Okay, this chapter is sort of going to be a two-parter. Mostly because I had to split a couple of couples' dates in half between two chappies. Enjoy!

This chappie is dedicated to ldypebsaby! Thanks a million!

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When Scott answered the door at 5:27, he immediately regretted it.

"Scott Summers, why is there an elephant in your drive-way?!" Jean's mother demanded, pushing past him.

"Nice to see you, too, Mrs. Grey..." Scott muttered, closing the door after Jean's father had entered.

"Scott, have you seen my..." Jean started, coming into the foyer. She trailed off when she spotted her parents. "Hi, Mom. Hi, Daddy."

"I thought you said she was sick?" Elaine Grey asked, raising an accusing eyebrow at Scott.

"Well, she was when you called." Scott replied, going to stand next to Jean in hopes of being protected.

"She looks fine to me." Her mother stated.

"Oh, Elaine, leave the boy alone." John Grey said. "Why would he lie about that?"

"I was sick this morning," Jean added. "But feel better now."

"If you say so," Elaine replied. "Well, aren't you going to invite us in farther or are we going to stay out here all day?"

"Right. Come this way."

-

"Bobby, are you sure we should be coming down here?" Jubilee asked, skeptical.

"Oh, come on, Jubes." He replied. "We practically cleaned the every room we could. Besides, who's gonna catch us?"

"Scott and Jean for starters..." Amara responded.

"I think her parents are more than enough of a distraction." Ray stated. "They wouldn't dare be rude and leave guests alone."

"If you guys think so..." Jubilee answered. She watched the elevator lights show that they were going down. "I think this elevator only goes to the DR level."

"Yeah," Bobby agreed, pulling out the blueprints. "We go down this corridor here once we get to the sub levels and it should lead to another elevator."

"Oh..."

"What do you think's down there, Sam?" Ray wondered. He looked around. "Hey, where's Sam?"

-

"So..." Jean started. "Do you two want something to drink?"

"Ice water, please." Elaine replied.

"Maybe some diet soda, if you have it. Your mother's making me watch what I eat." John said, sounding annoyed. "The doctor said I have high cholesterol."

"Okay." Jean smiled and went to the kitchen.

"So... Scott. Now that you're out of school, what are your plans?" Elaine asked, once her daughter had left.

The door bell rang.

"Um... I've gotta answer that..." he replied, getting up. He went over to the door and opened it. Wanda and Todd were standing there. "Where have you two been? Why is your leg in a cast?"

"This house has some serious communication issues, do you know that?" Wanda replied, pushing past him.

"I got hit by a car, yo," Todd added, walking behind her. "We've been at the hospital for two days!"

"We would have been home sooner, but we some problems getting clearance with the nurse at the front desk."

"What? No one tells me anything." Scott said, shutting the door. "Jean's parents are here right now, so I wouldn't go in the living room if I were you."

-

Someone knocked at Rogue and Kitty's bedroom door.

Rogue sighed and looked up from her book. "Kit, could you get that?"

"I can't. I'm trying to pick what I should wear." Kitty answered, digging through her closet.

"Uhg." Rogue got up and went to the door. She opened it and saw Remy standing there.

"Hello, chere." He greeted, coming in before Rogue could stop him.

"What are you doing here, Swamp Rat?" the southern girl asked, closing the door.

"Gambit wants to take you out again." He stated.

She sighed. "Are you deaf? Ah said Ah couldn't go out with you!"

"But it's not true."

Rogue's jaw just about hit the floor. "Are you callin' me a lair?!"

"No," Gambit replied, shaking his head. "Just saying dat you can go out with Gambit. You're jus' choosin' not to."

"Ah am not!" she protested. "Ah can't touch anyone."

"But you could go out with someone." He countered.

"Where would be the point in that, Cajun?" She asked. Tell me one good point in going out with someone ya can't touch and Ah'll consider it."

"Easy." Remy replied. "Gambit likes spendin' time with ya, chere."

"Oh, go out with him!" Kitty called from the closet.

"Kitty, keep your nose in your own business." Rogue replied. "Remy, Ah am not going out with you. Please leave."

Gambit hung his head and walked out the door, shutting it behind him.

Kitty gasped. "If you don't after him, you're going to regret it for the rest of your life!"

"Why do you care so much?" Rogue wondered, sitting back on her bed.

"Because I'm your friend, Rogue. If you won't do it for yourself, then like do it for me." Kitty replied.

Rogue sighed. "Fine." She got up and went to the door. When she opened it, she saw that Remy had never left. "Fine, Ah'll go out with you. But when Ah say it's over, it's over. Deal?"

"Deal." Remy smiled. "Now hurry and get ready. We have reservations for 6:00." He left and Rogue shut the door.

Rogue growled. "He acts like he knew Ah was gonna give in."

"Well, you like did, didn't you?" Kitty said. "I think I found the perfect thing."

-

Sam peeked his head in the living room. "Scott? Amanda and Ah are goin' out to eat."

"Did you guys finish your punishment?" Jean asked.

"Yes, ma'am." The southern boy replied.

Jean nodded and Scott waved good-bye. The blonde went out of the room.

"What was that about?" Elaine asked.

Jean smiled nervously. "Well, see, Scott and I are kinda the only adults here right now. Everyone else got called away for one reason or another."

"Charles left you two in charge of this place and all of these kids? For how long?" her mother asked, disbelievingly.

"Two weeks." Scott answered. "It's been almost three days."

"Well, the place doesn't seem to be falling apart." John commended, nodding in approval and looking around.

"But you're children," Elaine stated. "Surely he doesn't think you can manage a house full of teenaged mutants for two whole weeks!"

"Mother..." Jean started, "Scott and I are both eighteen years old. I think we can handle it."

-Since when?- Scott asked in her head.

-Be quiet-

"Elaine," John said, seeing that his wife wasn't happy with that answer, "I'm sure Charles wouldn't have left them with so much responsibility if he though they couldn't take care of it."

Kurt suddenly appeared in front of Jean and Scott, startling her parents. "Me and Kitty are going to take ze X-van to ze movies, okay?"

"Have fun." Scott answered, glad the blue boy didn't want his car.

"See you later." Kurt replied, porting away.

-

"Todd! Stop following me!" Wanda yelled, slamming the door to her temporary room.

Toad smiled. "She called me Todd..."

Lance passed by him in the hall, once again wearing the mustache.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"None of your business." Avalanche answered, going down the stairs.

-

"Who was that?" Scott asked, hearing the door slam.

"Lance." Jean replied.

"Oh."

"Are things always this busy?" Mrs. Grey asked.

Scott shrugged. "This is pretty calm. We're lucky no one's blowing things up."

"What he means is that, with a house full of mutants, we're lucky when accidents don't happen." Jean added quickly, smiling nervously.

"Uh huh..." Jean's mother nodded slowly.

"So, kids, you never did say what your plans are," John stated.

"Oh... um..." Jean started, looking at Scott. "Well, I was planning on continuing living here and attending college somewhere close. I'm looking into maybe getting my degree in medical genetics. And Prof. Xavier offered us both teaching jobs here, so that's what Scott was going to do."

"So you're not going to college, then?" Elaine asked in a tone that made Scott feel guilty.

"Well, no... I mean I have the grades, but I'd rather work here..." he trailer off.

"Mother, please!" Jean scolded, sound very pissed off to put it mildly. "Scott is entitled to his own choices and I support him 100%. You can't just come in here and start judging us. You don't even know us!" She got up and stormed out of the room.

Scott looked from Jean's retreating form, to her shocked mother, back to the direction she left in before getting off the couch and going after her.

-

"That was a great movie," Kitty stated, coming out of the theater. "What do you wanna do now?"

Kurt looked at her, a little surprised. He had just thought they would go to the movies and go back home. Not to say that he didn't want to hang out with her more, but he just hadn't thought that she would want to. Even after a week of knowing, he was still pretty shocked that she liked him.

Kurt grinned happily. "I know a great place! Come on!" He grabbed her hand and pulled her to the x-van.

"Kurt?" Kitty asked. "Where are we going?"

"You'll see vhen ve get zere..." He replied with a taunting tone in his voice.

-

"Dat was a pretty good meal." Remy stated as he and Rogue started to walk through the park.

"Ah guess." She replied.

"Aw, come on, Cher." He smiled playfully and put his arm around her shoulders. "Admit it. You're having a good time hanging out wit ol' Gambit."

"Alright, alright." Rogue smiled. "Ah am havin' fun."

Remy smirked knowingly.

"Oh, Ah knew as soon as that came outta mah mouth that Ah shouldn't have said it." Rogue stated, sighing in mock-frustration. "Now you're gonna have a big head the resta the night."

-

"Jean?" Scott called, opening her door. He sat down next to her on her bed and put his arm around her. "Hey, what's wrong, Hun?"

"Oh! She just makes me so mad sometimes! It's bad enough when I go there for Christmas and she has all of my flaws to pick on! But now she's got you targeted, too!" Jean picked up her pillow and screamed into it.

Scott half-laughed. "I would hardly call that targeting me."

She looked up at him. "Scott, don't play super hero. She hurt your feelings and you know it."

He smirked. "I can't help it. I am a super hero."

"Scott..."

"And," he said getting up and scooping her into his arms. "Part of being a super hero is saving damsels in distress. Even if it's just from over-baring mothers and not from evil villains."

Jean giggled and hit him in the chest, playfully. "I'm hardly a damsel in distress."

He smiled. "Are you ready go downstairs, Miss Grey?"

"Well, you've got to put me down first," she replied, still giggling.

"Damn," he cursed, mostly to make her laugh.

-

Pietro woke up, dazed to say the least. 'ugh... Where am I?' He looked around and saw Tabby, Alex, X23, Rahne, Jamie, a giraffe, a zebra, and an elephant standing over him.

"What's-going-on?-Where-am-I?" he asked.

"Silence!" Alex commanded, holding out a 'stop' signal with his hand. "You have walked in on a secret meeting of The Forgotten Souls Club! Normal policy would call for you to be sent into the woods with nothing but honey covering your body. But one of our members, Sister Tabitha, has vouched for you and we held a vote. It came out five to three. You are to now be given a choice." He paused for dramatic effect. "Join our club... or we send you into the woods."

After Pietro didn't respond for a few moments, Alex spoke again. "Well, decide already. We don't have all day, dude."

"Well..."

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"Jean, what was that all about?" Elaine asked as the two teens came back into the room.

"Mom, listen," Jean started, "I am sorry I yelled at you," She paused. Elaine was about to speak again, but she cut her off. "However, I am not sorry I stuck up for Scott. He has the right to live his life the way he wants to. So do I. We don't have to make anybody happy but ourselves." Scott put his arm around Jean and kissed her forehead.

Mrs. Grey looked like she had been slapped and John looked like he was going to laugh.

"So..." Scott said, "Who's up for a board game?"

-

"I, Pietro Maximoff, swear to uphold and protect the good name of TFSC. I promise to never go against the wishes of the club. I promise to always put the club first."

"Welcome, Brother Quicksilver." Alex held out his hand and X23 handed him a medal. "Here's your official TFSC medallion..." She gave him a rabbit's foot. "...your rabbit's foot..." she handed him a basket filled with fruit. "...and your free fruit basket." Alex took a step back.

"Hey, thanks for trusting me, Alex." Tabby said, hitting their leader on the back.

"No problem." Alex replied.

X23 went and sat down on his bed, watching the two blondes talk. Suddenly, Pietro was next to her.

"Can-we-say-flirting?" he stated, crossing his arms and nodding at the two she had been watching.

X23 turned her glare at him. "I voted to send you into the woods." She stated, getting up and going over to where Alex and Tabitha were standing again. Alex put his arm around her absently and she stuck her tongue out at Pietro.

-

"Where are we?" Jubilee asked, looking at the white room they had wandered into.

There was desk with a lady sitting at it about 100 feet in front of them Bobby led the four to her.

"Excuse me, but where are we?" he asked.

"Why, you're at Xavier's Spa and Resort. We're currently serving about 100 reglar guests and have nothing but the best treatment experts available." She replied. "Do you have an appointment?"

"Well, not exactly..."

"How do you get out at night?" Ray wondered.

"The door..." the lady answered, pointing to a place, obviously at a lower altitude than the mansion's front door, that led to the outside. "Would you like to make one?"

"A door?" Amara asked, confused.

"No! An appointment." The lady responded.

The four looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure, why not."

-

"Oh my God! Kurt this is so...." Kitty trailed off, looking at the scene in front of her.

Kurt had driven them to the out skirts of town and taken her to the top of a very grassy hill. The city lights were on the horizon on one side and, in the other direction, blackness stretched for as far as the eyes could see.

"Beautiful." Kurt finished, looking at Kitty instead.

She looked at him and smiled brightly, happy for the compliment. "You can see the stars so clearly out here. "How did you find this place?"

"Vell, vhen I first came to the mansion, I vas excited to be here, but I also needed to do a lot of thinking. Life was still hard, even vith my holovatch." He looked up at the sky. "Especially vhen you first got here."

Kitty blushed, remembering how she had treated Kurt her first days in Bayville. "Kurt, I'm sorry. I know I can be pretty shallow sometimes..."

He looked back at her and smiled. "Don't be. Remember vhen ve first met Rogue? And I got hurt? That night, you taught me zat people can change." He took her hand in his, "And zat is one of ze most comforting things I've ever learned."

"Aw, Kurt..." She wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug.

-

"Would you like to dance?" Remy asked, stopping their stroll.

Rogue looked over at him funny. "Um, there's no music. We're in a park."

"So?" he replied. "We'll make our own." He took her hand and put his other arm around her waist.

"Remy, stop it." She protested weakly. "What if someone sees us?"

"Oh, what if they do?"

She smiled, despite herself, and put her other hand on his shoulder.

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Next time on 'Of Second Shots and Summer Plots':

"If you had to pick anywhere in the world to be right now, where would it be?" She asked.

"Easy." He answered. "Right here, with you."

Oh my goodness... -slaps self in the face- Where did all of this sugary romance come from? This is all your fault! points an accusing finger at the Romy and Kurtty fans

Just kidding.

But seriously, after I finish these dates, I'm going for full-blown-knock-your-socks-off-holding-your-stomach-and-rolling-on-the-floor humor.