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Logan sat on the fountain in the driveway of the mansion and watched Rachel do the only girlie thing he has ever seen her do. He watched as she played with her skipping rope (that jump rope in Americanish)

"Cinderella, dressed in yella," Rachel sang as she jumped, "Went upstairs to kiss a fella, made a mistake, kissed a snake, how many doctors will it take?" every time she jumped over the rope she counted up in twos. She got tired and stopped at 14.

Logan wasn't entirely sure how he came to be in his present...situation. He was sitting on the grass with his knees against his chest (per Rachel's instructions) next to the fountain with Rachel sat in the same way opposite him. "Okay Logan, look what I do and then do it with me"

"What exactly are we doin?"

"Somethin Kurt taught me, now shush" Rachel said putting her index finger over her mouth. She then began to sing and do the actions for "Head, shoulder, knees and toes" in German.

"Kopf, Schultern, Kniee und fuss
Kniee und fuss
Kopf, Schultern, Kniee und fuss,
Kniee und fuss,
Und Ohren und Augen und Mund und Nase,
Kopf, Schultern, Kniee und fuss" (I know Fuss isn't toes but when we learned it we did head shoulder knee and foot coz it goes with the tune better) when she had finished she smiled at Logan "Ok your turn Logan" Logan just stared at the girl. "ELF!" he yelled standing up and goin in the mansion to kill Kurt.

It was around nine PM when Logan walked into the Rec. room holding a half empty 2 litre bottle of Irn Bru "Alright I bought this two hours ago which one of you lot drunk it already?" he demanded slightly peeved. Several of the room's occupiers responded with "not me". Then Logan heard Rachel's voice whispering, he moved out in the hallway and saw Rachel two or three feet away from him crouching on the floor. "We see the infamous Wolverine" she whispered looking to her right as though she were talking to someone.

"Never mind I just found out" Logan said.

"The Wolverine is a very danedrus creature, so we can't get too close, oh he's seen us don't make any sudden movement or he will attack" she whispered slowly moving her hand behind her. Bobby and Rahne's heads popped out of the Rec. room while Logan's raised an eyebrow. "What's she doin?" Rahne asked

"I think she's huntin Logan" Bobby said smirking.

"Steady wait for it NOW!" Rachel yelled bringing a water gun from behind her back and firing at Logan. He dropped the bottle of Irn Bru when the water hit his face and moved his hand up in front of it. Rahne and Bobby exchanged slightly horrified faces then proceeded to fall over laughing. "Uh oh I'm outta ammo retreat!" Rachel shouted running towards the kitchen abandoning her water gun. Cold water dripped off the ends on Logan's hair and his eye started to twitch. Logan growled "Aww c'mon Logan she's just playin lighten up a bit eh?" Bobby said leaning on him. Logan glared at the teenager "Or not y'know whatever" Bobby moved away from him holding his hands up.

The older students sat in the Rec. room watching "Freddy Vs. Jason" Jamie had been banished to his room under the pretenses of it being too scary for "children" to watch. Rachel would have been banished also but no one was able to find her so they just left her. Kitty got up as it was her turn to re-fill the popcorn as she got near the door to the kitchen she got the feeling she was being watched. She looked behind her but there was nobody there she shrugged and went in the kitchen. As she was leaving the kitchen with the popcorn Rachel jumped out from the side of the door in the hallway Kitty screamed and threw her hands up making popcorn fly everywhere. When she saw it was only Rachel she sighed in relief. "Maha avest me hearties" Rachel said brandishing a plastic pink sword and an eye patch on her left eye "I'll make ye walk the plank" Rachel said then went to poke Kitty's stomach with her sword but Kitty phased through it and put her hands on her hips "Rachel stop messing about with that sword you could like have someone eye out with it"

"Tch yeah right" Rachel said lifting up her eye patch "And you're supposed to die when I stab you"

"It's like plastic that wouldn't kill anyone"

"Did anyone ever tell you you're a hell of a buzz kill?" Rachel said then turned and stormed off dragging her sword behind her.

Jamie sat in his room boredly playing on his playstation 2. Rachel opened his door and came in "Hey" she said poking him in the back with her sword "Fight me or I'll make ye walk the plank"

"Ow Rach that hurt" Jamie said rubbing his back "And I don't have a sword"

"Ha-ha that's where you're wrong" Rachel said dropping a blue plastic sword in his hands. Jamie smiled and so the two youngest x-men began having a sword fight. The sound of plastic hitting plastic was what had drawn Logan to Jamie's room. As he neared the door Rachel and Jamie came out of it while Jamie was still in the doorway Rachel whacked his side causing him to bang the doorframe and several other Jamie's to appear becoming lodged in the doorway. Rachel Jumped back holding her Sword towards him "Ha-ha take that ye scurvy sea dog" she said triumphantly. "Aww Rachel that's cheatin!" Jamie protested

"A pirate knows not of this word you speak" Rachel said and started poking Jamie making him squirm helplessly in the door. "Whoa" Rachel said as Logan walked past and grabbed her by the back of her shirt. "We'll finish this later" she shouted to Jamie as she was dragged down the hall.