John could swear that he heard the mission impossible theme song echoing through the halls as he snuck around every corner.

"St. John, secret agent, attempting to leave the enemy base safely with knowledge gathered from posing as another brain washed student. Luckily he managed to escape before the brain washing was completed. Now lurking in the halls of Bayville High, he has managed to make it past three one and F guards and is now making his way to the double doors to freedom." John explained as he secretly and steadily rounded the final corner to freedom.

"His escape route is in sight, prepare to execute in 3, 2, 2 ½. 1 and go…" John trailed off as he ran to the double doors, the word freedom ringing through his ears, at least it was, that was until he ran into a certain goody little two shoes.

"And just where do you think you're going St. John?" A very firm Scott Summer asked.

John laughed, "Uh…bathroom?" John tried, as he frantically searched the halls for an answer.

"Nice try." Scott answered him with a frown. "Now back to class." Scott ordered.

"Oh come on mate. What are ya gonna do? Tell the principle on me?" John jokingly asked as he began to walk around Scott and towards the double doors to his freedom.

"No." Scott answered calmly with his arms crossed over his chest.

John smiled, "See mate, I knew ya didn't have it in ya to squeal on poor ol' St. John." Pyro told him as he slyly took another step closer to the doors. Scott's frown deepened.

"How about Magneto." Scott told John, John frowned and came to a halt.

"Fine, see if I care." John told him as he shook off his panicked attitude and put his hand on the door handle.

"Alright then, well see what punishment is in store for you." Scott told him a smug smile on his face.

"I guess we will." John added trying to play like he really didn't care.

"Alright then." Scott finished as he brought his wrist with a thick watch up to his mouth, he made a move to press a button and opened his mouth to speak.

John dove for Scott's legs. "Oh please Scooter, please don't tell him. If I mess up one more time I'm a dead man. He'll make me do horrible things that I don't even want to think of. Please mate please."

Scott made a motion as if he was going to open his mouth and speak but when he did suddenly the school fire alarm went off and the halls were flooded with a huge rush of students. John suddenly felt someone yank on his arm and pull him away with them into the crowd.

Everyone was pushing and shoving each other trying as hard as they could not to get lost or crushed in the crowd. John still felt his arm being tugged on, he didn't mind so much it was getting him away from Scott.

Suddenly John finally caught a glimpse of the person dragging him, it was Wanda. "Ello Sheila." John greeted her with a warm smile, Wanda only glared at him and continued to drag him out of the crowd and towards the school parking lot.

"Why so glum Sheila?" John asked with a smile on his face, Wanda didn't answer, John tried a number of times to get her to answer him but she didn't say anything until they were outside of the school.

"Your welcome." Was all Wanda said letting go of his arm and walking away from the school and more than likely back to the Institute, she had no place else to go.

"Uh-Huh? What just happened here?" John asked the lonely Goth, he was seriously confused, Wanda stopped walking and turned back towards him.

"Scott is way to law abiding to be a hero, but he thinks he is. All of the greatest heroes of our time broke the laws and rarely followed them. Martin Luther King Jr. broke the law, the colonialist broke the law by refusing the British, and you broke the law to save that little boy." Wanda told him, they locked eyes for a moment and she continued. "He's no hero, and I refuse to see him try to act like one for something as stupid as catching a team mate ditch." Wanda told him, she started up walking again.

"Wow." Was all John said. "You make a lot of sense Sheila." John told her as he jogged to catch up with her. "How'd you know?" John asked her seriously.

"About the little boy?" Wanda confirmed. John nodded and Wanda continued, "I read it in your file, you went to jail so that kid would have to." John said nothing but nodded.

"If I were normal I'd say that was pretty sweet." Wanda told him.

John smiled, "Thanks."

"But I'm not normal." Wanda informed him. John frowned, "But it was." Wanda told him, she smiled lightly at him and then realized what she was doing and frowned deeply. John saw her smile though and they continued to walk.

The two of them walked in complete silence for a long time, neither one feeling it was their place to really say anything. Wanda was upset she let her guard down and John was just enjoying the peace for one, it wasn't like him, but for once he didn't feel on edge to say or do something.

They reached the Institute gates, both of them stopped and didn't dare punch in the code to unlock the gate. "It was you wasn't it?" John asked her. Wanda looked over at him and for a second she thought he was talking about something else. "You're the one that pulled the fire alarm, aren't you?" John accused.

"So what if was me?" Wanda asked him defensively.

John smiled, "Then I owe ya one Sheila." John told her pulling out his lighter.

"You owe me shit." Wanda told him bitterly. "And don't call me Sheila."

"No I owe you." John repeatedly told her, they began to walk away from the Institute.

"No you don't." Wanda glared at him. The argument continued on for quite some time until they had reached town.

"You like coffee?" John asked her out of the blue.

"Huh?" Wanda questioned.

"Do you like Coffee Sheila?" John asked again.

"Yeah. Why?" Wanda said, then she looked at where they were, they were at the only coffee shop in this little town.

"My treat." John informed her as he walked inside the coffee house, Wanda tentially followed him.

Once inside she noticed that no one was inside other than two people, it was quiet and dark, she liked it.

"What'll it be?" John asked her with a sweet smile.

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"Ah hate school." Rogue declared as she slammed her book bag down onto her bed. She then proceeded to grab a change of clothes and a towel and took off for the bathroom to take a nice long hot shower.

Tearing through the hallway Rogue managed to bump into Toad, "Sorry Toad." Rogue apologized as she tried to help him up.

"No sweat." Toad responded, "Hey have you seen Wanda?" Toad called out, he hadn't gotten the chance to talk to her since last night and he was dying to.

"No Ah haven't." Rogue told him she was about to leave and take off for the bathroom when she saw how bummed he looked when she said she hadn't seen her. "Sorry sweetie." Rogue told him lightly touching his slumped shoulder, and then she took off for the bathroom and for a long hot shower.

"Hello?" Logan answered the phone gruffly, the voice spoke to him and his eye brows rose at what the voice had to say. "Really?" He asked.

Jubilee was sitting on the couch reading a book and attempted to eves drop but to no avail. They were talking too quietly for her to hear them, so she gave up and returned to her book.

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"I see." He answered the voice, "Thank you, thank you very much." Logan told the person the phone as he hung up, Jubilee looked over to him and was entirely creped out when she saw he was smiling, and it was one of those smiles that said "oh now I'm really going to have some fun."

Logan gave an evil laugh as he left the room, making Jubilee wonder if she or any of the other students were in serious trouble.

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Remy looked at his watch, Where is that girl? He pondered as he flicked his cigarette into the street. It was already eight, and she was no where in sight. And he thought she wasn't going to screw it up, figures. Remy shook his head as he skimmed the streets again.

"Looking for someone?" A familiar female voice asked, Remy spun around and saw the telepathic red head.

"Ah, what kept you?" Remy asked sweetly.

Jean smiled, "You don't want to know." She told him as she walked right up next to him and led him into the store.

"Now y'have t'tell Remy." The Cajun informed her with a smile.

Jean just rolled her eyes.

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Dusk was already upon them, and once they left the coffee shop they didn't say a word to each other, they hadn't said much to each other in the coffee shop either but then it wasn't an uncomfortable silence, at least this was an uncomfortable silence for John, though he wasn't sure about Wanda.

John looked over to Wanda and saw that she was stone faced as she walked. "Are you angry Sheila?" John questioned, Wanda gave a small glare at the notion that he had called her Sheila but then shook her head. "Okay then." John stated as they continued to walk back to the institute.

A little less then half way there Wanda finally opened her mouth and said something. "Do you believe in God?" She asked him.

John froze up entirely and had to stop and rethink before he answered, and one of his main thoughts was "Where the hell did that come from?"

Wanda looked over to him and gave a small smile, John then realized that he had said it out loud. Wanda shook her head in dismay, "You're so easily thrown off Pyro." She told him as she continued to walk on without him.

"Hey what's that suppose to mean?" John shouted as he jogged a bit to catch up to her.

"It means what I said it means." Wanda told him.

"And that means?" John asked again motioning with his hands.

Wanda rolled her eyes, "Just never mind." She told him and she continued to walk on, slower this time so he could keep up.

"I use to." He shouted, Wanda stopped walking and turned around to face him as he spoke. He started slowly walking up to her as he did. "But I don't know now, kind of hard to believe in this great man if all he's done has caused you sadness and pain. Ya know?" John told her, Wanda nodded in understanding as they kept on walking.

A few moments later she decided to make the comment, "You know, I didn't want an answer." She told him.

John gave a goofy smile, "But you got one." He then pulled out his lighter and began to rhythmically click it. Then an evil idea formed in his head. "Hey Wanda?" John asked.

She nodded in acknowledgement, and John continued, "How would you rate this?" He asked, Wanda looked over at him and was confused.

"Rate what?" She asked the mansion now was coming into view.

"This," he gestured, "Our date." John informed her.

"OUR WHAT?" Wanda yelled out as she grabbed the neck of his shirt and jerked him. By this time John was roaring with laughter and couldn't stop for the life of him.

Wanda got even madder when she saw that he had done it just to piss her off and do what she had done to him.

"Now who's easily thrown off?" John asked her between bouts of laughter. Wanda growled at him and threw him to the ground not caring how hard he hit the pavement.

John let out a small oomph as he hit the pavement but then sprung back up in a flash still trying to contain his laugher. This was only making Wanda even more furious.

They reached the iron gates of the institute like before, neither on of them wanted to punch in the codes to enter the house.

"Ya know what this place needs." John commented. "It needs a big ol' sign that reads 'Welcome to Hell.' Or how about, 'Welcome to Wolverine's House of Pain.'" John rattled on, it made Wanda slightly smile and this time she didn't hide it.

"Hey now Sheila." John smiled as well, "You don't look as scary when you smile." He told her, it really meant that she looked cute when she smiled, but she knew what he was saying, she wasn't sure if she liked it but she kind of liked how he worded it in some weird twisted way.

"You're such an idiot." Wanda told him as she finally punched in the access code.

John gave a playful smile, "You know this is a nice end to such a lovely date." He told her, Wanda frowned.

"This was not a date Pyro." Wanda growled at him as they walked up the path way.

"Oh yes it was why are trying to deny it?" John continued to tease, she just made it so easy, he thought as he laughed.

This only made Wanda angrier. "Get it through your thick head, this was not a date. I should have left you at that school." Wanda yelled, they reached the door and John opened it and bowed to let her walk through.

"A gentleman always gets the door for his date." John tried to say as seriously as he could without laughing.

Wanda growled and sent a hex bolt at him, flinging him back onto his ass, but much to Wanda's dismay John was still laughing and still going at it, the door slammed behind them. Wanda quickly walked through the main entranced and up the stairs making the first turn to get to her bed room.

"Oh come on Sheila this is no way to say g'night to your date." John told her, Wanda answered by sending another hex bolt at him, John dodged it this time.

"You're getting better." Wanda told him as she rounded the final corner to get to her room; John was on her heels as he gave a small laugh.

"You're to kind Sheila." John informed her, three, two, one…

John counted off, as he dodged yet another hex bolt Wanda sent his way, he just laughed. Wanda glared at him, why did he laugh so much?

"Leave me alone." Wanda told him as she reached her door.

"Hey my rooms right here." John informed her gesturing at the door across from hers. Wanda's frown just grew deeper. John took a few more steps closer to her and they both stood in front of Wanda's door.

"Well?" Wanda asked as she reached for the door handle, her tone sounded more annoyed than anything.

"This was a nice date." John idly commented.

Wanda's eyes squeezed shut and she clenched her hands into fists, she kept repeating he's just trying to get a rise out of you. Finally Wanda regained her composure, and she leaned in close to John, catching John off guard. "You know, it really was." Wanda told him.

"Really?" John asked, a little unsure.

"Uh-huh." Wanda informed him, "But it's not a date without a kiss good night." Wanda told him, John's eyes grew huge. "But I don't kiss on the first date, so why don't I just blow you a kiss." Wanda said calmly, she then put her palm up to her lips and it began to glow blue, and just as if she had blown it a blue hex bolt went straight into John sending him right at the door, his back hit the door pretty hard, but he was still alive, still breathing and still very amused.

"Well what'll ya know?" John all but shouted, "The Sheila has a sense of humor." John slapped his knee, and began to cackle madly.

Wanda glared at him and slammed the door shut, she just couldn't win. It was seriously frustrating to the Goth. "I never should have helped him escape from school." Wanda muttered to herself as she walked over and collapsed onto her bed.

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Rogue lay awake that night very confused and very annoyed. Today had just not gone right in the least, all her teachers seemed to hate her, which they more than likely did but…oh hell she didn't know. And Remy, that guy just didn't know when to quit. She wondered what he and Jean had planned to do tonight.

Why should she care? She didn't she was just curious, she was allowed to be curious right? Oh who was she kidding, she was jealous, she was jealous as flippin' hell. "Ah mean it's not even like Ah have a right ta be jealous. Do Ah?" Rogue pondered allowed, she just felt so confused, and she hated it, she hated it to no end.

Author's Note: Well, Happy Holidays. And I have a problem, I can't remember for the life of me at the moment what I was going to have Jean and Remy do. This is what I get for leaving my fic alone for so long. But fear not I will remember and all will be well!

Now onto the polls!

Kitty and John – 42

Kitty and Piotr - 19

Kitty and Pietro - 12

John and Wanda – 36

John and Amara - 26

Toad and Wanda - 39

Toad and Tabby – 11

And once again Kitty and John are in the lead! I wish you all a happy holidays and I will try as hard as I can to post another chapter by new years! G'NIGHT ALL!