One more chapter after this one, and this fic is all caught up. Again. I apologize to those of you who have been waiting for me to get this fic caught upso that you can finally see what happens to Anna. If I had known that this fic was going to be removed, I would not have left such a dramatic Cliffhanger. That said, here is the next chaper. There is a bit of Jonda bashing in this chapter, so you have been fore warned. I hope that you like this chapter, and please don't forget to review.
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James sits at his desk, and starts filling out a repair request to fix the chair that he broke over Victor's head. Of course, he wasn't going to tell anyone that, but he still needed a new chair for his office.
James picks up the phone to call for a janitor to come and clean up the mess when there is a knock at the door. A few seconds later, Victor pops his head into the office.
"I said No!" James says exaspiratedly.
"Yeah but….."
"What did I say!" James says as he gets more aggrivated
"Yeah you did but….."
"Please leave!" James demands.
With a defeated look on his face, Victor closes the door behind him. Meanwhile at a nearby bar, Anna and Kitty sit in awkward silence after Ororo's drunken revelation about Anna's "School girl crush" as she so eloquently put it. Ororo passing out was a temporary distraction, but once they realized that she was okay, Anna and Kitty can only sit and try to think about what to say in the empty bar. The only thing that can be heard is the sound of the bar T.V. in the background.
"Sooooo, Ummmmmm….." Kitty stammers.
"Yeah, So." Anna says equally flummoxed.
"Maybe I should take Ororo home!" Kitty and Anna say in unison.
After almost two agonizing minutes of silence between the two, the stillness at the table is finally broken.
Anna looks away. "I-I was afraid of this….." She says just above a whisper.
"Of what?" Kitty asks.
"Of this! You're uncomfortable around me now."
"No! It's not that….. I mean, it's just that….. Like, I knew that you….. But I didn't know that you….. Well, it's just a little, a little….."
"Weird!" Anna says matter-of-factly.
"Unexpected." Kitty replies in the same manner.
"That's appropriate given the circumstances." Anna says understandingly as she sits up in her chair.
"What do you mean?"
"Well," Anna takes a deeps breath as she tries to plan out what she is about to say in hopes that she doesn't make Kitty any more uncomfortable than she may already be. " I never thought my…..Infatuation with you would ever amount to anything. I mean, I never imagined that we would ever hang out, let alone be friends."
Kitty looks down at her drink, then looks up with a devilish grin on her face. "So, basically, what you're saying is that you want a piece of this ass!"
Anna looks up at Kitty in shock, then a smile begins to grow on her face. "I don't believe you. You're joking! I'm trying to bare my soul to you, and you're making jokes!"
"Admit it! You want a piece of My fine ass!" She says with a ghetto attitude.
"I don't believe you!" Anna says in mock disbelief before the two friends look at each other for a split second, the break into a hysterical laughter.
A short time after dismissing Victor, James is sitting at his desk when there is another knock on the door. Aggravated by this, James gets up and storms towards the door. "I thought that I….. Oh I'm sorry St. John."
"Ummm is this a bad time?" John says with a slight Australian accent. "Ya'know Victor tried to tell you that I was here, but I can come back later if you're busy."
"N-no," James satmmers, "please St. John, come in."
"It's just John."
"Okay, John it is." James looks around the room. "Errr, please don't mind the mess."
"Victor go off on one of his rants again, eh?"
James rolls his eyes. "Yes" James sighs. "So tell me, Saint John is sort of a strange name."
"Yeah well, what can I say, my mother was a devout Christian." John says slightly miffed, obviously not as enthusiastic about his name as his mother.
"Well, lets get this meeting started, I'm sure that you're as eager to get out of here was I am. You probably would like to get home and "Throw another shrimp on the Barbie" eh?"
John gets an irritated scowl on his face. "Was that supposed to be a Joke?"
"Yeah, I'm sorry, you must get that a lot." James says oblivious to John's change of tone.
"What do you think!"
"So, here is your new contract" Says James, still oblivious to John's erked demenor.
"You know you damn Yanks think that Aussies are just a joke don't you!
What, with your damn Crocodile Dundee and Croc. Hunter!"
James looks at John slightly shocked. "Well, as I said, I apologize"
"Oh, I see, you think that we Aussies have nothing better to do than drink Foster's beer, and wrestle with Crocodiles all day!"
James puts up his hands defensively. "N-no, I don't think that at all….. You see, those guys are funny, But you? No you, you're just….."
"Oh what…..What, am I here to amuse you, What am I a fucking "G'Day Mate, Throw a nuther shrimp on the Barbie eh" Clown?"
"No no no….. " James says defensively as he wishes that Anna was here to help him calm John down, but currently Anna and Kitty are deep in their discussion about their would be friendship.
"So is everything cool?"
Kitty wipes way tears from her eyes from all the laughing. "Well, I have to admit that I am in fact weirded out a bit, but….. You're my friend Anna. You being a Lesbian, or the fact that you "So totally have the hots for me!" as my character on the show would put it, is not going to change that. I do have some questions though."
"Ummm, Like what?" Anna says hesitantly.
"Do you promise to me honest?" Kitty asks.
"Can I just say that you're putting me in a very awkward position….." Anna ponders for a second. "but yes, I'll be as honest as I can."
"Well, Like, how did you discover that you were, well, you know?" Kitty ducks her head down, and tries to motion to Anna with her hand.
Anna ducks her head down to match eye level with Kitty. "What?"
"You know….." Kitty stammers.
"Gay!" Anna says loudly.
"Shhhhhhhhh!" Kitty blerts out as she gestures to Anna to be quiet. "Don't make a scene!"
"Kitty, we're the only ones in the bar, and the bartender is busy watching a football game on the television behind you."
Kitty looks around the bar. "Errr, sorry."
"To be honest, I think that I always have been gay, I mean, I've dated guys,"
Kitty gets an expression on her face as if she is about to say something, but is cut off by Anna before she has a chance to blert anything out.
"And yes, I have had sex with men before." Anna says quickly "I had boyfriends all though high school and college….. Well, that is until I dropped out. But, it just never felt right ya'know."
Anna watches as Kitty sits back into her seat as she absorbs what she had just said. Anna is not sure how this will end or where it will lead, but the fact that Kitty was still sitting at the table and talking about it was very promising. Now would be the perfect time to start drinking and not stopping until the bottle was empty, or she passed out due to alcohol poisoning. Instead, Anna felt that there were a few questions that she had as well.
"Kitty?"
Kitty looks up from her glass which she had suddenly found very interesting. "Yes?"
"If it's alright, I-I was just wondering when it was that….. When did you find out from Scott that….."
"Well, first of all, I didn't find out from Scott, so don't go and lynch him just yet."
"Really, then how?"
"Well, I kind of saw you and Jean one night at a club, and….."
"OH MY GOD! You were there!"
Back in the office, James could really use a drink.
"What like Funny HAHA Funny! Come one Tall me James, How are Aussies Funny?"
James is getting tired of trying to be the polite, professional executive. "Look, I have no problem with Aussies as you call them, I think it is you who has more of a problem with Americans."
"Oh Yeah, well I hate you Fucking Yanks! None of you would last a day out in the bush."
"Well, if it wasn't for this "Fucking Yank" as you put it, you would still be selling hot dogs at the Zoo concession stand!"
"Alright, YES! I was a Hot dog vender, but that was the past, I'm a star now!"
"Star? What are you talking about, you're semi-supporting cast on a children's television show."
"Yeah, who's one of the most popular additions to the show. Ratings went up when the Acolytes were added."
"No, Ratings went up when Gambit and Colossus were added which appealed to the Romy and Kiotr fans out there. Every hopeless romantic out there is gearing up for the next season."
"Yeah, there are just as much Jonda fans out there as there are Romy or Kiotr fans."
"You can't seriously think that we are going to develop a storyline based on the internet ramblings of fan fiction writers."
"What, there is obviously interest, they wouldn't have paired us together otherwise. Just give the fans what they want. Besides, Wanda is kinda hot."
James looks at John flabbergasted. "Uhh, you know that Wanda is a man right!"
John looks at James quizzically. "Yeah right! Quit bullshitting me!"
"His real name is Wayne, and he is Pietro's twin brother."
"What! You're bullshitting me!" John gets a disgusted look on his face before it turns into a wry smile. Ya Damn Yank! You almost had me going there." John says Jokingly.
"John, I'm serious. Wanda is a man."
Quit Fooling around. Wanda is not a man..." John thinks for a few seconds. "Oh I see how it is. You don't want to admit that I'm right, and give the fans what they want, so you're making up this lame story about Wanda."
"John, it isn't a lie, the Scarlet Witch is played by a man."
John begins chuckling to himself. "See, you didn't know this, but Wanda and I have be going out for the last six and a half months, and YES he have been very intimate if you know what I mean, so I know that you're lying!" He says with a grin on his face.
"Uhh, So….." James looks at John in shock. "Uh, so, Um. You've never noticed anything while you two were….You know….."
"Fucking!"
"Well, I was trying to be a little more tactful, but yes." James says as a shiver goes through his body.
"Oh man, she is wild! She always likes to….."
"That is quite enough! I really don't need that mental picture injected in to my head, but I have a feeling that it may already be too late for that."
"So, you admit that you were lying about Wanda."
"No, I admit that you need to sign this contract, and that you and WAYNE need to have a little talk."
John gets a disgruntled look on his face, then reaches over, and signs his name to the contract in front of him. "Well, I guess that if that is all, I'm going to go home and give Wanda a bootie call!" He says with a wry, yet clueless grin on his face as walks out of the office.
James shudders. "Man, is that guy ever going to be in for a big surprise!"
As James finishes up the remaining paper work from John's meeting, Anna sits in disbelief as Kitty recreates the events of that night in the club with Jean. It was bad enough that Anna had lived through it once, but to hear it from someone else's point of view was one revelation that Anna was not ready for.
:Flashback:
It was an average Saturday night in Los Angeles. People were out, and the various nightclubs were packed to capacity. Kitty was never really one nightclubbing, but after several weeks of Scott hounding her about being such a home body, she finally decided to go out and meet up with him for a drink. Scott had told her that he would be at the club with his friends Paul and Anna.
Kitty had already known Paul from his few stand-in rolls on the show, but aside from knowing that Anna was James's secretary, she knew nothing about her. Scott said that they usually got a late start when they went clubbing, so Kitty had actually taken a nap before heading out to the club. She arrived at the club at a little past 12:30.
It was her first time at the club, or any club for that matter. After about thirty minutes of wandering around the club, she had finally found Scott who, much to her irritation was already leaving with his new boy toy Paul.
Kitty shouts above the music. "Where are you going Scott, I just got here!"
"Oh don't worry about it Kitty, look around, it's one big Party!"
"Scott! Scott! Don't leave me here!"
"Relax Kitty, Just go hang out with Anna; you two will get a long fine."
"Scott, I don't even know this girl, you can't just ditch me with a complete stranger!"
Scott points towards the bar. "Look, there she is. Just go over to her, she'll recognize you from the show. Tell her that I invited you to meet us at the club, and introduce yourself."
"Scott, I'm not like you, I'm not a Social Butterfly who can just go up to random people and start up a conversation."
"Why not, it's easy, watch."
Scott turns around and taps a random person on the shoulder. "Hi I'm Scott, what's your name?"
"I'm Emma, how are you?"
"Fantastic!" Scott expounds, "Isn't this an awesome club!"
"Yeah, my friends and I come here all the time!"
"Really, How is it that we've never met?"
"I've seen you in here lots of times, but if you want to see me, you need to come out of the VIP room more often. We common folk are usually relegated to the main dance floor."
"What? Tell ya what, what's your phone number, and I'll make sure that you get into the VIP room next time." Scott pulls out a pen from his pocket, and hands it to Emma.
"Awesome!" Emma proceeds to write her phone number down on a napkin. "Here, give me a call sometime."
"Definitely! You think you can help me out with something?"
"Anything!" Emma says seductivly as she grabs a hold of Scott's arm.
Scott points towards Anna sitting at the bar. "See that girl over there? That's my friend Anna, super cool girl. Well, my friend Kitty here is too shy to go over there and talk to her, even though I told her that they would make great friends."
"So, what's the problem?" Emma asks.
"Kitty says that she's not a "Social Butterfly" like me."
"What's the big deal, just go over there, and talk to her. It's not like she's a lesbian, and is trying to pick her up or anything."
"Exactly. Well, Emma Thanks for your help. Me and my friend Paul here have to get going."
"Okay, It was nice meeting you Scott, and don't be a stranger, you've got my number, so use it." She says with a playful smile.
"Oh Definitely!"
Emma walks away and as soon as she disappears into the crowd, Scott crumples up the napkin with her number on it, and drops it on the floor. "See, it's just that easy."
Kitty stands in amazement at the exchange that she just witnessed. "So, you have this whole conversation with that girl, get her phone number and everything. She's practically ready to rip youyr clothes off and have sex with you right nere on the dance floor, and you're not even going to call her now?"
"Okay, you're missing the point of this whole exercise. The point is that it's a nightclub; people are just making idol chit chat. They aren't here to debate about social security reform."
Paul reaches over, and tugs on Scott's arm symbolizing that it is time to leave.
"Look, just go over to her and talk to her alright." Scott yellas as paul pulls him through the crowd.
"But, but Scott!"
"Go!" Scott points to Anna as Paul finally pulls Scott through the crowd and out the door. Kitty stands in their wake dumbfounded and half tempted to just go home. However, before she has a chance to head towards the door, a little twinge scratches the back of her mind.
"Why should I go home? I'm already here; I may as well have a drink." Kitty thinks to herself. "Maybe Scott is right. I mean I don't have to become a total bar fly like he is, but I'm still entitled to have a little fun once in awhile." Kitty looks over at Anna sitting by herself at the bar. "I guess I should at least go over and tell her that Scott and Paul left so that she's not sitting there all night waiting for them."
Kitty finally builds up enough nerve to walk over to Anna. She is about to cross the dance floor, when she hears a commotion from the door of the club. Kitty looks over, and sees Jean standing at the front of the club with Tim Drake. She is decked out in her usual "slut" attire, wearing a red silky low cut two piece dress, that barley covered her curvy figure. All that Kitty can do is shake her head at her castmate.
Kitty begins to make her way through the crowd. She is finding it rather difficult as she weaves through the sea of dancers. Suddenly, Jean keys in on Anna across the room, as if by magic, the crowd parts leaving a direct path to Anna. Jean doesn't notice Kitty as she walks right past her. It is obvious as to who this lioness's target is as she zeros in on her prey.
Kitty watches as Jean takes Anna's drink from her, and takes a sip through the little cocktail straw. The combination of the blaring music and a nightclub filled with intoxicated patrons, make it impossible to hear what they are talking about. Jean looks at Anna as if she was a piece of meat, and Jean was a hungry lioness.
Suddenly, Jean takes Anna's hand, and wisps her to the dance floor. Anna tries to keep her distance, but Jean grabs her by the hips, and pulls her in close. Jean grinds into Anna's leg causing her to flush.
Kitty can't believe what she was witnessing. She knew that Jean was, to put it bluntly, a slut, but she never imagined that she would be into girls. What truly shocked her was that Anna, although she seemed modest at first, was starting to respond to Jeans blatant flirtations.
The rhythm of the music begins to penetrate into Anna's pelvis. She begins to lose her self in the music, and grinds into Jean, much to the disbelief and pleasure of on lookers throughout the club.
Jean moves around behind Anna, and her hands begin to snake their way over Anna's body. Kitty watches in disbelief as Anna closes her eyes, and tilts her head back onto Jeans shoulder. Anna's mouth opens ever so slightly as if to let out a moan as she enjoys the feeling of Jean's light but sensual touch. Kitty's Taw almost hits the floor when Jean's hand finds its way into Anna's skirt. Anna's eyes snap open. She turns around abruptly, and is met by a passionate kiss by Jean.
Anna's eyes open wide with surprise, and then slowly shut as Anna returns the kiss. Jean wraps her arms around Anna's neck. Jean pulls away from Anna slightly. Anna leans into Jean not wanting to break the kiss, but loses Jean's lips as she pulls away. Anna opens her eyes to see Jean smiling at her. Jean takes Anna's hand and leads her through the crowd to the back of the club. Anna doesn't say a word, and follows her obediently.
Kitty snaps out of her daze, and tries to make her way towards the two women. She calls out to Anna and Jean, but is drowned out by the loud music, and the dull drone of the crowd. Kitty eventually catches up to Jean and Anna who are making out again against a fire exit at the back of the club. Jean pulls away from Anna, and opens the door. Anna follows Jean and the two disappear into an alley behind the club.
At this point, it is obvious to Kitty, that the last thing on Anna's mind is the whereabouts of Scott and Paul, let alone sitting around chit chatting with someone she barely knows. Kitty, however, just can't fight the voyeuristic urge to open the door, and see what they are doing on the other side. She stands at the door with her hand on the doorknob for almost a minute before her curiosity proves to be too great. She slowly opens the door, and pops her head out just in time to see a red convertible take off down the alley, and then out of sight when it turns onto the street.
:End of Flashback:
"So wait, you saw the whole thing?" Anna asked shockingly.
"Yes. Me and half of Los Angeles that night!"
Anna leans forward, and hides her face in her hands. "Oh my god, it is not possible for this to get anymore embarrassing!"
"I have to know Anna," Kitty says softly as she leans in close so that Anna can hear her whisper. "Did you two, well ya'know, DO IT?"
"Oh my god, I spoke too soon!"
Kitty laughing at Anna's reaction. "Well, did you?"
"That's none of your business!"
"I think that I am entitled to know the sexual promiscuities of one of my friends. You know what they say, a simple friend wonders about your romantic history, but a real friend could blackmail you with it!"
"I am not telling you anything about the details of my sex life!"
"Your reaction has already given you away, so you may as well spill the details."
"Oh really, and what does my quote-unquote "reaction" say I did that night?
"That you and Jean probably left the club that night and had hot, sweaty, "have to change the sheets the next day" sex!" She says with an evil grin on her face.
Anna sits dumbfounded by Kitty's remark. "Yeah! Well….." Anna stammers because she doesn't know what to say next. "Well….."
"So, are you two seeing each other, or were you just a "Bootie Call"?"
"I'll have you know that I am not a "Bootie Call", and No, we're not seeing each other."
"So that was the only time that you two did it?"
Anna's face starts to flush, "Well….."
"Oh my god, you're as big a slut as she is!"
Anna reaches over the table and punches Kitty in the shoulder. "I AM NOT! Twice alright, we only did it twice!" Anna pouts.
"That's all?" Kitty says in an insinuary tone.
Anna sits in her seat with a guilty look on her face. "Okay, so it was a threesome….. Both times."
Kitty breaks out into a hysterical laughter that fills the empty bar, and rips the bartender's attention form the television. "The same guy?"
Anna looks down in embarrassment. "No"
Kitty lifts Anna's hair away from her face. "No what?"
"No, it was a different guy both times."
Kitty breaks into another fit of laughter.
"Thanks….. Some friend." Anna looks at her watch, and realizes that they had been at the bar for almost two hours now. "Oh Shit, I better call the office to check on James!"
"What for?" Kitty says as she gasps for air.
"Well, technically, I am supposed to be at work!"
"Oh don't worry about it; if he fires you, he's going to need another Testicle retrieval operation."
"Yeah, well I still should check in on him." Anna pulls out her cell phone from her pocket, and turns it on. "Holy Shit!"
"What?"
"I have 72 messages."
"Bootie calls?" Kitty says mischeviously.
Before Anna has a chance to dial the office, her cell phone rings. Anna recognizes the number on her caller i.d. and answers the call.
"Uhh Jean?"
"What? Another Bootie Call." Kitty jibes before getting hushed my Anna.
"Jean what's wrong!"
"Where have you been?" Jean demands over the phone. "Everyone has been trying to call you all day!"
"With Ororo and Kitty, why?"
"Haven't you seen the reports on television? Someone had to have called you for a statement."
"Seen what? Statement for what?"
"Are you near a television? Turn it to channel 4."
"Jean, what's going on?"
"Just turn to channel 4!" Jean dictates.
"What's going on?" Kitty asks.
"I'm not sure." Anna gets up from her seat and walks over to the bar followed by Kitty. "Can you please change to channel 4?"
The Bartender does as she asks, and turns to channel 4.
"And it seems that scandal just seems to follow Jean Grey around." Says the Entertainment Tonight reporter. "It appears that another sex tape featuring the buxom red head in action has surfaced. This time in bed with Tim Drake," A blown up picture of Drake from the tape appears on the screen. "aka Robin from Teen Titan fame, and another woman who has yet to be identified."
To Anna's horror, a blown up picture of her from the tape appears next to Drake's on the screen. Anna drops her cell phone and covers her mouth with her hands while Kitty stands next to her in shock.
"Although it has yet to be confirmed," the entertainment tonight reporter continues, "it is rumored that the other woman on the tape is secretary who works in the offices of Kids WB."
"Anna!" Jean's voice can be heard through Anna's Cell on the floor. "Anna, are you there?"
Dun Dun Dun! The plot thickens. Yeah I know, cliffhangers suck, but I love'em. :)
Who released the tape to the press?
How did they get it?
What will James do when he finds out?
Do these pants make my butt look fat?
Answers to these questions and more in Chapter 26, so tune in next time! Same Anna Time, Same Anna Channel.
