"Starships, were meant to fly-y-y, hands up and touch the sky-y-y!" We sang loudly, jumping around like a bunch of lunatics.
Benny was sitting in the corner, quietly munching on some dill chips as he watched us. "Girls are so weird."
Our girls night was going well. Kitty had brought her collection of chick flicks, Taren and Alex their vast beauty supplies and Rogue her music collection. Lana (she wasn't in our regular group, but we had invited her anyway because everyone liked her and I hadn't talked to her since Remy's attack) had gone out with me and Benny earlier to stack up on snacks, which were scattered across the room. We were currently dancing around the apartment and singing off key to whatever song turned up on Rogue's iPod.
"Hey, do you girls think this pink classes with my scales?" Lana asked. She was painting her long, sharp talons with Alex's hot pink nail polish.
"Nah, it looks hot!" Alex called back. She and Taren were a sight to watch. Though they shared a body, each girl had control over the arm on their respective side. This made for very odd dancing.
"Benny, toss me a gummy worm!" Kitty called. Obedient as ever, he threw her the wobbly candy and she caught it in her mouth, making us all cheer.
"What the hell is this?" A male voice broke through the room. We looked over to the doorway to see Dad, Cap, Beast, Tony Stark and Hawkeye (what was his real name again? Clint Barton maybe?) standing together looking at our party with horror.
"Um, girls' night?" Kitty supplied.
Clint frowned and leaned against the doorway. "Well that's just great. What about our poker night?"
"Oh sorry Dad, was that tonight? I asked Mom about this and she said it was fine." I apologised.
"Its fine darl'n, we'll find some where else." Dad said.
"Thanks Dad." I smiled, giving him a hug.
"This is our first night off in forever and we came out all this way. Now we have to find somewhere else because some minipop kids want to dance around in their pjs?" Clint complained as the rest of the men began to file out.
"Well, if you're that concerned about finding some where else to go, you can always stay hear with us." Alex purred, batting her eye lashes. "I'm sure we could find something to do."
Clint looked over at her in shock as Cap dragged him away. "Did that little two headed girl just hit on me?"
As the door closed behind them Alex made a sound like an angry cat, " 'Kay, why does everyone call us a two headed girl? We're obs two girls with one body, God!"
"They're just stupid 'Lex, forget about them." Kitty soothed. She sat Alex and Taren down on the floor by the couch so that she could sit down and begin to braid Alex's hair. Lana came over and began playing with Taren's hair.
"Like, I was just kidding when I was flirting with Mr. Arrow Up His Butt, but it would be nice if just once a guy didn't look completely disgusted when I turned my gorgeous face on him." Alex fumed.
"You are gorgeous," Lana agreed as she put Taren's hair in a French twist. "So is Taren."
"And any guy that can't see that is a moron." I added passionately.
"Well, the world is either full of gay guys or morons then." Alex sighed. "And unfortunately I think it's the later."
"We're just tired of being alone, you know?" Taren added quietly.
I sat down beside her and put my arm over her shoulder consolingly.
"You'd think guys would want two for the price of one, but I guess that's not how it works." Alex said sourly.
"If you girls could take away your mutations, would you?" Taren asked.
"No way." Kitty shook her head. Not a surprise.
"Me either." Lana said, making people give her a surprised look. "What? I like being a mutant! I might not look human, but I'm okay with it. I have cool powers and I got off the rez to come to this awesome place and meet all you people."
See? How could anyone not love her.
"Ah think Ah would. Ah mean, maybe not if Ah could control mah powers, but it sucks not touch'n people." Rogue said quietly.
"We'd give it up in a minute." Alex and Taren said in unison.
Benny got up from his seat and went over to hug the girls. "I don't care what other guys say, you two are awesome. I'd marry you guyes."
We all covered our smiles at the sweet gesture.
"Thanks Benny," Taren thanked, hugging the young boy to her tightly. Alex also hugged him back. I saw that the scene was bitter sweet though.
It wasn't the first time that I considered offering the girls my blood. I knew how much they wanted to be separated. But I couldn't risk it. My blood just takes away mutations, nothing else. If they were to take my blood, what would happen? Maybe they would both gain their own bodies and live happily ever after. But chances are one would have the body and the other girl would be bodiless and die.
Just a bad situation.
"Hey guys, don't let us bring the party down." Alex insisted. "We're going to be okay. We're probably going to marry some awesome millionaire model and get our own television show."
"So what's up with you and Bobby, Lana?" Kitty asked, changing the subject.
"Oh, I don't know." Lana replied, stilling playing with Taren's hair. "I like him and I think he's sweet, but the physical stuff is just awful."
"What do yah mean? Is he bad?" Rogue asked.
"I'm not sure if this is an appropriate topic for all parties involved." I said in a light, singsong voice, gesturing at Benny with my chin.
"I'll give you the PG version, for Leah's sake." Lana said, winking at me. "You know how I'm cold blooded?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, its hard to get 'hot' when he's chilly and I get sleepy when the temp isn't right, if you know what I'm saying."
"Ohhhh."
"Yeah." Lana sighed. "Whenever we've tried, I'm practically hibernating before anything good happens. He has to set up heating lamps around me to walk up."
"Well, Peter and me are taking things slow. He's a real gentleman," Kitty said, then cast us a saucy look as she added. "Unfortunately."
"Leah," Benny tugged on my sleeve.
I bent down so he could whisper in my ear.
"Does that mean she wants me to be a bad boy? Will that make her like me?" He whispered hopefully.
I patted his head tiredly and ignored my sweet little brother.
"So what about you and Remy?" Kitty threw the question at me.
"Um, we're good." I answered.
"Just 'good'?" Kitty asked, wiggling her eyebrows.
"Um, very good?" I tried again.
"Come on Sapien! He's French! That naturally makes him good at romance!" Kitty was on me, her eyes wild. "Tell us your secrets!"
I laughed at her outrageousness, along with the other girls.
"Don't laugh! Isn't he all "I am so French and sexy, let me whisper sweet nothings to you as I nibble your ear."?" Kitty asked, faking a masculine French accent.
"Why would Remy bite Leah's ear? That's weird." Benny asked, confused.
We were all howling at this point.
"What about taking you out to ride horses bareback on the beach and then having to defend your honor as masked highwaymen try to steal your virtue? Has that happened?" Kitty asked, her eyes wide with glee.
"Sorry to ruin your fantasy of Remy and me, but no Kitty. Just no." I laughed.
"What dirty romance novels do yah have hidden under yo' bed Kitty? Cause that's the only place yah could have come up with this stuff." Rogue snorted.
The apartment phone rang. I motioned for the others to quiet down, barely controlling myself. Finally I was calm enough to answer, "Hello?"
"Hi sweetie, how's it going with your friends?" Mom asked from the phone.
"Oh its going really well, we're all having a blast." I replied. Everyone was looking at me curiously so I mouthed 'its my mom'. The room erupted in a collection of the girls yelling greetings at the phone to my Mom.
Mom laughed cheerfully on the other end. "Hello girls. Leah, I ordered you girls a couple pizzas since you missed dinner. The delivery guy should be here soon if you want to go meet him at the gates."
"Thanks Mom!"
"Yeah, thanks Mrs. Logan!" Kitty thanked, taking the phone.
"You're the best!" Lana added.
Once we hung up, I volunteered to go get the pizza as the others put on the first movie of the night. Alex promised to hold down the fort and Benny promised to keep Kitty company (curling up beside her on the couch). My face was hurting from smiling so much.
I crossed the grounds to the entrance gate to meet the delivery guy. I only had to wait a few minutes before he showed up, which was lucky because it was chilly out. It felt lovely to carry the warm pizza boxes against me.
What wasn't lovely was the sounds I heard coming from the stables. There was such a commotion coming from inside that I was worried that one of the horses got out. I opened the wooden doors and peeked around, looking for the source of the noise.
I wish I didn't find it. Oh my goodness, I wish I didn't find it.
Two naked teens were in, um, a compromising position on the stacked straw bales. What I thought to be animal noises turn out to…be something else.
"Oh. My." I blurted out. I slapped my hand over my mouth. The guy looked over at me, but didn't stop what he was doing (he was pretty into it). And three guesses who the guy was. Fang. Of course.
"Um, excuse me. I didn't realize you were-sorry." As fast as I could, I bolted out the door.
My face on fire in the night air, I power walked away. I think I'll scratch out my own eyes, yeah that seems like a very very good idea-
A strong hand on my shoulder pulled me to a stop. Fang had caught up to me. With one hand he held onto me and with the other he held up his unbuttoned pants.
"Leah, wait!"
I couldn't look him in the eye.
"Leah, I'm sorry." Fang apologised.
"Um, it's all good. Years of therapy should get that picture out of my head." I replied, looking anywhere but him. "I shouldn't have barged in. How about next time you put a sock on the door and we'll call it even?"
"What?" Fang frowned. "No, Leah, I meant I'm sorry. That girl doesn't mean anything to me."
Now I had to look at him.
"She doesn't mean anything to me. Not like you do." He repeated, his eyes burning into mine.
"Does, does she know that?" I asked in a quivering voice.
His lack of a response was my answer. Hot anger rose in me and I shoved his solid chest.
"You evil son of a bitch! How could you do that to her?" I yelled.
"Leah, she's just a fill in. You know you're the one I love." He tried again, looking confused.
"I don't give a damn, you can't do that to people! That girl probably thinks you care about her! How do you think she's going to feel when she learns that you used her? Doesn't that make you feel even the slightest bit guilty?" I snarled.
"I-I have urges, it comes with my mutation." He said, regret in his voice.
I glared hard at him. "You disgust me."
Holding my pizzas, I sprinted back to the school. I had the feeling that the night wouldn't be as fun as it was before.