Chapter 10: Female bonding

"You both made it" Hope happily chirped as she pinned something onto the lounge door, acting like she wasn't in the middle of an argument, Lani and Karma hesitantly walked over to the excited twin while Nolo stood behind her protesting against something.

"But what if we need something in there?" Nolo protested his hand waving towards the closed door.

"Then deal with it" Hope said stubbornly back at the Latin racer as she looked him right in the eyes. Nolo seeing he had lost stomped away, as he passed Lani and Karma Nolo muttered something along the lines of 'girls'.

"What was that about?" Karma asked when they had reached the lounge door looking back at the way her team leader had left.

"Its girl's night…" Hope said plainly as she looked at her handiwork "…we are taking over the lounge; no boys allowed that's the rule. He had lost something with the 'men'…" She said using quotation fingers "…and he was sent to put up their side of the argument" Hope stepped back to admire her work with a small smile on her face. 'No boys allowed, painful removal of testosterone if you dare enter' was scribbled on a piece of paper now blue tacked to the door, she smiled happy with her work after one more adjustment.

"I would hate go get on your bad side" Lani giggled as her eyes read the sheet of paper before her.

"Its rather difficult to get on my bad list, I'm to mellow for that to happen…" The twin giggled back with a smile "…so you ready?" Hope asked leading the two women into the room.

"Ready as I'll ever be" Karma said still hesitant with the idea.

"Everyone's here…" Faith declared happily once the three had entered the room "…let's get this party started" With the grace of an antelope Faith leapt up from the sofa and swiftly put the DVD in the player, with a few pressing of random buttons everything was set up ready.

The large sofas that were found in the room had been moved around so the biggest one was facing the big TV screen taking up the whole of the back wall; like with the conference room the back wall flicked into life to form the screen, cushions from the other sofas were placed in the space between the TV and sofa making one huge soft floor. The coffee tables had been arranged on both sides of the sofa and were full of crisps, nuts, dips; everything you would expect at a party along with a big bowls of bite sized sweets. The Moonlight Angels jackets had been removed and lay on one of the cushion less sofas.

"Take your seats ladies…" Mel chirped as she ushered everyone around "…it's time to begin" Somehow Karma, Lani and Amelia managed to get the sofa while everyone else sat on the cushioned floor; the twins belly flopping onto them; they were right when they thought Esmeralda would fit in perfectly as she belly flopped to.

"Hope you don't mind watching The Matrix" Dani half asked handing the two newcomers on the sofa a drink each as Mel dimmed the lights.

"No that's fine" Karma replied, she was really glad it wasn't a chick flick.

Within ten minutes of the film starting Lani, Esmeralda and Karma couldn't breathe due to their laughter. It had all started when Neo first came onto the screen, Faith jumped up and did the Boom Chicka Wa Wa dance just like the Link adverts; Hope joined in and was soon followed by Mel and Esmeralda. From then on the twins turned the volume right down and added their own voiceovers into it, they turned the lights back on while they also acted it out for the women's amusement.

"Follow the white rabbit" Mel dramatically stage whispered while Dani hopped like a bunny around the sofa.

"Yes follow me" She giggled while Faith took slow long strides after her; it was like the slow motion run people normally did to the song Chariots of Fire; Amelia had produced the twins camera from nowhere and was randomly taking pictures of the giggling group of girls.

"Slow down…" Faith said in really slow motion "…you're going to fast"

"You need chocolate to speed you up" Hope said rushing a sugary bar to her twin. Faith took long slow bites of the bar speeding up with each bite she swallowed and was soon back to normal speed, with her new found speed Faith ran after Dani calling for her 'White Bunny'. Living up to her clumsiness Hope jumped out of the 'white rabbits' way and fell over the coffee table earning even more giggles from the already laughing room.

"Enough of that…" Amelia giggled holding onto her sides "…lets do something we can all join in before someone gets badly hurt"

"Truth or dare" Mel practically shouted with a twinkle in her eyes as she clapped her hands in a hyperactive manner.

"If you had to repopulate the planet with any male in the Acceledrome who would it be?" Hope asked the room bouncing on the spot while she waited for an answer. When there was a rather loud noise the group turned towards the source, the door. With a quick nod from Dani the youngest sister took a step towards the door, she looked back for a brief moment with a devilish smile on her face and winked to the room before turning back.

"Well I don't know…" Dani said starting it off "…I mean Wylde, Tork, Jet and Nolo are hot but I hear that they prefer a bit of male attention then female if you know what I mean" The women had to cover their mouths from their laughter threatening to break though when there was a deep sounding gasp.

"And Monkey is so dreamy" Mel drifted off and hid a giggle when someone made a sound of degust.

"I know I would love to get my fingers in Pork Chops wild mane of red hair while I scream out his name in the throws of passion" Amelia said with mock lust in her voice joining in with the fun. Hope had to throw her face in the pillow to stop the boys hearing her laughter.

"What about Vert?" Karma said glancing towards the door at the newest sound and seeing Mels steady progress.

"Too blonde" Mel said in mock degust.

"Yer, he would be like 'Where do I put this?'" Faith giggled. In the meantime Mel had finally reached the door and gently pressed an ear against it, footsteps echoed in the hall as someone came closer to the lounge.

"The same would go for Shrimp" Hope pointed out remembering the sandy shag he had.

"But it's more sandy so he would get away with it" Dani laughed.

"I hear Rekkas very good in bed" Esmeralda said with a slight smile on her face.

"Would that be from personal experience or word of mouth?" Faith asked causing Esmeralda to blush a light pink.

"Could you imagine what Kurt would be like?" Karma asked the group.

"He would be like 'Don't mess my hair. I just styled it'" Hope mocked playing with her hair.

"What are you doing?" A deep voice asked on the other side of the door and was instantly hushed; Mel listened closer.

"Some of us want to know what their getting up to in there" Said a deep hushed voice.

"So we are recording this to show the others" Another voice whispered.

"Keep quiet or they will hear" A fourth voice said.

"Taro?" Esmeralda asked questionably.

"Been there done that" Lani said like it was old news.

"I'll take you word on it…" Karma said giving the door a fleeting look "…what about Drew?" Mel slowly made her way back to the group so she was not heard and scribbled something on a bit of paper.

"I would so do Banjee and Skeet given half a chance" She said while showing the rest of the group her 'We are being listened to and recorded' sign.

"You could do it on the dance floor with Shirako…" Dani began excited.

"…it would be to the beat of the music, you would need to find a fast paced song though" Mel finished with a smile.

"I found out Alec is very flexible…" Lani said with a raised eyebrow "…if that helps anyone"

"So different position potential then…" Amelia said giggling "…sky's the limit"

"Dan?"

"He shags anything that stays still long enough" Lani protested mocking degust.

"What about Krakatoa or Kadeem?" Dani asked not wanting to forget anyone.

"I hear that guys of a particular heritage have larger parts then other men do…" Hope began pointing to her hips.

"…so would they fit?" Faith finished with an evil smile on her face.

"That leaves one man" Karma said looking at the group of giggling girls before her.

"TEZLA" They all shouted as one.

"WHAT!" A deep voice exclaimed in shock followed by a loud thud and thundering steps as they ran. Faith and Hope got a quick glimpse of Nolo, Vert, Alec and Kadeem's backs as they fled from the hall and round the corner out of sight.

The next fifteen minutes was filled with heart filled laughter; they laughed so hard all eight of them were holding onto their sides for dear life with tears rolling down their faces as they rolled around on the floor. Once they could breathe again Hope and Faith ran out the door before anyone could call them back.

"Should we get them?" Karma asked looking back at the door.

"Leave them to it…" Amelia said pouring herself another drink "…they will be back soon" The twins did get back soon enough but were laughing like hyenas again.

"The tape had been passed around…" Faith giggled "…you should have seen their faces when we walked into the room"

"I think it might be time to calm down…" Dani offered softly once the twins had stopped laughing "…Karma, Lani and Esmeralda are not used to our nights of fun and madness. Best if we wean them into it"

"Ok…" Faith said sinking down into the sofa floor "…what did you what to do?"

"Talking is a nice calm thing"

"Ok Karma lets talk" The room was quiet at first as they all thought about something to talk about but it was Hope who broke the silence.

"Lani, Karma and Esmeralda I have a question"

"What is it Hope?" Lani asked kindly. Hope was acting different from her normal self, her legs were tucked up to her chest as her arms wrapped around them; it was unusual when they were so used to the loud, bouncy and clumsy women .

"I was just wondering…" She started "…if you know why Wylde is the way he is?…" Hope's blue eyes never moved from her knees when she talked, her twin watching on worried "…I mean he seams so angry towards everyone but mostly Kurt, after we got him laughing Wylde has been so nice to us"

"You know I've been wondering about the same thing" Dani whispered comfortingly to her sister

"Yer me to"

"Well I'm on a different team so I wouldn't know" Karma said taking a sip of her drink.

"Yes but Kurt might have said something" Hope begged desperately looking up at the only female Teku.

"I have not seen ether of them since The World Race so I wouldn't know" Esmeralda soothed placing a hand on the quiet twin as she offered a small smile.

"Why did you want to know?" Lani asked slightly confused, what they did not expect was the slight flush of pink on the girl's cheeks.

"I have seen his eyes three times now. The second time was the morning after we arrived and they were so full of anger, the first…" She sighed "…the first was the day we got here, I bumped into him and we fell in the Nitorx his sunglasses fell off in the process…"

"You never told me that" Faith said shocked, Hope gave her sister a soft smile.

"I never thought about it till now…" She said with a shrug "…and you never knew because you were with a music mad Asian looking at his sound system. To busy to see what was going on" Hope had a raised a troublesome eyebrow at her sister who smiled shyly back

"So sue me"

"Getting back on track, you were saying?" Dani said looking kindly at the both of them.

"The third was when we had the tickle fight during the Fog realm…" Hope took a quick sip of her drink before continuing "…they were so full of laughter and happiness. I noticed Wyldes eyes show many emotions that he doesn't want people to see so he hides them behind his sunglasses. The first time I saw so many emotions but the prominent two were pain and mistrust" Lani sighed sadly as she held her fizzy drink in her gloved hands, Lani gave Hope a small smile before talking.

"I knew them both in the World race" Lani began "Their relationship was a little rocky but they were perfectly fine when they left. I'm guessing it happened between then and now. You will have to ask him yourself"

"Do you like him?" Faith asked her twin kindly seeing her blush turn a deeper red.

"Yes…" She said nodding "…I do".

"I should have seen it…" Faith said thumping her forehead with the palm of her hand for her blindness "…I should have put two and two together and got four not five" The women in the room looked confused as Faith had one of her fast muttering moments.

"What is it sis?" Mel asked looking at her sister concerned.

"Keanu Reeves…" She stated as if it was obvious thing in the world "…he is just the same really. Black hair always styled, brown eyes…"

"Yes but Wylde is way hotter" Hope blurted out before she could stop herself. Faith just smiled at her twin sister as Hope started to resemble a rather red tomato.

A.N. I had a lot of fun writing this chapter and hope you enjoying reading just as much.