Lance and Kitty had just gone on the Autopia's, and Lance was wondering how Kitty could crash so many times in a car that was on a track. It just didn't seem possible. He sort of regretted having agreed to sharing a car with her instead of having his own. But Kitty was happy, and that was all that seemed to matter for now. He still wasn't eager to living with the X- men, but for Kitty....well, he thought she was worth it.

Kitty dragged Lance on the Matter horn, for which he was sort of grateful. He didn't realize how close you sit together in that ride; she was practically sitting on his lap. He loved it, expect for when they were going uphill, and her ponytail that he hated so much got in his face and in his mouth.

"Well, Lance, are you having fun so far?" Kitty asked, trying to get him on Small World, to which he refused.

"I don't know, Kitty," he said, "yesterday it was fun, but now I've got the house and the guys to think about. It's kind of killing it for me." He paused, and grinned at her, "And there's also the fact that you're trying to get me to go on all those stupid baby rides."

"What's wrong with Peter Pan and Pinocchio? I like those rides," Kitty said.

"They're made for kids," Lance said, wondering how his girlfriend could like such weird things.

"Aw, come on Lance, how many times do you wake up in the middle of the night and turn on Snow White or something?"

"Honestly? I don't think I've ever seen a Disney movie," Lance said.

"Like, no way!" Kitty said, not believing that anyone could live in this century without seeing a Disney movie. "You've never seen Beauty and the Beast, or the Little Mermaid? How is that possible?"

"Well, my foster parents weren't big on 'family time', and the guys weren't really into movies where everyone lives happily ever after, it's just not what we're used to," Lance replied, hoping she would drop the subject.

She took the hint. "So..." she said, "do you want to go into ToonTown? It's not that babyish."

Lance gave into her puppy dog eyes that Jamie had taught her, and followed her into ToonTown.

With Kurt and Amanda

The new recruits had given up on bugging Jean and Scott, so decided to settle on Kurt and Amanda. They weren't as mean to Kurt as they were to Scott, but having seven young teens following you can be a little unnerving after a while.

"Let's go on the roller coaster."

"No, I want to see the Aladdin show."

"No way man, that Tower of Terror looks awesome."

"Please, Scott's danger room sessions are scarier than that, let's go on Soaring Over California, Kitty said it was great."

"Grizzly Rapids."

"Soaring Over California."

"Tower of Terror."

"The Aladdin show."

"Okay guys, how about we split up, me and Amanda will go over here, and you all go over there," Kurt said, trying to escape them.

"Aw Kurt, you know it's way more fun with a big group," Amanda said.

"It was more fun yesterday," Kurt grumbled, but let himself be led away by his girlfriend.

And then the other way, when the recruits decided to go on a different ride.

And then back the other way, when they decided that they wanted to go on the first ride after all.

"Please make up your minds," Kurt said. "Why don't we just relax for a bit, and have lunch." This brought up another argument.

"Let's got to that place in front."

"No, there's a good place right here."

"What's wrong with that hot dog stand?"

"Can we just have a Churro, or some popcorn?"

"I should've known," Kurt said, collapsing on the closest bench, and refused to move until they had made up their minds. "Don't worry Kurt," Amanda said. "We'll have some alone time later, but I don't want to hurt their feelings, look what happened with Scott and Jean."

Kurt sighed, knowing he had lost. He had seen the list of things the recruits were planning to do to his older friends when they got back, and he didn't want to be added to the list.

With Scott and Jean

"How did you get rid of those kids?" Scott asked Jean.

"I...accidentally mind warped them into thinking that Kurt was much more fun to annoy," Jean replied, proud of herself.

"You realize that once they've figured out what you've done, they're going to get us, right?" Scott asked, rather worried.

"Oh, please, I'm getting so good at this; they'll never even remember it."

Scott nodded, not really believing her, but not wanting to think about what would happen when they got home.

With other people

Pietro was holding Rogue as close as he dared as they were on the Jungle Cruise, laughing a little too loudly at the Skipper's jokes for her liking. Jamie was laughing at Rogue squirm under all this attention that she was getting from Pietro, she wasn't used to being touched, but she seemed like she liked it. She sent Jamie a glare that quickly shut him up, he was scared stiff when it came to Rogue's glares.

After the ride, Jamie decided it was late enough to start saving seats for a good view of the fireworks. It was going to get crowded soon, and you had to get a good spot, or else it wouldn't be as cool. He had originally wanted to make a few copies to save the seats, but the others wouldn't let him.

"Okay, now we need really good seats, so we can't go there, there's too many trees, and the castle will get in the way if we stay there, so how about here?" Jamie rambled on for a few more minutes, at a speed that had even Pietro impressed. He finally decided on a spot, big enough for the whole group, which took up a lot of space. Once everyone who was in California Adventure came back into Disneyland, there would be about 20 of them for the fireworks.

As it got later and later, more and more of the X-men and Brotherhood showed up, until 9:00, when everyone came back. They were all talking excitedly, discussing their days with each other, bragging about how many rides they had been on.

As the fireworks started, the Professor looked around at his group, his X- men. This was his dream, his vision for the future. They were all different, they came from different backgrounds, but they were all brought here for one reason-to have fun together. They were at a place where they could be considered normal, where they could do normal things.

He looked at the couples, holding each other tightly, watching the spectacular in the sky in wonderment. Most of them had hated each other before, and while the road was going to be a bit rough, he knew they would be alright. Kurt and Amanda had had some hard times, but they were still together, as different as they were. And Kitty and Lance had more fights than Logan and Ororo, but they were still able to be teenagers, in the place that he had created for them. To not only learn how to control their powers, but how to be normal. He was so proud of his group, for who they were, and for what they had done, that he was barely able to watch the beauty in the stars above him, choosing instead to watch his students.

Jamie also looked around at his friends when the fireworks paused for a second. This had been the best time of his life, he had met people who treated him as a person, and he had realized that not everyone from the institute hated him. He had remembered what it was like to be a kid, something that he had tried to avoid at his time at the mansion, so as to be accepted by the other students. He had had fun, it was great. And the best part was, it was just beginning. It was still the middle of summer, there was a ton of things he could do with his new friends, places to see, people to meet, pranks to pull...

He looked at his new friends, and his old ones, and realized once again that maybe...this wouldn't be such a boring summer after all.

Hey, sorry if it's a bit short, but that's all I could think of. That's the end, thanks for reading, so long, farewell, auf weird...aw, forget it. R&R Thanks!