Shaking her head, Rogue walked back to the tree and leaned back so her back rested on the tree. Remy shifted his position in the tree and accidentaly knocked some of the dead leaves loose. He tried moving again, trying to conceal himself a little better. A good strong breeze, or any of the kid's powers hitting the tree would expose his hiding spot. He got himself as comfortable as you can in a tree and returned his attention to the game. Sure enough, the game only lasted two plays before powers crept in, and sure enough, it was the boys that broke the rule. Bobby threw the ball to Sam, who rocketed into the end zone.
"HEY! NO POWERS!" yelled Eden, her hands on her hips.
"C'mon General Edie," cajoled Kurt, "Live a little!"
Eden stammered, unable to come up witha comeback and her face was all flustered.
How cute, Remy thought to himself. Da Petite has a crush on de Elf.
The next play, Amara had the ball and when Bobby tried to ice her she ducked and it hit the ground. She passed the ball to Eden. Amara then tried to blast Bobby, but missed. Running to the goal Eden kit the patch of ground Bobby had hit when he missed Amara. Once her foot hit the ice she fell flat on her back and slid into Kurt before he could teleport out of the way. He fell on top of her and the two of them stopped sliding when the crashed into Jubilee and Tabitha. Suprised, Tabitha accidentaly threw one of her boom balls at Jubilee.
"AHHHH!" she yelled as she ducked. The ball hit at the foot of the tree and gave off a small explosion. Not two seconds later Eden and Kurt crashed into her and Tabitha. The explosion rocked the tree a tad, and Remy accidentally started to charge the tree with his power. Before anyone could notice, he made the tree go back to normal.
"OWWW!" howled Eden from the bottom of the pile. She detangled herself from the other three and stood back up. Her long braids were now disheveled, and one was falling out. Jubilee, Kurt and Tabitha all got up as well. Kurt was now sporting a t-shirt with only one sleeve, Tabitha had a huge rip in her jeans, and Jubilee had twigs in her hair. Steaming mad, Eden grabbed the football and started to fly to the endzone, only to be intersected by Kurt in mid-air. He grabbed her leg with his tail and teleported them back to the ground.
"It'll take some fancy flying to get past me, frauline," Kurt said to Eden. "AHHH!" Jubilee had shot her sparks into Kurt's face, blinding him so Eden could get past him and pass the ball to Rahne.
"Rahne, think fast!" she yelled as she threw the ball to the dog. Rahne dodged her way through the boys, knocking down as many as she could. After crossing the endzone, she transformed back into a girl and yelled back to the boys, "This is how it's done boys!"
"Blah blah blah," Jamie retorted making the talking hand gesture.
"Hey, this is how you wanted to play it," Eden yelled, her face red with anger. "So BRING IT ON!"
Rogue watched the mayham while still leaning against the large tree, and laughed. She'd never seen Eden that embarassed or ticked off. Not to mention, the mutant pile up had been hysterical. Watching Eden slam into Kurt like that was definatley the high point of her day. It almost made up for the fact Eden had hid all her clothing. Almost. Absentimindedly, she reached into her back pocket and pulled out a slightly battered playing card. Remy recognized it at once as the Queen of Hearts he had slipped into her back pocket the last time he'd seen her. It made him smile knowing she carried it around with her. She held it in her hand for a moment and her thoughts were interrupted by a call from inside the mandion. She saw Jean poke her head out the window, her long red hair flying in the wind.
"AMARA! YOUR MOTHER IS ON THE PHONE!" she yelled from the window, holding up the cordless phone. Amara ran inside the mansion. "Thanks Jean!" they heard her cry through the open window.
"Oh man! She'll be on the phone for hours!" Jubilee complained.
"I know, she tells her mom, like, EVERYTHING that goes on here," Kitty agreed.
"Yeah, just last week she spent an hour alone telling her mother about how Eden made Bobby's bunsen burner blow up in Chemistry class and singed off his eyebrows," Rahne told them. "Not like I eavesdroped or anything, I just needed to use the phone!"
"That was you?" Tabitha laughed at Eden.
"Yep," Kitty answered while Eden took her bows.
Tabitha laughed and called over to Rogue, "Hey Rogue! You're in!"
"What? Already? NO! Make one of the boys sit out!" Rogue protested.
"No? You said you'd fill in if anyone got hurt!" Eden argued.
"No one got hurt!" Rogue argued back.
"We need her to play," Jubilee said from behind Eden.
"Yeah," agreed Rahne. She turned towards Eden and asked, "You share a room with her, right?"
"Yeah..." Eden mumbled.
"Well then you must know something that could be, like, used against her," Kitty piped up.
After thinking for a moment, a slow evil smile spead across Eden's face. "Hold on, I just had some inspiration..." she told the other girls with the evil grin on her face.
"Uh oh," Kitty said.
"Yeah, I don't like that look. It means she knows something WE don't," Tabitha said.
"Ooooh Rooooogue!" Eden called out in a sing songy voice while she skipped over to Rogue with her hands clasped behind her back. Rogue looked up and frowned. She quickly slipped the card into her back pocket so Eden couldn't see it but she wasn't quick enough.
"Daydreaming about your Ragin Cajun boyfriend?" Eden asked her, still smiling.
"No. And he's not my boyfriend," Rogue snapped.
"Hmmmmm, well since you are constantly mooning over that card and him for that matter, I just assumed...."
"I DO NOT!" hissed Rouge.
Tapping her chin with her index finger and pretending to be deep in thought, Eden thought out loud, "You know, the other girls HAVE noticed you've been acting strangely. They keep asking me questions about you and what if I slip and tell them about Re-" she started to say his name but Rogue cut her off.
"Tell them anything about that night and I'll kill you," Rogue threatened her.
"But I thought it was nothing...."
"It WAS nothing!"
"Well, if you jump into the game...."
"FINE. You win, but watch out Sparky, paybacks are a bitch," Rogue said to Eden. She stalked past Eden, ignoring the smug look on Eden's face.
"I knew a little teasing about him would work," she said to herself and started off to join the other girls. "Man, I'm good!"
She'd make a good con artist, Remy thought to himself trying no to laugh. Either that or a laywer....
"HEY! NO POWERS!" yelled Eden, her hands on her hips.
"C'mon General Edie," cajoled Kurt, "Live a little!"
Eden stammered, unable to come up witha comeback and her face was all flustered.
How cute, Remy thought to himself. Da Petite has a crush on de Elf.
The next play, Amara had the ball and when Bobby tried to ice her she ducked and it hit the ground. She passed the ball to Eden. Amara then tried to blast Bobby, but missed. Running to the goal Eden kit the patch of ground Bobby had hit when he missed Amara. Once her foot hit the ice she fell flat on her back and slid into Kurt before he could teleport out of the way. He fell on top of her and the two of them stopped sliding when the crashed into Jubilee and Tabitha. Suprised, Tabitha accidentaly threw one of her boom balls at Jubilee.
"AHHHH!" she yelled as she ducked. The ball hit at the foot of the tree and gave off a small explosion. Not two seconds later Eden and Kurt crashed into her and Tabitha. The explosion rocked the tree a tad, and Remy accidentally started to charge the tree with his power. Before anyone could notice, he made the tree go back to normal.
"OWWW!" howled Eden from the bottom of the pile. She detangled herself from the other three and stood back up. Her long braids were now disheveled, and one was falling out. Jubilee, Kurt and Tabitha all got up as well. Kurt was now sporting a t-shirt with only one sleeve, Tabitha had a huge rip in her jeans, and Jubilee had twigs in her hair. Steaming mad, Eden grabbed the football and started to fly to the endzone, only to be intersected by Kurt in mid-air. He grabbed her leg with his tail and teleported them back to the ground.
"It'll take some fancy flying to get past me, frauline," Kurt said to Eden. "AHHH!" Jubilee had shot her sparks into Kurt's face, blinding him so Eden could get past him and pass the ball to Rahne.
"Rahne, think fast!" she yelled as she threw the ball to the dog. Rahne dodged her way through the boys, knocking down as many as she could. After crossing the endzone, she transformed back into a girl and yelled back to the boys, "This is how it's done boys!"
"Blah blah blah," Jamie retorted making the talking hand gesture.
"Hey, this is how you wanted to play it," Eden yelled, her face red with anger. "So BRING IT ON!"
Rogue watched the mayham while still leaning against the large tree, and laughed. She'd never seen Eden that embarassed or ticked off. Not to mention, the mutant pile up had been hysterical. Watching Eden slam into Kurt like that was definatley the high point of her day. It almost made up for the fact Eden had hid all her clothing. Almost. Absentimindedly, she reached into her back pocket and pulled out a slightly battered playing card. Remy recognized it at once as the Queen of Hearts he had slipped into her back pocket the last time he'd seen her. It made him smile knowing she carried it around with her. She held it in her hand for a moment and her thoughts were interrupted by a call from inside the mandion. She saw Jean poke her head out the window, her long red hair flying in the wind.
"AMARA! YOUR MOTHER IS ON THE PHONE!" she yelled from the window, holding up the cordless phone. Amara ran inside the mansion. "Thanks Jean!" they heard her cry through the open window.
"Oh man! She'll be on the phone for hours!" Jubilee complained.
"I know, she tells her mom, like, EVERYTHING that goes on here," Kitty agreed.
"Yeah, just last week she spent an hour alone telling her mother about how Eden made Bobby's bunsen burner blow up in Chemistry class and singed off his eyebrows," Rahne told them. "Not like I eavesdroped or anything, I just needed to use the phone!"
"That was you?" Tabitha laughed at Eden.
"Yep," Kitty answered while Eden took her bows.
Tabitha laughed and called over to Rogue, "Hey Rogue! You're in!"
"What? Already? NO! Make one of the boys sit out!" Rogue protested.
"No? You said you'd fill in if anyone got hurt!" Eden argued.
"No one got hurt!" Rogue argued back.
"We need her to play," Jubilee said from behind Eden.
"Yeah," agreed Rahne. She turned towards Eden and asked, "You share a room with her, right?"
"Yeah..." Eden mumbled.
"Well then you must know something that could be, like, used against her," Kitty piped up.
After thinking for a moment, a slow evil smile spead across Eden's face. "Hold on, I just had some inspiration..." she told the other girls with the evil grin on her face.
"Uh oh," Kitty said.
"Yeah, I don't like that look. It means she knows something WE don't," Tabitha said.
"Ooooh Rooooogue!" Eden called out in a sing songy voice while she skipped over to Rogue with her hands clasped behind her back. Rogue looked up and frowned. She quickly slipped the card into her back pocket so Eden couldn't see it but she wasn't quick enough.
"Daydreaming about your Ragin Cajun boyfriend?" Eden asked her, still smiling.
"No. And he's not my boyfriend," Rogue snapped.
"Hmmmmm, well since you are constantly mooning over that card and him for that matter, I just assumed...."
"I DO NOT!" hissed Rouge.
Tapping her chin with her index finger and pretending to be deep in thought, Eden thought out loud, "You know, the other girls HAVE noticed you've been acting strangely. They keep asking me questions about you and what if I slip and tell them about Re-" she started to say his name but Rogue cut her off.
"Tell them anything about that night and I'll kill you," Rogue threatened her.
"But I thought it was nothing...."
"It WAS nothing!"
"Well, if you jump into the game...."
"FINE. You win, but watch out Sparky, paybacks are a bitch," Rogue said to Eden. She stalked past Eden, ignoring the smug look on Eden's face.
"I knew a little teasing about him would work," she said to herself and started off to join the other girls. "Man, I'm good!"
She'd make a good con artist, Remy thought to himself trying no to laugh. Either that or a laywer....