Scott, Piotr, or Bobby?... Oh, my!
By Jobby Shipper
Chapter 7: Can't Keep Secrets
The chase had been a short one as Jubilee was no where near fast enough to get away from neither John nor Bobby. However, that wasn't really Jubilee's problem as she managed to run right into a teleporting in Kurt Wagner. She screamed when she suddenly saw him there as she still hadn't really gotten used to seeing his appearance. However, Kurt wasn't exactly concerned about that, as he had been a little further down the hallway when he heard all the running.
"Vas is going on here?" he asked. Kurt then looked up to Bobby and John as they arrived. He raised an eyebrow. "Well?"
"Like, oh, my God, Professor Wagner," Jubilee said. "You're not gonna believe what I..."
"You didn't see anything!" John yelled out, pulling out his lighter, ready to attack her.
Bobby quickly pulled John's hand down. "John, no!"
"But she's gonna..." he started, but was cut off by Bobby.
"No!" Bobby commanded. "I know you want to set her hair on fire, but you're not going to. You don't need to get thrown out of here. If she tells then..."
"I'll just have to kill her later if she does!"
"Alright, that's enough!" Kurt said, crossing his arms. "Someone start talking here. Vas is this all about?"
"Well, it's just that..." Jubilee looked over to John and Bobby. John was looking at her in total anger and Bobby seemed to be pleading with her not to say anything. She didn't know what to do. She had always been quite the talker. She loved to gossip, and this was at the top of the list of greatest things ever to gossip about... But did she want to ruin a relationship, just because she'd accidentally saw something that she shouldn't have, and in the process end up being set on fire whether now or later? She wasn't so sure she wanted to risk it or not.
"I'm waiting, Jubilee," the blue elf asked, now tapping his foot. "I don't have all day here. I have a German class to teach in a few minutes."
"I'm sorry," Jubilee said. "It's just that I... Well... I..." she gulped. "Well, John's been gone for a long time, because he joined Magneto, and he just came back out of nowhere and I was going to announce it to the entire school so everyone could be mean to him, and that's why they were chasing after me."
Kurt was shocked. "Vas? Oh... Yes... I had forgot that you had left, John. I'm glad you decided to come back... But Jubilee, you shouldn't be mean. He might decide to leave again. Now I must get to class." And with that, Kurt bamfed away.
Jubilee looked back over to John and Bobby, and then looked down. She wasn't sure what to say or how to act about this situation at all. "I'm sorry, guys... I shouldn't have acted like that... It just shocked me..."
"Well, thank you for not actually telling Kurt the truth," Bobby said smiling. He looked over to John. "Right, John? Aren't you happy that she..."
"Yeah, sure... All happy and giggly inside over it," John said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes and sat down in a chair against the wall as he started playing around with his lighter.
Bobby couldn't help but chuckle. 'Even though John's changed a lot emotionally, he still has his attitude from time to time. I think I like that.' He turned back to Jubilee. "Don't take that the wrong way. That's John's way of saying thank you."
"Yeah... I remember how things are with him..." Jubilee remained serious the whole time and looked down the hallway on both ends, making sure that no one was eavesdropping and then looked back to Bobby. "So how did this happen? You were in love with Marie, I find out that you and her are having problems, and then all of a sudden, John comes back, and you're with him. I'm just a tad surprised, Bobby. I never thought I'd see you of all people with another guy."
"People change, Jubilee, and I guess I'm one of those that like change. Marie's drained me... I guess I finally realized that I just wanted something different, and John opened up to me, and I guess things just started to fall into place. You would've had to be have been there."
"No offense, Bobby, but I don't really think I would've wanted to be there," Jubilee said with a smile.
"Oh, come on, Jubes," John said, finally speaking up. "You know you wanna have a threesome with us." He started laughing.
Bobby's eyes enlarged and his face turned red as he looked over to John in shock and then back to Jubilee who just laughed it all off. Bobby tried to chuckle as well, but it just came out a wheeze. This side of John would take a long time to get used to, as Bobby was used to John always being so quiet and unvocal about things, or how he felt about things. And now John was a lot more open now that they were together. It was a lot for Bobby to swallow, but he figured that he eventually would.
"Anyway," Bobby finally said. "Can we trust you not to go off telling everyone? I know you have a big mouth."
Jubilee's mouth dropped. "That's like seriously not nice, Bobby! I aught to start telling people right now, just for that!"
"I didn't mean it like that, Jubilee. You should know that's not the case. We just don't know how anyone is going to react to all of this. Please, just promise me that you'll keep your mouth shut."
"She won't, Bobby," John said. "Everyone in the mansion will know before the end of the night... Heck, probably even in an hour, knowing who we're talking to here. She'll start talking, and I bet the first person she'll go to is Marie."
"I will not!" Jubilee yelled to John. She looked back to Bobby. "Alright, I'll try my best to stay quiet... I can't promise anything, cause in all reality, you are right about me and my mouth, but I'll try my best."
"That's all I ask," Bobby said smiling.
"Well, I guess I should go do what I set out to do in the first place. I was going to go have a workout in the gym. That's why I was at the elevator in the first place. I'll go do that now, I guess." With that, Jubilee took off back down the hallway toward the elevator.
Bobby turned to John, still sitting down and messing around with the Zippo lighter. "So are you gonna be alright?"
"As long as she keeps her mouth shut I'll be fine. Ya know, I was able to keep everything about my private life secret for several years. Sure the telepaths knew, because they love to pry into people's minds. You'd be surprised what I put up with there, especially with Quentin Quire. That jackass would keep making me see visions of Scott being killed in front of my eyes, or visions of me having to kill him myself. I hate that guy for the way he acts. Maybe if you think about it, he was another reason I had to leave."
"Yeah, Quentin can be a pain, but I think he's calmed down a lot now with the Professor and Dr. Grey gone. He's the resident telepath now... Unless you count Miss Frost, but she's rarely here. I don't think she likes this place... At least Quentin actually likes being here. And he's learning the basics of Cerebro now. It won't be long and he'll actually be able to start using it. He is pretty powerful after all."
"Yeah, I know all about his powers, Bobby. I had to experience them first hand," John stated.
Bobby nodded and sat down beside John in another seat. "Well, at least you won't have to worry about him doing that now at least. I think he's grown up a lot since then. He's really taking on responsibility quite well."
"Did he ever get rid of that ridiculous purple Mohawk?" John asked snickering.
Bobby laughed. "No, he's still got it. I think he likes it for some reason. He's still trying to get with that one Cuckoo as well unsuccessfully. She doesn't really like him."
"Well, I guess some things don't change, huh?"
"Nah, some things are the same, but none of that mattered all that much. You were the one thing that changed that I really wish hadn't. I'm glad that you're back though."
"I guess I'm glad to be back too... At least now I am... I don't feel alone anymore with you in my life."
"And you'll never have to feel alone ever again either," Bobby assured him.
John smiled. "I'll make sure to hold you to that, Iceman."
"You won't have to, Pyro," Bobby said, smiling back. "I promise you, I'll never leave you, and I refuse to let you walk out of my life again."
John smirked. "You couldn't stop me if I wanted to."
"I'd try my damnedest though, Bobby said shaking his finger at John. "I won't let you just leave me so easily again. I'll go with you next time."
John raised an eyebrow at this. "Really? If I decided to just up and leave again right now and go back to the Brotherhood, you'd go with me?"
Bobby sighed. "I wouldn't really like it, but I don't want to loose you again. I would go with you and hope that maybe I could get you to change your mind."
"Well, you won't have to worry about that being a possibility," John reassured him. "I'm not going back. Like I already said, Magneto left me to die on Alcatraz Island... I never meant anything to him. I was just another of his pawns, just like Mystique. Once I was no further use to him, he forgot that I even existed."
"If you think about it though, I basically did something similar to you... When Rogue first showed up, I started spending all of my time with her, and neglected you."
"Let's not get into that conversation anymore. We've gone over all of that... I tell ya though, Rogue's gonna flip when she finds out about us."
"She'll just have to get over it, John," Bobby stated as he looked around, making sure that the hallway was clear. Since classes were going on right now, there weren't going to be many people walking around anyway, and thankfully no one was in that hall at all right then.
John shook his head. "I still can't believe that you and I are together now... It's so odd... How do you go from best friends, to enemies, and then to lovers?"
Bobby chuckled. "I'm not sure, but that will probably answer itself in time anyway. However, that's not really for us to worry about anyway. Let's go do something. I don't know what yet, but we should do something."
"I agree," John said smiling. "We'll know what we're gonna do when we get there."
Both boys stood up and moved down the hallway together to go to a new destination.
Arthur's Note: Alright, I know it's not that long or great a chapter, but now's your chance to change the direction it's going in. Where should they go next, everyone? Please review and tell me where you think they should go, what they should do, and why. I'd love to hear your ideas of what should happen next, as with college, I don't get many chances to work on this story, and a helping hand would be awesome. Thanks to everyone for the reviews that I've gotten so far, and any reviews in the future.