The night of the party came, and everyone was excitedly getting ready. All the students were getting into their costumes or helping others into theirs. Spyke was setting up his d.j table with the help of Logan.

Jade skipped around excitedly, twirling her burlesque dancer outfit, watching the feathers flutter… but Vixen was still only in a towel. Jade grabbed the curling tongs and attacked a lock of her long raven hair. Suddenly the door flew open.

'Like, hi girls!' cried Kitty in a short black skirt and a black boob-tube. 'Guess what I am!' Vixen and Jade stared at her blankly. Kitty sighed and jabbed her finger at a pair of ears she had cut out of cardboard and stuck to a hair band.

'A bat?' asked Vixen, her face slowly contorting into a sort of leer of incomprehension. 'A chipmunk gone nuts with some hair dye?'

Jade and Vixen both burst out laughing, unfortunately Jade still had her curling tongs in her hair. She jumped back as the hot iron touched her ear.

'Of course not!' Kitty cried out exasperatedly. She turned around and wiggled her bum at them. Vixen was about to say something rude when she saw a tail hanging limply from her skirt. 'I'm like, totally a cat!'

Jade looked sideways at her blond friend as if to say: 'I'm glad I noticed the tail!' Vixen nodded in agreement as Kitty ran out happily.

'So…' started Jade tentatively, gazing at Vixen who was still in her white towel. 'Umm… what are you going as?' she asked finished her last strand of hair at the back.

'Surprise.' said Vixen uninterestedly. 'You'll know as soon as you see me anyway.' she finished grabbing her I-pod and stuffing the earphones into her ears.

Quicksilver arrived at the institute's gates at 8.30, as Vixen had instructed over the phone. He wondered vaguely what he was supposed to do when a gruff voice came over the intercom making him jump.

'No visitors.' said the voice Pietro thought he recognised it as Wolverine's. He held out the flowers he had bought for Vixen and looked hazily in the direction of the noise. The voice grunted. 'You're Quicksilver?' Pietro nodded nervously before the gates creaked open to let him in.

He made his way up the gravely path, flowers in hand, his gentleman's costume and top hat making him feel self-conscious.

He was let in by Wolverine who grunted at him again, confirming his suspicions that he had answered the gate. Pietro noticed his lack of disguise and made him feel even more unsure of himself.

'Party's in there.' Logan said pointing down the hallway from which Pietro could hear music, laughter and could see flashing lights.

'Is Vixen in there?' he asked as Logan moved slowly away towards what looked like the kitchen. The man grunted a no without even looking back, leaving a slightly bewildered Quicksilver standing in the hall. He moved away from the hallway and curiously peered up the stairs.

'Pietro?' came Vixen's curious voice from the hallway, he jumped and hid the flowers behind his back, grinning stupidly. But only Jade came into view.

'Where's Vixen?' asked the young man, slightly unnerved peering around for his girlfriend.

'Sorry.' apologized the girl giggling naughtily. 'Couldn't resist. You look a little uncomfortable.' she continued, making her way towards him, her feathery skirt and silky corset moving with her body.

'Well I don't have any friends here for one thing.' he said smiling a resigned grin. 'And you guys are supposed to be the enemy.'

'It's Christmas.' replied Jade shrugged as though it was obvious. 'And you're the one who doesn't want our friendship. Not the other way round.'

'And it's a party!' cried Kurt dressed as a pirate, who had come through as Jade had been talking. 'Everyone's friends at a party!'

'You wanna come dance with me?' asked Jade shrugging and gesturing towards the hallway again as Kurt munched on a packet of crisps behind her.

'Are you flirting with my man?' came Vixen's unmistakeable voice from up the stairs. The 3 kids looked around to see her in a short white dress with floaty sleeves and a lot of cleavage on show.

But what really made their jaws drop was the pair of stunning, pure white angel wings, and a glowing halo which was somehow floating above her head.

'Woah…' said Pietro staring at her as she elegantly walked down the stairs. Behind him, he heard Jade laugh appreciatively and Kurt breathing deeply, but he didn't care. All he cared about was her… and how incredible she looked. As she got to his level he remembered the flowers hanging limply by his side, he quickly held them out for her but she pushed past them and kissed him… pulling his monocle off first.

'I like your tux.' she said pulling away as Jade pulled Kurt away back to the party. 'I thought you weren't gonna dress up.' she added slightly confused and with a slightly dreamy look on her pretty face. He shrugged and led her to the dance floor, dropping his flowers on a table on the way.

As they entered the dark room a song Vixen recognised came on. It was Beyoncé's "naughty girl", Vixen turned to Pietro with an excited look on her face.

'Do you know the dance moves to this?' she asked enthusiastically. He smiled down at her, and she took that as a sort of yes.

She led the way onto the middle of the dance floor, noticing everyone watching her in awe at her outfit, and she relished the attention.

They started dancing in rhythm to the music, Vixen thrusting her hips back and forth, and chest as well; Pietro moved his body against hers and took her hand as she lent over backwards, lifting her leg up behind his back. As the song went into a climax she pressed her whole body up against his, lifted her leg up wrapping it around his waist, and licked his face provocatively.

The song finished and everyone clapped at the couple who broke apart breathing deeply and sweating slightly. Vixen looked around proudly and caught sight of Kurt who was clapping fervently along with the rest… Vixen blushed.

'Umm…' she started, turning back to Pietro who was looking around proudly and slightly pompously. 'Sweety, will you get me some punch from the kitchen?' she asked, her chest still heaving.

'No problem, Cutey.' he replied kissing her on the cheek and patting her bum, before walking off. As he left, "kiss the girl" came on and a few couples started dancing.

Vixen was about to go and sit down when Nightcrawler came over and held out his hand. She looked nervously at him, then took his out held hand.

They went to an empty patch of the floor, Vixen put her arms around his neck and he put his hands tentatively on her hips. They swayed together in motion with the slow music, until there was a pause in it.

'You dance really well…' said Kurt uncertainly, Vixen smiled.

'No…' she denied, 'I just copy what I see on T.V…'

'No really.' he persisted smiling winningly. 'All the boys were watching you.'

'I didn't see them…' she replied shrugging a little. 'I was watching you.' she continued in a whisper, blushing crimson and avoiding his gaze.

'You're blushing?' he asked after a small pause, blushing himself and smiling uncomfortably.

'It's the heat.' she snapped, still not looking at him. 'I- I'm hot.' He laughed.

The song continued around them, and they continued swaying in rhythm.

"Let the music play, do what the music say, you gotta kiss the girl." came the melodious words making both teenagers feel self-conscious, and uncomfortable with the intimacy.

"Go on and Kiss the girl…" persisted the song. Both of them looked tentatively at each other, both with the same idea… Vixen leaned slowly forwards, tilting her face upwards as Kurt did the same towards her. They inched closer and closer until they could both feel each others warm breath, coming in small gasps due to anticipation… so close they could almost feel each others lips when…

'I couldn't find the punch so I got you orange juice.' came Pietro's voice behind her. Vixen jumped and jerked her face away from Nightcrawler's to look at her boyfriend and taking her arms off his shoulders.

'Pietro!' she exclaimed nervously, grinning uneasily at him and hoping he hadn't seen how close she and Kurt had been.

'Is that okay, Baby?' he continued, oblivious to her discomfort and the intimacy of her and Kurt. She nodded fervently, still grinning foolishly as Kurt backed slowly away.

'Yeah, that's brilliant!' she replied, glancing over her shoulder to see where her friend had got to. 'In fact, err… I think I'd rather have orange juice than punch!' she continued to try and make Pietro feel better and confident.

'Oh good.' he said taking her hands as she took the plastic cup from him. 'I was a little nervous cos' I'm not sure what sort of drinks you like and don't like.' she nodded, slowly regaining her usual flirty status.

'Good thing you didn't get me lemonade.' she added gently punching him on the arm. 'I hate lemonade.' Another song started up in the background, after a moment Vixen recognised it as Avril Lavigne's "girlfriend". She moved her hips in time to the beat and smile provocatively at Quicksilver who smiled back smugly.

She mimed the words with her appealing lips: 'hey, hey! You, you! I know that you like me! No way, no way! No it's not a secret! Hey, hey! You, you! I want be your girlfriend!' they danced together in rhythm with the tempo until the end of the song.

When it finished, they left the room to find something to drink and sat down to get their breath back.

He smiled at her adoringly as she looked vaguely around the dance floor, watching various people including Jade and, even though she tried to stop herself, Kurt.

Just then, Bobby came over and asked Vixen to dance with him. She smiled, got up and followed him onto the floor. Pietro was about to feel very embarrassed and lonely when Jade walked over and held out her hand for him.

'I'll take that dance now.' she said as he looked from her face to her hand and back. 'Come on she's not looking, besides it's not a slow song, I promise I won't put my arms around your neck.' He smiled and followed her onto the dance floor as Geri Halliwell's "ride it" blared around them.

They moved together to the drum's pulse, Jade twisting her hips and legs against his pelvis making him feel a little ill at ease and hoped Vixen was too busy with Bobby to see him.

Suddenly and to his utter horror, "hero", by Enrique Iglesias, started sounding from the speakers. He glanced over at the blond haired angel he knew was his girlfriend to see whether Bobby had taken her waist… he had.

He was about to march over there and break them up when Jade took his hands and placed them a little lower on her hips than she should have. He looked at her with his eyes wide, but she looked back with a sexy look on her stunningly made up face.

He had half a mind just to walk off then and there but she started moving her hips desirably around. Against his will he decided to stay, but he kept throwing nervous glances over at Vixen who seemed not to have noticed.

The song came to an end and Pietro smiled politely at Jade before walking off to find Vixen, who was still dancing with Bobby.

'Hey, Vixen err,' he started, gently tapping her on her shoulder. She and Bobby stopped dancing and gazed at him, but he noticed he didn't take his hands off of her hips. 'Can we… err… go somewhere a little more… umm, private?'

She raised an eyebrow and smiled foxily, understanding what he meant. She kissed Bobby on the cheek, making him blush like a tomato, and followed the white haired boy out of the crowded room, up the stairs and led him to her room…