Vixen and Blitzen?
Everyone was seated at a table in the posh restaurant in the Waldorf Hotel; Remy, Elizabeth, Rogue, Logan, Brian, Tabitha, Wanda, John, Kurt, Amanda, Kitty, and Lance. Rogue sat, talking to the others at the table about her and Logan's long trip around the country. "But, the Black Hills? Those are absolutely gorgeous! I've never seen anythin' so beautiful!" Rogue gushed, as she picked up her glass of champagne.
"I've always wanted to see those hills. I heard it was so peaceful there too." Wanda smiled, as she placed her chin onto her hand.
Logan drank out of his beer bottle, nodding. "It is. We rented out a cabin there for a bit, and didn't really wanna leave." He smiled.
Rogue blushed at his statement. Elizabeth nudged her slightly, giving her a wink. "I'm just so glad you're finally home, Rogue. We've missed you and Logan around the institute." Kurt smiled at his foster sister.
Rogue reached over, and gently placed her hand onto his, "It's good to be home, Kurt." She smiled.
Tabitha threw her hands up in surrender, "Okay, just a tad too mushy for me." She interrupted. She then looked at Elizabeth, "Betsy, aren't you gonna sing now?" She smiled.
"Yeah, Betsy! Do it!" Amanda gushed.
The suggestion caused quite an uproar at the table, as they pressured Elizabeth to perform her hidden talent to the public. Remy glared at her, dazedly, "Whatya plannin' on singin' cherie?" He smiled at her.
Elizabeth drank the last of her champagne, and stood up. "You'll see." She smiled.
She walked to the pianist, and grabbed onto the microphone from the microphone stand. Her companions at her table turned to face her, seeing her whisper to the pianist. The pianist smiled, nodding, and began playing a tune on the piano. Elizabeth smiled, and sat onto the piano, crossing her legs. Remy's eyebrow lifted, as he glared at her; she seemed to be perfectly dressed for the part; a red dress; the low shoulders, exposing her pale skin to him; the top of the dress fit her form perfectly; the skirt draping over her legs, save for the slits up the sides, that exposed the sides of her thighs to the crowd as she crossed her legs. Her long purple dyed hair had been put up into a twist, leaving strands falling around her face that reached her waist. She cleared her throat, and held the microphone up to her lips, "Santa baby, just slip a sable under the tree; for me; been an awful good girl; Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight…"
The others in the restaurant watched her performance; mostly the men, who seemed to be distracted from their meals or conversations. Elizabeth glared at Remy, as she sang on, "Think of all the fun I've missed; Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed; Next year, I could be oh so good, If you'd check off my Christmas list…"
Remy smirked, as he winked at her. Rogue smiled at her best friend on the piano, "She does have a good voice!" She smiled.
"Yeah, Betsy's always wanted to sing." Brian grinned.
John leaned over, lightly slapping Remy on the arm, "Looks like a couple of fellas are checkin' out your girl, mate!" He grinned.
Remy frowned, glaring at him. He then smiled, "Well, can you blame 'em?" He smiled.
"What'd you get for her this year, Remy?" Kurt asked.
Remy shrugged, "I don't give away surprises." He smiled.
They continued to watch Elizabeth's performance, until the song ended, "…Hurry down the chimney…..tonight…."
An uproar of applause and cheers came over the audience, causing Elizabeth to slightly blush. "Thank you." She said into the microphone, before placing it back into the stand.
She looked at the pianist, and placed her hand on his shoulder, silently thanking him. She looked up, and saw Remy already standing in front of her. He smiled, and leaned over, grabbing her hand, and placing it to his lips. "Lovely, cherie. Purely belle." He smiled.
Elizabeth blushed more, as a wide grin came over her lips. Remy placed her hand to his lips, gently kissing it. He took her hand, and slipped it into the crook of his elbow, and walked her back towards their table. "That was awesome, Betts!" The girls gushed.
Elizabeth sat in her seat, as Remy helped her sit. "Thanks, guys." She smiled.
Tabitha leaned over, grabbing the bottle of champagne, and began filling everyone's glasses. "Okay, let's have a sweet little toast!" She grinned.
Everyone held up their glasses, "Here's to a happy little reunion, of old friends, and may we never drift apart again!" Tabitha smiled.
"Uh, to all of us." Lance slightly corrected her with a smirk.
"Whatever." Tabitha shrugged with a grin.
They all tipped their glasses, and sipped out of their champagne glasses.
*~*~*~*
The boys sat around the table, playing a favorite past time game, poker. Logan had a cigar in his mouth, lit, and smoking, while Remy and John had cigarettes dangling in theirs. Elizabeth, Rogue, Wanda, Tabitha, Kitty, and Amanda stood at the large window, overlooking the city below. They each had white robes on, "I don't know about this!" Rogue sighed uneasily.
"Oh come on! It's not like anyone personally knows you down there! Plus, like anyone can actually see that far?" Kitty insisted.
"Oh alright. I can't believe I let you guys talk me into this!" Rogue finally agreed.
"Hey, we're all together again. We're gonna spend Christmas eve together, might as well have some fun!" Tabitha grinned.
"Ready?" Elizabeth asked, as the girls clenched onto the hemlines of their robes.
"Ready!" Wanda laughed.
"One….two….three!" Tabitha counted.
The girls in unison, on queue, split open their robes, flashing the city below, "Merry Christmas New York! Ha ha ha!" The girls shouted with a laugh.
They then turned away, closing their robes, laughing hysterically at their actions. Rogue laughed, yet her pale cheeks flushed with embarrassment. "What are you girls doing?" Kurt asked them, as he concentrated on his hand of cards.
"We just flashed the city!" Amanda answered him with a laugh.
"Ah, such an old fashioned Christmas!" Tabitha smiled, as she picked up her glass of wine. The others smiled at her comment, "The stockings are hung by the chimney with care," She then took a drink of her champagne, "And I'll be stinking drunk!" She smiled.
The girls laughed at her comment. "Yeah, we should start calling Elizabeth Vixen, and you Blitzed!" Remy commented with a grin, as he placed some chips into the middle of the table.
Tabitha smiled with a shrug. "Who's up for Caroling?" Elizabeth asked, as she took a drink from her glass.
"In a hotel?" Brian asked.
"Yeah, where you gonna go?" Logan asked.
"Please, this is the Waldorf Astoria Hotel! We don't have to go out for caroling!" Tabitha scoffed.
Almost immediately, the doorbell rang. "It's open!" Tabitha said.
The door opened, causing everyone's attention to turn to the maintenance man walking into the room, "Problem with the heater?" He asked.
The men at the door raised an eyebrow at the girls, who only grinned innocently. "Yes, electrician. The dial's on 74, but we'd like it on 73!" Tabitha told him. She then looked at the girls, "Huh? Huh?" She nudged for an approval of her plan.
Rogue smiled, lifting up her glass of champagne. The maintenance man rolled his eyes, walking across the room towards the heater. The men only froze, glaring at the girls with looks of slight shocks on their faces, as Tabitha pulled out a harmonica from the pocket of her robe. She blew into it, for a queue for the girls, "Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen…" She began lightly.
The group of girls turned to the maintenance man, singing happily, joining in with Tabitha, "When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even. Brightly shown the moon that night, though the frost was cruel, when a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuuuueeell!" The girls sang, as Tabitha held up a fifty dollar tip overdramatically.
The maintenance man rolled his eyes with a heavy sigh, grabbing the tip from Tabitha's hand. The men at the table rolled their eyes, turning back to their game of poker as the maintenance man rushed out of the room. The girls jumped up and down, clapping happily. "That was so fun!" Wanda gushed.
"Good god. What else is going to happen?" Lance sighed.