If I could say what I wanted to say,
I'd say I wanna blow you away
Be with you every night,
Am I squeezing you too tight?
…Guess I'm wishing my life away
With these things I'll never say
-Avril Lavigne, "Things I'll Never Say"
"Moooooom! We're out of Cheerios!"
"Rachel, you hate Cheerios!"
"Jessica loves them! And we're out so she's not staying quiet!" Rachel yelled up the stairs.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Can I go get some at the supermarket nearby?"
"Sure! Take your father's car!"
"Hey! I just did a paintjob on that thing!" Scott exclaimed from another part of the house.
"Oh, hush! You can trust Rachel with your car!"
"Yeah, Dad! What, do Mom and I rank below your car?"
There was silence for a moment.
"SCOTT!"
"All right, all right, you can take my car!"
"Thanks, Dad" and she hurried to the garage.
While going through the living room, she bumped into Rouge and Remy.
"Oh, good! I was hoping to bump into someone on the way out. Can you guys watch Jessica while I run to the supermarket? She's in the foyer"
"Um, sure Ah guess"
"You're the best" she waved as she ran to Scott's car.
"Great, now we're babysitters" muttered Remy playfully.
"Hey, Remy?" Rouge asked. He looked down at her lovingly.
"What is it, chere?"
"Ah've been thinking…" she said, casting her face downwards.
"About what?" he asked with concern.
"Well, Jean and Scott have a baby girl and Emma and Hank have a baby girl and Rahne and Jamie have a baby boy and Logan and Ororo have three baby girls and, well, they're all so happy being parents and Ah just look at them and…"
"You want some of the happy, too?" he asked.
"Well, yeah, Ah mean, we're married now, right?"
"But, Rougey, don't think me horrible or anything like that, but how?" he asked as they reached the kitchen.
"Well, Ah was reading some articles on in-vitro fertilization and Ah was thinking…"
"A test tube baby?"
"I know you're against all that but, Ah-Ah really want this Remy" she said taking his hands in her gloved ones.
He smiled his signature smile and kissed her hand.
"I think I can make an exception"
Rouge broke into a grin.
"Great! Then have I got news for you!"
Remy's red and black eyes widened.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Logan and X23 were taking care of the triplets. Logan had the sleeping Kristen and the very much awake Kata while X23 had Kiara.
"Hey, Logan?"
"It's Dad now, remember?"
"Right" she said happily. "Dad, can I get a motorcycle for my birthday?"
"When's your birthday? I thought you didn't know" he asked.
"Oro-Mom made up one for me. So can I?"
He sighed.
"I'll talk to 'Ro"
"You rock…Dad"
Logan shook his head with a grin.
"I don't think I'm ever going to get used to that"
"Well you'd better" said X23 as she got up and put Kiara in her high chair, "You're going to be called that by four girls for the rest of your natural life" She left the kitchen with a smile on her face.
Logan put the other two girls in their respective high chairs and took a beer out of the refrigerator.
"Gahh!"
Kiara reached out towards her father, mistaking the beer for her bottle.
"No, Kiara. This is Daddy's bottle" he said as he opened it.
Kiara sniffled.
"Oh no…" he said under his breath and quickly put the bottle down and went for his daughter.
"Now, c'mon, Kiara. Good girls don't cry. Please don't cry"
She sniffled again but didn't cry. He sighed and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
"Good girl"
He went back for his beer but stopped before drinking it.
Kata and Kiara were staring at him intently. It was almost as if they were daring him to drink alcohol in front of them.
He grumbled and put it back in the refrigerator. Kata giggled.
"Yeah, yeah, everyone laugh at Daddy" he said with a smile.
At that moment, Jamie walked in.
"Hello, Logan" he said cheerfully.
"Hey"
"How are you today?" he asked as he looked through the refrigerator.
"Fine. How are you and Rahne?"
"Better than ever" he said as he pulled out Logan's beer and began drinking it.
Logan glanced over at his girls. Kiara was blowing spit bubbles, Kata was playing with her toes and Kristen was still asleep.
"Oh! But you let him drink it!" he exclaimed at his daughters.
"Logan, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing, Jamie, just go. Ivan's calling you" Logan said as he heard Ivan crying in another part of the house.
Jamie put the empty beer in the sink and left the kitchen.
"Your welcome, bub" he said to himself.
"Bub!"
"Bub is right. He's just a beer-stealing…"
Logan stopped and spun around.
"What. Did. You. Say?"
"Bub!" Kata exclaimed.
"Bu-ub?" asked Kiara.
"Bub!"
"Their first words" he breathed in shock.
He slapped his forehead.
"Ororo is going to kill me!"
"Who's a cute little girl? Who is?" cooed Gambit.
"Mika!"
"Nooo. Jessica! That's you!" he said tapping her nose.
She gurgled happily.
Scott came down the stairs.
"Hey, Remy"
"Hey, Scott"
Jessica reached out her arms as he passed by.
"Hey, Jessie!" he said picking her up above his head.
She laughed.
"So where's Rouge this fine hour?"
Gambit took a breath.
"I'm scared to know"
"What do you mean?" he asked shifting his weight so he could hold Jessica in one arm.
"Would you happen to know how in-vitro fertilization works?"
Scott looked at him funny. "No idea. You might wanna ask Jean"
"I'll do that" he said sitting back down.
"Remy, what did Rouge say?"
Gambit opened his mouth to talk but was interrupted by Jessica.
"Da!"
"What?"
"Da…da…da" she kept repeating.
Scott's eyes widened
>Jean! Jessica's talking! Get down here right away!>
In five seconds flat, Jean came soaring down the stairs, in too much of a hurry to even walk.
"Let me see!" she said landing right in front of Scott so that Jessica was between them. Remy came up to join them.
"Da…da!" she exclaimed.
"That's right, Jessie! Dada! And who am I?"
Jessica grabbed her mom's nose. They laughed.
"Oh, well. I guess 'Mama' is going to have to wait"
"Dada!" she said again.
Scott kissed her forehead.
"That's my girl"
Just then Ororo passed by.
"Hey, Ororo, Jessica said her first word!" Jean said.
"Oh, my Goddess, that's great! And at only six months"
"I know" said Scott.
"I wonder when the triplets will start talking" she pondered.
"Hank bought a book on babies after the incident with Emily and the mashed peas. He said that most children start talking around now" said Jean. She paused a moment and allowed herself an evil smile as she remember the incident. Emma was washing her hair for five hours straight afterwards.
"Hey, has anyone seen Logan?" Ororo asked them.
"Last I saw, he was in the kitchen" said Gambit.
"Thanks"
She entered the kitchen while Logan was in the process of hushing Kata. He spun around when he saw her.
"Logan, what are you doing?"
"Nothing! I was just leaving!"
Storm looked at him skeptically.
"You said you were going to help me feed the babies today. We don't want another incident like Emma's"
"Well, I…uh…we're out of beer. I have to run to the store"
"Rachel's there all ready" she said. "Just ring her up telepathically and she can get you some"
"Her telepathy's off because she's sick. Besides, I-I don't think she's at that store. I'll be back fast." he said giving her a peck on the cheek and rushing out of the room before his daughters gave him away.
"I swear, sometimes I wonder if I was under the influence when I said 'I Do'"
She shook her head with a smile and went to get the bottles.
Before giving it to Kata, however, she looked over her shoulder to make sure she was alone.
"Can you say 'Mama', Kata? Say 'Mama'"
Kata gurgled.
"Bub!"
Ororo blinked.
"LOGAN!"
"Did you hear that?" Hank asked his wife.
"Yes" she responded not looking up from her book. "It sounds like someone better be saving up for hurricane season early"
"Kic?" asked Emily.
"No. Not you"
"Glad to see you're reading that book I got you" Hank commented with a smile.
She eyed him from over the edge.
"Shut up"
Emily laughed.
"I'm back!" Rachel announced coming into the kitchen where Jean and Ororo were.
"Dada!" announced Jessica.
Rachel stopped.
"Mom…?"
"Her first word" Jean smiled.
"Bub!" two voices said simultaneously.
Rachel looked beyond her mother to Ororo who had her face buried in her hands. She looked to her mom again.
"Their first words" Jean said, rolling her eyes.
Rachel stifled a laugh.
"Well" Storm said finally, "at least Kristen has been spared"
"Thank God for that"
"Wait until I get my hands on Logan" she grumbled leaving the kitchen for the baby bags. She bumped into Emma as she was going out.
"What's up with Ororo?"
"Bub!"
"Oh"
"Has Emily said anything yet?"
"Not yet.Excuse me, I have a hair appointment" she said picking up her purse on the counter top.
"MAshed PEas!" Rachel coughed.
Emma glared daggers at her.
"Dear me I must be coming down with a cold" Rachel said reaching for a tissue, ignoring her glare, knowing that she burst out laughing if she looked her in the eyes.
"Indeed" Emma growled. Then she left the room and Jean and Rachel broke into a fit of laughter.
"So what do you want to do now?" Jean asked Rachel when they had stopped laughing.
Rachel touched her lip and looked up at the ceiling pensively.
"Let's wait for Logan to get back"
Jean laughed.
"Sounds like a plan to me!"
Sorry it took so long to update. I had it all written out and then my floppy disk broke. Twice. Hope you liked it! I made it extra long for the delay. Stay tuned for the next chapter where there will be an addition to the Grandchildren! There will also be some surprise visits from the marvel universe to see the babies!
I would like to highly recommend the stories Letter to Scott and It's All Greek to Me, two great stories which I cannot understand why they have so little reviews. They can be found in my profile page underneath my favorite stories.
I'd also like to thank all my reviewers especially the new fans, Linet and The Uncanny R-Man. Welcome to the cult--club! Club! I meant to say club! I totally meant to say club!
The Children of the Atom are not mine. The Grandchildren of the Atom are.
Next time…
"Oh, Jean, it's a beautiful baby girl. If only she didn't look so much like Steven"
"Scott" he corrected.
"Whatever"
"Mother!" scolded Jean.