'Vixen! Like wake up Vixen!' the blond girl was woken the next day by Kitty's sweet yet intensely irritating voice in her ear.

'Get lost Kitty…' she groaned turning onto her other side and pulling the duvet up over her sleepy face.

'She's not gonna be a very happy bunny when she gets up.' came Jade's prudent voice from the background, as Vixen felt someone shaking her.

'But she's like totally got like a massive parcel come for her through the post!' continued Kitty, still shaking Vixen who suddenly sat bolt upright, making Kitty scream faintly.

'I've got post?' she asked surprised, with a curious frown on her sleepy face.

'Like yah!' cried Kitty nodding vigorously at her. 'Come on, come on!' Vixen slowly got out of her bed and reached out for a pair of jeans, but Kitty grabbed her hand, 'You so don't like have to get dressed, just like COME ON!'

Kitty skipped energetically down the hallway and stairs, followed by Jade and a less than enthusiastic Vixen.

'Where does she get all her energy from?' asked Jade raising her eyebrows at her blond friend.

'I say hide the sugar.' Vixen replied drowsily. Jade sniggered as they entered the kitchen where, on the table lay an enormous package.

'When's your birthday again?' asked Scott taking a bite out of his toast and eyeing (get it? Eyeing? What with his eyes and all!! Haha! Ahem…) her parcel.

'July.' she said in awe at her huge package.

'Someone must really like you.' said Kitty bouncing on the balls of her feet. 'How romantic!' she added swooning.

'How dumb, don't you mean?' asked the blond girl prodding at it with a fork she had just picked up, 'I mean, who likes me that much?'

'Pietro?' asked Spyke getting a yoghurt out of the fridge.

'He hasn't got the money to buy me a drink in a bar, let alone something this size.' she replied sarcastically.

'Well go on then.' continued Evan, tucking into his yoghurt. 'Open it.' he finished, jerking his head in the direction of the package.

The girl moved forwards and ripped the brown paper to reveal a shining electric guitar with the British flag on it.

'Woah! They must worship you!' cried Evan dropping his yoghurt and rushing forward with everyone else to get a better look at the impressive thing.

'Hey!' exclaimed Jean, picking something up from the floor, 'There's a note… Vixy babes?'

'Franky!' cried Vixen excitedly snatching the note from Jean's hands.

'No, I'm Jean…' said the ginger girl, looking around in fake bemusement.

'It's from my brother!!!' continued the blond girl, still only in her pyjamas.

'Can I hold it?' came Jade's voice as she reached for the guitar. 'Wait… You have a brother?!?!' she asked doing a double take to frown at her friend.

'Yeah, Franky.' replied Vixen happily inspecting the small note. 'He always called me Vixy babes…'

'Who did?' asked Kurt sleepily coming into the kitchen and grabbing a piece of toast with his tail, passing it to his hand and biting into it.

'Vixen like totally has a brother!' shouted Kitty hyperactively, jumping around excitedly.

'Ja, I know.' said Kurt indifferently, munching contentedly on his toast. 'Needs butter…'

'You know?' asked Scott incredulously, 'How do you know? And when were you gonna share this nugget of information with us, Huh Vixen?'

'Shut up I'm reading.' she retorted a little pissed off, 'And it's none of your business, thank you.'

'What does it say?' asked Jade, pulling at a few strings and feeling very cool.

'It says:' started Vixen clearing her throat. '…

Heya Vixy babes!

Sorry I lost your MSN addy, but I'll write mine down here somewhere! Sorry for not getting in touch with you before, but the olds haven't gotten off of my back since you left. They gave me this guitar to keep an eye on me, it's got a built in cam and microphone so watch what you say and do! They receive the vid through satellite so I have naturally tapped into! It's in the handle F.Y.I. I thought of smashing it, but it's a good piece of kit and since you're musical I thought of you!

Have fun and say hi to all your new friends! You can talk to me via the cam, but I won't be able to answer… sorry (again!) but hey! I'd love to see your pretty face again, Sweety!

Love, Franky

Xxx

'Awww!' said Jade swooning slightly and smiling at Vixen, 'Your brother is soo sweet!'

'Yeah, Vixen.' agreed Amara who had come in during the letter. 'I think I'm falling in love with someone I don't even know!' the other girls all nodded and murmured their agreement.

'And you haven't even seen his photo yet.' said Vixen proudly, pulling on a picture which had been stuck to the letter, and passing it around. The girls all swooned and dreamy faces came over their faces. 'This is a bad photo actually, now that I look at it…' she continued, frowning at it.

'A bad photo?!?!' cried Jean astounded, 'he's gorgeous here! Are you saying he's even better in real life?' Vixen nodded, all the girls squealed excitedly.

'Well I think it's every girl for herself from now on.' said Jade snatching the photo and running off followed by all the girls, leaving Vixen alone with Scott, Kurt, Evan and Jamie in the kitchen.

'Can I try your guitar, Vixen?' asked Jamie tentatively, looking at her hopefully.

'No Jamie,' said Evan sternly, glaring at the young boy, 'knowing you, you'll drop it and break it.'

'Sure you can, Jamie.' corrected Vixen frowning at Spyke, 'And I don't appreciate people answering for me, Evan.'

'So… how old is your brother?' asked Scott moodily glaring at another piece of toast, jealous at the idea of a photo taking Jean's attention off him.

'9 months older than me.' she answered, the boys all stared at her in surprise and Jamie stopped his twanging. 'Yeah, my parents did it right after having him. They thought that it wouldn't have any effect, but apparently the hormones in her va-'

'Enough heard!' cried Scott holding his hands up and waving them at her, trying to make her stop. Just then the phone rang and Jamie started "playing" again, Scott got it (the phone I mean) and asked who it was before handing it to Vixen who frowned.

'Hello?' she asked a little nervously.

'Hey you!' came a friendly male voice, 'Did you get my prezzie? I guess you did, since I can see some kid trying to rock out to twangings!'

Vixen laughed out loud as she saw Jamie who had snuck out of the kitchen into the hall and was indeed pretending to rock out.

'Your voice hasn't changed a bit.' answered Vixen smiling.' and thanks for the guitar, Franky.'

Are you talking to Franky?' asked Kitty who was just walking past and who stopped dead.

'I'm gonna pass you over to Kitty, okay?' said Vixen smiling impishly to herself.

'What?!' he said, panicking a bit, 'who's Kitty? Oh god she's gonna be bad, huh?'

'Nah! You'll love her.' replied Vixen still smiling maliciously, 'She's part of your fan club!'

'I have a fan club?' he asked, a smile in his voice.

'Bye Franky-' finished Vixen passing the phone to her friend who took it from her eagerly.

'MSN me!!!' she heard him shout hastily before Kitty pressed the receiver to her ear.

'Like, hi Franky…,' she said in what was obviously supposed to sound like a flirty voice. Vixen walked off giggling mischievously whereupon she crossed Amara and Jade.

'Franky's on the phone.' she told them, smiling a friendly smile. They squealed and ran off in the direction Vixen had just come from giggling girlishly. Soon after, the blond girl found what she had been searching for.

'Wheels!' she cried, running after him. (that wheelchair can be pretty speedy when it feels like it!) 'Can I ask a favour… please?'

'Certainly.' replied the coot- I mean… man 'What can I do for you?' he asked helpfully.

'Well my brother just sent me a guitar, and it has an inbuilt cam. ' she explained to him, 'could you get it out? Oh, and the mike.'

'Of course I could, Vixen.' he answered smiling up at her. 'Where is it?'

'In the kitchen.' she replied leading the way, 'You know about my brother? No annoying curious questions?' she asked slightly put out.

'Who, Franky?' she nodded. 'Vixen, I can read peoples thoughts, of course I know about Franky.' he said sardonically.

'Oh yeah, that's right.' continued the girl ironically, raising sarcastic eyebrows, 'nothing's safe from you.'

'Or Jean for that matter.' added Xavier over-taking her and entering the kitchen, going passed the group of excited girls who were crowded around the phone. 'Is that him on the phone?' he asked looking back at Vixen.

'Yep.' she answered nodding and smiling, 'He usually has this effect on girls.' Xavier nodded.

A few days later it snowed during the night and continued the next day. Everyone was elated that the last week of school was cancelled due to the cold and huge snow drifts. Xavier had got the camera out of the guitar and inserted it into a baseball cap which Vixen had persuaded Jade to wear everywhere to film her.

'Snow day!!!' cried the students as they ran outside in snow clothes and boots, and immediately started a vicious snow-ball fight.

'Rogue, will you take this, please?' asked the black haired girl holding out the hat.

'Sure…' she started, taking it from her. 'Can I introduce myself?' she continued kinda awkwardly.

'I think so,' started Jade frowning, 'let me just ask Vixen…' she turned around and shouted out so loudly the earth trembled, 'Hey Vixen! Can Rogue introduce herself?' the blond girl screamed and fell over. 'I guess that's a yes.' finished Jade turning back to Rogue, before smiling at her and running off to join the battle.

An hour or so later, all the teens were worn out and most were in t-shirts despite the snow and cold.

'Put some clothes on kids.' said Beast as they all filed in, out of breath and soaked to the bones. 'Or you'll catch colds…'

'Practise what you preach, Teach.' said Evan as he walked past him after all the others. 'Put a coat and some pants on at least.'

'I, Evan, have fur.' retorted the middle aged man, following him inside and closing the door behind them.

'So does Kurt-'

'Do you really want to see Kurt without any pants on that badly?' asked the man, cutting across Spyke who shut up after that.

Upstairs, Vixen was showing Jade, and the cap, around.

'It would so rock if you could come her Franky!' she said coming out of Rogue and Kitty's bedroom followed by a reluctant Jade… and the cap.

'Yeah Franky!' added the dark haired girl a little miffed, 'then you might actually see my face.'

'Jade,' said Vixen disappointedly, 'do you have to put a dampner on this of all things?'

'Fine.' she said admitting defeat and following Vixen around. They were just snooping around Scott's room when he came in without his shirt on.

'Oh hello…' said Vixen raising an eyebrow and looking up and down his body, which he covered up with the shirt he was carrying.

'Get out, Vixen.' he said smiling uncomfortably at them both. 'And switch off the camera.'

'Shan't.' replied Jade as they walked slowly out, Vixen still gazing at Scott's body before he slammed the door.

'I never really noticed him before…' she said turning to one of her best friends with a lustful look on her attractive face.

'You have a boyfriend, Vixen.' replied Jade frowning at her, 'Don't you care about him?'

'Oh yeah!' exclaimed the blond girl smiling broadly, 'I have a new boyfriend!' she repeated to the baseball cap. 'He's called Pietro and he's a mutant too! He's really cool and super speedy!'

'And part of the bad guys.' added Jade sarcastically.

'Yeah!' cried Vixen jubilantly, 'He's a real bad boy! You remember the last one right?'

'The last one, what?' asked Nightcrawler coming up the stairs pulling off his sweater as he did so.

'This is my other bestest friend!' exclaimed Vixen putting her arms around his neck, 'Kurt Wagner, the incredible Nightcrawler!!! He teleports! Isn't that awesome?!'

'I hope your parents aren't going to see this.' said Kurt nervously looking into the camera.

'No, Franky will see to that, huh?' asked the girl before continuing, not waiting for an answer. 'Smile for the camera, Sweety!'

Whereupon she took a pose with Kurt, her arms around his neck and both their faces pressed against each other, both smiling sweetly.