A/N: So I didn't get to go see Harry Potter. On the ticket in the fine print, it said 'first come, first serve'. We didn't get there in time to get in. :( Also, my brothers got home from summer camp! The quiet was fantastic but now I may finally be able to write again! Double yay!
By the way, you can thank my good friend Stephanie for helping me get past my writers block.
OH! I WENT AND SAW 'X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE' LAST NIGHT! OMG! T'WAS FEKKIN' AMAZING! *FLAILS*
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"For every 99 times you looked me in the eye, you looked me in the eye and swore you weren't lying…" Sophia sang into the plastic Rock Band microphone.
It was a rarity. No one claimed the Rock Band equipment, leaving it free for the four friends to take. Perhaps the reason was because tonight was Halloween and most of the students were preparing to go out for a night of trick-or-treating. There was currently a small crowd made up of a variety of creatures, watching them rock out in the living room, with Bobby on drums, John on guitar and Rogue on bass.
"I was so blind, I never saw the signs, I'm getting out tonight and you're not invited."
The song ended and the small group of students that were in the room applauded.
"You guys are actually good!" Violet Garrison, who was dressed in a Robin Hood costume, commented and Cody Thompson nodded in agreement.
"Who would have thunk it!" Violet's head whipped around and she glared at her classmate. Cody opened his mouth to retaliate, but was interrupted by a voice in the doorway.
"Hey!" Kitty Pryde said as she peered around the doorway. "Come on! Lets go get our costumes on!"
"Costumes?" Sophia asked as she wound the microphone's cord around the mic.
"For the Halloween party." John answered. "A few miles down the road is a small kid friendly club. They throw a yearly Halloween bash."
"Ah." Sophia nodded and followed Rogue and Kitty to the girls dormitory.
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Meanwhile…
"The girl should be going out with the seniors tonight." Nick Fury supplied.
"Ah yes," Magneto chuckled, "the Halloween dance. Charles started it and its only predictable that the new headmaster keep some, if not all of his traditions alive." He glanced at Wanda Maximoff and Nick Fury. "You will make your move tonight."
Wanda and Nick glanced at each other before nodding to their boss.
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"How long does it take them to get ready?" John complained as he glanced at the big wooden clock in the hall.
Bobby shrugged and leaned against the side of the staircase. There was a comfortable silence before John spoke again.
"I'm thinking about asking her out."
Bobby quickly turned his attention to his friend, question in his eyes. "Who?"
"Sophia."
Bobby raised his eyebrows slightly. "I don't know if that's a good idea."
"Why not? I like her. In fact I really like her."
Bobby sighed and pulled slightly at the collar of his costume, a vampire, before speaking again. "I'd be fine with you dating Sophia. She's the type of girl you need."
"I'm sensing a 'but'…" John whispered under his breath.
"But I don't know what Rogue would…" He was cut off by John.
"Dude, why do you care so much about what she thinks?"
"She's my girlfriend!" Bobby quickly answered.
"I get that, but come on!" She's only one person! And, you are the man in the relationship! It's religion in some places that men are the ones whose opinion matters most in the relationship!" John exclaimed.
"But this is America and I was raised to respect women and their opinions." Bobby interjected.
John sighed dramatically and threw his hands up into the air. This was an argument that was going to go nowhere. And of course Bobby had pulled the damn 'I was raised' card. He opened his mouth to retaliate when the two heard voices upstairs. The two turned their attention to the top of the stairs and watched as a vampiress, a ninja and a witch aka Rogue, Sophia and Kitty descended the stairs.
"Finally…" John mumbled and Bobby elbowed him in the ribs slightly. "Hey!" He hissed but quickly turned his scowl into a grin. "Hey! Wow, what do we have here? A mistress of the dark." He smirked at Rogue, "You obviously belong to him," He indicated to Bobby with a tilt of his head. "A wonderful witch. Strange, I thought you were going to go with the kitty again this year, Kitty."
Kitty rolled her eyes. "Very cute, John."
"I try." He turned to Sophia. "Now what do we have here? A dominatrix?"
Sophia scoffed. "No, I'm a ninja." She indicated to the tight black pants and black tube top.
John nodded slightly. "Nah. I like mine better." This comment earned him a glare from Sophia and a slap on the arm from Kitty.
"Come on," Bobby said, "we should go." The group of five began the short walk to the front of the door, but were stopped by the gruff voice of their combat instructor, telling them to "hold on a minute."
"Logan!" Rogue exclaimed, slightly startled.
Logan nodded in greeting. "Hiya kid."
"Why'd you stop us?" Rogue asked.
"Miss Lockhart," He replied and Sophia looked up. "You are not eighteen."
"So?" John asked and Kitty whispered him an answer somewhat reluctantly.
"So, she's not allowed to go out with us tonight."
"That's stupid!" John cried out as he watched Sophia's face fall slightly.
"Is there anyway you could let this slide?" Rogue pleaded but Logan shook his head. "Rules are rules."
"Since when are you a stickler for the rules?" A voice from behind Logan asked. The five students peered around their combat instructor and saw that Storm had appeared. Logan raised an eyebrow at her and Storm smirked.
"You four," Storm pointed to Bobby, Rogue, Kitty and John, "go wait outside." She glanced at Sophia, "I will talk to you and make my decision."
Three out of the four students that were instructed to go outside nodded, but the fourth opened his mouth to protest. Sophia noticed John open his mouth and put a hand on his arm to stop him.
"Go."
He studied her eyes for a moment and after being assured that she would be fine, nodded his head.
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It had been twelve minutes since they had seen her. One of them was nervous, one was impatient and two were talking amongst themselves. Finally, just when the nervous one was about to complain for the fourth time, the doors opened and Sophia walked out, a grin on her face.
"Lets go!" She clapped her hands together and began to head in the direction of the garage.
"Wait, you can come?" Bobby asked.
Sophia nodded. "Yup. Miss Munroe decided that since I'm doing well in my classes, she'd allow me to go to the party."
"That's great!" Marie exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Kitty agreed. "But we better get going so that we can find a good place to park. Lets go see if there are any good cars left."
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It turned out that the other seniors had left one nice car for them, so the five quickly piled in. Bobby drove so Rogue naturally rode shotgun leaving John, Sophia and Kitty, respectively, to sit in the back. After a few minutes of riding in the car and discussing random topics, they arrived at the club. Bobby finally parked the car after driving around the small parking lot several times and the five hopped out. They could hear and feel the music pumping from the small building in front of them and hurried over to it and out of the nippy October air. They quickly made their way over to the door and John opened it, allowing the other people to go ahead inside. They were about knocked off their feet when the door closed behind them. The music was blasting loud enough that the speakers were pumping. Lasers from the ceiling were illuminating the club in reds, greens and blues. There were people dancing on the floor, some they recognized, some they didn't, but above all, everyone appeared to be having a good time.
"I'll see you guys later!" Kitty yelled over the commotion and Bobby nodded as Kitty phased her way through the crowd. Sophia watched her go and made her way over to one of the walls of the club. She slumped against it and surveyed the activity on the floor.
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Meanwhile…
Wanda and Nick pulled up outside the club and put their van into park.
"I don't understand why he sent us," Nick stated. "he's perfectly capable of a simple kidnapping."
Wanda snorted. "He's old." She glanced sideways at him and watched his expression go from stony to a smirk.
"Where do supervillians go for retirement?"
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After a minute of surveying the dance floor, Sophia felt a body beside her. She glanced over and saw the profile of John. He was pretending to watch the dancers, but Sophia could sense that he was looking at her out of the corner of his eye. Suddenly, he turned and put his lips right up to her ear.
"Do you want to dance?" This simple question sent shivers down her spine. It could have been from the closeness, or the seriousness of the question. She didn't know and she certainly did not care. She nodded slightly. John grabbed her hand and pulled her through the crowd of couples. They finally found a spot and John dropped her hand, much to Sophia's disappointment. She began to sway her hips in time with the music and John made several awkward movements that Sophia assumed was him attempting to dance. She stifled a laugh and grabbed his hands putting them on her hips.
"Follow my lead!" She yelled over the music and felt his head nod beside hers.
"I'm bringing sexy back…"
Sophia began to sway her hips again and smiled slightly as she felt John relax behind her. She felt him begin to sway his hips slightly and she relaxed against his body. They began to sway their hips faster as the song went on.
"I'm bringing sexy back…"
She rubbed her backside up against his front as they continued to dance and felt him groan as she did. She smirked, loving the fact that she was messing with his head and turned around so that she was facing him. His hands, having been on her hips, were dragged across her body as she turned and ended up on her backside.
"I'm bringing sexy back…"
His dark eyes stared down into her own dark ones. They were having fun. Pure hormonal teenage lust. The next thing either of them knew, their lips had met. It was electrical. Everyone else in the room disappeared, but the music kept blasting. It was almost magical.
"You ready?"
The song ended and the two were eventually aware of the fact that they were making out on the dance floor. Needless to say, it was awkward.
"I'm going to go get something to drink!" Sophia yelled over the music and John nodded, trying to keep his cheeks from turning pink.
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Meanwhile…
Nick glanced at his watch and groaned.
"Would you shut up?" Wanda hissed as she twirled a strand of hair around her finger.
"Gladly! As soon as we get the girl."
"It could be awhile. It's still early."
Nick rolled his eyes. "In that case, can you do what you do and make me on a beach with…"
"No!" Wanda hissed, angered at the thought. "If I have to suffer, you have to suffer."
"It can be enjoyable for you too." Nick half offered, half teased. Wanda sent him a glare and he scowled before turning back towards the van's window.
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John felt a finger poke his shoulder and turned around, hoping to see Sophia. Kitty's face smiled up at him instead.
"Having a good time?"
John tilted his head to one side and then the other. "Eh."
Kitty laughed. "Well I think we're heading out. Its getting late."
John nodded reluctantly and glanced around the floor. It was somewhat emptier and he could actually see the floor which had colorfully lit squares. His eyes scanned the remaining crowd and his heart leapt when his eyes found Sophia. She was talking with another girl who he recognized from school.
Sophia felt eyes on so she looked up and quickly saw that it was John who had been watching her. She smiled and winked at him causing him to chuckle softly.
Kitty had been surveying the room, looking for Bobby and Rogue. She quickly found them still dancing in the corner of the room and she smiled slightly.
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Meanwhile…
"Why can't we just barge in there and take her?" Nick whined.
Wanda chuckled. "Most of the children have left already. I'm sure they will be out soon."
"Should we get into position?" Nick asked hopefully and Wanda nodded.
"I think that might be a good idea."
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"That was so much fun!" Sophia breathed as the five began the short walk back to the car.
"It actually was." John agreed and he sent a secretive smile at Sophia, causing her to blush.
"It's too bad Halloween only comes once a year." Rogue sighed.
"True, but you can dress up like a vampire any day!" Sophia replied.
"Yeah, but then people will think I'm crazy!"
"Who cares!" Sophia grinned and Rogue rolled her eyes.
Suddenly, the setting changed. It got bright like it was the middle of the day and the nippy October air was replaced with warm air. The parking lot also vanished and was replaced with grass.
"What the…?" Kitty began, but was cut off by a noise behind them. The five whipped around and were startled by the appearance of a smirking man. Another noise behind them caused them to whip around again and this time they were met with the sight of a woman. While they were temporarily distracted by the woman, the man ran forward and grabbed Kitty's arm.
Kitty screamed and attempted to fight back, but was quickly hit over the head.
John lunged towards the man, but quickly froze, apparently affected by some unseen phenomenon.
Bobby and Rogue ran forward next, but also stopped dead in their tracks.
Sophia fearfully glanced around at her frozen friends before running towards the man. Just when she was about to punch him in the face, her step-father appeared. She froze in fear and dropped her fist.
"What do you think you're doing?" Steve growled. "You stupid girl. What do you think you're doing?!"
Sophia swallowed hard and was about to answer when she realized that something was off. She whipped her head towards the woman and the woman stumbled backwards, tripped over her feet and fell to the ground.
After watching John, Rogue and Bobby come out of their trance like state, Sophia turned her attention back to the man. She punched him in the jaw and while his head went back, grabbed his forehead. She pulled it down towards the ground and moved her hand to the back of his neck, pinching the skin hard. The man winced and released his grip on Kitty.
"Help me!" Sophia yelled and John and Bobby darted towards her, grabbing Kitty's unconscious body.
The four quickly made their way to the car and screeched out of the parking lot and out into the Halloween night.
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A/N: Sorry for the delay! I hope you enjoyed! Longest chapter yet. 13 pages and 2623 total words! Review!