A.N. Well… I'm back. Sorry for the wait, but I was worried about my friend. Thankfully she's okay. Anyway, I'll try to make this chapter longer. And now for my annual thanks to the reviewers:
Style- Aw, thanks. Just for that I'll start and end it with Bobby/ Jubilee. That's really nice. * hugs style* Hope you like this chappie.
SickmindedSucker- Thanks, she's okay. Glad you liked the chapter.
Peachy keen- I'll keep them coming, maybe not quickly, but… I try. Glad ya like the story, I actually have interesting plans for those couples, as well as the others…
Piotr's girl- Interesting, yipes, I hope.
Sweet like chocolate- She's okay, and here's the next chappie, sorry for the wait!
Blink182dbzluver- Thanks for the review.
Yellowlightning- Well, here's the rest of the girls, after this I'll split it into individually chapters probably.
Tigger-180- She's alright, actually, I think another friend of my saw that movie, maybe that's where I got the idea from…
Carla-p- Thanks for caring, hope ya like the chappie.
Nie Starwhistler- So ya read, great, hunh? Thanks for reviewing.
MoonlightPheonix3- …come to think, where is Jamie? And, everybody else for that matter. That's for reminding me! Nice suggestion, and that just gave me an idea! Hope you don't mind if I use the suggestion in later chapters, but in this chapter I've got something else planned for the others.
Midnight Selene- Glad ya like the Christmas dance, I'm hoping to get to the dance soon. Then there's Christmas break, and I've got quite a few plans for that.
Disclaimer- Yes, I own it! I own it all, I'm just writing this cause they wouldn't let it get published, even if it doesn't fit the story line what so ever.
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"This is the song that never ends! Yes it goes on and on my friend! Some people…" Bobby was singing. "Shut- up!" Jubilee yelled. He had been doing this for the past half hour. "Nope, not till you go out with me, Jubes!" He said. Her eyes narrowed. "No." In an ice voice that would have made Logan back away, unfortunately, Bobby was the Iceman for a good reason. "This is the song that…" Bobby didn't get far because at that point Jubilee lunged at him. Hey, there's only so much one can take of that song. "Geez, Jubes, if ya like me this much you coulda just gone out with me." But before she could harm him, it was time for a danger room session.
When everyone arrived, Logan explained what they were doing. "It's a survival one, girls against the guys, just to see who can win." He said, smirking. The guys gulped, this meant the girls now had permission to pound the crap out of them. Above them, Betsy, Warren, and Ororo waited for Logan to leave so they could start the simulation. "Are you sure that it's smart to give them that training?" Warren asked when Logan got up there. Betsy pushed the button. "Luv, there's only so much a girl can take, they need to take their anger out on something, if Logan chose that simulation, so be it." Betsy said with a shrug. "Yeah, but I don't think the guys will survive, the girls would probably come at them with a hatchet." Warren commented. (A.N. A line taken from Freaky Friday, a movie I saw when baby sitting my cousins, I found it amusing and just had to add it in.)
Suddenly Logan and Ororo left. "Hey, aren't you going to watch to make sure they don't get hurt?" Warren yelled to them. "Nope." Logan said over his shoulder. Betsy sighed. "Come on, luv, we have a date to get to." She said, dragging him away. Warren put the danger room out of his mind as he prepared to give Betsy a night out on the town. Though right before they left, he told Hank he should probably check on them, to make sure the guys were still living.
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A deck of cards had fallen from Gambit's pocket when Rogue flung him into a wall. The same deck of cards Jamie, Sam, Caliban, X23, Fred, Lance, Pietro, Kurt, Lucid, and Scaleface were playing with. (A.N. Yup, they're all there too, and Kurt, cause Amanda's not there to hurt him, so, what's he gonna do?) They had no worries of being attacked, a) the girls were to busy beating up the guys playing the bet to care about them and b) X23 could pound anyone who got near. "Hey, Lucid, got any aces?" Jamie asked. Hey, it's not like they could play poker, nobody would be happy if they taught Jamie that. "Go fish." Lucid responded. (A.N. Sorry if any of the morlocks are OOC.)
An explosion blasted from Scott's eyes hit right beside them. "Any sevens, Fred?" Sam asked. Fred handed a card over, grumbling. Suddenly Kitty phased right through them, grabbing Lance on the way. "Hey, we're playing here!" X23 yelled. "Sorry!" They heard her yell. "So… goht ahny twos, Xy?" "Don't call me that." "Tha's a no rahght?" She glared at Sam. "Hey guys, I'm gonna get a drink." Jamie said, putting his cards down face up. It was really a pity for Jamie they weren't playing poker, cause there was an 8,9,10, jack, queen, and king, all diamonds.
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A couple minutes before that though….
Rogue was really glad that Logan decided to do this test and training for them. She now had permission to kick Remy's ass, she would've anyway, but now there were sharp objects around her, something Logan had done just for her. She wasn't prepared when he came up behind her though. He grabbed her from behind and pushed her up against her, his Bo staff already out. "So, ma chere, how's about we have a little wager, non?" He asked. "Oh, and what would tha' be, swamp rat?" "If Remy wins, you go ta de dance wit' him." "An' aif I wahn (win) ya leahve meh ahlone." Rogue growled. "Non, somet'ing else, chere, 'cause Remy ain' leavin' ya alone." Remy said. "Fahne, then how's thas? Aif Ah wahn, ya dohn't go smokin' fo' a month." Remy was silent for a little while, then. "All righ', chere." "Good." With that she flung him into a wall, and that was when the others gat a hold of the cards. Once Remy got back up he charged at Rogue, determined to win.
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Kitty phased through Piotr once more, the cat and mouse game though was really getting old. "Katya, may I ask you a question?" Piotr asked, while still trying to get a hold of her. She thought about it, and nodded. "Vill you go to the dance vith me?" The Russian asked. "Uh, uh…" She began, Then noticed the others playing cards, she saw Lance with them and got an idea. Rushing towards them, she phased, grabbing Lance along the way. "Hey, we're playing here!" She heard X23 yell. "Sorry!" She shot back. "Kitty, is there a reason why you grabbed me." Lance asked his ex- girlfriend. "Lance, I, like, need you to go to, like, the dance with me." She said. "What!?" Lance yelled, not sure he heard her right. "Please, Lance. It's, like, important." She explained about the bet and Piotr. Lance sighed. "Okay, Kitty, I'll do it." "Great!" She said, and hugged him. Lance looked down, maybe he could get Kitty back after all… Across the room Piotr saw Kitty hug Lance, well, Piotr can be sweet and silent and all, but Lance was not going to get out of the danger room with out cuts and bruises. Even if it wasn't guys against guys. (A.N. Now, why am I getting Lance involved? Well, I don't mind Lancitty an all, but this is a Kiotr, it just adds more drama to the story.)
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He was really used to dodging hex bolts now a days. But not at this rate. A hex bolt slammed him onto a wall, he just barely missed the razor blade. "Uh, shnookums, can we talk about this, yo?" He asked weakly. "No! Why is it that you have to do this stupid bet. I won't fall for it Toad, I've had too many people betray me in the past, I do not want to deal with this again." Wanda yelled. "But I really love you, yo. Can't we talk about this over the dance or some- ah!" He dodged another bolt. "I'm not going to that stupid dance, Toad, especially not with you!" Her eyes were dancing angrily. Even though he was running for his life, Todd had to admit, Wanda did look beautiful right now, though to him, she always did. She just never let him say that because she was too busy hexing him after even talking to her. "Please, Wanda, yo, I really do love you!" He tried again. Man, he really should be used to hexing by now…
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She could always turn the lights off, she could see in the dark after all. But that was unfair to the rest of the girls. Callisto punched Evan in the stomach. 'Sides, Remy could see in the dark too, and Rogue wouldn't like that, and the others would be mad cause they were playing that card game. "Callisto, can you just go to the dance with me! I really like you, this has nothing to do with the bet!" He yelled, trying to get through. Again with another punch. "Sure it doesn't." She said. "And I don't dance!" She yelled after kicking him. "What about down in the sewers, you got along with me then, what's wrong with now?" Evan asked. "Because in the sewers, you weren't playing a bet with the other guys. And I respected you then, but then you decided to go along with the other guys with the bet and I lost my respect for you." Callisto said. Evan looked at her, she respected me… Was his last thought before he blanked out.
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Amara really did not want to flame out. If she did, he would just manipulate her, and she hated it when he did that. Thankfully, she could still kick his ass, and wasn't affected by the fire he spat at her. "Aw, come on 'Mara. Why woncha flame out?" St John asked. He looked like a whipped animal, and if she had been in anime, she would have sweat dropped. "Because I know what will happen if I do." She said, suddenly he was behind her. He put his head on her shoulder and she got a bit uneasy. "Aw, please 'Mara." He pouted. She pulled away and aimed a fist at his head, "No way!" She yelled. "Then willya least go ta tha dance with me?" He asked. "If I won't flame out what makes you think I'd do that?" She questioned. He pouted again. Aw, damn! Why's he have to look cute like that? She shook her head, what was she thinking? "Please, love." "I'm not your love!" She was really getting mad. She calmed herself down. She did not to flame out, that would be a bad thing. "Please love!" St John begged again. She would not flame out. He swung his arm over her shoulder. "All right, that's it!" She yelled! St John gulped, not sure what he had just gotten himself into.
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Jean sent a mental blast at Scott, then shielded herself from his blast. She was getting a little tired of this, she sent a mental blast, he sent an optic blast, this was getting nowhere. "We're getting no where, Jean. Can't we stop this. I'll quit. Just, if you'll go to the dance with me." He tried. She had almost given up, almost. Until the last part. She sent a really strong blast at him. Which sent Scott flying back into a wall. Normally, that would mean he was out, then she'd rush forward and see if he was okay. But now, she was ticked. And a bit tired of acting as 'little miss perfect' as the others called her. So instead of waiting till he got back up again, she sent the razor blade flying at him. He quickly blasted it and melted it. "Jean!" He yelled to her. Again he was pounded to the wall. "Males." She muttered. "Uh, Jean, I think you owe me for that one." He said from rubble. She bit her lip. "Maybe a bit." She admitted. "Then will you go to the dance with me?" He asked. She frowned. "You, really got bold Scott." She said, and sent another blast out. At that one though, Scott was knocked unconscious.
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"Tabby, you love to dance!" Ray exclaimed, jumping as little explosives landed at his feet. "I'm going with Pietro!" She yelled back, and at a speed that impressed even Pietro she was over to the card game and dragging him up. "Right, Pie?" She asked. Pietro seemed frozen for a second, before putting an arm around her waist. (That was for cxigner^-^) "Right." He said, glaring at Ray, while Ray glared right back. Sparks flew in the air, though that was probably from Ray. Tabby looked at both of them. And dropped an explosive in the middle. Pietro was fast enough to dodge it though. (duh) Ray got caught in the blast. He looked up to see Tabitha grinning at him. He saw Pietro put his arm around her again, he winced, if this was just a bet, why did he hate the fact hat Pietro was touching Tabby? Tabitha noticed the wince and hurt look, she was a bit confused. Then shook her head, it was probably just from the explosion.
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Unfortunately for everyone, they had interfered with the card game that Jamie was playing, which made Jamie upset because he was winning. Which made X23 mad because Jamie had become a good friend of hers. So when Hank shut the simulation down and entered he saw everyone beaten up, except Jamie and X23. "My stars and garters." He stated. It took half an hour to get everyone down to the med bay, except Kurt who teleported away. And they all had to go down there minus the two 14 years olds and Kurt, who had disappeared somewhere. (A.N. Yes, they're both fourteen. And I just think they'd be cute friends, I mean Jamie could probably be a really good friend. He's just too cute to hate. ~_^) The two of them then went off to watch TV.
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Kurt knocked on the door of Amanda's house. He had turned on his inducer. (A.N. Her parents don't know he's a mutant.) Her mother answered. "Hello, frauline, (is that spelt right?) iz Amanda home?" He asked. "Oh, who are you?" "I'm Kurt, a vriend of herz." He replied. I hope… He thought silently. "Hello Kurt, she's upstairs, first door on the right, knock first." He nodded. Walking up the stairs he really hoped she wouldn't slam the door on him. He knocked three times before. "Come in." He entered. "Hello, Amanda." He said, smiling politely. "Kurt?" She poked her head out to see if her parents were around then grabbed his arm and dragged him in. "Kurt! My parents don't like mutants." She hissed. She may not have liked the bet, but she did care about him. "Amanda, I vas vondering if you vould like to go to ze dance vith me." He asked hopefully. She had to smile, he was just so cute! Wait, the bet… "Kurt, I don't like that bet thing you have going, so I'm sorry but no, Kurt, I won't go." She looked at his eyes that were drooping and sighed. "Amanda, can ve at least be vriends?" he tried. She smiled at him and nodded. Friends were good. And it was start. "Now get out of here Kurt! I don't want to get either of us in trouble." He nodded and walked out.
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Rahne had been fighting Roberto when X23 had attacked. She heard him groan in the bed beside her. Wait, weren't girls and guys suppose to be in separate rooms? She wondered. "Rahne… what happended?" He moaned. She sighed. "X23." She replied. He grabbed his head. "Figures." Then he looked at her. "Rahne, listen can you please give me a chance. Just the dance." He said. She stared at him and was about to respond when Mr. McCoy came in. "Rahne, you have a phone call." She took the phone and watched Mr McCoy leave. "Hello?" She asked. "Rahne? Oh good, it's Adam. We got caught off before, but what I was trying to say, er, ask, was if you wanted to go to the Christmas Dance with me." She sat there for a while. "I'd love ta, Adam." She said. "Really, great. I'll pick you up at 6:00, kay?" "Sure." She responded. Then hung up the phone. Roberto was staring at her. "Roberto… ait's lake I said before, I'm gohang with someone alse." She whispered. The light went off, but before she couldn't help but notice the sadness in his eyes. She put it away in her mind and fell asleep.
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"So they're all still alive?" Warren asked Hank. Hank nodded. "Ya see, luv, perfectly fine. I told ya they'd be fine, ya were worrying for nothing." Betsy said. Warren sighed. They were walking out when they heard a voice (Rogue) yell "Ya're dead, swamp rat!" Down the hall. He was about to go down there, but Betsy dragged him to their room. "Come on, enough worrying." She said. He smiled at her. "All right."
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Logan was really proud of the girls. And he told Ororo that. She shook her head. "You would be proud of them." She said. While the kids had been training and Betsy and Warren had been out on their date, she had been taking care of her garden and Logan had been out at a bar. They were walking upstairs when Logan's stomach growled. She frowned. "Logan, when was the last time you ate something?" She asked. He shrugged. "Yesterday, maybe, at breakfast." He replied gruffly. She shook her head. "Come on, Logan, I'll make you something to eat." They headed to the kitchen. Ororo began to cook some hamburgers. Logan wouldn't have minded them even if they were cold, he was actually a bit surprised that Ororo was doing this. " 'Ro, why are you doing this, I'm not really that hungry…" He began. "Logan, you're a part of this family, and at least I can take care of you here, when I can't out there." Ororo whispered. If Logan didn't have great hearing, he might not have heard her. He walked up to her after a few minutes of silence and did something neither would have expected. He hugged her. "Thanks 'Ro." He muttered. She smiled at him. "No problem, Logan. No problem…"
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Jubilee was really considering hurting Mr. McCoy. He had placed her in a bed, beside Bobby. Who was singing that stupid song and driving her insane! "Drake. Shut up!" She growled through gritted teeth. Bobby looked at her. "Sorry, Jubes, but… I really want you to go to the dance with me, I know that you think it's because of the bet, but it's not, I swear. I was angry when you were dating that one guy." "Bobby…" "So, will you go to the dance with me?" She frowned. "No." "All right. This is the song that…" Jubilee groaned, it was going to be a long day… night… whatever…
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A.N. Well, that's it. Hopefully I'll update quicker now. If not, I might not update until after March Break, and then I'm going to New Orleans! Question, does anyone know how their school works? How many periods do they have. I wouldn't know, I'm Canadian. So can anyone tell me, thanks. Bye now!