Okay, the votes are in and most of you had the same thoughts I did, so here's you're next chappie. Sorry these take so long now-a-days...
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"Scott?" Jean called as her and the girls came back into the house. Everything was quiet. Too quiet...
"Scott!" she yelled once more, looking into some of the rooms.
"Kurt? Are you like home?" Kitty shouted.
"Cajun! Where did ya go?" Rogue wondered.
None of the girls had gotten an answer when Kitty saw a not on the floor. She picked it up.
"Seek higher ground..." she read.
"What is that supposed to mean...?" Rogue asked.
"Uh... ladies?" Jean called from where she was by the kitchen door.
"What?" the other two replied.
"Run!" she responded, bolting up the stairs, her friends reluctantly following. Suddenly a tidal wave of water came after them, flooding the bottom floor.
"What the hell?" Rogue exclaimed.
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"Scott, what do we do?" Amara wondered from where she, Jubilee, Bobby, Ray, Scott, Kurt, and Remy were hiding in Scott's bedroom.
"Well, first have to make some sort of tactical plan. Evan's troops are not going to retreat easily." The leader replied, pulling out a map of the house from his pocket.
"Where'd you get that?" Bobby asked, finding his map gone from his pocket.
"It doesn't matter." Scott said. "Focus."
The was suddenly a knock on the door. Everyone in the room yelped and dove for the floor.
"I'll get it." Scott whispered, getting up and slowing moving toward the door.
"He's so brave..." Jubilee stated, a tear in her eye.
Cyclops quickly opened the door a crack. "Password?"
"Banana cream." A female voice replied. Scott opened the door and Jean, Kitty, and Rogue came through.
"Jean!" Scott exclaimed, hugging her. "You have no idea how happy I am to see you!"
"Hey! How did she know the password?" Bobby asked.
Jean laughed. "He's used that password since we were ten. Anyone who has EVER been on a team with him knows the password."
Ray groaned. "Great..."
"What is going on in here, Fuzzy?" Kitty wondered.
"Vell, it all started vhen Scott grounded Evan, Roberto, and Fred..." Kurt responded.
"Oh, it did not!" Scott protested. "It started WAY before this! You know that Evan kid was always after me!"
"Dat's true. Gambit saw de way he look at you, mon ami." Remy agreed.
"Anyvay..." Kurt glared at his friends for interrupting. "Vhat basically happened after you three left could be called a revolt."
"They're running around, ruining things, calling themselves the 'Freedom Force'." Amara furthered.
"Let me get this straight... You seven are afraid of three boys...?" Jean asked.
"Well, we were nine, but they captured Sam and Amanda." Jubilee replied.
"And we haven't seen Alex, X23, Rahne, Jamie, or any of the Brotherhood all day." Bobby added.
Jean sighed. "Come on, girls. Let's go handle this."
Rogue and Kitty followed Jean out of the room.
"You think they'll be okay?" Amara wondered.
"I dunno." Ray replied. "Go check on them."
"You go check on them!" Amara responded.
"You go check on them!" Ray poked her arm.
"You go!" she commanded.
"No you!"
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The three girls calmly walked down the stairs. They stopped at the bottom and waited.
Soon, Evan, Roberto, and Fred popped out from behind a wall and started throwing water balloons at them. Jean put up a telekinetic shield, blocking them. When they realized they couldn't get them that way, the boys tried to retreat, but Jean grabbed them with her mind and made them float in front of her.
"Hey, what's the big idea, Jean!" Roberto whined.
"You three, listen up!" the red head snapped, sounding far more frightening than the Wolverine ever had. "I am having a horrible day. You three are making it worse. Do you know what I do to boys who make my mood worse?" The three shook their heads. "Let's just say that there's a very broken man in Scotland who has had the Barney song stuck in his head for eight years." She moved the boys closer to her. "Now, what æ three going to do?"
"Lock ourselves in our rooms and never come near an angry telepath again?" Evan suggested.
"Eh, close enough." Jean said, dropping them. They scrambled up the stairs and out of sight.
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"You go!" Ray said.
"No, you go!" Amara argued.
Jean opened the door.
"All taken care of."
She shut it and went out.
Everyone in the room blinked, too stunned to comment.
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"Now we can concentrate on what's really important." Kitty said as they headed to Jean's room.
"Right." Rogue agreed, shutting the door behind them. She pulled out the bag they'd gotten from the store and handed it to Jean.
"Thanks," Jean tried to smile, but the expression didn't reach her eyes. The redhead walked into the bathroom, shutting the door.
"What's gonna happen if it's positive?" Kitty wondered as she and Rogue sat down on Jean's bed and waited.
"What do ya mean?" Rogue replied.
"Well, you know." Kitty said. "Everything would be different if there's a baby around."
"I don't know, Kit." Rogue stated. "That's their decision to make."
A while later, Jean came out of the bathroom. They just sat there in silence, none of them sure of what to say. When the timer on Jean's watch went off, she froze. All three got up and went into the bathroom to check it.
"I can't look at it. What does it say?" Jean asked.
Kitty gulped and went to check it out. "It's... positive..."
Jean pursed her lips and nodded. Kitty hugged her and Rogue patted her back.
"It'll be okay, gal." Rogue stated. "Scott's a good guy. You guys'll make what ever decision is right for both of you."
"Thanks, guys." Jean said, quietly. "If you don't mind, I'd kinda like to be alone."
"Oh, of course." Kitty replied as she and Rogue left.
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"I'm tired of this 'sitting around' business!" Tabby exclaimed suddenly as she and the other members watched TV in Alex's room. "They're not noticing us!"
"None of them have had a chance to get dressed yet." Rahne pointed out.
"No, Sister Tabitha is right." Alex agreed, turning off the glowing box. "The time has come for more action."
"Like what?" Jamie wondered.
"Well, I was thinking of starting an online store." The blonde boy replied.
"An online store?" the others repeated, in shocked.
"What would we sell?" Pietro asked.
"Everything." Alex stated, smirking. "Scott's shoes, Rogue's hairbrush, everything."
"Everything?" Tabby asked in wonder.
"Well, everything but our stuff." Alex added as an after thought.
"Cool."
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"We're back!" Todd called as he and Wanda came into the house.
Suddenly, a voice whispered from the dark room on their left. "Whose side are you on?"
"What?" Wanda blinked.
"Whose side are you on?" it repeated. "Either your with US... or your with THEM..."
"Who is 'them'?" Todd wondered.
"It is not important!"
"Is that you, Pietro?" Wanda asked.
"No..." it muttered.
"Okay... Come on, Todd." Wanda grabbed Toad and pulled him up the stairs.
"This house just gets weirder and weirder..." he stated.
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The eight adults were sitting around the pool once again
"Hand me that coconut oil, Erik." Raven commanded.
Magneto did what was asked of him. Mystique rubbed it into her skin.
"I have the strangest feeling about getting back home." Erik stated. "It's a foreboding feeling..."
"You're probably just reluctant to leave this paradise." Hank said from where a masseuse as massaging his back.
"No, I think this is about one of my children, honestly." Magneto replied.
"Since when do you get feelings about your kids?" Charles wondered.
"Irene, tell him he's being silly." Raven requested. "It's not like we're going to come back to pregnant teens, broken furniture, and some crazy club ruling the house from the back ground, right?"
The seer pursed her lips. She didn't feel comfortable lying to her friends, but she certainly didn't want them to leave this marvelous place early because of her.
"I cannot promise anything, I'm afraid." She wisely answered. "The future is as unpredictable as the weather."
Of course, everyone failed to notice that they were in the presence of a weather-witch...
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"Hey, Sweetheart." Scott said as he came into Jean's room quietly. "What's wrong?" He sat next to her on the bed and wiped the tears away form is face.
"Scott," Jean sniffled. "I have something really important to tell you..."
"Okay, hit me."
"I'm pregnant." She stated.
At first Scott didn't say anything, but after a second, he spoke up calmly. "Are you sure?"
"Pretty sure..." she said, looking down.
"You, I guess I always knew that contraceptives aren't 100 effective, but I just never thought it would happen to us." He replied.
She glared at him. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"What do you mean?" he asked, surprised.
"Why are you being so calm! Get mad, cry, kiss me, hit the wall, faint, something!" she said, starting to cry again.
"Hey, it's okay, Jean." Scott pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "You wanna know why I'm not upset?"
She nodded, calming down a little.
"Because I know we're going to be okay." He stated. "Jean, I really think we can handle anything life throws at us as long as we stick together."
"I love you, Scott." She half-smiled up at him, burying her face in his shirt.
"I love you, too." He replied, patting her back soothingly.
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"Katzechen?" Kurt called for the fifteenth time.
"Huh?" she finally replied from her place across from him at the restraunt table. "Oh, I'm sorry, Kurt. Were you like saying something?"
"Vhat's wrong?" he wondered.
"Oh, it's nothing." She replied, putting down her fork.
"Okay..." he said, nodding slowly.
"Kurt, if you found out I was pregnant, what would you do?" she asked suddenly.
Kurt almost spit out his soup.
"Vhat!"
"Hypothetically, if I was pregnant with your child, what would you do?" she elaborated.
"I'd ask you to marry me, probably." He answered, glad it was hypothetical, but not sure where it had come from.
"Really?" she asked, surprised.
"Well, ja." He rolled his eyes. "I vould never let you raise it alone. Children deserve the best family you can give them."
"So they're going to be alright...?" she muttered to herself.
"Who?" Kurt asked, being able to hear her.
"No one." She squeaked, covering her mouth.
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Next time on Of Second Shots and Summer Plots:
"My Boo-Boo Blankey! I can't sleep without my Boo-Boo Blankey!" he cried loudly.
She made a face and patted his back reluctantly. "There, there."
Sorry, I'm going to try to focus on getting this story done. Please keep reading!
