Disclaimer: I own none of the characters and any likeness to any real people is purely coincidental.
A/N: I'm giving Jubes a break so enjoy! And please read and review. Thanks to everyone who reviewed last time, it really motivates me to keep on writing! J
Chapter 5
Parodys
"I'm bored! French is boring, verbs are boring and if I have to conjugate another freaking verb I'm going to scream!" A vehemently tossed pencil exploded dramatically on the wall. It was not the first.
"Indeed. What would you rather do then?" Emma mentally calculated how long it was until her next aspirin, as she kept a smile plastered on her face.
Jubilee regarded the tall pile of books gracing her desk. "Unless it involves comics or MTV I don't want to do it."
Emma suppressed a sigh. Honestly, she was trying. Really. However, before the day was up, she was going to kill someone, preferably a red-haired Irishman that had copped out by taking the rest of the team on a field trip.
"Field trip my ass." Emma muttered under her breath.
"What?" Jubilee looked at her suspiciously. Ever since her powers had manifested, Jubilee had been tutored privately until her control was better. And since the toaster had just exploded that morning, her pleas to go along had fallen on deaf ears. So, Emma and Jubilee had been left by themselves, while Wolverine had headed to the nearest bar to kill some time. Neither female was thrilled about the situation.
"Nothing, how about some math, or history, or geography?" Flipping through the books, Emma listed them off, each one sounding more boring than the last.
Jubilee twirled a finger around her hair, staring at it for a second like she did every time she noticed it. "No, I've been inside all week, can't we do something…fun"
Alarms bells went off at the last word, but Emma firmly shoved them down with the thought that Sean could clean up the mess when he got back. "What do you have in mind?"
"Flying?" If eyes could glow pathetically, Jubilee had mastered the art. Bright, blue eyes blinked at Emma, and Jubilee smiled winningly. "It'd be exercise, I can practice my powers and it'll be educational as soon as I figure out how."
Emma shrugged. "Fine with me. Go change into your uniform and I'll meet you downstairs." With a loud yell, Jubilee thundered up the stairs. Ignoring the niggling of doubt in her stomach, Emma went down to the Danger room and started setting up Jubilee's flight program. A few minutes later, Jubilee burst into the room and looked expectantly at Emma. "Let's do this!"
The program started, and Sean's voice echoed across the room. "Flying is a grand way for mutants to travel, but also a responsibility. The basic assumptions start with orbital mechanics and beginner's physics. Now, Newton's law of gravity states that…" Emma shut the sim down with a look of horror.
"I thought he was joking when he talked about this." She shook her head. "How about you do what you want and we'll see what happens."
The girl nodded and the purple mist began to swirl around her legs. Emma watched with interest as Jubilee rose into the air with a smug smile on her face. "See? I can do this. Sean just doesn't think so."
"He's worried about you over-extending yourself. What happens if you're hundreds of feet up in the air and you get tired? There's nothing to catch you if you fall." She held up her hand at Jubilee's face. "And there is also the issue of control. Whether you like it or not, you have tremendous power now and you still have problems with it. This morning's toaster is one thing, but what happens if next time it's a city block?"
Jubilee flew up the glass. "Why won't you people believe that I can do this stuff? I took Sabertooth on when I had nothing left and you think that I can't get enough energy to stop a fall?"
"Jubil…"
"You guys constantly treat me like this baby and I'm tired of it! So I accidentally blow electrical stuff up once in awhile. Give me a break, remember when Paige crashed the entire computer system with that stupid security program of hers? Or how about when Jono took off the entire west section of the girls' dorm? I'm 16, not 5 and I don't deserve to be shut up in this stupid room the rest of my life because I'm still learning about myself. I know how to be careful."
Emma raised an eyebrow, and looked inquiringly at the girl. "Are you finished?"
Pouting a little, Jubilee glared at her. "Yes."
"Good, go get dressed. This session is over, I will meet you upstairs in the foyer in fifteen minutes." Emma walked off, pointedly turning her back on Jubilee who was spluttering in rage. Before the girl could say anything, she glanced back at the girl. "If you paused for one moment to think of anything other than ways of killing me, you would realize that we are going out."
"Out?"
Emma nodded. "Out, as in outside the campus walls. I think it's time we both had some fun."
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Ten minutes later Jubilee arrived in the foyer, wearing baggy jeans, a tank top, and blue tinted glasses that Forge had made for her so that her eyes wouldn't show. Jubilee had commented as she put them on for the first time. "Punk blue hair works, but the eyes just tend to freak people out." Emma in turn had slipped into one of her more casual pantsuit sets, and smiled as Jubilee entered.
"Ready?"
"Yep!"
Emma gave Jubilee's outfit the once over, but said nothing despite the fact that it was well below freezing. The limo slid around to the front and the two quickly entered the plush interior. Sam, the driver, slid down the partition and smiled. "Where can I take you today Ms Frost?"
The older woman shrugged. "Ask Jubilee, I doubt that dinner at The Oak, a mere five star restaurant would be appealing. Take us where she wants to go, this is her day."
Jubilee grinned widely and whispered in Sam's ear, as he chuckled to himself. Twenty minutes later, they arrived and Jubilee burst out of the limo pulling Emma behind her.
"Welcome to Bubba's Emporium of Tattoos and Body Piercing!" Jubilee announced gleefully. Emma just stood and stared at the building, for once speechless. The two of them walked into the large room, their footsteps echoing with the high vaulted ceiling. Walls had been covered with designs, as well as freestanding display boards that were placed throughout the large room. Skylights lit the room, and Jubilee was practically bouncing in excitement. Emma, on the other hand, was wondering what the hell she had gotten herself into.
"Well." She said softly.
"As if I was going to bring you to some hole in the wall! This is all safe and everything, this is where I got my eyebrow pierced that one time."
"They did a good job." Emma said faintly. Suddenly the exact location hit her. "A tattoo parlor? You want to get a tattoo?"
Jubilee nodded distractedly as she looked over the huge selection. "Yeah, have been for awhile now but I need a guardian's permission. Hence where you come in."
"You would do this when I made a promise." The older woman sighed and Jubilee's face fell. "But, I did promise. Let's do it under the realization that tattoos are permanent and I am not paying for you to have it removed. Understand?"
"YES!!!" Jubilee punched the air and a few paffs hit the ceiling. Blushing slightly, she glanced around, but no one seemed to have noticed. Emma sighed again, and took Jubilee over the counter where a young woman was rearranging some body rings.
"My…daughter wants her first tattoo and I want to make sure it's safe."
The woman smiled at them and handed her a brochure. "It's safe alright, we make it our top priority. That's why we're more expensive than the other places. We use new inks, new needles, and our artists wear gloves to ensure that everything is kept as hygienic as possible."
Emma gave the brochure a cursory glance as she scanned the woman's mind. Satisfied that she was telling the truth, she motioned for Jubilee to talk to her. "Fine, what kind of design did you want?"
Jubilee dug around in her pocket and produced a piece of paper. "Ange drew it for me when we were talking about tattoos a week or so ago. He said that that he had thought of it one night, and it seemed to suit me." Pressing the design flat, she revealed a yin/yang sing without the inner dots, that was morphed into a sun so that rays came out from the circle. "I want it about the size of a half-dollar, and put right here, she indicated the nape of her neck. 'What do you think?" she asked Emma.
"I think," Emma smiled. "I think that it is very appropriate. Remind me to thank Angelo some day."
"Then that's what I want." The woman nodded and led the two of them back to a room where a middle-aged woman was waiting for them.
"Hi, I'm Laura. I hear this is your first tattoo?" Jubilee nodded. "Then there are some things you need to know…"
Emma walked flipped through a magazine as Laura talked to Jubilee. The magazine was about body piercing and it showed some of the more popular things that were done. Gazing thoughtfully at one picture, she glanced at the woman who was just finishing her talk.
"I'll be back, I just have to go take care of something." Quickly slipping out of the room before Jubilee could protest, she grabbed a girl who was walking by. "I decided to get something done..."
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An hour later, Jubilee and Emma were both wearing similar expressions of discomfort as the waiter seated them at The Oak. Jubilee had insisted they eat there as a thank you to Emma. After the waiter had gotten their orders, Jubilee raised an eyebrow at Emma who was looking extremely smug.
"Okay, what did you get done after you left?"
Emma merely shook her head. "As if I would get a tattoo, the idea is preposterous!"
'Then what did you get?"
A smirk crossed her face, and motioning for Jubilee to lean in closer, she exposed a small portion of her stomach, where a glint of gold flashed. Putting her finger to her lips, Emma grinned back at the girl who was starting to snicker.
"Sean's going to love it!"
Emma just replied. "And just how do you think Logan is going to take yours?""
-fin-
I thought I would give the girls some fun and for those of you still not sure…Emma got a belly ring. The tattoo was something I found a few years ago, that one of my friends drew. She said it symbolized the eternal struggle for balance and the new things that would come of it once it was achieved. I thought that summed up Jubilee pretty well! So until the next part…have fun!