Sugar and Spice
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "'Share'? What is 'share'?"
Wow, so many reviews, i love you guys! *Hugs her reviewers* Sorry for some reason i'm in an emotional and loving mood today..and it is reflected in this chapter (and boy is it!!!). Oh and for some reason, the spacing no longer comes up between paragraphs on ff.net, don't know why, so i put little star thingies inbetween each new paragrpgh. This chapter is a little longer than the others, i almost made it into a three parter, but decided against it, i'm not that cruel.
Chapter 13 - Full moon rising part 2
"Sandy, Tammy, Halley, Emily, Jenny".
Rogue sighed from where she sat near Pietro as he sorted out all of the numbers.
"Ever hear of a fantastic new invention?", she said, "it's called a phone number book. Ya'll can write numbers in them, alphabetically!".
"What do you think those are?!", asked Pietro, pointing to three full phone books, "i need to buy more to put these new ones in".
"Oh", said Rogue with a blink.
"Found it!", said Pietro, pulling out Remy's phone number victoriously.
"Finally!", said Rogue reaching out to grab it.
"Ah ah ah!", said Pietro, jerking it away and waggling hsi finger at her, what are the magic words?".
Rogue gave a heavy sigh.
"Thank you, Pietro, God of all that is cool", she said rolling her eyes.
"Very good!", said Pietro, clapping his hands, "you remembered!".
"Hard to wipe that from my memory", growled Rogue, stalking off to the camps phone.
She took a deep breath before dialing the number..she waited.
"You reached de phone line of Remy Le Beau", came Gambit's voice, "a'hm sorry, but Remy can't come to de phone right now. Leave a message after de beep".
Rogue waited for the beep then slammed the phone down. No WAY was she going to leave a message. What was she going to say?. 'Hi, it's me, Rogue, the girl you've met twice, you tried to blow me up once, remember?. Anyway, i was just wondering if you sent me some flowers to the campsite i'm in. Okay, bye'. Hah!. She sighed and walked back to the cabin, she could always try again later.
****
Meanwhile, Kurt and Amanda were stuck in Haloway's office. They had been caught in a....comprimising postion in the food cabin. Haloway, getting a late night snack had found them and brought them to her office. She sighed and rubbed her temples.
"I tried calling your parents, Miss Sefton, but all i got was a drunken babble and the starting verse of 'I will always love you'( AN: See, i read my reviews)", said Haloway with a sigh, "so i doubt i will be able to talk to them until tomorow. Unfortunately, rules are rules. You were warned about this. You, young lady are going to spend the reminder of the two days here. IN my cabin, where i can keep an eye on you. Everywhere you go, i will follow you, so don't even THINK about sneaking out to see your boyfriend here".
She turned to Kurt.
"And YOU, you are going straight to your cabin and you are going to stay there, do you understand me you horrid, strange little man?".
"Yes maam", said Kurt, heading out, giving Amanda and appologetic look before disapearing out of the door.
Amanda gulped and turned to an irate looking Haloway, who sighed.
"Look kid, i know you haven't seen him for a long time, but rules are rules", she raised an eyebrow, "parents forbiden you from seeing him huh?".
"How did you...".
"I've worked with teenage girls for a long time..i know the signs", said Haloway with a smile, "don't worry kid, eventually, they'll just accept it and you'll be okay again. You'll see".
"I hope so", said Amanda with a slight smile, maybe Haloway wasn't so bad after all....
***
"We are lost".
"No, we're not!"
Wanda and Todd had been traipsing around the woodland for a good few hours now. It was already dark, but the night sky was filled with stars, a full moon shining in the sky. It was perfectly romantic....unfortunately one of said party was not interested in the other. Todd gave a sigh, well he HAD wanted to spend time with Wanda..granted, he hadn't exactly invisioned walking though ankle deep mud in a cold dark forest..but at least he was with Wanda. Granted, a cold, miserable, angry Wanda, but still Wanda. He sighed as they walked past a rock shaped like Texas.
"We've been past this rock twice already", he carefully pointed out, then looked ahead, "and we've already crossed that log bridge".
Wanda frowned and looked ahead. Sure enough, there was the log bridge they had already crossed. She sighed. Great, just great!. At least she wasn't singing kareoke songs with adults that really shouldn't be allowed near alchohol. Toad wasn't exactly her ideal idea of company, but his precense did make her feel slightly safer than had she been on her own. She climbed up on the log again starting to walk across it as it stretched over a small pond. Todd followed her.
"We're goin' around in circles", he pointed out, "we should find some shelter ta wait until mornin'".
"Oh, you'd like that!", snapped Wanda, "me and you alone in the woods in a shelter.You wish!".
She turned around a gave Todd a shove. Todd lost his balance and fell into the water. Wanda blinked then did a very un-Wanda-like thing, she laughed.
"You're soaked!", she said, "how's life in a pond, Toad?".
"Har de har har", said a throughourly wet Todd, "it is to laugh. Will ya at least help me out?".
He stuck his arm out towards Wanda. She narrowed her eyes at a second before rolling them. She walked over and grabbed Todd's hand. She was about to pull him up when Todd gave an evil chuckle and pulled back, Wanda falling into the pond with a splash.
"Ooohh you are sooo dead", she said, resurfacing.
She used her powers to make a tidal wave hit Todd, who just doged it with ease and laughed.
"Ya in MY element now!", he said with a chuckle.
He dived under water before re-apearing behind Wanda and splashing a handfull of water at her...thus instigating a huge water-fight.
*****
Rogue was still sitting in her cabin, pulling up the nerve to call Remy again when she heard a knock on the door. She went to open it to see Pietro, holding out a cell phone.
"Figured you'd chicken out so i called Remy for you", he said, before putting the phoen to his ear, "k Gambit, i'll put her on now".
"Nonononononononono", hissed Rogue, before the phone was pushed itno her hands, she shot Pietro a look that SPAT venom before putting her ear to the phone, "hi Remy".
"Hi chere", came the Cajun's voice from the other end of the line, "how can Remy help you?".
Rogue took a deep breath. It was now or never.
"Did you send me flowers by any chance?", she asked, "it's just that i got some and a'h don't know who ta thank".
"Sorry petite, it wasn't Gambit", said Remy, "i wish it was. Sorry".
"Oh...okay", said Rogue, slightly disapointed, "okay..thanks anyway. I'll hand you back to Pie.
She parctically shoved the cell phone back in Pietro's hands before slamming the door and sitting on her bed with a sigh. She glance over at the now wilting flowers. Who the heck had sent those things?.
****
Wanda and Todd, meanwhile had finally finnished their water fight, deciding it was way too cold and that the only way to finish it would be a draw. They had been walking for a short while, Wanda telling Todd about her time at the camp. She was surprised at how easy he was to talk to...and she hadn't heard a stupid pet name for at least three hours. He had just called her Wanda. She gave a sudden shiver, regretting not having the foresight to put on her trenchcoat. Vest tops, through comfortable, were not the warmest things in the world. This shiver, however minute, had not gone unoticed by Todd.
"Cold?", he asked, then smiled, "here, ya can borrow this".
With that he took off his tank top sweater and handed it over to her. Wanda raised an eyebrow, she had hardly ever seen Todd wearing just the white shirt he always wore underneath the sweater. She could see through the shirt that he had a better physique than he let on. She took the sweater from him and smiled, putting it on. She was surprised that it was quite big on her, despite Todd's short stature..at least now she was warm.
"Thanks", she said.
"No problem", said Todd, "it 'aint exactly dry, but at least it'll keep ya warm".
Wanda nodded then noticed soemthing on Todd's hand. The webbing inbetween his fingers was slightly larger than normal.
"What's up with that?", she asked, pointing to his hands.
Todd binked and looked up at them, as if he hadn't noticed them.
"Oh that", he said, "that kinda happens whenether i go near water. They just..sprout up. They go back down after a while".
"Does it...hurt?", asked Wanda.
"Stings a little when they go back down", said Todd with a shrug, "i kinda got used ta it though.
Wanda nodded looking at his hands. She could SEE the webbing slowly moving back to it's original state. She was about to reach out and touch Todd's hand when Todd pointed at something.
"Hey look!", he said happily.
Up ahead was the camp. How they found it, Wanda didn't have a clue. Had they even been looking where they were going?.
"Finally", said Wanda with a smile, fighting a sudden feeling of disapointment, "i can't wait to sit down and put my feet up. At least i don't have to hazard a shower for a while".
Todd laughed gently.
"May i escort ya to ya cabin?", he asked, offering his arm.
"You may", said Wanda, surprising herself by actually taking his arm and walking with him to the cabin.
They both stoped outside the door and Todd sighed.
"Here we are", he said.
"Yeah", said Wanda, what the heck was she feeling disapointed for?, "hey, thanks for putting up with me tonight Todd. You saved me from a fate worse than death. I really hate kareoke".
"There's nothing more i like than spendin' time wit' ya Wanda", said Todd with a smile, then sighed, "well, better go before that dragon of a camp lady finds me here....goodnight Wanda".
"Night Todd", said Wanda watching Todd walk off with a small smile playing on her lips.
She sighed and entered the cabin. What the heck was up with her?. Had Todd changed?...had SHE changed?
"A'h saw that", said a voice in the darkness.
Wanda gave a squeak of shock and flicked on the lights to see Rogue standing there, her arms crossed.
"Saw what?", said Wanda with a nochalant shrug.
"You were flirting with him", said Rogue, pointing at the door, "A'h have just spent three hours with your brother. A'h know flirtin' when i see it after that, so don't deny it!".
"Okay..then i wont".
"Oh yes you wer...huh?", said Rogue, stopping in mid argument, "come again?".
Wanda just gave a small smile and lay down on her bed, putting her hands behind her head. Rogue blinked before scrambling over to her.
"You LIKE him, don't you?!", she said, wide-eyed.
"Don't be rediculous", said Wanda with a snort, turning the colour of her codename.
"Oh mah God, you DO like him!".
"I didn't say....".
"You don't have to say!", said Rogue, "you're blushing!".
"Am not", answered Wanda, biting her lip and looking away.
"Okay girl i want details!", said Rogue, sitting on her bed.
"Details on what?", said Wanda throwing her hands in the air, "nothing happened!".
"Okay then", said Rogue, raising an eyebrow, "why did you come in here smiling after flirting with Toad?. Plus, ya all wet AND you're wearing his sweater!".
Wanda blinked and looked down. She hadn''t realised that she was still wearning Todd's sweater.
"Nothing interesting happened", said Wanda, "we just talked...and got wet".
"It didn't rain Wanda", said Rogue simply.
"It's a long story", said Wanda.
"Like i'm goin' anywhere?".
****
Ta da, another chapter done. Geez whenether i write a fic with Todd and Wanda in it, it always endds up being a Wandd. I don't even MEAN for it to happen, it just...does. Oh well. Please review, hope you liked the chapter..sorry Romy fans. Until next time...
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "'Share'? What is 'share'?"
Wow, so many reviews, i love you guys! *Hugs her reviewers* Sorry for some reason i'm in an emotional and loving mood today..and it is reflected in this chapter (and boy is it!!!). Oh and for some reason, the spacing no longer comes up between paragraphs on ff.net, don't know why, so i put little star thingies inbetween each new paragrpgh. This chapter is a little longer than the others, i almost made it into a three parter, but decided against it, i'm not that cruel.
Chapter 13 - Full moon rising part 2
"Sandy, Tammy, Halley, Emily, Jenny".
Rogue sighed from where she sat near Pietro as he sorted out all of the numbers.
"Ever hear of a fantastic new invention?", she said, "it's called a phone number book. Ya'll can write numbers in them, alphabetically!".
"What do you think those are?!", asked Pietro, pointing to three full phone books, "i need to buy more to put these new ones in".
"Oh", said Rogue with a blink.
"Found it!", said Pietro, pulling out Remy's phone number victoriously.
"Finally!", said Rogue reaching out to grab it.
"Ah ah ah!", said Pietro, jerking it away and waggling hsi finger at her, what are the magic words?".
Rogue gave a heavy sigh.
"Thank you, Pietro, God of all that is cool", she said rolling her eyes.
"Very good!", said Pietro, clapping his hands, "you remembered!".
"Hard to wipe that from my memory", growled Rogue, stalking off to the camps phone.
She took a deep breath before dialing the number..she waited.
"You reached de phone line of Remy Le Beau", came Gambit's voice, "a'hm sorry, but Remy can't come to de phone right now. Leave a message after de beep".
Rogue waited for the beep then slammed the phone down. No WAY was she going to leave a message. What was she going to say?. 'Hi, it's me, Rogue, the girl you've met twice, you tried to blow me up once, remember?. Anyway, i was just wondering if you sent me some flowers to the campsite i'm in. Okay, bye'. Hah!. She sighed and walked back to the cabin, she could always try again later.
****
Meanwhile, Kurt and Amanda were stuck in Haloway's office. They had been caught in a....comprimising postion in the food cabin. Haloway, getting a late night snack had found them and brought them to her office. She sighed and rubbed her temples.
"I tried calling your parents, Miss Sefton, but all i got was a drunken babble and the starting verse of 'I will always love you'( AN: See, i read my reviews)", said Haloway with a sigh, "so i doubt i will be able to talk to them until tomorow. Unfortunately, rules are rules. You were warned about this. You, young lady are going to spend the reminder of the two days here. IN my cabin, where i can keep an eye on you. Everywhere you go, i will follow you, so don't even THINK about sneaking out to see your boyfriend here".
She turned to Kurt.
"And YOU, you are going straight to your cabin and you are going to stay there, do you understand me you horrid, strange little man?".
"Yes maam", said Kurt, heading out, giving Amanda and appologetic look before disapearing out of the door.
Amanda gulped and turned to an irate looking Haloway, who sighed.
"Look kid, i know you haven't seen him for a long time, but rules are rules", she raised an eyebrow, "parents forbiden you from seeing him huh?".
"How did you...".
"I've worked with teenage girls for a long time..i know the signs", said Haloway with a smile, "don't worry kid, eventually, they'll just accept it and you'll be okay again. You'll see".
"I hope so", said Amanda with a slight smile, maybe Haloway wasn't so bad after all....
***
"We are lost".
"No, we're not!"
Wanda and Todd had been traipsing around the woodland for a good few hours now. It was already dark, but the night sky was filled with stars, a full moon shining in the sky. It was perfectly romantic....unfortunately one of said party was not interested in the other. Todd gave a sigh, well he HAD wanted to spend time with Wanda..granted, he hadn't exactly invisioned walking though ankle deep mud in a cold dark forest..but at least he was with Wanda. Granted, a cold, miserable, angry Wanda, but still Wanda. He sighed as they walked past a rock shaped like Texas.
"We've been past this rock twice already", he carefully pointed out, then looked ahead, "and we've already crossed that log bridge".
Wanda frowned and looked ahead. Sure enough, there was the log bridge they had already crossed. She sighed. Great, just great!. At least she wasn't singing kareoke songs with adults that really shouldn't be allowed near alchohol. Toad wasn't exactly her ideal idea of company, but his precense did make her feel slightly safer than had she been on her own. She climbed up on the log again starting to walk across it as it stretched over a small pond. Todd followed her.
"We're goin' around in circles", he pointed out, "we should find some shelter ta wait until mornin'".
"Oh, you'd like that!", snapped Wanda, "me and you alone in the woods in a shelter.You wish!".
She turned around a gave Todd a shove. Todd lost his balance and fell into the water. Wanda blinked then did a very un-Wanda-like thing, she laughed.
"You're soaked!", she said, "how's life in a pond, Toad?".
"Har de har har", said a throughourly wet Todd, "it is to laugh. Will ya at least help me out?".
He stuck his arm out towards Wanda. She narrowed her eyes at a second before rolling them. She walked over and grabbed Todd's hand. She was about to pull him up when Todd gave an evil chuckle and pulled back, Wanda falling into the pond with a splash.
"Ooohh you are sooo dead", she said, resurfacing.
She used her powers to make a tidal wave hit Todd, who just doged it with ease and laughed.
"Ya in MY element now!", he said with a chuckle.
He dived under water before re-apearing behind Wanda and splashing a handfull of water at her...thus instigating a huge water-fight.
*****
Rogue was still sitting in her cabin, pulling up the nerve to call Remy again when she heard a knock on the door. She went to open it to see Pietro, holding out a cell phone.
"Figured you'd chicken out so i called Remy for you", he said, before putting the phoen to his ear, "k Gambit, i'll put her on now".
"Nonononononononono", hissed Rogue, before the phone was pushed itno her hands, she shot Pietro a look that SPAT venom before putting her ear to the phone, "hi Remy".
"Hi chere", came the Cajun's voice from the other end of the line, "how can Remy help you?".
Rogue took a deep breath. It was now or never.
"Did you send me flowers by any chance?", she asked, "it's just that i got some and a'h don't know who ta thank".
"Sorry petite, it wasn't Gambit", said Remy, "i wish it was. Sorry".
"Oh...okay", said Rogue, slightly disapointed, "okay..thanks anyway. I'll hand you back to Pie.
She parctically shoved the cell phone back in Pietro's hands before slamming the door and sitting on her bed with a sigh. She glance over at the now wilting flowers. Who the heck had sent those things?.
****
Wanda and Todd, meanwhile had finally finnished their water fight, deciding it was way too cold and that the only way to finish it would be a draw. They had been walking for a short while, Wanda telling Todd about her time at the camp. She was surprised at how easy he was to talk to...and she hadn't heard a stupid pet name for at least three hours. He had just called her Wanda. She gave a sudden shiver, regretting not having the foresight to put on her trenchcoat. Vest tops, through comfortable, were not the warmest things in the world. This shiver, however minute, had not gone unoticed by Todd.
"Cold?", he asked, then smiled, "here, ya can borrow this".
With that he took off his tank top sweater and handed it over to her. Wanda raised an eyebrow, she had hardly ever seen Todd wearing just the white shirt he always wore underneath the sweater. She could see through the shirt that he had a better physique than he let on. She took the sweater from him and smiled, putting it on. She was surprised that it was quite big on her, despite Todd's short stature..at least now she was warm.
"Thanks", she said.
"No problem", said Todd, "it 'aint exactly dry, but at least it'll keep ya warm".
Wanda nodded then noticed soemthing on Todd's hand. The webbing inbetween his fingers was slightly larger than normal.
"What's up with that?", she asked, pointing to his hands.
Todd binked and looked up at them, as if he hadn't noticed them.
"Oh that", he said, "that kinda happens whenether i go near water. They just..sprout up. They go back down after a while".
"Does it...hurt?", asked Wanda.
"Stings a little when they go back down", said Todd with a shrug, "i kinda got used ta it though.
Wanda nodded looking at his hands. She could SEE the webbing slowly moving back to it's original state. She was about to reach out and touch Todd's hand when Todd pointed at something.
"Hey look!", he said happily.
Up ahead was the camp. How they found it, Wanda didn't have a clue. Had they even been looking where they were going?.
"Finally", said Wanda with a smile, fighting a sudden feeling of disapointment, "i can't wait to sit down and put my feet up. At least i don't have to hazard a shower for a while".
Todd laughed gently.
"May i escort ya to ya cabin?", he asked, offering his arm.
"You may", said Wanda, surprising herself by actually taking his arm and walking with him to the cabin.
They both stoped outside the door and Todd sighed.
"Here we are", he said.
"Yeah", said Wanda, what the heck was she feeling disapointed for?, "hey, thanks for putting up with me tonight Todd. You saved me from a fate worse than death. I really hate kareoke".
"There's nothing more i like than spendin' time wit' ya Wanda", said Todd with a smile, then sighed, "well, better go before that dragon of a camp lady finds me here....goodnight Wanda".
"Night Todd", said Wanda watching Todd walk off with a small smile playing on her lips.
She sighed and entered the cabin. What the heck was up with her?. Had Todd changed?...had SHE changed?
"A'h saw that", said a voice in the darkness.
Wanda gave a squeak of shock and flicked on the lights to see Rogue standing there, her arms crossed.
"Saw what?", said Wanda with a nochalant shrug.
"You were flirting with him", said Rogue, pointing at the door, "A'h have just spent three hours with your brother. A'h know flirtin' when i see it after that, so don't deny it!".
"Okay..then i wont".
"Oh yes you wer...huh?", said Rogue, stopping in mid argument, "come again?".
Wanda just gave a small smile and lay down on her bed, putting her hands behind her head. Rogue blinked before scrambling over to her.
"You LIKE him, don't you?!", she said, wide-eyed.
"Don't be rediculous", said Wanda with a snort, turning the colour of her codename.
"Oh mah God, you DO like him!".
"I didn't say....".
"You don't have to say!", said Rogue, "you're blushing!".
"Am not", answered Wanda, biting her lip and looking away.
"Okay girl i want details!", said Rogue, sitting on her bed.
"Details on what?", said Wanda throwing her hands in the air, "nothing happened!".
"Okay then", said Rogue, raising an eyebrow, "why did you come in here smiling after flirting with Toad?. Plus, ya all wet AND you're wearing his sweater!".
Wanda blinked and looked down. She hadn''t realised that she was still wearning Todd's sweater.
"Nothing interesting happened", said Wanda, "we just talked...and got wet".
"It didn't rain Wanda", said Rogue simply.
"It's a long story", said Wanda.
"Like i'm goin' anywhere?".
****
Ta da, another chapter done. Geez whenether i write a fic with Todd and Wanda in it, it always endds up being a Wandd. I don't even MEAN for it to happen, it just...does. Oh well. Please review, hope you liked the chapter..sorry Romy fans. Until next time...