"THE EPILOGUE TO THE EPILOGUE"

     "Wot?!" Pete questioned, clueless as to why the inhabitants
of the mansion were earnestly staring at him.

     Kitty, fortunately, had the common sense to tie Pete's shirt
around her once again.  Her head hung downward, allowing her
chocolate colored hair to cover at least a bit of her face, which
was now burning an incredibly intense shade of red.  The ear-
piercing sound of the fire alarm was still screaming throughout
the kitchen, but it didn't cover up Logan's gruff comment to
Storm.

     "See, 'Roro," he said with a chuckle, "I told you our little
Cat's grown up!"

     Impossibly, Kitty's face turned brighter.

     "Will someone please shut that damn thing off?!" Pete
shouted over the cacophony.  When he received no reply save
exasperated looks from Ororo, Bishop, Brian, Warren, Bobby, and
the Professor and wicked smiles from Rogue, Remy, Betsy, Meggan
and Logan he took matters into his own hands (or rather fingers)
and shot a slew of hotknives towards the small alarm, which
sputtered and died within seconds of contact.

     "Finally," Pete muttered, exasperated.

     Suddenly, two people burst through the door.

     "We just got here from the boa--," Scott began before he was
struck down by the rather awkward sight that lay before him.  "Oh
my--" was all he could stammer.

     "WOT?!" Pete asked again, still clueless.

     "We got here as soon as we could," rang a thick Scots burr
from outside of the kitchen.

     Kitty's eyes opened wide.  "Oh please, no, not Rahne!" she
thought.

     "Are ye alrig---?! OCH!!!!"

     "Someone catch Rahne!  She just fainted!"

     Domino calmly walked towards Pete and bent down to pick his
pants off of the floor.  "You might want these," she said as she
gestured to the pants.  Pete slipped them on and then looked
around the kitchen, finally realizing what it was that had gotten
everyone in such a shocked state.

     "Oh, God." he muttered as he rolled his eyes.  "Grow up, all
o' you!  It ain't like you've never seen one before!"

     Betsy's lips twisted into a mischievous grin.  "Not one
quite so--"

     "Betsy!" came the shouts from every person in the room.

     "Uhm 'ahem'", Xavier tried to clear his throat.  "I suggest
everyone leave immediately and get a good night's sleep." he
announced.  "And may we never speak of this again," he added
silently.  "NOW!" rang the stiff mental command after he realized
no one was moving.

     The shuffle of feet and murmur of voices signaled the exits
of most of the inhabitants of the mansion.

     "No way am I eating breakfast tomorrow.  Like rabbits, them
two are," Bobby smirked.

     "GROW UP, DRAKE!" came the simultaneous reply of every
person in the kitchen.

     After everyone had finally left, Kitty's face returned to
it's usual color and she gave Pete a look that screamed "We are
never going to here the end of this."  They walked across the
kitchen floor to each others arms and gave each other a
supporting embrace.  Neither of them noticed when a blonde head
with elven ears stuck her head through the door.

     "Kitty?" Meggan called through the dark.

     "Yeah?" Kitty meekly replied, a lump in her throat.

     "I think you and Pete won the bet."

     And they laughed.

                         THE END