THE WRAITH CHRONICLES By B. Eustace

Movies

"PLEASE!!!!", both Wraith and Kurt whined loudly in front of Rogue's door.

"NO! Ah'm too tired from LAST night! What are you gonna watch anyway? We exhausted our movies supplies yesterday. Now leave me alone so Ah can catch up on my beauty sleep." Rogue said muffled through her closed door.

It was eight thirty and in Wraith's opinion far to early for bed. Considering though that they had all stayed up watching movies last night until three in the morning Wraith thought she could cut Rogue some slack.

It was a special night for Wraith because tomorrow Scott would be coming back as well as Mr McCoy from his short trip to the Redwood forest. The professor had said that Wolverine might also be back too but he wasn't certain as, "Logan doesn't exactly come and go to an ordinary timetable and you can't ever know precisely when he will return." But still ,as far as Wraith was concerned this was her last day with just the three of them and she wanted to make it last. Tomorrow was a new day with new people to deal with.

Kurt brought the popcorn from the kitchen the fast way and Wraith organised the movies. They sat on a three seater couch that was very comfy and ate lollies and the popcorn which was buttered. First they watched the Matrix again and then Speed. By then they were running low on food so Kurt BAMF ed to the kitchen and finally brought back some more lollies. Gummy bears, sour snakes, raspberry licorice and pineapple lumps along with two bags of salt and vinegar flavored chips amongst other things.

"Mmmmm...rasberry licorice!" Wraith exclaimed and jumped up off the couch to get some lollies.

"Vat should ve vatch next Fraulein?" Kurt asked as he dropped a piece of popcorn into his mouth using his tail to hold the bowl.

" Hmm... I don't know." Wraith replied as she floated above the far corner of the couch eating the licorice. Her expression as she tried to make her sleep starved brain think, was priceless, and Kurt started sniggering, then laughing while Wraith looked on in confusion.

" What's so funny furball?", she asked putting her hands on her hips.

" Your face vent all screwed up vhen you vere thinking!" Kurt managed to say while trying to regain control of the remaining popcorn and chip mixture which was leaning precariously and looked dangerously close to falling.

Suddenly the bowl tipped and both Kurt and Wraith made a dive for it. Everything seemed to go in slow motion. The bowl flying, Kurt and Wraith diving with hands up and then.... chips were EVERYWHERE! Kurt took one look at Wraith and started laughing even harder than he had been before. Wraith glared at him.

" You think I look bad!? Wait till you look in the mirror elf!" , and she grabbed a handful of lollies and threw them at him. Kurt was so surprised he didn't even get a chance to teleport. Then....

"FOOD FIGHT!" he yelled grabbing some of the other supplies he'd put behind the couch.

And so it began that Kurt threw stuff at Wraith and she got splattered with more chips. She picked up the food off the ground with her power and Kurt got a face full of stuff.

"AH HA! Beat that you soft toy!" she yelled.

"Hey! No fair!" he teleported and pushed her off her air cushion.

"Neener neener neeener!" he taunted with his tounge poking out.

Back and forth they went. Both getting a lot of junk food in their hair but Wraith managed to stop the worst of it with an air barrier. When they finally stopped they were laughing too much to do anything. When it subsided Kurt said; "You're a unordnung!"

"What ?"

"You're a mess!"

"You too !"

Wraith said after surveying the damage. The room was quite a sight too. There was dip on the wall and a mixture of crushed chips and lollies stuck to the floor.

" Vell, now that we have gotten rid of the food, you vant to vatch Lord of the Rings ?" Kurt asked smiling as he removed chips from his hair and brushed off the couch.

"Kay" Wraith replied before she shook her hair to get out the bits still there.

Kurt studied Wraith while she watched the t.v. Her blue-streaked hair was tousled and she was staring sleepily at the screen. She was now only a hand span above the middle of the couch and had made a pillow of air for her arms to rest on beside her. Kurt himself was almost as tired and had turned down the sound on the movie while he stretched his legs over the couch and propped himself up with an elbow so he looked towards the large screen and Wraith.

This week had been a lot of fun he thought, reflecting . It was interesting having someone new around to talk too and muck about with.

During his thoughts Wraith had been slowly drifting lower and now was actually on the couch. She was almost asleep and had unconsciously snuggled up to him when she landed. He moved slightly so that his legs didn't lose their circulation, being careful not to disturb her and he put his arm around her shoulder. She had her head resting against his shoulder and had automatically tucked her hair behind her ears.

"Kurt?," she mumbled softly, "Who's gonna clean up?"

"Don't vorry, ve'll do the morning." he assured her.

His last thoughts before he also fell asleep were that she was so warm, and would she let him hold her like this if she was awake?........

Then there was no noise except for the movie faintly playing in the background and their soft breathing.