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"I would agree with that," Jacen said as he vined his arm around Penance's waist and turned her around to walk with him. "And you know...we don't HAVE to fight in the Danger Room...."

"We do if we don't want to destroy everything," she said as they walked down the hall together.

"True....so...what exactly were you wanting to eat for dinner?"

"I haven't thought THAT far ahead, but I honestly don't care. Whatever you cook is always good enough to eat," Penance said, a hint of laughter creeping up in her voice.

"Excuse me? Whatever I cook?," Jacen said with a look of shock on his face, "I'm the one that always has to cook?" Penance nudged his side as he was laughing to himself. More of a sharp poke in his ribs, sharp enough to quiet him for a minute. While they walked through the hall, they passed a few of their friends; Kitty, Kurt, a couple of the younger students sent by their parents for shelter from the world. That was something that Jacen wasn't quite used to seeing; kids not barely ten years of age living in a haven for mutants. He'd seen a few kids, ones with blatant physical mutations here before, but they didn't stick around forever. These kids, the ones that weren't even mutant on the outside, had been here for at least five months. Jacen stopped for a second when he saw a young boy, no more than eleven come up to him. It was one of the same kids that seemed to take a shine to Jacen. Without hesitation, he let his arm slide off of Penance's waist as he knelt to talk with the youngster. After a few words were exchanged, the boy ran off hootin' and hollerin' while Jacen stood up with a smile and this time let his arm worm around Penance's waist again.

"You know.....," Jacen said, "Even if you do win the challenge tomorrow...these kids will still look to me for guidance. I hope that doesn't offend you, but....they know me. They don't really know you at all."

"Yea. There are alot of unfamiliar youngsters here and....waitaminute. IF I win?," she asked incredulously.

"Yes. IF." Jacen was dead serious about this. It's not that he was wanting to fight, cause honestly, fighting his girlfriend one on one wasn't exactly a...proper concept. It was the challenge. It was the fact that he was going to fight, one-on-one, one of the only people he'd been impressed with. She never backed down from him, even when he was his most menacing. She always was able to match him shot for shot. She.. All bets are off tomorrow, he thought as they kept on walking.

"Something bothering you?," Penance asked.

"Not at all," Jacen said as he leaned over and gave her a kiss on the side of her head, "Nothing except what to cook you for dinner."

Cathy was sitting in the kitchen pondering her future. That and a glass of gingerale. She sat at a chair staring into the glass as if it held all the solutions to her problems. "................." *Should I just go?* She asked herself mentaly. *And be what my mother had always told me I'd me? Never!* Her mother, she hadn't spoken to her in almost eight years. Glaring at the beverage she shoved the memories aside and took a sip of it before returning to its contenplation.

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"AAaaaaahhhhh....." Rachael sighed sinking into the steamy tub. "Oh, that's sooooooooo much better....." And for the next twenty minutes she soaked. After getting dried and dressed she walked towards Professer Hanks office to start her job. Getting there she found a clip board and everything she'd need. She took a seat, started the computer and looked at the phone. "No messages...good..." This was the get to know the system phase of her day.

"Oy, I really think he's trying ta kill us all." Teagan muttered as she walked back into the locker room to change. She ached and just wanted to go lay down after all those situps. She hated working out and the Weight Room was quite possibly her least favorite room.

"Now, off to go bother one mister Scott Summers." She announced as she walked out of the Weight room, pulling her hair back up into a bun.

These days it had seemed as though everyone was doing some sort of job around the Institute, and frankly, Teagan wanted in. Of course, she knew this meant having to go have a discussion with the biggest stick in the mud, but she knew she could fair. Besides, she had heard Porter still needed a secretary and figured that maybe if she helped him out, she could also get out of all those sit ups.

She grinned mischeviously as she approached Scott's office, knocking loudly on the door.

"Oy, Scott!" She called, folding her arms over her chest, because God knows it would be rude to just barge into his office.

"Now what is this," Penance picked up Ana before she and Jacen got any furthur, "Kid, you get around. You are definately a mutant... no kid your age in the world would be this mobile."

Penance liked kids, she loved when he sisters were born. Being who she was and what the world was, she doubted she'd have any of her own. Not that she didn't want kids someday, she just didn't think being an X-Man was conducive to it.

"She's kind of cute, must take after her mother," Penance carried her with them and tickled the baby under her chin before the baby started to get a bit fussy. In the kitchen Penance found a bottle and some formula on stock. Who knew what Xavier had in t he joint. Grabbing a towel out of a drawer, she sat with Anna.

"You look like you want to flee," She joked to Jacen, "Want to hold her?"

She thought about their fight the next morning for a second, "Jacen, I know it's not going to be easy. You have not once ever been an easy opponent. Besides, I've been looking for a rematch for years."

"Come on, kids, Logan is going to have a coniption if you're late," Porter said and punched in a code to open the Danger Room for Gen and Tetsuo. He figured he'd join in on the training since it had been a bit himself and he hadn't really tested anything of his own.

The session was already beginning and Logan made no sign of being annoyed they came into the middle of it. Logan turned off what was going on to get everybody in the game.

"Nice of you to join us," He huffed.

Porter shoko his head, "Blame it on me. I got them distracted. Let's get going on this thing then. I'll join you."

Rachael shut off the computer with a nod. This shouldn't be to tasking, Hank kept a tight schedual so basicly all she had to do was keep track of his messages and remind him of various things he had to do. "Easy as....a carnaval?" She chimed when Sonya raced by talking excitedly about it. "Whoooow!! Slow down! When and where?"