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Yay! Here I am again, keeping to my two week schedule! For the lovely Reviewers who I reviewed replied to, ffnet logged me in with my older email account so it made a new profile for me. So Hexy33 was in fact me and I was signed into that account accidently! Sorry about that!
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So Thank You: Coolsville Times, Brittany (Glad you're liking the story! Thanks for reviewing!), NaijaStrawberrie, Nancy (Thanks for reviewing! Glad you enjoyed), D's Blue eyes, Ryromaniac, Awwesome, Rogue4787, MidnightMoonXX, Guest (I'm glad you enjoyed the Xietro! Haha…oh I still have to many juicy plans for Romy so I can't have Remy finding out quite yet, but he will eventually find out lol. Thanks for the review), Lala143 (Pietro's jerk is starting to show. That boys hormones are getting the best of him. Lol, yes please be patient with me cause it's still going to be a while before everything comes out in the open. I'm glad you liked what I did with the Jubilay and Ray :) Thanks for the Review), Anonymous ((glad to see you back! No worries, Pietro shall keep being naughty! lol. Hmm I don't think you'll be seeing a whip Lol. Glad you liked the Jubilay :) Thanks for the review), Guest (thanks for the review, glad you're enjoying the story), Dalia (It's still going to be a while until Remy finds out about the cheating and Anna knowing. Glad you liked the xietro, thanks for the review), Doom Doll and Xmangal.
This was suppose to be more Jonda heavy but like many many times I get distracted by other plot bunnies so I ad to push Jonda off till the next chap, but worry now, you shall have a small snippet of it! Anyhoo hope you guys enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review :)
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Chapter 25 O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
"So what are you up to today Jubes?" Amara asked in a teasing voice, "Are you going to make out with your boyfriend in a small dark closet again?"
At the words 'dark closet' Laura Lex 's head snapped towards the younger girls. When they had come into the dorm the night before, Amara hadn't wasted any time in calling out the young Asian girl and her new relationship status. She however hadn't mentioned the exact way that Jubilee and Ray had begun the affair until now. To say the least it intrigued her considering the fact that she had had a 'dark closet' encounter too. 'Dark Closets must be in the thing now…' she thought to herself before slowly turning her attention back in front of her.
Jubilee's who was walking a little behind Laura, Anna and Wanda flushed a pink tint at the question that Amara had thrown her way. She had really wished that Amara and Roberto hadn't caught them the way they had been, not because it wasn't one hell of a kiss, but more cause of the fact that she knew they would never live down the teasing.
"Shut up! And I won't be kissing in any closets…"
"oh ok…just out in the open now? Pretty bold of you my friend…"
"Amara!" Jubilee whined and went to smack her friend in the arm. Amara giggled and moved sideways, a hard task while walking. Not to mention that there were people swerving in between them, everyone was in a hurry to either get to their lockers or their first period class.
Anna smirked as she heard Amara ask more questions, she then felt that she wanted to join in on the teasing. So she turned around and started walking backwards putting herself in the middle of the four as Wanda and Laura walked a little bit ahead.
"So Jubilee…how do you like that piercing now?"
Jubilee flushed even more if it were even possible while Anna and Amara started laughing.
Wanda rolled her eyes while Laura Lex smirked; her grin suddenly vanished at the sight in front of them. Wanda noticed it too because she turned and exchanged looks with the blue haired black tipped girl.
No words needed to be exchanged between them; the same thought has crossed their minds and Laura Lex being the action taker quickened her pace to get closer to the large crowd surrounding their lockers. Wanda watched and gave a small glance backwards, the others hadn't noticed.
Laura sped walked towards the lockers that were assigned to them. The way the locker arrangements where set were that the girls lockers were on the left side of the hallway they were walking in right now, on the right wall where the boys lockers. The lockers were assigned by dorm, so the lockers next to yours were your dorm mates.
It wasn't weird to see people scattered through this hall. Sometimes boyfriends waited near their girlfriends' lockers, sometimes girls from different dorms went and visited with girls from other dorms. All this was pretty normal…what wasn't normal was the fact that there was a huge crowd of people whispering and mumbling around their lockers.
As she got closer people who noticed her started to scatter quickly out of her way and when she stopped in front of their row her eyes narrowed. She quickly turned around and once again shared a look with Wanda and then turned her gaze at Anna who still had her attention on the younger girls.
Again, no words were said. A look had been enough to tell Wanda that it was not good news, and it was something about Anna.
"Hey…who needs book for class…it's not like we pay attention anyway…"Wanda asked interrupting Anna and the others than proceeded in nudging the southern girl back the way they had come.
Anna looked behind her at the sapphire eyed girl and started to questions the actions but stopped as she noticed the people around and the fact that they happen to be too close to their lockers.
"What's going on?" she asked turning her body back around and going towards them. Even more people scattered now.
"I don't think you're going to like this…" Laura whispered as she got closer to her and the small metal doors.
"There's a lot of things ah don't liahke…" came the response as she passed the hazel eyed girl and stood in front of her locker. She eyed the sloppy pink writing and frowned, Laura had been right she did not like this. "It's…pink…" she muttered.
"That's the part that upsets you?" Wanda asked arriving and taking a look at the writing. Behind her Jubilee and Amara gasped in shock at what they were reading.
"Who would do such a thing?" Amara asked looking away from the harsh words.
"Who do you think?" Laura asked darkly and turned her attention down the hallway where multiple pair of eyes watched them, laughter clearly in their thoughts.
Anna turned in the same direction as well.
"You sure it was them? I mean that's pretty crappy hand writing for the prom queen over there…" Amara remarked.
This comment made Jubilee step closer to the letters, she eyed the markings carefully.
"Not if you're forcing yourself to write left handed when you're right handed," she commented running a finger through one of the words which had no effect on it at all. "And it looks like a combination of permanent marker and spray paint…they really didn't want you to wash this out…"
"Looks like you're feeling was right on," Wanda uttered to Laura who frowned even more.
"I just want to…go slam her pretty head into her locker…"
"And paint it red…"
Wanda and Laura exchanged mischievous smiles and as Laura started moving to maker her way towards them she felt a hand at her wrist making her stop.
"No…if this is what she thinks ah am…lets prove her right…"
"What?"
Anna didn't answer the question as she started walking away from her. The girls watched her and noticed something very interesting, Anna wasn't walking towards Jean and her blond fiends. Instead she made her way towards the boys locker.
"Where is she going?" Amara asked.
Wanda smirked, "Jean made her move…now she's making hers…"
Anna looked angelically innocent as she walked towards the tall boy, but he was no fool, he knew there was nothing innocent about her heading towards him. He looked around trying to find an escape but was momentarily stunned as he saw Jean looking at him. This had been the first eye contact they had shared since school began, she was and had avoided him like the plague ever since that cursed dance.
He got snapped back into reality by a voice that he had once found soothing and loving, her tone was sweet and innocent but again, he knew her better than that. He knew that this was going to lead into more trouble.
"Sorrah sugah…but don't blame meh…blame yahr heart's desire."
Before Scott could reply he was stunned to silence as he got pushed harshly into his own locker. Next his tie got pulled on making him lean forward and before he could stop it lips met his in a forcefully rough kiss. Anna then pushed her tongue through his tight lips; before the public kiss could get any further a hand grabbed Anna's shoulder and pushed her off the younger boy.
Anna smirked before slowly turning to face the person, thinking it was pretty bold for Jean to have actually given into her jealousy scheme enough to pull her off publically. As she finished turning and started at the person in front of her grin disappeared. This had not been what she had been expecting.
"Come with me…now…"
Anna nodded but before she started to follow she turned back to look at Scott, "Call meh…" she remarked and started to walk away not bothering to glance at Jean's direction at all.
Wanda and the others then watched as she passed them, giving them a perked eyebrow look before turning her face away from them.
"Did she get in trouble for kissing?" Amara asked worriedly as Anna disappeared.
"No…I think it's more regarding this," Laura answered pointing at the desecrated locker. "She took a good long look at it."
"Come on, grab your books and let's go before we're late," Wanda remarked shutting her locker hard before giving Anna's locker one last look.
The other girls quickly grabbed their own books before following.
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"Wow mate…took you long enough!" John commented and pushed Ray forward good heartily.
"I don't see you moving any faster," Ray answered.
"Actually ma mistake was movin' ta fast…" the Aussie answered looking thoughtful.
Pietro glanced at his best friend knowing what he was thinking about. He then shared a look with Remy who shrugged and kept walking going towards their destination.
A few minutes later they stopped in front of Remy's, John and Pietro's lockers While the older boys looked through their untidy metal box the two younger boys looked into the distance down the hall.
"What do you think is going on over there?" Ray asked noticing a massive circle.
Roberto squinted his eyes in that direction; as if squinting would somehow give him a better view. "I don't know…maybe someone is selling something? Maybe it's candy…"
"CANDY! I could go for some candy!" John remarked taking his head out of his locker to look at that direction.
"I think it's too early for you to have sugar," Pietro answered wearily.
Remy shut his locker taking out the book for his first class. He then looked in the same direction and frowned. "Don dink dey be selling candy over dere…"
"Why?"
"Y' guys are pathetic, don y' even know were yo petites lockers are?"
John's eyes widened a bit, he had visited those lockers before, though it had been a long time ago.
"What do you think is going on?" Pietro asked showing new interest getting the clue to who the owners of the lockers were.
"Only one way to find out," Ray answered and started walking towards the area. The others followed but they didn't go far as they saw the crowd scatter as familiar blue hair made its way towards the scene of the commotion. They stopped walking and saw as the short girl stop in front of a locker. Now that people had moved away they could easily see that there were words written on the top locker.
"Whose locker is it?" Roberto asked, his eyes narrowing at the fact that someone might be harassing his precious Amara.
John looked sideways and eyed Remy, he knew who's locker it was and apparently so did Remy because his facial expression did not seem happy. Before either boy could answer Roberto's question Anna appeared on the scene followed by the others. They watched as the girls talked back and forth and then noted that some of them looked at a certain direction.
Pietro eyed Laura Lex and he let his eyes wander off to where she was looking at. He eyes stopped on a beautiful blonde with piercing blue eyes. He then looked from his girlfriend to his neighbor. Animosity was so high between the two girls and to think, Crystal had no idea what he was already doing with the sexy blue haired girl. It would definitely be better if she didn't find out, especially since he still had a lot more things planned for Lex. Even though she had said it would never happen again, he wanted to find out how bold her resolve was to keep to those words.
As Pietro eyed his eye candy Remy watched Anna, he started to make his way towards her but stopped as he watched her start moving too. It seemed that she was coming in his general direction. Had she seen him? He got his answer as she stopped a few lockers away from where he was standing. He then watched as she slammed his slender classmate into the locker behind him and their lips met stirring a burning feeling in his stomach that rose up to his head.
He watched them until Anna was forced off the older boy and taken away. A few seconds later he felt someone stand next to him.
"Ya ok?"
He nodded.
"Ya sure? Ya both look a bit surprise…"
Remy turned at John's mention of 'both' and that's when he noticed that he had unconsciously stopped next to Jean's locker. As he turned to look at his red headed girlfriend he did see a glimpse of a shocked facial expression but she quickly turned it around with a smile as she faced him.
"Babe…hi," she greeted sweetly and linked arms with him.
"We should probably go to class before it gets late," she stated not bothering to acknowledge John. Remy nodded and they started walking off. While he had been spacing out watching the others had joined him as well. Crystal; linked her own arms with Pietro and started walking towards their own class with John following ignoring Emma who was trying to make conversation with him.
This left the younger boys with their own classmates. Vertigo and Tabitha gave Ray and Roberto suggestive looks. Both boys exchanged looks and made a hastily retreat walking far ahead from them. The last thing they needed was trouble like the other boys had to deal with.
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Principals Office O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
The room was silent; they were waiting for Headmaster Charles to see how fast they could get the janitorial services here to take care of the mess.
Finally the silence was broken by, "I though you and Scott were over?"
"We are…"
"That's not an action a young lady should be doing, especially if you're not even in a relationship."
"Ah thought yah knew ah wasn't a young lady."
"Anna!"
"Mother!"
Raven eyed her daughter wearily before bringing her hand up to massage her temple.
"Do you know who did it?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"No."
"No you're not sure or no you don't know."
"No."
"Anna Marie Darkholme!" Raven stated and the grabbed her daughters chin to face her. "I am your mother and I demand to know if you're being bullied! And if you are who is it?"
Before Anna had a chance to answer the door opened and the headmaster walked in with a grave expression on his face. He sighed and took a seat.
"Moira has just let me know that our janitorial services agency is close today. They won't be able to get anyone over until tomorrow."
"WHAT! We can leave those words on her locker…" Raven shouted and slammed a hand to the desk and stood up from her seat.
"Raven, please calm down. The best we can do now is tape something over it."
"Something that will easily be ripped off," Raven answered.
Before they could continue arguing Anna stood up, "It's fiahne headmaster."
Both adults looked at her and found it odd that she was so calm about it. She showed no signs of sadness or even anger.
"I apologize…" Charles started but she interrupted him again.
"It's really fiahne, headmaster Xavier. Yah can't control what every single student here does. Plus yah know that saying…sticks and stone can really fuck someone up but words can only cut the weak…"
"ANNA! Language," her mother muttered while putting her hand to her face.
Anna ignored her mother and continued, "the last thang ah am is weak so please don't worry about it. Either of yah," she added and looked at her mother before turning around. "Ah'm late tah class so if yah two will excuse meh…"
"Have Ms. Mactaggert give you a hall pass back to class," Raven called out to her as she opened the door and then proceeded in leaving.
"She's twisted that saying to make it quite…poetic…" Charles stated after she had left.
"I have no idea where she picks that stuff up…" Raven answered shaking her head.
"Does she know who did it?" Charles asked
"She didn't say, but I have an inkling that she did."
"I'll send someone over right away to cover her locker for now."
Raven nodded, "I think I want to keep a closer eye on her…" she mumbled.
"I think you should wait, maybe it was a onetime incident," he responded.
"I don't know. I know my daughter and if I know her as well as I do she'll take these matters in to her own hands..."
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Anna rolled her eyes as she made her way back towards the lockers. Grownups were so over dramatic. Since she had the hall pass she refrained from speed walking to get to class. In all honesty she wasn't looking forward to going into her English class and having all the students look at her.
This was a small school after all so there was no doubt that everyone had already heard about this. She was lost deep in thought and going further into the hallway that she didn't notice the figure standing in front of her locker until she had reached it.
"Enjoying the art?"
"Guess y' can say dat…"
"Shouldn't you be in class?" she asked getting in front of him to input the code on her lock to open it. Since she had gotten in front of him and he had been standing close to the locker she had left every little space between them.
"I went…jus on a bathroom break."
"Really? Well then ah think you got lost. The bathroom is down that hall," she answered and pointed towards a deserted hallway.
He smirked as he looked down the hallway. "I went…decided ta take a detour back to class."
She offered a small smile, "How long have yah been waiting?"
He shrugged nonchalantly, "Five…maybe ten minutes…"
"That's a long pee break…"
"Chere! Not lady like ta say the 'p' word."
"Yah do realize that yah just said it by just saying the letter right?"
He gave a small chuckle and watched her as she rummaged through her locker.
"So, where exactly should yah be right now?" she asked taking her English book out and closing the locker behind her.
"Ms. Neramani's class, she'll never notice I'm gone."
"Your girlfriend might."
He shrugged again," When you gotta go you gotta go," he stated and leaned forwards towards her. This action surprised her so she took a step back and bumped into her locker. This made him chuckle, "Chere…why so nervous?" he then put his hands on her shoulders and moved her sideways and focused his attention on her locker.
"Someone is pretty mad at y' chere…"
"Yah think?" she asked sarcastically looking at the words too.
He then did what everyone has failed to do. He read the words out loud.
"Well…whoever did dis dinks yo…a 'fat' 'stupid' 'cuntface' 'whore' 'slut' 'bitch'. Dey sho have color language…"
"They do…so what do yah think?"
"Dat dis person don't know nothing bout y'," he answered earnestly and turned to face her. Their eyes interlocked and they stayed in a comfortable silence watching each other.
"So, yah don't think ah'm fat?" she asked with mock puppy dog eyes.
He looked at her seriously and shook his head, "Non, vous êtes belle…" (You are beautiful)
They stared at each other on silence, neither knowing what to say as they held eye contact.
She finally broke the silence and the eye lock as she looked sideways and mumbled a small 'Thanks'.
"So…dey gonna send someone over ta paint over dis?" he asked changing the subject.
She nodded, "Ya, but ah guess thay can't get anyone ovah till tamorrow."
"Y' serious?"
"Yup."
"So dey jus gonna leave dis like dis?"
"No, I guess thay're gonna put some kinda tape over it or something," she answered and started moving away from the locker to start walking down the hall. He gave a small nod and started walking besides her. "Isn't yahr class down that way?" she asked perking an eyebrow at him.
He grinned, "What kinda homme would I be if I jus let yo walk ta class by yo self?"
"A normal one."
"Glad ta see y' tink I'm better den normal chere."
"Ah didn't say that, yah did."
"Same ting."
She gave a small chuckle to that answer, "No it's not…stop making yahr head bigger than already is swamp boy."
"Right where it hurts mon river rat…" he stated and put a hand towards his chest.
"What?" she asked snapping her head towards him.
"Quoi?" he asked confused at her reaction.
"What did yah say?"
"…I said right where it hurt river rat…porquoi?"
"Ah…yah said…nevahmind. Ah must just be hearing things," she answered mumbling the last part more to herself than him.
Remy watched her carefully as she looked away. She hadn't heard her mumble but he had inkling that he knew why she had reacted the way that she did. He had said 'mon', mind you it was an accident. He had no idea why the word had slipped out, just like in the morning he had no idea why he had felt such a burning fire inside him as he had watched her kiss Scott.
If he had to be honest that was one of the main reasons he had felt like coming to see her. He wanted to know what that kissed meant. Was she into him or what could have possessed her to do that? Not that it mattered; he was just being a friend and looking out for her. Scott may look like an innocent nerdy guy but what if he was bad news? He couldn't let one of his friends get hurt like that!
Anna gave small side glances to Remy who was oddly quite. She saw him nod to himself and his lips would part and then close so quickly she wasn't sure she was seeing right. She watched him like this for a few seconds and started to wonder if he had lost his marbles.
As she was about to ask him she stopped because he cleared his throat as if ready to speak.
"So…"
"Ya?"
"Guys like Summer eh? Lanky…average student…quite…dat yo type?"
Anna perked an eyebrow at him; her mouth opened and closed trying to find the right words to answer the unexpected question.
"Or…is he jus a friend too?"
"Yah've been reading magazines monsieur Lebeau?" thinking back to that stupid gossip magazine.
He smirked at the way she had chosen to address him. "Oui…dat mais…I also happen ta catch de show earlier."
'Yah really catch meh at the worst tiames…' she thought to herself.
"What do y' mean by dat petite?"
Anna's eyes widened, her thought hadn't been as quite as she had thought it was. She didn't know what shocked her more that fact that he had heard and questioned her or that fact that she was becoming too comfortable with this boy that she couldn't tell when she was thinking an talking out loud.
It took a few seconds before she could compose herself to answer, "Ah meant that yah always catch meh in situations that give the wrong idea…"
"So he is jus a friend…"
"No…"
This answer surprised Remy making his eyes widened at the confession. Before he could question her she continued.
"And he's not just average. He's usually one of the top ten in his classes," Anna stopped talking as she reached the door to her English class. She gave the closed door a look before turning to face Remy. "He's not a friend…but he's not more than that either. Thanks forh walking meh tah class," she then leaned up on her tip ties and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Quite the gentleman Monsieur Lebeau," she added putting her heels on the floor. She then turned around and left him looking after her more confused than he had originally been.
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Later O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
Remy tried to focus in class, he really did. Yet the words he had heard from Anna kept circulating throughout his brain. If he wasn't a friend…then what had been up with that kiss? I mean in reality people don't kiss friends like that, than again he wasn't someone who could talk since he had shared a lip lock with Anna a few weeks ago.
He sighed and leaned back on his chair letting Mr. McCoy's voice go in through one ear and out the other as he paid no attention to his science teacher. He let his eyes wander around the class and they ended up landing on the scrawny boy his mind had been occupied with earlier. Remy's eyes narrowed a bit as he stared at the boy wearing Ruby glasses.
The ruby glasses where facing the board as the boy scribbled into a notebook as he absorbed every word Mr. McCoy said. Remy rolled his eyes, 'who dis guy dink he is anyway? Wearing stupid glasses in class...' He was surprised that none of their teachers ever said anything to him about it.
Then again he should have been more surprised that he had never noticed the glasses before that day. Before that day he had never paid much attention to the other boy. He had simply just known him as Jean's tutor-ee…then again now that he was thinking about it there was another encounter in which he had seen Anna Marie a little too close to the brown haired boy.
Remy was to lost in his thoughts that if he had paid closer attention he would have been able to see that he was not the only one watching Scott. Blue eyes were narrowed and pointing at him as well.
Jean had been able to pull her cool together earlier but the longer she watched her ex secret boyfriend the more angry she got. To have that stupid bitch run her leg up his had upset her so much that she had told him that they needed a break during their Christmas vacation. She had accused him of still harboring feelings for her which he had quickly denied yet he had let her defile his mouth with her own.
She was planning on forgiving him after a week, but thanks to this new development she wasn't quite sure if there was a chance for forgiveness now. She loved him and missed him, but she would not tolerate being second best. Especially not to her, and that was in regards to all her possessions. As she thought that she turned to look at the person sitting beside her.
Remy looked lost in thought but as if feeling her eyes on him he gave her a side glance and then offered her a small smile, which she returned. It was fake, but he would never notice.
"I think I'm going to use the little girls room…be back," she whispered giving his arm a small squeeze before getting up and walking out of the classroom.
Remy watched her go and as she disappeared his small faded. He wasn't sure but he found something odd about her smile. He shrugged the feeling off and turned towards the board. While he moved to get into a new sitting position he accidently brushed his elbow against his girlfriend's desk dropping her papers on the floor.
The falling papers didn't get anyone's attention, thankfully. So he bent over sideways collecting the papers from under the desk and when he grabbed them all he tapped then on to his desk to get them to straighten up together. He then moved to put them back neatly on her desk but suddenly stopped as he saw something drawn into the corner of them all.
It was a large X in a circle, it wasn't an unfamiliar sight, it looked similar to the school's logo. What surprised Remy was that he had seen a drawing similar to this before, earlier that same day…on Anna's locker, in the same corner.
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Lunch O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
"Where's Remy?"
"Dunno…mate hasn't shown up…" John answered Pietro's question as they looked around for the oldest boy of their group.
"I wonder if everything's ok…"Roberto thought out loud then added, "The last time we saw him was this morning in the locker hallway right?"
"He's fine…probably wanted a break from you guys," Ray remarked as he took a sip from his soda. "I know I would want a break from you guys every once in a while."
"Aw, you've only been sitting with us for a day and you want a break already?" Roberto asked feigning injured feelings.
Ray rolled his eyes as Pietro and John speculated where their Cajun friend had gone without telling them. It had been the second day back from break and things were already a lot different than when they had left. The biggest of these differences was that Bobby and a few others didn't have lunch with Remy and the others anymore. Which ended up being a good thing since Ray was starting to hang out with them during breaks and lunch.
"Yeah…I think I do…and I think I'll take it now," Ray answered Roberto's question as he gave a small smile towards the cafeterias entrance.
Roberto followed his gaze and found what had gotten the blond boys attention. "Can't wait till Drama?" he teased.
"Nope…" came the honest response as he started walking away.
Robert chuckled and watched him go. He took a quick glance to the other two boys and as he did he saw that they were about to get unwanted visitors, or at least he was.
"I think I'll go with him…" Roberto remarked and made a hasty retreat before either of the other boys could say anything.
"What was up with him?"
"PIE PIE!" Came a shrill squeal and something crashed into Pietro.
"Hey you…" Pietro answered as he looked down at the blonde hair that was stuffed into his chest. After lots of flowers and texts Crystal had indeed forgiven Pietro for deserting her during Christmas vacation. She pulled away from his chest and looked up with a big smile; she then leaned forward to give his lips a peck. Pietro moved his head sideways though and the kiss landed on his cheek making the girls smile turn upside down.
"Where's Remy?"
"Dunno…he didn't leave a note," John answered nonchalantly looking away from Jean who asked the question and Emma who was standing beside her.
"Well can't you call him or text him?"
This question made John turn to the redhead with a perked eyebrow, "Can't you? I though he was your speed dial one?"
Jean opened and closed her mouth hesitating to speak; "He isn't answering…" she managed to whisper hoping that it was low enough that no one heard her. It wasn't.
"I texted him a few minutes ago…no answer for me either," John answered and looked away again, this time having his eyes find Ray and Roberto who had reached their destinations.
Pietro looked at John carefully, he then felt like he was being watched so his eyes quickly scanned the room trying to find the culprit. The feeling left as quickly as it had come but while looking his eyes landed on midnight blue hair. His eyes narrowed as he watched the raven haired boy kiss the top of the blue hair. She must have said something he liked because the he laughed, she then started moving and turned around in his arms.
She felt it, eyes and now she was seeking them out. It didn't take long for her hazel green eyes to find the sapphire ones. Her eyes watched him before looking down at the blonde bundle in his arms. Julian must have felt her sudden distraction because Pietro saw a visible squeeze of her body and then saw the boy start kissing the side of her face wanting her attention.
Pietro glowered at the sight; his insides started burning with annoyance so he did the one thing he knew would make him feel better. Knowing that the hazel green eyes were still on him he looked downwards towards the blond girl in his arms. At the moment she was looking at her red headed friend who was deep in thought, he parted his lips and whispered her name ever so gently. Crystal looked up at the sweetness of his voice; it had been a while since he spoken to her with that tone.
Before she could question him he moved quickly and theirs lips met. He forced his tongue in between her lips and dominated the kiss making her melt into his body. They parted from the kiss as they heard Crystal's name being called. When they came back from to their senses they saw that it was Jean who was ready to leave.
"I got to go…" she mumbled.
"Ok…" he answered and they kept giving each other small pecks as Emma rolled her eyes and forcefully tried dragging her friend away.
When they were far from ear shot John turned and looked at Pietro with a curious look, "You were awfully affection…"
"So?"
"She literally left ten seconds into your act…"
"Who?" Pietro asked acting as if he didn't know who he was talking about.
John rolled his eyes, "You know very fucken well who mate…and don't try and fool me with that little shit you just pulled with Crystal. You haven't been that 'lovey dovey' with her since about the time 'Little Miss Attitude' joined the band."
Pietro couldn't help but give a smile at the mentioned of John's old name for Laura Lex. It had felt like forever since he had last used that for her. It was weird to see how much changed in a few months.
Instead of commenting on any comments he made regarding the blue haired girl he made a comment of his own, "You lied…"
"Bout?" The aussie asked.
"Texting Remy…we haven't even tried contacting him yet you told Jean that we had."
John shrugged, "He's obviously avoiding her. He's probably got his reasons…it'd be better ta just leave him to his own mess."
Pietro nodded, he then watched John give one last look towards Ray and Roberto, but whether he looked at the boys or the girl with red highlights he wasn't sure. They both then made their way outside, guess today they were just going to be a duo…
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Football Practice O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
"ALLERDYCE!"
John and Pietro stopped their run midway to look at Mr. Creed.
"Coach?" John asked looking at the bulky hairy man.
"Where's your boyfriend?"
Pietro sniggered at the comment making John elbow him, "Pardon sir?" he asked.
Victor Creed rolled his eyes, "Where's LeBeau?"
"Dunno sir."
"That boy…just cause he's MVP he thinks he can skip on practice," He growled to himself, "GET RUNNING!" he then yelled out to Pietro and John who hurried back onto the track.
As they ran Pietro started speaking in between huff and puffs, "He's late…he's never late. Have you…talked to him?"
"Nope."
"And you don't find this odd?"
"Oh no…it's pretty fucken crazy…but if Remy's doing this, It's gotta be for a reason. I don't think he'll miss the whole practice. He'll probably just be late."
"If you say so…"
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Elsewhere O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
Anna groaned in frustration. Today was not her day. First the whole locker thing happened, then she was late to her first period class and it didn't matter that she had had an excuse Mr. Wyngarde had still scolded her. Her Bunsen burner had stopped working in the middle of her lab work in science, her computer in computer class decided to install new updates that took half her class, her mother had decided to move her to a front seat in her math class so she could 'keep a better eye on her' and now the stupid combination on her stupid gym locker didn't want to work. She growled in frustration and hit the metal making the loud noise echo through the now empty locker room.
Laura Lex smirked, even though she knew she shouldn't be finding the situation funny. "Want my help now?" she asked knowing she was about to get a dirty look. Anna turned and glared but moved away from the locker, she had been struggling with it for a good ten minutes; it was time to give up.
"Finally," Lex murmured and went to stand in front of her locker. She couldn't believe she had literally watched Anna mess with this for ten minutes. "What's the combo?"
"5-44-6…"
In one shot Laura Lex got the metal door to open. She threw her best friend a smug look which was ignored as the southern girl moved her out of the way and began changing. Five minutes later both girls started making their way towards the locker hallway to put the books they weren't going to need away.
"So what now?" Laura asked flipping through her English novel.
"What do yah mean?"
"Wha's the next move?"
Anna shrugged, "Dunno, let's see what she does. Ah made my move…now it's hers." Laura nodded and they remained silent while they kept walking. As Anna turned a sharp corner she smacked into someone causing the books in her arms to fall.
"Oh…grrr…great!" she mumbled annoyed and bent down to start picking her books up. When she went to grab her English book another hand covered her own as the person she crashed into went to grab the same book.
""ow many times 'ave we bumped into each oder in dis fashion now…chere?"
Her eyes widened a bit at the voice, she quickly gained her compose though and replied, "Ta many swamp boy…"
"Aw…y' tired of meeting me like dis…river rat?"
Laura Lex rolled her eyes at the cheesy nicknames and wondered if she should start walking away to leave them alone. She didn't get a chance though because the next question Anna asked caught her attention.
"What's up with yah? It looks like yah got inta somekinda poop fight…and lost by the wah.."
"Dat wounds me chere. I promise it's not…'poop'" he responded and when he said the p word his nose scrunched up in distaste.
Anna though the expression was quite cute, then realizing what she thought she gave her head a small shake and asked, "Well what is it?"
"It's not important. Where are y' deux belle's off to?"
"Our lockers…need tah put these books away."
"Maybe y' shouldn't today…"
"Why cause of some stupid little words? Ah don't thank so…can't give them the satisfaction of thinking thay kept meh away from mah own locker…" she answered and started moving past him.
Before she could get out of reach Remy brought his hand outward and captured her wrist making her stop in place and tilt her head sideways to look at him questionably.
"Chere…I…jus wanna say sorry dat dat happened ta y'…"
"Why are yah apologizing? It's not liahke yah did it," Anna answered with a shrug.
Remy looked at her intensely before answered, "Je sais mais…Y' didn deserve it et…yar special ta me…special friend I mean and it jus sucks that someone 'as something that bad against y' ta do such a thing…"
"Some people are just asshole…it happens," she answered and watched him carefully as he moved his gaze to the floor. "Why are yah being so…" before she could finish the question he looked up and looked at a clock that happened to be resting about a locker they we're standing next to.
"Mered…I'm later den I thought I'd be. Desole chre gotta ran. Abeinto," he answered and gave a small nod towards them and took off in the direction they had come from.
"That was weird," Laura commented watching him go.
"Ya…yah tink he figured out who it was?" Anna asked curiously.
Laura Lex shrugged and started walking towards their lockers. When she got close enough she gave a surprised intake.
"What?" Anna asked, "Did thay add more?"
"No…" Laura answered and waited for Anna to come closer. When she did the southern girl looked at her locker with wonder. "I though you said they weren't coming out until tomorrow?"
"That's what they told meh…"
"Then who d…"
Anna didn't let her finish and looked down the hallway they had come from, "Remy…those tan spots on his hands and cheek…"
"That would also explain why his uniform was all messy…" Laura commented with nod and moved to touch it.
Anna then grabbed her hand stopping her, "It's probably still wet…that's why he didn't want meh tah use it."
Laura grinned and gave Anna a small nudged with her shoulder, "Wow…he painted your locker for you…that's pretty…dare I say it…cute."
Anna rolled her eyes and nudged her back. "Shut up and open yahr locker…looks liahke ah'm sharing with yah."
"FUCK! I hate sharing!" she answered before opening the small door.
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Later that Night O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
Blue eyes turned to the door as an explosion of sound entered what had been a quiet room. Well, it had been quiet other than the munching from his potato chips.
"Me first!"
"No…how come you get to go first?"
"I called it!"
"I don't care…I'm dirtier! Remy tackled me right into the fucken ground…"
"Haha…you ate dirt…that was pretty funny mate. OW! What was that for?"
Kurt looked from the silver haired boy, who was covered in dirt and the orange haired Aussie who was massaging his shoulder. A few seconds later his eyes left the two younger boys as the auburn hair leader sighed and walked towards him taking a seat on the long couch next to his.
"Hurting?" Kurt asked as he watched Remy rotate his shoulders after he sat down and moved his head sideways a few times.
"Un peu…I got Pietro good," he answered with a smug smirk.
Kurt shook his head and turned his attention back to John and Pietro. In a moment as quick as lighting Pietro had struck John in the side and quickly slipped passed him locking himself in the bathroom. After recovering from the blow John looked at the door with distaste before walking towards his room a frown on his face.
"You look better than those two…" Kurt commented noticing that his white football uniform was pretty spotless except for a green stain on one of his knees which he could only guess came from Pietro's accident. As he took a closer look at his skin though, he noticed traces of an odd brown color here and there.
"Got ta practice a little late…" he answered closing his eyes as he leaned lazily onto the couch moving his head back so it could touch the soft cushion as his wet hair flopped around and stuck on to his forehead.
"So it's true…"
"Hmm?"
"The paint on your face…"
"Mmm…what about it?"
"My mother pulled me out of first period this morning pretty pissed off. Someone messed up Anna's locker by tagging it with pretty hateful things. She wanted to know if Anna's was getting bullied or if she had any problems with any girls…"
Remy perked an eyebrow and opened one eye lazily to look at the blue haired boy, "And what did y' tell 'er?" he asked wondering if he had told his math teacher of that weird unexplained hate the southern beauty had with his own girlfriend.
"I told her that no one was stupid enough to bully Anna…and that I didn't know about any girl who she might be having problems with."
Remy nodded and closed his eye again.
"I lied to her…cause I know my sister and it doesn't take a genius to see the way Jean and her look at each other…"
Remy stayed quiet and Kurt took the chance to interrupt the silence by munching on a chip before he spoke again.
"They had been giving each other those looks since last year you know…but I've noticed that they have become more intense this year…especially when you're around. The reason I lied to my mom isn't to protect whoever did that to my sister's locker. It was more because I know Anna can take care of her own problems," and with that Kurt got up and stretched and started walking towards his own room. As he touched the door knob to his room he looked back at the Cajun senior who had yet to move or say anything.
"By the way…thanks."
This caught Remy's attention, "Fo wha?"
"A cute little birdie told me that she saw a knight in shining armor painting over Anna's locker."
"When did yo girlfriend become a detective?"
"Eh…there's a price to pay for keeping a relationship secret," he answered with a grin as he opened the door but before he walked in his name was called making him turn back around.
"I'm curious about something dat 'appned wit Anna t'day…" Remy started looking hesitant to ask.
"What?" Kurt asked curiously with a perked eyebrow.
"Eh…jus something odd between her and a garcon from my class…Summers…Sc"
"Scott Summers?" Kurt interrupted him looking a bit surprised.
"Oui…how did y' kn…never mind…where they amies before or sumthing?"
"Why do you want to know?"
Remy thought about the question thinking of the best way to phrase the answer. With a shrug he answered, "Friend curiosity…"
Kurt hesitated on giving an answer; then again Remy had proved himself to be a good friend to him and Anna for doing what he did. So knowing that Anna might not like the answer he was about to give, he gave it anyway. "Yeah…once upon a time…a while ago…and at a time there were something a bit more than that." Remy gave no answer so Kurt finally walked into his room and closed the door behind him.
Remy looked at the closed door for a few seconds before putting his head back on the couch again. He suddenly felt a weird achy feeling in his chest.
'Must have hit Pietro a bit harder den I was planning too' he thought to himself dismissing the feeling.
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Sunday O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
Hazel green eyes looked up at the white ceiling. Loud music blared in her ears and her lips were slightly parted as she whispered the words of the song her iPod was playing. She gave a frustrated sigh and closed her eyes, why was it so hard to clear your mind and not think about anything?
Well in her case it might have been because she was in a room with four other people. She had tried to escape by putting her ear phones on but that didn't help. Her body kept twisting and turning in an anxious manner. She knew she had to stop; the others would be able to pick up on her weird behavior if she didn't get these confused feelings out of her head.
She gave another sigh and breathed in deeply trying to clear her mind. It didn't work. Instead her mind took her back to a familiar picture, a recent one that had literally happened less than twenty four hours ago.
She had been on the stage at the spot, her outfit consisting of a short jean miniskirt that went a little above mid-thigh. She wore a short blue tube top that looked more like a bikini top but most of her firmed stomach was hidden by a lacey see through black over shirt. Black stockings went up her dark legs stopping above her knee and a blue cap covered her wavy locks as she jumped around on the stage, the energy from the crowd pumping her up.
She didn't know why, but they always seemed more excited when they were on the stage together. She gave a quick side glance to the tall boy next to her, his sapphire eyes facing the crowd as as his lips spoke into the black object in his hands.
As if feeling her eyes on him he turned sideways and faced her, seconds later he started inching closer and closer to her.
On the outside she smirked playing along, but on the side she felt a slight nervousness.
"You've got to make me an offerthat cannot be ignored…" as he sang the line he reached her and let one of his fingers caress her cheek before letting it slide down her neck and down to her collar bone. He then removed his finger before going further down but then brought that same hand and took her own hand and started waking towards the opposite side of the stage dragging her along with him.
"So let's head for home now…
Everything I'll have is yours"
At that line he then surprised her by pulling her harshly towards him making her crash into his chest. He then started leaning forwards towards her face making her inch back away from him.
"Step by step and day by day
Every second counts I can't break away"
As he got closer and closer and finally ready to close the gap between them her voice joined his.
"Leave no trace…
Guard your face"
Her hand then came up and pushed his face away making him stumble backwards as she started to sing alone.
"Full of desire!"
Pietro regained his balance and brought the microphone back to his lips, "Temptation…"
"Keep climbing higher and higher…"
He then eyed her as she walked away from him a sexy sway in her hips. "Temptation…"
She turned to face him and made a motion for him to come closer, "And you can take it …" and then followed it up with a wave "or leave it…" before turning back to the crowd.
"Temptation…" he whispered again before turning towards the crowd himself.
"But you'd better believe it!"
As she saw herself sing that last line the memory faded. It was a song like any of their other songs, a song in which they got too close for comfort…an act. So why had it made her feel so uneasy? Why was she suddenly wishing that he had gotten closer? Why was she feeling disappointed that he hadn't tried anything else since their encounter in the janitor closet on Monday? It had been what she wanted, and for once he had actually listened. So why now that he was finally leaving her alone other than when it came to band stuff, was she wanting him to bug her?
She growled at the multiple questions in her head and grabbed the pillow she was lying on and pressed it against her face. A few seconds later she felt sudden pressure being applied from the pillow. As she tried pulling it off it only got harder and harder to get it off. This caused her to panic and with all her strength she forced herself to sit up straight on to her bed. As she did this her hands grabbed at the ear phones and pulled them off letting the noise around her break through to hear a southern drawl.
"See, ah told yah ah could get her attention…"
After hearing Anna's voice the pillow lost all its pressure and fell onto her lap. Laura's eyes narrowed as she looked at the older girl who was sitting on her bed, knowing exactly what had happened.
"Don't look at meh liahke that…it's yahr fault for not hearing us yell out yahr name. Ah can't hear yahr music blaring out of these so ah know yah could have heard us. Were yah ignoring us or just that out of it?"
"I…must have been out of it," Laura answered and looked away from Anna to look at Jubilee and Amara who were standing behind Anna looking at her curiously. "What do you guy's wants?" the bluette asked and laid back down on the bed.
Jubilee grinned and faced Amara, "Grouchy much?"
Amara smiled, "It's only going to get worse."
"I can hear you."
"We know!" they answered in unison never losing their smiles.
Laura rolled her eyes and looked at Anna with a questioning look.
"The power went out about ten minutes ago. We checked the hall and it seems it might be the whole dorm because people are talking about it out there."
"I think it's the whole school, I looked out the window and people are walking around looking lost and confused," Jubilee added and put her elbow on Amara's shoulder leaning on her.
"Well that sucks for you Suckers!" Laura answered and started putting on her ear phones back on. "It's a good thing I have these babies…" she added and patted her ears.
Anna smirked and grabbed the iPod, "Ya…but forh how much longa?" she asked dangling the device in front of her face.
Laura Lex frowned as she noticed the red battery flashing on the upper right side of the screen. She then proceeded in taking the ear phones back out. "What are we doing?"
Anna shrugged, "Dunno but we might as well get out."
"Where to?"
"Preferably somewhere with electricity," Anna answered and got up from the bed.
"How about the mall?"
"Uh…how about no" Anna replied.
"Why not? They have electricity and I think I should be a new outfit…" Jubilee commented looking up in thought.
"We shuldn't go tah the mall cause 1) ah hate it, 2) Yah don't need a new outfit. Yah already got Ray, he knows yahr cute he doesn't need a new outfit tah get reminded and 3) where do yah think all the other girls in this school are planning on going if there's no electricity here?"
"Oh…you might have a point."
"Then were too?" Amara asked getting tired of standing with Jubilee's elbow on her. She shook the Asians hand off before taking the seat where Anna had been.
As they all thought about it Laura Lex took the time to look around the room, "Hey…where's Wanda?"
"Yah must have really been out of it. She left twenty minutes ago."
"Where to?"
Anna shrugged, "Didn't ask, she's always reserved about the answer so what's the point of asking."
"Well you could have at least asked."
"So ah can get a snippy remark liahke the ones she gives yah when yah ask? No Thanks. Ah'll wait till she's ready to share the information willingly."
"You guys! I'm getting bored! Come one! Let's decided where to go!" Jubilee whined taking a seat next to Amara.
Laura took a look at all of them before sitting up again and grabbing her phone, "I think I have an idea…"
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O 15 Minutes later O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
Anna stretched as she got out of her car, the other three girls shortly followed looking uninterested as they looked at the lonely building.
"Are yah sure it's ok forh us tah come here?" Anna asked her with a perked eyebrow.
"Yeah! It's not like I'm trespassing, I have a key! It's perfect too; I don't see any of their cars so it'll be nice and peaceful. Practice doesn't start until about 5 so they'll start arriving like at 4:30."
"Uh…what exactly are we going to do here?" Amara asked not all that impressed about finding themselves at the spot.
Laura Lex started walking towards the entrance keys in hand. "Well, it's going to have electricity. They have snacks, that have a huge TV in that one room," she shrugged, "it sounds fun just to be in there when no one else is…"
"Actually sounds kinda scary. The mall is starting to sound good again even if it's going to be crowded," Jubilee remarked looking at the old house, which looked a bit creepier in the day then at night.
"Scary?" Laura questioned.
"Yeah! What if they're ghost! You've never been in there by yourself."
Laura shook her head and started putting the key inside the knob to open it, "Actually now that you mention it…I have heard weird sounds before," she stated and turned to look at Jubilee with a surprised facial expression.
"Really!?" Jubilee asked taking a step back from the house.
"No," Laura answered with an eye roll and opening the door.
Anna smirked as Jubilee frowned and hesitantly followed the older girl in to the dark hallway. A few seconds after they had all walked in and closed the door Jubilee stopped walking making Anna and Amara bump into her. Laura Lex looked back at the petite Asian.
"I hear something…" she whispered.
Anna rolled her eyes, "Yah're freaking yahr self out."
"No…I'm hearing something too," Laura answered and turned to face back towards the hallway they were going through.
"Lex stop fucking around."
"I'm not, there's noise coming from the stage room. It doesn't sound like anything creepy but it's still noise..."
"We're supposed to be the only ones here, how is that not creepy?" Jubilee asked giving Amara small hand smacks making the dark skin girl walk from her not liking the abuse.
Laura ignored them and started walking on. Jubilee and Amara didn't move so Anna stepped in between them and followed Lex.
"What is it?" Anna asked starting to hear the small faint sound.
Laura shrugged and kept walking, "Music…I can't understand it."
"Meaning?"
"It doesn't sound English…or Spanish for that matter," she answered getting closer and closer to the sound source.
As they got closer Anna was able to hear the sound more and noticed that it wasn't any language she knew but she couldn't help but feel like the sound was a bit familiar.
They both inched closer and closer to the large room with the stage and when they finally made it in they looked at the stage a bit surprised at what they saw. They then exchanged looks and mischievous smirks; this was quite an amusing situation to find them in.
Behind them Amara and Jubilee peeked over the side of the door. Finding that there was nothing scary waiting for them they walked and stood beside the other two girls. Slowly and quietly to make sure they went unnoticed they slowly started inching closer and closer to the stage.
When they got to a decent distance they stopped and kept their eyes on the stage. The big screen tv which was usually in the bedroom with the big mirror which they used as a dressing room was not at center stage. In front of it were two boys jumping on a white mat with arrows pointing in different directions, fast Japanese music prompting them to move rapidly.
Another boy was standing on the side lines watching and a fourth boy was sitting on a chair on the other side, an opened Smirnoff bottle in hand. As if feeling eyes on them the third boy who had been standing on the sidelines gave a quick glance behind him and faced forward again. It took a few seconds for him to realize what he had seen and as the realization hit him his head snapped back around along with his whole body.
The boy on the chair noticed the sudden movements and looked as well. He stood up as he noticed that they were no longer alone. Both boys then exchanged looks before looking back at the girls.
"ey…" the boy who had been standing spoke first.
Anna smirked; "Hello…" answered locking eyes with reddish brown ones.
Jubilee crossed her hands in front of her chest and looked from the Smirnoff bottle to the other boy, "This does not look like 'helping Roberto with errands'…"
Hearing the new voices behind them Roberto looked back in mid jump and nearly tripped over his own feet, "AMARA!" He yelled catching his balance and getting off the mat walking towards the front of the stage.
Pietro stayed on the mat but stopped moving his feet and turned around to see that they were in fact not alone anymore.
"What are you doing here?" he asked meeting hazel green eyes.
"I was about to ask you guys that, and were the hell are your cars? We were under the impression that no one was here."
"We can be here if we want, remember…My place," Pietro answered with a cocky grin making Laura Lex roll her eyes at him. "So technically you're trespassing."
Laura dangled her keys in front of her, "You gave me a key, so it wouldn't be considered trespassing," she answered and stuck her tongue out at him.
"I can find something for you to do with that if you'd like…"
This remarked made the rest of the group look at Pietro a bit surprised. Sure they did sexy scenes during their performances and they had a slight flirtatious aura while fighting but this was the first time they heard him direct a sexual innuendo towards the blue haired beauty.
Laura felt the fire rise in her cheeks, biting the inside of her cheek she growled out, "I'll pass…"
The room then got awkwardly silent, no one being quite sure how to take the tension of the odd situation away.
"Uh…how did yah guys get here?" Anna asked giving it a shot.
"Berto drove, his car is in the garage. Didn't want people knowing we were 'ere…y' guys?"
"Lights went out at school, wanted electricity without having to resort to going to a mall," Anna answered and made her way up the stairs to get on the stage. Remy grinned at the answer recalling her distaste for the social holy ground.
While she was getting on the stage Roberto was jumping down from it.
"Hey baby…" he greeted timidly getting close to Amara and going in for a kiss. She moved her head sideways and then gave him a glance before looking up at the TV which still had the song going.
"This does not look like an 'errand' this looks like a game."
"Uh…well it is but…It's also exercise!" he responded liking his response.
"Ever heard of a gym membership?" Jubilee asked walking past them following in Anna's footsteps as she headed towards her own beau.
When she got close enough Ray went in for his own peck but Jubilee stepped back making him raise an eyebrow. She looked to him and then looked at his Smirnoff bottle.
Ray looked to where her gaze was and said, "You won't get drunk off a kiss…" she opened her mouth to respond but never got the chance as he leaned in for his kiss.
As they parted Amara was about to make a comment about how cute that was but she didn't get a chance as the TV started booing making Roberto and Pietro freak out!
Pietro soon started his jumping and fast footsteps as Roberto tried climbing back up the stage while his side of the screen started flashing red with the words danger in red.
Amara watched him suddenly finding him very amusing. She would have liked to stay mad at him but she had to admit that he had looked pretty cute trying to desperately get back on the stage to get back to the game they had interrupted.
A few seconds later there was a loud "NOOOOOOO" as Roberto started tapping on the mat. He had been too late; the song ended and named Player Two the winner. "That's not fair, I demand a rematch!"
Pietro laughed, "It's not my fault you're whipped." They argued back and forth, the others watched them while Amara and Laura Lex made their way up the stage as well.
After a few seconds of watching Remy turned to Anna with a small smile, "Care ta play chere?" This question got Pietro's attention who called out, "WHAT? NO! Don't invite the party crashers". He was ignored by all.
"What did yah have in mind? Girls versus boys?"
"If y'd like…or ta make tings interesting we can make it a free for all."
Anna looked to the others for confirmations, Laura looked like she wanted to say no, Jubilee had a timid smile and Amara was looking at the mats with interest. She could hear Roberto in the back ground explain the game.
"I mean y' guys got nothing else ta do right? So why not?"
"Maybe their chickens."
Laura Lex turned to glare at Pietro. "We'll play…"
"We will?" Anna asked.
"Sure, how hard can it be if an idiot like him can do it," she answered and started walking towards the mat Roberto had been playing on.
Remy watched as Laura got on the mat but turned back around as he heard a whisper close to his ear.
"Guess games on…"
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Elsewhere O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
Wanda eyed her watch, and sighed. She had left to early. At first it had seemed like a good idea, the dorm had had a weird atmosphere. In one corner of the room Amara and jubilee had been gigging and whispering about how cute Roberto and Ray were. In the other Laura Lex was on her bed flip flopping all over the place finding it hard to get comfortable on her own bed with ear phones plugged to her ears and Anna was up on her bed flipping a playing card in between her fingers. When the she had asked her what she was doing the southern girl had simply answered, 'Thinking ahead' which she had taken as a sign that she was trying to calculate Jean's next move.
They had all seemed pretty distracted so she had decided to leave to meet John early. The problem now was that she had texted him that she was ready and he had yet to text her back. So now there she was waiting for him to arrive and she hoped that it wouldn't be too long because she was in no mood to put up with nonsense.
"BABYCAKES!"
'FUCK!' she thought to herself and groaned.
"You've come back to me!"
"Stop being delusional, I'm not here for you."
"That's what you say all the time but yet here you are again," Todd answered as he eyed her outfit.
Wanda twitched in annoyance as he watched her.
"How was your Christmas babycakes? Did you miss me? I didn't see you around so I missed you."
"It was wonderful, I didn't have to see you," she answered.
"Aww you don't mean that…"
"Yes, I do," she responded and took a look at her watch.
He noticed and grinned, "What are you doing? Waiting for your "boyfriend" he asked doing air quotations.
"What if I am?"
"You don't have to lie babycakes, if you want a boyfriend I'll be happy to…"
"There you are…"
Both teenagers turned at the new voice. Todd eyed the orange hair boy who was walking towards them with a goofy smile on his face.
"It's about time," Wanda mumbled to herself. "What took you?" she asked loudly.
"I've been here for quite a bit actually. Was just waiting on you…luv…" he answered. "Oh…hello, who are you?" John asked looking at the short dirty blond haired boy.
"Uh…Todd…I...uh work here…"
"Oh yes! I've seen you around," John answered still smiling.
Todd glanced at Wanda and then at John, he noticed that for people that were dating they were still quite a distance apart.
Wanda caught onto the look and looked at John panicked before giggling uncharacteristically and going towards him and touched his arm as she reached him.
"Well, Todd this is the boyfriend I keep telling you about..." she stated quickly while John gave her s puzzled look, it didn't take long for him to catch on.
"Boyfriend…" Todd mumbled still studying the pair.
"We're actually pretty busy so we're just going to leave now…" and as she said it she started trying to drag John away who didn't budge.
Instead his blue eyes stayed on the short boy in front of them. "Now now now luv, why so shy in front of our guest. Aren't we forgetting something?"
"What?" Wanda asked this time her turn to look confused.
John smirked and turned to face her then surprised her by pulling her in towards him. She stopped right in front of him crashing into his chest, when her face turned upwards to face him their foreheads ended up meeting.
"You know…"
Wanda held her breath as she realized the close proximity they were in, "What?" she repeated again but this time it was so low that only he heard her.
"You know…" he answered whispering back as he leaned in closer towards her.
"No…I don…"
She didn't finish her statement as soft familiar lips pressed softly into her own.
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That's all Folks! I do like the way I ended this…I like it a lot lol. Again this chapter was originally supposed to have lots of Jonda, that was only the beginning of their scene but the chapter was getting too big and I wanted to update on time so now you guys get that as a cliff hanger ;)
ROMY- This was more of a romy(complications) centeric chapter. I did enjoy writing a lot of that. So remy has finally found out that there was a past between Anna and Scott and he has suspicions that Jean was the one that fucked with Annas locker. There shall be confrontations in the next chapter so no worries my pretties it's coming! (btw off topic, any romy fans pick up Gambit #11 yet to see our lovely ship on panel again? AHH They're s cute!)
XIETRO- Not much this time, just some thoughts and Laura is fighting with herself about wanting our silver haired player. They'll have a spicy moment in the next chapter :) Also we see some jealousy from both ends :)
JONDA- Yay! A kiss! Now all the ships have kissed! Well technically they had already kissed a long time ago but that was like 15 chapters ago (damn! That's a long time) so yup…yummy fiery kisses. We'll see the reaction next chapter!
JUBILAY- Haha My official ships really get less screen time as soon as they become official don't they? Not much Jubilay But they did have that really cute Smirnoff kiss…I actually liked writing that kiss a lot :)
AMARTO- Roberto wasn't so lucky lol, no kiss for him. Again not a lot of Amarto…but com on they're official now! They're happy (but I guess the real question is for how long?) and they're kissing all kinds even if I'm not writing it!
All right. Well that's all. I hope you guys liked this chapter. It was pretty easy and fun to write so I hope you guys liked reading it :) The song used is "Temptation" by Cradle of Filth which I believe is a cover; don't know who the original was by.
Also, I'd like to take the moment to remind everyone that this is an M rated fic. That my friends is for a reason, so prepare to see a bit more lime/citrus/lemon situations coming up soon. Just a warning to my younger more innocent readers ;)
And last but not least, this chapter is dedicated to DOOM DOLL! Because she has honored me with beautiful fanart of my lovely goths and my smexy ship Xietro! Thanks so much Doom Doll! If you guys want to check the fanart out visit my XietroQueen tumblr! I posted it up. You'll have to search the archive because it was a about a week or so ago but its there and for those who look for it hope you guys like Doom Dolls beautiful art!
That's it for me lovelies, thanks for reading and don't forget to review! See you soon :)