Sugar and Spice
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Nervous?" "Yes" "First time?" "No, i've been nervous lots of times".
All hail my reviewers. Wow, you allwant either Romy or Rietro don't ya?. God, i'm feel so divided!!!!! Lol....yes..well.. The idea of 'The circle of trust' is actually from the time (so very very VERY long ago, so long ago, i can't remember the year) when i was in the Brownies (for you in America, this is the UK version of Wilderness Girls, or whatever you call them)...we called it a friendship circle..but still..
Chapter 8 - The circle of trust.
It had been quite a few hours since the girls arrived back in camp after the 'island incident', and they still hadn't spoken a word to each other. This had not gone unnoticed by Gelder. She knocked on the door of the cabin before entering to see each girl on her own bed, sulking.
"Hello campers!", she said cheerfully, "i have noticed that some of you are a little bit glum....but i can solve that!".
She sat down on the floor and crossed her legs.
"Okay", she said, "everyone come and sit like this in a circle".
The girls looked blankly at her before sighing and doing as they were told.
"Now hold the hand of the two people next to you", said Gelder, holing Kitty's hand in her left and Jean's in her right, "that's it. Now we are in the Circle of Trust. We can say anything we like in here and it will never be said outside the circle. What is said here, stays here. It is a way to build trust, as i know alot of you have things on your mind".
She gave a cheerfull smile.
"So, who wants to begin?", she looked around..silence, "okay, i will. Today, i snuck in some home-made cookies for your desert. Kitty, would you like to go next?".
Kitty blinked, then gave a defeated sigh, by the look on cheerfull Gelder's face, no one was moving until everyone had said something.
"I miss Lance", she said, looking down, "i didn't mean what i said to him, but i'm afraid that the friction between our two teams means we are destined never to be".
"Very good Kitty!", said Gelder, "you know what's happening now?. We are listening to each others problems and HEARING them. We are BONDING".
"Kill me, kill me now", muttered Rogue.
"Ahh miss...errr".
"Rogue".
"Okay, Rogue", said Gelder with a smile, "would you like to share YOUR thoughts and feelings with the group?".
"Not really", said Rogue.
"You'll get a cookie if you do", said Gelder.
Rogue mulled this thought over...proper food for a change...with sugar.
"It better be a big cookie", she muttered, "okay. I...i don't know what to do about the whole 'mom' issue. I mean, Kurt wants to act like a brother to me straight away, but a'hm still learning how to cope with it. A'h feel like i'm pushing him away, but a'hm not!..a'h just need to get used to the idea...It's so scary".
She stopped and blinked.
"Is this circle spiked with magic or somethin', 'cause a'hm never open!".
"It does have magic in it", said Gelder, "the magic of love".
"Spare me", muttered Wanda.
"What would YOU know about love?", snapped Amanda, "you only ever push it away, Your father, your brother, Toad".
Wanda narrowed her eyes.
"That is not true!", she said, "there was one time i...okay, no, but...there was.....OH MY GOD, I'M AN EMOTIONLESS ROBOT!".
"There there Wanda", said Gelder, "no one's a robot. The tin man only wanted a heart, to find he already had one".
"That is the most inspiring thing i have ever heard", said Wanda, "...am i drunk?"
"Drunk with love", said Gelder happily.
"Me next!", said Amanda, getting into the swing of things, "i'm sick of having to sneak around my parents back to see Kurt. I wish they would accept him for who he is".
"Yes", said Gelder, "we may look a little bit differnt on the outside but..."
"He's blue, furry and has a tail", said Kitty.
"Okay....", said Gelder blinking, "we can all be different but we should be treated on who we are on the inside, not the outside".
"Does this count for creppy looking Frog-Boys?", asked Tabby, glaring at Wanda.
"Hey, you want him, you date him!", snapped Wanda back.
"Well i may just do that!", shouted Tabby, "heck if i had a guy willing to risk his life for me, i'd take him up in a second!".
"Please, we don't need to shout in the circle of trust", said Gelder, getting a little paniced.
"He may have risk his life for me", said Wanda, still shouting, "but but...oh shut up!".
"And the witch is down for the count!", said Tabby, "yeah baby!".
"If i weren't holding other people's hands, i would hex-bolt you", said Wanda darkly.
"Okay", said Gelder with a nervous chuckle, attempting to diffuse the situtation, "Jean, would you like to share?".
Jean blinked, she had been listening to everyone else, both what they said and what they THOUGHT and had pretty much tuned out.
"Oh..yeah..okay", she said, "I....i like Scott".
"Tell us something we don't know", muttered Rogue.
"No i REALLY like him", carried on Jean, "sometimes i feel the urge to telekenetically throw him on the kitchen table and..."
"Too much information!", shouted Amanda, putting her hands over her ears.
Gelder sighed.
"The process of this exersise is to share, not scare", she said, "Tabby?".
Tabby shrugged.
"I'm open about anything", she said, "there's nothing these girls don't know about me".
"We didn't know you had your first kiss with Roberto", piped up Amara, "we're you two even an item?".
"No!", said Tabby, "it was a long time ago...i've had lots of guys since then".
"Yeah, i bet you had all the Brotherhood boys", muttered Kitty.
"No!", said Tabby defensively, "i flirted with them. I burst into the bathroom while they were in it. I shaved their hair off in their sleep, but i NEVER did anything other than that".
"You missed out stealing the jeep", pointed out Wanda, "they were glad you were gone".
"That too", said Tabby, "God...am i THAT hard to live with?".
All the girls, bar Wanda and Amanda, nodded.
"Thanks guys", said Tabby sarcastically, "the only Amanda and Wanda disagree".
"I'm not disagreeing", said Wanda simply, "i haven't lived with you, so i have no opinion on the matter".
"Ditto", said Amanda.
"Wel...isn't this nice?", said Gelder, glancing at her bare hand, "oooh look is that the time?. Gotta go. Bye bye, have fun. Remember to shre!".
With that, she ran ut of the door as fast as her legs would take her.
"I didn't get my turn", said Amara with a sad sigh.
"Hey, she didn't give us any cookies", said Rogue.
Yup, another one down. Next chapter, the girls get news of some guests, tee hee. Please review. Until next time....
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Nervous?" "Yes" "First time?" "No, i've been nervous lots of times".
All hail my reviewers. Wow, you allwant either Romy or Rietro don't ya?. God, i'm feel so divided!!!!! Lol....yes..well.. The idea of 'The circle of trust' is actually from the time (so very very VERY long ago, so long ago, i can't remember the year) when i was in the Brownies (for you in America, this is the UK version of Wilderness Girls, or whatever you call them)...we called it a friendship circle..but still..
Chapter 8 - The circle of trust.
It had been quite a few hours since the girls arrived back in camp after the 'island incident', and they still hadn't spoken a word to each other. This had not gone unnoticed by Gelder. She knocked on the door of the cabin before entering to see each girl on her own bed, sulking.
"Hello campers!", she said cheerfully, "i have noticed that some of you are a little bit glum....but i can solve that!".
She sat down on the floor and crossed her legs.
"Okay", she said, "everyone come and sit like this in a circle".
The girls looked blankly at her before sighing and doing as they were told.
"Now hold the hand of the two people next to you", said Gelder, holing Kitty's hand in her left and Jean's in her right, "that's it. Now we are in the Circle of Trust. We can say anything we like in here and it will never be said outside the circle. What is said here, stays here. It is a way to build trust, as i know alot of you have things on your mind".
She gave a cheerfull smile.
"So, who wants to begin?", she looked around..silence, "okay, i will. Today, i snuck in some home-made cookies for your desert. Kitty, would you like to go next?".
Kitty blinked, then gave a defeated sigh, by the look on cheerfull Gelder's face, no one was moving until everyone had said something.
"I miss Lance", she said, looking down, "i didn't mean what i said to him, but i'm afraid that the friction between our two teams means we are destined never to be".
"Very good Kitty!", said Gelder, "you know what's happening now?. We are listening to each others problems and HEARING them. We are BONDING".
"Kill me, kill me now", muttered Rogue.
"Ahh miss...errr".
"Rogue".
"Okay, Rogue", said Gelder with a smile, "would you like to share YOUR thoughts and feelings with the group?".
"Not really", said Rogue.
"You'll get a cookie if you do", said Gelder.
Rogue mulled this thought over...proper food for a change...with sugar.
"It better be a big cookie", she muttered, "okay. I...i don't know what to do about the whole 'mom' issue. I mean, Kurt wants to act like a brother to me straight away, but a'hm still learning how to cope with it. A'h feel like i'm pushing him away, but a'hm not!..a'h just need to get used to the idea...It's so scary".
She stopped and blinked.
"Is this circle spiked with magic or somethin', 'cause a'hm never open!".
"It does have magic in it", said Gelder, "the magic of love".
"Spare me", muttered Wanda.
"What would YOU know about love?", snapped Amanda, "you only ever push it away, Your father, your brother, Toad".
Wanda narrowed her eyes.
"That is not true!", she said, "there was one time i...okay, no, but...there was.....OH MY GOD, I'M AN EMOTIONLESS ROBOT!".
"There there Wanda", said Gelder, "no one's a robot. The tin man only wanted a heart, to find he already had one".
"That is the most inspiring thing i have ever heard", said Wanda, "...am i drunk?"
"Drunk with love", said Gelder happily.
"Me next!", said Amanda, getting into the swing of things, "i'm sick of having to sneak around my parents back to see Kurt. I wish they would accept him for who he is".
"Yes", said Gelder, "we may look a little bit differnt on the outside but..."
"He's blue, furry and has a tail", said Kitty.
"Okay....", said Gelder blinking, "we can all be different but we should be treated on who we are on the inside, not the outside".
"Does this count for creppy looking Frog-Boys?", asked Tabby, glaring at Wanda.
"Hey, you want him, you date him!", snapped Wanda back.
"Well i may just do that!", shouted Tabby, "heck if i had a guy willing to risk his life for me, i'd take him up in a second!".
"Please, we don't need to shout in the circle of trust", said Gelder, getting a little paniced.
"He may have risk his life for me", said Wanda, still shouting, "but but...oh shut up!".
"And the witch is down for the count!", said Tabby, "yeah baby!".
"If i weren't holding other people's hands, i would hex-bolt you", said Wanda darkly.
"Okay", said Gelder with a nervous chuckle, attempting to diffuse the situtation, "Jean, would you like to share?".
Jean blinked, she had been listening to everyone else, both what they said and what they THOUGHT and had pretty much tuned out.
"Oh..yeah..okay", she said, "I....i like Scott".
"Tell us something we don't know", muttered Rogue.
"No i REALLY like him", carried on Jean, "sometimes i feel the urge to telekenetically throw him on the kitchen table and..."
"Too much information!", shouted Amanda, putting her hands over her ears.
Gelder sighed.
"The process of this exersise is to share, not scare", she said, "Tabby?".
Tabby shrugged.
"I'm open about anything", she said, "there's nothing these girls don't know about me".
"We didn't know you had your first kiss with Roberto", piped up Amara, "we're you two even an item?".
"No!", said Tabby, "it was a long time ago...i've had lots of guys since then".
"Yeah, i bet you had all the Brotherhood boys", muttered Kitty.
"No!", said Tabby defensively, "i flirted with them. I burst into the bathroom while they were in it. I shaved their hair off in their sleep, but i NEVER did anything other than that".
"You missed out stealing the jeep", pointed out Wanda, "they were glad you were gone".
"That too", said Tabby, "God...am i THAT hard to live with?".
All the girls, bar Wanda and Amanda, nodded.
"Thanks guys", said Tabby sarcastically, "the only Amanda and Wanda disagree".
"I'm not disagreeing", said Wanda simply, "i haven't lived with you, so i have no opinion on the matter".
"Ditto", said Amanda.
"Wel...isn't this nice?", said Gelder, glancing at her bare hand, "oooh look is that the time?. Gotta go. Bye bye, have fun. Remember to shre!".
With that, she ran ut of the door as fast as her legs would take her.
"I didn't get my turn", said Amara with a sad sigh.
"Hey, she didn't give us any cookies", said Rogue.
Yup, another one down. Next chapter, the girls get news of some guests, tee hee. Please review. Until next time....