Author's Note: I've changed my mind. Ben's testing was supposed to be in the last chapter but I didn't want her to be there for all of the tests. I wanted to change it up some so it wasn't repetitive. I would recommend looking up his testing session on youtube or watching the movie if you have it.
Reed woke me up early the next day.
I threw a pillow at him, but he reached out his arm and caught it with ease. I rolled over, only to have the same pillow hit me in the face.
"Reed." I whined, my face pressed into my pillow. There was silence. I opened one eye to see why he was so silent. He stood staring at me with his arms crossed, a look of authority on his face.
"Fine." I huffed, throwing the pillow back at him. He dropped the pillow on one of my beanbag chairs and left, letting me get dressed.
I walked over to the closet. There was a small amount of clothes in it so I decided to go down to my apartment to get some clothes.
I walked out of the door, after running a comb through my hair so I was at least presentable. Reed's apartment was usually cold and it stung my exposed skin.
Johnny walked out of his room and his eyes found me. They widened for a second before trailing up and down, lingering on my exposed skin.
"Reed, I'm going to my apartment to get some clothes." I yelled so he could hear me. Johnny walked behind me, slipping in the elevator at the last second.
I looked at him out of curiosity. "Why are you here?" I asked, crossing my arms and leaning against the wall.
He leaned on it beside me. A dazzling smile on his face.
"I know I didn't make quite the best first impression, so I want to start over. And besides, I don't think we've met before. I wouldn't forget a pretty face like that." He put the edge of his hand under my chin. "I'm Johnny Storm." He held out a hand. A reached my hand out and took it.
"Ava Stryker." I said with a smile. The elevator dinged and the door opened, revealing my apartment. I walked out, realizing I was barefoot when my feet hit the cold, wood floor.
"Nice place." Johnny said, looking around.
"Don't touch anything." I said, pointing a finger at him. He held his hands up in a mock surrender that put a smile on my face.
I walked into my bedroom, closing the door behind me to make sure Johnny didn't follow.
I pulled out a grey long sleeve shirt and a pair of skinny jeans and slipped them on. I finished off the outfit with a necklace and a pair of grey knee-high boots.
I looked in the mirror and pulled my hair into a loose French braid, letting some strands hang in my face.
I opened the door, only to find Johnny about to touch something.
"What did I say?" I said, startling him. He turned and looked at where I stood.
His eyes widened and his mouth dropped a little. My smile fell and I looked down at my outfit.
"What? Does it look bad?" I asked, turning to go back into my bedroom and change my outfit. A hand reached out and grabbed my wrist. Their warm touch sent tingles up my arm and down my spine.
"No. It's the exact opposite really. You're beautiful." His eyes lingered on my face, but he seemed to realize what he said. "I mean, it's beautiful." His hand was still around my wrist and his eyes still on my face.
I looked into his eyes and was overwhelmed by how blue they were, but I snapped out of it and looked down at my hand.
"Johnny." I said, breaking him from his trance.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"You can let go of my hand now." His face fell, that obviously not being what he wanted to hear. He looked down at our hands.
"Oh, right." He let go of my hand and goosebumps formed from where he touched me.
I walked towards the elevator with Johnny right behind me. I clicked the button fro Reed's apartment as the doors closed.
Johnny and I assumed our positions of leaning against the walls.
He looked as if he forgot something and he started checking some of his pockets.
I looked at him with my eyebrow raised in curiosity. He caught this look and turned to me.
"It seems that I've lost my phone number, can I have yours?" He asked, a flirtatious smirk on his face.
I laughed at him. "You've got moves. I'll give you that."
He grabbed my hand and brought it to his lips, kissing my knuckles, just as the doors opened. His lips sent small shivers through my arm. He walked out of the elevator, a confident sense it his stride.
I opened my hand to reveal a small piece of folded paper, smiling when I realized what it was.
I sat down on Reed's couch when they filed in.
They were all dressed in the suits from the station.
Sue handed me mine. "Get dressed." She said with a smile.
I walked out of the room and into the bathroom and quickly got changed into the suit. It was tighter than I remembered and I pulled at it but it didn't matter.
I grabbed my pile of clothes and closed my eyes, visualizing my room. I opened my eyes and found myself in my room in Reed's apartment. I set the pile of clothes down on the bed before visualizing the living room.
"Ava?" I heard Ben say. I opened my eyes, finding myself in the living room. "Did you just, teleport?"
"Yup." I said smiling.
Reed looked at all of us, and I could hear him do a headcount.
"We're adults, Reed. You don't need to count us like children." I said, sitting down on the couch, opposite Ben.
He sighed and started talking. "Our uniforms were exposed, like us so they can transform like us. Becoming invisible, changing size on demand or remaining impervious to flame."
Ben laughed. "You guys look like an 80s rock band." He commented.
I laughed as well. "What's wrong with looking like AC/DC or Def Leppard?" I said crossing my arms. They knew how fond I was over my 80s rock bands.
"You know, Ben, This material stretches. I'm sure I can figure out a way to make it fit." Sue said, holding Ben's old suit in her hands.
"Nah. I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that." He pointed a finger at the suits we were wearing.
"I love these costumes!" Johnny exclaimed, a wide smile on his face. "They're missing something though. Needs, like spice-" He was too excited about this.
Reed turned around to face Johnny. "They're not costumes." He said, annoyance obvious in his voice.
"You cant use your powers in public. Johnny." Sue turned to him as well. He was now trying to do some karate moves.
"You guys are worse than NASA." Johnny said before turning and walking out of the room.
"Johnny." Sue yelled.
"Maybe it's missing a utility belt." Ben chuckled.
Sue decided to take a walk outside later on. I was bored out of my mind so I decided to join her.
We walked on the sidewalk in silence, just enjoying the outside air.
I had my hair styled up in a different way so it made me look different. It was just a precaution.
We walked up to a newspaper stand, Sue's eyes finding a magazine with her picture on it.
She walked forward and grabbed it to get a better look.
"Oh my-" She gasped. Another magazine had my picture on it along with the others and the title, Where Are They Now?
It's Sue Storm. The cashier said.
It's the invisible woman! Hey you're right. And you! He pointed at me.
Oh god.
"Sue." I said, grabbing her arm.
People were starting the crowd around us. Sue tried to ignore them but they kept coming. She started to run away from them, me just a tiny bit ahead of her from my years of running track.
We rounded the corner. Sue reached for her jacket. "I cant believe I am doing this again." She said.
I grabbed her arm and pulled her to the side.
"Wait." I said. I closed my eyes and focused on visualizing Reed's apartment. I opened my eyes and both of us were in the living room of Reed's apartment.
"Thanks. "Sue gasped.
"No problem."
Author's Note: Another Chapter! Yay! I put a little bit of Ava\Johnny adorableness in this chapter. Just for you guys!
Any feedback or suggestions you have for me, put them in the review section and I will look at them as soon as I can.
