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Chapter 2: Caught?

The next morning, John watched them in the cafetaria. Heck, they were sitting right in front of him. "Hey, baby. How'd you sleep?" Ollie asked as he leaned in and kissed Megan on her lips, having pulled her to the side. John kept watching, and then Megan's eyes suddenly turned to look at his.

You will get what is coming to you, John.

Megan sent telepathically to John.

"Hey there, pal! How'd you sleep?" Rico asked, clapping John on the back, breaking Megan's hold on her teammate. Yet she did continue to kiss her boyfriend.

Give me a heart-attack, why don't you, Rico? John thought as he smiled at his pal. "I slept very well, buddy. And you?" John asked as he took a sip from his Coke.

"Get a room you two, man, if I would pull that in front of you guys, you'd say the same thing to me." Pavel said, as he joined the foursome at the table.

"Oh, like you and No-Name?" Olivier responded as he broke the kiss with his girlfriend. His voice sounded like a he was teasing his friend. "Tovarisch." Pavel said.

They all laughed and as more friends, Becka Munroe and No-Name joined, they continued to eat their lunch, animatedly talking about whether or not they would want to continue the legacy of their parents. Did they want to become heroes as well?

From her private offices, Emma Frost sat there looking over the security tapes, to see if there wasn't a possible security breach. She gasped when she picked up her daughter Megan on the video screen.

Dear Lord, what has she been doing? She thought to herself as she watched. She saw her own flesh and blood enter a room and then minutes later, the video camera picked up on her leaving the room. We'll just have to get to the bottom of that, won't we? She thought as her finger punched in the button on the loudspeaker.

"Miss Megan Frost, report to the headmaster's office, please." rang through the speakerboxes in the cafetaria.

"Ohh baby, what did you do now?" Olivier asked as he rubbed his girlfriend's back while grinning. "I don't know." Megan said, shaking her shoulders as she got away from his touch. She glanced briefly at John. Did he tell? Surely he knows to keep something like that a secret? Or was it my roommate No-Name who blabbed?

I wonder what it is about? John thought as their eyes met. Nothing was said telepathically and none of them picked up on it. He watched as she walked out of the cafetaria toward her mother's office. He was clapped on the shoulder by Olivier, which broke the trance he was in. "Hey buddy, why don't we go practice in the Danger Room?" John was asked.

"Sure, who else wants to come?" he asked the rest. They all wanted to take an exercise in the Danger Room.

Meanwhile, Megan knocked on the door of her mother's office. "Come on in, dear." Emma's voice sounded in her mind. She opened the door and closed it after she had entered. "Couldn't you have just telepathically notified me without embarrassing me in front of my friends, Mother?" Megan asked. "And when I am IN front of your office, don't use your telepathy to speak to me that way!"

Emma looked at her daughter. "I will keep it in mind, next time I have a need for you." She showed her the video. "Why were you out in the halls so late, honey?"

"That's none of your business, Mom!" Megan replied, not an ounce of shock on her face nor in her voice. "No... stay out of my head!" Megan cried, her hands on her forehead. "They're private things!" Megan did have some control, so she blocked one important thing...

Emma saw how her eldest daughter was making love to her boyfriend Olivier Raven, and did her best to hide her shock. Megan didn't know. She would never ever get to know, if Emma and Scott were concerned. They had never really approved of their relationship. Emma got out of Megan's mind. "I'm sorry, you're right. It is something private." Her daughter glared at her. "Did Professor Xavier probe your mind too when you were with dad?" She asked her mother. "You can go now, honey." Emma said, more force into her voice. She hadn't met Scott then. Back then she had been a villain, a member of the Hellfire Club. "Fine, Mother." Megan responded and left.

That went well... Megan thought to herself as she made her way back to her room.

The rest of the 'team' had just finished a session and were now getting ready to hit the showers. They stood under the spray of water. "So, Ollie, how are things with Meg?" John asked his buddy.

"They're totally awesome, John. Don't worry, buddy, there'll be someone for you too... someone who isn't after your money or your stock holdings." Ollie replied. John sighed. He'd rather not be reminded of the girls that were impressed by the amount of money he has stashed in his bank account. "That's good to hear, and... thanks, buddy. Yeah, maybe someday." John said as he got out of the shower and dried himself off with a towel. "Say, you're going out with us tonight, right? To that club at Salem Center we always go to?" Ollie asked as he too got dried off using his own towel and got dressed along with his friend. "Yeah, I wouldn't want to miss it for the world!" John said as the two friends walked toward the hall where their rooms were.
"Do you think Megan would like to dance with me, just as friends, like always?" John asked his buddy. They always shared a friendly dance... but after what had happened last night, who KNEW what they would share!

"For sure, buddy! Tonight is gonna rock!" Olivier said as they turned the corner.

"Mon cher fils, je ne pense pas." a voice said.

Olivier stiffened and turned around. Oh, NOW he shows up? He looked at the man who the voice belonged to. "DAD?!"

"Hi, Mr. LeBeau." John Worthington said.

"Ollie, we need to talk. Tonight." GAMBIT told Olivier.