Okay, so now we've gotten to the point where some of our couples will be interacting and some will still be on their own. I hope you enjoy it!

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Chapter 9

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1:00 PM

"What's the next thing on their schedule?" Roberto asked.

"Um..." Sam looked at his list. "They have to pick up their daughter from tumbling."

"Alright, let's go." Roberto replied, walking off. Sam followed.

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Grey/Summers and Rogue/Remy

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Jean rushed around her little suite, making sure everything was clean. Scott and Alley were sitting on the couch, watching her seemingly endless inspecting.

"Jean?" Scott asked.

"Not now." Jean replied. "I've gotta get ready. Rogue and Remy are coming over for lunch."

"Jean?" Alley asked, trying to help Scott.

"Not now!" She said, a little more insistent.

"Jean!" Scott said, grabbing her around the waist as she tried to hurry by.

"What?" she asked impatiently.

Scott laughed. "You're adorable when you're mad."

"Scott Summers! You had better have a better reason than that for stopping me! They'll be here soon!"

"Jean," Scott started, "we just moved in here. We haven't had a chance to make a mess. Why are you cleaning?"

Jean seemed to ponder that for a moment before laughing a little. "I don't know. I guess it's just a nervous habit." The buzzer on their door rang. "That's them! Get up." Scott and Alley stood up as Jean went to answer the door. She opened it and Rogue's family came in.

"Hi!" Alley greeted. Eric and Erin waved. "Do you wanna see my room?" the twins nodded and she led them away.

"How's your day been so far?" Jean asked as Rogue and Remy sat down.

"Uhg." Rogue sighed. "Hectic. Never have twins."

"Aw, dey're not that bad, cher." Remy replied. "You're just still tired from dis mornin'."

Rogue rolled her eyes. "Whatevah, Cajun." Then, turning to Jean, "First, we had to take Eric to karate, take Erin to tap dancing, AND Remy had a pretend job interview, and that was just 10AM!"

"Wow. Were you late for anything?" Scott asked.

"Luckily, Ah ran into Warren in the hall on his way to tap with Kimberly so he took Erin." Rogue answered. "What stuff do they have yer kid doin'?"

"Typing." Jean responded.

"She hates it." Scott added.

"Typing?" Remy asked. "She's so small!"

"She's seven." Jean answered.

"Seven!" Rogue exclaimed. "She's smaller than Erin and Eric! Ah thought she was four or five!"

"Oh no, she's just small for her age." The telepath replied. "Speak of the devil..." she added as Alley walked in the room, pulling Eric behind her.

"Jean!" the child whined. "Eric gets to do karate while I'm stuck in typing!" she stated, coming to a stop in front of her 'mother'. "How is that fair?"

Jean smiled and shook her head. "Alley, we've been through this."

"Scott..." Alley moaned, changing victims. "It's horrible in typing!"

"I know, Alley." Scott answered. "But Jean and I talked about it and you need to try it. If you still don't like it a week from now, we'll get you out of it and put you in karate. Deal?"

Sighing, the brown-haired girl nodded. "Come on, Eric. Let's go see if Erin got her toy town set up yet..." the two kids left the room.

"Poor gal." Rogue stated. "That's a boring class when you're in high school, let alone a summer class for a 7 year old."

"I know." Jean answered. "But I don't want her to just go one day. That would be a waste of Professor Xavier's money."

"Oh, it's a class outside of the Institute?" Rogue asked. Jean nodded.

Suddenly, the four teens heard a crash from Alley's room. "STOP IT!" they heard Erin yell.

Eric and Alley ran from the room. "Mom!" Eric yelped, grabbing onto Rogue. Alley jumped onto Scott's lap.

"What's going on?" Jean asked, worried.

"Where's Erin?" Remy added.

"Get back here you jerks!" Erin yelled, coming out of the Summers child's room.

"Whoa, what's going on?" Rogue asked, getting up and going over to her 'daughter'. The angry kid's twin brother ran over to their 'father'.

"Those two ruined everything!" Erin replied, her voice full of fury. "They had to have everything their way in the town and now it's ruined." A lamp near Scott and Alley suddenly flew up and hit the ceiling.

Jean made a shield over her family so the broken pieces wouldn't hit them. She stood up and went over to the upset girl. "Erin, you need to calm down."

"No! They were wrong!" the girl yelled.

"They probably were, but you need to listen to Jean." Rogue answered carefully. "Her powers are just like yours. Ah'm sure she knows what she's talking about."

Another vase got thrown into a wall. "You're taking their side, aren't you?!" Erin shouted.

Jean put her hand to her head and Erin suddenly went limp. Rogue caught her as she pitched forward.

"What did you do?!" Eric yelled, worried. He still didn't move away from Remy, though.

"Don't worry. She's just sleeping." Jean answered. "Alley, take Eric and go play."

Alley nodded and grabbed Eric's hand, taking him from the room.

"Ah'm so sorry, guys." Rogue apologized. "We've never seen her like that."

"Well, no one was hurt." Scott replied.

"But it is pretty dangerous to have anger problems like that with telekinesis. I used to have the same thing. Is she having sessions with Professor Xavier?" Jean asked.

"We haven't told him she's a mutant at all yet." Rogue answered, sighing. She carried Erin over to a couch and laid her down.

"Well, maybe Jean could teach her. Den we wouldn' hafta bother him yet." Remy stated.

"What?" Jean asked. "Oh, I don't think-"

"You could do it, Jean." Scott interrupted. "It'd probably be good for you."

Jean looked at the child on the couch across from her. "Alright. I'm not sure how much I'll be able to help her, though. I won't be able to at all if she doesn't know she has an anger problem. I know I didn't believe Ororo and Logan until you told me, Scott." She explained.

"Well, it's worth a shot, anyway." Rogue replied. "We hafta try somethin'."

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Ororo/Logan and Drake/Lee

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"Daddy, watch out!" Anna suddenly exclaimed as she walked through the room with her 'parents'.

"For what?" Logan asked.

"The-" a rubber ball hit Logan in the face. "...ball." She finished a second too late.

Anna picked it up.

"Hey! That's mine!" a voice said behind them.

Turning, they saw a little boy they recognized as Jubilee and Bobby's child. Anna held it out and the kid took it.

"Michael!" Jubilee yelled, slightly out of breath, as she came up with Bobby following. "Don't run off like that!" she turned to Ororo and Logan. "I'm sorry. We turned our heads for one second and he was gone!"

"It's no problem." Ororo answered.

Logan rubbed his forehead where he had been hit. "Yeah, no problem..." he muttered.

"Where you going, Mike?" Anna asked Michael.

"Art class." The little boy answered.

"Me, too!" she exclaimed. "You can walk with me!"

"Okay." He replied. "Guess what?"

"What?" Anna asked.

"We camped on the floor last night!" he answered.

"Really?" she replied. "That's cool! Momma, can we camp out on the floor?"

Ororo smiled. "We'll see. Let's get going. We don't want to be late."

"Okay." The kids answered as they started to walk, their 'parents' following. They continued chatting off and on.

"That's strange." Logan stated quietly.

"I know." Ororo replied. "She's normally very shy." She explained after seeing Jubilee and Bobby's confused faces.

Bobby shrugged. "They've probably known each other for a long time or something."

"I suppose." Ororo answered. She smiled. "Whatever the cause, I am glad to see her so happy. Perhaps we should arrange some play dates for them."

"That'd be great!" Jubilee responded. "It would be good for Michael to not just sit around, anyway."

"Jubes!" Bobby whispered harshly. "What about his little problem?"

"Oh. Well, I'll always be there. It'll be fine, Bobby." The Asian girl answered.

"What problem does he have?" Logan asked.

Bobby and Jubilee looked at each other. "His father beat him when he was younger and he's afraid of men." Jubilee whispered.

"Oh poor thing." Ororo replied, looking at the children sadly.

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Maximoff/Tolensky

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"Hey, Wanda?" Todd asked from where he was putting their 'daughter' down for her nap.

"What?" she asked, getting up and going into Anya's room where he was.

"What's her power?" he wondered.

"I don't know." She replied. "Why?"

He shrugged. "I was just wonderin'. She's never used anything." He went into the living room, Wanda following, and picked up her file folder. He started reading. "It says... undetermined."

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked.

"It says she tested positive for the X-gene." He explained.

"Oh. So she her powers haven't manifested, but they know she will have powers." Wanda replied, understanding. "I guess that makes life easier."

"Yeah." Todd agreed. "Hey, Wanda?"

"Yes?" She responded, a little irritated.

"Have you read ahead on our schedule?" he asked.

"If you're referring to tomorrow night, yes, unfortunately, I have." She answered.

"It won't be that bad, Sweetums."

"Listen, just because they're making us go out to eat alone does NOT mean I'm your girlfriend, clear?" Wanda asked in a threatening tone.

"As crystal." He mock saluted and hopped away. Sighing, she sat back down.

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Pryde/Wagner

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"How was tumbling?" Kitty asked as Kelly got in the car Kurt was driving. Bo barked happily and licked her. Kelly smiled at her 'mom' and buckled her seat belt. "I'll take that as good. Let's go through a drive-thru, Kurt."

"You got it." He replied, pulling out.

"We've got a couple of free hours." Kitty stated. "Is there anything anyone wanted to do?"

Kelly tapped her on the back.

"You have something?"

Kelly nodded happily.

"Okay, what?"

Kelly pulled on her hair.

"Hair?"

She shook her head and pulled hard.

"Pull? Pain? I don't know. Do something else."

Kelly motioned a small height.

"Short?"

She shook her head, frustrated.

"Child?" Kurt guessed from Kitty's guesses, not being able to take his eyes off the road.

Kelly nodded happily.

"Oh! Jordan!" Kitty exclaimed. "He pulled your hair this morning. What about him?"

Kelly pointed to her eyes.

"You want to see him?" She asked, surprised.

Kelly nodded.

"Well, I guess that's okay... I'm sure he's not as bad as Amara says."

Kelly smiled like she was laughing and shook her head.

"He is?"

Kelly smiled and didn't motion either way.

"Oh great..."

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Maximoff/Smith

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"Aren't-we-supposed-to-be-somewhere-Tabitha?" Pietro asked.

Tabby shrugged. "I dunno." She picked up her schedule. "You're supposed to be at a fake job interview and Zach has soccer. Wanna go?"

"Not-really." He answered. "What-about-you-kid?-You-wanna-go?"

"Not really." Zachary replied, not looking up from the TV.

"Well, that settles that." Tabby said, putting her feet up on the table and laying back.

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Braddock/Worthington

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"How was dance class?" Warren asked.

Kimberly smiled. "I enjoyed it very much. Miss Carry said I was a natural."

"That's wonderful!" Betsy replied.

"The only thing bad that happened was I accidentally turned into a fish in the bathroom, but nobody else was there, so it was okay." The blonde girl explained.

"A fish?" Warren asked. "Why did you do that?"

"I was thinking about fishing." She answered sheepishly.

"At least you weren't thinking about an elephant or something large, I suppose." Betsy smiled.

"Yes." Warren agreed. "Anyone up for ice cream? My treat."

"Sure!" Kim responded.

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Sinclair/Madrox

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"Mommy! Daddy!" Kyle yelled, grabbing on to Rahne's legs.

"What?" Jamie asked.

"I colored you a pretty pi'ture!" he smiled. "Come see!"

The two teens followed 'their' kid into his room and stopped dead when they saw the now paint covered walls.

"Did you give him paint?" they both asked at the same time. "I didn't! Then who did?"

"Aunt Tabby gave me pretty colors!" Kyle squealed happily.

"Oh, I'm gonna kill 'er!" Rahne announced.

"Does Mommy not like my pi'ture, Daddy?" the child asked, tugging on Jamie's pant leg.

Jamie patted the boy on the head. "Mommy's just a little mad at Aunt Tabby right now, that's all. Let's go watch TV while she calms down a bit, okay?"

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Crisp/Aquilla

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"Papa?" Jordan called, coming into the living room of their suite. "Can you help me practice for my tee-ball class?"

"Sure," Ray replied, standing up. "Let's go outside to the front lawn."

"Yeay!" the boy cheered, running out the door and into the hall. Sighing, Ray started jogging after him.

"Yeay!" Amara cheered, shutting the door after the two boys had left. She laid down on the couch and put her head phones on. "Peace and quiet."

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I don't know. Kind of a boring chapter, but at least I posted something, I guess. Tell me what you thought anyway.