While the X-Men Are Away

"This is not how I planned to spend my evening here!" Remy growled. "Where is that lunatic?"

"Which one?" Wanda casually looked up from her reading on the chair. Fred and Pietro were watching TV in the Misfit living room. "There's a whole variety of them to choose from here."

"That lizard of yours," Remy told them. "That nutcase neuter tackled me while I was invisible and stole my cookies!"

"You had cookies?" Fred sat up. "Where? Where?"

"Thought that would get your attention," Remy grumbled. "Shipwreck gave a whole bunch of boxes to us before he and the other adults high tailed it outta here."

"Oh they skipped town again huh?" Pietro laughed. "Don't know why they bother. Hawk's just gonna go round 'em up and drag 'em back here by midnight again."

"Wait…They wouldn't happen to have been chocolate chips would they?" Wanda asked.

"What is it with you guys and food?" Remy snapped. "Yeah so?"

"You don't get it!" Pietro said. "For some reason chocolate chip cookies affect Xi in a weird way."

"How weird?" Remy asked. Then he heard a strange loud happy squeal.

"Does that answer your question?" Pietro snickered.

"Oh great," Fred sighed. "Xi's on another sugar high."

"Come on we'd better go after him," Wanda sighed. "Before he starts climbing trees and pouncing on people again."

"And I hope he keeps his clothes on this time," Fred sighed.

"WHAT?" Remy blinked. "Oh great! You saying Xi likes to streak?"

"Only when he gets hyper," Wanda said.

"You say that like it's a bad thing," Pietro said.

"Not you too Pietro!" Wanda warned.

They walked past Lance and Kitty. "Have you guys seen Xi?" Wanda asked.

"Technically no," Lance said. "I think he's doing some invisible streaking again."

"Great!" Remy groaned as they ran outside.

"Never a dull moment is there?" Kitty snickered as they went into a seemingly deserted rec. room.

"You got that right," Lance rolled his eyes. He was pleasantly surprised when Kitty kissed him. "Hey…you're pretty happy tonight."

"Well I'm in a really good mood. Hey Lance how come…umm?" Kitty asked.

"What?" Lance looked at her.

"Never once in all the time we've gone out you've never…" She fidgeted. "Well…you know."

"Oh," Lance blinked. "Well I was trying not to force myself on you. You know not rush you I guess."

"Yeah but not trying to kiss me?" Kitty raised an eyebrow.

"I just didn't want you to feel pressured," Lance shrugged.

"Oh well in that case," Kitty kissed him again.

Lance closed his eyes and enjoyed the warmth of her lips against his. Okay this is good…He thought. Very good. I'm in heaven. I gotta be. Just the two of us kissing and…wait a minute…Are those her hands or mine? Where are they…WHOA!

"HOLD IT!" Lance backed away rapidly and shoved her off him. He quickly buttoned up the top button on his jeans. "What the hell are you doing?"

"I was just fooling around a little," Kitty batted her eyes at him.

"Yeah well that kind of fooling around can get a little dangerous down below," Lance gulped. "How about we just go back to kissing? Kissing's good."

"What is your problem Lance?" Kitty snapped. "Don't you find me attractive or something?"

"Of course I do, but I just don't see the rush!" Lance snapped.

"I don't believe this!" Kitty shouted. "Let me guess, you think I'm too young to go past first base!"

"Well…uh…" Lance scratched his head.

"Well I just certainly didn't expect this from you!" Kitty groaned.

"Oh really? Does Colossus jump into the sack with you when you call?" Lance asked angrily.

"Peter would never do anything like that?"

"But I would? Is that what you're saying?" Lance snapped. "Oh thank you for the vote of confidence!"

"I didn't mean it like that!"

"Well it sounded like that to me! Oh I get it now, I see what's going on. You want to have two kinds of guys! The safe one and the bad boy. One that you can take home to mom and dad and the other you can play with. That way you can have your cake and eat it too!"

"NO I WANT BOTH OF YOU!" Kitty shouted. She winced and closed her eyes. "That did not come out right."

"No kidding!" Lance snapped.

Peter walked in. "What is going on here? What are you doing alone with Kitty? Are you trying something with her?"

"No he is not Peter!" Kitty groaned. "Will you just drop it already!"

"Don't worry Tin Man," Lance snapped. "Kitty fought off the big bad Avalanche and kept her precious honor!" He stomped away.

"Lance you moron!" Kitty stomped her foot. "Come back here!"

Todd and Althea pulled themselves up from the couch where they were hiding. "Is this a bad time? Sodas?" Todd casually asked as he held a soda.

"How much did you hear?" Kitty gasped.

"Uh let's see," Althea pretended to be thinking. "When you first walked in and started putting the moves on Lance and including when he turned you down. In other words…everything."

"WHAT?" Peter shouted.

"What's going on?" Scott and Jean walked in.

"Oh Kitty wanted to get in Lance's pants for some romance but he said sorry girl but no chance," Todd grinned.

"Todd I think you've been hanging around Roadblock too long," Althea groaned.

"Kitty I thought we discussed this!" Peter fumed. "I thought we agreed that you were too young to get involved with something like this."

"What?" Scott gasped.

"No you decided for me!" Kitty snapped at Peter. "You didn't even want to discuss it! It never occurred to you that I had those kind of feelings!"

"Did you really want to…you know?" Peter blinked.

"I didn't say I wanted to go all the way but you never even discussed that with me!" Kitty snapped.

"Okay I think I get what's going on," Althea nodded. "Kitty wanted to experiment with fooling around a little and decided to go with the Tin Stallion over there. But he turns her down so in retaliation she puts the moves on Lance the lovelorn and he ends up turning her down as well!"

"Oh this is just so delicious isn't it?" Todd grinned.

"THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Kitty shouted. "Besides who are you to talk! You were making out on the couch here!"

"We didn't get a chance to make out," Althea told them.

"Yeah Kitty and Lance were making such a racket," Todd remarked.

"You people are so rude!" Kitty stormed out. Peter followed her. They could hear them arguing all the way down the hall.

"Fine the next time you want to attack Avalanche we'll make sure we announce our presence!" Todd called after her.

"I don't believe this!" Jean groaned.

"Neither can I!" Scott grumbled. "I can't believe Kitty would act like this!"

"Yeah but I can understand where she's coming from," Jean sighed. "Peter shouldn't have just made a decision like that."

"You can't seriously be taking her side!" Scott shouted.

"Why are you so shocked Shades?" Todd cocked an eyebrow. "I mean look at who Kitty role models herself after."

"What was that?" Jean snapped.

"Yeah what was that?" Pietro zipped in.

"None of your business!" Jean snapped as she went out to talk to Kitty.

"Not anymore it isn't!" Todd called after her.

"Okay what happened?" Pietro asked.

"Kitty was trying to use both Lance and Peter at the same time!" Scott told him.

"So what else is new?" Pietro asked unconcerned. "By the way Xi's gotten stoned on chocolate chip cookies again."

"FOR GOD'S SAKE XI PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!" They heard Wanda screaming. "YOU TOO PIETRO!"

"DADDY ARE YOU DRUNK AGAIN?" They heard Brittany shout.

"IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?" The Blind Master shouted next.

"WHERE HAVE YOU IDIOTS BEEN?" Ororo shouted. "SHIPWRECK DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!"

"Oh look the Drunken Master and the other adults have arrived," Todd grinned. "Let's go greet them shall we?"

"Looks like it's gonna be another fun night at the Misfit house!" Scott groaned. "We should have stayed home where nothing happens!"

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Back at the X-Mansion the New Mutants were dancing and having a ball. Bobby walked in with Ray. "I can't believe you jacked Scott's car again dude!" Ray shook his head as he carried a grocery bag.

"Ah he'll never know it was me," Bobby waved. "Ladies and gentlemen the party has arrived!"

"What's in the bag Bobby?" Jamie asked.

"Just picking up some refreshments," Bobby grinned as he took various alcoholic beverages from the bag.

"Dude you scored!" Forge grinned. "But how'd you pull it off.

"I got some great stuff thanks to this baby," Bobby pointed at the image inducer. He turned into a fifty-year-old man for a second. "It's better than a fake ID!"

"I don't know about this Bobby," Sam frowned.

"Aw come on Sammy," Tabitha grinned. "Lighten up. We're only gonna have one or two little drinks to lighten the mood. Who's gonna know?"

"Hello? You remember Logan? The guy with the super nose?" Sam asked.

"Ah he'll be gone all night," Forge said. "Besides chronologically I am an adult so it's not like there won't be any non supervision."

"Hey I know how to make a great hurricane," Roberto said. "Used to make 'em all the time back home!"

"Still I'm not so sure," Sam looked worried.

"Hey man what have you got to lose?" Bobby grinned as he opened the bottle.