Disclaimer: Chapter 1 holds the secret. (I no, I'm lazy and don't change
this part).
A/N: Okay kiddies, in case you haven't figured it out, what I do when
starting to type a new chapter is take the previous one, change the chapter
number and name, and delete everything but the author's notes and
disclaimer. Just telling you so you don't think I'm a complete idiot when
you see how much I repeat myself in these two sections. Thank you all again
for your replies!! E-mail with ideas and any other comments at
jupitergurl02@hotmail.com are STILL appreciated! (I haven't had anyone
respond to this yet. sobs)
UberNekoChan - Believe it or not, that's literally how Fay is. It's scary sometimes, but you get some fun quotes! The fuzzy woodland creatures part was kind of her suggestion. ^_^ I don't really like Scott, either. Too bossy. Plus he has my step dad's name, and that gets confusing. Very confusing.
Miranda - I know! I love Spirited Away! I need to buy that and Castles in the Sky. AHHH! KAWAII!! You have a white boxer, too? AND you like anime? AND X-MEN!? You're so great! lol. You should be my friend! (see, I'm not TOO out of character in the story, am I?) Does your boxer do the nose thing? Cuz Wooby does it ALL THE TIME. I'm scared to have my boyfriend come over ^_^;; My buddy's deaf and he has a heart condition *sob* That's great that you saved poor wittle Phoebe... *Remy blinks and shies away from the overflowing cuteness* HEY! I get all fluffy when it comes to aminals. ^_^;;;
Bri Yami-neko - Thank you so much for the names! Now I need the last names of Jaime, Amara, Rhane, Tabitha, Magnetto (isn't his name Erik? Why is he called Magnus sometimes? I'm so confused!), Logan, and Wanda. I think that's it. I may attack you again. lol. You could just e-mail me if you want. Not that I'm telling you to not review! I love reviews! Hope you enjoy the rest of the story, too!
Snowfire - don't cry! But keep reading! Thank Utena (our friend Angie who I am not sure if I should add or not. I'm already supposed to add 2 others besides her...) for the descriptions. WATASHI WA SEGAHIKUI JYANAI!! *sobs* Snowfire
Okay, um, nothing really exciting. Oh, this chapter starts where I had no friends around as muses (I'm on vacation) and where I start writing the story purely from thought and without any paper! Oh, uh, anyone wanna help me with a Cajun accent? Are there any mutants I missed with the brotherhood or the X-Men? Does anyone have a really good description of how Wanda's power works? I haven't seen it in action. I don't even know if I'll add her, though. I dunno.
Lesse, ummmm... oh yeah! I have no idea what to do for plot. Absolutely none whatsoever. This idea came to me because I'm on vacation, but I'm tired of this being just an every chapter a new fun adventure fic. WE NEED STORYLINE! So, I am charging you, the readers, to come up with something. Why should you do that, you ask? Because if you don't, this fic will probably die. Fzzt! Burn out, done. Yup, I need muses and I need 'em BAD! So, have fun with your assignment, kiddies, and on with chapter 11! Oh, by the way, thank Lisa for a lot of this and if the ideas weren't hers, they were her fault. She was online one night and we started talking about the fic and she gave me ideas, then, that night, juuuuuust as I was about to sleep.... THE MUSE ATTACKED!! I had to write out my ideas on a quarter sheet of paper and, since I was sleepy, many were unlegible and in half Japanese. ^^;;;;
Chapter 11, Plans
"You know, I vish Mrs. Straugn hadn't made me go first for zat sing vith ze fire," said Kurt, rubbing his nearly furless hands.
"Why's that?" asked Angela.
"Didn't you hear her ven she said how guys vith too much hair on zeir hands may have it singed? Zat vas very unprofessional, anyway, lighting our hands on fire vith ze methane bubbles," he complained.
"You're just mad because you got all wet when she pulled the safety shower," said Lisa, smiling.
"Vhat vould haff happened had ze vater affected my holo-vatch?" he demanded indignantly.
"Oh, calm down, blue," said Tabitha, patting his head. Lisa glared daggers at her.
"Did she have to come?" Lisa asked Angela behind Tabitha's back so that she couldn't hear.
"Oh, relax," said Angela, smiling. Remy put an arm around her waist and she blushed, still not used to the fact that she and Remy were going out. Lisa smiled evilly. Remy didn't like that smile, but Angela did.
"What's dat mean, chere?" asked Remy uneasily.
"It means," said Angela sweetly, "that Tabitha will learn to not be so close to Kurt." SPLASH! Everyone looked as Boom Boom fell in a strategically placed puddle, standing up drenched.
"Ah!! Hey! How'd that get there? We haven't had any rain in weeks!" she griped. Luckily, she was the only one of the group to not suspect an innocent-looking Lisa. Angela suddenly started to sniffle and everyone looked at her. Remy blinked, hugging her a little tighter.
"What's de problem, chere?" he asked gently.
"I don't," sniffle "I don't wanna leave you guys!" she said, starting to cry. They all blinked, confused.
"What do you mean leave?" asked Mikey in confusion.
"Yeah, you're not goin' anywhere," said Boom Boom, wringing the water out of her clothes and hair.
"Yes I am!" Angela insisted. "It's summer vacation! I always go to Kentucky on summer vacation to visit my Nana and Papa. But I'll miss you guys!" she whined.
"That noise hurts," said Mikey, holding his ears in pain. There was suddenly a sock in Angela's mouth. She stopped whining and blinked, pulling it out.
"Hey! Mikey, that wasn't nice!" she complained.
"No," agreed Lisa with a giggle, "but it was funny." Kurt, seeing how close Remy and Angela were, did the same thing to Lisa. She smiled up at him.
"You guys!" Angela complained.
"Oh, hush," said Boom Boom. "I'm sure that you can stay here, can't you?"
"No... I go every year. I wanna go, but I don't wanna leave you guys here," said Angela glumly. She suddenly got an idea as she looked up at Lisa. Lisa smiled, seemingly reading her mind and Mikey soon realized what was going on as well.
"Road trip!" all three exclaimed at the same time. The other three X- Men blinked in confusion.
"What d'ya mean 'road trip,' chere? D'ya really tink de Professor would allow dat?"
"He might," said Angela, pouting again. Boom Boom hit Remy in the back of the head.
"Hey! Ow!" he yelled.
"Shut up!" Boom Boom whispered in his ear. "You want her to start bawlin' again?"
"Kurt! Bamf us home! We can ask the Professor!" said Angela, always ready to execute her plans the minute they come into being.
"Vhat? From here? Are you crazy? He vould kill us! Besides, Logan sent us out to do grocery shopping. Ve can't just abandon zat."
"Look, it's Fay!" Angela shouted happily, the lecture from Kurt suddenly forgotten. Everyone looked to see Fay leading Toad and Lance to the market as well. Pietro was staying behind, drooling over Fay. "Hey Fay! Guess what!" she called. Fay looked and smiled, walking over to the group of X-Men.
"Hey guys, what's up?" she said, smiling.
"Hey X-Geeks," said Lance, smirking. Boom Boom smiled evilly at him, throwing a bomb into his pocket when he wasn't looking. It exploded and his pants started to come down, but he grabbed them quickly, blushing angrily.
"I see London, I see France!" shouted Tabitha happily.
"C'mon Taby, we're in public!" Kurt scolded.
"Stupid freaks!" Lance yelled, still holding up his pants.
"You have room to talk," said Lisa sarcastically.
"Be nice to my friends!" Fay yelled, hitting him on the head. He fell down, rubbing his head and glaring up at her, but stayed quiet.
"Oh, wow, Miss Fay! That was a great hit!" said Pietro happily.
"What the- Will you cut it out!?" Fay demanded of Pietro. He eeped, slinking away. "Seriously, child! I've been living here for how long and you still call me 'Miss Fay' and fall all over me? It gets annoying!" she smiled wickedly. "It was a good hit, though, wasn't it?" Pietro stopped cowering long enough to nod energetically.
"Oh, cool!" said Angela, going up to Pietro happily. She patted his spiky bangs and giggled. "Neato!"
"Hey! WhatAreYouDoing?" Pietro asked.
"That's so neat!" said Angela, "how do you get 'em to do that? Can you do my hair for me? That would be great! Will you be my friend?"
"Uh, will it make you go away?" asked Pietro. Fay thwapped him with her purse. "Ow! I mean- uh- sure! Heh... heh... ow."
"Yay! You can come, too!" she said happily. "We'll take the X-Wing and fly to Kentucky together, all of us!" she exclaimed, grabbing Pietro's arm and holding it up in the air. He whimpered to Fay who smiled.
"Angela, you should let Pietro go. You don't want your new friend to loose an arm, do you?" she said evilly.
"Oh, oops?" Angela replied as she let Pietro's arm go, letting him fall on the cement.
"Ooh, dat looks like it hurt, yo," said Toad, smiling.
"Shut up, toad-boy," Pietro growled.
"I'm not going on this stupid trop with the X-Geeks," said Lance angrily, finally regaining consciousness and standing once more. "Besides, uh, Mystique wanted me to do something! Yeah, that's it! Bye!" he said, running back the way they came.
"Hi Toad!" said Angela, the sugar she poured over her sweetened cereal finally kicking in, along with the chocolate shake she had before they left. Todd yelped, crouching down behind Fay.
"She scares me, yo," he said.
"Oh, don't be silly, she's my friend!" said Fay happily. "Now, what's all this about us going to Kentucky with you?"
"Okay," said Angela, having it all figured out in that twisted little head of hers. She started to explain when Boom Boom interrupted.
"Hey, wait, no thanks. No offense, but I don't wanna go to no hicksville. I'll stay here and get the groceries." With that, she walked into the store alone.
"Good, more room then!" said Angela happily.
"Chere, you sure 'bout dis?" asked Remy, unsure if his hyper girlfriend was entirely sane.
"Sure I'm sure!" she said happily, going on. "Okay, so the way I figure, I go to Kentucky every summer for a couple months to see my Nana. But, I have friends here that I'll really miss. So, I think that those friends should come with me! It'll be great! I can show you guys the Wall of Death and the Benton Bottoms and we can go fishing and four wheeling and- "
"Yah, yah, it sounds great," said Kurt skeptically. "But vill ze Professor let us?"
"Why wouldn't he?" asked Mikey. "I mean, he's a nice guy, he should understand that Angela doesn't want to leave her friends, but still needs to spend time with her family, right?"
"Yeah, I should think so," said Fay.
"You guys are nuts," said Lisa. "I'm in."
"You guys, too, right?" said Angela, hugging Pietro and Todd around the neck. Pietro had to bend down, being considerably taller than she was.
"Say yes or she may eat you," said Fay, smiling evilly.
"YES!" they both yelled. Angela squeaked happily and ran and gave Remy an organ-crushing hug.
"Isn't this so great!?" she said happily.
"Chere- can' breath-" he gasped.
"Oh, ur sucha kidder!" she said happily. "C'mon, let's go back!" With that, she ran off in the direction of the mansion. The others followed at a much slower pace.
"Y'know, she kinda reminds me of you when ya have too much sugar," Toad told Pietro, smiling. He seemed to think about this for a moment, then shook his head.
"No, she's much worse. How much sugar did she have today?" he asked Lisa.
"No more than she usually does," Lisa said, holding Kurt's hand.
"Oh, man," said Todd complacently. "Do we gotta go?"
"If I do, you do," said Quicksilver.
"No way I'm gonna be the only one representing the brotherhood!" said Fay. That settled it, though there were some grumblings about why Lance didn't have to go. When they all finally reached the mansion, Angela was waiting, panting and out of breath. She had apparently run most of the way there and had everything all set.
"Pack your bags!" she said. No one could argue, but Todd tried.
"With what, yo? Our home is da brotherhood boarding house. Where we gonna get clothes and stuff?"
"Well," said Angela, not really sure. She hadn't thought of that. "Fay, you're about my size. You can wear my stuff. Or Lisa's. She has a lot of big sweatshirts and T-shirts. Todd, you're about the same size as Kurt. You guys can share clothes. My Nana washes clothes every day. And Pietro... um... you go home and pack. You're quick!" she said, proud of herself.
"Nuh uh! No way I'm sharing clothes vith him! He stinks!" said Kurt acusingly.
"So do you," said Angela.
"Ack! No! Ze esters vore off!" said Kurt indignantly.
"Chere, perhaps' yer takin' dis a bit too fast," said Remy, trying to hug her from behind. She smiled up at him.
"That's not what you said last night." Everyone stared at her blankly except Lisa. "It's a joke," she insisted, giggling. Remy held his head.
"What about sleeping positions, yo? Does your family own a mansion or sumthin'?" asked Todd. Angela stopped, thinking. She counted everyone, had a blank stare as she flipped through ideas in her chaotic mind, then snapped back to reality. [1]
"Okay, here's how it works. I always sleep with my Nana because my Papa's not going to be there. There are 3 spare bedrooms, so Fay and Remy, you two take the upstairs ones. Lisa, you can have the downstairs one, that's my room when Papa's there. Mikey, you can sleep on the downstairs couch and Kurt can go in the folding chair. Pietro, you and Toad can sleep in the camper. You'll have to share a bed, though, okay?" Everyone stared, in awe.
"Wow... you came up with all that just now?" asked Pietro. Angela giggled, nodding.
"Good, now let's go! Pack and meet in the garage in about three hours. The flight's only about two hours, so you don't really need to bring anything to do on the plane. Maybe a book or something, and a CD player. No radios or cell phones! They mess with the navigation system, or so the pilots tell me every time I fly." Angela gave these orders as if she were used to taking charge, but everyone else blinked at her. Remy smiled.
"Are you gonna be de sexy flight attendant?" he asked. Angela blushed and glared.
"Go on, everyone..." she said through clenched teeth. Remy smiled teasingly as the group split up to gather what they needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Okay! Is everyone here?" Angela asked. They all nodded. They stood in the garage in front of the X-Wing and the guys were all piling suitcases and bags into the back. "Good. Kurt, you drive. No one else knows how to fly it."
"I could," said Fay.
"No!" said Lisa and Mikey. Fay sweatdropped.
"You can sit in the back with me, Miss Fay!" said Pietro. Fay sighed. Everyone got into the X-Wing and sat in the back. Kurt got it going and set it on auto pilot. They were about a half hour into the trip when he came back to sit with the rest of them.
"Jareth is so kawaii," Angela told Lisa dreamily. She nodded, smiling.
"I wonder what Kurt would look like in tight shiny leather pants," she said, giggling.
"Vhat!?" said Kurt, walking into the back and hearing her.
"Uh, oops?" she said, sweatdropping. Angela giggled.
"Hey, chere, who's dis Jareth guy?" asked Remy.
"Oh, he's just-" started Lisa.
"He's the goblin king!" said Angela happily, excited that she had someone new to torture. She had memorized the whole movie and it was her fault that Lisa had even heard of it. [2] "Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great!" she recited perfectly and dramatically.
"How long will this take?" asked Todd.
"Well, we could stop her," suggested Lisa.
"Yeah, we could," said Fay evilly, "but no one's ever recovered after doing so."
"Um, Angela, I hate to interrupt," said Kurt calmly. Angela blinked, looking back over her shoulder at him, then pouting.
"You always bug me when rehearsing!" she complained.
"Rehearsing?" asked Lisa.
"Please, don't ask," said Kurt. "I'm sorry, but I haff to know. How did you get ze professor to agree to letting us come?" No answer. "You did ask him, didn't you?" Silence.
"Angela..." said Lisa in a demanding tone.
"What?" she whined.
"Did you ask the professor or not?" asked Mikey.
[1] Yes, I really do that. I'm told it's kinda creepy cuz I tend to pick something and stare at it until it catches on fire. Just kidding, I wish I were Pyro! But yeah. um. I'm done now. [2] Yep yep, all true. What would Kurt look like in those pants...? *drool* Sorry, I wrote this part while listening to the Labyrinth soundtrack and while Lisa was on she told me about a fic she was reading where Lance dressed up as Jareth and then I was reading a fic and Pyro rented the movie, so it all seemed to be some sort of sign.... *cue X-Files music*
A/N: Yay! Road trip!! Or more so, air trip.... Okay, yeah, this was gonna have all the fun ideas Lisa gave me, but I decided it was long enough already. So now, it's planned out, but yeah. Oh, the next chapter will be kinda angsty, then cute again. I'm such a freak! :P I have tons of ideas for the vacation, so I don't know how long it will take me to write it. Not too long I hope!
UberNekoChan - Believe it or not, that's literally how Fay is. It's scary sometimes, but you get some fun quotes! The fuzzy woodland creatures part was kind of her suggestion. ^_^ I don't really like Scott, either. Too bossy. Plus he has my step dad's name, and that gets confusing. Very confusing.
Miranda - I know! I love Spirited Away! I need to buy that and Castles in the Sky. AHHH! KAWAII!! You have a white boxer, too? AND you like anime? AND X-MEN!? You're so great! lol. You should be my friend! (see, I'm not TOO out of character in the story, am I?) Does your boxer do the nose thing? Cuz Wooby does it ALL THE TIME. I'm scared to have my boyfriend come over ^_^;; My buddy's deaf and he has a heart condition *sob* That's great that you saved poor wittle Phoebe... *Remy blinks and shies away from the overflowing cuteness* HEY! I get all fluffy when it comes to aminals. ^_^;;;
Bri Yami-neko - Thank you so much for the names! Now I need the last names of Jaime, Amara, Rhane, Tabitha, Magnetto (isn't his name Erik? Why is he called Magnus sometimes? I'm so confused!), Logan, and Wanda. I think that's it. I may attack you again. lol. You could just e-mail me if you want. Not that I'm telling you to not review! I love reviews! Hope you enjoy the rest of the story, too!
Snowfire - don't cry! But keep reading! Thank Utena (our friend Angie who I am not sure if I should add or not. I'm already supposed to add 2 others besides her...) for the descriptions. WATASHI WA SEGAHIKUI JYANAI!! *sobs* Snowfire
Okay, um, nothing really exciting. Oh, this chapter starts where I had no friends around as muses (I'm on vacation) and where I start writing the story purely from thought and without any paper! Oh, uh, anyone wanna help me with a Cajun accent? Are there any mutants I missed with the brotherhood or the X-Men? Does anyone have a really good description of how Wanda's power works? I haven't seen it in action. I don't even know if I'll add her, though. I dunno.
Lesse, ummmm... oh yeah! I have no idea what to do for plot. Absolutely none whatsoever. This idea came to me because I'm on vacation, but I'm tired of this being just an every chapter a new fun adventure fic. WE NEED STORYLINE! So, I am charging you, the readers, to come up with something. Why should you do that, you ask? Because if you don't, this fic will probably die. Fzzt! Burn out, done. Yup, I need muses and I need 'em BAD! So, have fun with your assignment, kiddies, and on with chapter 11! Oh, by the way, thank Lisa for a lot of this and if the ideas weren't hers, they were her fault. She was online one night and we started talking about the fic and she gave me ideas, then, that night, juuuuuust as I was about to sleep.... THE MUSE ATTACKED!! I had to write out my ideas on a quarter sheet of paper and, since I was sleepy, many were unlegible and in half Japanese. ^^;;;;
Chapter 11, Plans
"You know, I vish Mrs. Straugn hadn't made me go first for zat sing vith ze fire," said Kurt, rubbing his nearly furless hands.
"Why's that?" asked Angela.
"Didn't you hear her ven she said how guys vith too much hair on zeir hands may have it singed? Zat vas very unprofessional, anyway, lighting our hands on fire vith ze methane bubbles," he complained.
"You're just mad because you got all wet when she pulled the safety shower," said Lisa, smiling.
"Vhat vould haff happened had ze vater affected my holo-vatch?" he demanded indignantly.
"Oh, calm down, blue," said Tabitha, patting his head. Lisa glared daggers at her.
"Did she have to come?" Lisa asked Angela behind Tabitha's back so that she couldn't hear.
"Oh, relax," said Angela, smiling. Remy put an arm around her waist and she blushed, still not used to the fact that she and Remy were going out. Lisa smiled evilly. Remy didn't like that smile, but Angela did.
"What's dat mean, chere?" asked Remy uneasily.
"It means," said Angela sweetly, "that Tabitha will learn to not be so close to Kurt." SPLASH! Everyone looked as Boom Boom fell in a strategically placed puddle, standing up drenched.
"Ah!! Hey! How'd that get there? We haven't had any rain in weeks!" she griped. Luckily, she was the only one of the group to not suspect an innocent-looking Lisa. Angela suddenly started to sniffle and everyone looked at her. Remy blinked, hugging her a little tighter.
"What's de problem, chere?" he asked gently.
"I don't," sniffle "I don't wanna leave you guys!" she said, starting to cry. They all blinked, confused.
"What do you mean leave?" asked Mikey in confusion.
"Yeah, you're not goin' anywhere," said Boom Boom, wringing the water out of her clothes and hair.
"Yes I am!" Angela insisted. "It's summer vacation! I always go to Kentucky on summer vacation to visit my Nana and Papa. But I'll miss you guys!" she whined.
"That noise hurts," said Mikey, holding his ears in pain. There was suddenly a sock in Angela's mouth. She stopped whining and blinked, pulling it out.
"Hey! Mikey, that wasn't nice!" she complained.
"No," agreed Lisa with a giggle, "but it was funny." Kurt, seeing how close Remy and Angela were, did the same thing to Lisa. She smiled up at him.
"You guys!" Angela complained.
"Oh, hush," said Boom Boom. "I'm sure that you can stay here, can't you?"
"No... I go every year. I wanna go, but I don't wanna leave you guys here," said Angela glumly. She suddenly got an idea as she looked up at Lisa. Lisa smiled, seemingly reading her mind and Mikey soon realized what was going on as well.
"Road trip!" all three exclaimed at the same time. The other three X- Men blinked in confusion.
"What d'ya mean 'road trip,' chere? D'ya really tink de Professor would allow dat?"
"He might," said Angela, pouting again. Boom Boom hit Remy in the back of the head.
"Hey! Ow!" he yelled.
"Shut up!" Boom Boom whispered in his ear. "You want her to start bawlin' again?"
"Kurt! Bamf us home! We can ask the Professor!" said Angela, always ready to execute her plans the minute they come into being.
"Vhat? From here? Are you crazy? He vould kill us! Besides, Logan sent us out to do grocery shopping. Ve can't just abandon zat."
"Look, it's Fay!" Angela shouted happily, the lecture from Kurt suddenly forgotten. Everyone looked to see Fay leading Toad and Lance to the market as well. Pietro was staying behind, drooling over Fay. "Hey Fay! Guess what!" she called. Fay looked and smiled, walking over to the group of X-Men.
"Hey guys, what's up?" she said, smiling.
"Hey X-Geeks," said Lance, smirking. Boom Boom smiled evilly at him, throwing a bomb into his pocket when he wasn't looking. It exploded and his pants started to come down, but he grabbed them quickly, blushing angrily.
"I see London, I see France!" shouted Tabitha happily.
"C'mon Taby, we're in public!" Kurt scolded.
"Stupid freaks!" Lance yelled, still holding up his pants.
"You have room to talk," said Lisa sarcastically.
"Be nice to my friends!" Fay yelled, hitting him on the head. He fell down, rubbing his head and glaring up at her, but stayed quiet.
"Oh, wow, Miss Fay! That was a great hit!" said Pietro happily.
"What the- Will you cut it out!?" Fay demanded of Pietro. He eeped, slinking away. "Seriously, child! I've been living here for how long and you still call me 'Miss Fay' and fall all over me? It gets annoying!" she smiled wickedly. "It was a good hit, though, wasn't it?" Pietro stopped cowering long enough to nod energetically.
"Oh, cool!" said Angela, going up to Pietro happily. She patted his spiky bangs and giggled. "Neato!"
"Hey! WhatAreYouDoing?" Pietro asked.
"That's so neat!" said Angela, "how do you get 'em to do that? Can you do my hair for me? That would be great! Will you be my friend?"
"Uh, will it make you go away?" asked Pietro. Fay thwapped him with her purse. "Ow! I mean- uh- sure! Heh... heh... ow."
"Yay! You can come, too!" she said happily. "We'll take the X-Wing and fly to Kentucky together, all of us!" she exclaimed, grabbing Pietro's arm and holding it up in the air. He whimpered to Fay who smiled.
"Angela, you should let Pietro go. You don't want your new friend to loose an arm, do you?" she said evilly.
"Oh, oops?" Angela replied as she let Pietro's arm go, letting him fall on the cement.
"Ooh, dat looks like it hurt, yo," said Toad, smiling.
"Shut up, toad-boy," Pietro growled.
"I'm not going on this stupid trop with the X-Geeks," said Lance angrily, finally regaining consciousness and standing once more. "Besides, uh, Mystique wanted me to do something! Yeah, that's it! Bye!" he said, running back the way they came.
"Hi Toad!" said Angela, the sugar she poured over her sweetened cereal finally kicking in, along with the chocolate shake she had before they left. Todd yelped, crouching down behind Fay.
"She scares me, yo," he said.
"Oh, don't be silly, she's my friend!" said Fay happily. "Now, what's all this about us going to Kentucky with you?"
"Okay," said Angela, having it all figured out in that twisted little head of hers. She started to explain when Boom Boom interrupted.
"Hey, wait, no thanks. No offense, but I don't wanna go to no hicksville. I'll stay here and get the groceries." With that, she walked into the store alone.
"Good, more room then!" said Angela happily.
"Chere, you sure 'bout dis?" asked Remy, unsure if his hyper girlfriend was entirely sane.
"Sure I'm sure!" she said happily, going on. "Okay, so the way I figure, I go to Kentucky every summer for a couple months to see my Nana. But, I have friends here that I'll really miss. So, I think that those friends should come with me! It'll be great! I can show you guys the Wall of Death and the Benton Bottoms and we can go fishing and four wheeling and- "
"Yah, yah, it sounds great," said Kurt skeptically. "But vill ze Professor let us?"
"Why wouldn't he?" asked Mikey. "I mean, he's a nice guy, he should understand that Angela doesn't want to leave her friends, but still needs to spend time with her family, right?"
"Yeah, I should think so," said Fay.
"You guys are nuts," said Lisa. "I'm in."
"You guys, too, right?" said Angela, hugging Pietro and Todd around the neck. Pietro had to bend down, being considerably taller than she was.
"Say yes or she may eat you," said Fay, smiling evilly.
"YES!" they both yelled. Angela squeaked happily and ran and gave Remy an organ-crushing hug.
"Isn't this so great!?" she said happily.
"Chere- can' breath-" he gasped.
"Oh, ur sucha kidder!" she said happily. "C'mon, let's go back!" With that, she ran off in the direction of the mansion. The others followed at a much slower pace.
"Y'know, she kinda reminds me of you when ya have too much sugar," Toad told Pietro, smiling. He seemed to think about this for a moment, then shook his head.
"No, she's much worse. How much sugar did she have today?" he asked Lisa.
"No more than she usually does," Lisa said, holding Kurt's hand.
"Oh, man," said Todd complacently. "Do we gotta go?"
"If I do, you do," said Quicksilver.
"No way I'm gonna be the only one representing the brotherhood!" said Fay. That settled it, though there were some grumblings about why Lance didn't have to go. When they all finally reached the mansion, Angela was waiting, panting and out of breath. She had apparently run most of the way there and had everything all set.
"Pack your bags!" she said. No one could argue, but Todd tried.
"With what, yo? Our home is da brotherhood boarding house. Where we gonna get clothes and stuff?"
"Well," said Angela, not really sure. She hadn't thought of that. "Fay, you're about my size. You can wear my stuff. Or Lisa's. She has a lot of big sweatshirts and T-shirts. Todd, you're about the same size as Kurt. You guys can share clothes. My Nana washes clothes every day. And Pietro... um... you go home and pack. You're quick!" she said, proud of herself.
"Nuh uh! No way I'm sharing clothes vith him! He stinks!" said Kurt acusingly.
"So do you," said Angela.
"Ack! No! Ze esters vore off!" said Kurt indignantly.
"Chere, perhaps' yer takin' dis a bit too fast," said Remy, trying to hug her from behind. She smiled up at him.
"That's not what you said last night." Everyone stared at her blankly except Lisa. "It's a joke," she insisted, giggling. Remy held his head.
"What about sleeping positions, yo? Does your family own a mansion or sumthin'?" asked Todd. Angela stopped, thinking. She counted everyone, had a blank stare as she flipped through ideas in her chaotic mind, then snapped back to reality. [1]
"Okay, here's how it works. I always sleep with my Nana because my Papa's not going to be there. There are 3 spare bedrooms, so Fay and Remy, you two take the upstairs ones. Lisa, you can have the downstairs one, that's my room when Papa's there. Mikey, you can sleep on the downstairs couch and Kurt can go in the folding chair. Pietro, you and Toad can sleep in the camper. You'll have to share a bed, though, okay?" Everyone stared, in awe.
"Wow... you came up with all that just now?" asked Pietro. Angela giggled, nodding.
"Good, now let's go! Pack and meet in the garage in about three hours. The flight's only about two hours, so you don't really need to bring anything to do on the plane. Maybe a book or something, and a CD player. No radios or cell phones! They mess with the navigation system, or so the pilots tell me every time I fly." Angela gave these orders as if she were used to taking charge, but everyone else blinked at her. Remy smiled.
"Are you gonna be de sexy flight attendant?" he asked. Angela blushed and glared.
"Go on, everyone..." she said through clenched teeth. Remy smiled teasingly as the group split up to gather what they needed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Okay! Is everyone here?" Angela asked. They all nodded. They stood in the garage in front of the X-Wing and the guys were all piling suitcases and bags into the back. "Good. Kurt, you drive. No one else knows how to fly it."
"I could," said Fay.
"No!" said Lisa and Mikey. Fay sweatdropped.
"You can sit in the back with me, Miss Fay!" said Pietro. Fay sighed. Everyone got into the X-Wing and sat in the back. Kurt got it going and set it on auto pilot. They were about a half hour into the trip when he came back to sit with the rest of them.
"Jareth is so kawaii," Angela told Lisa dreamily. She nodded, smiling.
"I wonder what Kurt would look like in tight shiny leather pants," she said, giggling.
"Vhat!?" said Kurt, walking into the back and hearing her.
"Uh, oops?" she said, sweatdropping. Angela giggled.
"Hey, chere, who's dis Jareth guy?" asked Remy.
"Oh, he's just-" started Lisa.
"He's the goblin king!" said Angela happily, excited that she had someone new to torture. She had memorized the whole movie and it was her fault that Lisa had even heard of it. [2] "Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen. For my will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom is as great!" she recited perfectly and dramatically.
"How long will this take?" asked Todd.
"Well, we could stop her," suggested Lisa.
"Yeah, we could," said Fay evilly, "but no one's ever recovered after doing so."
"Um, Angela, I hate to interrupt," said Kurt calmly. Angela blinked, looking back over her shoulder at him, then pouting.
"You always bug me when rehearsing!" she complained.
"Rehearsing?" asked Lisa.
"Please, don't ask," said Kurt. "I'm sorry, but I haff to know. How did you get ze professor to agree to letting us come?" No answer. "You did ask him, didn't you?" Silence.
"Angela..." said Lisa in a demanding tone.
"What?" she whined.
"Did you ask the professor or not?" asked Mikey.
[1] Yes, I really do that. I'm told it's kinda creepy cuz I tend to pick something and stare at it until it catches on fire. Just kidding, I wish I were Pyro! But yeah. um. I'm done now. [2] Yep yep, all true. What would Kurt look like in those pants...? *drool* Sorry, I wrote this part while listening to the Labyrinth soundtrack and while Lisa was on she told me about a fic she was reading where Lance dressed up as Jareth and then I was reading a fic and Pyro rented the movie, so it all seemed to be some sort of sign.... *cue X-Files music*
A/N: Yay! Road trip!! Or more so, air trip.... Okay, yeah, this was gonna have all the fun ideas Lisa gave me, but I decided it was long enough already. So now, it's planned out, but yeah. Oh, the next chapter will be kinda angsty, then cute again. I'm such a freak! :P I have tons of ideas for the vacation, so I don't know how long it will take me to write it. Not too long I hope!