Daisy Mae Steps In

"Don't you all worry now," Daisy Mae called out as she cooked. "I'll have this lunch ready faster than two shakes of a lamb's tail!"

"She's certainly made herself at home hasn't she?" Rogue blinked as she watched the activity.

"I see the family resemblance," Remy snickered in her ear.

"DON'T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME YOUNG LADY!" Margali shouted as she stormed after Amanda.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Amanda yelled. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO LECTURE ME!"

"Mrs. Sefton, Amanda…" Kurt was trying to make peace between them.

"YOU KEEP OUT OF THIS!" Margali shouted at Kurt.

"DON'T YELL AT HIM!" Amanda shouted.

"What's going on?" Daisy Mae asked the others.

"You know about Kurt right?" Jamie told her.

"From Freddy's letters yeah," Daisy Mae nodded. "That's Amanda right?"

"Yeah," Jamie nodded as the two women fought. "Turns out Amanda's mom is a real sorceress!"

"No kidding?" Daisy Mae asked. "Well then what was the big deal about her daughter dating a mutant?"

"THAT'S WHAT I KEEP ASKING HER!" Amanda shouted.

"BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MY DAUGHTER DATING SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THE CREATURES I USED TO FIGHT ALL THE TIME!" Margali shouted.

"KURT IS NOT A THING! HE'S A PERSON! HE'S KIND AND DECENT…" Amanda started.

"BLUE, FURRY, AND HAS A TAIL!" Margali shouted.

"SO WHAT? I DON'T CARE!"

"WELL I DO!"

"NOW YOU TWO SHUT UP!" Daisy Mae fired a pistol into the air.

"WHAT THE…?" Scott shouted. "You brought a gun in here?"

"I'm from Texas, nearly everybody has a gun," Daisy Mae snapped. "Besides you shoot those laser beam thingys out of your eyes. You're one to talk. But that ain't important now. This is. Allow me."

"All right now first off young lady you have no right to be talking to your momma like that," Daisy Mae squared off with Amanda. "Now maybe she shouldn't have kept her secrets from you but they were her secrets to keep. Your momma has a life outside of you ya know so you ought to respect that. Maybe she did have good reasons not to tell you everything, like keeping you safe from harm. Not exposing you to god knows what? Well whatever her reasons she didn't do it to be mean to you. She did it because she loves you! And you know it deep down!"

"And you," Daisy Mae glared at Margali. "Now I know we've just met and all and I have no right to be sticking my nose in your beeswax but you gotta admit that girl has a point. And besides from what I've heard it's obvious that blue boy loves your little girl very much. Hell even now I can see the love in their eyes. If there's one thing I know its real love and I'm seeing it. And just like you have your life you gotta let your little girl have hers even though you think she's making the biggest one of your life. Besides, now about this whole mutant thing…Girl you can't be complaining about skunks in your neighbors barn when you've got weasels in your attic!"

"Skunks in the barn?" Scott looked at Jean.

"Weasels in the attic?" Jean blinked at Scott.

"You know what I mean!" Daisy Mae shouted. "Now its obvious that you two are having problems. Well there's only one solution, you both need to get to know each other again in a neutral environment. Ain't I right Ms. Monroe? Or is it Storm? Can I call you that?"

"Uh yes…" Ororo blinked.

"Good, since you agree with me the mansion is the best place for you ladies to stay and settle your differences," Daisy Mae said. "And you can get to know everybody better."

"Wait a minute…" Ororo began.

"Well they do need to get together right? And you want to stop the fighting right?" Daisy Mae asked her.

"Well yes…" Ororo said.

"Well it's all settled then!" Daisy Mae grinned. "We're all staying!"

"We are? I mean you are?" Scott blinked. "Oh boy…"

"But…but…" Jean stammered.

"Now come on girls and let me get back to work! This is one meal you ain't gonna believe!" Daisy Mae went back to work cooking like a dervish.

"I heard a shot? What's going on? Who is this?" Hank ran in.

"Hank…uh…" Ororo pointed. "That's Daisy Mae, Fred's grandmother. She's cooking lunch. And…"

"And somebody's gotta show Amanda's mom her room where she'll be staying," Daisy Mae said.

"Staying?" Hank looked at Margali.

"Well I'm not leaving my daughter alone in this house!" She stormed off.

"Mo-ther!" Amanda went after her.

"The Professor is just going to love this," Hank sighed.

"Well I'm not telling them they can't stay," Ororo said.

"Dinner tonight is going to be very interesting to say the least," Hank said. "Not to mention the next couple of days."