A/N: Yes, I'm still alive. No, this story is not abandoned. That means I will finish it. There's only one more to go, anyway.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything you recognize. I do however own Maddie and Daniel.

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"Mommy, Danny won't let me play with his ball."

Katherine Wagner removed the sunglasses she was wearing and too a good look at her daughter. Physically, Maddie was almost an exact replica of her mother- she had the same petite figure, heart shaped face, silky brown hair and clear blue eyes. The things that made her different, not only from her mother, but from every other child her age, were her pointy elvish ears, fangs and the fact that her pretty blue eyes had no pupils.

She was still really young, so her powers hadn't surfaced yet (although with both her parents being mutants, it was just a matter of time) and Kitty was damn grateful for that.

Returning her mind to the matter at hand, Kitty sighed.

"Why don't you go tell daddy?"

All Kitty wanted was a peaceful day at the beach (she had given up on the 'peaceful holiday' idea days ago). That's exactly what she had told her family earlier that day- they had all nodded their heads in understanding. That was to mean they understood and would behave. Foolishly, Kitty believed them.

She relaxed on her towel, and took out her favorite book, quickly getting completely consumed in it. Just as she was about to find out who had left the roses on the heroine's doorstep, a small voice asking for a bottle of water made her leave the book for some time. It continued to happen that way- every five minutes Kitty would have to put her book aside because someone was hungry, or needed to use the toilet or got hit by the other sibling.

Which brings us to where we were.

"I did."

Ah.

"And what did daddy say?"

As if Kitty didn't already know.

"He said to go tell mommy."

Of course, Kitty had hoped that Kurt would be of assistance- no such luck. It seemed like he got a sudden and very heavy attack of laziness every time they stepped foot on the beach, and all of the kids questions had one answer- go tell mommy.

With another sigh, Kitty let her daughter pull her over to where her older child, Daniel was playing with the ball in question.

"Now Danny, why won't you share the ball with your sister?"

Nine year old Daniel had similar physical features to Maddie, except his eyes were like molten gold.

"She's a baby."

Couldn't help but roll her eyes at Danny's behavior.

"First of all, she's four- that's only five years younger then you. And even if she was a baby- she's your sister, and you should be nice to her."

"Yeah but…"

"No buts. Play with her. I'm sure you can think of a fun game you can play together."

With that Kitty left her kids, and tried to decide what to do next- reading was out of the question. Finally she took a sort of a floating armchair [1, deciding it looked pretty comfy, and sat on it, pushing herself out to the sea, trying to relax.

About ten minutes later, Kitty was completely relaxed, and so far undisturbed. Ten more peaceful minutes later, Kitty allowed the gentle rocking of the waves to lull her into a blissful sleep….

SPLASH!!!

Kitty's first thought was something along the lines of: WHAT THE HELL????. Then she wondered why she was soaked in freezing water. She remembered falling from a tree… but wasn't she supposed to land on grass?! Oh, right she had fallen asleep… That fact still didn't explain her sudden and rather shocking wake-up call.

However, when she looked up, the answer was staring right at her –quite literally- in the form of her son, who was floating a couple of inches above the water surface. It was pretty unfair, Kitty thought to herself- her powers hadn't surfaced until she was fifteen!

"Yes Daniel?" Kitty spoke, as calmly as she could manage.

"Maddie is hungry."

And, sure enough, when Kitty averted her gaze to the shore, she saw her daughter smiling innocently.

"I'll be right there."

With yet another sigh, Kitty slowly dragged herself back to the shore. She didn't head straight to where her bag, containing the precious food, was. Oh no. She felt a little talk with her husband was in order. Oh yes, Kitty thought. It was necessary.

She found Kurt nearby, playing with Daniel. They didn't notice her, she gave a small fake cough to announce her presence.

Finally, the blue mutant noticed his wife standing there, looking, well, not too happy.

"Ja Kitty? Is something wrong?"

Wrong.

"Is something wrong? IS SOMETHING WRONG?! How dare you even ask that?! This entire day, you have done nothing but slack off, making me take care of every single thing! God forbid Kitty should have a nice quiet day at the beach! Really, how old are you? These are your kids too Kurt! But no, you're only their father when it's play time- if the actually need anything you disappear! Go ask mommy kids! She doesn't mind being on her feet the entire day! You're just….argh!"

With a final angry huff, she went to get Maddie her food. Kurt just stood there, dumbfounded. Oooops.

Sometimes, Kitty truly wondered why she decided to get married and have kids. Her life had been so much more complicated for the last nine or so years- fighting evil mutants was nothing compared to motherhood.

But then, Kitty saw Maddie's face light up as she handed her a sandwich; Danny right next to her wearing that heart-warming smile on his face; Kurt standing there with his kicked puppy/ I'm-so-sorry-please-forgive-me face of his, grinning ever so slightly (yes, that expression is in fact possible). Kitty couldn't help but smile.

That's why.

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A/N: Well, there it is. I hope it was at least a bit worth the wait. I actually quite like it. I would like to thank everyone who the time to read this, and especially the wonderful people who reviewed. Thank you SO much! Also, sorry for any spelling mistakes/ typos. I spellchecked and re-read it, but I don't really have a beta, so... -shrugs- Sorry. Please review! -is aware she sounds lame-

Well, that's it. Until the next (and last) chapter of this… Bye!