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Chapter 3: Seeing is understanding

SNIKT

"WHAT? What do you mean she 'may be' pregnant?" Logan yelled as he unsheathed his claws in front of his son. "I want an explanation Leroy."

"Alright, well you know how we told you when we first arrived here that Val dated a demon, and that he was a powerful one." Leroy started as they walked down to the infirmary. At Wolverines nod he continued. "Well Valydia seems to think that he would have had the power to cast a big enough spell on all of her stuff to get her pregnant at any time. You know how you're immune to disease; well the 12 of us are immune to dark spells. We're to powerful for anyone to hurt us. So I don't think there is a spell, but Valydia said she had a vision of her having a baby. She doesn't know when, so she wants to find out from Dr. McCoy if she is or not. And I've got Leon finding out from mom if there is such a spell. Like I said we're immune to them. But you know Valydia." He finished as they reached the infirmary.

"Let's find out what Hank has to say. Then we'll talk to your mother…" Wolverine started as two of Leon's portal's opened. Through one walked Leroy's mother and Leon; through the other walked their siblings and Ray.

"Nice shades, Virginia." Wolverine joked as he noticed the 70's style sunglasses she was wearing.

"Very funny, Logan." She replied. "But I'm here on official business. As for these 'shades' as you called them, I cast a spell on them to 'see the evil within'. And from what I can tell, there is no spell. As we didn't think there would be. Where's Valydia?" She asked.

"I thought we wouldn't have to use spells when the kids moved here." He grumbled.

"Well, I'm sure you won't for very much longer, Logan. But don't forget our kids have been witches longer than they have been mutants. They are just doing what comes naturally." Virginia answered. "Now where is Valydia?"

"Right here. Hi mom, Hey guys. You didn't have to come here…" Valydia started. She was surprised when she saw Ray. "Ray what are you doing here?" she asked as she walked over to him.

"Hey, when I saw you and Leroy go through the door, I thought you looked a little worried about something. So I started to get a little worried." he said as they walked over to the chairs outside the infirmary.

"Ah, that's sweet Ray. Um, how much of what Leroy said did you hear?" Valydia asked as they sat down.

"Enough I think. All I needed to hear was the 'pregnant' thing. I want you to know, if you are pregnant. I'll help you with the baby, be his or her father figure kind of thing. I mean I hope you're not pregnant, obviously, but if you are, you are and I'll help you." He told her.

"Ray, you're rambling. Why do you hope I'm not pregnant? I mean I hope I'm not too, but I sense it's for a different reason." Valydia said looking at him as he leaned into her ear.

"Because I wanna be the one to get you pregnant. I love you Valydia." He whispered as Dr. McCoy came out with Valydia's test results. Everyone looked at him expectedly.

"Well Valydia, I have some… Oh. Hello everyone. Come to see the outcome I see." Dr. McCoy said coming out of the infirmary.

"Just tell us Hank. Is she pregnant or not?" Logan said cutting him off.

"Very well Logan. No, Valydia is not pregnant. But your iron level is getting very low, so I have prescribed some iron tablets for you alright. One in the morning, one in the evening." Dr. McCoy explained as everyone hugged Valydia, glad that she was finally free of her past boyfriend.

"Oh, um yes thank you, Dr. McCoy." Valydia replied as she took the tablets from him. The she turned and walked over to Ray. As she hugged him, she was hit by the same vision that started it all…

She was lying on a bed in the infirmary pushing a baby out of her body; she could hear her husband encouraging her. As she turned her head to the right she saw who her husband was…

As she snapped out of her vision, she was looking into Ray's gray-green eyes; she leaned in and whispered "I love you, too, Ray." She moved her head back and oblivious to everyone watching them, he kissed her.

"Well, it's about time," her father said folding his arms across his chest as they broke apart. "I was wondering if you would ever get together, all the looks and flirting was starting to get on my nerves."

"What did you see, Val?" Her mother asked.

"It's not what I saw, mom. It's that I finally understand what I saw last time." Valydia explained. At the confused looks that met her explanation, she said. "I'll tell you later." Just then her cell phone rang. So she took Rays hand and walked down the hall to answer the call.

"Wait a minute, dad. You mean you wouldn't mind them dating? Does that apply to all of us?" Laura asked, hopeful.

"Well, you are living under the same roof as me now, Laura. I would be able to keep an eye on things. Why do you ask?" Logan replied.

"Well our sixteenth birthday is coming up next week…" Laura started when her sister Lisa interrupted.

"Oh yeah; Our Sweet Sixteenth. You know what this means, don't you?" Lisa asked getting excited.

"We get to have a Sweet Sixteenth Birthday Party. And remember what daddy said, and I quote 'when you reach sixteen you can start dating.' Unquote." Lana answered.

"Dad, can you speak to the professor about us having a party. Please." Laura pleaded with a hopeful look in her eyes.

"Fine, I'll speak to the professor, but will we have to come up with some ground rules. Understand." Logan replied, trying to be heard over his three youngest daughters' screams of joy. "AND," he continued; "as for the 'quote,' Lana, I know that the enchanted line has to continue. Which means; you have to date to find the right guy. But like I said I'll be there to keep an eye on things." he finished.

"What are you guy's screaming for?" Ray asked as he led Valydia back over to them.

"We're having a Sweet Sixteen Birthday Party next week, so we have a lot of planning to do. Val, can you help us? OH, we should ask Tabby and the others too." Lisa said. (Note: she's the perky one.)

"Speaking of Tabby and the others; that was Rogue wondering where we are. Tabby wants to extend lunch. She found the Karaoke machine, so we had better get going. Thanks again Dr. McCoy." Valydia said.

"You're very welcome my dear." Dr. McCoy answered.

"Bye mom. Bye dad." They said as Leon activated his power to send them back to the Mall.

Meanwhile At Starbucks…

Jubilee, Amanda and Rahne were standing at the counter, talking while waiting for their coffee.

"Where do you think they were of to in such a hurry? I've never seen Ray move so fast." Jubilee commented as her latte was placed in front of her.

"Aye, he looked a wee bit anxious too. I wonder if it has something t' do with Valydia." Rahne responded as she took a sip of her hot chocolate, as she received a text message from her boyfriend Sam.

"Hey, what ever it is, Valydia is a strong girl. I mean she's an empath, you've got to be strong to deal with all those emotions all day long, right." Amanda said as she stirred half a teaspoon of sugar into her camomile tea, while looking around the room, her eye's landing on Kurt her boyfriend of 18 months.

"Ha, ha." Jubilee giggled breaking the silence. "Don't you think it's weird, that we're all dating someone? I mean, some of us are dating people we've lived with. Some of us are dating people we we're enemies with. Some of us, Amanda, are dating people we are different from. Do you think that that is Valydia's influence?"

"Hey," Amanda cried getting defensive. "me and Kurt aren't that different. I mean ok, he's a mutant and I'm technically called a sorceress, but still, we both have powers. Besides; look at Verona and her brothers and sisters. Technically they are witches dating mutants." Then, whispering, she added. "Wait, do you mean that John has actually asked you out."

"Well…" She started to respond. Just then the flame from the candle that was just in front of them flared, suddenly. All three girls were mesmerised as the flame as it became to figures standing on the wooden surface. One was a girl standing against a fence post, her hair flapping around behind as if it was a real girl, standing in the wind. The other was a guy walking toward her, with a bunch of flowers in his hand, his hair looking awfully familiar. As she looked up she saw him coming toward her, when he reached her he leaned over to whisper something in her ear. Suddenly she started dancing for him, as a chair popped up behind him. He sat down to enjoy watching her dance, as Jubilee stood enthralled as Rahne and Amanda shared a look over her shoulder. They looked over at John as suddenly the female figure stopped, and the male figure stood moved over to her handed her the flowers, and promptly kissed her. The two figures merged, with a blinding flash of fire, so bright and intense that the girls had to look away. As they looked back, they saw two words on the counter made of fire: 'HEY JUBES''

"Well, what do ya know? The firebug actually knows my name." Jubilee said with Rahne and Amanda giggling in the back ground. As they looked over at John again he was walking toward them. So they picked up their drinks and left.

"Later, Jubes." Amanda said as she was walking away.

"Aye, later." Rahne said. "We want t' hear all about it later, ok? And I mean ALL about it." She added as John reached them.

"How are ya Sheila? Did ya like the little show?" he said as he ordered himself a coffee and a toasted sandwich.

"It was ok. What was it for? And who was the girl? My powers are plasma based, not fire based." Jubilee asked explaining her powers to him.

"True, but they are called fireworks, Sheila." He said as his latte and sandwich was placed in front of him. Taking a bite, he looked up at Jubilee. "Wanna bite?" he asked as he motioned it to her.

"Thanks." She said as she took a bite. "Mmm." She said as she swallowed. "So, what was the fire display for?" she asked picking up her latte to finish it off.

"It was the fire-obsessed Aussie's was of asking you on a date. Our second date." He said explaining his candle show.

"So are you saying that last Sunday's picnic in the park was our first date? Even though everyone else was there?" She asked.

"Yeah, it's a shame though. It didn't end the way I would have wanted it to." He commented, sounding disappointed.

"And how would you have wanted it to end?" Jubilee replied.

"Like this…" he answered as placed his finger under her chin, and brought her lips to meet his half way before placing a slow, sensual kiss on her lips, lingering for a few seconds.

"Mmm…" Jubilee murmured as she wound her arms round his neck as he wound his round her waist.

"I'll take that as a yes, then shall I Sheila?" John asked as he rested his forehead against hers after they broke away.

"Well, I guess we don't need to know how things went, huh Rayne?" Amanda said on seeing the make out display.

"Aye, I guess not." Rayne answered.

"HEY, there's a karaoke machine in here." Tabitha said to anyone who will listen. "Do you think Val would let us use it? Where are they anyway? They've been gone for thirty minutes."

"I am sure they will be back soon Dita (Babe)." Tabitha's boyfriend Piotr said as she sat on his lap.

"… See ya in a minute then Val." Rouge said hanging up her phone. "They had t' see Dr. McCoy about somethin', they're on their way back though."

Just then one of Leon's doorways opened.

"Hey guys. We're back. And about the karaoke machine Tabs, can we do that another day. Like if we have a karaoke party here next week or something…" Valydia started saying as they come through the portal, before Lisa interrupted her.

"Yeah. Our sixteenth birthday is next week, so we need your help to plan our party. Got any ideas?" she asked.

"You're asking if she, Tabitha Smith, party girl of the Institute and possibly the world, has any ideas for a party. Are you feeling alright Lisa?" Wanda asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Ha, ha, Wanda. But it's out Sweet Sixteenth, so it has to be special." Lisa reminded them.

"Ok, here's what I'm thinking. While we're shopping for Rogue, and our selves I might add, we'll look for some party things too, while we're at it. What do you think?" Tabitha said getting exited. "Is every body ready to go now?" she asked.

"Hey Mara, didn't Jean want to come? Did you ask her?" Tabitha asked as every finished their lunch.

"Yeah, I asked her, but she and Scott are going away for the weekend, they were very secretive about it too." Amara answered. "I wonder where they went." She finished.

"Well they did get married about six weeks ago, and they haven't had their honeymoon yet, because straight after the Apocalypse fiasco, we had to deal with Sinister and then Jean became the Phoenix, so maybe that is what the vacation is for. Maybe they just need some time alone." Veronica said as they all left Starbucks. "So where is everybody going. Coz it might not be a good idea for all of us to go into the same store."

"Well I want to go look and see if they have any new fragrances, I need something new." Lana said as Jamie came to stand by her.

"I'm going with Lana." He cooed smiling at her as she blushed.

"Ok," Valydia said as she walked a couple of steps away from them, sensing their attraction to one another. "If you wanna go with Lana and Jamie then we will meet back here in, say, three hours. Everybody has their cell phones right, so if something happens in one of the groups, someone call to let the other group know. Ok. Ok." Valydia said as she took Ray hand and walked away, toward the clothes stores.

"Val, what's going on?" Ray asked.

"Never mind." She replied.

Okay people, there you have chapter 3. In the next chapter we'll find out where Scott and Jean went. Let me know what you think so far. In future chapters you will see all the couples having their own one-shots within a story. Remember to review.