailed Evan.
"Nein!" wailed Kurt.
"Cheat," Rogue mumbled.
"Yeah, you cheated!" Evan said. "Just because you didn't want her to be called Rover!"
Jean crossed her arms. "I did not cheat."
"You did, you used your powers and made sure your choice came out."
"I didn't!" Jean said, more annoyed. And worried.
"Ah think we should draw another name out," Rogue suggested.
"But I didn't cheat!" Jean said irately. She didn't KNOW she'd cheated; she'd just glanced at it and hoped for the best. Okay, so attempting to cheat is morally wrong, and Jean was aware of that, but how could a kid go through life with a name like Rover?
Xavier was about to tell them all to stop arguing when Mr McCoy appeared. "I can't find anything to suggest where she came from," he announced, "and I've got the test results back, and she..."
There was a tense silence.
"Does possess the x-gene."
"Yay!" said Kurt.
There was a brief moment of yaying and happy shouts and big grins and so on, until Xavier put the "Emily" paper back in the hat and sent everyone outside so he could try again.
"We're keeping her!" Kitty shrieked the moment they'd closed the door, momentarily forgetting the horrors of being kept awake all night by a screaming baby.
"Unless her parents come back," Scott said sensibly. And boringly.
"Shut up," said Jean.
There was silence for a moment, and then the excited chatter started up again. It carried on until Scott noticed the door had opened again and the professor was standing there, waiting to tell them the results.
"Ahem," said Scott. Jean shut up. She nudged Kitty, who also stopped, which stopped Kurt. Kurt stamped on Evan's foot, who then shut up, and everyone else (including, it has to be said, Ororo and Logan, although they were more discussing whose fault "last night" was) stopped talking and look at Xavier expectantly.
"Well," began Xavier. "I drew two names, for a first and a middle name."
Kitty began cursing under her breath. He couldn't have picked hers then, because hers had about six names in it.
"And I have the results here. Her first name is to be..." he paused.
"Just tell us!" Evan wailed impatiently.
"Okay, and her first name will be... Alexandria."
"Yess!" yelled Rogue.
"I believe that was Rogue's choice," Xavier said, smiling. "And her second name will be Lyndsey Marie."
"Yess!" said Rogue again.
"Which was Rogue's second choice," Xavier added. "But Lance's first."
"Hmph," said Kurt.
"Alex is cool," Evan admitted grudgingly.
"Yeah," agreed Scott, thinking of his brother.
"Not as good as Emily, but still good," Jean agreed.
"Good, I'm glad that's settled," Xavier said.
Alexandria Lyndsey Marie gurgled happily in Jean's arms. "Aww, she likes her name," Jean cooed.
"You'll always be Rover to me," Evan whispered to her.
"Nooooooo!" wailed Evan.
"Nein!" wailed Kurt.
"Cheat," Rogue mumbled.
"Yeah, you cheated!" Evan said. "Just because you didn't want her to be called Rover!"
Jean crossed her arms. "I did not cheat."
"You did, you used your powers and made sure your choice came out."
"I didn't!" Jean said, more annoyed. And worried.
"Ah think we should draw another name out," Rogue suggested.
"But I didn't cheat!" Jean said irately. She didn't KNOW she'd cheated; she'd just glanced at it and hoped for the best. Okay, so attempting to cheat is morally wrong, and Jean was aware of that, but how could a kid go through life with a name like Rover?
Xavier was about to tell them all to stop arguing when Mr McCoy appeared. "I can't find anything to suggest where she came from," he announced, "and I've got the test results back, and she..."
There was a tense silence.
"Does possess the x-gene."
"Yay!" said Kurt.
There was a brief moment of yaying and happy shouts and big grins and so on, until Xavier put the "Emily" paper back in the hat and sent everyone outside so he could try again.
"We're keeping her!" Kitty shrieked the moment they'd closed the door, momentarily forgetting the horrors of being kept awake all night by a screaming baby.
"Unless her parents come back," Scott said sensibly. And boringly.
"Shut up," said Jean.
There was silence for a moment, and then the excited chatter started up again. It carried on until Scott noticed the door had opened again and the professor was standing there, waiting to tell them the results.
"Ahem," said Scott. Jean shut up. She nudged Kitty, who also stopped, which stopped Kurt. Kurt stamped on Evan's foot, who then shut up, and everyone else (including, it has to be said, Ororo and Logan, although they were more discussing whose fault "last night" was) stopped talking and look at Xavier expectantly.
"Well," began Xavier. "I drew two names, for a first and a middle name."
Kitty began cursing under her breath. He couldn't have picked hers then, because hers had about six names in it.
"And I have the results here. Her first name is to be..." he paused.
"Just tell us!" Evan wailed impatiently.
"Okay, and her first name will be... Alexandria."
"Yess!" yelled Rogue.
"I believe that was Rogue's choice," Xavier said, smiling. "And her second name will be Lyndsey Marie."
"Yess!" said Rogue again.
"Which was Rogue's second choice," Xavier added. "But Lance's first."
"Hmph," said Kurt.
"Alex is cool," Evan admitted grudgingly.
"Yeah," agreed Scott, thinking of his brother.
"Not as good as Emily, but still good," Jean agreed.
"Good, I'm glad that's settled," Xavier said.
Alexandria Lyndsey Marie gurgled happily in Jean's arms. "Aww, she likes her name," Jean cooed.
"You'll always be Rover to me," Evan whispered to her.