Chapter 8: Girl Talk
Aidan and Feryal sat in the room that used to be the kitchen. Piotr walked in and his mouth dropped to the floor.
"My… my… my kitchen." He said beginning to sob.
Feryal looked up at the hole the ceiling.
"Aidan," Feryal began.
"Yes?" Aidan asked looking up from her paper.
"When did we get a skylight?" Feryal asked smiling.
"I dunno, hey Pete, when did we get a skylight in here?" Aidan asked smiling.
Piotr looked at the ceiling. He sat in a chair at the table and began to sob even more.
"Piotr, it's okay," Feryal said getting up and sitting next to Piotr, "We'll go to Home Depot or Lowes or something, and get roof stuff. Then we'll fix it."
"Alright." Piotr said.
Feryal stood up and gave him a hug.
"Uhm, Ryann, I vas vondering, vould you, uhm, I mean will you uhm, ohh shoot!" Kurt tried.
"Are you asking me out?" Ryann asked putting her book down on her lap.
"Yes." Kurt sighed.
"Yes." She replied bringing her book back up.
"Really! Aw zhis is totally awesome!" Kurt rejoiced then bampfed out of the room.
"I gotta tell Feryal." Ryann said running out the door.
Feryal walked into the living room. She was amazed to find that the couch was still usable. She sat down and wondered if the t.v. was. She picked up the remote and pushed power.
"And the severed head was found in an elevator shaft. Good news for egg lovers." The newscaster said.
"Success!" Feryal yelled.
Then she heard a knock on the door. She got up and walked to the door. She opened it to find Ryann.
"Hey, come on in." Feryal said closing the door after Ryann came in.
"Guess what?" Ryann said sitting on the couch.
"What?" Feryal asked sitting next to her.
"I've got a boyfriend." She said.
"Really? Who?" Feryal asked.
"Kurt Wagner." Ryann said.
"Nuh-uh, the blue fuzzy one?" Feryal asked.
"Yup." Ryann said.
"Well, I'm happy for you chica." Feryal said turning on the t.v. once more.
"Thanks. Have you asked him yet?" Ryann asked.
"No, I don't think he likes me." Feryal said.
"Why wouldn't he? You're pretty, funny, smart, what's not to like?" Ryann asked.
"I don't know, sometimes he acts like he likes me but then other times he doesn't. It makes me mad because I don't know if he does." Feryal said.
"Well, you just have to go and be like, 'Hey will you go out with me?'" Ryann said.
"I can't do that." Feryal said. "I have to know if he likes me for sure before I ask him."
"Or you could try Kurt's way." Ryann said.
"Huh?" Feryal asked switching on Comedy Central.
"He stammered the whole time. He was like 'uhm, Ryann, I was wondering, uhm'; I swear he said uhm about fifty times." Ryann said.
Feryal laughed.
"And it worked, I like him, he likes me. It all worked out." Ryann said.
"Yeah but you knew Kurt liked you. I don't know if he likes me or not." Feryal said.
"Well, how much do you like him?" Ryann asked.
"A LOT! Duh!" Feryal said.
"Well, isn't that proof enough that you should just go for it. It doesn't matter if he likes you or not just go for it. Sure I knew Kurt liked me but he didn't know I liked him and he asked me out." Ryann said.
"Yeah but that was just luck, if I didn't have bad luck I would have no luck at all." Feryal said.
"So? At least you have luck, maybe if you do this your so called 'bad luck' will turn to good luck." Ryann said.
"Maybe." Feryal said. "OH! Look it's Nick Swardson!"
"Turn it up!" Ryann said.
They both laughed.
"Professor!" Kurt yelled.
"Kurt? What is it?" Professor X asked.
"I can't find Ryann anywhere. Do you think you could find her?" Kurt asked.
"You've searched the mansion? The grounds?" Professor X asked.
"Yes, I've searched everywhere I could think, and she's not there." Kurt said.
"Okay we'll go look for her." Professor X said.
Professor X headed toward Cerebro. He went in and found Ryann. He came out and saw Kurt standing there.
"I found her, she's with Feryal." Professor X said.
"AND WHERE'S THAT? You are being very vague, Professor." Kurt said.
"With the Acolytes, I can't tell you much Kurt." Professor X said. "I know that she will be back, she's not going to be gone forever."
"Okay, I'll take your word for it. Thanks Professor." Kurt said bampfing out.
Piotr walked through the living room to the two girls. He stopped and smiled at them, then continued to the kitchen.
"Girl, he totally likes you." Ryann said.
"Do ya think?" Feryal asked.
"Totally." Ryann said.
"Are you sure? Don't lie to me." Feryal said.
"Yes, who do you think he was smiling at?" Ryann asked.
"Both of us?" Feryal guessed.
"No you idiot! You! He likes you." Ryann said.
"I think he was smiling at both of us." Feryal said.
"Yeah maybe but did you notice that he was looking at you." Ryann said.
"He did? Great and I didn't see it!" Feryal said.
"You need to ask him out now!" Ryann practically ordered.
"Now? With you here?" Feryal asked.
"No, not right this second. You're spending time avec moi." Ryann said.
Feryal laughed at Ryann and smiled.
"You promise me that you will ask him out." Ryann said.
"I promise." Feryal said.
"This week, you'll ask him this week." Ryann said.
"Okay, this week, I promise." Feryal said turning up the t.v.
"I am dieing, can't you see that? LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! Now let me go I've got more stuff to steal." Nick Swardson said.
Feryal and Ryann lost it. They were laughing so hard that Feryal almost fell off the couch. It wasn't that hard since there wasn't that much left of it.
Aidan came walking from the hallway.
"Oh, is that Nick Swardson?" She asked.
"Yeah." Feryal said.
"Oh good." Aidan said joining the two girls on the couch.
John came out of his room.
"Crickey! What 'appened 'ere? Oh is that Nick Swardson?" John said sitting on the floor in front of the couch.