Chapter Twenty Five: Cheer-offs, sleepovers, the show and the confrontation.
Throwing my pom poms in my bag I ran to my rehearsal with the girls. The music was already playing when I had entered and I grabbed my costume; today was one of the final dress rehearsals before the show took place tomorrow. Once I came out of my changing room in my new short skirt and a green top I pulled my hair down as I picked up my microphone ear piece and went on the stage.
"Right, let's take it from the part where Kimmie has just seen Jason leave and the girls are talking as she is angry at him." Ami said as I looked at Jason and we began to act the scene.
"Get out of my face! When will you take no for an answer?" I said as he smiled.
"No isn't really an answer, you are going to make it hard for us to work together if you keep fighting the feelings you have for me!" He said his line as I let out a loud 'ha!'
"Leave me and my friends alone, we have to practice." I said as he smiled and walked out of the scene.
"No way! You can't let him walk away!" Jane said to me.
"You want him, be my guest but I am so not seeing what he says." I said as I turned and sat down on the chair.
"You are so lying, we can see it." Rose said as I looked at her.
"See what?" I said as I let out a small blush.
"You are falling for him." Rose said as the music began to play in the background.
"No way, I am not going to do that again!" I said as I stood up and walked away and began to sing. "If there's a prize for rotten judgment; I guess I've already won that. No man is worth the aggravation. That's ancient history been there; done that!" As the girls in the scene began to sing as we did our moves to the song, I was really having a good time; was until I saw Jason's eyes and the look in them off stage, he was plotting something and there were no other X-men around to help me out.
"Great scene everyone; Kimmie you want that introduction a bit longer?" Ami asked me and I turned to look at her and nodded. "Okay, that is possible and now I want to go through the final scene." She said and we nodded as we went to get changed. There was a knock on my dressing room door and I opened it and saw Jason standing there.
"Can I help you?" I asked as he smiled and handed me a bottle of water.
"I brought you something for your vocal chords." He said as he winked at me and left. I looked at the bottle and opened it. I sniffed the water and I could not smell it but I was not going to be stupid and drink it; putting it in my bag to get Hank to check it out later. Putting on my jacket for the final scene, this was one of my favorite the last song from Grease. I put my headset on as I ran onto the stage and looked at everyone's clothes and smiled; I loved this scene, but it was also the scene where Jason and I kiss. I saw that everyone was ready so I went on stage as everyone's faces fell from the shock and I walked up to Jason.
"So you really know what you want?" I said as I posed and put my hands on my hips.
"Oh yes." He said as I looked at him.
"Tell me about it, stud." I said as the music began and he began to sing as he threw off his jacket and fell down on his knees and looked at me. I looked at the girls as they pointed me to him.
"You better shape up, 'cause I need a man. For my heart is set on you." I sang as I looked down at him and began to tease him as I took off my jacket revealing my short tight cut black top and I could see his face react, he hadn't seen me in this yet. We were coming to the end of the song and his arms were around my waist as he pulled me closer and picked me up as we sang. The last word left our lips as he put me down and moved closer to me and kissed me, signaling the end of the scene and play.
Pushing him away I let out a sound. "Gross Jason, you do that on show night and I swear I will hurt you." I said as I walked away.
"Come on Kimmie we have to make it look real!" He said as he followed me. I turned to face him and stormed towards him.
"You try to kiss me for real and I swear you will be losing something!" I said as I then turned away and stormed into my dressing room. Not even bothering to get changed I grabbed my bag and gave back my headset to Ami. "I will bring it back for the show tomorrow?" I said as she looked at me. "Are you going to the match tonight?" I asked her and she nodded.
"I won't miss it for the world." She said as I nodded and began the long walk back to the mansion. On the way I knew that people were looking me and I pulled my bag closer as a car came over to me.
"Whoa Kimmie is that what you wear in the show?" A voice said, I stopped and turned to see a car full of Bayville football jocks.
"Buy tickets and you will find out." I said as they wolf whistled at me and drove off. I laughed at them as I continued my walk, only for another car to stop.
"What are you doing walking out like that?" A voice said and I turned to see Jade who was making his way to the mansion.
"Jason pissed me off and I just wanted out before I did something I regret." I said as he moved his bag and I threw my bag in his back seat and jumped in as he drove us the rest of the way to the mansion. Typing in my access code he drove us up to the driveway and I got out and went in, only to see a few faces drop.
"Kimmie you went out like that?" Bobby asked and I blushed.
"No Bobby I didn't it is for the show tomorrow." I said as I ran up stairs and into my room. Taking off the outfit as best as I could (yes it was really, really tight) I went into my cupboard and put on my purple shorts and a t-shirt. Taking the bottle that Jason had given me out of my bag I ran down the stairs and saw Jade waiting for me.
"I need to take this to Hank first, come on." I said as I grabbed his arm and took him to Hank's room. Knocking on his door he opened his door.
"Kimmie, to what do I owe the pleasure?" He asked as he opened his door and allowed us to come in.
"Hank, this is Jade aka Ivy. Jade this is Hank aka Beast." I said as I introduced the pair, they shook hands as Hank looked back at me. "Hank, one of the mutant hunters gave me this bottle of water. I didn't drink any since I wanted you to test it." I said as I handed him the bottle and looked at it.
"Okay Kimmie, it may take some time." He said and I nodded as Jade and I left the room and went into the kitchen. Grabbing a bottle of water I knew I could drink we made our way outside.
"So what is on the agenda for today?" He asked as I smiled at him.
"Have you ever done some balancing games?" I asked him as I tied my t-shirt in a knot and he looked at the pool. There was a beam going across it that I had asked for the professor. It meant I could train outside and not be kept in all day. Jade looked at the beam and smiled as I took off my shoes and socks and walked along it. I back flipped and somersaulted as he watched me.
"You have been practicing." He said and I smiled.
"It is fun to dismount in the water." I said as I went up to him and reached out my hands. He took off his shoes and socks and took hold of my hands. "We have to be able to perform stuff in closed proximities. This means that we need to learn to be agile. For me and Kurt it comes easy and for the rest of the X-men they have been improving, but you are a bit clumsy." I said as he blushed.
"Yeah well someone like you has that effect on me." He said and now it was my turn to blush.
"I am going to let go and I just want you to stand on the beam, walk back a few steps and then towards me." He said as he began to look down, I grabbed his hand as he looked at me. "Look at me. If you look down how do you know what you are fighting?" I said as he looked me in the eyes and began to straighten his back.
"Any tips?" He asked as I let go and he smiled.
"Try and feel the beam behind you and keep straight." I said as he began to take a step back and began to stumble. I held out my hand and threw a shield and stopped him from falling in the water. As he regained his balance I took the shield away and he began to get the hang of it. "Okay, good so you got that down, now the test. Use your abilities to assist you. You have to stay on for five minutes while I attack you." I said as his mouth dropped.
"You have got to be kidding!" He said and I looked at him.
"Would I really kid about something like this? Kurt has nearly beaten me but he still needs a few more weeks." I said as he looked around and frowned.
"You have kind of cut me off my power source." He said as I walked up to him and leaned into him.
"I know." I whispered in his ear as I pushed his side and he fell in the water. I laughed as he surfaced and sat down on the beam.
"Not funny!" He said as he swam to the edge.
"Yeah, everyone said that the first time, I still think it is." I said as I began to lift myself into a handstand and then back flip and dismounted into the water. Allowing the water to surround me I opened my eyes and smiled as I pushed myself to the surface. Pulling myself out of the pool I saw Ororo coming up with towels and handed it to us.
"Times like this I wish Ami decided to join us." I muttered to myself as I took the towel and began to dry myself off.
"Kimmie, you need to get ready for the game." Ororo reminded me and I nodded as I went up to Jade and smiled.
"Think you can be more resourceful next time?" I said and he smiled.
"I think I am getting the hang of your ideas and crazy training." He said as we walked back with Ororo to the mansion.
"Let's go Bayville High!" I shouted as the team made another touchdown. We began to clap as we pumped up the crowd.
"Touchdown, Touchdown oh yeah!
No matter what you know we're the best.
So let's go Bayville all the way!
Just one more so that we can say;
We Won!"
The crowd cheered as I was thrown up and did a simple pike back somersault. Once I landed in the arms of my catchers I jumped up and stood on their hands and put my hands on their shoulders as they moved. Lifting me up in the air again I extended my back leg and posed. Standing back on the catchers hands he bent down and I did a double pike with a full out and landed in their arms and the crowd went crazy. I was put down and I picked up my pom poms and began to cheer again.
"We've got spirit, yes we do!
We've got spirit; how about you?
Show us you love us; put your hands in the air!
And let us hear you cheer.
Go Bayville Go!"
We cheered as the crowd stood up on their feet as the game continued. I looked up in the crowd and saw Ami sitting with Jade and they were talking about something. I looked for Kurt and saw him with Scott, they were laughing about something.
I turned my attention back to the match as another touchdown was made, but that was not what caught my eye, the opposing head cheerleader was coming over to me, I walked over to intercept her.
"So like step down, there is no way you can beat the Jags!" She said as I put my hands on my hips.
"Excuse you; do you know who you are talking to?" I asked her and she laughed.
"Yeah a nobody who can't even do a toe touch right!" She said oh man she was making me mad.
"Oh that is it!" I said as I went back to my squad and picked up the megaphone. "I challenge the Fighting Jags to a cheer-off!" I shouted as the captain turned back and me and was gob-smacked. "At half time, we will do a cheer routine and the crowd decides the winner." I said as the crowd cheered. The team came up to me as we huddled. "Okay team, we can so do this, we had it nailed yesterday. Let's just go for it; cheer number twenty." I said as they smiled and nodded. "Dave, take the CD up to the booth and tell them the track number." I said as I went into my knapsack and took out my CD and gave it to him as I looked over to the other squad who were debating about my challenge.
"We accept the Bayville High cheer-off!" Their head cheerleader said as their crowd cheered. They sent one of their cheerleaders to the box to give their music. Half-time came and we stepped on the field. The head cheerleader came up to us as I looked at her.
"May I know the name of the head cheerleader I am gonna whip?" She said as she posed.
"Give me yours and I will give you mine." I said as she smiled.
"Tori Winter." She said as she extended her hand… never heard of her… I think I saw her squad at cheer camp a few years back though and they sucked royally!
"Hi Tori, my name is Kimmie; Kimmie Clarke." I said as her mouth dropped… she has heard of me I take it.
"No way, the Kimmie Clarke! National gymnastic champion, head cheerleader of the Shooting Starlights!" She said as I walked away.
"Sounds like you've heard of me!" I said as a coach came with a coin. I let Tori called it; she won and chose to go first.
Their routine was nice and good but I knew we could do better. Once they finished we got into position and the music began; that was all I needed; I would show her who couldn't do a toe touch! I finished my last set of flips as I danced toward Dave and he picked me up, but before I whispered in his ear "push it higher, I want to make their mouths drop" and he smiled. He had really pumped up since I spoke to him and since I was lighter I could so do this. I felt him bend down as I did a full back somersault with a double twist cradle added for good measure. Once I landed in the arms of my catchers, I bent down as I stood back up and was thrown doing a simple toe touch in a perfect way, the head cheerleader's face dropped. Completing my last set of tumbles I took my place on point and waved to the crowd as the music ended. The whole crowd began to cheer my name as I looked around as the other side was cheering our team. I dismounted and went up to the head cheerleader and smiled.
"So I guess you lose?" I said as she smiled.
"Next time I shouldn't be so cocky." She said as she held out her hand and I shook it. As we hugged the announcer said that we had won and the match continued.
The match had ended and everyone was leaving. I picked up my bag as I felt an arm go around me.
"Not bad for someone who is a kid." Jade said as I pushed him away.
"Bite me Jade, and anyway if Kurt sees you doing that he will kick you butt and I won't hold him back." I said as Ami came down with him.
"Kimmie, I was thinking would you like to sleep over at my place?" She asked and I smiled, I wanted to show her how we lived.
"How about you sleep over at the mansion?" I asked as Jade looked at me puzzled and she smiled and nodded. "Great I have so many movies and shows I want to show you; this will be great!" I said as I hugged her and she smiled. "Go get your stuff and I will meet you here okay?" I said and she nodded as she ran off home. She didn't live far as I knew that I didn't have to wait long.
"Look here Alex; it is the star of the show." Jason said as I turned to look at them.
"Jade, what are you doing here?" Alex asked with a puzzled face.
"Here to support the team as much as you guys are. I think that Kimmie can take her squad to the next level what do you think?" He said as he walked up to them and they nodded in agreement. "Well Kimmie I am out can't wait to see the show!" Jade called as he waved and went. I smiled at him as Kurt came down to me.
"Well, you showed the Fighting Jags who is boss." He said and I giggled.
"She didn't even know who she was challenging, if she had read the new cheerleader magazine, she would have known I had transferred." I said as I hugged Kurt and kissed him on the cheek. Kurt looked at Jason and Alex and his smile faded.
"What do you two want?" He asked as he pulled me closer and shot them both evil looks.
"Nothing, just showing school spirit, well Kimmie see you tomorrow, looking forward to the last scene." Jason said as he pushed his brother and they walked away.
"Last scene... what happens in the last scene Kim?" Kurt asked as I blushed and began to explain the kissing scene. "You will be kissing him!" Kurt shouted and I covered my ears.
"It is only acting and not as if I have a choice!" I said to him as he turned away and began to walk off. I ran to him and grabbed his arm. "It means nothing, the only way I will be able to do it is to think that I am kissing you." I said as he turned to look at me.
"He better not try anything." He muttered and I smiled.
"Trust me, he won't otherwise he will be answering to me." I said as I pulled him closer and wrapped my arms around his neck. "And anyway, I can't think of anyone else but you that I would want to kiss." I whispered in his ear as I bit it slightly and then kissed his cheek. I kissed his lips lightly as I heard a cough and turned to see Ami with her knapsack ready.
"Sorry, shall we go?" She asked as she blushed and I nodded. Kurt looked at me and was puzzled.
"Ami is spending the night at our place." I said and his eyes went wide, he looked around and then pulled me to the side.
"Are you crazy, did you forget that we are mutants?" He asked as I looked at him and smiled.
"You worry too much!" I said as I kissed him and went up to Ami as we began to walk back to the mansion.
I showed her around and we went into my room and put her stuff down. Changing into our pajamas we went back into the kitchen and began to use our powers to get the stuff.
"Hey Ami, can you like fill my glass with water?" I asked as I opened the door to the fridge and put a bottle on the table as I popped the popcorn. She opened the bottle and put it down. I looked at her as she closed her eyes and began to move her arms, making the water come out of the bottle and into the glass. I heard the door open and turned to see the professor coming in. Ami opened her eyes and held the water in the air as the professor looked at me.
"Kimmie, what have we said about using your powers in front of guests?" He said as I laughed.
"Professor; it is Ami doing that not me!" I said as Ami blushed and put the water in the glass. The professor raised his eyebrow and I smiled as I took hold of her hand. "Professor, Ami is a water elemental mutant. I thought that we could have a sleep over and it would give Ami a chance to use her abilities and to meet other students like her." I said as Ami held out her hand and the professor shook it.
"Welcome Ami to our home, I hope that you enjoy your stay here." He said as she blushed.
"Come on, we better get good places before the rest of the students come in." I said as I heard the microwave ping and grabbed the bag of popcorn and a bowl as Ami grabbed the water and we went into the common room. We were too late; Bobby was on the sofa with Ray and Amara. "Hey move it or lose it!" I said as we walked in and they tried to get hold of the popcorn. I made the bowl levitate over my head and out of their reach.
"No fair Kimmie!" Bobby said as he sat down on the floor. I smiled as we took the sofa and pulled a blanket over us.
"Bobby some ice would be nice." I said as he looked at me and then nodded as he opened his hands and put ice cubes in my water. Ami smiled at his ability as she sat down next to me and put her glass on the table in the common room.
"How are you gonna drink you water; kinda pointless putting it so far away." Ray said as Ami smiled and began to move her arms as a blob of water came over to her and went into her mouth.
"Like that." She said as their faces dropped, I was having so much fun.
"Now go, it is past your bed time the lot of you!" I said as they began to sigh. "Be thankful that you have no training tomorrow evening thanks to Ami's show!" I shouted to them as they left the common room. I went up and put in a DVD and began to dim the lights as I brought the popcorn bowl down onto our laps and the movie began to play.
The movie was getting scary and we were huddling under the blanket as someone tapped me on the shoulder. We jumped and screamed as I turned and threw my powers at the person who scared me and Ami, engulfing them in purple light; it was Kurt and Evan. I pressed pause on the DVD as I looked at them as did Ami.
"Kurt, Evan!" I screamed at them as I could see that they were thinking at a mile a minute. Ami looked at the purple light and then at me. "They are immobilized, they are not going anywhere." I said as she came by my side. "If I let you both go you better be prepared to teleport or run!" I said as I looked at my boyfriend and then at his friend. "I feel sorry for you Evan, you won't get far." I said as I saw Ami moving her arms around as I closed mine and created a storm cloud. "You ready?" I asked her and she smiled as she nodded. I let them out of the light by pulling my power back towards me as I held my hand out and froze Kurt and made the rain cloud pour on him whereas Ami had used her water in the form of a whip and was chasing Evan out of the room and I laughed.
"Kim let me go!" Kurt said who was now all wet. I made the cloud vanish and Ami came back in.
"Trying to scare us is a low prank Kurt; trust me I will get even." I said as I looked at Ami as she began to collect the water from him and his fur.
"Kurt is blue?" She asked as she looked at him and I held him.
"And furry, he is such a nice person to cuddle up with." I said as she went up to him and smiled. "But be careful, he bites and attacks when provoked; isn't that right Kurt?" I said as I walked up to him and kissed him on his lips. "Remember last time you tried to play mutant snowball fight with me and I kinda kicked you butt? Well if you think that was bad the payback for this will be worse." I said as I let him go and he gulped.
"Would saying that I love you and think that you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen help?" He asked as I thought about it for a second.
"No, but it is a start." I said as my heart kinda went down a bit, was he really only saying that to get out of trouble? Did he really want to be with me? I dropped my hands and my power as my face fell and Kurt must have noticed it as he came up and hugged me. I didn't react to his embrace as he let go and then teleported away. I yawned as I stretched.
"Chasing out younger students and older ones has made me sleepy, let's hit the hay." I said as Ami nodded. We took the blanket off the sofa and began to make our way upstairs, all the time I had the thought and fear that Kurt didn't want to be with me in the back of my head grow a bit more.
I awoke to see that Ami was reading a book in her bed. I smiled down at her as she looked at me.
"Hey, I didn't want to wake you." She said as she closed the book; I looked closer it was in fact the script to the play. I sat up and looked at her.
"Nah, you didn't wake me, in fact I didn't really sleep well." I said as I rubbed my eyes, it was true I had strange and bad dreams and they were not ones I want to remember. I stood up and grabbed my dressing gown and put on my slippers as Ami did the same. "You want some breakfast? I can cook us something if you want?" I asked and she nodded as we began to make our way to the kitchen. Soon it was full of the smell of pancakes and bacon. I made enough for nearly all of the students as Ami and I had fun using our powers to make the cooking more of a game than a chore. We sat at the table as she poured us some juice and I looked at her.
"How come you can control water but not juice?" I asked her and she shrugged.
"I never really tried it to be honest; no one has encouraged me to use my gift." She said as she began to eat. I looked at her and nodded knowing that had to change.
"Try it." I said as she looked at me puzzled. "Juice is made mainly out of water but the fruit parts make it denser, so in a way you just need to concentrate more on moving it." I said as she looked at me and nodded. She put down her fork as she closed her eyes and reached out and tired; at first the glass just shook but then the juice jumped out and froze as a blob in the air. I clapped and smiled as she opened her eyes and let her mouth fall in surprise.
"I did it; I really did it!" She said and I nodded.
"I knew you could." I said as I went back to eating; a smile never left Ami's face.
Giving Ami back the costume for the show tonight I walked her to the mansion gates.
"Thank you Kimmie for last night it was one of the best times I have ever had." She said as I walked her out the front a bit.
"Ami, if you want help or lessons to help control your powers, you know where to find me." I said as I hugged my new found friend in a tight embrace. "You don't need to be afraid and you are always welcome at the mansion okay?" I said as I read her emotions. She nodded as I felt a few tears fall down her cheeks. As she pulled away she waved and walked back to her house. Waving back to her as she went I sat down on the ground and pondered about a lot of things.
"If there was some way to give up my power and become part of the USA team I think I would more than likely do it." I said to myself and to the sky. "Feeling the threat that is always over my head it bothering me. Polaris I wish you were here so I could ask you what I am supposed to do." I said as I lay down on the grass. I let out a loud sigh as I felt my cell vibrate in my pocket. I pulled it out and looked at the caller and smiled. "Hey Jade what can I do for you? Sure no problem I can be there in about thirty minutes. Okay, see you soon." I said as I hung up my cell and looked back at the mansion. I should tell someone that I was going to be away, but the way I was feeling at the moment all I wanted was to vanish. I shrugged my shoulders as I began to run my way into town to meet Jade.
Seeing him at the fountain at the mall I waved at him as he looked at me. I was wearing my black jeans and my X-men jacket. He smiled as I came up to him and he hugged me.
"Hey Kimmie, glad you can make it. Want to grab something to eat?" He asked and I nodded as we went to the food court and ordered some food. Sitting down I began to pick at my noodles that I had ordered.
"What's wrong?" He asked as I looked up at him.
"Do you ever think that you were not who we are? I mean that you wish for once you were not different?" I asked him as he smiled at me.
"Of course I do but we can't change the way we are." He said as he looked at me. "But that is not it is it?" He asked as I shook my head.
"Just things I thought were clear are becoming cloudy." I said as I looked back at my noodles.
"I don't think that they have become cloudy, I just think that there is some fog blocking the way. Once the sun shines again I am sure it would clear it up." He said as he winked at me. I hated it when he spoke in metaphors but maybe he was right.
"Enough about my problems, what can I do for you?" I asked as I looked at him.
"I have been checking out the mutant hunter website by using my dad's log-in and have been reading posts about you. You are being followed very closely by several people at your school and also at our collage. Not only that, but there is a plan to capture you but the message is in code, only written and understood by the people who are involved. I know two of them as do you but there is a third with the user name 'Avatar', now I know that it more than likely means nothing to you but to those in the business only a extremely good mutant hunter can get that user name; trust me there are not many of them around either. That means if there is an Avatar hunter after you, this person must want you a lot!" He said as I looked at him and gulped.
"Yeah he wants me a lot; this must mean that his machine is finished." I said as I pushed the noodles away, my appetite has suddenly left me. I picked up my coke and began to leave when Jade reached out and grabbed me.
"Kimmie you should not be alone." He said as I smiled.
"So not the drama Jade, I can seriously take care of myself." I said as he looked at me in the eyes; he saw that I was scared, the pain and somehow the desire to want to escape. He stood up and grabbed his drink as he stood beside me. I looked at him and he let out a grin.
"Kurt will kill me if anything happens to you. Do you want me to drive you back to the mansion?" He asked and now I paused; did I really want to go back there? I mean sure they are more than likely realizing that I am not there and I did have to get ready for the show. My cell vibrated as it took me away from my thoughts.
"Hi Scott. No I am fine I just needed to get out. Sure I will be back in about an hour. No I haven't seen Kurt, knowing him he is more than likely hanging around somewhere. No I didn't prank him! Yes sure no problem." I said as I hung up. I let out a sigh as I looked at Jade and frowned.
"I don't think Kurt is in any danger if you are thinking that." He said as I closed my eyes.
"No, if he was I would have felt that." I muttered as I reached down and grabbed on to the feeling I had when I was with Kurt. I saw a few seconds of his future but I knew that he was not in danger; in fact he was in the mall. "Kurt come out and stop hiding." I said as I opened my eyes and saw him behind the tree. He had bags in his hand as he smiled at me.
"Kimmie, Jade how nice to meet you." He said as he hid his bags behind his back.
"Scott is worried about you so you better call him." I said as I began to walk away. I wanted to go into the sports store and look at the new leotards, Jade looked at Kurt.
"You need to be her sun because at the moment she is confused. Something must have happened last night." Jade said as Kurt blushed.
"Yeah, something happened and I think that I need to make something right although I didn't intend to make anything wrong." He said as Jade smiled and watched Kimmie go into the store.
"I know, but she is at an age where she will doubt things no matter how solid they look to everyone else." He said as he nodded at Kurt and went to follow Kimmie into the shop. Kurt pondered about what Jade had said and looked at the items he had brought and then went to the last shop he wanted, on the way calling Scott to tell him where he was.
I picked up some new grips and also new balance shoes and went to pay for them as Jade walked up.
"Let me get those for you Kimmie." He said as he pulled out his wallet and paid for my new equipment. The clerk looked at me and smiled.
"Hey you are Kimmie, national gymnastic champion! No way; you shop here!" He said as I looked at him and sighed and then smiled. "Hey Greg come and see who it is!" He called to his friend as he came over and then made the same statement.
"I can't even go shopping without gathering a crowd." I muttered as I sank down in my jacket.
"Kimmie, it is such an honor that you shop here, can we have a picture?" The manager said as I looked at Jade and shrugged. Smiling as the group of employees gathered around me and the picture. Once the picture was taken I went up to Jade and we walked out. He looked at his watch and smiled.
"Guess I better get you back to the mansion." He said and I nodded as we walked to his car.
Taking in a deep breath and adjusting my headset I stood on the stage alone. I heard the voices of people as they went to their seats and the sound signaling that the show was about to start.
"Break a leg Kimmie!" Ami said to me as she hugged me and ran off stage. I took in another deep breath as the music began to play and the curtain went up. I looked up at the building in front of me and grabbed onto my knapsack straps; I was playing the new girl who just transferred. I jumped back as students ran past me and I blushed.
"Hate being the new kid." I said as I walked up to the door, Jason was sitting on the steps there.
"Lookie, lookie a newbie!" He said as I approached him and his gang gathered. "You are cute, need help?" He asked as he held out his hand I looked at him and smiled.
"Yes I do, but not from you." I said as I hit his hand out of the way and went though the doors and backstage. The scene continued to take place in front of me as I ran and quickly grabbed a drink and then the curtain went down. The scene quickly changed to a drama room as I walked in the door with a piece of paper in my hand.
"Excuse me, is this Drama room b?" I asked as I looked up and the teacher smiled.
"Why yes it is and you must be our new student Serena." She said as she approached me and I smiled. "Now Serena as our new addition, you have to show us your talent, so up on the stage." She said as she pushed me up there. I looked around at the students as she handed me a microphone (it was a fake one). "So Serena, what can you do?" She asked.
"I can sing." I said as the teacher smiled and clapped her hands.
"Wonderful, would you mind giving us a demonstration?" She asked and I nodded as I closed my eyes and the music began to play in the background for the first song.
"Have you ever seen such a beautiful night? I could almost kiss the stars for shining so bright." I sang as the people around me began to dance and I took center stage. After finishing the song the crowd applauded.
"Serena, such a wonderful voice. You will take the lead in our play of course, along side our male lead actor." She said as another student appeared at her side. I gasped as it said in the script since it was Jason.
"You're that jerk on the stairs!" I said as he smiled.
"Hey newbie." he said as I let out a sound and walked off to my place.
It was time for intermission as I ran into my dressing room to get changed into my next costume for the next scene only to hear a noise and I turned to see Kurt standing there with a small box in his hand. He turned off his image inducer as he put a small box on the table.
"Kimmie you are doing amazingly." He said as I went into my bathroom and finished changing. I came out and put on my make-up as I got the five minute warning.
"Kurt not that I am grateful for the surprise and stuff but I need to get ready." I said as I put on my lipstick and then put my headset into my ear quickly and picked up my jacket.
"Are you not going to open my present?" He said as I went to the door.
"I can't I have to be on stage." I said as I reached over to him, kissed him on the cheek and pressed his watch; his face dropped but I had no time to talk to him at the moment. I ran out of the door and closed it as the sound for the people to return to their seats came. This was the scene that I loved; I loved this song as well as the movie.
"Get out of my face! When will you take no for an answer?" I said as he smiled.
"No isn't really an answer, you are going to make it hard for us to work together if you keep fighting the feelings you have for me!" He said his line as I let out a loud 'ha!'
"Leave me and my friends alone, we have to practice." I said as he smiled and walked out of the scene.
"No way! You can't let him walk away!" Jane said to me.
"You want him, be my guest but I am so not seeing what he says." I said as I turned and sat down on the chair.
"You are so lying, we can see it." Rose said as I looked at her.
"See what?" I said as I let out a small blush.
"You are falling for him." Rose said as the music began to play in the background.
"No way, I am not going to do that again!" I said as I stood up and walked away and began to sing. "If there's a prize for rotten judgment; I guess I've already won that. No man is worth the aggravation. That's ancient history been there; done that!" As the girls in the scene began to sing as we did our moves to the song. Once it was over the crowd went crazy as I sat back down on the chair.
"See Serena, you do love him." Jane said as I looked up at her.
"No way, did you not hear me, there is no way I could love such a jerk as him." I said as I pondered on it. "We are just too different that we can not be together anyway." I said as the girls then looked at me as I looked at them. "What?" I said as they smiled.
"Makeover time!" They screamed as I put my head in my arms, as they wheeled me out of the scene, now the boys entered the stage and Jason did his solo. I went into my dressing room and quickly got changed for the last scene since this was it, the scene where Jason kisses me. I looked at the box that Kurt had left and opened it. I gasped as I saw a ring sitting there. I took it out of the box, it was purple and blue intertwined together and inside it said 'eternity'. I smiled as I put it on my ring finger on my right hand (I am left handed) and let out a sigh; maybe with Kurt the fog was lifting. I smiled as I quickly grabbed my leather jacket and the last scene was being finished.
"So you really know what you want?" I said as I posed and put my hands on my hips.
"Oh yes." He said as I looked at him.
"Tell me about it, stud." I said as the music began and he began to sing as he threw off his jacket and fell down on his knees and looked at me. I looked at the girls as they pointed me to him.
"You better shape up, 'cause I need a man. For my heart is set on you." I sang as I looked down at him and began to tease him as I took off my jacket revealing my short tight cut black top and I could see his face react still regardless that he saw me in it yesterday. We walked down the steps and onto the runway part that went into the crowd I looked around and heard them all clapping as Jason picked me up and span me around slowly, lowering me to the ground as he brought his face closer to mine. I closed my eyes as he pressed his lips against mine as we wrapped our arms over our faces so people would think that we were kissing when we were not... well not supposed to be. I had to stop myself pushing him away as he kissed me and pushed something in my mouth. Trying to stop myself from swallowing it, I place it under my tongue as we went apart and I glared at him. Curtseying; I then ran behind the curtain and to the bathroom and made myself sick, spitting out the tablet. I came out of the bathroom fuming and went into his dressing room.
"What the hell was that?" I said as I looked at him.
"That was something that will make you come to us." He said as I shook my head.
"You are going to die." I said as I pull up my power and held him on the spot. I was about to make him purple when there was a knock on his door. It opened and there was Alex and a guy I didn't know but I knew he went to our school.
"Kimmie, are you really going to be so stupid and hurt Jason here?" Alex said and I smiled.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't just kill you all right now. I know you are planning on capturing me and taking me to Magneto... kind of ironic that mutant hunters are working for a mutant." I said as I held up my hand and froze the two in place.
"We work for whoever pays us the money." Alex said as I went pass him.
"You do anything like that ever again Jason and I will kill you." I said as I walked out of the dressing room and released them, locking them in at the same time. I ran to my dressing room as everything began to get blurry; okay so maybe the tablet or whatever it was having some kind of effect. I managed to make it in my room and I pressed my watch and collapsed.