ANSWERS TO REVIEWS:
Okay, guys, chill out! I was just trying to get settled into the style, I wasn't planning on keeping it so short. Most chapters will probably be REALLY long because I have so many people to write about in every chapter, not that I think anyone will ever complain about chapters being too long. ;-) Anyway, for those of you wondering what's going to happen to the children after, please re-read the first chappie. For those of you wondering about the other boys, don't worry, I'm planning something. For those of you wondering whether the two "parents" have to share a room, please check the bottom of chappie 2. For those of you who like to email me and ask silly questions, thanks! I like to hear from you guys! Just so you know, Rahne is only ONE year older than Jamie. I apologize ahead of time if some couples get more attention in certain chapters. At some points some people are just going to be more interesting. Don't worry if your couple didn't get a lot of attention this chapter, they'll get a lot in the next chappie. And if your couple got a lot in this chappie, they might not get so much next time. It all depends on the situation they're put in at the time. They'll probably always be in the same order as they were last chappie so say if you only come in here to read... Kurtty, then you know to scroll down about half way. Thanks for all the constructive criticism, everyone!
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Chapter 4
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Roberto and Sam opened the front door to the mansion and came inside. Professor Xavier came around the corner just as they were shutting the door.
"Oh, good. You're back," Charles greeted. "Report?"
"The mission was just a wild goose chase, Professor. There's no one living up in those hills." Roberto explained.
"So, what happened while we were gone?" Sam asked.
"I'm glad you asked that. I actually need your help with something..."
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Grey/Summers
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"Oh! Jean! Can I get this one?" Alley asked, pointing at a bed that was kind of like having only the top half to bunk beds and putting a desk under it instead of the bottom bunk.
"Sure. The Professor said you could have any one you picked out." Jean answered.
"This is so cool!" the girl exclaimed.
Scott chuckled to himself and continued trying to pick out a coffee table for their center room.
"I really think this is the one, Jean." He said, pointing to a mahogany one.
"Alright." Jean replied, writing down the number. "That's everything. I'll go up to the front counter and put in the order. You two go wait for me in the car." She started toward the front.
Alley and Scott went out and got into his red sports car. They sat there for a moment in silence.
"Are you and Jean boyfriend and girlfriend?" Alley asked from the back seat.
"Yes." Scott answered.
"That's cool. Are you gonna get married?" she asked.
Scott looked back at her oddly, not understanding why she cared. "Maybe. I mean, I do love her, but it's just a little to early to be thinking about that."
"Oh." A sad expression crossed her face briefly, but she got over it so quickly that Scott thought that he might have imagined it. After a minute she sighed. "I think you two should get married *before* you have kids."
Scott nodded. "I think so, too."
"It doesn't work the other way, you know." Alley stated.
"I know."
"Good." She seemed pretty satisfied with that answer, so they didn't discuss it any more. Soon enough Jean got in the car and they took off.
"They said they'll deliver it around 3:00, in case you were wondering." Jean said, wondering why they were both so quiet.
Scott nodded. "That's good."
"Yeah." Jean looked at Scott, then at Alley, and back again. "What's wrong?"
"We were just talking about getting married. You shouldn't have kids before you're married." Alley answered.
"Okay." Jean decided not to pry any further since she figured she wasn't going to get it anyway. She looked back at Alley again after a few minutes and did a double-take. Was Alley see-through?
~Scott?~
~Yes?~
~What's Alley's mutation?~
~I'm not sure. I didn't read that part. Why?~
She didn't answer. Jean instead began to watch the girl closely and, sure enough, Alley started to fade to the point where Jean could hardly see her.
"Alley!" Jean said quickly and loud, shaking the child out of whatever thoughts she had been thinking.
Immediately Alley became solid again. "What?"
"What's your power?"
"Oh, um... I can turn invisible," Alley said quietly. Jean nodded and turned back around in her seat.
Scott, who wasn't aware of what Jean had seen, smiled. "That's a lot cooler than my power."
"What's your power?"
Scott tapped his glasses with his finger. "I can shoot something like lasers only without the heat through my eyes."
"Cool!"
"The only thing is," Scott continued. "I can't control it at all."
"That's even better!" Alley shouted, suddenly VERY happy.
Jean and Scott looked at each other, surprise written all over their faces. "Why?"
"Because I can't control mine either!"
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Ororo/Logan
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"I think she needs toys," Logan told Ororo. They had been all over town already, buying everything from furniture to candles and now they were at their final stop, Target, to buy Anna some personal things, like clothes and shoes.
"Why don't you two go to the toy aisle while I go look at clothes for her," Storm answered.
Logan shrugged and picked up the girl from the shopping cart, allowing Ororo to take it with her.
The two went to the toys and Logan put Anna down, expecting her to run off and ask for everything like most little kids did. Instead, though, she just stood there.
"It's okay. You can go look at the toys," Logan said, pushing her forward gently. She started crying and grabbed onto his leg. "What's wrong?" he asked, sounding slightly panicked.
"I don't wanna go by myself!" She cried. "Scared!"
"Shh... I'll go, too. Don't cry kid," He said, picking her up again. As soon as she was off the ground she stopped crying. "Um... Okay. Do you wanna look at the dolls?"
"Uh huh," Anna answered.
"Okay, now we're getting somewhere." Logan stated, walking to the baby dolls.
"That," she pointed at doll wearing all pink with blonde hair and pink cheeks.
He picked it up and handed it to her. She hugged it.
A half-hour later, Ororo came into the toy section, finding Logan carrying at least fifteen dolls and their little girl.
"I didn't know you were so fond of baby dolls, Logan." She stated, not able to hide the laughter in her voice.
"Yeah, yer laughin' now, but I don't suppose you remembered the credit card, did you?" Logan smirked.
Her face dropped. "You mean you didn't bring it?" he shook his head. "So we have to pay for all of this out of our own pockets?!"
"You mean YOUR pockets. I'm broke." She hit her face and mumbled under her breath and grabbed the two.
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Drake/Lee
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"That's amazing," Bobby stated, looking at the computer screen from over Jubilee's shoulder. "You really ordered EVERYTHING we need over the internet?"
She nodded. "Sure did. I even bought Michael a bunch of toys on Ebay."
"That's pretty good, Jubes. When will everything be here?" he asked.
"In four to eight shipping days."
"What?!" he yelled, shocked. "What are we supposed to do in the mean time? We have no furniture!"
"Chill out, Bobby." Jubilee answered. "We can rough it for a couple of days. Besides," she added, "if you wanna watch TV or anything, you can just go downstairs to the common room."
"Oh." Bobby replied, looking slightly deflated. "Good point."
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Maximoff/Tolensky
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"How about this?" Todd asked, holding up a small pink dress.
"Too pink." Wanda answered. She was pushing a cart through the baby clothes. Their "daughter" was riding in the basket.
"It's supposed to be pink, yo." He argued. "She's a girl!"
"So am I and I don't wear pink." Wanda stated.
"But she's little!" He put it in the cart.
"I said no, Todd." She glared at him.
"Anya likes it." He pointed at the little girl, who was turning it over in her hands and eventually put it on her head like a hat. Anya clapped and laughed.
"New hair!" She giggled.
Wanda sighed in disgust at the pink dress and pushed the cart further down the section.
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Pryde/Wagner
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"Oh! And we need this!" Kitty stated, putting something else on their huge pile in their shopping cart.
"Keety? What is zat?" Kurt asked, a little hesitant to speak to Kitty when she was in this state of mind. It kind of scared him...
She paused for a moment. "I have no idea... Oh, well! Look at that!"
Kurt felt a tug on his pants. He looked down and saw Kelly reaching at to him. He bent down and picked her up.
"What is it?" he asked.
She pointed a pet shop.
"You want to go in?" he prodded. She nodded. "Okay. Keety won't even notice we're gone..."
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Maximoff/Smith
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"In coming!" Tabby yelled through her walkie-talkie.
"AH! Dive, dive!" Zach shouted, dodging a remote control air-plain.
Pietro, however, was not so lucky. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Watch-where-you're-flying! We're-on-the-same-team-Boom-Boom!!!"
"Sorry! I said in coming!" she laughed.
The poor store clerks had long since locked themselves in the office, afraid for their lives, so the mutants had free reign. Poor, poor clerks...
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Rogue/Remy
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"Gumbo! Get over here and help me!" Rogue yelled, trying to carry a bed through the hall on her own. Remy jogged over.
"Sorry, cher," he apologized. "Gambit was just tryin' to entertain the kiddies."
"Ah don't care if you were savin' nuns from a burnin' building! If ya'll don't grab the other end of this right now..."
"Of course." He picked up the other side and helped her pull it through the door.
"There. That's the last of it." She announce once it was in place.
"Alright. Who wants ice cream?" Remy asked. "My treat.
"Oh! Me!"
"I do!"
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Braddock/Worthington
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"Warren, love, don't you think this place is a little... expensive to bring child to?" Betsy asked when they got to the restraunt.
"Well, you suggested it. Anyway, she's a good girl. Aren't you, Kimmie?" Warren patted the blonde child on the head.
"Yeah! I'll be good, Mum." Kimberly answered, mimicking the way Betsy said "mom".
"Please?" Warren and Kimberly asked together.
Betsy sighed. "All right. Let's go in."
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Sinclair/Madrox
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"Let's see 'Dragon Slayers: Bloodlust to the Doom'!" Kyle voted when they arrived at the cinema.
"I don't know... That's sounds a lil' bit violent to me..." Rahne said, making a face.
"Come on, Rahne. What's the worst that could happen?" Jamie argued.
"Alright."
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Crisp/Aquilla
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"We'll get that set." Amara announced.
"I don't like it." Ray replied.
"Too bad."
He rolled his eyes. Then the price tag caught his eye. "$25,000?!?! Are you crazy?!"
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"You want to pay 25,000 dollars for three pieces of furniture and you don't think anything's wrong?" he replied, amazed. She shook her head. Ray sighed. "Alright, Princess, time for a little lesson in economics..."
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Sorry to cut it so short, but you all asked for a chappie so here you go. When I started, I didn't realize how hard it would be to write or how long each update would take. Each chappie is very much like writing 11 chappies for 11 different stories. Be on the look out for an update!
Okay, guys, chill out! I was just trying to get settled into the style, I wasn't planning on keeping it so short. Most chapters will probably be REALLY long because I have so many people to write about in every chapter, not that I think anyone will ever complain about chapters being too long. ;-) Anyway, for those of you wondering what's going to happen to the children after, please re-read the first chappie. For those of you wondering about the other boys, don't worry, I'm planning something. For those of you wondering whether the two "parents" have to share a room, please check the bottom of chappie 2. For those of you who like to email me and ask silly questions, thanks! I like to hear from you guys! Just so you know, Rahne is only ONE year older than Jamie. I apologize ahead of time if some couples get more attention in certain chapters. At some points some people are just going to be more interesting. Don't worry if your couple didn't get a lot of attention this chapter, they'll get a lot in the next chappie. And if your couple got a lot in this chappie, they might not get so much next time. It all depends on the situation they're put in at the time. They'll probably always be in the same order as they were last chappie so say if you only come in here to read... Kurtty, then you know to scroll down about half way. Thanks for all the constructive criticism, everyone!
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Chapter 4
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Roberto and Sam opened the front door to the mansion and came inside. Professor Xavier came around the corner just as they were shutting the door.
"Oh, good. You're back," Charles greeted. "Report?"
"The mission was just a wild goose chase, Professor. There's no one living up in those hills." Roberto explained.
"So, what happened while we were gone?" Sam asked.
"I'm glad you asked that. I actually need your help with something..."
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Grey/Summers
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"Oh! Jean! Can I get this one?" Alley asked, pointing at a bed that was kind of like having only the top half to bunk beds and putting a desk under it instead of the bottom bunk.
"Sure. The Professor said you could have any one you picked out." Jean answered.
"This is so cool!" the girl exclaimed.
Scott chuckled to himself and continued trying to pick out a coffee table for their center room.
"I really think this is the one, Jean." He said, pointing to a mahogany one.
"Alright." Jean replied, writing down the number. "That's everything. I'll go up to the front counter and put in the order. You two go wait for me in the car." She started toward the front.
Alley and Scott went out and got into his red sports car. They sat there for a moment in silence.
"Are you and Jean boyfriend and girlfriend?" Alley asked from the back seat.
"Yes." Scott answered.
"That's cool. Are you gonna get married?" she asked.
Scott looked back at her oddly, not understanding why she cared. "Maybe. I mean, I do love her, but it's just a little to early to be thinking about that."
"Oh." A sad expression crossed her face briefly, but she got over it so quickly that Scott thought that he might have imagined it. After a minute she sighed. "I think you two should get married *before* you have kids."
Scott nodded. "I think so, too."
"It doesn't work the other way, you know." Alley stated.
"I know."
"Good." She seemed pretty satisfied with that answer, so they didn't discuss it any more. Soon enough Jean got in the car and they took off.
"They said they'll deliver it around 3:00, in case you were wondering." Jean said, wondering why they were both so quiet.
Scott nodded. "That's good."
"Yeah." Jean looked at Scott, then at Alley, and back again. "What's wrong?"
"We were just talking about getting married. You shouldn't have kids before you're married." Alley answered.
"Okay." Jean decided not to pry any further since she figured she wasn't going to get it anyway. She looked back at Alley again after a few minutes and did a double-take. Was Alley see-through?
~Scott?~
~Yes?~
~What's Alley's mutation?~
~I'm not sure. I didn't read that part. Why?~
She didn't answer. Jean instead began to watch the girl closely and, sure enough, Alley started to fade to the point where Jean could hardly see her.
"Alley!" Jean said quickly and loud, shaking the child out of whatever thoughts she had been thinking.
Immediately Alley became solid again. "What?"
"What's your power?"
"Oh, um... I can turn invisible," Alley said quietly. Jean nodded and turned back around in her seat.
Scott, who wasn't aware of what Jean had seen, smiled. "That's a lot cooler than my power."
"What's your power?"
Scott tapped his glasses with his finger. "I can shoot something like lasers only without the heat through my eyes."
"Cool!"
"The only thing is," Scott continued. "I can't control it at all."
"That's even better!" Alley shouted, suddenly VERY happy.
Jean and Scott looked at each other, surprise written all over their faces. "Why?"
"Because I can't control mine either!"
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Ororo/Logan
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"I think she needs toys," Logan told Ororo. They had been all over town already, buying everything from furniture to candles and now they were at their final stop, Target, to buy Anna some personal things, like clothes and shoes.
"Why don't you two go to the toy aisle while I go look at clothes for her," Storm answered.
Logan shrugged and picked up the girl from the shopping cart, allowing Ororo to take it with her.
The two went to the toys and Logan put Anna down, expecting her to run off and ask for everything like most little kids did. Instead, though, she just stood there.
"It's okay. You can go look at the toys," Logan said, pushing her forward gently. She started crying and grabbed onto his leg. "What's wrong?" he asked, sounding slightly panicked.
"I don't wanna go by myself!" She cried. "Scared!"
"Shh... I'll go, too. Don't cry kid," He said, picking her up again. As soon as she was off the ground she stopped crying. "Um... Okay. Do you wanna look at the dolls?"
"Uh huh," Anna answered.
"Okay, now we're getting somewhere." Logan stated, walking to the baby dolls.
"That," she pointed at doll wearing all pink with blonde hair and pink cheeks.
He picked it up and handed it to her. She hugged it.
A half-hour later, Ororo came into the toy section, finding Logan carrying at least fifteen dolls and their little girl.
"I didn't know you were so fond of baby dolls, Logan." She stated, not able to hide the laughter in her voice.
"Yeah, yer laughin' now, but I don't suppose you remembered the credit card, did you?" Logan smirked.
Her face dropped. "You mean you didn't bring it?" he shook his head. "So we have to pay for all of this out of our own pockets?!"
"You mean YOUR pockets. I'm broke." She hit her face and mumbled under her breath and grabbed the two.
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Drake/Lee
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"That's amazing," Bobby stated, looking at the computer screen from over Jubilee's shoulder. "You really ordered EVERYTHING we need over the internet?"
She nodded. "Sure did. I even bought Michael a bunch of toys on Ebay."
"That's pretty good, Jubes. When will everything be here?" he asked.
"In four to eight shipping days."
"What?!" he yelled, shocked. "What are we supposed to do in the mean time? We have no furniture!"
"Chill out, Bobby." Jubilee answered. "We can rough it for a couple of days. Besides," she added, "if you wanna watch TV or anything, you can just go downstairs to the common room."
"Oh." Bobby replied, looking slightly deflated. "Good point."
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Maximoff/Tolensky
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"How about this?" Todd asked, holding up a small pink dress.
"Too pink." Wanda answered. She was pushing a cart through the baby clothes. Their "daughter" was riding in the basket.
"It's supposed to be pink, yo." He argued. "She's a girl!"
"So am I and I don't wear pink." Wanda stated.
"But she's little!" He put it in the cart.
"I said no, Todd." She glared at him.
"Anya likes it." He pointed at the little girl, who was turning it over in her hands and eventually put it on her head like a hat. Anya clapped and laughed.
"New hair!" She giggled.
Wanda sighed in disgust at the pink dress and pushed the cart further down the section.
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Pryde/Wagner
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"Oh! And we need this!" Kitty stated, putting something else on their huge pile in their shopping cart.
"Keety? What is zat?" Kurt asked, a little hesitant to speak to Kitty when she was in this state of mind. It kind of scared him...
She paused for a moment. "I have no idea... Oh, well! Look at that!"
Kurt felt a tug on his pants. He looked down and saw Kelly reaching at to him. He bent down and picked her up.
"What is it?" he asked.
She pointed a pet shop.
"You want to go in?" he prodded. She nodded. "Okay. Keety won't even notice we're gone..."
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Maximoff/Smith
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"In coming!" Tabby yelled through her walkie-talkie.
"AH! Dive, dive!" Zach shouted, dodging a remote control air-plain.
Pietro, however, was not so lucky. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Watch-where-you're-flying! We're-on-the-same-team-Boom-Boom!!!"
"Sorry! I said in coming!" she laughed.
The poor store clerks had long since locked themselves in the office, afraid for their lives, so the mutants had free reign. Poor, poor clerks...
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Rogue/Remy
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"Gumbo! Get over here and help me!" Rogue yelled, trying to carry a bed through the hall on her own. Remy jogged over.
"Sorry, cher," he apologized. "Gambit was just tryin' to entertain the kiddies."
"Ah don't care if you were savin' nuns from a burnin' building! If ya'll don't grab the other end of this right now..."
"Of course." He picked up the other side and helped her pull it through the door.
"There. That's the last of it." She announce once it was in place.
"Alright. Who wants ice cream?" Remy asked. "My treat.
"Oh! Me!"
"I do!"
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Braddock/Worthington
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"Warren, love, don't you think this place is a little... expensive to bring child to?" Betsy asked when they got to the restraunt.
"Well, you suggested it. Anyway, she's a good girl. Aren't you, Kimmie?" Warren patted the blonde child on the head.
"Yeah! I'll be good, Mum." Kimberly answered, mimicking the way Betsy said "mom".
"Please?" Warren and Kimberly asked together.
Betsy sighed. "All right. Let's go in."
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Sinclair/Madrox
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"Let's see 'Dragon Slayers: Bloodlust to the Doom'!" Kyle voted when they arrived at the cinema.
"I don't know... That's sounds a lil' bit violent to me..." Rahne said, making a face.
"Come on, Rahne. What's the worst that could happen?" Jamie argued.
"Alright."
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Crisp/Aquilla
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"We'll get that set." Amara announced.
"I don't like it." Ray replied.
"Too bad."
He rolled his eyes. Then the price tag caught his eye. "$25,000?!?! Are you crazy?!"
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"You want to pay 25,000 dollars for three pieces of furniture and you don't think anything's wrong?" he replied, amazed. She shook her head. Ray sighed. "Alright, Princess, time for a little lesson in economics..."
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Sorry to cut it so short, but you all asked for a chappie so here you go. When I started, I didn't realize how hard it would be to write or how long each update would take. Each chappie is very much like writing 11 chappies for 11 different stories. Be on the look out for an update!