Abby was soothed when she stepped out of the shower; she wrapped the warm
terrycloth rode around her naked body and sighed contently. She looked down
at her slim silver watch and noted that it was just rounding 6. She pushed
her hair out of her face that was a deep golden red from the water and for
a moment stood still for she couldn't think of a thing to do.
As if she was given a hard nudge, she stumbled forward and walked into the bedroom and began to pull open the gleaming wood doors to look for something to wear to dinner that night. She chose a short swatch of watery soft silk the color of pure China jade that shimmered and sparkled around her knees, it was the dress that Jamie had bought for her a year ago for the 23rd birthday.
She placed it almost lovingly on the bed and peeled off the robe that had absorbed the moisture off her body and went back into the bathroom to brush her wet hair and to do her make-up. She observed her selection and sighed. She picked up a ruby color tube of lipstick and slowly swirled it down, the color of the tube was deceiving as the color was a nearly translucent candy pink. She decided on that and gently tapped her face with a powder brush, making her skin glow.
She left the robe on the floor as she put on a strapless bra and slipped the dress on. She primped in the mirror for a little while longer till there was a knock on the door. She pulled the door open and was greeted by a dozen cheery yellow daisies and a smirking Logan behind them. "What are these?" Abby asked with a delighted smile. "Flowers. They grow in the ground and little children pick them in the springtime, these flowers are called daises"
Abby rolled her eyes and took the flowers from him. "I know what they are Logan, but they don't normally sell daisies in December" He smirked and stepped into the room. "I have my ways. Besides you didn't seem like a rose sort of girl" Abby had to laugh. "You've known me for a few hours, how could you possibly know what kind of flowers I like?" He didn't answer her question but backed her up against the cabinet and kissed her senseless.
"That works," She said as she tried to regain composure. "Come on girl," He said as he rubbed a finger over her swollen lips. "I'm supposed to take you down to dinner" Abby smirked up at him and winked a bright eye. He cupped a hand under her firm breasts and once Abby repressed the small moan of pleasure, she pulled away from him slightly. "Look I like you Logan, I like you quit a bit, but is anything going to happen between us?"
Logan looked between Abby and the daisies. "Maybe something will, never can be too sure" He ran a hand over the long glistening hair and smirked. "Do you want something to happen?" He asked her. "I don't know. I haven't decided how long I'm going to stay for, so I don't like to start something that I won't be able to finish" Logan nodded but he was more eyeing her dress then listening to her. "Yeah," Was all he said and took Abby's hand. "But right now we have to go down to dinner or they'll think I'm ravishing you up here"
Abby laughed and placed a friendly kiss on Logan's mouth. "You'll have to show me just how good you are at ravishing women sometime" She said with a wink. "Maybe I will" He said and ran a hand over her hair. "You're beautiful Abby" He said it so plainly that Abby could only stare at him. "Well let's go" He said and opened the door for her. "Wait I want to put the flowers in water so they don't die" She said and went into the bathroom with the bouquet into the water filled sink. "Now we can go," She said with a cheeky grin.
The walk wasn't too long and Abby was glad because Logan kept finding ways to pin her to the wall and steal kisses. Once they reached the dining hall, they realized that all the eyes were on them. "Holy shit Logan Hill is on time!" Kitty Pryde exclaimed, then remembering Charles added a mumbled. "Begging pardon" Charles nodded at her apology and looked up when Abby came in behind Logan.
She nervously tucked her hair behind her left ear that diamonds dangled from. She sat across from Storm who was wearing a black pantsuit and next to Logan and she began to feel as if everyone in the room knew that she and Logan had been sucking each other's faces off just five minutes before. A uniformed waitress carried out a bottle and filled Abby and Logan's glass with sparkling white wine. "Oh," Abby said as she looked up apologetically. "I don't drink".
She ignored the look that Logan gave her and she secretly curled into a ball inside herself. "Good for you" A man with a thick German accent said. Then Abby began to wonder if she could call him a man, as he was blue with a tail and had eerie yellow eyes and pointed teeth. He looked like some sort of cuddly demon. She jumped at the sound of the sudden voice and Kurt Wagner laughed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you" She tilted her head slightly like a duchess addressing a peasant. "You didn't"
The new girl immediately impressed Kurt. She held his gaze for as long as he dared and when he dropped his eyes he smiled and held out a hand. "I am Kurt Wagner, but in the Mutant Circus I was known as the-" "INCREDIBLE NIGHTCRAWLER" Everyone in the dining hall said at once. She took his hand and grinned. "I'm Abby Hudson, but in New Jersey I was known as Dr.Hudson". Kurt took his seat next to Scott "You're a doctor?" He asked and Abby nodded. "Yes. At Jersey Memorial"
There was a silence when the cooks, various shapes and colors, brought out the trays of food. She supposed that the requiem music was drifting from hidden speakers in the wall, but both Logan and Charles were grinning at the closed door. A minute later it opened and a woman who couldn't have been a day over 20 came in wearing a sleek black dress, her long dark blonde hair was pulled away from her delicate face and smoky lilac eyes. "Heya Blue!" She cried happily as she walked in, interrupting the song she was singing in the hall. "Hi Michelle" He said and smiled as she kissed both his cheeks.
"Abby this is Michelle Lewis, Michelle this is Abby Hudson, she'll be the schools doctor for a while" Kelsey eyed Abby and her smile vanished. Kelsey turned to Charles and didn't bother to disguise what she said; in fact she said it clearly. "I like Jean better" Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see Scott jolt and suddenly go very straight. Kelsey either noticed it or didn't seem to care. "Kelsey," Charles began but Abby shook her head and took a sip of water.
Kelsey took a seat next to Lily and they immediately began talking, forgetting Abby. "Sorry about Kelsey," Logan murmured in her ear. "She was close to Jean Gray, she died a couple months ago," He said it so coldly that Abby imagined that she could see the frost forming on his lips. "A lot of people were fond of Jean, so I don't know how everyone will react towards you" Abby speared a bright red slice of tomato from her salad and contemplated it. "I don't care how they react towards me Logan," She said "I'm doing my job and as long as I get it done, nothing else bothers me"
As if she was given a hard nudge, she stumbled forward and walked into the bedroom and began to pull open the gleaming wood doors to look for something to wear to dinner that night. She chose a short swatch of watery soft silk the color of pure China jade that shimmered and sparkled around her knees, it was the dress that Jamie had bought for her a year ago for the 23rd birthday.
She placed it almost lovingly on the bed and peeled off the robe that had absorbed the moisture off her body and went back into the bathroom to brush her wet hair and to do her make-up. She observed her selection and sighed. She picked up a ruby color tube of lipstick and slowly swirled it down, the color of the tube was deceiving as the color was a nearly translucent candy pink. She decided on that and gently tapped her face with a powder brush, making her skin glow.
She left the robe on the floor as she put on a strapless bra and slipped the dress on. She primped in the mirror for a little while longer till there was a knock on the door. She pulled the door open and was greeted by a dozen cheery yellow daisies and a smirking Logan behind them. "What are these?" Abby asked with a delighted smile. "Flowers. They grow in the ground and little children pick them in the springtime, these flowers are called daises"
Abby rolled her eyes and took the flowers from him. "I know what they are Logan, but they don't normally sell daisies in December" He smirked and stepped into the room. "I have my ways. Besides you didn't seem like a rose sort of girl" Abby had to laugh. "You've known me for a few hours, how could you possibly know what kind of flowers I like?" He didn't answer her question but backed her up against the cabinet and kissed her senseless.
"That works," She said as she tried to regain composure. "Come on girl," He said as he rubbed a finger over her swollen lips. "I'm supposed to take you down to dinner" Abby smirked up at him and winked a bright eye. He cupped a hand under her firm breasts and once Abby repressed the small moan of pleasure, she pulled away from him slightly. "Look I like you Logan, I like you quit a bit, but is anything going to happen between us?"
Logan looked between Abby and the daisies. "Maybe something will, never can be too sure" He ran a hand over the long glistening hair and smirked. "Do you want something to happen?" He asked her. "I don't know. I haven't decided how long I'm going to stay for, so I don't like to start something that I won't be able to finish" Logan nodded but he was more eyeing her dress then listening to her. "Yeah," Was all he said and took Abby's hand. "But right now we have to go down to dinner or they'll think I'm ravishing you up here"
Abby laughed and placed a friendly kiss on Logan's mouth. "You'll have to show me just how good you are at ravishing women sometime" She said with a wink. "Maybe I will" He said and ran a hand over her hair. "You're beautiful Abby" He said it so plainly that Abby could only stare at him. "Well let's go" He said and opened the door for her. "Wait I want to put the flowers in water so they don't die" She said and went into the bathroom with the bouquet into the water filled sink. "Now we can go," She said with a cheeky grin.
The walk wasn't too long and Abby was glad because Logan kept finding ways to pin her to the wall and steal kisses. Once they reached the dining hall, they realized that all the eyes were on them. "Holy shit Logan Hill is on time!" Kitty Pryde exclaimed, then remembering Charles added a mumbled. "Begging pardon" Charles nodded at her apology and looked up when Abby came in behind Logan.
She nervously tucked her hair behind her left ear that diamonds dangled from. She sat across from Storm who was wearing a black pantsuit and next to Logan and she began to feel as if everyone in the room knew that she and Logan had been sucking each other's faces off just five minutes before. A uniformed waitress carried out a bottle and filled Abby and Logan's glass with sparkling white wine. "Oh," Abby said as she looked up apologetically. "I don't drink".
She ignored the look that Logan gave her and she secretly curled into a ball inside herself. "Good for you" A man with a thick German accent said. Then Abby began to wonder if she could call him a man, as he was blue with a tail and had eerie yellow eyes and pointed teeth. He looked like some sort of cuddly demon. She jumped at the sound of the sudden voice and Kurt Wagner laughed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you" She tilted her head slightly like a duchess addressing a peasant. "You didn't"
The new girl immediately impressed Kurt. She held his gaze for as long as he dared and when he dropped his eyes he smiled and held out a hand. "I am Kurt Wagner, but in the Mutant Circus I was known as the-" "INCREDIBLE NIGHTCRAWLER" Everyone in the dining hall said at once. She took his hand and grinned. "I'm Abby Hudson, but in New Jersey I was known as Dr.Hudson". Kurt took his seat next to Scott "You're a doctor?" He asked and Abby nodded. "Yes. At Jersey Memorial"
There was a silence when the cooks, various shapes and colors, brought out the trays of food. She supposed that the requiem music was drifting from hidden speakers in the wall, but both Logan and Charles were grinning at the closed door. A minute later it opened and a woman who couldn't have been a day over 20 came in wearing a sleek black dress, her long dark blonde hair was pulled away from her delicate face and smoky lilac eyes. "Heya Blue!" She cried happily as she walked in, interrupting the song she was singing in the hall. "Hi Michelle" He said and smiled as she kissed both his cheeks.
"Abby this is Michelle Lewis, Michelle this is Abby Hudson, she'll be the schools doctor for a while" Kelsey eyed Abby and her smile vanished. Kelsey turned to Charles and didn't bother to disguise what she said; in fact she said it clearly. "I like Jean better" Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see Scott jolt and suddenly go very straight. Kelsey either noticed it or didn't seem to care. "Kelsey," Charles began but Abby shook her head and took a sip of water.
Kelsey took a seat next to Lily and they immediately began talking, forgetting Abby. "Sorry about Kelsey," Logan murmured in her ear. "She was close to Jean Gray, she died a couple months ago," He said it so coldly that Abby imagined that she could see the frost forming on his lips. "A lot of people were fond of Jean, so I don't know how everyone will react towards you" Abby speared a bright red slice of tomato from her salad and contemplated it. "I don't care how they react towards me Logan," She said "I'm doing my job and as long as I get it done, nothing else bothers me"