Gnome edit: Okay, so I finally fixed the formatting on both this chapter and the previous one- I'm so terribly sorry, I hate single space with a burning passion but Word was being such a fucking bitch, and I was tired, and I didn't feel like screwing with it at the moment.
Anywho, for those of you who skipped the previous chapter, a basic summery would be that Charles and Erik did it. Sean walked in on them midway through and is now scarred for life. Magneto continues doing his boyfriend like a boss. Because jellyfish and I apparently can't even write serious sex scenes. There must be comic relief. Always. Well, as of right now we're working on another lemon, but it may not make the final cut, so...
Meanwhile Alex was dealing with a shell-shocked Sean and not an idea why. The ginger just laid on the bed next to him, staring blankly at the burnt ceiling.
"Were they really that mad I accidentally set my room on fire?" Havok asks him, confused and tad bit worried.
Sean just shakes his head and stares, "Didn't ask."
"Wait- what?" Alex sits up and glares. "I've been sitting here worried I'm going to get my ass handed me to tomorrow from an accident, and you didn't even ask?"
Banshee blinks, "If I stole Erik's gun would you shoot me?"
"Dude, I'm not that mad!" Alex reassures, startled.
Sean groans, "No... No I just- I saw the unseeable."
"And what wou-" he gets cut off as the other boy glares. "Oh you- oh hah!"
Alex busts into laughter and Sean promptly beats him with a pillow, "It's not funny man! That was something I never needed to see!"
"No, no one wants to see that, but seriously, only you could walk in on the Professor and Magneto fucking." Havok laughs as Sean whines and covers his ears.
He continues chuckling and pulls the boys hands away, "Oh, come on Sean, it'll be okay."
"No, it won't," he said miserably, leaning into Alex.
Havok chuckled and patted his head, causing Sean to wince, "Sorry."
"'Tis okay," Banshee mumbled.
Alex paused, "If I let you camp out here tonight, will you forgive me for earlier today?"
Sean blinked at him, "I wasn't really that mad, but if you really want to make it up to me..."
"Yeah?" he asked, before the other looked up and kissed him.
Alex made a startled noise, staring when Banshee sighed laying back down on his shoulder, "Also if you could pull some telepath-y trick and make me forget everything I saw before, that'd be nice too."
"I could tell you a story," He said, deciding not to ask him why he was kissed.
Sean grunted in agreement, it was close enough.
The week passed more smoothly, Charles figured since the boys finally started solving their attraction to each other with ways other than destroying the house. That made him both relieved and worried, he made note to keep a close eye on them when they happened to be alone. Raven always accused him of 'cock blocking' everyone, but then again she did the same to him in the bars. Not that he was interested in the woman, other than doing some meaningless flirting and drinking.
At the moment, though, Charles was looking at the small bump and ignoring the fact that he should of been dressed and downstairs ages ago.
He touched it lightly and frowned. It felt so real now, scarily real because instead of some test tubes or paper telling him there was a child there, it was his growing stomach. A growing stomach that meant a baby was growing inside him, one that would have him and Erik as it's parents. Charles swallowed shakily, subconsciously rubbing circles, faintly wondering if the baby could feel it.
"Charles!" Raven called out, thundering up the stairs. "Hey, where are you, did you get lost in the wardrobe or-" She stopped talking when she reached the top of the stairs and saw Charles staring at his stomach and rubbing it. It was definitely bulging out a bit now.
She smiled, completely forgetting that the rest of the gang had sent her up to collect Charles since he was taking such an unusual amount of time getting downstairs.
"It's really starting to grow, huh?" She said, walking up to him and putting her hand over his stomach to feel. "It'll be kicking and stuff before we know it." She laughed, "I'm going to be an aunt, and you're going to be a father. Can you imagine it?"
She patted his stomach lightly, "I wonder if it'll be a boy or a girl... Have you and Erik started tossing around names yet?" She asked curiously.
"No" Erik had seemly just appeared behind Raven, causing her to jump, "We figured we should wait until we know what the sex it is before we start picking out a name."
Charles blushed a little bit as his sister practically fawned over his stomach, "I know."
He looked over at Erik, Charles had sensed him coming, "Hello, sorry for taking so long."
"Got a little bit uh... Distracted," he gave a sheepish grin and picked up his shirt from the bed when Raven backed away.
Charles pulled it over his head and turned to the both of them, "Well, let's head down."
He made his way out the door, easily slipping his hand through Erik's and walking downstairs where the rest of the kids waited.
Riptide and Azazel looked up from the sofa, while Sean was tugging on one of his shoes. Charles smiled at them and made sure everyone was accounted for.
"I don't think you'll have much trouble but, Janos, you're in charge till I get back," he said grabbing his coat.
Riptide gave a nod, Just the two other kids right?
Yes, Angel and Beast are remaining here- the only one I think you'll have trouble with, my friend, is Azazel, Charles chuckled at the exchange when Janos gave him an amused look.
"When you're done doing the telepathic thing can we go?" Sean asked, standing a bit too close to Havok.
He blinked, "Ah, yes, sorry Banshee, let's go."
Charles opened the door, letting Raven go first, then the three boys, and lastly himself with Erik, "Everyone in the car and no pushing!"
"Dude, is it even big enough for all of us?" Sean whined. "We'll probably end up sitting on someone else!"
Alex mouth twitched into a smirk at the statement and Banshee promptly shoved him. Charles rolled his eyes and gestured to the two different cars.
"Raven will be the one driving," he said before anyone else could try to claim it.
Charles turned to his sister, "Just follow us, we're going hardware store first."
He hopped in the driver's seat(ignoring Erik's grumpy look at the fact he wasn't driving), put the keys in the ignition, and they were off.
"Charles, believe it or not, I am perfectly capable of abiding by traffic laws. I simply prefer not to, seeing as it's nothing but a waste of time." Erik grumbled.
Charles had a freak-out because of that one time he got a bit distracted. He may have been going about 20 miles over the speed limit, give or take, and almost crashed head on into a semi truck. If it hadn't been for him using his powers to divert the truck's course that the last second they probably would not have been in good shape. And since then, Erik had been forbidden to drive at all. It was completely uncalled for, if you asked him. And so maybe he had a little problem with road rage, but still.
Raven had some difficulty preventing herself from laughing at the sight of the two. Charles was the picture of a strict parent denying a child an expensive toy, and Erik's expression was indeed very much like a sullen child's. It was a good thing that Charles wasn't letting him drive, really, because from what she had heard, Erik turned a raging lunatic every time he got behind the wheel.
She quickly hopped into the car, and was immediately occupied with scolding Sean and Alex for fighting and telling them that if they couldn't agree on a radio station then it was going off.
She heaved a sigh, wondering why they couldn't just sit still and be calm like Darwin was. No, it was almost constant fighting, even though recently a lot of it had evaporated into thinly veiled flirting. After Charles had pulled out of the driveway and gotten a little ways off she started up the car and followed behind them.
"Now Erik," Charles started the same conversation they always had. "I found one near death experience with you behind the wheel was quite enough. I am not even going consider letting you drive if I'm pregnant and the children are right behind us."
He shook his head, "Your life hunt is over love, there is no reason to act with such extremes now. How about you just enjoy the ride?"
Charles had a feeling the speech always went right over his head, because if it didn't he wouldn't have to repeat it all the time. The telepath flicked the radio to random song hoping Erik would get the hint. He checked the mirror to make sure Raven was behind them and drove into town.
Erik grumbled at Charles' further refusal to let him drive, but when Charles brought up the whole pregnancy thing, he supposed it was best. Much as he hated to admit it, he did crash every now and then, and Charles was an extremely careful driver. Until the baby was born, it would be better if Charles took over. After that he would have to see about getting behind the wheel again.
Charles watched his familiar surroundings with a bit of unease. He wondered how long it took word to get out again that the last of the Xavier's had returned to the mansion. The telepath bit his lip, hoping not to run into any unwanted ghosts of the past.
There was a reason Charles usually had Moira or the kids pick up any supplies they needed. But from the looks of it, they were to be staying in his childhood home for a long time and Moira was no longer available for assistance. So he was going to face his parent's friends, ones that would defiantly not get along with Erik.
Charles pulled in the parking lot, let Erik out, and then locked the doors. He waited a few moments for his sister to pull up and let the kids get out.
"Now, we are in a public place-I need you all to behave! That means no using your powers, and yes, that means you, too, Erik."
Erik flashed Charles a full blown shark grin, You talk as if I'm one of the kids. There's no need to worry about me, I always behave, don't I? Despite the teasing, Erik really did intend to be good in the store. Maybe even prevent Alex and Sean from breaking something while inside. Maybe. That would be fun to watch, though, so he wasn't entirely sure.
Oh yes, Erik. you behave magnificently, however I shall take you word, but do look for some locks while I go get this please, Charles answered.
The hardware store had an unappealing smell to it and Charles grimaced, but fished into his pocket for the measurements he wrote down. Rereading it and letting the others wander off, he looked for the right aisle.
Erik figured Charles knew what he needed, so he opted to follow Sean and Alex around the store so he would be able to stop them if they decided to do something really dumb, like use their powers in public.
"Couldn't have them doing anything the humans would consider weird." He muttered almost inaudibly. He really didn't like being here. There were simply too many people.
Raven and Darwin went off on their own, wandering through aisles randomly. It was a hardware store, so there was really nothing of interest to either of them.
"So this is interesting," Sean said, looking around, bored. "Why did we agree to come with them?"
"We didn't," Alex reminded him. "They threatened us to come along, that way we didn't drive Riptide and Azazel insane."
Banshee seemed spacey, "Oh yeah. I'm not sure there was much we could do to ex-assassins to really make them leave, right?"
Alex watched an older woman pull her drifting child out of their way as she glared; he maturely stuck his tongue out when she turned around. He huffed, and glanced at some gardening supplies, not really interested in them.
"So what do you want to do?" Sean prompted.
"Other than die of boredom?"
"Yeah, other than that." he answered.
Havok frowned, "There is like nothing here- it's pretty much empty space and some small tools."
"I wonder what they have in the back room then."
Alex smirked at the statement, "Hopefully something cool- let's go snoop around."
"I thought we were told to behave," Sean called and followed him to the back of the building.
"Since when do you care about what we're told to do?" he snorted.
Banshee watched him open the door that in bold letters said employees only, "Since Charles is a hormonal mess."
"Dude, you realize it's supposed to get worse as it goes on, right?" Alex told him.
"Fuck..." Sean dragged out and flipped the light switch.
Havok frowned, "It's just a bunch of boxes."
"We could always," Banshee walked over to one, kneeling down. "See what's in the boxes?"
Of course when he looked back up Alex had walked away, "Uh... where'd you go?"
"Over here, dumb-ass," he called, waving him over.
Sean snorted, "Don't have to be me- dude, that's one big ass tractor."
"Alex I don't think we should," He began but the other boy was already climbing on top of it and trying to find the on button.
Banshee tilted his head, "Do you even know how to work it?"
"No," but the machine roared to life, causing Sean to jump back with a yelp.
Erik could hardly have said he was surprised when Alex and Sean got bored looking at the gardening tools and started looking for trouble. Naturally they found it behind an employees only door. This should be good. But he was still supposed to buy those locks… He quickly located Darwin and told him to get a bunch of locks for the doors, shoving a few twenties into his hands. Darwin didn't ask, he already had a pretty good idea of why locks were now needed in the house.
"The more the better." Erik called over his shoulder, heading off towards to the door marked 'employees only'
He crept in after the boys, who still seemed entirely unaware of the fact that Erik had been trailing them since they had first got in the store. (Though a couple of people had certainly noticed his darting this way and that and hiding whenever the boys turned in his direction, and given Erik strange looks. They quickly averted their gazes when Erik glared straight back at them.) Erik would have to remember to suggest some sort of training that would keep them more alert to their surroundings than they were. Because this could be a bad situation if it was an enemy tracking them and not Erik.
Erik sat quietly in the shadows, and he heard something about a 'huge ass tractor' and then an engine roared to life. Peeking out from behind a pile of boxes, Erik saw that Alex had climbed onto it and turned it on. Now the question would be could he drive it.
Erik suddenly realized that the top box in the pile he was hiding behind held extra employee uniforms. He grinned broadly for a moment as he realized what he could do with this, and then pulled off his turtle-neck and slipped on the navy blue shirt that the workers there used. Locating a hardhat and a pair of sunglasses, Erik put them on, and then ran out from behind the boxes.
In voice that was deeper and more gravelly than his real one, he called out harshly, "Hey! What are you kids doing back here, this is for employees only!"
Sean promptly let out a screech and shattered most of the glass around him as he darted back out the door. Alex swore, covering his ears and ducking, accidentally pushing the handle forward. The tractor jolted a little before moving. He looked up, startled and jumped off, crashing slightly into Erik before backing up with wide eyes. Alex debated on whether running, calling for Charles, or thinking of some ridicules explanation that would most likely be unbelievable. He sided with trying to convince the man with the unbelievable.
"Uh, well, you- we're like trainees and we were testing this thing out, and you know how to stop that, right? Because I don't know how to stop the tractor and it's kind of about to run over your boxes and well, you see- uh good luck!" He babbled fast as he could before he ran out the door, screaming for Sean.
Charles was at the other end of the store when he finished chatting with the cashier. They would be over in a couple days with supplies to put up the windows. He thanked the other man handing him their address and other needed information. After that he located his sister and Darwin who were carrying a good amount of locks. Charles jumped when he heard Sean scream and groaned into his hands.
Erik please tell me you know where the children are.
He patted Raven on her shoulder, telling them to head on over to the car. Charles himself went to locate Banshee.
Sean calm down, where are you? he thought.
Charles turned around, not expecting an arm full of babbling ginger, "Oh God, Professor! Alex like started this scary looking tractor thing, and then the scary employee guy came, and so I ran, and I think he's still back there!"
Erik stood there completely silent, basking in how wonderful that had turned out. He couldn't have hoped for a better reaction than that, and although he definitely hadn't meant to scare Banshee into breaking glass with his scream, no one had seen it, so he figured there was no harm done.
The tractor plowed into a huge stack of boxes, sending them toppling with a huge crash and spilling the contents onto the floor. Erik burst out laughing.
Then Charles contacted him.
Well, I know Darwin's getting the locks, Raven's around here somewhere, and Alex and Sean just crashed a giant tractor in the backroom, Erik projected, while taking the blue shirt off and pulling his turtle-neck back over his head. I think we should probably get out of here before they realize we have anything to do with this. Hope you're done shopping. Erik exited the room, and unfortunately some real employees had spotted him coming out from a restricted area that a giant crash had just come out of.
Erik grabbed Raven on the way down to the front of the store and the cash register, where Darwin was paying for the locks. He wasn't sure where Alex had run off to, but Erik was hoping that he would be with Charles already and they just could make a break for it.
Alex ran into them while Charles was trying to calm Sean down. He quickly pulled the boys with him out of the store wearing an irritated look on his face.
"Get in my car, Havok," he snapped, and handed Sean over to Raven.
He was still shakily faintly and stumbled forward. Alex let his mouth drop at Charles' tone.
"Oh come on, it wasn't my entire fault!" he protested, and the telepath ignored him and slammed the door to the driver's seat.
Eventually he got in the back and pouted, crossing his arms, "This is bullshit."
"Well, if you would stop acting like a child, I wouldn't have to keep an eye on you, nor separate you and Sean," Charles fired back, and Alex shut up after that.
Pulling out of the parking lot he drove off, keeping silent for a few moments.
Eventually he sighed and turned to Erik, "They will be over in two days to fix the windows."
AN: Please review, thank you c: