'Vixen, when I said "get dressed", I meant entirely.' said Xavier quietly. Vixen blushed realising she was only in her pyjama bottoms and a bra, but she didn't hide herself.

'What?' she asked with a would-be sophisticated look, 'Have you never seen a half-naked girl before?' Storm chuckled and went back to her nails.

The teenaged girl meandered elegantly out of the lounge and back towards the stairs, but before she got there she came up against Scott, Jamie, Sam, Roberto and … Kurt. All the boys blushed crimson except Roberto who stared with his mouth open, and Vixen tried to cover herself with her printed pages.

'Err…' started Scott, trying to look at her face but failing, 'h- here…' he continued pulling off his t-shirt and handing it to her. She took it gladly and slipped it on, glaring at Roberto who was still gawping.

'Th- thanks…' she replied, making very sure she didn't look at Kurt. As she went past them she heard Roberto whisper.

'You could have had that last night, Kurt!' she blushed as she realised it was true.

'Shut up, Rob.' she heard Kurt say quietly, obviously just as uncomfortable as Vixen. She smiled to herself. She looked down at the first photo, which just happened to be the one with her and Pietro and the smile disappeared.

When she got back into her room, Jade started talking again as though she hadn't just run out of the room in a frenzy. But Vixen wasn't listening anymore. She was having an inward argument with herself…+++++

'Do I like Kurt?' she asked herself in her mind, slowly going through her tops and picking out a bright pink one with "rock star" written on it. 'No! he's just my best friend. I'm going out with Pietro.' she told herself decisively, but the little voice persisted. 'But you don't love him. You love Kurt.' she shook her head making her hair flutter. 'As a brother!' her mind shouted at herself.

'Vixen? Are you listening?' came Jade's voice from what seemed like light-years away.

'Of course I'm listening.' replied Vixen pulling the top on and pulling her hair out of the back. 'What was that you said?' She looked around indifferently. Jade sighed exasperatedly.

'I was asking you,' she repeated irritated, 'whether or not you thought I might have a chance with him.' Vixen nodded uninterestedly.

'Yeah…' she said quietly. 'yeah, I'm sure you do…' then, as the raven haired girl went back to her wittering, Vixen went back to her inward conversation.

'So you know…' came Silencia's voice, miles away. 'I was gonna go onto MSN and like… you know…'

'He's coming here.' Vixen said suddenly, pulling on a sock. 'We're gonna go and get him.' Jade gasped in delight and clapped her hands gleefully.

'Why didn't you say something?!?!' she cried excitedly jumping up and bouncing on the balls of her feet, as Vixen was used to seeing Kitty do. 'Can I come and get him with you?'

'I'm hoping we can all go.' answered Vixen pulling on a pair of girl boxers as Jade looked away politely.

'YAY!!!' she cried in ecstasy prancing around the room. 'I'm gonna meet him! When are we gonna go get him? I've gotta clean my suit! And lose some weight… and-'

'You don't have to lose any weight.' snapped Vixen tugging her jeans on and doing the zip up. 'He doesn't care about what you look like, he's not like that. He looks at what's on the inside and yes he probably does mean what he said and yes, I will put in a good word for you and YES, I will try and persuade him to go out with you.'

'What's up?' asked Jade frowning confused. 'You're all…' she paused a moment, choosing her words. 'Weird.'

'I think I might be…' she started slowly, gazing uncomfortably at the floor. But she changed her mind. She didn't want to tell her, she didn't want to tell anyone. 'I think I might be… pregnant.' Jade gasped in horror and smacked her hands to her mouth.