NOTE: Again, my deepest apologies for the late chapters but I'm leaving for
college in one day, so I'm packing like a maniac! Groan.no 18 year old
should have to spend their days like that..tsk tsk. Anyway, I really want
to say thank you for all the wonderful reviews I've gotten! I'm glad that I
haven't screwed up the Romy pairing up too badly, thanks to everyone's
encouragement..Thanks again.!
Bobby sat tensely in the recreation room where Kurt and Logan were playing pool. His eyes kept straying down the hall to Jubilee's room where he knew she was ...probably avoiding him. Why should that even surprise me? She's been doing it so often lately, Bobby thought bitterly, leaning back against the cushions. It would've been easier if Jubilee's kissing him hadn't unnerved him the way it had. The second it happened, it was as if his mind had been wiped clean with no thoughts but Jubilee. And it scared him. He wasn't supposed to react that way to her.
But the question remained: ~Why~ had she kissed him? Had she simply been curious? Was now avoiding him because it had had no effect on her and she didn't want to embarrass him? The thought left a cold hollow feeling in his stomach. Bobby rubbed his temples. He was so utterly confused and mystified by his best-friend's behavior as of late. He knew that Jubilee had been feeling neglected ever since he'd started dating Samantha but he'd tried his hardest to assure that she would always be first. You didn't try hard enough, a tiny voice reminded him.
I tried to talk to her today and she completely blew me off, Bobby thought defensively, trying to squelch the guilt rising in him. She looked so..desolate, Bobby thought, his heart twisting as he remembered the look in her eyes before she'd stormed off. Who could have hurt her like that? And why hadn't he noticed it before?
"Bobby..Bobby..DRAKE!" Kurt yelled, finally breaking through the haze of Bobby's thoughts.
"What, what is it?" Bobby asked annoyed.
"Mein gott, you looked like you were catatonic," Kurt said, shaking his head.
"Yeah kid, what's eating you?" Logan asked sharply, noting the hard set of Bobby's jaw.
"Nothing," Bobby said shortly, getting up. "Can I play?" He needed to occupy his mind with something.anything. Logan exchanged a look with Kurt and nodded briefly.
"Take a seat, Elf. You can lose to me again after I play a couple rounds with the Popsicle," Logan said, jerking a thumb at Bobby. Kurt rolled his eyes.
"I vasn't losing, Logan. I thought that vas a practice game!"
"Yeah, sure, sure. That's what they all say," Logan smirked, as Kurt perched himself on top of the couch, and watched as Bobby grabbed a cue roughly off the rack.
Bobby noticed the curious glances he kept getting from Logan and Kurt, but ignored them as he set up the rack in the center of the table. After a few minutes, he couldn't take it anymore. "Alright, that's it! Why are you two staring at me like that?" Bobby asked, slamming his cue down. Logan narrowed his eyes, slightly surprised to see the unofficial prankster of the mansion in such a horrible mood.
"I vasn't staring," Kurt said defensively, teleporting a few feet away from Bobby.
"You wanna tell us why you're playing the worst game of pool I've ever seen?" Logan asked. Bobby looked away a moment, wondering if he should ask for advice. Maybe if he did they would stop looking at him as if he were a poor little orphan.
"Okay, uh, let's say there's this guy who has this best friend.. who's a girl," Bobby began hesitantly.
Logan carefully hid a knowing grin. "Alright."
"Now, um.the guy and his best-friend were getting along great until he started dating this other girl who's British and really hot..Only, his best-friend started acting pretty weird from that moment on, and now she's majorly avoiding the guy. And the guy is really confused and hurt because he doesn't know why she'd doing that. Also, the guy is doubly confused because he thinks he might have started to have very un-friend like feelings for his friend ever since she kissed him," Bobby rambled, pausing a second to gauge their reactions.
Logan just stared at him as if he'd been speaking in Hungarian the whole time. Kurt, on the other hand..
"Jubilee KISSED you! Mein gott!"
"Shut up, do you want the whole mansion to hear!" Bobby hissed, clapping a hand over Kurt's mouth. "Besides, this is strictly hypothetical."
"Of course," Logan said, rolling his eyes.
"It is. I just don't get why she's being so closed off. Today especially, she looked so upset," Bobby said, clenching the cue tightly in one hand. Kurt looked thoughtful.
"Maybe she's worried about the Prom. That's usually the case vith girls."
"Jubile---um, I mean, ahem, the girl is probably going to ask this stupid conceited quarterback to the Prom. Against the better judgment of the guy," Bobby bit out.
"But Jean already asked Duncan to prom," Kurt said innocently. Bobby stared hard at him, the words not quite registering with him.
"WHAT?"
"You didn't hear? She asked him today at lunch," Kurt affirmed.
"What are you, the school gossip Elf?" Logan asked disgustedly.
"Vhat? I just keep my ears open!" Kurt said defensively, but stopped as he noticed the shocked look in Bobby's eyes.
That jerk, Bobby thought harshly, as the image of Duncan Matthews' arrogant smirking face flew into his mind. Part of him was strangely relieved that Duncan wasn't taking Jubilee, but another part of him burned with anger. How dare Duncan lead Jubilee on? Could that have been why she was so miserable today? Bobby thought, questions flooding his mind. If so, it still didn't answer why she had kissed him. Nevertheless, Matthews was going to pay, Bobby vowed. Where Jubilee was concerned, he was utterly serious.
"Don't do anything stupid, Popsicle," Logan warned him, in a low voice.
"Yeah, vhat is the guy going to do to the conceited quarterback?" Kurt asked curious. Logan glared at him.
"The guy is going to give the quarterback a black eye," Bobby said with quiet purpose in his blue eyes.
"Uh, this is still strictly hypothetical..right?" Kurt asked hopefully, exchanging a worried glance with Logan.
"Of course," Bobby said grimly, but as he turned to walk down the hall, it was clear he meant every word.
Bobby sat tensely in the recreation room where Kurt and Logan were playing pool. His eyes kept straying down the hall to Jubilee's room where he knew she was ...probably avoiding him. Why should that even surprise me? She's been doing it so often lately, Bobby thought bitterly, leaning back against the cushions. It would've been easier if Jubilee's kissing him hadn't unnerved him the way it had. The second it happened, it was as if his mind had been wiped clean with no thoughts but Jubilee. And it scared him. He wasn't supposed to react that way to her.
But the question remained: ~Why~ had she kissed him? Had she simply been curious? Was now avoiding him because it had had no effect on her and she didn't want to embarrass him? The thought left a cold hollow feeling in his stomach. Bobby rubbed his temples. He was so utterly confused and mystified by his best-friend's behavior as of late. He knew that Jubilee had been feeling neglected ever since he'd started dating Samantha but he'd tried his hardest to assure that she would always be first. You didn't try hard enough, a tiny voice reminded him.
I tried to talk to her today and she completely blew me off, Bobby thought defensively, trying to squelch the guilt rising in him. She looked so..desolate, Bobby thought, his heart twisting as he remembered the look in her eyes before she'd stormed off. Who could have hurt her like that? And why hadn't he noticed it before?
"Bobby..Bobby..DRAKE!" Kurt yelled, finally breaking through the haze of Bobby's thoughts.
"What, what is it?" Bobby asked annoyed.
"Mein gott, you looked like you were catatonic," Kurt said, shaking his head.
"Yeah kid, what's eating you?" Logan asked sharply, noting the hard set of Bobby's jaw.
"Nothing," Bobby said shortly, getting up. "Can I play?" He needed to occupy his mind with something.anything. Logan exchanged a look with Kurt and nodded briefly.
"Take a seat, Elf. You can lose to me again after I play a couple rounds with the Popsicle," Logan said, jerking a thumb at Bobby. Kurt rolled his eyes.
"I vasn't losing, Logan. I thought that vas a practice game!"
"Yeah, sure, sure. That's what they all say," Logan smirked, as Kurt perched himself on top of the couch, and watched as Bobby grabbed a cue roughly off the rack.
Bobby noticed the curious glances he kept getting from Logan and Kurt, but ignored them as he set up the rack in the center of the table. After a few minutes, he couldn't take it anymore. "Alright, that's it! Why are you two staring at me like that?" Bobby asked, slamming his cue down. Logan narrowed his eyes, slightly surprised to see the unofficial prankster of the mansion in such a horrible mood.
"I vasn't staring," Kurt said defensively, teleporting a few feet away from Bobby.
"You wanna tell us why you're playing the worst game of pool I've ever seen?" Logan asked. Bobby looked away a moment, wondering if he should ask for advice. Maybe if he did they would stop looking at him as if he were a poor little orphan.
"Okay, uh, let's say there's this guy who has this best friend.. who's a girl," Bobby began hesitantly.
Logan carefully hid a knowing grin. "Alright."
"Now, um.the guy and his best-friend were getting along great until he started dating this other girl who's British and really hot..Only, his best-friend started acting pretty weird from that moment on, and now she's majorly avoiding the guy. And the guy is really confused and hurt because he doesn't know why she'd doing that. Also, the guy is doubly confused because he thinks he might have started to have very un-friend like feelings for his friend ever since she kissed him," Bobby rambled, pausing a second to gauge their reactions.
Logan just stared at him as if he'd been speaking in Hungarian the whole time. Kurt, on the other hand..
"Jubilee KISSED you! Mein gott!"
"Shut up, do you want the whole mansion to hear!" Bobby hissed, clapping a hand over Kurt's mouth. "Besides, this is strictly hypothetical."
"Of course," Logan said, rolling his eyes.
"It is. I just don't get why she's being so closed off. Today especially, she looked so upset," Bobby said, clenching the cue tightly in one hand. Kurt looked thoughtful.
"Maybe she's worried about the Prom. That's usually the case vith girls."
"Jubile---um, I mean, ahem, the girl is probably going to ask this stupid conceited quarterback to the Prom. Against the better judgment of the guy," Bobby bit out.
"But Jean already asked Duncan to prom," Kurt said innocently. Bobby stared hard at him, the words not quite registering with him.
"WHAT?"
"You didn't hear? She asked him today at lunch," Kurt affirmed.
"What are you, the school gossip Elf?" Logan asked disgustedly.
"Vhat? I just keep my ears open!" Kurt said defensively, but stopped as he noticed the shocked look in Bobby's eyes.
That jerk, Bobby thought harshly, as the image of Duncan Matthews' arrogant smirking face flew into his mind. Part of him was strangely relieved that Duncan wasn't taking Jubilee, but another part of him burned with anger. How dare Duncan lead Jubilee on? Could that have been why she was so miserable today? Bobby thought, questions flooding his mind. If so, it still didn't answer why she had kissed him. Nevertheless, Matthews was going to pay, Bobby vowed. Where Jubilee was concerned, he was utterly serious.
"Don't do anything stupid, Popsicle," Logan warned him, in a low voice.
"Yeah, vhat is the guy going to do to the conceited quarterback?" Kurt asked curious. Logan glared at him.
"The guy is going to give the quarterback a black eye," Bobby said with quiet purpose in his blue eyes.
"Uh, this is still strictly hypothetical..right?" Kurt asked hopefully, exchanging a worried glance with Logan.
"Of course," Bobby said grimly, but as he turned to walk down the hall, it was clear he meant every word.