Disclaimer: I do not own Mutant X and that's final.

This chapter will focus on Lulu (for newcomers, she is a new mutant, Rabbit Feral, and is a member of the Sanctuary Mutant X team) She was created for my friend Gelf.

Chapter 4: Lulu and James

Lulu dressed in a pair of blue jeans and pink spaghetti strap t-shirt, stood in front of the movie theatre looking around for her new boyfriend James to show up. He was late and it worried her. He was always first to get to where they were meeting, not last. She turned toward the theatre, deciding to buy tickets before they sold out.

"LU!"

She turned to see James coming toward her, "James! Where have you been?"

"Sorry, the traffic tonight is terrible. Must of thought I stood you up."

"No, never, I thought you were dead."

"Lu, I am so sorry," he said as he hugged her. He was wearing a pair of faded blue jeans with a black shirt. "Give me your cell-phone number, I'll call next time I'm going to be late."

Lulu pulled away remembering Adam told her not to give the number out to anyone, "Let's buy our tickets, I'll give you the number after the movie."

She secretly hoped he'd forget all about it by then.

"Ok, cool, you get the tickets, I'll get the popcorn and drinks."

"Deal."

Lulu and James walked out of the movie theatre holding hands, "I loved that movie."

"I did too," he said.

"Hey, here's my cell phone number," she said handing him a piece of paper.

"Thanks, I'll call you next time I'm running late."

"Cool," she said smiling. She could only hope Adam never found out about her giving the number out. However, she would deal with that when it came out.

"So now, what do you want to do? The evening's young."

"You want to get something to eat at the diner over there?" she said pointing across the street to a small diner.

"Sure, come on."

"Thanks, I'm still hungry."

"No problem, gives me more time with you. Should be thanking you."

They ran across the street and he opened the door for her to Tony's Deli. They found a booth and sat down. They waited for the waiter to take their order, "What can I get for the cute couple?"

Lulu smiled, "I'll have the Hamburger with fries and a diet coke."

"Ok, and you sweetheart?"

"I'll have the same, but make mine a regular coke."

"Coming right up."

They watched her walk away, "James?"

"Yeah."

"Why did you say, ' gives me more time with you' like that a minute ago?"

"Cause, it seems every time we go out, we end the evening way to early. You have to get home or something."

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to."

"I know it's not your fault. Well no, actually it is your fault. I don't ever want to be away from you."

"Aww, that's so sweet."

Lulu leans in to kiss James and just as they do, her cell phone goes off. Both her and James growl, but only hers was feral. "I'm so sorry, give me a second."

She walks off to where she thinks James can't hear her, "Hello, oh hey Jesse. Now? Can't it wait? Look, I'll help move stuff tomorrow, not tonight! I'll be home when I get home. No! Yeah, well see if I care!"

Lulu walks back over to the booth and sits down next to James, who was looking at her strangely, "What?"

"Whose Jesse?"

"A friend."

"A friend who you live with? Look if you're dating someone else, let me know cause I don't want to get into any trouble with this Jesse fellow."

"Jesse's married to someone else and they have a kid, he's not mine. He's kind of like a brother to me though. We live together with some other people, we're in the process of moving and that's why he wants me to come home. They're all packed and ready to move."

"I'll come help, I would love to meet your friends."

Lulu smiled nervously, 'No I can't take you home, I live in secret hideout that no one knows about. Oh and one more thing, I'm a mutant, a feral to be exact. I have the DNA of a rabbit. Now see how fast you can run away from me, cause your girlfriend is a freak.' "That's really sweet, but I don't think it would be a good idea."

"Why not?"

"Hmm."

"Come on Lulu, I can help."

"Ok, Jesse's wife is real sick, she has cancer, so I'm not sure it's a good idea to bring strangers over to the house. Please understand, I want them to meet you and maybe next week when we get all settled in we'll throw a small party. They will love you James!"

"Ok, well I don't want to intrude on your friend Jesse and his wife. I lost my mom 5 years ago to cancer, so please don't worry about me, I understand how hard it is on everyone watching their loved one go through this."

"I didn't know about your mom James, I'm sorry."

"Thanks."

"Let's eat."

15 minutes later…outside the deli…

"Can I at least take you home?"

"I brought my own car."

"Oh, then can I kiss you goodnight?"

"Yes you may," she said smiling. As they kissed, she held nothing back; she wanted him to remember that kiss for the rest of his life. He pulled back almost breathless. "Wow."

"I'll call you when I get home."

"I have a feeling I'll be wide awake," he grinned.

Lulu walked across the street and looked back to see if James was watching her. She didn't see him and walked over to the dark blue, almost black Ford Mustang. She opened the door and got in the passenger side, "Hey Max."

"About time, thought I was going to spend the whole night watching you two kissy face."

"You wouldn't have to if Adam trusted me with a car."

"The last time we trusted you with a vehicle, you got the Helix stolen!"

"It's a good thing I did too, cause if I hadn't Brennan and Mari would be dead."

"That doesn't justify you losing it in the first place."

"All right, just take me home."

"My pleasure, so have you told him yet?"

"Told who what?"

"James, your boyfriend, that you're a mutant."

"No I haven't."

"Why not?"

"Cause he'll freak out when he finds out."

"Yeah, but not because you're a mutant, because you lied to him!"

"So you think he won't freak out when he finds out that I'm a mutant."

"He might, but he might not. You'll never know if you don't tell him."

"Ok I will, when I know him better."

"You've been dating him for 6 months!"

"Just drive and quit talking to me."

"Fine, I'll let Lexa talk to you when we get home."

"No more advice from any of you!"

"You're not getting off that easy."

Lulu remained silent the rest of the way home. She walked into the living room of Sanctuary and watched as Jesse, Dax, Zack and the others were carrying boxes out to the garage. They had cleaned out Haven the week before, so this was to be the last night in Sanctuary.

Lulu walked over to Jesse, "Hey, what can I do to help?"

"Who are you?"

"Jesse, don't play games, just tell me what to do."

"Well for starters, grow up! You're not a little baby anymore, act like the adult you're supposed to be! I don't care if I hurt your feelings anymore, someone has got to tell you that your actions are stupid, selfish and downright mean!"

Everyone stopped what he or she was doing to watch Jesse yell at Lulu. For weeks now they had all watched him bravely put on a front to hide his fear about Melodie and they all knew it was matter of time before he blew. They all felt bad for Lulu, but for the most part, they agreed with Jesse.

"But Je.."

"No buts, I called you tonight to tell you were ready to move and you hung up on me!"

"I was on a date!"

"A date that Adam said you could go on, only on one condition! Do you remember that condition?"

"Yes."

"Go ahead, say it out loud so everyone can see what a selfish brat you are!"

"The condition was that when I was called back to help move, that I would come back immediately."

"And did you do that?"

"No."

"That's right, instead you hung up the phone!"

"Jesse, you need to ease up man," said Brennan. "I agree she's a brat but yelling at her like this is not going to change her."

"Gee thanks Brennan," said Lulu, angrily.

"Brennan, thanks but I need no help from you," sneered Jesse.

"All right, just don't say anything you can't take back."

"Yeah, I'm not you!"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Well, let's see you broke up with Shal after you said you loved her, then broke it off with Mari to get Shalimar back. But she's over you!"

"Jesse, cool it!" warned Shal.

"Whatever, Lulu get out of the way while us adults do all the hard work in life for you."

Lulu went to sit down on the sofa; she was devastated by what Jesse had said to her. He must be right though, cause no one was coming to her defense. Her cell phone went off, "Hello?"

"Hey Lu."

"James hey."

"Not calling too late am I?"

"No, of course not."

"I need to ask you something."

"Ok shoot."

"You drove your self home right?"

"Yes."

"Then why did I see you getting into a car with another guy?"

Lulu froze, "I can explain."

"Don't bother, I don't date liars," said James as he cut the phone call.

Lulu closed her phone; tears started to fall as she got up and ran to her room. In the hall, she passed Shalimar who turned and followed her. "Lulu."

Lulu was sitting on the floor of her room cause her bed was already gone. She was crying her eyes out "Leave me alone."

"Honey," said Shal as she slowly sat down next to Lulu. Being 8 ½ months pregnant made getting down a lot harder. "Tell me what's wrong, is it what Jesse said to you. He's just.."

"No it's not that, James just broke up with me. He caught me in a lie."

"Oh sweetie, what did you lie about?"

"I told him I had my car tonight so that he wouldn't drive me home. He saw Max pick me up!"

"Can't you just tell him the truth, that you didn't drive yourself home, because your dad wouldn't let you use the car tonight."

"Why bother, when he finds out about my other lie, he'll dump me again."

"What other lie?"

"That I'm a freak!"

"You're not a freak, let's go."

"Go where?"

"To get your boyfriend back."

"What?"

"I'll drive, you'll talk, but first help the fat pregnant chick out of the floor."

Lulu laughed and stood up to help Shal out of the floor.

2 hours later…

Lulu knocked on the door. She was surprised when James answered the door. "Hey."

"Hey Lulu."

"We need to talk."

"I don't really have anything to say to you."

"Please hear me out, then I'll go."

"Ok."

"I lied about having a ride, because I couldn't have you driving me home. My boss, Adam won't allow it; ok you know what since you're going to dump me, anyway I guess I might as well tell you. I'm a mutant, a Rabbit Feral to be exact, but you off course wouldn't understand the difference between a Rabbit feral and a well anything. I have the DNA of a rabbit and I work for a group called Mutant X. We fight against evil and stuff. I'm going home now."

"Wait!"

"What?"

"Are you serious? Can you prove any of what you just told me?"

"She can't, but I can, hi, I'm Shalimar."

"Hi, I'm James, how can you prove what she just said?"

"Cause I can do this," she said flashing her eyes into feral mode.

James gasped, "Wha.."

"This love sick pup here loves you," smiled Shal, "enough to show you her true self. Don't break her heart or I'll break you."

"Wouldn't hurt her for the world," smiled James. "Lulu I'm sorry, I just thought you were lying to me."

"Well you were right, I was, but I had good reasons."

"I'll say, ok if you'll still have me I would be honored to be your boyfriend."

"I'll think about it," she smiled. "So you want to come over and help me move into my new place."

"You sure?"

"Yes, she's sure, you two kiss and get over it. I'll be in the car waiting for you both."

Ok, this is the end of this chapter; I will update as soon as possible!