ldypebsaby: Well in all honesty I'm glad that caught you by surprise, that's what makes the surprise fun, is that other people found it surprising.

TheLegendaryManHimself: Yes it was strange, but Kitty is Kitty, she sometimes says random girlie things, and that was what popped in my head while I was writing, so I wrote it.  And that's an interesting tradition, I've never heard of it before... I think I'll use it in real life this New Year's.

Animejunkie1008: Thank you for the compliment! And Jessica will get her holo-watch in an up coming chapter, and yeah, it'll kind of focus mainly on her, but there'll be more fun stuff, like my introduction of the brotherhood.

Mark C: I don't like the idea of a device suppressing his powers, but after a while I'll be introducing a mutant that will be able to do just that. I'll give you a hint; her name starts with a W.

Ayu: Now see if I told you all of those things, there'd be no point at all to read the story, which doesn't make for good writing, or good reading. So I guess you'll have to just sit, read, and find out the hard way.

Chapter 6: New Year's

"What's he doing in there?" Kitty asked as she came up to the living room door, which was closed and shut.

Scott, Kurt, Evan, and one of the girls from the Warriors were outside the door; Danielle, Kitty thought her name was. "I have no idea." Danielle said looking over to Kitty.

Kitty gently pressed her ear up against the door, and raised a brow as the sound of hammering, drilling, banging, shuffling, and even an 'ow!' came through the door to her ears.

John came up next to her and smiled slightly. "Excuse me." He said opening the door and giving an apologetic nod to Kitty as he closed it behind him. He looked over to the other side of the door Kitty was listening to, to see Will squatted down with a drill in his hand right next to the door, holding it for Kitty to listen to. "You're horrible, you should just let them all in. All the decorations are done."

Will smiled. "Not yet, party doesn't start for another ten minutes." He said as he stood up with a laugh.

MEANWHILE

"Go to the party!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!" James shouted as he threw the pillow from behind his head at Rebecca who easily caught it. "Just cause I'm in here doesn't mean that you can't go have fun!" He said with a frown.

"But I don't want to go, I want to be here with you, and besides, I won't have anyone to dance with!" She hollered back at him. "My boyfriend just had a heart attack! I would think that you wanted me here with you!"

"Well I don't want you to miss out because of me! I feel bad enough that I have to miss out!" He countered. "Just go and have fun!"

"No!" Rebecca hollered.

"Yes!" James hollered back as the pillow he had thrown just a few seconds ago flew through the air and hit him.

Jessica stood up against the wall just outside the infirmary door. She sighed and hung her head. "They argue so much if I didn't know any better I'd think they were enemies."

"Or married." Elise said with a smile as she came up to Jessica. "Is he doing okay?"

Jessica smiled somewhat weakly. "Yeah, he's doing fine, well enough to argue with Rebecca anyway."

Elise smiled. "Well even if James doesn't win, and Rebecca doesn't come, you're still coming to Will's party right?"

Jessica shrugged. "Maybe. With all the excitement I haven't really thought about it that much." She said as her tail wagged behind her a bit.

"Oh you're coming." Elise said with a smile. "Do you have an outfit picked out?"

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Jessica asked looking at her baggy jeans, bare feet, and tank top.

"Oh girl, we're gonna get you made up, get you to draw a certain blue mutant's attention." Elise said with another smile.

"Why would I want Mr. McCoy to give me attention?" Jessica asked innocently and seriously.

Elise busted out laughing. "What?" Jessica asked again.

"Just come on." She said taking Jessica by the arm and dragging her down the hallway to the upstairs dorm rooms.

MEANWHILE

"Come on!" Mike yelled at the bedroom door as he kicked it. "Unlock!" He yelled and then sighed as he collapsed against the wall opposite his door, sinking down to the ground.

"Here, let me see if I can help." Jean, the redheaded girl he'd met before, said as she came up to him.

"Thanks." He said as he looked over to her. "But what can you-?" He was cut off as Jean raised her hand towards the door and a clicking noise was heard as the door first unlocked, and then opened itself.

"Thank you." He said again as he stood up and looked in somewhat awe at the door that had just opened.

"You're welcome. Mike right?" Jean asked as he headed in the door.

"Yeah, that's me, resident telepath of the Warriors." Mike said as he gave a small smile. "Third one here I'm told. I've already met the professor, can't wait to meet the one he said would tutor me in how to use these powers." He said as he unzipped one of the suitcases.

"That would be me." Jean said stepping into the room. "I guess I never told you my powers, I'd be the second telepath, you're uh... tutor."

"Nice to meet you." Mike said with a nod. "But uh... if you don't mind. Could we start the tutoring later? I kind of need to get changed, and I'd prefer to do that alone." He said with a small smile.

Jean nodded. "Oh sure." She said with a smile as she turned around to leave. "Just thought I'd help out." She said cheerfully as she left and shut the door behind her.

She walked down the hall two doors before she was hit with a shockwave of music, heavy metal music that seemed to vibrate the very floor she was walking on. It wasn't the music from the party; it was coming from that room. She knocked quite loudly, and quickly for a few minutes, literally pounding on the door, but to no avail. Finally she went against her better judgment and telekinetically knocked the door open.

The music abruptly stopped. "You always knock people's door's open uninvited?" Nathan asked as he turned around to see her.

Even his very room was creepy, giving Jean the chills as soon as she set foot inside it. "Sorry, but the music was a bit loud, I thought I'd see if everything was okay."

Nathan scoffed. "No, it's not, but that doesn't necessarily give you the write to invade on other people's privacy."

"What's wrong?" She asked innocently.

"What's wrong in the big picture is the fact that I can't touch someone without killing them. What's wrong in the long run is that the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and there isn't a thing none of us can do about it. And what's wrong right now is that you're in my room uninvited!" He raised his voice ever so slightly as he turned back on the music, not giving Jean the option of responding.

Jean looked apologetic but instead of trying she just left, shutting the door loudly behind her. "Anything wrong?" Rogue asked in her thick southern accent as she stopped in front of Jean.

"Yeah, but I wouldn't ask Nathan that." Jean said which brought a confused look from Rogue. "Come on, I'll explain it on the way to that party downstairs." She said as they started walking.

MEANWHILE

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it's party time." Will said as the living room doors burst open, to the people waiting outside of it. Even the newer X-Men like Rayne and Cannonball, and Jamie were there waiting, all of them, even the warriors, except for Will and John, wondering what to expect.

Their eyes met a long table in white tablecloth on the side of the room. At one-end drinks, at the other end plates, and all along it food of all kinds for the party. There was a wooden makeshift dance floor between the food table and the couch, with a D.J. set up at the end of it towards the windows. The couch had several movies next to it, a movie playing on it. Balloons and decorations were everywhere, and on the ceiling was a net, which held an army of balloons that were obviously going to be released at midnight.

"Oh cool." Jamie said as he was the first into the room, and the others all followed in behind him.

"I don't get it. What makes this party so special?" Cannonball asked as he came in. Will clapped his hands as if in answer and immediately the lights went off, and the room was illuminated by blue and green glow in the dark designs on the walls. Including a glow in the dark banner saying 'Happy New Year' and the year. "Wow."

"Wow indeed." Xavier said as he wheeled in behind the students.

"And now for the best part." Will said as he went behind the D.J. Station. "Well don't just stand there, get this party started!" He called as he cranked on the music.

The Warrior girls, Danielle, Grace, and Megan were on the dance floor in seconds, dragging along with them Evan, Joe, and Scott.

Scott was a bit a tense at first, but he eventually loosened into it, and turned out to be a decent dancer to Megan's happiness, Evan and Danielle were just goofing off and having fun with it, and Grace and John were just having fun and dancing. And it wasn't long until the others were too.

Kitty and Chris were eating and talking, mostly laughing. To be honest Kitty thought he was cute, but she had a boyfriend, Lance, from the brotherhood. Besides, she wasn't even sure how Chris saw her, for all she knew he might just look at her like a little sister.

Rogue and Jean came into the scene a bit late. The only ones not on the dance floor were Will who was working as the D.J. and Joe, Mike, and Kurt who were watching the movie. "Scott?" Jean asked looking around.

"He's over there." Rogue said as she pointed to the dance floor.

"Oh..." Jean said and then fell silent a bit.

Quite suddenly Joe appeared next to them, which caused both Rogue and Jean to jump a bit. "Would you like to dance?" Joe asked Rogue as he came up to her, seemingly not at all nervous, although he really was.

"The last time I danced with someone they ended up in a coma." Rogue answered somewhat harshly.

"And the last time I danced with someone I was stuck in Grace's body for the rest of the night." Joe said with a slight smile. "What's life if there aren't any second chances?" He asked holding out his gloved hand for Rogue to take.

Rogue paused for a bit, but then took his hand carefully as he led her to the dance floor. Who knows, she might even have fun.

"You want to dance?" Jean asked Mike cheerfully as she came up next to him. "Come on friend to friend, telepath to telepath." She said with a smile.

"I'd like to... but, I don't think I should, the dance floor is pretty crowded, and uh... I might end up loosing a bit of control..." He answered with a wary glance to the dance floor.

"Here." She said holding her hand towards his head. "Let me help." She said as she opened her palm.

Immediately her voice that had been resounding in his head stopped. "What did you-?"

"I put up a psychic barrier, it'll only last a while, but at least you can have some fun." Jean answered with a smile.

Mike smiled thankfully and stood up. He was short, even compared to Jean, but that didn't really matter, she saw him like a little brother, I mean how old was he? Twelve?

"Vhat about me?" Kurt asked after Jean and Mike left to the dance floor, but there was nobody left to hear him.

MEANWHILE

"Would you go already?"

"No!"

"Fine then! Stay here and be miserable!"

"I will and I'll cheer you up in the meanwhile!"

"I'm not depressed!"

"You're sad and you know it!"

"I'm not sad!"

"Yes you are!"

"Alright fine, I'm sad! Boo hoo! Now can we stop arguing? My throat is starting to get sore."

"Hold on. I'll get you some water." Rebecca said with a smile as she picked up the cup that rested on the nightstand-like thing that was next to James' hospital bed.

MEANWHILE

"You want to dance?" A female voice asked from the right of Kurt as he sat watching the movie. He didn't quite recognize the voice, so he turned his head. What met his eyes was something he wasn't quite prepared for. There stood Jessica dressed in a nice skirt which reached just above her knees, with a V neck top that fit her quite nicely, her skin covered in her delicate looking fur, but she obviously had a great figure and tone to her, he hadn't been able to tell that earlier when she had tackled him in the danger room.

"Uh... Uh... Yes." Kurt said as he stood up somewhat nervously.

Jessica giggled at Kurt's nervous smile as the two of them made it to the dance floor, which was now full, except for a few people scattered here and there eating some food on plates and just talking.

"What's the matter Logan, not a fan of modern music?" Xavier asked with a smile as Logan stood smoking a cigar in the doorway.

"It's a little loud for my taste." He answered as he put the cigar to his lips.

"Mine as well, but Will has already turned the music down twice." Xavier answered. "Besides, it's a party, there are plenty of things to eat if you're hungry. Grab a plate."

"Yeah. When's this thing supposed to end anyway?" Logan asked gruffly.

"At midnight of course. After all it is New Year's Eve Logan." Charles answered as he rolled over a bit.

"Great, four more hours of this." Logan said as he headed towards the food table.

"I wonder where Nathan is... He said he'd be here." Xavier said aloud as his eyes scanned the room.

"He'd be the kid standing behind you." Nathan answered as he came into the room and Xavier turned his wheelchair so he could see him.

"Ah, Nathan. I'm glad you came." Charles said with a nod.

"I said I would didn't I?" Nathan asked with a brow raised. "Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go make fun of the movie that's playing over there." He said pointing towards the couch.

"Of course, but why don't you get some food first, we can eat and talk a bit?" Xavier offered politely as he gestured over to the food table on the other side of the room.

Nathan looked over to the food table and smirked. "Let's see... buffalo wings, shrimp, other organic stuff... Nothing I can eat over there."

"I didn't realize that you were on a diet." Xavier said innocently.

Nathan laughed a bit, an odd laugh that sounded more to Xavier like an expression of sorrow than an expression of joy. "It's all organic." Nathan answered. "If I try and eat it, it'll turn to dust as soon as it hits my mouth. Sucks to be me huh?"

"Oh." Xavier said apologetically. "I'm sorry I didn't realize."

"It's fine. If you want though, you can still eat and we can talk, I'll just have some water." Nathan said as he shrugged.

"I'd like that." Xavier said with a kind smile.

"Where'd you learn to dance?" Jessica asked Kurt as they continued to dance on the dance floor.

"I never did. I'm just making it up as I go along." Kurt said with a slight smile, which revealed his fanged teeth.

Jessica giggled. "Well you're doing a good job of it." She said with a somewhat flirtatious smile, which showed her fanged teeth as well.

"Vhere did you learn to dance?" Kurt asked with a brow raised.

"My brother taught me a bit, and we used to live just above a dance club that he worked at, so I picked some up." She said with a shrug.

They were suddenly interrupted by Will's voice coming over the speakers in place of the music. "Guys and Gals, it is now eight o'clock, we're a half hour into the dancing and partying, and nothing has been destroyed, blown up, or cut in half." He said with a slight chuckle. "I think we've deserved a break in the music, and I'm hungry. So just chill, eat, talk, watch some of that movie we've got going, and then get back on this dance floor in about ten minutes. Oh, and have fun! Yeah you too Nathan." Will said which made a few of the Warriors laugh.

END

Author's note: I'd like to thank all of you who have read and reviewed, it's really been encouraging to hear what you all think of my writing and my stories. It might be a while before the next chapter gets up, because I have to work on my other story "Spyder Warrior" But don't worry, I think it'll be worth the wait... I think. When we get back we'll have the lady's pick dance, and the dance off. Some interesting couples will develop because of this, and some of them aren't with current people's dance partners. It'll be interesting, so keep reading! Oh, and uh.... REVIEW!