Author's voice:Sorry for the wait but school has started :( Based on the episode Cruise Control...
It had been almost a month since Evan left. The whole team was quite shaken by his sudden departure. Despite not being blamed for not being able to rescue Evan, Greer did everything she could to comfort the grief stricken Ororo and bit-by-bit, Ororo soon came to terms with Evan's decision of independence. To celebrate the end of SATS and to cheer everyone up, the professor had generously bought every member of the student body a cruise ticket to the Bahamas. Although the prospect of relaxing and not doing anything but party sounded great to Greer at first, however her first day on the boat she realized she couldn't stand being in a metal tub filled with noisy people and surrounded by water. "What's with the long sleeves? It's boiling out there... Here put this on instead" Jean suggested tossing a bright green tank top to Greer as she grudgingly walked out of the bathroom in a long sleeved shirt and black pants. Greer frowned at the tank top. "Thanks but no thanks..." She remarked tossing the tank top back to Jean. "C'mon why not?" "Because there are too many people out there..." "So?" Jean asked pinning up her long hair. "So... if anyone as much as touches me... We're all screwed...There are things they are bound to notice..." Greer mumbled pointing at her furred body. "Oh c'mon you're sounding like Rouge and besides Kurt's furry and he's in shorts..." Jean smiled reassuringly. "Maybe I should stay in the cabin..." Greer groaned flopping onto the bed. "And miss the party outside? C'mon it'll be fun. Just stay next to us at all times and you should be ok...Besides...When was the last time you attended a party?" Jean asked smirking. "C'mon you know you want to..." "Aghh! Fine then but if someone blows our cover its your fault!" Greer declared ripping off her long sleeve shirt and slipping on the tank top.
Greer sighed with happiness. It had been ages since she felt the wind on her fur and had the privilege to actually take time to enjoy it. "Having fun?" Jean asked tapping Greer's shoulders. "Quite a lot actually..." I think I actually forgot how it feels like not to be covered up..." Greer mumbled tying her hair into a bun. "Your right... This is fun..."."Speaking of fun look at Tabitha she's having too much fun..." Jean pointed at the wild blonde as she successfully walked under the limbo pole gaining cheers of admiration from many of the ship's passengers. "Pshh she thinks she's that great, I can easily do that without breaking a sweat..." Greer sulked blowing her fringe upwards. "Hmm in that case..." Without warning, Jean pulled Greer into the limbo dance area. "My friend here thinks she can do better..." Jean announced playfully receiving cheers from the ship's passengers. "Jean what are you..." "Hey its just a party... Good luck..." Jean laughed as she disappeared into the crowd. Greer looked around her nervously. "This is stupid... Someone is so going to notice I'm not normal..." She thought wildly as people continued gawking at her. "Well at least I should give them something to really gawk at..." Taking a deep breath, she bent her flexible spine backwards and cleared the limbo pole with ease. As she stretched upwards people cheered enthusiastically. Greer managed a ghost of a smile. She forgot how it was to be in the limelight, without nasty glares and people calling her names. "Lower! Lower!" someone in the crowd yelled. "You want lower...I'll give you lower..." Greer yelled back. Laughing now, she leaned backwards, the crowd's cheers fueling her adrenaline to finally let loose and have fun.
Finally for realistic purposes Greer let herself fall down. Picking herself up she waved at the ecstatic crowd before she walked off to the food table. Grabbing a drink she slinked away from the crowd and stood alone at a nearby railing. "Hey..." Greer turned around and gaped. In front of her stood the most handsome guy she ever saw. He was tall about Scott's height with tanned skin, sea green eyes and long brunette hair. "H...H..Hey..." she stammered trying to catch her breath. "Great moves out there..." the boy smiled flashing his white teeth. "Oh...Oh thanks..." Greer stammered. "Damn it... I haven't flirted in so long I'm losing my touch...This used to be so easy..." Greer groaned in her mind thinking about all the guys she had screwed in high school. "I mean it! Your moves were awesome! I mean you were so flexible, like a cat or something..." the guy said enthusiastically. Greer froze, her eyes opened wide. "I'm...I'm double jointed!" she lied quickly, way too quickly. She panicked internally. "Oh my God he so knows something... I've blown our cover! We're so screwed. People are going to get us... Ok calm down...calm down... Act natural..." They looked at each other awkwardly. "I'm Greer..." Greer said finally. "Oh... Damien..." he replied running his hand through his hair. "Oh..." Silence passed between them. "Do you want to dance? With me I mean..." Damien asked shyly. "No!" Greer shouted. She felt a pang of guilt as Damien looked away sadly. "Don't Greer...Don't...Your going to get everyone in... Awww hell..." "Damien! Hey wait...I'm sorry...I'll dance with you!" she called. "Really? Oh! Great! Awesome! Lets go!" "Kill me now..." Greer thought. Wrapping her tail around her leg she uncertainly entered the dance floor.
"Isn't this awesome?" Damien asked waving his arm to the music. "Yeah sure..." Greer muttered looking around nervously. Her once favorite pastime was now killing her. There were just too many people and she wasn't exactly protected by a tank top and shorts... Adding on to that, her tail was cramped from being in the same position for that long. Too make things worse, the DJ decided to crank up the volume of the music causing Greer's sensitive ears to ring. Feeling giddy from the worry and the way too loud music Greer growled silently. "Did you say something?" Damien asked his green eyes growing wide with concern. "No... Aghh Music too loud..." Greer groaned in pain as she cupped her ears while stumbling forward. "Hey you ok..." Damien asked momentarily stopping attempting to catch Greer. "I'm fine!" Greer yelled loudly stepping backwards trying to avoid his touch. "Are you sure?" "Yeah... but... I need to go..." Greer announced unable to take it any longer. "Hey wait..." Without warning, Damien grabbed her arm. They both froze both unaware of what to think and what to do. Damien's eyes travelled down to Greer's arm and then back to Greer's face. "You're... you're... hand...its...its..." "Greer wrenched her arm from his weakening grip and slipped as quickly as she could leaving Damien to stare at his palm. On it a cluster of orange and black stripped fur.
P.S : Should Damien confront her about this? Would he accept her for what she is or is he a mutant hater? Reader's choice so leave some suggestions :D