The Day That Wouldn't End, but Did part one

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They had cleaned up the rec room in silence, both occasionally shooting looks at one another and returning smiles. When they had finished Sam put his hands on hips, satisfied with the work they'd done and then remembered there was another task at hand. "Hey Jubilee what're you doing tomorrow" he asked, his heart feeling like it might beat its way out of his chest.

"Uh, uh not anything special" she said, trying to appear nonchalant, but her nervousness clearly showing through. She bit her lip and looked down at her feet, 'could he really be asking her on a date? Her first date,' she thought to herself.

"Well Ah was wonderin' if you wouldn't mind going on a picnic with me it's"

"Yes! I mean" she laughed nervously when she realized that she had just interrupted him"I mean um sorry, you first." She twisted her hands, unconsciously making small sparks between her palms.

His jaw dropped at her answer, surprised it had come so easily. "You will? Great! Well Ah was thinkin' we could leave here around noon and just take a small hike, it'll be fun."

"Yeah definitely Country. Noon sounds ok with me."

"Well...good then."

"Yeah, good."

They stood next to one another now unsure of what else to say or do. He opened his mouth, closed it and then just hugged her, one she returned with interest.

"So I'll see you tomorrow" she whispered in his ear.

"Yeah."

They held the embrace for another minute before they let go. "Goodnight."

The next morning found Bobby Drake giving a lecture to the rest of the X-men, complete with powerpoint slides. "So as we can see from this slide they are clearly hugging in a more than friendly manner. However, for those of you in doubt I have recorded their conversation using equipment that the lovely Ms. Pryde 'borrowed' from SHIELD." The 'lovely' Ms. Pryde was currently wearing a robe she'd had since she was in high school, had curlers in her hair, and was too tired to listen to the recording. She did hear Warren curse under his breath when he heard the proof, knowing that Bobby had won the bet. Scott raised a hand to get Bobby's attention.

"Yes, you in the back" Bobby asked, effectively keeping the persona of a lecturer.

"Bobby why couldn't you have showed this to us later? Its four in the morning."

"Oh come on Scott! We don't want Sam and Jubilee knowing about this and we all know that Sam wakes up at the crack of dawn. If he wakes up and finds out about this I'll hit the roof because that's where he's going to throw me."

"You'd deserve it too bub, makin' a slide show out their relationship ain't the nicest thing you ever did."

"Logan if it weren't for me Sam never would have asked Jubilee and besides...hey Sam"

Sam just walked in, stunned by the sight before him. A picture of Jubilee and him from last night and then all of the X-men except for Beast and Monet sitting in chairs looking at the picture. To make matters worse he was pretty sure he could hear a recording of Jubilee and him talking about their date. "Is Monsieur Sam, no" Gambit said, hoping to lighten the mood. Sam looked around him and then started to speak, stopped again. "Alright ya'll do me a favor" he said in a surprisingly controlled tone of voice"don't let Jubilee know about this and please stop. We're not a reality show. Bobby grow up. Kitty, Bobby's got the hots for ya, do what ya want with that piece of information." With all that said Sam turned and left to go back to bed. The sound of Bobby sputtering something unintelligible to Kitty made him grin.

Later that morning Sam awoke and went to the kitchen again, this time finding that it was empty save Hank and Monet. "Mornin' ya'll" he said happily as he began to take a container of orange juice out of the refrigerator.

"Good morning Samuel, I take it everything is well" Hank asked, a sly grin on his face.

"Things are great Hank. Me n' Jubilee are goin' on a picnic in a few hours."

"Jubilee? Up before noon on a Saturday? I would be interested in seeing that Sam, please do tell me when it happens" Monet said coyly.

"Yeah Ah'm sure it'll be tough on her, but Ah think she'll be up on time" Sam said as he began to drink the orange juice after pouring it into his glass. "So what are ya'll doin' today" he asked, giving an even slyer grin than Hank had earlier given.

"I believe we might also enjoy a small lunch, perhaps by the lake. Would you be interested Monet" Hank asked.

"Of course Henry its a lovely day" Monet said with a blush.

Sam could already sense the sappiness of the two entering the room and left before he became involved in it. He slowly made his way back to his room, where he found a note hanging from his door. "You'll pay" it simply said. Sam just rolled his eyes and went into his room to change.