Disclaimer: You know the drill. 'Mutant X' and all of it's characters = Not Mine. Lexi and Izzy Fox-Mulwray = Mine.
Author's Note I: Sorry it's taken so long to get this story started. I've been really busy lately and I've been neglecting the twins. Luckily, Season Three of 'Mutant X' just started on Sky One, so I'll have lots of inspiration.
Author's Note II: Jesse and Emma's first child will be born at some point in this story. If anyone has any name suggestions, please send them in. I'm having trouble deciding.
Author's Note III: This story takes place a year after 'Chicken Pox' so the twins are five years old.
Words in = Thoughts.
Chapter 1.
"Mommy, please."
"No."
"But Mommy . . ." Lexi drew out her words, hoping that whining would work.
"I'm sorry, sweetie, but you have to."
"Don't make me, please. I look stupid in this."
"Lexi, honey, I told you this before. You have to wear your school uniform, just like everyone else."
"No fair!"
Privately, Shalimar sympathized with her daughter. The uniform for the private school she and Brennan had enrolled their daughters in was decidedly old fashioned, consisting of royal blue pinafores over white blouses, blue coats in the same shade as the pinafore with a matching blue beret with a white pompom on top, white tights and black patent leather shoes.
Her daughters looked like illustrations from the 'Madeline' books she had read when she was their age.
Needless to say, Lexi, very conscious of her clothes, was far from happy about her ensemble.
Judging from the mutinous scowl on Izzy's face, she was in full agreement with her twin.
"You girls look lovely." Emma tried to console them. Weighed down by the weight of the child within her, the psionic eased herself down into a chair, sighing with relief. "This kid must weigh a ton." She grumbled. "It was supposed to be here a fortnight ago."
"Babies come in their own time." Shalimar consoled her friend. "Not to suit us."
Emma scowled at her. "Easy for you to say, Shal, the twins were six weeks early. You got off lightly."
"There were two of them." Shalimar protested. "You're only having one."
"And I don't even know what it is." Emma lamented. "He or she has their back turned so Adam can't tell if it's a boy or a girl." She winced as her little passenger made his or her presence felt. "At least I know its legs are strong."
"Don't be kicking Aunt Emma." Lexi wagged a finger at the bump as she scolded.
As if in response to her commands, the baby stilled.
Emma gave the little girl a grateful smile. "Tell it not to hurt me when it comes out." She pleaded.
"Maybe later." Shalimar interrupted, taking the girls' hands and ushering them away. "Let's find Daddy and get you guys to school."
"Do we have to?" Izzy asked piteously.
"Yes." Shalimar told them firmly. "You don't want to be late for your first day of school, do you?"
"We don't mind, Mommy, honest." Lexi wheedled.
"I do. Brennan!" Shalimar called her husband, wanting to get going before the twins managed to 'convince' her to let them stay home.
Brennan, followed by Jesse and Adam, arrived in response to her call, each of them armed with a camera."
"Just a minute, Shal." Brennan smiled at his little girls, who looked far cuter than they could have imagined in their uniforms. "I want to get a few shots first."
The twins exchanged identical looks of horror.
"No time, Daddy." Lexi tightened her hold on her mother's hand and pulled her in the direction of the garage.
"Yeah, we can't be late for our first day of school." Izzy added hastily, hurrying to catch up with her mother and sister.
The last thing either of the twins wanted was for their embarrassment to be immortalized on film.
The Kensington Junior School, the junior branch of the school Adam had sent Jesse and Shalimar to when they were younger, had been chosen for it's security as well as it's high academic standards.
Parents were obliged to provide the school with a list of people allowed to collect their children, as well as photos of the trusted few. Prospective staff passed through an extensive screening process and none of the schools records were accessible to outsiders.
In addition to the school's safety procedures, Adam had implanted tracing devices in the girls and provided them with their own comm. rings, ensuring that, in the unlikely event of a kidnapping, he would be able to trace them.
He was confident that no harm would befall them in school.
Lexi and Izzy hadn't liked the idea of school.
Although they did some lessons with their parents, as well as with Jesse, Emma and Adam, they disliked the idea of being stuck in a classroom with a teacher for hours.
They had campaigned strenuously to be home schooled but Brennan and Shalimar, feeling that their daughters would benefit from contact with other children, had refused their requests.
"Okay, girls." Brennan pulled up outside the large Georgian style building. "We're here."
Grumbling unhappily, Lexi and Izzy undid their seatbelts and climbed out of the car.
Although Lexi would have died before admitting it, the sounds of the chattering and laughter made her slightly nervous.
Apart from the children she had met at the park, with who she had been briefly acquainted, her sister was the only child she knew. The prospect of being left in a school full of them was overwhelming.
Knowing that her quiet, shy twin would be more intimidated than she, Lexi reached for Izzy's hand and gave it a light squeeze.
"It'll be alright." She whispered under her breath. "I'm here."
Izzy gave her sister a grateful smile. "Yeah. We'll be fine if we're together."
TBC.
Author's Note: I'll have the next chapter up as soon as possible. In the meantime, please review, let me know what you'd like to see happen for Lexi and Izzy in school .