There was a knock on the wall of my room, so I turned it invisible. It was Tabby wide eyed and grinning like a kid on Christmas as she looked at my room. I made the wall intangible and she fell through and stumbled, looking back at the solid wall and grinning.
"That's handy."
"Hey Tabby, what's up?"
"It's time to pay up Z." I shut my book and glanced at Sally, she was cutting out a snowflake with her nails.
"Ah, so, where are we going?"
"The pool," Sally's head came up. She liked the pool "but that can wait. You owe me a lip lock."
"Uh, really Tabitha? I don't think you really want to kiss a dead guy do you?"
"You walk, you talk, you have a normal-ish body temp, and you're not rotting, you're fine by me."
"Uh, still, I'm not that good of a kisser."
"That's not what Rogue said."
"And how would you know that?"
"Kitty." I'm going to kill her. "Now stop stalling and plant one on me."
"Kiss kiss?" Sally asked
"Uh, no Sally, I uh-"
"Hey Sally girl! Keep his arms behind his back and we can play together at the pool!" Sally's face lit with a thousand watt smile and she flew in front of Tabby's face
"Really?"
"Really." Tabby nodded
"Yay!"
"Hey!" she can't do that "You can't turn her against me!" Sally pinned my arms behind me
"I think I just did Z, now pucker up!"
"He-mmmmmmm!" and thus I was forced to make out with Tabitha...okay so 'forced' isn't exactly accurate...okay so I enjoyed it...a lot. She's good at this. Plus she's a hot blonde. When she needed air again she leaned back, breathing hard, a happy smile on her face.
"One more minute. Sally let go of his arms."
"Still play at pool?"
"Still play at pool."
"Okay." she let go of my arms and they went around Tabitha, bringing her closer to me, pressing our bodies together, my hands caressing her back. My tongue went along her bottom lip asking for entrance, and she gave it, letting out tongues dance in each others mouths. Erhrm...yeah. Eventually she needed air again.
"Wow, you're good at that."
"Thanks, I've had practice."
"Who was the lucky girl?" Sam.
"I'd rather not talk about it." my mood just plummeted
"Z?"
"Get out for a second and let me put my swim suit on." There's a thump against my wall. Curious, two visitors in one day? I make the wall invisible to see, Jubilee and Bobby making out. Against my wall. Ew, I just cleaned that wall. I thump my hand on the wall making them jump and break apart, looking around. They freak for a second when they see the wall gone. I bring Tabby and Sally through the wall "Excuse me, but could you not do that right in front of my room?" They blush and Tabitha laughs
"What are you doing here!" Jubilee demands
"That was my room you were making out against. Speaking of rooms, get one. Or at least don't make out right against mine okay?"
"Well, what was Tabitha doing in your room?" asked Bobby
"Inviting me to the pool."
"Wait, where's the door?"
"There isn't one."
"How do you get in then?"
"Phasing, teleportation, or the fourth story window if you're really determined. Of course you could knock the wall down but I'd rather you didn't."
"Wait, so you get super privacy?" asked Jubilee
"Hardly, I share the room with Sally, Kitty or Kurt could pop in at any time and there are two other telepaths living here. I just don't have a door is all."
"Hmm, good point," said Tabby "but hardly anyone comes up here."
"That's the point...wait, Tabs, how did you even know which wall to knock on?"
"I didn't, Kitty said she and Kurt were in your room once and it was on the fourth floor, somewhere around here. I spent the last ten minutes knocking on walls and talking to no one trying to find you."
"Tabby."
"Yeah Z?"
"You could have asked Jean or the professor to contact me. Also, I have a phone in my room. The number is on the list, just like everyone else's."
"Oh, but still, now I know where I can find you if I ever need a place to crash, right?" Oh great. I look around and...
"Hey, where did the other two go?"
"Maybe they went to find a room like you said."
"If anything happens it's going to end up my fault somehow."
"Just get your suit on and come on down, there's a full on pool party waiting."
"Does this count as one of the trips?"
"If that's what it takes to get you to come then yes."
"Okay, okay. Be down in five."
"Great, I'll go tell everyone else that you're coming. We can't wait forever you know."
"Yeah yeah. Sally, go play with Tabby okay?"
"Okay." she kissed my nose, giggled then flew off to play with Tabitha. I'm not sure which one of them was the bad influence.
"C'mon Danny, take it off!"
"No."
"Take it off!"
"No."
"Pleaaaase? For me?"
"No."
"You're no fun!" Tabitha fumed for a minute JEAN!
*Ow, what Tabitha?*
Get Danny to take his inducer off!
*Why?*
Because he won't and I want everyone to look at him! I interupted them
*You do know I can hear you when you shout like that, right Tabitha?*
*Danny, why don't you just take your inducer off? It's not that big a deal, everyone accepts how Kurt looks.*
Yeah Z, just take it off! Let loose!
*I actually think Tabitha might be right Danny, hiding isn't that healthy for your mind. Or your stress levels.*
And that thing's not waterproof either. Think of all the accidents that could happen around the pool.
*You two are mean, y'know that? Fine, but when all the questions start flying I'm blaming you two.* Tabitha mentally high fived Jean and called Rogue and Amara over
"What is it Tabitha?" Amara asked
"Yah, what's so gosh darn important?" Tabitha grinned
"Ladies, what you're about to see, will shock, and amaze you. Prezenting...ZOMBIE BOY!" With that announcement Tabitha ripped not only my watch off, but some how my shirt too. Amara blushed and Rogues eyes got a little wider. "Pretty freaky right?" Tabitha was refering to my scars, which shee didn't know I was keeping invisible at the moment.
"Yah called us ovah here ta tell us Danny works out?"
"What? No, the scars, look at the scars!"
"What scars?" asked Amara
"What do you mean what-" now she spotted me "Danny! Stop it! The whole point of me taking your inducer off was so that everyone could see what you really look like!"
"He looks different than this?"
"Yah don't look like Kurt or somthing do you?" I shook my head
"I don't look like curt, but I take more time to get used to." That got their attention. At the same time Kitty walked by and misheard
"OH MY GOD! DANNY LOOKS LIKE KURT?
"NO!" but by now everyone was gathering "I don't look like Kurt!" I raised my wrist "See? I don't have my inducer on!"
"Wait, you don't look any different from when you do have it on. Why do you even have one in the first place?" Evan. I'm going to get him back for that, I swear I will.
"Yeah, that's a good point." Says Jubilee. And now re-enter Tabitha the Troublemaker.
"He doesn't look any different because he's projecting an illusion around himself to look normal." My list of people to get has just doubled. I groan.
"Tabithaaaa!"
"Dude, just show us, it can't be zhat bad can it?" Kurt, you freaking elf I will kill you.
"Easy for you to say." I muttered under my breath. "Fine, if you can guess what I look like I'll show you."
"Do you normally look like this?" asked Jubilee. I nodded and people began shouting things out.
"Mole person!"
"Different colored skin!"
"You're realy a girl!" I smacked Bobby's head for that one
"You glow in the dark!"
"Horribly disfigured by Acid!"
"Scaley skin and a-"
"STOP!" I shouted "Back up, who said the acid thing?" Sam raised his hand "You read too many comic books." With that I let all of my acid wounds become visible and there was murmering. Face, chest, arms, neck, stomach, back, legs, foot. Amara stepped forward
"Your chest..." she traced a line going down my acid scarring "This other scar on top of it, this was caused by a sword, I have seen this many times."
"Let's hear it for blade edge wounds." I said dryly and let those show as well. Face, arms neck shoulder, legs, ear, feet, hands, stomach, back.
"That looks like someone stitched along the edge of your arm man." Evan, he had some of the same wounds from when he went skating I guess.
"Yup." my voice is quiet, I don't know why it hurts to share though. "Broken bones that broke through my skin." Arms, legs ribs, clavical, fingers.
"Th..." Amara hesitated "This one," she pointed to the edge of one of my acid burns "it's different, it was caused by fire, not any chemical." I didn't say anything, just let them come into view. Everywhere practically.
"Okay," I croak "that's enough for today."
"Danny." Jean. Damn her. "You need to let it out. You need to tell them. Not what heppened, just...what they are, what you haven't shown them."
"I hate you right now."
"I know, but you don't really." Damn her...why is she always so right? "Show them." Sigh.
"Gunshots." fade in "Stabings, by something other than a blade." fade in "Claws." fade in "Bites." fade in "Th...throaght slashed." Head tilts and fade in "Chunks missing." fade in "Shrapnel." fade in "Parts cut off and re-attatched." wiggle fingers, fade in "Skin torn off." fade in "Impalement." fade in "V...vi..." I shudder, then, quietly I whisper "Vivisection." fade in "Lazer burns." fade in "Crucifiction." fade in "The funny thing about that one is that when Walker used to shout that he'd crucify me, I thought he was being figurative." I laugh weakly, and no one is saying anything. They're just...stareing. "And that's why I cover them up." I make them all invisible again and walk away
"Danny! Don't!" It's Jean "You live here, you shouldn't have to hide yourself." I...I shouldn't. I let my scars re-appear. From behind me comes.
"You look like shit."
"Hi Logan."
"What happened?" I sigh and without looking at him I say
"My job. It's too much Logan, just...too much." He grunts his understanding. We're better friends now. Not for any real reason, but we are. Guy thing.
"Uh, Danny," Amara "what did you used to do...you know, your job that got you that hurt?" I look at them...at all of them. They want to know, not for any bad reasons I think. I smile as I see Sally splashing in the pool, without a care in the world. Before I walk off I say
"I was Danny Phantom." Fade out.