Written in about...two hours. I got an idea nd ran with it. Thank you, my dear Natalie! And to you, Katherine, I must apologize in advance, yet again. I'm sorry for how I so mutilate your dear characters. I shall speak no more of that, though, for I may give something away! Anyways, the story is coming nearer to the end, so bewareof my omnipresent cliff hangers! Review, PLEASE, dammit, PLEASE!


"I will not send my son elsewhere, Scott! Especially just because he kissed your daughter."

"That's not the point, Warren, have you listened to a word we've said in this past half hour?" Scott shot back.

"Would any of you send your kids away just because they've had some trouble adapting?" he asked, staring around the room full of the infamous X-Men.

"Warren, he started two fights within the span of a month," Elizabeth chimed in, referring both two the incident with Desiree and Isaac, and the incident with Angelo.

"How can all of you gang up on one child?"

"He cause Desiree to stay in 'er room, for almost a week," Remy stated.

"You can't send him away because of personal, past problems, Remy," Warren glared. He had never liked Remy…he had cost him his wings. "If anything, send Desiree away."

"Now why would Ah do that, she done nothin' wrong."

"Yeah, except for run away and cause a fight to break out at a local restaurant."

"Ya know damn well ya son cause that fight, Worthin'ton! Don't ya dare pin that on mah daughter," he glared.

"Remy," Rogue shouted, grabbing his shoulder. "Jus' because she's our daughter doesn' mean sh'ain't capable of startin' a fight. Ya know she can do that."

"What'd I miss?" Logan said in a deep voice, a cloud of cigar smoke almost covering his entire face, but it was rather transparent, you know…cigar smoke, not…heavy, deep fire smoke, from the doorway.

"Apparently," Warren stated dully, "how we came to the conclusion that my son will be leaving. But don't feel left out, I seemed to have missed the reasoning as well."

Sean sighed. He'd been listening to all of this from the kitchen area, apparently undetected. So, this was the way he saw it. He wasn't wanted in the south, he wasn't wanted in the north…well hell, where could he go! He groaned as he stood from the stool and walked outside. It had just rained, so everything was wet, but sun was shining and gave everything a cool, reflective view.

"Hey," a sweet, calming voice said.

Sean turned his head to see Shae sitting on a stone bench near him.

He walked towards her and sat down, "Hey," he finally replied.

"How are you?"

"I'm just…fantastic," he grumbled.

"What's wrong, Sean?"

"Apparently, dad's the only one that wants me here…I don't know where else I can go. I can't go back south, Remy hates me…I can't stay here, I do nothing but stir up trouble, and I have no one else anywhere else…Well, I guess there's always my grandma's house down in Kentucky, but…I don't know, it just wouldn't seem right to be down there, I don't think. And besides, I'd probably just cause trouble there, too…" Now he just sounded downright depressive.

Shae stared down at the ground, trembling a bit. "Well, um…Sean you could always live with us, in England…"

Sean stared at his younger sister, "Are you crazy, Shae? After that fight Angel and me just got into? Not to mention your mom would never go for that, she was against me in that room."

"Oh…" Shae sighed, disappointed, obviously.

"You had your hopes set on me coming or something?"

"Well, I don't know…you just seem really interesting, and you're my brother…and I just think that siblings should live together."

"Really, are you sure it's not…something else?" he asked, almost always knowing when he'd heard the truth or not. And this truth, were it true, would be a rather awkward one, and would be quite difficult to confess.

Shae bit her bottom lip slightly, not sure how exactly to go about what she wanted to do… "Sean, can I tell you a secret?" she asked, almost childishly.

Sean nodded and leaned down so she could whisper it into his ear.

As soon as her brother leaned down, Shae took her only chance; she cupped his face with both her hands and kissed his lips softly, quickly, before retreating. When she let go of him, the two of them stared awkwardly at each other, until finally, Shae spoke. "I'm sorry," she whispered, knowing that this was her brother…that broke so many rules…she just kissed her brother!

Instead of staring at her any longer in shock, or walking away or running away, or retreating in any form, he leaned forward and kissed her puffy, red lips. His weight pressed against her until he was lying on top of her on the bench, not able to stop. This was madness! Christ, it was his sister! Well…half-sister…and they hadn't ever met before and…no! It was still wicked wrong! But damned if it wasn't, shall we say, fulfilling.

"Shae," he managed to mutter.

"Yeah?"

"If we stay out here, we're bound to get caught…your room…or mine?"

"Mine," she whispered, not daring to stand.

After a few moments, Sean finally stood and grabbed Shae's hand; leading her to her room by his own means, why flight of course! In a matter of seconds, they were on her bed, Sean still on top, kissing like they'd been going out for months.

Almost instinctively, Sean brought his hands to Shae's blouse, slowly unbuttoning it until it revealed her lacey black bra.

As soon as he did this, Shae's eyes opened wide and she shoved her brother off of him, covering herself, though there was little to cover. "Sean, we cannot do this," she whispered. "I…I didn't mean for what I did to lead to this…never this. I just…I just wanted to settle myself…try and will you into liking me. I'm so sorry, Sean, I didn't mean for it to come to this." As she spoke, she began buttoning her blouse up.

Sean now sat on the floor, looking up towards his sister. He immediately felt shame for what he'd done. She had merely kissed him, and he'd taken it to this…what the hell was wrong with him! He nodded and stood, walking towards her. He lie down on the bed behind her and wrapped an arm around her so it rest on her stomach, "I'm sorry," he finally managed to say. After a few moments of silence and his own reflection, he spoke again, "So…so is that offer still open?"

Shae continued to gaze ahead of her, not even hearing Sean's question.

Sean nudged her, "Shae?"

"Yes, brother?"

"Is the offer still open?"

The girl thought a moment, trying to remember the offer that may or may not still be open. After all that they'd just been through, in the matter of five or ten minutes, she'd forgotten everything before then. "W…What offer?"

"England?"

"Well, yes, as far as I am concerned. But make sure you're making the right decision, Sean, and you're not just acting on me, or anyone else for that matter. Where you live must be your decision; you're out of high school now…We're leaving in a week or so, and if you do decide to come, you may want to get on my mother's good side, not to mention and Angel and Angie's."

Sean nodded, "Trust me, Shae, I want to go. Not only do I wanna leave here, but I wanna go to new places. I mean, London would be such a great place to go…and having you there would make it all the better," he whispered the last part in her ear.

Shae blushed and giggled slightly, "Well, Mr. Hot Stuff, you're gonna have tog et it through your mom, my mom, our dad, my brother and sister, your many girlfriends, my boyfriend, and not to mention me," she smirked.

He smiled slightly, "Well, my mom is a pushover, she'll be easy. Dad would practically be relieved. Your mom…I hardly know her, so I don't know. As far as the twins go…I think their youngest sister would be able to, in one way or another, help persuade them. Let's see, right, my girlfriends, huh? Well, Nira, doesn't count, 'cause she hates me now. Meh, Jade is probably gonna flip, but she lost me once in the heat of a relationship, she can do it again…and the first time was with headgear! Desiree, though, well, she's gotta boyfriend, this oughtta test their relationship. Ah, Dominic! Well, like I believe you mentioned before, he was only with you because Zaira turned out lesbian. But if you've ever seen Chasing Amy, you'll see that can be fixed, or whatever. And last but not least…you! My dear, sweet sister, what shall I do to win thee over?"

Shae couldn't help but smile, and giggle, and sometimes even blush even more at some of the things he said. She rolled over, so she was facing him, "For starters, loyal brother, thou could kiss the wondrous maiden before you."

Sean held back from laughing as he leaned forward and kissed his sister's lips. Yes, his sister's lips. Really, you didn't read incorrectly, his sister's lips. His younger sister's lips. Three years younger, might I add!

"And what shall I do next?"

"Hide," she said quickly and shoved him off the edge of the bed as the door opened and revealed her mother.

"Who were you talking to, Shae?"

"No one," she said innocently enough. Apparently, calmly and normally enough that Betsy didn't both perform a scan on her daughter's mind.

"So, are you ready to leave her, next week?"

Shae nodded, "Yes, mother. I'm quite ready, I can't wait to be back home with you and Angie and Angel," she smiled and leaned up, kissing her mother's cheek. "Mum, can I ask you a question?"

Betsy nodded.

"Um…I was wondering…would you…would you mind if someone else came to live with us?" Shae knew her mother well enough to know that, for a question like this, her mental blocks would need to be up, so she had immediately put her blocks up, defeating her mother's telepathic intrusion.

"Shae, who do you want to bring with us?" she tried to say and as calm a voice she could manage.

"My brother," as Shae said this, she began to she at her bottom lip, a nasty habit she referred to every time she was nervous or anxious or…anything really.

"Sean?" Elizabeth asked in quite a dull, bland voice.

Shae simply nodded.

"We'll talk about this later," Betsy said, and turned about her heels and walked out of the room.

As soon as Sean was sure she was out, he hopped out from under the bed. "Well, that was…subtle," he laughed falling on the bed, by his sister. "How come she didn't just…read your mind? I heard she could do that."

Shae giggled, "Do you think I'd be here if I wasn't a mutant, brother?"

"Ah, telepath?"

"Yes."

"You take after her a lot, you know that?"

"So I'm told, Sean…So I'm told."