36.
The Future
Chapter Theme Song: Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Once in bed, they wasted no time. He kissed down her neck and along her arms and each of her fingers one by one. She in turn kissed his metal hand to reassure him that she wasn't worried, and that he shouldn't be worried either.
Both were still nervous, but it was time to set those worries aside and trust in themselves and each other.
He kissed lower, down her chest and over her stomach.
"Fuck, Nate," she breathed.
Her hand slapped over her mouth as soon as she realized what she had said, while he pulled back, smirking. "Did I just get Nina Nova to use profanity?"
She smacked his arm. "Stop smirking!"
He laughed. "God, I love you."
"I love you too. Now, where were we?"
Meanwhile, down in the library, Wade was lounging on the sofa. He was lazily flipping through the channels on TV when purple energy began to swirl around the room. Okay, sure, he was high, but not that high. The energy looked like that cast by Nina when she was using her powers.
Peeking out into the hallway, he saw the energy out there too. "Shorty?"
Suddenly, the energy brightened and the whole house shook, but only for a brief moment. This had happened before - when Apocalypse had awoken in the '80s, when Cable had traveled to the past and Nina had seen the vision of her death, when the timeline and reality was disturbed.
Wade sprinted up the stairs. "Shorty! Oh no, what futuristic vision did you see this time?! Wait, don't tell me: Who bought the X-men film rights this time?"
As soon as he reached her room he began pounding on the door, until it opened just a crack to reveal a flushed, messy-haired Nina, who was just tying on a bathrobe.
"Oh, Wade, hi..."
"What happened?! What did you see?!" he practically yelled, startling her.
"I'm sorry?"
"Your vision, what did you see?!"
"My vision? Oh! Oh, no, everything's fine here. There was no dark, futuristic vision. Thank you for your concern though. Good night-" She tried to shut the door and shut him out, but he blocked it with a hand, the eyes of his mask narrowed.
"Why do I sense some B-S?"
"B-S?"
"Bullshit."
She cleared her throat. "Nothing. Like I said, everything's fine-" A framed painting on her wall fell with a crash! to the floor, startling her and causing her to jump and bump the door, which swung open a little further - revealing a very shirtless and equally flushed and messy-haired Nathan Summers.
Wade gave one of his loud gasps, putting his hands on his cheeks, and his head whipped back and forth between the two as Nathan came up behind her. Nina cringed.
"You, and you-" Wade pointed a finger at them. Then he burst out laughing. "You mean that wasn't even from a futuristic vision, but because you were - Oh! I'll have what she's having!" Nathan growled and stepped forward defensively. "Whoa, hey, it's from a movie! Chill, Lover-boy."
"Don't call me that."
"You sure, cause it sure seems like you were lovin', if you know what I mean!"
"Get out," growled Nathan.
"Yikes, you seem pretty grumpy for a guy who just did it with the woman he's been crushing on for months."
"Cause you ruined our moment!"
"He didn't ruin anything. He was just checking to make sure everything was all right. Which it is." Nina placed a hand on Nathan's chest to hold him back from attacking Wade. "He thought something was wrong."
"Which it obviously isn't!"
She turned back to Wade. "But you did interrupt a private moment."
"Yeah, I can see that now. A very private moment."
"What are you even doing here on a Friday night?"
"Cause I know the place empties out, thought I might have this big-ass house to myself – evidently you two thought the same." He clasped his hands behind his back in mock innocence, rocking back and forth on the balls of his feet. "Well, I'm glad those condoms I gave you are being put to good use! I'll leave you to it. And if you need, I've got a whole other box of unopened condoms in my room, amongst other things, in case you're feeling adventurous-" He was cut off when she slammed and locked the door in his face, causing him to laugh again.
"Oh, this is mortifying..." Of course, of all the people who could have caught them... She buried her flushed face in her hands, flushed more now from embarrassment than from her and Nathan's romantic endeavours.
"We've got nothing to be embarrassed about."
"I guess he had to find out sometime. Still, he's never going to let us forget this, you know."
"Good, cause I don't want to forget it." Nathan's arms went around her middle.
She giggled. "Me neither." Then she added, more seriously. "But, do you think that'll happen every time?"
He raised his eyebrows and then leaned down so that his lips were right beside her ear and whispered huskily, "We'll make sure of it."
"Nathan! I could seriously screw up reality!" She playfully smacked his arm but snuggled into his embrace.
He chuckled and nuzzled her neck, placing some kisses there. "So..."
"So," she giggled.
"Since we were so rudely interrupted..."
"Yes, we should remedy that." She turned to face him, and her arms went around his neck and her legs around his waist as he lifted her into his arms, like how they had started earlier. Her back pressed against the door as they began to kiss.
"I'm still here, ya know..." Wade's voice from out in the hall broke their kiss. Nathan looked ready to kill, but Nina only pounded the door with her fist to silence the merc.
They heard Wade start laughing, and that laugh gradually fade as he headed down the hall and finally left them in peace once again.
Once he was gone, they were more than happy to resume.
Haha, Wade being Wade, as usual! ;) Now he'll have even more to tease Nina and Nate about!
Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed as always! :)
