Chapter 25 - Fun, Games and Fight?

It was Emma's idea to spend the weekend at their rest house with Jean, Lorna, Taryn and Kitty. It was also her idea to invite some boys over.

Scott was also at the top of Emma's list. At first, Scott hesitated to go but Jean insisted. Besides, he was protective to her. It was just both hard for them not to interact so much with each other so no one will get suspicious. On the other hand, Emma's flirting towards Scott made Jean so jealous but she tried to keep her cool.

Scott was the one driving the van owned by Emma's family. At the passenger's seat was Alex and Lance while Remy was at the back with the girls.

They arrived at the woods after an hour. The house was situated five hundred meters away from the main road and near to the lake. It was peaceful and quiet. The house was surrounded by trees: big and small. They could hear the birds singing and the winds that softly blew the leaves. The breeze was cool and the lake was so calm and relaxing to the eyes; it was a perfect place to unwind or chill with family and friends. But to these teenagers, it was fun time.

They were full of excitement as they arrived. They unloaded their things from the van and went inside. It was quite spacious with expensive and antique furnitures. The two-storey house was built with sturdy woods. There was also a small fireplace at the living room. Three spacious bedrooms were at the second floor: all the girls occupied one room while the boys on the other.

"This place is beautiful!" Kitty exclaimed as she spread her arms wide and lied down on the bed.

There were two beds in the room and three persons can occupy each bed.

"I can't wait to go to the lake." Lorna said excitedly and sat down at the foot of the bed where Kitty was lying.

"It can wait, Lorna, let's get some rest first." Jean suggested with a tired voice.

"Yeah, I'm tired, too." Taryn yawned.

"What's up with you girls? We're here to enjoy, ya know." Lorna said with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Yeah, right. Just let us take a nap for a while." The redhead said lazily and lied down on the opposite bed while Taryn was sitting near the window and Emma was busy re-touching her make up.

"Spoilsport." Kitty pouted her lips.

Jean didn't listen to them and closed her eyes until she was asleep.

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When Jean was awake, she was alone in the room. She got up and rubbed her eyes. She gazed at the window, it was almost dark. She checked her watch, it was almost six in the evening. She went downstairs and her feet guided her to the living room. There she saw Scott sitting on the couch.

"Baby." She hugged him from behind and kissed his cheek. "Mmm... I miss you."

"Miss you more, Red." He sweetly replied.

She walked in front of him and sat on his lap. "Where are they?" She noticed the silence around the house.

"They went to the lake." His arm around her waist.

"Oh. So, why didn't you go with them?" With a curious look in her beautiful green eyes, she asked him.

"I wouldn't leave you here alone, Jean." He smiled sweetly at her.

"Aww, you're so sweet." Was all her response and captured his lips. Their mouths and tongues wrestled.

"Mmm... They'll be here soon." He warned as their lips momentarily parted.

"I don't care." She said in a low and lustful tone and kissed him again. They shared a deep and passionate kiss.

"I love you, Jean." His voice full of love.

She looked into his eyes deeply, her arms still wrapped around his shoulders. "Love you more, Scott." She smiled sweetly at him.

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Later that evening, they partied at the living room. Music played loudly and the girls danced with the tune. Remy and Lance, on the other hand, played beer pong while Scott and Alex had fun with billiards.

After having some fun, Lorna got the idea to gather them all around to play spin the bottle. They sat at the round table and started playing.

Emma volunteered first to spin the empty champagne bottle. After a few spins, the mouth of the bottle pointed at Scott's direction.

"Truth or dare?" She asked with a sexy voice.

"Mmm... Dare." He replied with hesitation.

"Okay then, I dare you..." Emma was rolling her eyes and tapping her cheek. She was thinking of something challenging to Scott. "I dare you to drink one bottle of beer." She said with a lively and excited tone.

The group were excited as well knowing that Scott rarely drinks liquor but as sport as he was, he accepted the challenge. They cheered as he finished drinking the beer fast but it was evident that he was disgusted with its taste from the look on his face. Jean didn't look so happy and she felt worried.

"We're glad Emma made you drink, Scott." Kitty said with amazement.

"Well... It's just a game." He said with his face still not pleased with the after taste of the liquor.

"At least you know how to have some fun, darling." Emma declared while flashing her eyelashes towards him.

Jean's blood was boiling seeing Emma flirting again with her secret lover.

Then, the game continued and it was Scott's turn to spin the bottle. After a couple of spins, it pointed to Remy.

"Okay lover boy." He joked and grinned. "Truth or dare?"

"Truth." Remy replied confidently.

"How many times you get busted by Rogue?" Scott was teasing him and everyone, except Remy, was laughing.

"Where did that come from, Summers?" He frowned at his close friend.

"Just answer it, Remy." He was pushing him. Scott was quite hit by the beer since he was not used to it. His cheeks were also pinkish.

"Yeah, don't be a spoilsport Remy." Taryn added who was impatiently waiting for his answer.

"Fine! It was three times!" He confessed in defeat. "Nice try, Scott." He smirked.

By that, they even laughed harder and teased him. Remy was slightly embarrassed but he tried to hide it.

When Remy spun the bottle, it was directed to Lorna.

"Ugh!" She was disappointed. "You better come up with a good one." She glared at the maniac-looking Remy.

"Don't worry, cher." He winked at the disgusted girl. "So, truth or dare?" He said calmly with a grin on his face.

"Truth." She replied dryly, not looking at him.

"So... Who's your first?" He was grinning at her with a drunken look.

"Alex, of course!" She answered straightforwardly getting what he meant and it made Alex blushed a little.

After Lorna spun the bottle, it pointed again to Scott.

"Holy crap! Not again." He scratched his head out of frustration and they all laughed at his reaction.

"Whoa! The bottle likes you a lot pretty boy." Lorna teased.

"Call it unlucky." He uttered. "Dare." he went on.

"Oohh... You like it dare, huh." Taryn said with a sexy look on her face.

"Dare then." Lorna said as she was thinking of what will she make Scott to do. "I want you to kiss, on the lips, the girl in this room who you think is the most beautiful." She was grinning but sounded serious.

It made Jean glared at her, she wasn't sure if Lorna said it out of being drunk or she just wanted to play with Scott and her. Emma was also surprised by Lorna's daring challenge to Scott but she was confident he would approach her. She was overly confident that he was attracted to her.

"Now that's unfair." Remy complained.

"Just shut up, Remy." Kitty get irritated.

"Seriously?" Scott was doubtful but there's something inside him who was eager to do the challenge. Maybe because he was a bit drunk that drove his confident high.

"Do I look like joking to you?" She was really serious.

Without any second thoughts, Scott got up on his chair and walked towards the direction of Jean who sat beside Emma. Most of them was sure he was going towards Emma and she too was so excited as he was approaching. On the other hand, Jean was neither looking at him nor to anyone. She wasn't sure if Scott will confidently kiss her in front of their friends and feel awkward afterwards or he will just choose to kiss Emma so no one will get suspicious except for Lorna and Alex who already knew their secret.

As Scott neared the two ladies, Emma's smile faded when she noticed he was looking at a certain redhead.

Everyone was shocked, except for Lorna and Alex, when Scott slightly leaned closer and asked Jean, "Would you mind if I kiss you?" He sounded natural and without a hint that they were both together for a few months.

Jean froze, unable to speak, but she managed to face him and nodded with approval. Without any hesitation and care about what would anyone's reaction be, he gave her a quick and soft kiss on her lips. Jean blushed and he returned to his seat smiling. Emma was dumbfounded and she felt humiliated. She didn't know if she would hate Scott or Jean, or both. Taryn and Kitty were also shocked. Both Lance and Remy were jealous Scott was able to kiss the gorgeous Jean Grey but they didn't know why she quickly approved of him kissing her.

Jean couldn't look Emma straight in the eye. At the corner of her eyes she saw Emma was glaring at her.

"Way to go, man!" Lance broke the silence.

"You're lucky Summers." Remy envied him.

Scott tried to ignore them for he knew too well how awkward their situation was. They continued to play while Emma already not in the mood.

Then, after how many turns, Remy was the one who spins the bottle and it pointed directly to Emma.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here." Remy said with a sexy tone.

Emma flashed a dead look at him, "Try me, dare." She stated with confidence.

"Yes! Finally I can make you make out with me." Remy looked like a maniac grinning at Emma. Everyone in the room was disgusted by his challenged to her.

"What?! There's no way I'm touching you." Emma said in an annoyed and disgusted tone.

"Oh c'mon, cher, it's just a game." He winked at her.

"My house, my rules!" She was really angry.

"What a perv." Taryn and Kitty blurted out in unison.

"You don't want to see her angry, Remy." Alex added with a threatening tone.

No one dared to force her since they knew how ugly Emma can get when she's angry.

"Fine, fine..." He finally gave up. "Ok, then I dare Emma to lip lock with Lorna."

"That's better than kissing a moron." Emma quickly got up and walked towards Lorna and kissed her on the lips. They boys' jaw dropped watching the two girls doing it while the girls' were not surprised since they knew how playful the two can get sometimes.

"Like what you saw, boys?" Emma teased as she went back to her chair beside Jean.

"Yeah but I'm guessing Alex was pretty jealous." Lance joked and it earned him a glare from the blonde boy.

"Don't worry babe, you're always my number one." Lorna said sweetly and winked at her boyfriend.

"I know babe." Alex smiled back at her.

Emma then reached out at the center to spin the bottle. It twirled a couple times and slowly it came to a stop at Jean's direction.

"Truth or dare?" Emma asked with a challenging tone. It was as if she was waiting for this opportunity to come.

Scott and Jean exchanged looks. His eyes with concern and looked worried.

Jean replied absent-mindedly looking up at the blonde girl, "Truth."

"Oohh, need to confess something, huh?" Emma grinned and she tends to annoy Jean.

The redheaded girl didn't say anything. Emma noticed she and Scott were glancing at each other.

"Well, good choice Red, there's something I want to know and hear from you." She continued.

Alex and Lorna got a little nervous sensing what Emma meant while the other teens looked confused.

"Spill it out Emma, we're waiting." Taryn groaned.

Emma stood up from her chair and looked down at Jean, "Do you like Scott Summers?"

It caught Jean off guard, all her friends including Scott stared at her, waiting for her answer. But before she could blurt out, Emma cut her off with another shocking question, "Or should I ask: How much do you like him?" Her left eyebrow raised higher than the other.

"What? Of course I don't like Scott." She tried her best to sound real but Emma was not convinced.

"You're a bad liar, Red." She was now frowning and sounded irritated. "Traitor!" She went on and it all shocked her friends.

"Excuse me?" Jean abruptly stood up and faced Emma. The guilt on her face was changed to fierce.

Lorna and Scott were alarmed and rushed towards Emma and Jean respectively while the others were confused and dumbfounded.

"Easy, Emma." Lorna tried to calm her but she didn't listen.

"Why won't you admit that you were flirting with Scott behind my back?!" The blonde girl shouted at Jean.

"The last time I checked you were the one who flirted with Scott and forced yourself into him though clearly he doesn't like you!" She shouted back and those words hit hard on Emma. And to everyone's surprised, Emma slapped Jean's face suddenly.

"Emma!" Scott looked so furious he almost push her away.

Lorna grabbed Emma's arms but she resisted her while Jean touched her pained cheek and she became very angry.

"Don't you dare insult me like that!" Emma raised her voice higher and pointed her finger to Jean.

"How dare you touch me!" Jean shouted back.

"Calm down, Jean." Scott tried to hold her to keep her calm.

"You want the truth? Scott and I dated over a month now! Happy?" She didn't hold back anymore.

"What?!" Taryn and Kitty were shocked as ever.

"The hell?" Remy uttered while Lance couldn't believe what was just happening.

Emma, on the other hand, wasn't expecting it and it made her more furious that she suddenly grabbed Jean's hair.

"You slut!"

Jean was hurt and with the adrenaline rush, she fought back and grabbed the blonde girl's hair. Scott and Lorna were quick to separate them while the others were also alarmed and tried to help them stop the fighting girls.

"Jean, stop!" Scott struggled putting his arms around Jean's waist to keep her away from Emma.

"Ugghh! You're a traitor Jean!" Emma was also hurt and Lorna got in her way so she could not reach the redhead.

"Girls! Stop it!" Taryn and Kitty rushed towards Emma.

"If there's a traitor between us, it's you Emma!" Jean said as she was calmed by Scott who never left her side.

"What are you talking about?" She sounded innocent, her hair was messy like Jean's.

"Don't tell me you don't remember how you got in the picture when Warren was about to ask me out." She reminded her and it surprised Lorna, Kitty, Taryn, and the boys except Scott.

Before Emma and Warren got together, it was Jean who he had his eyes on. When Warren was about to pursue her, Emma, who had a huge crush on him, got in Jean's way. She was trying hard to get his attention and she succeeded. She played innocent though she knew Warren liked Jean. On the other hand, Jean didn't seem to mind since she was not that interested with him.

"Is that true?" Kitty asked Emma with a curious look in her eyes.

"Why don't you tell them, Emma, so everyone would know how selfish you are." Jean challenged her.

Emma didn't respond but she was looking furiously at Jean. Never in her life she was insulted and humiliated like this until now and to top it all, it was her close friend did that to her.

"Now we're even." Jean added before she retreated outside and Scott followed her.

"We're not yet done, Grey." Was all Emma's reply, clenching her fists out of frustration.

"Jean, wait up!" Scott trailed behind Jean who walked fast.

She didn't look back, tears were rolling down her face. Scott caught up with her and grabbed her arm softly. He turned her around to face him. She was crying and he couldn't take it. He hugged her tight and she buried her face on his chest. It was so comforting and it was all what Jean needed at this time.

***End of Chapter 25***

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