1Charlie awoke to an incessant buzzing of an alarm. Sitting up in the bed, he watched as Anna dashed about in the bathroom, talking on a phone and brushing her auburn hair, at the same time. He noticed the cute little short shorts she was running around in, with an odd symbol on the back. A (red) X encased in (red) circle. The same symbol was placed on the chest of her tank top as well. Charlie also noticed how well formed she was, how she really surprised him in terms of looks. The firm muscles in her arms and legs were clearly from long hours of personal training. Charlie knew enough about Muggles, especially Americans, were crazy about physical fitness and willing to pay out lots of money to go a gym or to hire a personal trainer. He remained still as Anna's southern accented voice chatted away on the phone. He knew it was rude to be eavesdropping on her conversation, but having plenty of younger siblings, he found himself a victim to curiosity and perked up his ears naturally.
Phone Conversation, what Charlie is hearing
"Yes Kitty, I'm fine."
"Yes I'm in London now."
"No Kitty don't put Kurt on –."
"Hey Kurt."
"Yeah I miss you too."
"I'm in one piece, don't worry about me. You tend to forget I'm the big bad Untouchable."
"No, I don't know what I'm doing today, probably some shopping."
"No he's still sleeping. I know Kurt, but he's not that bad. Way cooler than Scott that's for sure."
"Don't worry little bro, I'll be coming home before long."
"Xavier just said I had to visit, not that I had to move in with them. Not that I would, I mean I've never even met them. It would be like living with strangers."
"No Kurt, it's totally different than the mansion."
"How? Well for one I won't be getting up before the crack of dawn for Logan's training classes."
"What do I have in common with these Brits? Honestly, at least at the mansion you knew everyone was like you in the same way that made you different from the rest of the world."
"Besides what would they say if they found out about my little secret?"
"No Kurt, I have no intention of telling them about that."
"Yeh I guess. Listen I need to go, before he wakes up. Tell Jubilee she's in a world of surprise when I tell her about the outfits over here."
"All right, I promise Kurt."
"Yeh I miss you bunches too Kurt, and the rest of the mansion."
"Okay, sure, will do."
"Bah bye." click
Anna stepped out of the bathroom shortly after hanging up, rubbing her hair dry with a towel, dressed in a pair of jeans, with, Charlie noticed, bike chains hanging attached in random places. She wore two shirts, a black mesh undershirt with long sleeves and a navy blue shirt atop of it with the words ("I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing at your stupidity.") Charlie snickered at that, causing Anna to turn her head towards him, her eyes narrowing, but she quickly shifted them into a non readable manner as if she was torn as to how to treat him. She settled for forced tolerance.
"Plans for today?"
Charlie shrugged his shoulders lazily as he climbed out from underneath the covers, "got to pick up a few basics for you before we head home. We leave soon and we'll be home in time for lunch."
Anna raised her eyebrow and looked at her cellphone for the time, Xavier didn't like his students wearing watches. He claimed it gave Erik (Magneto) more tools at his disposal, the metal arms of the watches and the gears inside so the students had to discover other means of keeping track of time.
"You realize it's already 11," Anna stated. "And you're not even dressed yet."
Charlie stood up, not replying to Anna's comment, and stepped into the bathroom. He emerged seconds later, fully dressed in a crisp sports jacket and a pair of slacks. His long red hair was slicked back into a pony tail.
And Anna couldn't stop herself from staring, her mind reeling.
(There is no way in hell he did all of that in less than a minute.)
Charlie smirked at Anna's reaction. Crossing the room, he grabbed the invisible cloak and Anna watched mesmerized as he whipped it roughly. Suddenly a puff of silver smoke appeared before him, seemingly where the cloak had been and Charlie waved it in a water bottle he pulled out of his back pocket. Securely the lid tightly, Charlie slipped it inside his jacket pocket before motioning towards Anna's duffel bag.
"Got everything?" Anna shook her head and stepped into the bathroom. She came back out shortly after with a hand brush and a bottle of body spray. She eased the bottle into the main section of the duffel and placed the brush into one of the side pockets before tossing the hair towel across the near by chair and lifting the duffel bag onto her shoulders.
"So where are we headed to first?"
