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"Changes, Pt. 3"
by David (Jax)

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"Bobby?"

Bobby Drake plopped his duffel bags on the grass, "Hey...guys..." he said warily noticing that Piotr had returned. "Peter....long time no see."

Peter looked forward, not bothering to armor down. He simply nodded and remained stolid. "Robert, how is your father?" Ororo said, moving forward to embrace her friend in a hug.

"Oh, my Dad's okay. It was kind of touch and go for awhile there, but you know us Drake men." Wolverine chuckled, "Boy, wait'll you see what we've done with the place...." he trailed off as he walked back inside.

Bobby's eyes squinted and he looked toward Ororo. "What does he mean?" Ororo sighed and lead Bobby up the steps, "Well....."

*********


Bobby walked into the mansion with Ororo and they were knocked down as Kitty and Nightcrawler rushed to get outside.

"Storm! Where is the intruder?!" Kitty asked, jumping to her feet.

"Right here, Dagwood," Bobby laughed as he hoisted himself up.

Kurt looked confused. "Dagwood?"

"You know? From Blondie? Whenever he rushes to get t his carpool he always crashes in the mailman....." Bobby explained.

Kitty rolled her eyes in an attempt not to laugh, "I get it. So....why exactly are you intruding?"

"He ain't, pumpkin'," Wolverine said from the staircase, "You just made the security systems a bit sensitive is all."

"Uh...I hope you don't mind my asking....Kurt, Piotr, Kitty.....why are you all here? Where's Rogue and Sam? Betsy?"

Kurt patted Bobby on the back, "Boy, have we got to update you....."

**********


Awhile later, most of the X-Men omit Remy, Rogue, The Professor and Marrow were seated in the living room.

Bobby pushed his hair out of his face, "Let me get all of this straight....after Hank and I left. Warren and Betsy decided to pack up, too. Then Maggott left to check out the Academy. And then Sam's mother got sick. So to make up for the losses, Kitty, Piotr and Kurt came back. Along with Gambit. And you guys found the Professor."

Kurt nodded, "Yah. Except you missed the way I managed to handle all of this with grace and dignity."

Bobby laughed, "You guys aren't big on keeping in contact, are you?"

Ororo quickly got out, "It's not that, Robert. We know you had to attend to your father and didn't want to distract you. Besides, the mansion isn't as furnished as it once was, after Bastion's attack."

Bobby looked straight as Ororo,"Yeah, but if I had known only four of you were trying to keep the peace between everyone, I would have come back in a flash."

"Exactly. Your father needed you, and I made the decision not to take that away from your family."

Bobby nodded, "I guess. But, hey," he said with a smile, "I'm back now, aren't I?"

"I'll break out the wine, then," Wolverine said as he words came from behind a cloud of smoke.

Bobby jumped up and started laughing, "Someone write that down! I think that was Logan's first attempt as humor!"

Ororo hide a smile and Kitty laughed and looked up at Logan.

Wolverine made a snide gesture which made Bobby laugh even more as he walked off.

"Oh, I better go apologize," said Bobby as he rushed off to catch him.

"Wow, said Kitty, "He's quite a piece of work."

"My, my fraulien. Let's keep our personal observations of young Robert's attractiveness to ourselves," Kurt said to her."

Kitty pushed Kurt," Oh shut up. I meant how he was acting, Wagner. Jeez, he's almost as childish as you," Kitty said, emphasizing the last word as she got up and walked out.

Ororo sighed and leaned against the couch, "How are we going to get all these people to work together, old friend?"

"I don't know, fearless leader, I really don't. But, what's really bothering me is that the Professor didn't even bother to come down. He had to have heard the intruder alarm. He wasn't even interested in that. I mean, he didn't even care to check up on us."

Ororo rubbed her eyes sleepily, "I noticed that myself, Kurt. I honestly don't know what is wrong with him. I tried to discussing it with him today....I didn't even crack his surface."

Kurt sighed and pulled Ororo off the couch, "You looked tired, you need some sleep."

Ororo closed her eyes for a moment, feeling her exhaustion run throughout her body, "No....I want to be awake whenever Remy and Rogue arrive from wherever they went, they didn't bother saying. To tell them that Bobby is back. Remy and Bobby never did get along well....."

Kurt sighed, "Ah, how great. Just when things were already working out so well. Well, I'll wait up with you. Shall you make the coffee or I?"

Part 4 coming soon!!!



Read part one of the story here:Changes Pt. 1



Read part two of the story here:Changes Pt. 2



Read part four of the story here:Changes Pt. 4


Read part five of the story here:Changes Pt. 5


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