Devising A Plan
Charles stared at the mansion from the classic limousine. "Now, Logan, I'll trust that the students will be alright in your hands?" Charles asked.
Logan smirked, as he dug his hands into the pockets of his jeans. He looked down at his feet, kicking the dirt, "Sure Chuck. You guys just have a good vacation. You need it." Logan smiled, as he looked back up at him.
Charles smiled at him. Storm started the ignition of the car, and drove away. Logan watched the car leave the mansion grounds. His keen sense of smell picked up Elizabeth's scent as she placed her hand on his back. He turned to look at her. He searched her with his eyes, loving every aspect of her features; her waist long silk black hair, the almond shaped exotic brown eyes, her porcelain skin; even the crimson red mark on the left side of her face. She wore the wedding ring on her ring finger; symbolizing the vows they made towards each other only a year ago. He cleared his throat, as he finally spoke up, "Well, they're gone. What do we do now?" Logan asked her.
Elizabeth shrugged, "I don't know, luv. I overheard Tabby suggesting we have a party later on. Kind of let the recruits relax themselves." She suggested.
Logan groaned a slight growl, as he placed his arm around her shoulder. They began to walk towards the glass doors leading to the mansion, "I don't know, Betts. Those kids throwing a party? And inviting who?" He asked.
Elizabeth smiled, "Well, they wanted to invite kids from school. Why not, Logan? Let them have some fun! And we can have some fun while we're at it!" Elizabeth grinned.
Logan opened the door to the mansion, letting Elizabeth walk in before him. "What about the stuff downstairs?" Logan asked.
Elizabeth shrugged, looking at him. She wrapped her arms around his waist, loving the feeling of his well-built muscles against the bare skin of her arms. "Well, Hank installed the security system to avoid anyone but us from going downstairs. I don't think there will be a problem this time." Elizabeth smiled up at him.
Logan raised his eyebrow at her, as he wrapped his arms around her. "Well, I guess so then. I can get some beer and everything. We need a vacation too, I guess." He smiled.
Elizabeth laughed slightly, as he leaned down to kiss her. "Oh god you guys make me so sick! Get a room!" They heard.
The couple broke away from each other, and turned to look towards the staircase. Amara rolled her eyes as she walked towards the kitchen. Her long thick dark brown hair fell to her waist, swaying side to side as she marched towards the kitchen. "Hey, once you fall in love, you'll realize why Logan and I act the way we do!" Elizabeth smiled, releasing her hold from Logan.
"Whatever!" Amara smirked.
Amara finally reached into the kitchen, seeing the others of the housemates sitting around the table eating breakfast. She noticed Bobby; her crush; staring up at her, as she walked in. She could feel her cheeks grow flushed, in embarrassment as she felt his gaze. She grabbed a plate, and proceeded to take the empty seat next to him. "So? What's going on about that party? Are we partyin' tonight or what?" Tabitha asked, breaking the silence at the table.
"Well, Betsy's trying to convince Logan to let us have it. Hopefully, she'll do a good job at convincing as much as I think she can." Kurt answered, before taking a bite of his toast.
"Party's on!" Elizabeth smiled, walking into the kitchen.
"Alright!" Tabitha squealed.
Scott sighed, putting his fork onto his plate. He turned to look at her, "Are you sure about this? I don't really know if the Professor will like the idea!" Scott complained.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, sighing with annoyance. "Scott, give it a rest! If Logan says we can, then we can, alright? Geez!" Rogue hissed.
"Hey, as long as no one gets downstairs, I don't see anything wrong with holding a party here. It'll be fun!" Jean spoke up.
"Oh yeah! We are so gonna party hard tonight!" Kitty grinned, getting excited over the idea.
Elizabeth combed her black hair back with her hands, finally tying it up into a bun behind her head. "Well, Logan and I are heading to the store. I need a list of what you all want for this party so we can be prepared. Just don't invite the entire town!" Elizabeth smirked.
Brian jumped up from his seat, and grabbed the note pad posted on the wall near the doorframe. He grabbed the pen in his pocket, "Okay, what do we need?" Brian asked the team sitting in front of him.
"Beer!" Tabitha said aloud.
Elizabeth and Brian looked up at her. "Beer? Like Logan will really buy us beer!" Rogue snapped.
Jean let out a laugh. "That'll be the day!"
Elizabeth nudged her twin, "Write that down!"
Elizabeth noticed the others in the room looking up at her with their mouths slightly dropped. She shrugged, "Logan will buy the beer. As long as no one is driving."
Brian shrugged, "Whatever you say. Anything else?" He said, writing the information down on the piece of paper.
"Food! Lots of food!" Kurt grinned.
"What kinda food?" Peter snapped, cutting into his pancakes.
"Man, I even have club lights in my room that I can set up in the ball room!" Tabitha smiled, clapping her hands together excitedly.
"Well, we can have pizzas." Jean suggested.
Brian nodded, writing it down. "Chips and dip of course! We need munchies!" Evan pointed out.
"You've been quiet, Scott. Any suggestions?" Brian asked, as he wrote Evan's suggestion on the piece of paper.
Scott shrugged, "I just hope nothing goes wrong." He sighed.
"Oh lighten up, mon ami!" Gambit snapped at him. He then looked up at Elizabeth, "Get me a pack of smokes while you're at it, petite." He smiled at her.
Elizabeth nodded. "That's it? Just chips, dip, and pizza and beer?" Brian asked them.
Lance shrugged, "Hey this is a party. Parties are meant to get wasted at!" He grinned.
Rogue hurriedly shoved the last of her food in her mouth, "Betsy, wait up! I wanna go with you guys!" She told her best friend through the food in her mouth.
Elizabeth grabbed the list from Brian, "Last call." She said.
"That's all. Just get a lot of it." Evan smiled.
Elizabeth shrugged, and rushed out of the kitchen with Rogue following.
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Lance shot the queue ball on the pool table. He thought of his past few months. He had joined the X Men and decided to stay on. He cared so much for Kitty, he felt as if it was love. She was so innocent, her blue eyes opening the windows to her generous soul. He smiled to himself, wondering how she was going to act at the party later on that night. He wondered if there was a "wild child" in her somewhere that he could possibly dig out. "Lance, you shootin?" Evan asked, waiting for him, as he leaned onto his pool queue stick.
Lance looked up at him, "Huh? Oh yeah, sorry." He sighed, as he leaned over the table.
"What's with you?" Evan asked suspiciously.
Lance shrugged, as he shot the queue ball. "Nothing really. Just thinking about a bunch of stuff I guess." He sighed.
"Hey, who invited Wanda?" Rogue spoke up, marching into the recreational room.
Lance and Evan looked at each other, and shrugged. "I don't know. Don't look at me." Evan defensively said.
"Well, I did. Wanda's not really a bad person. You just have to get to know her. She wanted to come, so I went ahead and invited her. She ain't gonna cause any trouble." Lance defended of his decision.
Rogue sighed, "She better not. Cuz it ain't my ass if she destroys somethin!" Rogue snapped, walking out of the room.
Tabitha bumped into Rogue, as Rogue turned out of the recreational room. "Whoa, ease up there, Rogue!" Tabitha grinned, her usually carefree style coming to play.
Rogue looked up at her, "What's up?"
Tabitha leaned towards her, with a mischievous look on her face, "Well, I came up with an idea to kinda surprise the boys!" Tabitha grinned.
Rogue raised her eyebrow at her, "Like what?"
Tabitha raised both of her eyebrows, rubbing her hands together eagerly. "You'll see! All the girls are meetin' in Jean's room in about an hour, after we place up the lights in the ballroom." Tabitha grinned.
"I'm scared of what your mind's concocting up, Tabby." Rogue uneasily told her.
