An Evening of Odd Romance
"What's going on in the dining room?" Remy asked Rogue and Kitty later. "How come it is closed off?"
"Well Kitty and the others were trying to set Storm up with Beast," Rogue explained. "Unfortunately somehow Tabitha's mom thought that he was trying to ask her on a date so…"
"Oh boy…" Remy flinched.
"Well now," Kitty said. "Tabitha's mom is nice. She likes how he looks. That's a start. Maybe this is a good thing. Tabitha might end up with a new dad out of this if I play my cards right."
"Now you're trying to get them together now?" Remy asked. "Girl why don' t you take care of your own love life before messing around with other peoples?"
"That's what I said!" Rogue snapped. She felt an earthquake. "Speaking of which…"
They all ran downstairs. Both Lance and Peter were facing off. "I said out of my way Chrome Dome!" Lance snarled.
"And I say Kitty is busy Rock Head!" Peter snapped.
"And I say that I should see for myself Steel Face!" Lance shouted.
"And I say that you are not going to disturb her Pebble Brain!" Peter shouted back.
"And I say to the both of you cut it out!" Kitty stormed between them. Soon all three of them were fighting.
"I'm gonna get Logan!" Rogue snapped as she stormed to Logan's room with Remy. She rapped on the door. "Logan! Logan! We got a situation here!"
Logan opened the door a crack. He was bare chested and in his pajamas. "Uh…What's going on?"
"Look Avalanche and Colossus…" Rogue opened the door and saw Jinx on the bed. "WHAT THE HELL…?"
"Thought you two were fighting?" Remy chuckled.
"Uh…We made up," Logan gulped.
"WHAT IS IT WITH YOU?" Rogue shouted. "Why is it every time I turn around you two are acting like the oversexed teenagers you think I am!"
"She has a point," Jinx said.
"Okay what's it gonna take for me to make it up to you?" Logan gave in.
"You think you can bribe me with material things…" Rogue began.
"How much?" Logan interrupted.
"$300 ought to do it," Rogue said simply.
"THREE HUNDRED BUCKS?" Logan yelled.
"AND TO TOP IT OFF I CAN NEVER EVEN TOUCH ANYONE LET ALONE…" Rogue yelled back.
"Okay! You win!" Logan surrendered. "I'll get my wallet. But you don't play fair!"
"That's why I win," Rogue told him.
"She's good isn't she?" Remy grinned.
Meanwhile downstairs the rest of the Misfits had arrived. "What are all of you doing here?" Kurt groaned. "Besides driving us crazy?"
"We came to get Dad and Polly," Althea said. "But Lance got distracted, as usual."
"What about Polly?" Amanda asked as she watched Lance and Peter still go at it.
"Well…" Fred began before another squawking interrupted him. "I think we just found Polly."
They went out to the balcony to the source where they saw Polly dancing with another parrot. "What is that stupid bird doing here?" Kurt yelled.
"I think he's doing the tango with that other bird," Todd informed him.
"I CAN SEE THAT TOAD!" Kurt snapped.
"Then why'd you ask me?" Todd snapped back. "Sheesh!"
Then another bird settled next to them and started squawking. "Oh shut up!" Polly shouted. "She's my girl now! Awk! Oh yeah? What are you gonna do about it?"
At this the second bird screamed and lunged at Polly. Soon the feathers were flying all over the place as the birds fought each other. "Take this loser! AWK!" Polly screeched.
"Oh lord just what we need," Logan walked in with a shirt on. "A bird version of Avalanche and Colossus."
"Speaking of which," Rogue said as she looked in another room. She and Remy had followed him. "Yup those two are at it again." This was confirmed by the sounds of something breaking and another tremor.
They heard a loud yelp and the crack of lightning. "I think we also found Shipwreck as well," Pietro grinned.
"Oh dear," Hank walked out. "I'm afraid I need some assistance here!"
"What's going on?" Tabitha walked in. "Besides the usual? Is that a bird fight outside?"
"Yeah," Todd remarked casually.
"Tabitha I'm afraid your mother is not feeling well," Hank told her.
"Please tell me it wasn't something she drank," Tabitha groaned.
"Is everybody happy?" Tabitha's mom danced around, completely plastered.
"MOTHER!" Tabitha shouted.
"DAD!" Althea shouted as Shipwreck ran by.
"Can't we even have one night of peace in this house?" Xavier moaned as he wheeled in. "What in heaven's name is going on now?"
"Well let's take stock of the situation," Logan remarked. "Tabitha's mom is drunk. Avalanche and Colossus are fighting again. Storm is trying to fry Shipwreck. And there's one heck of a bird fight outside."
"Not to mention the fact that tomorrow some parents are going to visit their son who no longer lives here," Xavier sighed. "And we might very well end up with another lawsuit on our hands!"
"Then there's only one thing we can do Charles. Do we have any scotch left?" Logan asked with a sigh.
"I just called for our weekly order and doubled it," Xavier replied. "But I have some emergency gin in the study."