chapter 10, I'm on a roll!
Amanda: ::glares sulkily::
Chri: oh come on, it's not like I made you!
Amanda: ::mumbles something, could be "you damn well did"
Chri: ::rolls her eyes:: I can't have been that bad.
Amanda: I'm never going with you to the movies again.
Dani: she got you to go see The Grudge didn't she?
Amanda: ::low growl:: I was tempted by the promise of a Yu-Gi-Oh Halloween mask.
Chri: pansy...
(okay, I didn't actually go to see the movie because:
1) I have a phobia of being alone in dark spaces and that would just make it worse.
2) I've hated rotting corpse girls with long black hair since Ringu.
3) Rave Master was on. That's a good excuse damnit. And, in my defence, I played the game thing on and it unsettled me a little so I guessed the movie would be worse, ergo, I didn't wanna see it)

chapter 10

Aqua was in the backseat of Lance's jeep sitting next to Pietro. The silver haired mutant hadn't tried anything yet, but she was wary of him. Pietro seemed to be a bit of a pervert, but the girls loved him. This vexed Aqua, how did he do it?

They arrived at the school a few minutes ahead of time. Aqua looked about, the school seemed like a normal high school. Like when she had got off the bus from Jersey she wondered just who was a mutant and who was human. Just then she noticed a boy, he had his boxers pulled up a little too high to be normal.

"Hello," He said in a thick German accent.

Aqua smiled, this kid looked nice. "I guess I could give him a chance..." She didn't notice the strange look on Pietro's face as she got acquainted with the boy. "My name's Aqua," she said, holding out a hand.

"Kurt Wagner." He grinned as he shook her hand. Aqua noticed that his hand felt furry. She looked up and he winked at her.

"Don't vorry, you're in good hands." He leaned over to her ear and whispered, "I know vhat you are. I'm vone too." She was relived, too many people called her a freak already. Aqua showed him her schedule and they found that they had most of the same classes. Kurt agreed to show her around the school if she wanted.

"These are my friends Scott Summers and Jean Grey." Aqua shook hands with both of them, Jean seemed nice but she was too... friendly. She seemed too anxious to show Aqua that she was welcome here which resulted in a raised eyebrow from the girl. Now Scott was different, he smiled but didn't smother her with friendly gestures. Aqua found herself appraising his body, she was a little jealous of Jean but not much.

Luna was standing behind her, she was never one to go for the whole 'welcome to our school' thing. Lance came up and stood next to them. "What's up Summers?" He didn't look too happy to see the other boy.

"We're just making them feel welcome, Lance, Don't worry." He said putting an arm around Jean.

The bell rang and Kurt grabbed Aqua's hand, pulling her to the first class of the day. Aqua blushed slightly, furry boy was cute and he seemed to like her. Bayville was getting better and better by the second.

Luna and Lance sat in Math together, laughing at the things they were drawing on a piece of paper. Like Aqua said, Luna was a menace. From the moment she had come into that class she had begun plotting ways to make this period of the teacher's life a living hell. She had started by giving him appraising looks and watching him become uncomfortable. That was first on her list because the teacher was young and very good-looking.

Next Luna started passing around a sheet of paper that said 'Sign-up sheet #5.' This idea was killed a few minutes later. She contemplated having Aqua come to her class and bang a small gong whenever her name was spoken. She told the idea to Lance and revealed in his deep chuckles. Lance was the closest thing she had to a boyfriend, maybe she'd ask him out tonight, he could show her around town.

Aqua was kicking Kurt's leg underneath the lunchroom table. "So you're girlfriend broke up with you? Why?"

Kurt looked down embarrassed. "Vell you see, I'm not exactly your average teen, you know..."

Aqua grinned, "That's quite an understatement you know..."

Kurt laughed lightly and continued. "I guess she vasn't a fan of the fuzzy."

Luna plopped down next to Aqua. "I like the fuzzy! Whooo go fuzzy!" Aqua shook her head and smiled as Kurt snickered.

"Have you met Mr. Harrison yet?"

Aqua shook her head, "No, why?"

Luna got a dreamy look on her face. "He's only 28 and has the greatest ass I've ever seen." Lance made himself known by clearing his throat. "Besides you, koi"

Lance put his hand behind his head and scratched his neck. "Well when you put it that way..."

Aqua suddenly realized that Pietro was not among them. She looked around the lunchroom and spotted him at a table surrounded by girls. He was laughing and telling them jokes as they swooned over him. "Why that little..." Aqua stood and clenched her fist, looking for all the world like she was going to storm over there and beat the shit out of Pietro.

Lance chuckled until Aqua hit him with the coldest look she could muster. And being a mutant of water and ice, that was pretty cold. Lance cringed under her hard gaze and returned to his lunch. "Does she do that often?" He asked Luna.

The girl chuckled, "I wouldn't get on her bad side, she can be pretty vicious."

Aqua breathed in slowly, trying to control the strange rage that had come over her. "I'm gonna wander around town after school." She announced, sitting down and looking slightly less pissed off. Luna sat up in her seat and glanced towards Lance. "I am too. I was thinking of going to the pet store, wanna come with me Lance?" The boy nodded fervently, smiling.

After the last bell rang, Aqua met Kurt at the entrance to the school. "Vere a ve going?"

Luna nodded towards her friend. "She's headed to the haircut place on the corner and I'm going to the pet store."

Kurt nodded, "All right, I'll take Aqua to the salon and you can go vith Lance."

"Sounds like a plan," said Luna, grabbing her new boyfriend's hand and walking in the other direction. Aqua waved to her friend and turned back to Kurt. "Should I get my hair cut shorter?"

The boy smiled and pulled her hair up off her shoulders, testing what it would look like. "Definately, You'll be a knockout."

A few hours later Aqua nudged the brotherhood house door open. In one hand she a box of Pocky and a box of sushi, in her other hand she had a Jamaican Lemonade spritzer. Pietro was sitting on the couch watching some show, which on closer inspection, turned out to be InuYasha. "Hey," Aqua mumbled sitting down next to him, but on the other end of the couch.

Pietro's eyes widened as he glanced at her, Aqua looked amazing! Her hair was shorter and it framed her face perfectly. It wasn't too complicated, just a choppy cut. Perfect for her because she didn't really like to worry about anything, her hair least of all. Pietro turned back to his show, determined not to let this cocky mutant get the best of him. How dare she resist his charms? This thought left Pietro confused yet again, Aqua seemed to be an expert at doing that.

Luna walked in and smiled at her sister. "Nice cut! Really cute."

Aqua screwed up her face, "I don't do cute."

Luna laughed the suddenly jumped up. "I've got something to show you!!" Luna waltzed into the living room, a three-foot baby python wrapped around her shoulders.

"WOAH!! Luna that is sooo cool!!"

The older girl smiled, "His name is Muse."

Aqua was busy admiring the snake's scales. They were light green with dark green diamonds with a diamond right in the middle of his forehead that was darker than the rest. "It's so beautiful!"

Luna smiled happily. "I've wanted to get a snake for so long, now I finally have one!"

Lance stalked up behind her and hugged her, "I like him, really suits you, Luna. Nice haircut Aqua." Luna winked at him and plopped down on the couch beside Pietro where Aqua had sat a few moments before. Lance sat next to her, leaving only a small space between him and Pietro that was perfectly Aqua-shaped.

The blonde gulped and sat down in between the two, noticing how her hip ground against Pietro's and how her leg rubbed against his. What she didn't notice was the small look of triumph on the boy's face at her obvious discomfort. Pietro's thoughts were all too clear, he would do all in his power to arouse the female mutant beside him. He reasoned that there was no way she could resist him then.

He rubbed his leg against hers again, feigning innocence as he poured all of his visible attention into the fight scene that was now taking place on the TV. Aqua knew better. She stood quickly thinking of something to do. "Oh my god! I totally forgot about Elijah!! Did he get any food?" Thank god for her quick thinking skills.

Luna looked thoughtful, "Come to think of it, I haven't seen him since I got home..."

Aqua made a note mentally to thank her sister in any way possible later. "I'll bet he's in my room..." She disappeared up the stairs.
"Wait, did Inuyasha win?"
"Well he's the only one left standing."
"Where's Kouga? Oh god, I hope he didn't get hurt."
"I think you care about that wolf more than me, Luna."

Aqua walked into her room to find Todd sitting on the floor, playing with her cat. "What the hell?"

Todd looked up and gave her a wide smile. "I just love kittens, yo!" He snuggles Elijah who looked pitifully at Aqua.

Help.... me....

The girl smiled at her cat and nodded. "Hey Todd? Isn't today shower day?"

The boy looked up, panicked, "Oh crap, yo! I do not want to take a shower!"

She placed a hand on his shoulder, "For the love of god, do it. I beg you. For the good of humanity!"

Todd walked out grumbling about how people should mind their own business. Aqua winked at Elijah. "Two birds with one stone." she thought smiling. The small cat rubbed against her leg and purred. Nice haircut he commented, still managing to look incredibly cute.

"You will never succeed Kakarrot, I am the Sayain prince! You are nothing but a third-class warrior."
"Why is he always like that? Can't he just admit Goku's stronger than him?"
"Of course not! He's the King of all Sayains and should be treated with respect."
"That is so something you would say, Pietro."
"I didn't ask your opinion!"
"WELL I GAVE IT!"
"I CAN'T STAND YOU!!"

Aqua arrived in the living room to see Luna holding Pietro in a headlock and Lance laughing his ass off. "Did I miss something?" Pietro growled at being embarrassed in front of Lance and Aqua. He slipped out of Luna's hold and zipped into the kitchen. Aqua quirked an eyebrow, "What's his deal?"

Lance chuckled and plopped back down on the couch, still holding his side. "He didn't want to be embarrassed in front of his lover."

"FUCK YOU, LANCE!!" Came the shouted reply from the kitchen. A gust of wind and a blur of magenta, blue and sliver was the signal that Pietro had sped upstairs and into his room.

Aqua looked on, "Hmmm... touchy one isn't he?"

In the Xavier Manor...

Kurt flopped down on a couch in a game room. "She's not evil... They just don't like rules."

Scott stretched his legs out as he got up from the floor, pausing the game and leaving the controller on the ground. "Well then why are her and the other girl living with the Brotherhood? Don't tell me they get off on trash heaps like that."

Kurt shook his head, "No no mien frunde, they're free-spirited. I know people like them, they hate it when people are in charge of their life. I suppose it came from being pushed from orphanage to orphanage." He flicked his blue tail thoughtfully. "They'll do what they feel is right and no vone can change their minds."

Bobby plopped down next to the fuzzy elf. "I hope they realize it's only right to join us soon. The blonde, what's her name....?

"Aqua! She was cute!" Several other boys chimed in with their opinions.
"What about the chick with her? Not too shabby..."
"I wonder if Aqua wears contacts. I mean, her eyes are amazing!"
"Luna, that's the other girl. She's funny!"
"I like her style. The bondage stuff and the eyeliner..."
"Did you see the back of Aqua's pants? God, I almost died laughing!"

And so it went on, each mutant boy professing their love for something about one of the sisters. A few lewd comments were made about both of them which, Kurt suspected, neither one would agree to. Suggestions were thrown around and raunchy jokes were made for a few moments before the boys returned to the things they were doing or changed the subject.

Kurt walked over to the window seat and stared out of it. "I vonder if Aqua vill ever come here... It'd be nice to get to know her better..."

Amanda: DUN DUN DUN!!! plot twist! if you thought Pietro would get Aqua that easily you were sadly mistaken!
Chri: do you have to do that?
Derik: yes she does...
Dani: 0.0 when'd he get here?!
Amanda: I decided I wasn't using my Deadwood muses enough so we have Derik, Mr. Squeek and Captain Crossdresser or Jeremy.
Chri & Dani: hi
muses: hi
all: .................
Chri: ::points to Jeremy:: that is the coolest bra I've ever seen!
Dani: so much for first impressions...

I have issues. Love me, love my issues.
Aquamarine