"This phrase refers to something that is of no importance, or very little importance, being used to make a scene or cover something of higher importance in a way of diverting attention for the main issue at hand." -interpret as you will-

With only a few days of being grounded left, Wolf and Pyro were desperate to use their powers again. However, since Wolf was in his collar and Pyro didn't have his lighter, neither of them could and they were both getting a little sullen.

Near the beginning of Scott's class, Logan knocked once and stuck his head in the door. "I need to see Wolf and Pyro."

The two of them looked at each other uneasily.

"What did we do?" Wolf whispered.

"I don't know," Pyro sighed, "Hopefully something that's only gonna get us a lecture. He doesn't look too mad."

Scott looked up from the board at Logan. "Can't this wait?" he asked with an annoyed sigh.

"No, I need them now," Logan said, "And if you don't believe me, you can talk to Chuck."

Pyro almost panicked at that. If Xavier told him to take them out of class, they had to be in trouble.

Scott sighed and looked at them. "Go on," he said, "See me later to catch up on what you missed."

"Yeah right," Wolf said under his breath as he grabbed his books and walked out with Pyro.

"Follow me," Logan said as he turned and walked down the hallway, towards his office.

"But Logan, we didn't do anything!" Pyro protested.

"Just follow me," Logan said, not even turning around.

"But-!"

"John." Logan didn't yell, but his tone of voice was enough to shut Pyro up.

Wolf looked at Pyro, then looked down and walked behind him.

Logan paused at their lockers long enough for them to put their books away, then he kept walking- past his office. Pyro and Wolf just looked at each other in confusion as they followed him right out the door to the front lawn, then past the gate and down to the park.

Logan stopped when they came to a secluded part with lots of trees that would disguise them from the view of normal humans. He set down the small backpack he had been carrying. Wolf had noticed it earlier, but he didn't ask what was inside because he was too afraid it contained torture devices.

Pyro glanced over at Wolf, then at Logan, then looked back at the ground. He asked the obvious question: "Logan, what are we doing here?"

Logan smirked. "Well, you are here to develop a better understanding of the basics of your power, and Wolf is here to strengthen his agility and endurance," he said as he walked to Wolf and removed his collar, "At least, that's what I told Chuck to sell it to him. I have a feeling he would have agreed anyway, though."

"Huh?" Wolf looked at him confused, but he was happy that his collar come off. "We're not in trouble?"

"No, you're not."

They breathed a sigh of relief. Neither of them asked Logan to explain; they knew he said what he was going to, and they really didn't care what they were doing as long as it didn't involve getting their butts kicked. Pyro was just happy he had gotten a straight answer; he had half expected Logan to give a smart $$ comment on the meaning of life.

Logan put the collar in his backpack, then stood and reached into his pocket, taking out a lighter. He held it up and looked at Pyro. "If I give this to you, will you promise to give it back when I ask for it?"

Pyro stared at it longingly. "Yes!" he promised as he reached for it.

Logan pulled it back and looked him in the eye. "If you don't, I'm gonna make sure you don't sit for the rest of the day and I'll keep your lighter for two more weeks, understand?"

Pyro swallowed, then nodded.

Logan handed it to him. "You can use it to start a flame to get the feel of it, but I want you to work on starting your own flame, okay?"

Pyro looked down. "Okay." One of the things he hated about his power was that so far he could only manipulate flame; he couldn't create his own.

Logan looked at him. "Tell you what; if you can learn to start your own fire without the use of a lighter or anything else, I won't ever ground you from your powers again."

He glanced up and smirked. "Really?"

"Yes, really. Now get to work." Logan looked over at Wolf. "Change form," he commanded.

Wolf happily obeyed, wagging his tail. He was thrilled to be in canine form again.

Logan went back to his backpack and grabbed a Frisbee. He smirked at Wolf. "You can figure out what to do, right?"

Wolf nodded and backed away a few feet in anticipation.

Logan tossed it as far as he could, and Wolf immediately chased after it and caught it in the air, then ran back to Logan happily.

Both Logan and Pyro had a hard time not laughing as they watched. Logan held his hand out to get the Frisbee again.

Wolf pushed it into his hand, but as soon as Logan gripped his fingers around it Wolf pulled it away and backed up a few feet, looking at him playfully.

Logan hid a smirk and looked at him. "Wolf, give it to me," he said firmly, "I'm not going to chase you for it."

Wolf looked sideways as he took another step back, his tail wagging hesitantly now.

Logan knelt down to look him sternly in the eye. "Wolf."

Wolf sighed and looked down, ears and tail drooping, as he walked over and dropped the Frisbee at Logan's feet.

"Thank you," Logan said, petting Wolf's head as he picked it up and stood to throw it again.

Wolf perked up almost immediately and went racing after it.

Logan let them play for about two hours. By the time it was over, Wolf was panting heavily and looked like he could fall over at any minute; but his tail was going one hundred miles an hour and if Logan let him he would have kept playing.

Logan sat down in the grass and rummaged around in the backpack, pulling out a beer for himself. He then took out a bowl and a water bottle. "Come get a drink," he said to Wolf as he began to pour the water into the bowl. He figured that Wolf probably wasn't ready to change form just yet.

Wolf ran over to him and, instead of drinking water from the bowl, he began to lap up the water as it was poured from the bottle.

Logan laughed and lifted the bottle higher so Wolf couldn't reach it, then poured some water on his head.

Wolf jumped back and shook his head to dry it, then smirked at Logan and jumped on him to make the water spill.

"Wolf!" Logan laughed as he pushed him off and looked to see how much spilled on him. It wasn't too bad.

Wolf rubbed up against Logan and licked his arm before he turned his attention to the bowl and began to drink lap the water up.

Logan smiled and scratched Wolf behind the ears, then sat back and sipped his beer.

"If you two are done playing Lassie, can I have a drink now?" Pyro smirked as he walked over, "Or did you forget about me?"

Wolf just ignored him as he finished drinking and laid in the grass.

Logan smirked. "I wish I forgot you," he said as he went in to pack for a soda and tossed it at Pyro, "Unfortunately, I think Chuck would have a problem if I left you behind when we went back. Plus, you'd probably start crying loud enough for the whole state to hear you."

Pyro caught the soda and stuck his tongue out at Logan before he sat down on top of Wolf, who exhaled at the sudden weight, then nudged Pyro playfully and laid his head back down to sleep.

"How did the fire go?" Logan asked Pyro as he took another sip of beer.

Pyro shrugged as he slid off Wolf to sit on the grass, leaning back against him. Wolf curled protectively around him on instinct. "It went okay, I guess," Pyro said, "I don't think I'm going to be making my own fire anytime soon though." He sighed and began to play with Wolf's tail.

"You'll get it eventually," Logan said

Wolf opened an eye and licked his hand encouragingly.

Pyro smirked and pushed Wolf's head away gently. "Thanks," he said sarcastically, "Well, 'eventually' better get here soon."

Logan just rolled his eyes and didn't comment.

He let them rest for another twenty minutes, then Logan stretched and stood up. "Okay, time to go back," he said as he put the Frisbee away and lifted his pack. He looked at Pyro. "Hand it over."

Pyro looked at him, then looked sideways. He didn't want to give the lighter up yet. But he remembered Logan's warning and didn't want to risk losing his lighter for two more weeks, so he sighed and hesitantly held it out to him.

Logan took it and pocketed it, then got the collar and looked at Wolf. "Change back," he ordered him.

Wolf put his tail between his legs and reluctantly turned back into a human. Logan put the collar on him before Wolf changed his mind and decided to be difficult. "Let's head back now."

Wolf rubbed up against him. "Thanks," he said, smiling, "That was fun."

Logan rubbed his head. "No problem. Just try to at least behave for the last two days you're grounded. Think you can manage that?"

Wolf smiled and nodded as he rubbed his head against him.

"Good," Logan smirked as he gently pushed him away. Then he looked at Pyro. "You too."

Pyro rolled his eyes, smiling slightly. "Sure, whatever," he said, "I'm always good."

Logan scoffed. "Yeah right. If you're good, I'm a saint." He said that just to annoy Pyro since 'saint' was part of his name.

"Shut up!" Pyro growled.

I got an anonymous review asking for a chapter where Wolf runs away and Logan goes after him. Well, it would not fit into the story line I have set out for this (believe it or I do have one), but if you want to I give you permission to write it, just send me a link. Or you can send me a private message or look me up on (I have the same screen name there) and maybe I'll write it separately for you, depending on how busy I am.

Someone else mentioned that earlier the use of animal behavior phrases and references for my titles and the notes was an interesting style device, and I should continue. The only problem is there are a limited amount of phrases to begin with, and only a few of those can be used as titles that relate to the chapter, it's especially difficult when chapters repeat some things (mainly the spankings) so it's hard to find new ideas. Because of that I have started to try to use common sayings/phrases related to dogs and wolves, but those are also limited. So, if you have any phrases/ideas that you know, feel free to share, even if it seems like there's no way I'd use it or it could be used on a chapter I've already titled. You never know when it's useful ;)

Thanks for all the reviews so far, please keep them coming :)