Wanda flicked the switch on the slide, as it showed up on the screen hanging on her wall above her television. It was of her and John at the summer camp they had went to. They were at the Summer Camp's last dance together. She sniffled, and wiped her nose with a tissue, blowing loudly into the tissue. She looked up at the screen, "Oh, I looked so beautiful." She mumbled. She then sobbed, and screamed at the screen, "Open your eyes you dumb broad, no one's ever gonna love you!" She screamed.
She then sniffled, and flicked the switch on her remote. It flashed to another picture of her and John in the cave they were stranded in at the summer camp. Pietro and Elizabeth sat next to them, the four of them smiling into the camera. "Oh god!" She sobbed. She then sighed, "Who ever knew I was gonna be alone!" She sang at the screen.
Her door opened, and Rogue walked in with Elizabeth. "What are you doing?" Elizabeth asked.
They looked at the screen above the television. "Wanda! Where'd you get those?" Elizabeth shrieked.
Wanda held the remote control to her securely, "No! They're mine!" She snapped.
Elizabeth jumped on her, and wrestled with her on the bed. "Give me that damned remote!" Elizabeth snapped.
Wanda held out the remote away from her, as Elizabeth wrestled with her on the bed. "Rogue! Get the remote!" Elizabeth called.
Rogue rushed towards Wanda's hands, and grabbed the remote. "Ha! It's mine now!" Rogue laughed.
Elizabeth stayed on top of Wanda's back, "Now, listen to me, Wanda. We're getting you out of this bed, whether you like it or not!" Elizabeth snapped.
"No!" Wanda demanded.
Rogue grabbed onto Wanda's arms, and Elizabeth grabbed onto her legs. They dragged her out of her room, and into the hallway, "A little help please?!" Rogue called towards the staircase.
Pietro and Tabitha rushed up the stairs, followed by Gambit. "Open the bathroom door!" Elizabeth snapped, gesturing towards the door at the end of the hall.
"Guys, this is really not necessary!" Wanda snapped, as they carried her towards the bathroom.
Pietro opened the bathroom door, and they made their way towards the shower. Pietro grabbed a bar of soap. Elizabeth and Rogue stood Wanda in the shower, and Tabitha switched on the water. Wanda cried out, as the water poured on all of them standing in the shower, "Everyone, grab a bar of soap!" Rogue snapped.
"Tabitha, take off her pants!" Elizabeth demanded.
Tabitha looked up, "You know, after what happened earlier, I think I'll just wash her feet." Tabitha smiled, as she grabbed onto a bar of soap.
"Fine! Leave the clothes on. Start scrubbing!" Elizabeth snapped, as she grabbed onto a bar of soap.
They each began soaping her feet, and her hands, as water poured on all of them, "Guys! Really! I'm not liking this!" Wanda snapped, as she sprayed water out of her mouth.
"You think I'm liking this?! I'm showering with other people and it ain't even the 70's!" Pietro snapped, as he washed his sister's arm.
Wanda twisted out of her friends' grips, and she rushed out of the shower. She turned to them, "Really, guys! I appreciate what you're trying to do for me, but I have to handle this my own way, okay?!" Wanda cried.
Toad walked into the bathroom after hearing the commotion. "Pietro, you've spent so long with trying to impress dad, but it hasn't worked. You've gone from girl to girl, with almost no emotion, I wish I can do that, but I can't." Wanda cried, gesturing to her brother.
Pietro frowned, and sobered at his sister's comment to him. Wanda then looked at Rogue, "Rogue, you're such a sweetheart, you're able to love Gambit but you can't touch him. He's stayed with you regardless, I don't know how I can live with that."
Rogue and Gambit looked at each other, frowning, and then back at Wanda. Wanda then looked at Elizabeth, "And Betsy, you've proven to be such a good friend to me, with all this raving beauty, yet you're able to just refuse any guy that comes up to you with propositions! I only had John, and that was it! I just wish I could be more like you, but I'm not strong enough to handle that yet!"
Elizabeth frowned, staring at Wanda. Wanda then turned to Toad, "And Toad, you're such a good friend, who despite your mutation, you're the most big hearted person I think I've ever met." She cried.
She then turned to Tabitha, "Tabby, you're dad's in prison! You don't know when he's gonna get out. Yet you're able to just run and move on with your life while one of the most important people in your life is stuck behind a cage!" Wanda then wiped the tears off of her face, "I wish I could be strong enough to handle everything like all of you, but I can't. So, please, just let me handle my own things, the only way I know how!" Wanda pleaded.
Wanda then turned, and rushed out of the bathroom, leaving her friends alone. They each looked at each other, confused on what to do or say.
*~*~*~*
Wanda crawled into her bed, still soaked; yet not caring about how she felt. She pulled her blankets over her, and turned to her side. She sensed her brother standing at her doorway. She turned to look at him, seeing him leaning against the doorway, soaked from the water in the shower. "I'm sorry, Wanda. You're right. I guess you can say I'm seriously not a stable person." He sighed, and then walked towards her bed. He lied next to her, hugging onto his sister, "I'm sorry Wanda. We just tried to cheer you up, that's all."
Wanda smiled. "I'm not really that strong of a person." They heard from the doorway. They both turned, seeing Elizabeth walk towards them. Elizabeth crawled into the bed on the other side of Pietro, "I just get scared when guys come up to me, and try asking me out. That's really no way to hold a relationship and be happy." Elizabeth sighed, as she cradled her face into Pietro's shoulder.
The three stared up at the ceiling. "This is so depressing!" Rogue snapped from the doorway. She walked into the room, followed by Gambit.
"No kidding. Thanks a lot for making me realize what a pathetic moron I am, chere!" Gambit complained at Wanda.
Rogue lied on the other side of Wanda, holding onto her, while Gambit lied behind Rogue, holding onto her as well. "When you said," They heard from the doorway. They all looked and saw Toad standing at the doorway, solemn faced, "When you said, that I was the most big hearted person you've ever met," He sighed. He gulped, and looked up at the mutants lying in the bed, "I realized something," He paused, shaking his head with disappointment, "You didn't say aspiring singer."
The mutants in the bed stared at him with shock and slight annoyance, "And I always thought that my singing, was my strong point." He finished. He then sobbed, "That's so depressing!"
He walked towards the bed, and crawled onto it, lying on the other side of Elizabeth. Tabitha stood at the doorway, "You know," She then paused, and let out a loud sob, "My dad's in prison!" She sobbed loudly.
"Aw, Tabby, come here!" Wanda smiled.
Tabitha sniffled, and rushed towards the bed, and lied in between Rogue and Wanda. They lied in silence, and Wanda dug for the remote under the covers of her bed. She then clicked on the screen, showing her slides. They all turned their attention towards the screen above the television, "This is me and John at the lake when we were all at camp." She introduced the slide.
Everyone grunted, staring up at the screen.
*~*~*~*
Lance walked towards the door, as he heard a knock. He opened the door, seeing John on the doorstep, "Hey, I thought you were coming over like, a couple of hours ago!" Lance snapped.
John shrugged, "Well, I thought Wanda went out when I called, so I gave it some more time." He sighed. "Is she here?"
Lance ushered him into the house. John walked inside, and looked around. He saw Kitty sitting on the couch, her hair unruly from her 'make out' session with Lance. "Am I interrupting something?" John asked Lance, noticing Kitty's cheeks flush.
"Yeah, but go upstairs so we can continue. Everyone's upstairs in Wanda's room." Lance said, walking towards the living room.
"Everyone?" John asked, his eyebrow raised curiously.
"Yeah, I heard some sort of commotion in the shower, so I think they're all in Wanda's room doin the wild thing or something. They were tryin' to cheer her up." Lance smirked, as he sat next to Kitty on the couch.
John lifted his lip in disgust, and walked up the stairs towards Wanda's bedroom.
*~*~*~*
Wanda opened her eyes from her nap, and looked around her on her bed. She smiled, seeing her friends lying where they were, sleeping. Gambit was furthest on the bed, his arms sprawled out, one of them lying on Rogue's head. Rogue lied in a fetal position, with her back turned to Wanda. Tabitha laid on her back, with her leg crossed, draped over Rogue, as well as her arm draped over her head. She looked to her other side, and saw Pietro's back turned to her, his arm draped over Elizabeth. Elizabeth lied on her side, facing Pietro, their faces almost fused together. Toad lied on his side, his back turned to Elizabeth, sucking on his thumb. She sighed in contempt, coming to a strong realization; she had true friends. Ones that even put up with each other long enough for her throughout the whole day; ones that also put up with each other long enough to cheer her up. They also put up with each other, putting their differences aside, falling asleep all together, not caring of who slept next to whom. She looked up at the door, as she heard a knock. The door opened, and John peeked in. Her face lit up, "John!"
"Xavier Institute!" Tabitha said as if she answered a phone, sitting up from her sleep.
John walked in, with a grin on his face, "Looks like I missed all the fun, aye?" He grinned.
Elizabeth opened her eyes, hearing the voices in the room. She looked up, seeing Pietro's face fused in front of hers. Pietro opened his eyes, and they stared at each other. He smiled at her, "Hey beautiful." He smiled.
Elizabeth grinned, "I guess this is where I make my move?" Pietro asked coyly.
He then planted his lips to hers. "Oh gross! Get off my bed you horn dogs!" Wanda hissed playfully at her brother.
Pietro broke away from Elizabeth, and turned to his sister, "Oh! For a second I thought I was in my room!" He grinned.
Everyone else woke up, and looked towards the doorway, seeing John standing at the end of the bed, with his hands on his hips. "Remy, you get all this play, and don't call me up on it?!" John playfully snapped at his friend.
"Hey, you can have anyone you want, but Rogue's my territory, mon ami." Gambit yawned, as he stretched.
"We'll leave you two alone." Rogue yawned, as she stood up.
She grabbed onto Gambit's arm, and dragged him off the bed. He yelped as he hit the ground. "Chere, I can walk, you know!" He snapped.
Pietro, Elizabeth, and Tabitha crawled off the bed. Tabitha and Elizabeth walked past John, and out the room. "Come on, Toad!" Pietro snapped, grabbing onto Toad.
Toad squealed, from his sleep, as Pietro drug him out of the room by his arm. Pietro smiled at his sister, as he closed the door behind him, leaving John and Wanda alone. John looked up at her, "So..." He sighed.
Wanda shrugged, as she sat up. She rubbed her hands through her hair, "So..."