Ice Cream, yet again

[Havok]

Warren set out dishes for himself and the twins, assuming that if Jamie wanted some he could do it himself. "We have chocolate and strawberry. Looks like Jean and I polished off the vanilla a couple nights ago."

[cotarfomas]

Jamie followed the trio into the kitchen. He watched Warren set out three bowls. "Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself." He pointed, for the sake of his trailing duplicate, to the cubord holding the bowls.

"Two boss?" Asked the duplicate.

"One will be just fine, thank you." Answered Jamie. The duplicate obiediantly placed a single bowl on the counter, and was then promptly deleted.

Jamie looked back at the twins, who still had this 'kicked puppy' look upon their faces. Well, Jamie had kicked them, but he didn't do it hard. While aware that they were only students at this point, he shuddered to think what would happen if the likes of Magneto ever came for them. It would be a massacre. These kids needed to toughen up. Of course they needed to stick around long enough to be tempered, which was a job for the ...Dean.

Damn it, Jamie cursed to himself, the Professor was gonna pay for this.

He took a deep breath and scooped himself out some vanilla ice cream. "Guys, you can relax. I promise there'll be no more kicking. And about that, I would like to...apologize."

"I hope you'll understand that it was a tense situation, and I thought you were dead. Kicking you was my way of making sure you were actually alive."

"I'm sorry." Finished Jamie, hoping they would buy it.

[Havok]

Warren leaned on his elbow, smiling with the half of his face not purple, and said, "Wait, you thought they were dead, so you kicked them? And I thought I had a rough day."

He scooped himself a heaping bowl of chocolate ice cream and said, "I think this is a story I simply HAVE to hear."

[cotarfomas]

Jamie glared at Warren. "How is that helping?"

"And I didn't kick them because I thought they were dead, i kicked them because I thought they were alive. Wait that didn't sound right either..." Said Jamie, putting his head in his hands.

"I'm trying to say I'm sorry here. Is there anyone in the room willing to work with me on this?"

[Havok]

Warren smirked, "I've said it before, and I will say it again, this place has not changed at all. I'm sorry, Jamie, please, go on with your story. It's fascinating."

[Dak]

Looking at Warren, "We got kicked because he was angry we didn't stay dead," said Jasper, digging the scooper into the strawberry.

Dakota gave Warren a sidelong look, "Ya know... like when you're trying to do something and it doesn't quite workout the way you expected."

"Yeah, it kinda snowballs into something that really wasn't your fault," continued Jasper Sue. "And it wasn't as if we were in a position to stop it." Jasper and Dakota got their spoons and started digging in.

"Okay... maybe going in there wasn't the smartest decision." Dakota reluctantly conceded. "But we didn't mean any harm. We apologized and even gave her flowers," he shook his head. "Didn't work though. Ever do something that seemed like a good idea at the same... but turned out, it really wasn't?"

Jasper picked up the ice cream carton and turned it to look at the label. "Does this have organic milk? Or is it, like filled with chemicals and shi- stuff?" He wondered.

[Havok]

Warren listened to the boys talk and he sighed, "Kids, you just described my entire life since leaving this school. That's why I am back. To make things work out again. Look, I'm sure this is all hard, for everyone involved and maybe Mr. Madrox there didn't quite handle things the way they should have, but if you stick around, we'll do better, I promise."

He shrugged, "I'm serious about the team idea though. The school is starting to fill up again. We have you two, Scott's kid brother...It'll help to make things transition easier for you, maybe, to get some training in how to use the powers we've been given."

[Dak]

The twins looked at each other and had another silent conversation that didn't depend on mental powers, only a lifetime of being next to each other. After a moment, their gaze turned toward Jamie, "He's doing alright," said Dakota, his arm completely healed. "And the kicks weren't very hard," added Jasper. "Besides, we don't feel pain anyway," concluded Dakota.

They finished their ice cream, the spoons scraping along the bottom of the bowl and then looked at Warren. "We'll see," they said as one person, then got to their feet and headed for the door.

Jasper half-turned back to Warren and said, "but we know how to die -"

"We've done it a lot," finished his brother.

[Havok]

Warren smiled at the twins and said, calmly, "Then, perhaps we can teach you how to live."

[cotarfomas]

Jamie waits until the twins have wandered off before looking at Angel.
"Nice to see you again Warren." He said with a genuine smile. "Nice speech too. Then, perhaps we can teach you how to live..." Mimicked Jamie in a good natured manner. "Very Days Of Our Lives. And they way you just destroyed that Cat In The Hat thing on live television? Superb. I'm sure that won't haunt the dreams of too many pre-pubesent children."

He finished his obnoxious rant, and grinned at his friend. But he felt no satisfaction. His thin facade crumbled as the reality of his responsabilities once again came crashing down on him.

"What the Hell am I gonn'a do Warren? How am I supposed to make them..." He said, gesturing in the direction the twins had wandered off into, "Into something even vaguely useful in a firefight? I can hear myself now No guys, stop giving flowers to Magneto...No Tandy, stop killing members of our team...oh yeah, this is gonna work out well."

Jamie put his head in his hands, and paused to collect his thoughts. "And I'm gonna to have ta read all the files on these kids! Besides, we don't feel pain anyway. Who knew? I would'a kicked em harder then!"

"Hey," He said, looking up at Warren, "I don't suppose u wanna be Dean?"

[Havok]

"Nice to see you again Warren." He said with a genuine smile. "Nice speech too. Then, perhaps we can teach you how to live..." Mimicked Jamie in a good natured manner. "Very Days Of Our Lives. And they way you just destroyed that Cat In The Hat thing on live television? Superb. I'm sure that won't haunt the dreams of too many pre-pubesent children."

"I'd smack you, but then I'd have two of you to deal with." Warren smirked, "So, now that the kiddies have toddled off, how about something from my private stock?" He pulled a flask from his pocket. "I'm in pain after all and I needs my medicine."

He set out a couple of glasses with an ice cube or two in each and poured something brown, old and very expensive. "Don't insult me by saying no."

Jamie went off on being Dean and Warren shrugged, lopsidedly, "You knew the job was dangerous when we took it. I suggest we put these little monsters into training, just like Charles did when we were all uncontrollable young'uns. You spend anytime with Summers the second? You think he has Scotty potential for leadership?"

[cotarfomas]

"Monsters? Monsters I could deal with. I know monsters, monsters I can relate too. God knows I've had my moments" Said Jamie, picking up the glass of...bourbon? He took a slug. Yeah, bourbon. And very good bourbon at that. "See, Tandy, that girl has potential. As does her spooky-ass bodyguard. It's the tree huggin hippy twins and the like that really worry me."

Jamie took another slug, finishing what was in his glass. He held it out towards Warren. "Yes please."

"And I do believe that Havok has some good leadership potential. As long as Magneto doesn't find out that he's still alive." Continued Jamie. "But will our strong be able to carry our weak? Or will they just be dragged down with them?"

[Havok]

Warren poured a little more for Jamie and a little more for himself, "You like? Stick with me, farm boy, and I'll introduce you into high society."

He listened to Jamie's assessment of the kids, and said, "Hell, when this all first started it was just the three of us. You had Scott who couldn't make eye contact without killing someone, Jeannie who could barely lift a feather and me, pretty but no offensive powers whatsoever. We've come out all right. We give the stronger personalities more responsibility and I have no doubt they'll pick up the slack."

[cotarfomas]

"You know I'm only asking you your advice cause I knew you had the good booze, right?'

[Havok]

Warren smirked, "And you know I'm only giving you the good booze because I am loopy on pain pills, right?"