Alls Good? Think Again

Here's the next chapter. It would have been up last week but I didn't have a computer because the stupid thing broke and what I had made for this chapter got wiped.

"Johnny…" Merc warned.

"I just wanna see if it'll work." Johnny said.

"Don't you dare." Merc said.

"Oh come on? What could happen?" Johnny asked.

"It could explode!" Merc said. "Cell phones and fire do not mix." She held out her hand. "Give me it."

"No." Johnny said.

"Johnny Storm give me your damn phone." Merc said.

"What if it would work?" Johnny asked.

"Trust me…it won't." Merc said. She flicked her fingers and Johnny's cell phone zoomed into her hand. "You are sooo NOT using fire to try and recharge your battery. Maybe Doom could have done it if he wasn't a whacko but not you." She dropped the phone into her purse. "So you miss a few fan calls, big deal."

"Oh come on, Mercy." Johnny said, wrapping his arms around her and putting his forehead against hers. "You know I don't like them no mores." Merc smiled and rolled her eyes. "You should know…what with you reading my mind all the time." She hit him and leaned back to look at him slightly.

"I do it for your own good, baby." Merc said. "Come on, we're gonna be late."

"Do we have to go?" Johnny asked. "You and that skirt…"

"Mind out of your pants." Merc said. "If you behave…"

"Then do I get a treat?" Johnny asked.

We'll see. Merc thought. Johnny groaned and dropped his forehead onto her shoulder. Merc tilted her head to the opposite side.

"You're gonna drive me insane." Johnny said.

"I haven't already?" Merc asked. Johnny laughed.

"You know what I mean, babe." He said, lifting his head. They started walking with one of his arms still around her waist.

"Honestly…I think Sue was right." Merc said. "I never should have slept with you so quickly."

"After all that excitement how could you not?" Johnny asked, smiling mischievously. Merc couldn't help but smile. Sure enough, once they got back to the Baxter after the party the previous week, Merc was still so full of energy that she had actually dragged Johnny away from the others and they wound up in her room. He'd been sleeping in her room every night ever since.

"It wasn't completely my fault." Merc said. "You and your horn ball thoughts. I'm just glad no one…" Johnny pulled her up against him and kissed her right there in the middle of the sidewalk. Merc moaned and wrapped her arms around Johnny's neck.

"So this is what's been taking you guys so long." They pulled apart and looked at Sue and Reed, standing in the doorway of the building next to them.

"No…we've been taking a long time because someone wanted to see if he could use his powers to recharge his cell phone." Merc said, looking at Johnny.

"Ok so I was being stupid…sue me." Johnny said.

"If I was given a dollar for every time I've stopped you from doing something stupid over the years…I'd be a fucking millionaire." Merc said.

"It has not been that many times." Johnny said.

"Well it's in the thousands." Merc said.

"Alright!" Sue said. "Gee…sometimes it's a wonder how you two are together."

"We have a few more good times then we do bad times." Merc and Johnny said together.

"Quit it!" Johnny said.

"What?" Merc asked, innocently.

"Reading my mind and saying what I'm gonna say…as I'm saying it." Johnny said.

"Make me, hot shot." Merc said. She moved away from him and followed Reed and Sue into the building. Johnny smirked and followed as well.

"There she is." Ben said. Merc smiled at her uncle. "Been wondering when you were gonna show up."

"How could I miss my uncle's girlfriend's birthday?" Merc asked, hugging Ben then hugging Alicia who was next to him. "Happy Birthday Alicia."

"Thanks Mercy." Alicia said. "Where's the hot head?"

"Umm…" Merc said. She looked around and spotted Johnny by a table with food on it and a few girls around him. "Over by the snack table getting flirted with."

"You're ok with that?" Ben asked.

"Remember Uncle Ben. I'm a telepath." Merc said. "And I'm pretty damn sure that if I try hard enough I can put the wrong ideas into those girls' heads and have it so they think Johnny is gross." Ben smiled but didn't say anything. He and Johnny had come to an agreement that they would…try…to stop fighting as much…at least with Merc around.

"I think you might be one of those people that wind up scaring people at times." Alicia said.

"How'd you guess?" Merc asked. The girls laughed

Ok…this time I'll get her. Johnny thought. Merc rolled her eyes. She didn't need to hear him thinking because Ben's eyes had shifted from her to something behind her. She's not turning around yet. This'll work this time and…Aww hell she can probably hear me. Merc pretended to not notice any of what her boyfriend and uncle were doing.

"So do you guys think you might wound up like Sue and Reed anytime soon?" She asked.

"Being able to turn invisible and stretch?" Alicia asked.

"No…engaged." Merc said, laughing.

She can't just be playing stupid…I know she knows I'm right behind her. Johnny thought. Oh well…might as well since she's probably expecting it now. Merc smiled slightly but jumped as Johnny stepped up next to her and shoved her lightly.

"Hey!" She said.

"What?" Johnny asked, innocently.

"You…ooooh…you were planning something completely different then what I thought you were planning." Merc said. Johnny didn't say anything. "You sneaky little bastard."

"Hey now…name calling is no way to win someone's affection." Johnny said. Merc raised her hand to hit him. Johnny threw his hands up in defense. "Neither is hitting!" She flicked her hand and Johnny's head snapped forward slightly from the force of Merc's telepathic slap. "Why…why do I keep forgetting you can do that?"

"Because you're silly." Merc said.

"That's the best you can come up with?" Johnny asked.

"Let's leave these two alone." Ben said. Alicia nodded and he led her over to some other people.

"I'm being childish." Merc said. "You're a poohead!"

"A what?" Johnny asked, laughing.

"You heard me!" Merc said.

"Oh my god." Johnny said.

"What?" Merc asked.

"Nothing…just noticed that your uncle and probable-future-aunt have basically just abandoned us." Johnny said. "After all that waiting they did for you to arrive."

"Your sarcasm is just sooo refreshing." Merc said, sarcastically.

"So is yours, baby." Johnny said, just as sarcastically.

"Mine's better though." Merc said. Neither of them noticed they had moved closer until Merc noticed that she had to look up slightly to see Johnny's face.

"Oh really?" Johnny asked.

"Really." Merc said. He bent down slightly and kissed her instantly.

"Break it up or get a room!"

"We're in a room." Johnny said, looking around at the people around to see if he could find whoever had spoken. Merc laughed and grabbed his hand, leading up to a stairwell. "Where we going?"

"To the roof." Merc said.

"Why?" Johnny asked.

"Do you always have to ask questions?" Merc asked.

"Do you always have to answer with another question?" Johnny asked.

"Do you always have to be a pain in the ass?" Merc asked, smiling.

"Ok you win there." Johnny said.

"Naturally." Merc said. They went up a few flights of stairs before coming out on another level of the building. They went into the elevator from there.

"What was the point of that?" Johnny asked.

"Just so no one else knows where we're going." Merc said. "It's easy to tell if you go straight from one floor into an elevator. This way we make it so people don't really know where we're going which could be a good thing." Johnny smiled and wrapped his arms around her from behind before leaning into a corner of the elevator making it so that Merc had to lean as well.

Hmm…I wonder… Johnny thought.

"Don't." Merc said. She looked over her shoulder to see Johnny looking confused. "Don't even think about thinking about any kind of elevator sex stuff."

"Well now I am now that you mentioned it." Johnny said.

"You pig." Merc said.

"You love it." Johnny retorted.

"I never mentioned anything about love." Merc said. Johnny couldn't argue because that was true. Merc never brought up the topic of 'love' since the boat party and she certainly never did around Johnny. He didn't even know if she thought about it. He knew that she more then likely knew he thought about it occasionally.

They got out of the elevator and had to go up another flight of stairs before they came to a locked door that was labeled 'roof'.

"Will you do the honors?" Johnny asked, pointing at the door and bowing slightly.

"Of course." Merc said. "Don't need to have to pay for damages to the door after you've melted things." She managed to unlock it and they went out onto the roof. Merc instantly shivered from the wind. "How come it gets colder the higher you get?"

"Oh come on now, you can't be serious that you don't know that." Johnny said.

"I know…doesn't mean I have to like it." Merc said. "Stupid climate stuff."

"You know there's gotta be something you can go to college for that." Johnny said, going over and sitting on the edge of the roof. "I mean…there's gotta be something out there that you can do that…even though you can read someone's mind it doesn't really matter."

"There's actually a few things." Merc said, absently.

"Oh? Such as…" Johnny said. Merc shook her and smiled before walking over, resting her hands on the edge and looking down at the ground. "You're not gonna tell me are you?"

"Nope." Merc said. Johnny slid down and again wrapped his arms around her from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder. "Everything seems so different from up here."

"It's not as noisy." Johnny said. "Well it is but the noise isn't as loud."

"Now I know why you enjoy flying." Merc said, referring to the peacefulness of being high above everything else.

"You ever give it a try again?" Johnny asked.

"After the time in the stairwell chasing after Ben? No." Merc said. "I just…don't think I trust myself that much."

"Well you know what they say…you can't trust others until you trust yourself." Johnny said.

"Hmm…not necessarily true." Merc said. "I trust Uncle Ben more then I trust myself. And I trust Sue and Reed."

"Do you trust me?" Johnny asked.

"Yeah…I do." Merc said. "I mean…I have to. To let you talk me into doing all those crazy things with you."

"Hey…I never deliberately led you into anything if I thought you could get hurt." Johnny said.

"I know." Merc said. "Like the space thing."

"Actually I think that's one of the best things that's ever happened." Johnny said. "You think we would have wound up like this if it hadn't happened?"

"I dunno." Merc said. "We'd still be friends, obviously, but I don't know if we'd be…couple-like." Johnny smiled slightly. That was the first time Merc had ever said anything about them being a couple. She always said they were together but now-a-days that could mean anything. She really did have some issues when it came to commitment stuff. Then again…so did he.

They returned to the party after a while longer and soon after that the guests had all gone home and Ben had taken Alicia home before joining the others in returning to the Baxter Building. Merc and Johnny joined Ben in climbing the stairs just so that they could give Reed and Sue some alone time.

"Uncle Ben it's true!" Merc said, laughing. "If you drop rockets into like coke or whatever it is…you get like an explosion thing."

"Have you actually done that?" Ben asked.

"No…Johnny did it." Merc said.

"Guilty." Johnny said. The three of the laughed. "It wasn't funny then because I got hit in the head." Merc and Ben both laughed more. "You guys are sooo nice…not."

"Aww relax Johnny." Merc said. They got to their floor and Ben pushed open the door, leading the other two into the apartment. "You know we like you."

"Speak for yourself there, Mercy." Ben said.

"Oh you like him too, Uncle Ben." Merc said.

"Stay out of my…" Ben started but stopped.

"Stay out of your what?" Merc asked. Johnny looked at Ben then looked to where he was looking. There was Reed and Sue, both looking somewhat uncomfortable in front of a man and a woman who looked about the same age as Ben and seemed to be just as uncomfortable as the other two.

"Who are they?" Johnny asked.

"Who are wh…" Merc began then froze as she laid eyes on the other two people. "Oh my…"

"Oh your what? Merc?" Johnny asked.

"Umm…these are…umm…" Reed said.

"Merc's parents." Ben said. Next second, there was a thud and Johnny jumped over to kneel next to a now unconscious Merc.

Well what do you think? I never said anything about her parents…well I did to one reviewer. I told that person that her parents weren't dead or abusive, they were just…absent. That's why Merc lives with Ben.

I actually can't remember the names I had for them so I might need some help there. Obviously her mother is the one related to Ben because Merc's last name is Denver not Grimm.