Disclaimer: Chapter 1 holds the secret. (I no, I'm lazy and don't change
this part).
Chapter 16, Cottage
"When did we get Code Red?" asked Todd, from the kitchen.
"Lance just bought some yesterday," said Fred from the living room. "You'd better hide it from Angela... she's scary when she's on a caffeine high," he added.
Todd walked in and sat down on the chair across from Fred, Code Red in his hand. "I shoved it in the back."
Suddenly, there was a demonic laughter from the kitchen.
"Angela's found the Code Red," said Todd.
"HI!" chirped Angela, walking into the living room.
"I have to... do stuff..." said Fred, leaving before Angela could decide that he was a threat to the universe.
"I'mhome!" said Pietro, appearing in a rush of wind.
"WehaveCodeRed!" said Angela.
"Really?" asked Pietro, excited.
"I think I have stuff to do, too," said Todd, going upstairs in hopes of escaping the oncoming insanity. Before he could get to the stairs, the phone rang. Sighing, Todd picked it up. "Hello?.... Hi Lisa.... Yeah...."
Pietro dashed up to Todd and yanked the phone away. "It'sLisa.Angela'sfriend.SheshouldtalktoAngela," he declared, handing the phone to Angela.
"HI LISA!!" yelled Angela.
"BetteryetLisashouldcomehere," said Pietro, running out the door. In a few seconds he returned carrying a very surprised Lisa, who was still holding a cordless phone in her hand. "NowyoucantalktoAngela," he said, dropping her in front of Angela.
"Bye,Lisa,I'llcallyouback,Lisa'shere!" said Angela, hanging up her phone.
Lisa sighed heavily and stood up, placing her phone on the table. "Don't let me forget that," she said.
"Okay! Why'd you call, Lisa?" asked Angela, her speech returning to normal.
"Well, my parents said that I could invite some people to our cottage for the weekend, so I was going to see if you three could come. Fay, Mikey, and Kurt already said they're going. I asked Remy but he kinda muttered something and left, so I don't think he's interested..." Lisa trailed off.
"Sure, we can go!" said Angela and Pietro together. Todd nodded.
"Alright then! Pack up, we're leaving tomorrow!" said Lisa.
~*~
After a two hour-long car ride, Lisa's van pulled up in front of a small cottage. It was two stories, if the ground floor and a walk out basement would be considered two stories, that is. It was built on canal front property, but since the water level had been down the past few years, the canal was shallow enough to stand in on the edges. Another result of the low water level was a dock extension so that it would be possible to dock the pontoon boat. In addition to the pontoon, there were also two sea doos tied to the dock, a two-seater and a three-seater. Pietro opened the back door and jumped out. "I need to stretch my legs!" he said, running off.
"I hear ya, yo!" said Todd, jumping out.
Mikey opened the door on the passenger's side and got out. "This place is cool!" he said, looking around.
"Yeah, nifty," said Fay, getting out on the driver's side. Being the only fully licensed driver among them, she had driven, since Lisa's parents weren't coming.
Lisa's two dogs, Lady, a ten year old white golden retriever, and Heidi, a two year old lab mix, jumped out the back door, followed closely by Lisa's younger brother, Erik, who had decided to come along. Angela quickly ran out to chase Heidi, who was chasing Pietro around the front lawn. Lisa jumped out after her, carrying her sandals in one hand. Kurt got out last, fiddling with his image inducer.
Lisa turned to look back at Kurt. "Is it on the fritz again?" she asked him.
"Yeah..." he said, as the image died. He quickly jumped back in the van.
"Hey, come on, there's nobody around! None of the neighbors are up here this week! We've got the place to ourselves!"
"Are you sure?" he said.
"Yes! Now come on!" said Lisa, grabbing his arm and pulling him out.
After everyone had unpacked, Erik suggested they take the boat and the two sea doos out on the lake. While Mikey and Erik uncovered the pontoon boat, Lisa was giving the driving arrangements.
"I'll be driving the pontoon. At least until we get out onto the lake. Angela and Pietro will be on the two-seater, and Todd, Fay, and Mikey can take the three-seater. Everyone else is on the pontoon. Don't worry, we can switch once we get out there. The lake level's been down the past few years so it's shallow almost a mile out in some places."
Life-jackets were given to the people who were riding the sea doos, and the rest of the group, minus Lisa, got on the pontoon boat. Lisa went down into the canal to help the others get ready.
"Oh, and, uhm... the professor told us not to use any powers here... I think he's still upset about the Kentucky thing..." Lisa said to Angela.
"He can't tell me what to do!" said Angela indignantly.
"Not us as in you," said Lisa. "Us as in the X-Men."
"Oh. Okay," said Angela.
Pietro had decided he was driving first, so he got on the front of the two-seater. Angela got on behind him.
"Where do I hang on?" asked Angela, uncertainly.
"There should be a strap on the seat there..." Lisa said.
"Found it!" Angela declared.
"There's only one strap on this one," said Fay, who had decided to drive the three seater.
"Todd can just hold on to the straps on the back of Mikey's life-
jacket," said Lisa. "Try not to drive over any seaweed," said Erik from the pontoon. "I know it's hard in the canal, but on the lake try to avoid it... It'll clog the intake." Once everyone was set Lisa climbed into the pontoon boat and started the engine. The three craft set out onto the lake. As soon as they got there, Pietro gunned it, laughing wildly. Everyone on the pontoon laughed at them, as they were being chased by Fay. Fortunately, Fay's sea doo couldn't go as fast as Pietro's. In a few minutes Fay turned and looped back towards the pontoon, but Pietro kept going. "Lisa?" said Erik from the front of the pontoon. "What?" "Pietro's headed towards the seaweed." The seaweed Erik was referring to was a large area where there was a lot of seaweed. As boats drove over it, they could see the clumps on the surface and it smelled awful. Driving through that area was like driving through a swamp. It was difficult for any boat to get through it, especially sea doos. "Aw, crap," Lisa muttered, turning the pontoon boat to try and catch up to Pietro. Of course, since the pontoon boat's top speed was less than twenty, compared to the sea doo's sixty, it was hopeless. In a few minutes, Angela and Pietro's sea doo had stopped. Lisa waved Fay back and told her about the seaweed before she could try and see what happened to them. Lisa stopped the pontoon about one hundred feet away from Pietro and Angela and waved Pietro back. He ran over the water to the pontoon boat and stood on the front of it. "Itwon'tsteer!" he said. "Andit'llhardlymoveatall!" Lisa sighed, understanding what he said, if only because she knew he'd say it. "Your gonna have to get the seaweed out of the intake, and..." Suddenly everything blurred and Lisa found herself sitting on the front of the sea doo. "Or I could do it," she sighed. She jumped off the sea doo, yelping as the seaweed wrapped itself around her legs. She reached under the sea doo and began pulling out seaweed by the arm full. After a few minutes she pulled herself back onto the sea doo. Or at least, partially. "Angela's gonna have to get in Pietro's lap if we're all gonna fit," Lisa said. "No! I..." Angela protested. "Okay, or I could sit in your boyfriend's lap..." Lisa said, hoping Angela would object to this even more. "Sure," Angela said. Lisa and Pietro exchanged a glance, sweatdropping. Then Pietro pulled Angela onto his lap. Lisa smirked and got on the sea doo. Angela squirmed as Lisa started up the sea doo. "What's wrong?" asked Pietro. "You're poking me..." muttered Angela. Before the conversation could get any worse, the sea doo stalled again. Lisa hit her head on the handlebar. "This is gonna take HOURS!! You'd better tell the others that we'll meet up with them later. Erik's gonna have to drive the pontoon," Lisa said to Pietro. He nodded and somehow managed to get out from under Angela and run to the pontoon. He was back in about two seconds. It would have been under one, but he needed to repeat his message a few times before it was understood. While he was gone, Lisa was struck with inspiration. "Pietro, can you swim has fast as you can run? More importantly, can you swim as fast as you can run while pulling a sea doo?" She smiled, holing up a rope. Pietro blanched, which was impossible, but he did so anyway.
~*~
"So... tired..." said Pietro, flopping down on the grass after they docked the boats. They had stayed out for another couple hours after the sea doo incident, but Pietro had never fully recovered. Sea doos were very heavy, after all. "What were you thinking, Lisa?" he demanded. "I'm Quicksilver, not Superman!" "That's a relief," said Angela. "I'd never date Superman." Pietro smiled a little. "That was awesome!" said Fay, climbing up the ladder onto the dock. "Water-skiing's great! But now I'm sore..." said Todd. "I'm surprised Kurt could even do it," said Pietro, earning a glare from several members of the group. "I still prefer the boogie board," said Erik. The boogie board was something very similar to a knee board, except you could either lay down, kneel, or stand while the boat pulled you. "I liked the tube," said Mikey. "Does anyone care that I'm half dead?" asked Pietro. "No," came several voices. Pietro whined. "Hey, cheer up, I'm making cheesecake tonight," said Lisa. "Meaning that we're all going to die," said Erik. "Ok, if that's how you're going to be, then you can't have any," declared Lisa, smirking. "NO! I was kidding! Lisa, c'mon!" Erik begged.
~*~
After dinner and desert, Erik recruited Mikey and Todd to get firewood and start a campfire. The rest of the group settled down in the backyard. Kurt had fixed his image inducer and, much to Lisa's dismay, was wearing it once again. Fay, picking up at this, kept casting evil looks in Kurt's direction. Suddenly Kurt heard a voice in his head. "Don't react. Nobody but you can hear me. Fay wants to speak with you in the kitchen," it said. It took Kurt a moment to register that Fay had summoned a demon to give him the message.
"I'm going to get a drink," said Kurt, getting up. "Me too," said Fay, following Kurt to the kitchen. When they got there, Kurt turned to Fay. "Vhat's vrong?" he asked. "This!" she said, snatching his image inducer. "Vhat are you doing!?" he demanded, grabbing for it. "Vhat's your problem?" "Lisa told you that nobody would see you up here. Do you not trust her or something?" she demanded. "Vhat? I..." Kurt cut off, confused. Fay set the image inducer on the counter. "Didja know that Lisa thinks you look better without the image inducer?" "Uh..." Kurt hadn't known. "I can't believe Kurt thinks he looks better with the image inducer!" said Fay, trying to imitate Lisa. "He's so cute without it..." "Lisa vouldn't say somezhing like zhat..." muttered Kurt. "Not out loud," agreed Fay. "But in her diary... Let's keep this our secret?" she asked. Kurt nodded, dazed. Fay smirked as they went back outside to the rest of the group. "Did your watch break again?" asked Angela. "No, I left it inside," said Kurt, sitting down next to Lisa. The rest of the group exchanged confused glances. Lisa smiled. "I like you better without it," she said, almost to herself. Kurt laughed softly, putting his arm around her. Lisa blushed. "Kurt, I... um..." "Yes?" "I thought you were getting a drink. Kurt sweatdropped, realizing he hadn't grabbed a drink. "Oops," he said, shrugged. Lisa glanced at Fay suspiciously. Fay shrugged.
~*~
The next morning, everyone woke up and was sitting in the upstairs living room eating pancakes. Everyone except Pietro, who was still asleep on the couch, despite all the noise. "He must be tired from yesterday," Angela said, as the rest of the group tried to keep their voices down. Pietro stirred. Everyone stopped talking and turned to look at him, wondering if they'd woke him up. "Nnnn... Angela...." he muttered. "Nani?" asked Angela. But Pietro didn't seem to hear her. "Kiss me..." Pietro muttered, puckering his lips. Heidi looked at him, confused. Angela blushed. "Um..." The rest of the group tried to suppress their laughter. "He's dreaming," muttered Todd. "Please.... kiss me...just once more..." he muttered again. "You heard him Angela. Go for it!" said Fay. Angela eeped and kicked Fay. Heidi started licking Pietro's mouth. Angela's eyed widened. Several members of the group were kneeling with their fists in their mouths to keep from laughing too loudly. "Angela... you need a breath mint...." muttered Pietro. It was too much. Despite their best efforts to do otherwise, the whole group, minus Angela and Pietro, burst into loud laughter. Pietro blinked, waking up. "Wha...?" he asked, confused. Heidi was still licking his face. "Blaeh!" he said, pushing her away. He turned to the laughing group. "What's so funny?" The last thing he saw was Angela's fist flying at his face.
~*~
A few hours later found the group driving home. Pietro had regained consciousness and made up with Angela. Fay had 'accidentally' knocked Kurt's holowatch into the sink, breaking it yet again. Lisa had told Kurt not to worry. Mikey ended up going faster on the tube than Lisa, which was quite fast. Erik had gained a better understanding of mutants ("They're all insane! And scary!"). Overall, it was a good trip.
Author(Lisa)'s Notes: Yup, I got it done. Angela will be pleased. And we can go back to me glaring and her crying. J/k. The thing with the cheesecake? Erik and I have that conversation every time I make desert. The thing with the seaweed? Yes, that happened. Not to me of course, no, of course not... someone else... not me... hehehe...heh.... ahem. I don't really know why I had the X-Men unable to use their powers... mostly for the sea doo thing... it's funnier that way. I think....
Reader(Angela)'s Notes: So what did you guys think? I told you it would be great! Poor Pietro... stupid perverted bastard... This little incident may come back to haunt him (hint hint). Okay, sorry for the slight (yeah right) delay in getting this posted, but to make matters better, while Lisa was writing, I was, too! So, here's a whole MESS of chapters posted on the same day for your enjoyment (or terror)!
Chapter 16, Cottage
"When did we get Code Red?" asked Todd, from the kitchen.
"Lance just bought some yesterday," said Fred from the living room. "You'd better hide it from Angela... she's scary when she's on a caffeine high," he added.
Todd walked in and sat down on the chair across from Fred, Code Red in his hand. "I shoved it in the back."
Suddenly, there was a demonic laughter from the kitchen.
"Angela's found the Code Red," said Todd.
"HI!" chirped Angela, walking into the living room.
"I have to... do stuff..." said Fred, leaving before Angela could decide that he was a threat to the universe.
"I'mhome!" said Pietro, appearing in a rush of wind.
"WehaveCodeRed!" said Angela.
"Really?" asked Pietro, excited.
"I think I have stuff to do, too," said Todd, going upstairs in hopes of escaping the oncoming insanity. Before he could get to the stairs, the phone rang. Sighing, Todd picked it up. "Hello?.... Hi Lisa.... Yeah...."
Pietro dashed up to Todd and yanked the phone away. "It'sLisa.Angela'sfriend.SheshouldtalktoAngela," he declared, handing the phone to Angela.
"HI LISA!!" yelled Angela.
"BetteryetLisashouldcomehere," said Pietro, running out the door. In a few seconds he returned carrying a very surprised Lisa, who was still holding a cordless phone in her hand. "NowyoucantalktoAngela," he said, dropping her in front of Angela.
"Bye,Lisa,I'llcallyouback,Lisa'shere!" said Angela, hanging up her phone.
Lisa sighed heavily and stood up, placing her phone on the table. "Don't let me forget that," she said.
"Okay! Why'd you call, Lisa?" asked Angela, her speech returning to normal.
"Well, my parents said that I could invite some people to our cottage for the weekend, so I was going to see if you three could come. Fay, Mikey, and Kurt already said they're going. I asked Remy but he kinda muttered something and left, so I don't think he's interested..." Lisa trailed off.
"Sure, we can go!" said Angela and Pietro together. Todd nodded.
"Alright then! Pack up, we're leaving tomorrow!" said Lisa.
~*~
After a two hour-long car ride, Lisa's van pulled up in front of a small cottage. It was two stories, if the ground floor and a walk out basement would be considered two stories, that is. It was built on canal front property, but since the water level had been down the past few years, the canal was shallow enough to stand in on the edges. Another result of the low water level was a dock extension so that it would be possible to dock the pontoon boat. In addition to the pontoon, there were also two sea doos tied to the dock, a two-seater and a three-seater. Pietro opened the back door and jumped out. "I need to stretch my legs!" he said, running off.
"I hear ya, yo!" said Todd, jumping out.
Mikey opened the door on the passenger's side and got out. "This place is cool!" he said, looking around.
"Yeah, nifty," said Fay, getting out on the driver's side. Being the only fully licensed driver among them, she had driven, since Lisa's parents weren't coming.
Lisa's two dogs, Lady, a ten year old white golden retriever, and Heidi, a two year old lab mix, jumped out the back door, followed closely by Lisa's younger brother, Erik, who had decided to come along. Angela quickly ran out to chase Heidi, who was chasing Pietro around the front lawn. Lisa jumped out after her, carrying her sandals in one hand. Kurt got out last, fiddling with his image inducer.
Lisa turned to look back at Kurt. "Is it on the fritz again?" she asked him.
"Yeah..." he said, as the image died. He quickly jumped back in the van.
"Hey, come on, there's nobody around! None of the neighbors are up here this week! We've got the place to ourselves!"
"Are you sure?" he said.
"Yes! Now come on!" said Lisa, grabbing his arm and pulling him out.
After everyone had unpacked, Erik suggested they take the boat and the two sea doos out on the lake. While Mikey and Erik uncovered the pontoon boat, Lisa was giving the driving arrangements.
"I'll be driving the pontoon. At least until we get out onto the lake. Angela and Pietro will be on the two-seater, and Todd, Fay, and Mikey can take the three-seater. Everyone else is on the pontoon. Don't worry, we can switch once we get out there. The lake level's been down the past few years so it's shallow almost a mile out in some places."
Life-jackets were given to the people who were riding the sea doos, and the rest of the group, minus Lisa, got on the pontoon boat. Lisa went down into the canal to help the others get ready.
"Oh, and, uhm... the professor told us not to use any powers here... I think he's still upset about the Kentucky thing..." Lisa said to Angela.
"He can't tell me what to do!" said Angela indignantly.
"Not us as in you," said Lisa. "Us as in the X-Men."
"Oh. Okay," said Angela.
Pietro had decided he was driving first, so he got on the front of the two-seater. Angela got on behind him.
"Where do I hang on?" asked Angela, uncertainly.
"There should be a strap on the seat there..." Lisa said.
"Found it!" Angela declared.
"There's only one strap on this one," said Fay, who had decided to drive the three seater.
"Todd can just hold on to the straps on the back of Mikey's life-
jacket," said Lisa. "Try not to drive over any seaweed," said Erik from the pontoon. "I know it's hard in the canal, but on the lake try to avoid it... It'll clog the intake." Once everyone was set Lisa climbed into the pontoon boat and started the engine. The three craft set out onto the lake. As soon as they got there, Pietro gunned it, laughing wildly. Everyone on the pontoon laughed at them, as they were being chased by Fay. Fortunately, Fay's sea doo couldn't go as fast as Pietro's. In a few minutes Fay turned and looped back towards the pontoon, but Pietro kept going. "Lisa?" said Erik from the front of the pontoon. "What?" "Pietro's headed towards the seaweed." The seaweed Erik was referring to was a large area where there was a lot of seaweed. As boats drove over it, they could see the clumps on the surface and it smelled awful. Driving through that area was like driving through a swamp. It was difficult for any boat to get through it, especially sea doos. "Aw, crap," Lisa muttered, turning the pontoon boat to try and catch up to Pietro. Of course, since the pontoon boat's top speed was less than twenty, compared to the sea doo's sixty, it was hopeless. In a few minutes, Angela and Pietro's sea doo had stopped. Lisa waved Fay back and told her about the seaweed before she could try and see what happened to them. Lisa stopped the pontoon about one hundred feet away from Pietro and Angela and waved Pietro back. He ran over the water to the pontoon boat and stood on the front of it. "Itwon'tsteer!" he said. "Andit'llhardlymoveatall!" Lisa sighed, understanding what he said, if only because she knew he'd say it. "Your gonna have to get the seaweed out of the intake, and..." Suddenly everything blurred and Lisa found herself sitting on the front of the sea doo. "Or I could do it," she sighed. She jumped off the sea doo, yelping as the seaweed wrapped itself around her legs. She reached under the sea doo and began pulling out seaweed by the arm full. After a few minutes she pulled herself back onto the sea doo. Or at least, partially. "Angela's gonna have to get in Pietro's lap if we're all gonna fit," Lisa said. "No! I..." Angela protested. "Okay, or I could sit in your boyfriend's lap..." Lisa said, hoping Angela would object to this even more. "Sure," Angela said. Lisa and Pietro exchanged a glance, sweatdropping. Then Pietro pulled Angela onto his lap. Lisa smirked and got on the sea doo. Angela squirmed as Lisa started up the sea doo. "What's wrong?" asked Pietro. "You're poking me..." muttered Angela. Before the conversation could get any worse, the sea doo stalled again. Lisa hit her head on the handlebar. "This is gonna take HOURS!! You'd better tell the others that we'll meet up with them later. Erik's gonna have to drive the pontoon," Lisa said to Pietro. He nodded and somehow managed to get out from under Angela and run to the pontoon. He was back in about two seconds. It would have been under one, but he needed to repeat his message a few times before it was understood. While he was gone, Lisa was struck with inspiration. "Pietro, can you swim has fast as you can run? More importantly, can you swim as fast as you can run while pulling a sea doo?" She smiled, holing up a rope. Pietro blanched, which was impossible, but he did so anyway.
~*~
"So... tired..." said Pietro, flopping down on the grass after they docked the boats. They had stayed out for another couple hours after the sea doo incident, but Pietro had never fully recovered. Sea doos were very heavy, after all. "What were you thinking, Lisa?" he demanded. "I'm Quicksilver, not Superman!" "That's a relief," said Angela. "I'd never date Superman." Pietro smiled a little. "That was awesome!" said Fay, climbing up the ladder onto the dock. "Water-skiing's great! But now I'm sore..." said Todd. "I'm surprised Kurt could even do it," said Pietro, earning a glare from several members of the group. "I still prefer the boogie board," said Erik. The boogie board was something very similar to a knee board, except you could either lay down, kneel, or stand while the boat pulled you. "I liked the tube," said Mikey. "Does anyone care that I'm half dead?" asked Pietro. "No," came several voices. Pietro whined. "Hey, cheer up, I'm making cheesecake tonight," said Lisa. "Meaning that we're all going to die," said Erik. "Ok, if that's how you're going to be, then you can't have any," declared Lisa, smirking. "NO! I was kidding! Lisa, c'mon!" Erik begged.
~*~
After dinner and desert, Erik recruited Mikey and Todd to get firewood and start a campfire. The rest of the group settled down in the backyard. Kurt had fixed his image inducer and, much to Lisa's dismay, was wearing it once again. Fay, picking up at this, kept casting evil looks in Kurt's direction. Suddenly Kurt heard a voice in his head. "Don't react. Nobody but you can hear me. Fay wants to speak with you in the kitchen," it said. It took Kurt a moment to register that Fay had summoned a demon to give him the message.
"I'm going to get a drink," said Kurt, getting up. "Me too," said Fay, following Kurt to the kitchen. When they got there, Kurt turned to Fay. "Vhat's vrong?" he asked. "This!" she said, snatching his image inducer. "Vhat are you doing!?" he demanded, grabbing for it. "Vhat's your problem?" "Lisa told you that nobody would see you up here. Do you not trust her or something?" she demanded. "Vhat? I..." Kurt cut off, confused. Fay set the image inducer on the counter. "Didja know that Lisa thinks you look better without the image inducer?" "Uh..." Kurt hadn't known. "I can't believe Kurt thinks he looks better with the image inducer!" said Fay, trying to imitate Lisa. "He's so cute without it..." "Lisa vouldn't say somezhing like zhat..." muttered Kurt. "Not out loud," agreed Fay. "But in her diary... Let's keep this our secret?" she asked. Kurt nodded, dazed. Fay smirked as they went back outside to the rest of the group. "Did your watch break again?" asked Angela. "No, I left it inside," said Kurt, sitting down next to Lisa. The rest of the group exchanged confused glances. Lisa smiled. "I like you better without it," she said, almost to herself. Kurt laughed softly, putting his arm around her. Lisa blushed. "Kurt, I... um..." "Yes?" "I thought you were getting a drink. Kurt sweatdropped, realizing he hadn't grabbed a drink. "Oops," he said, shrugged. Lisa glanced at Fay suspiciously. Fay shrugged.
~*~
The next morning, everyone woke up and was sitting in the upstairs living room eating pancakes. Everyone except Pietro, who was still asleep on the couch, despite all the noise. "He must be tired from yesterday," Angela said, as the rest of the group tried to keep their voices down. Pietro stirred. Everyone stopped talking and turned to look at him, wondering if they'd woke him up. "Nnnn... Angela...." he muttered. "Nani?" asked Angela. But Pietro didn't seem to hear her. "Kiss me..." Pietro muttered, puckering his lips. Heidi looked at him, confused. Angela blushed. "Um..." The rest of the group tried to suppress their laughter. "He's dreaming," muttered Todd. "Please.... kiss me...just once more..." he muttered again. "You heard him Angela. Go for it!" said Fay. Angela eeped and kicked Fay. Heidi started licking Pietro's mouth. Angela's eyed widened. Several members of the group were kneeling with their fists in their mouths to keep from laughing too loudly. "Angela... you need a breath mint...." muttered Pietro. It was too much. Despite their best efforts to do otherwise, the whole group, minus Angela and Pietro, burst into loud laughter. Pietro blinked, waking up. "Wha...?" he asked, confused. Heidi was still licking his face. "Blaeh!" he said, pushing her away. He turned to the laughing group. "What's so funny?" The last thing he saw was Angela's fist flying at his face.
~*~
A few hours later found the group driving home. Pietro had regained consciousness and made up with Angela. Fay had 'accidentally' knocked Kurt's holowatch into the sink, breaking it yet again. Lisa had told Kurt not to worry. Mikey ended up going faster on the tube than Lisa, which was quite fast. Erik had gained a better understanding of mutants ("They're all insane! And scary!"). Overall, it was a good trip.
Author(Lisa)'s Notes: Yup, I got it done. Angela will be pleased. And we can go back to me glaring and her crying. J/k. The thing with the cheesecake? Erik and I have that conversation every time I make desert. The thing with the seaweed? Yes, that happened. Not to me of course, no, of course not... someone else... not me... hehehe...heh.... ahem. I don't really know why I had the X-Men unable to use their powers... mostly for the sea doo thing... it's funnier that way. I think....
Reader(Angela)'s Notes: So what did you guys think? I told you it would be great! Poor Pietro... stupid perverted bastard... This little incident may come back to haunt him (hint hint). Okay, sorry for the slight (yeah right) delay in getting this posted, but to make matters better, while Lisa was writing, I was, too! So, here's a whole MESS of chapters posted on the same day for your enjoyment (or terror)!