Disclaimer: Again and like always, I don't any of Marvel's characters, Pepper (Flamable's character), and any other things that you guys should know I don't own. I only own my idea and the characters I have created.

Author's Note: Yay! I'm doing a better job updating now! This time, it only took a week! Thanx to all my reviewers! You guys make me feel special and you are the only reason I haven't deleted this fic. I can't hold on to stories 'because I always think they stink! So, here we go!

Chapter 13: Grounded, Playing Pretend, and Bath Time Gone Wild

(Finally!) Day 7/Sunday

The older kids were still in their rooms and were only allowed to come out for breakfast. The only thing they were permitted to do was to talk to their roommates so they would die of boredom.

The pre-school kids had been locked inside of the playroom. Logan had installed a metal gate that had an access code only the adults knew.

"I hate bein' locked up!" Immy said, grabbing the bars and trying to move them. They didn't budge an inch. "How long are we stuck in this contwaption (contraption)? I'm already bored!" Nathan said.

A few hours later, the kids had fallen out all over the floor and snoring.

A few more hours later, they were back up and about without anything to do.

"I know!" Immy said, putting her finger up to her head to symbolize a great idea. "Let's play house!" "Yeah!" the other girls agreed with her. The boys replied, "Eeew. I don't want to be married yet!" "Too bad," Jenna said, grabbing Gavin to be her husband. Emma paired with Nathan. Immy paired with Brad. Erin, Seth, and Opal, being only three years old and still not completely understanding what the four year olds were doing, decided to become the babies—one to each family.

The kids split the room into three parts and claimed those parts to be their homes.

Jenna-Gavin-Erin

"Baby, wake up. It's time for your medicine," Jenna said, holding a plastic pot and wooden spoon in her hands. "No," Erin said firmly, hiding herself underneath her covers. "Honey!" Jenna called, "the baby won't take its medicine."

Gavin had pulled from the costume box: a button up shirt, tie, and shiny black shoes that made him look like a business man. "I have to go to work!" he called back to her. Jenna's eyes seemed to light up with anger at her husband not doing what she had told him to do (control freak). "GET OVER HERE!" she yelled at him. Gavin ran over to his pretend wife and fell on his knees, begging her not to set him on fire again.

"Tell the baby she needs to take her medicine." "Okay, okay!" Gavin agreed, whispering something into the baby's ear. Quickly, Erin grabbed the pot and spoon and chugged down whatever was in it. "What'd you tell her?" Jenna asked. "That if she didn't, she'd have to see Dr. McCoy. Hey, what was that stuff in the pot?" Gavin asked.

Jenna shrugged her shoulders. "I can't read yet," she answered.

Immy-Brad-Seth

Immy and Brad pretended to be sleeping and woke up when the alarm clock beeped. "Honey, time to wake up," she told Brad, mimicking what she heard her mother tell her father every morning when she was at the Institute. A snore was his response. "Wake up!" she said a little more firmly. Brad jerked his head up and opened his eyes widely. "We weren't really sposed (supposed) to sleep," she told him.

"Oops. Sorry," he told her.

Both the kids walked over to where they had put Seth to sleep. "Look, isn't he cute?" Immy said. Brad sniffed the air. "Something's stinky!" Immy also sniffed. "Eeew! It's Seth!" Both the kids started arguing over who would change his diaper.

Emma-Nathan-Opal

Emma and Nathan pretended to drop Opal off at school. "Bye bye Opal. We'll see you later this aftewoon (afternoon)." Opal nodded and walked inside the small playhouse that had been labeled 'school'.

Nathan pulled the pretend stick-shift in their pretend car and drove the couple to what in their imaginations was a huge giant hill. It turned out to be in real life, a pile of boxes. Nathan leaned back in his seat and smiled. Emma did too. "I love you boo boo," Emma said sweetly, repeating the exact words her mother had told her father before she left on vacation.

"I love you too, honey bear," Nathan replied. Suddenly, Emma grabbed Nathan's head and kissed him full on the lips!

At that moment, Bobby was coming down to get the kids to the kitchen for their snacks! "REMY!" he yelled upon seeing Emma and his son, "GET DOWN HERE! YOUR DAUGHTER IS KISSING MY SON!"

Nathan wiped his lips and yelled "Cooties!" as he ran over to his father and hid behind his legs.

All the kids lined up to get their baths. "Girls, go with Lance and Roberto. Boys, line up with Jamie and me!" Bobby directed the children. The kids split into separate lines and one by one, got into the baths.

When it was finally Seth's turn, he refused to be bathed. "Seth, get in!" Roberto commanded his son. With strong will, Seth shook his head no. Lance and Roberto tried to pick up the boy and force him into the tub, but he turned himself into a wolf and bit Lance's finger.

"AAAH! I HAVE RABIES!" Lance yelled as he ran his bleeding finger under cold water.

After fifteen minutes of bribing and threatening, the four men altogether managed to get Seth into the tub. Seth was squeaky clean, and so were the fathers who were drenched from head to toe. "I can't wait until the women are back!" Bobby said. All the men agreed with him and went to change into something a bit warmer before tucking their individual children in bed.

A/N: Hey, guys! I've already started thinking of a sequel for this story since it's about half way done! If you don't mind, can you tell me in your reviews and I'll decide if I want to do it after I'm done with this, or start a completely different fic. Thanx again! Bye. -xmengirlzrule