Updates seem to be getting farther and farther apart don't they? So sorry. The very little time I do have to write fanfictions is split between my teen titans account, my justice league account, and this one. I'll work on getting more updates, I promise. Suggestions welcomed, as always!

This chappie is dedicated to reddfire and Angel of The Fallen Stars! Love ya!

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Scott's red convertible reached New Jersey in the early hours of the next morning. Jean started her telepathic search and, by six am, they had tracked the two missing teens to a chapel near the outskirts of Trenton.

"They're in there, alright, but, Scott, I don't think..." Jean stopped, seeing that Scott, Kurt, Remy, Kitty, and Rogue had already started rushing toward the building's entrance. She sighed, and sat back in her chair, waiting for the others to come back.

-

"Good morning." Alex greeted as Rahne came into the kitchen. X23 nodded in greeting before she continued eating her cereal.

The Scottish girl grumbled something in reply and opened the refrigerator. Just as she was pulling out the milk, Jamie rushed into the room.

"Has anyone seen Pietro?" he asked, sounding slightly out of breath.

"No, maybe he went with Scott and the others." Alex suggested.

"Oh..." Jamie looked deflated.

"Why?" Rahne asked. "Did ye need to tell him something?"

"It can wait." Her boyfriend replied.

"What is it?" Alex wondered. X23 stopped eating and looked up, also apparently curious.

"Well..."

-

Pietro was the first of our closet-dwellers to awake that morning. Stretching, he looked around and remembered where he was. "Great..." He muttered. Then, something caught his eye.

Sitting mostly up-right in the corner across from him, was Todd, fast asleep. That, in itself, is not all that interesting, as you may have guessed. However, Toad was not the reason behind his bewilderment. It was the fact that Wanda was curled up with the frog-boy that made him blink.

"Wanda?" he called quietly, tapping her leg closest to him.

Silently, she yawned and sat up. Remembering what her situation was, she immediately started glaring at her brother.

"Did-you-know-you-were-laying-on-Toad?" He asked, still whispering.

She stuck her tongue out at him and laid back down to sleep.

"Did-I-forget-your-birthday?" he wondered, briefly forgetting he was a twin.

"You are the world's biggest idiot." Wanda stated coldly before closing her eyes and ignoring him again.

-

"Oh, that's good!" Alex commended when Jamie had finished explaining his plan.

"That'll teach those remembered people who's boss, alright!" Rahne agreed, smiling proudly.

"Yeah, but Pietro's the only one of us fast enough to do the first part, so we hafta wait for him to come back." Jamie replied.

"Until then," X23 began, "I'll be in the DR." She started out of the room, stopped at the door and looked over her shoulder at Alex.

"Oh! Uh-Wait for me!" The younger Summers child said, figuring out that she wanted him to go with her.

Once they had left the room, Jamie sat down next to Rahne.

"They've been a lot closer since X23 got arrested." Wolfsbane stated.

"Well, he was worried." Multiple responded. "I know I'd be a wreck if I though you were gonna hafta wear stripes... for..." He trailed off as if something had just occurred to him.

"The animals!" The two shouted at the same time. They jumped up and ran outside to check on their forgotten 'friends'.

-

"Ah can't believe you thought we'd do something that stupid!" Jean heard a male southern voice exclaim. Looking up, she saw the others coming toward the car.

"Well, it's not like you haven't done some pretty stupid things before, Cannonball!" Scott argued, looking royally pissed to put it lightly. "Need I remind you of the time your group took the X-jet for a joyride?"

Sam didn't reply as Kurt, Kitty, Rogue, and Remy got back into Scott's car.

"Just... Go home, Sam. I'll talk to you when we get back." Scott said after a moment of breathing deeply and counting to ten.

The blonde and his girlfriend silently got back into the car they came in and started off. Scott got back into the driver's seat of his car.

-I tried to warn you-

Cyclops turned and glared at the redheaded telepath over Kitty's head. She stuck her tongue out at him. He rolled his eyes behind his glasses and started the car.

-

Tabitha woke up to a thumping sound near her left. Looking around, she quickly spotted Pietro banging his head against the wall.

"I-need-out..." He muttered.

She rolled her eyes and sat up straighter.

"I'm sorry." Pietro whispered when he saw that she was awake.

Smiling slightly, Tabby nodded. "It's okay."

"Do-you-think-I'm-the-world's-biggest-idiot,-too?" He wondered, sadly.

"Pretty much." She replied, patting his shoulder. "But I forgive you for that, too."

He half-laughed. "I-don't-even-know-what-I-did-wrong-with-Wanda."

Tabby blinked. Was he really that dense?

"Are you really that dense?" she asked, motioning to where Todd and Wanda were lying, still asleep peacefully.

"What?" He wondered, confused.

"Duh! Wanda and Toad are in love! I thought you were supposed to be the world's fasted man!" Tabby laughed.

Needless to say, Pietro's jaw hit the ground with a resounding 'thud'.

-

"Hello?" the female voice on the other end oft the phone answered.

"Hello," John replied. "My name is John Allerdyce, also known as Pyro. Who are you?"

In the background, Piotr groaned at his friend's stupidity.

"Weren't you the one who called here?" she asked.

"Yeah, but it's not my phone."

"Whose phone is it?"

"Xavier's." he answered. "Now, who are you?"

"My name is Dr. Cecilia Reyes..."

-

"We are SO sorry, guys!" Jamie exclaimed, petting Carl's neck.

"We've just been so busy, that's all." Rahne explained, patting Georgie and Stephie. "Let's take them back inside."

"Okay." Jamie climbed onto Carl's back and started back into the house, the other three following closely.

-

"I'm hungry!" Kurt whined for what had to have been the eight-hundredth time.

Scott sighed in frustration. "Jean, tell Sam and Amanda to pull over at that restraunt up ahead."

"The House of Grits?" Jean asked. Scott nodded and she telepathically contacted the other teens.

-

Wanda woke up the second time when Todd started to stir. He stretched his back and looked down at her.

"Hey." He greeted softly, brushing her bangs out of her face.

"Hey, yourself." She replied, smiling at him, but not getting up yet.

"Ew,-you're-right!" Pietro exclaimed, causing the others to all look at him.

"I told ya." Tabby responded, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

-

Once the eight teens had been seated in the restraunt, the waitress handed them some menus. Studying them carefully, they started picking out what they wanted to eat.

"Should I get the pancake stack or the all you can eat sausage?" Scott pondered aloud.

"You're supposed to lay off the fatty foods. You're going to clog your arteries." Jean responded, never looking up from her menu.

"Oh, right. Pancakes it is, then." He decided.

Kurt and Kitty started giggling.

"And how many years have you two been married now? Fifty?" Kitty asked. The other four started laughing, too.

"Did Ah just hear that someone was celebrating their 50th weddin' anniversary?" a very old, southern waitress asked, coming up to the table.

"Yeah, these two!" Kurt said, thinking the lady was joking.

"Wow! You two don't look a day past 20!" The waitress exclaimed. "That musta taken a lotta plastic surgery. Joe! Get these two our anniversary cake when they finish their meal!" She yelled to the back cook, walking away before Jean and Scott could correct her.

Kurt, Kitty, Rogue, Remy, Sam, and Amanda could not stop laughing for a good 15 minutes.

-

"Who are you?" Bobby asked as he and his three friends came into the living room.

Warren and Betsy looked up from their TV show.

"My name is Warren Worthington III and this is Elisabeth Braddock." The blonde replied.

"Will you take us to the beach?" Jubilee asked.

"Um... Okay..." Betsy said.

"Great!" Amara exclaimed. "We'll go get ready!"

-

"Hey! Watch this!" Evan yelled, getting Roberto, Freddy, and Lance's attention.

He started running, threw down a pillow case, and slid across the hardwood floor.

"Whoa! Cool!" Roberto said. He grabbed a towel from the closet and tried it, too.

"Lemme try!" Blob responded, already 'running' and throwing the blanket down.

"No!" the other three yelled, too late.

CRASH! THUD! BOOM!

"Oh shit!" Evan exclaimed, examining the Fred-shaped hole in the wall. "What are we gonna do?"

"Um... Go our separate ways, act like we don't know about it, and hope nobody notices?" Roberto suggested.

The boys all nodded and ran from the room.

-

As Rahne and Jamie came into the mansion with the animals, Blob, still on blanket, slid past in front and went through yet another wall. Carl, Stephie, and Georgie freaked out and stopped, throwing Jamie off of Carl's back and into a book case, which promptly fell on top of him.

"Jamie!" Rahne yelled, running over to him and digging him out. "Please be okay..."

When she finally had gotten him pulled from the wreckage, he groaned and sat up.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

He didn't respond.

"Jamie?" she called, waving her hand in front of his face.

"No!" he exclaimed, standing up. "It is I, Batman!" He put his arms out and acted like he was flying away.

"Batman can't fly!" she called after him, as she started to chase him.

-

"Um, ma'am?" Scott asked as the waitress put some mushy stuff down in front of him. "I ordered pancakes."

"We ain't got any pancakes." She replied.

"What is this?"

"Grits." She answered, putting some down in front of Jean.

"I ordered eggs." Jean stated.

"We ain't got any."

"And I ordered bacon!" Kurt exclaimed.

"I ordered fruit!" Kitty complained.

"I ordered hash browns!" Amanda said.

"We ain't got any of that junk." The waitress said, rolling her eyes and putting one final plate in front of Sam before walking away.

The blonde boy started eating quickly. After a few minutes, he noticed everyone looking at him.

"I ordered grits." He stated. "Never order something that's not in the name of the restraunt."

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And let that be a lesson to all of you. Never order pancakes at the House of Grits. They serve grits.