Greetings! Here comes chapter 2. Thanks for the reviews.
Piotr's Girl, Todd Fan, enfant-terrible, Radical-Seto, Glaivester, SperryDee, Rogue 14, Dark Jaded Rose, Shanie S.
Officially*Obsessed*With*Pyro -I'm sorry, twas very hard to write too. I share your horror, me loveth the fiery one also. Don't worry, he breaks her heart in this chappy.
The Tiny one- Kambit, now with extra liver
LyranFan - and my twistedness bows back to you
CasaKitten -who I hope to god was kidding.
SarkyWoman- You are very lucky. I went to welsh speaking schools where they make a big deal of stupid welsh holidays. Do not get me started on St Davids Day. I mean he has his own bleedin city for christs sake! Oh dammit, there I go.
Chapter 2: Being in love is very wrong and disturbing
Mesmero was terribly pleased with himself. He flapped around Bayville all day making random people fall in love. He danced his little cupid dance and sang his little cupid song. Which by a strange coincidence happened to have the same tune and very similar words as 'The Music Man'
"I am the cupid man, I come from far away- I can do-o-o-" He sang.
"What can you do-o?" Sang some passers by.
"Make people fall in love!" Replied Mesmero. "Jean and John and Rogue and Lance, Wanda and Scott, Kitty and Remy, oompa oompa oompa pa, oompa oompa pa!"
Some guy cleaning windows outside the bank joined in.
"Hey! I know that song!" He enthused. "Can you play the piano?"
Mesmero glared at him as he mimed piano playing in mid air.
"Pia pia piano, piano, piano! Pia pia piano, pia piano!"
"Quiet you!" Declared Mesmero and shot an (imaginary) arrow to make the window cleaner fall in love with his ladder.
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Gambit and Kitty were wandering around the grocery store, the sacred place where they first fell in love, gazing lovingly into eachothers eyes when they came across Rogue.
"Rogue?" Asked Kitty, "Like, what in the name of God are you doing?"
Rogue was standing in the middle of the aisle tearing cling film off the shelves and wrapping it around herself.
"This is the only way that Lance and I can be together!" She exclaimed, "And I don't know what I'll do if I can't be with my Lancey!"
"Um, but you hate Lance. What's the deal?"
"I was blind all this time! And now I finally see that Lance and I are meant to be together." She bit her lip, "As soon as he wakes up. That third time of being absorbed really takes it out of him. Could be a while, which gives me time to wrap myself up. Would you give me a hand?"
"Rogue, you're acting totally weird." Said Kitty. Rogue looked at them for the first time.
"What are you doing with him?" She asked, her eyes narrowing.
"Oh!" Grinned Kitty, "Gambit's my new boyfriend. Aren't you just like, totally happy for me?"
Rogue swallowed something that might possibly have been vomit. This just didn't make sense. Kitty wasn't supposed to be in love with Gambit. That was her job.
"I'm very happy for you." Said Rogue, "And not at all jealous." She added quickly. Then remembered the cling film. Why was she wrapping herself in cling film again? Oh yeah, Lance. She loved Lance. She continued gleefully wrapping herself.
Kitty and Gambit shrugged.
"Ignore her." Kitty told him, "She's like, totally weird sometimes." They carried on walking, but Gambit couldn't help watching Rogue over his shoulder. "Hey, do you realize what this is?" Asked Kitty suddenly.
"What, mon amore?" He asked.
"It's our anniversary! We've been together four and a half hours!"
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Back at the mansion, things were getting very odd. Mesmero had paid a visit there too.
Amara had invited her new boyfriend Todd over and he impressed her by jumping up high enough to reach the chandeliers.
"Wow Todd!" She beamed, "You're my hero!"
Rahne was playing fetch and racing in the garden with her new found love Pietro. He even let her win a couple of times.
"Oh Rahne! You really are a mans best friend!"
Tabitha and Kurt were having a romantic, candle lit double date with Jubilee and Blob in the dining room.
Everyone was avoiding Storm's room ever since Mystique had come over and the less said about that the better.
Wanda was sitting on Scott's lap in the living room making out while Barry White played in the background when Jean and Pyro frolicked in.
"Hello Scott and WANDA?!" Jean's jaw hung open. Wanda smiled a terribly evil smile at her.
"Jeanie. How nice to see you." She sneered.
"B-but, I- you..." Jean trailed off, "This is mega weird." She turned to Pyro, "John, sweetie, are we the only ones who haven't lost our minds today?"
"I dunno love, but-" He cut himself off mid-sentence "That's a big fireplace." He stared at the roaring fire with lust. "Wow."
"Yeah, it's big. Let's go get something to eat." She grabbed his arm and tried to drag him towards the kitchen but he wouldn't budge.
"Wait, it's just getting to the best part!" He protested.
"You love fire more than me!" Squeaked Jean and ran off crying.
Pyro sat down in front of the fireplace and gazed at it.
"Do you mind?" Scott piped up, thinking that Pyro was being very rude, but there was no reaching him in the land of the staring at fireplaces. He was even drooling a bit. So Scott and Wanda just got on with it anyway.
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Jean was sulking in the kitchen when Rogue came in wrapped head to toe in cling film.
"What's up Jean?" Asked Rogue through the mouth hole in her stretchy plastic suit.
"My boyfriend loves fire more than me!" She whimpered, then looked up at Rogue, "What are you wearing?!"
"Cling film." Replied Rogue casually.
"Uh-huh. Right." Jean was more than a little disturbed, but only partially because of Rogue. It was the sight of Bobby and Professor Xavier ballroom dancing in the next room that made her want to gauge her eyes out and die. "We have got to figure out what's going on around here." She said. "But first, can you do me a favor Rogue?"
"Er, sure, I guess. As long as it doesn't take too long, Lancey is waiting for me."
"You have help me to get rid of all the fire in the mansion so John will love me the most. No candles, no matches, no lighters, no ovens. It's all gotta go."
"Sure." Agreed Rogue, "We could do that. You should find Bobby, he could be really helpful."
" No." Said Jean very quickly, pushing the door to the next room closed, "I, er, I think he's busy."
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Oh dear, sounds like trouble's a brewin'. Reviews are mighty welcome. Till next time (which will be very soon) Toodles. Sparkie xxx
Piotr's Girl, Todd Fan, enfant-terrible, Radical-Seto, Glaivester, SperryDee, Rogue 14, Dark Jaded Rose, Shanie S.
Officially*Obsessed*With*Pyro -I'm sorry, twas very hard to write too. I share your horror, me loveth the fiery one also. Don't worry, he breaks her heart in this chappy.
The Tiny one- Kambit, now with extra liver
LyranFan - and my twistedness bows back to you
CasaKitten -who I hope to god was kidding.
SarkyWoman- You are very lucky. I went to welsh speaking schools where they make a big deal of stupid welsh holidays. Do not get me started on St Davids Day. I mean he has his own bleedin city for christs sake! Oh dammit, there I go.
Chapter 2: Being in love is very wrong and disturbing
Mesmero was terribly pleased with himself. He flapped around Bayville all day making random people fall in love. He danced his little cupid dance and sang his little cupid song. Which by a strange coincidence happened to have the same tune and very similar words as 'The Music Man'
"I am the cupid man, I come from far away- I can do-o-o-" He sang.
"What can you do-o?" Sang some passers by.
"Make people fall in love!" Replied Mesmero. "Jean and John and Rogue and Lance, Wanda and Scott, Kitty and Remy, oompa oompa oompa pa, oompa oompa pa!"
Some guy cleaning windows outside the bank joined in.
"Hey! I know that song!" He enthused. "Can you play the piano?"
Mesmero glared at him as he mimed piano playing in mid air.
"Pia pia piano, piano, piano! Pia pia piano, pia piano!"
"Quiet you!" Declared Mesmero and shot an (imaginary) arrow to make the window cleaner fall in love with his ladder.
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Gambit and Kitty were wandering around the grocery store, the sacred place where they first fell in love, gazing lovingly into eachothers eyes when they came across Rogue.
"Rogue?" Asked Kitty, "Like, what in the name of God are you doing?"
Rogue was standing in the middle of the aisle tearing cling film off the shelves and wrapping it around herself.
"This is the only way that Lance and I can be together!" She exclaimed, "And I don't know what I'll do if I can't be with my Lancey!"
"Um, but you hate Lance. What's the deal?"
"I was blind all this time! And now I finally see that Lance and I are meant to be together." She bit her lip, "As soon as he wakes up. That third time of being absorbed really takes it out of him. Could be a while, which gives me time to wrap myself up. Would you give me a hand?"
"Rogue, you're acting totally weird." Said Kitty. Rogue looked at them for the first time.
"What are you doing with him?" She asked, her eyes narrowing.
"Oh!" Grinned Kitty, "Gambit's my new boyfriend. Aren't you just like, totally happy for me?"
Rogue swallowed something that might possibly have been vomit. This just didn't make sense. Kitty wasn't supposed to be in love with Gambit. That was her job.
"I'm very happy for you." Said Rogue, "And not at all jealous." She added quickly. Then remembered the cling film. Why was she wrapping herself in cling film again? Oh yeah, Lance. She loved Lance. She continued gleefully wrapping herself.
Kitty and Gambit shrugged.
"Ignore her." Kitty told him, "She's like, totally weird sometimes." They carried on walking, but Gambit couldn't help watching Rogue over his shoulder. "Hey, do you realize what this is?" Asked Kitty suddenly.
"What, mon amore?" He asked.
"It's our anniversary! We've been together four and a half hours!"
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Back at the mansion, things were getting very odd. Mesmero had paid a visit there too.
Amara had invited her new boyfriend Todd over and he impressed her by jumping up high enough to reach the chandeliers.
"Wow Todd!" She beamed, "You're my hero!"
Rahne was playing fetch and racing in the garden with her new found love Pietro. He even let her win a couple of times.
"Oh Rahne! You really are a mans best friend!"
Tabitha and Kurt were having a romantic, candle lit double date with Jubilee and Blob in the dining room.
Everyone was avoiding Storm's room ever since Mystique had come over and the less said about that the better.
Wanda was sitting on Scott's lap in the living room making out while Barry White played in the background when Jean and Pyro frolicked in.
"Hello Scott and WANDA?!" Jean's jaw hung open. Wanda smiled a terribly evil smile at her.
"Jeanie. How nice to see you." She sneered.
"B-but, I- you..." Jean trailed off, "This is mega weird." She turned to Pyro, "John, sweetie, are we the only ones who haven't lost our minds today?"
"I dunno love, but-" He cut himself off mid-sentence "That's a big fireplace." He stared at the roaring fire with lust. "Wow."
"Yeah, it's big. Let's go get something to eat." She grabbed his arm and tried to drag him towards the kitchen but he wouldn't budge.
"Wait, it's just getting to the best part!" He protested.
"You love fire more than me!" Squeaked Jean and ran off crying.
Pyro sat down in front of the fireplace and gazed at it.
"Do you mind?" Scott piped up, thinking that Pyro was being very rude, but there was no reaching him in the land of the staring at fireplaces. He was even drooling a bit. So Scott and Wanda just got on with it anyway.
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Jean was sulking in the kitchen when Rogue came in wrapped head to toe in cling film.
"What's up Jean?" Asked Rogue through the mouth hole in her stretchy plastic suit.
"My boyfriend loves fire more than me!" She whimpered, then looked up at Rogue, "What are you wearing?!"
"Cling film." Replied Rogue casually.
"Uh-huh. Right." Jean was more than a little disturbed, but only partially because of Rogue. It was the sight of Bobby and Professor Xavier ballroom dancing in the next room that made her want to gauge her eyes out and die. "We have got to figure out what's going on around here." She said. "But first, can you do me a favor Rogue?"
"Er, sure, I guess. As long as it doesn't take too long, Lancey is waiting for me."
"You have help me to get rid of all the fire in the mansion so John will love me the most. No candles, no matches, no lighters, no ovens. It's all gotta go."
"Sure." Agreed Rogue, "We could do that. You should find Bobby, he could be really helpful."
" No." Said Jean very quickly, pushing the door to the next room closed, "I, er, I think he's busy."
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Oh dear, sounds like trouble's a brewin'. Reviews are mighty welcome. Till next time (which will be very soon) Toodles. Sparkie xxx
