-Dinner time-

After Ororo, St. John, and Amara finished serving the food, they went to sit down and enjoy the company of their circle of friends. St. John sat at the end of the rather long table with the rest of the Brotherhood.

Lance looked down the table, "I'm starting to get the feeling that the closer you sit to Xavier the higher your rank is."

The rest of the Brotherhood looked down the table and noticed it to be true. At the head of the table was of course Charles, followed by his staff. Next to the staff sat the X-Men with Jean and Scott sitting closer to Charles, after the X-Men came the New Mutants, who apparently sat in no particular order. Finally came the Brotherhood.

Todd nodded, "Mags must be pretty high on the list to be sitting next to Xavier yo."

Freddy looked down the table and caught a few people staring back at the team, "Is it me or do most of the people here hate us?"

Pietro smirked, "Good, now it's just like high school."

Dinner passed uneventfully, there was no fighting and very little had been said to rival groups, although glares from some of the original X-Men occasionally found different targets among the Brotherhood.

-After dinner in Eric's room-

Eric stood facing his window staring out into the nothingness of the night. A knock came at his door, "You may enter." He did not turn around to see who came into his room, "How may I help you Charles?"

Charles peeked an eyebrow in interest, "How?"

Eric smiled, "The chair my friend. I can sense that particular piece of metal from one hundred yards away."

Charles nodded, "And what if it had been Logan."

Eric smirked, "Ah yes Logan. Well adamantium has a very distinct feel to it." He paused for a moment, "I'm sure you did not come here to discuss metal with me."

Charles looked at his friend, "Of course not, I came because I was curious as to your feelings towards living with your children."

Eric's face contorted into a frown, "It feels awful Charles, but I could not very well leave them in the shack, they so affectionately refer to as the Brotherhood House."

Charles nodded in agreement, "They are very stubborn, just like a certain master of magnetism."

Eric chuckled, "I assume it runs in the dysfunctional slightly extended family."

Charles suddenly became serious, "What of Wanda?"

Eric sighed, "When Mastermind died, I expected Wanda to blow down the door of my lair and to hex me into oblivion. To this day I have no idea why she never came after me."

Charles nodded in agreement, "That is very odd."

Eric turned to face his friend, "When I saw her today, I did not see hate in her eyes, all I saw was extreme disappointment."

Charles looked into Eric's eyes, "How does that make you feel?"

Eric smiled, "I know what you're doing Charles. As long as they are safe and well taken care of I could care less of their opinion towards me."

Charles nodded, "I just want to help you Eric."

Eric sighed, "Charles I came here seeking redemption after I almost murdered Katherine. I can't believe I was so mad with power, that I would stoop to murdering a teenage girl."

Charles smiled at his oldest friend, "And that's when you showed up in my doorstep."

-Wanda and Pietro's room several hours later-

It was late at night, Pietro slept peacefully on his bed, dreaming of the perfect Prom date. He danced with his date in a beautifully decorated ballroom; they seemed to be in an endless waltz. He wore a black tuxedo with a navy blue tie while she wore a green dress that flattered her curves. Although she danced with him, her head rested on his shoulder, preventing him from seeing the face of his date. She began lifting her head off his shoulder, when suddenly he was abruptly woken up.

Pietro snapped to attention, "Who are you?" He looked at the person who woke him up, "It happened again didn't it?"

The shadowy figure nodded.

Pietro threw off the blanket and got out of bed. He stretched a little, "Go get some clothes and I'll get your sheets."

The shadowy now shown to be Wanda went to her dresser and gathered a few clothes, while Pietro sped to her bed and took off the sheets and blanket, "Wait here I'll be right back."

A tear rolled down Wanda's cheek as she nodded. He sped off and a few seconds later he was back, "Good thing they showed us where the laundry room is. I brought you some fresh sheets."

Wanda's smiled hesitantly, "Thanks."

Pietro smiled at his twin, "Come on I'll take you to the bathroom."

They walked down the hallway Wanda clutched her clothes tightly to her chest, the twins past several doors until they reached the right one. It was pitch black in the bathroom, "Go ahead I'll wait out here." Wanda nodded and walked in not closing the door. Pietro leaned up against the wall next to the bathroom and slid down until he was sitting on the floor.

Wanda began pulling off her clothes, "Pietro?"

Pietro was staring at the door across the hall, "Yeah?"

Wanda paused for a moment as she cleaned herself, "Do you remember when my memories came back?"

Pietro chuckled, "How could I forget, you had me pinned against the wall for an hour."

Wanda voice began to shake, "I'm sorry."

Pietro smiled, "It's okay."

Wanda began pulling on her clean clothes, "Do you remember what you said that made me reevaluate everything?"

Pietro crossed his legs and put his hands behind his head, "Of course I do. I said, 'Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it. So if you're going to kill me, get it over with, I won't run anymore.'"

Wanda walked out of the bathroom, "That's when it started, I let go of all that anger, and this happened to me." She shook the clothes in her hands and cried quietly.

Pietro hopped to his feet, "Don't worry it's emotional, and I'll help you work through it." He held out his hand, "I'll take those for you. Will you be okay for a few seconds?" She nodded and he was gone. She wiped away a few tears and he was back. He put his arm around her and they walked back to their room.

Wanda bit her lip, "Can… can I…"

Pietro smiled, "You want to sleep in my bed tonight?" She nodded and finished wiping away tears, "Sure thing. Xavier may have a bunch of kids loving here, but the beds are big enough for two."

They finally reached their room and Wanda lay down on his bed, while Pietro sped to the other side of the bed and picked the blanket up off the floor. He laid is over Wanda and then climbed in bed two. They lie with their backs facing each other.

Wanda nuzzled into her pillow, "Pietro?"

Pietro closed his eyes preparing for sleep, "Yeah?"

Wanda yawned, "You're a good brother."

Pietro grunted in response.

-The next morning outside the girl's bathroom-

There was a line for the bathroom beginning with the three original X-Women, Jean, Anna, and Kitty, followed by Laura, Tabby, Amara, Jubilation, and Rahne. Each girl either wore her bathrobe or was still clad in her sleep garments.

Ororo walked to the head of the line, "What's going on here?"

Rogue began tapping her foot, "Ah've been standin' here for an hour waitin' on the bathroom."

Kitty pulled the toothbrush out of her mouth, "Yeah they've only been here one day and she's like totally taken over."

Ororo cocked her head to the side, "Who?"

Anna rolled her eyes, "By process of elimination it's…"

Ororo cut her off, "Wanda." She gently knocked on the door, "Wanda dear, could you hurry it along? Other students need to use the facilities."

"What do you mean?" Wanda walked up behind Ororo.

Ororo jumped in freight and turned around, "Wanda? What are you doing here?"

Wanda peeked an eyebrow in confusion, "Well I was going to go to the bathroom."

Rogue looked Wanda up and down. Realization hit her just as the door opened, "Pietro."

Pietro stepped out of the bathroom only wearing a towel, "Now that's what a guy likes to see after a shower, many beautiful women wearing bathrobes and nightgowns," he smirked and smiled at each girl as he walked past her.

Rogue glared at the speedster, "Gimme one good reason whah ah shouldn't kill your brothah."

Wanda smirked, "Cause then you'd lose your place in line." Wanda began walking away.

Rogue looked at her, "Where are ya goin'?"

Wanda didn't even turn around, "I'm going to intimidate the boys for their bathroom."

-Backyard a few hours later-

Pietro was in the backyard sitting under a tree watching the Mutants play some trivial game that did not involve powers, but now involved every single ability the younger students could muster.

Pietro leaned against the tree, "A woman's love huh?" He began examining each of the female students, "I guess I should just go through the ranks." He smirked to himself, "Bur first I need to thin the herd. Jean's out, Kitty's out, and the fiery chick's out." He nodded to himself in determination, "That leaves me with wolf girl, firework girl, Tabby, Wolverine's kid, and Rogue." There was an explosion, a bolt of lightning, and a fireworks flying around, "Guess I should make a move before they kill each other."