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X-Men Evolution and it's Characters do not belong to me. I'm writing this for pure fun and selfish reasons; those being that I want to see all my crack ships do very very naughty things ;)
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Hey all! My favorite month is upon us! There's nothing spooky about this chapter but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.
As always, many thanks to my beautiful reviewers for staying with me during this ride :D so many hugs to Clamchick (Yay! I'm glad the Jubilay come out well. Haha, do beneficial friends ever go well? ;) I think you're going to feel even more for Roberto in this one. You will definitely get the Jonda, Xietro and side of Romy ;) And we'll find out about the chicken fingers and alcohol behind the scenes very soon :P Thanks so much for being here each month!), Guest (You will but not in this chapter, soon though!), and MisdirectionSmoothie.
This chapter has a good amount of music and all Five Ships (Yay!), so hopefully that means you guys will think it's a good one! We're finally at the M rating of this story so beware SEXUAL CONTENT somewhere ahead! I hope you guys enjoy it and let me know what you think!
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Jubilee had arrived to work a few minutes earlier than usual to find that it was a full house. Laura had been sitting at her barstool but the moment she saw her walk in she got up and headed to her station to set things up for her first appointment. Wanda was surprisingly already working on someone and Roberto was at his station looking through his supplies making sure he was stocked up. There was only one person missing.
"Good morning! You guys were early risers today," she greeted.
There were multiple greetings in return and Wanda added, "With you and Ray closing it opened us up to be here early since we don't stay late on Wednesdays."
"Lucky you…" she responded and started getting her area ready. For a few seconds she thought about asking where their missing link was but as if she had summoned him he appeared from around the hallway and made his way through the door to the back area.
"Hey ," he greeted as he passed the reception area.
"Hi," Jubilee answered, turning to look at him and held in her smile as she noticed that he nodded but didn't turn to face her. She wasn't sure why the act made excitement bubble in her stomach. Something about the fact that they had to act like nothing was going on made their situation so taboo and dare she say...hot?
"It's so weird seeing you guys here on Wednesday," Wanda remarked while Ray walked past her.
"Well if you hadn't closed down the weekend we wouldn't have crashed your party and you wouldn't have had to deal with us being here trying to make up our hours." Roberto teased.
"Lesson learned," Wanda muttered.
Roberto threw her a wink before making his way toward Jubilee to check on his schedule. As he arrived she received a message, not noticing that he was behind her she opened it to discover it was Amara. She had sent a picture of one of the machines at the gym and a crying emoji.
"Amara's at the training room right now?" He asked suddenly, scaring her as he made his presence known.
"...Yeah."
His movements were quick and sudden, making the other three in the room turn to him. "Ray, you don't have shit in your morning, take over mine. Scarlet I'll be back, sorry!" He yelled out as he made his way out of the parlour. Seconds later they watched him run past the window towards the direction of Logan's Training room.
"What was that about?" Laura asked.
Some of the others shrugged, and Jubilee turned towards them only to meet with a steel gaze. His eyes connected with hers before moving down to her lips and she watched his tongue run over his piercings before looking away.
She took a deep breath as the excited bubbles returned. Damn it, it seemed like it was going to be a long day.
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Amara did her last set on the dip station with small beads of sweat dripping down her brow. She gave a frustrated sigh as she sterilized the areas she had touched. She was getting weaker, at least she felt like she was. A month ago she was doing those pull-ups without any assistance and suddenly today she had to use the knee brace to keep her up.
She gave another sigh and headed for the door, feeling defeated and annoyed. As she took a few steps towards the way home she stopped when someone stopped in front of her, hands going to his knees as he caught his breath. Her eyes widened when she recognized who it was and she quickly tried passing by them but was stopped when a warm hand grabbed at her wrist.
"Wait..." when she took another step he added, "Please."
The emotion in the word made her stop and after a few seconds of neither saying anything or even moving she said, "You can let me go now."
He did as she asked and stood up tall. "Can we talk?"
"I really should be getting home."
"That's fine, I'll walk with you, if you don't mind that is."
Amara watched him carefully and hated how her treacherous heart skipped a beat as she examined his strong jaw set in determination, his thin lips set in a straight line and his soft eyes bearing more emotion in them then she knew she could read.
"Ok."
With that answer they started their way, in silence for a few minutes before Roberto broke the silence with, "You've been avoiding me and ignoring my calls." Her mouth opened to make an excuse but before she could say anything he continued, "I probably deserve it so the first thing I'm going to say is that I'm sorry if I offended you. It wasn't what I was going for and believe me I definitely would have kept my mouth shut if I knew you were going to stop talking to me because of it."
Her mouth shut at the words not really knowing what she should say to the confession.
Because she chose to stay quiet he decided to keep going, "Truth is sometimes my temper gets the best of me. I know we haven't known each other long enough to have considered it my problem but for some reason it feels like I've known you a lifetime and the thought of you doing that to yourself really upset me..."
"Could be because you grilled me about all my life details, but I don't think I can say the same since you barely gave up anything about yourself." Amara was surprised she spoke, she was even more surprised by how sassy her response had been. She expected Roberto to get annoyed, maybe snap back in return for her answer but he just nodded.
There was silence for a few moments before his voice broke it, "I went back home right after graduating. My father asked that I should think about taking over our family business over there instead of starting a whole new career here and at that moment it sounded like a good option. I didn't have anything really going on here. I was a member of the X-men but it had been recent enough that I didn't feel attached to it you know?"
She nodded but didn't comment, not wanting to ruin the mood of him deciding to share.
"So I went and it was cool and I was picking everything up really well. My father was really proud of me, I had surpassed his expectations and he did see me as being the future of DaCosta Industries. The only bad thing was that after a few months I got bored. When you're young like that and you're a guy there's a need for…" he paused as he tried to think of the right word, "an Adrenaline rush. I needed and wanted something more and so I surprised my parents when I decided to join the Exército Brasileiro."
Amaras eyes widened at the news, "You joined the army?"
He nodded, "I guess I was pretty skilled in it because I got put in a pretty good squad. We were young, full of hot air and eager to prove that we were great."
He paused for a moment, his lips pursing multiple times before he spoke again. "Well... one day it was finally time to prove ourselves, or at least that's what we told ourselves. There was a rumor of one of the biggest cartels in Rio taking over a small village in the outskirts. Their numbers weren't supposed to be big..."
"You got sent?"
He shook his head, "Worse, we left on our own. If they had sent us at least it would have said that they believed in our abilities..."
Amara let her eyes roam his body, suddenly wanting to take a closer look to see any marks. She had gotten what she thought was a pretty good view at the beach the weekend prior and it seemed that she had because she didn't see anything. No scars. When she finally found her voice she asked, "What happened?"
She watched him close his eyes tight for a moment, "We got caught. Got held prisoners. There were ten of us and when they would take someone and that person...they didn't come back."
"..."
"We were kept blindfolded." He paused and She could hear him swallow hard before continuing, "No food...water every other day if we were lucky..."
"..."
"There were only two of us left when they finally came... dehydrated and starving. Hadn't seen the light of day in what seemed like an eternity..."
Her eyes went to his tattooed arm, the sleeve of his shirt covered half the faces but she could imagine them well enough and suddenly Roberto's obsession with the sun seemed so clear. Her eyes looked away from his arm and instead focused on the tattoo on his neck.
There had been a moment where he thought he wasn't going to see it again.
She swallowed hard and he turned to her so that his dark brown eyes connected with her lighter ones. "I know the feeling of not eating. The painful rumbles, the fatigue...I didn't like it. I wouldn't wish it on anybody. So it bothers me that someone as special as you might be going through it..."
"...Roberto I..."
"AMARA!"
Roberto's eyes widened and he turned to the side. While they had been walking he had pretty much let her lead, when she had stopped he had thought it was due to the news he was giving her but it seemed that it had also been because they had reached their destination. A few yards from them there was a woman studying him cautiously.
"I got to go..." she finished and turned away from him to go towards the house.
"Should I stop trying now?" he asked, making her take a glance at him over her shoulder.
"Hurry your step dear, we need to start your dancing lesson."
"Coming!" She responded to the words and started a jog towards the house leaving him watching her until she had gone inside.
Roberto frowned; he was alone and he hadn't gotten an answer to his question. He turned to walk back the way they had come. After a few steps his phone vibrated. He hesitated to look, thinking it was Wanda probably asking where the hell he was but when he finally checked he was pleasantly surprised to see that it was from Amara.
Three emojis. The sad face, a time dial and a yellow heart.
His lips twitched up as he read into the meaning. She was feeling for him, she still needed more time and if he remembered correctly yellow was the color of friendship.
He had gotten his answer after all. He put his phone away and quickened his step. He had dealt with one thing, now it was time to face another. Hopefully Wanda was in a good mood.
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Jubilee jumped as a heavy box got set on her desk, the loud thump giving her the scare of her life since it had been unexpected. She had thought that everyone with the exception of Roberto who still had not returned, were taking their break but she had been wrong as Wanda poked her head over the box.
"What's this?"
"This is for you."
"For me?"
"Mhmm."
"What is it?"
"Open it."
Jubilee did as instructed, when she finally got the contents out she saw paint brushes and inks in various colors. The younger girl turned to the Red tipped girl who could make out the unasked question. "You know how I have temporary tattoos in the piercing and pipes room for when people bring their kids?"
"Yeah..."
"The main reason I have those is because Luna would cry her head off when she would come in here and watch me tattoo some of the others. So I eventually got temporary tattoos stickers for her but it was brought to my attention that I'm wasting some of your talents so...how would you feel about actually using these temporary inks and doing the temporary tattoos for when people bring their kids?"
"Oh my god are you serious?"
"Yeah, kind of why I brought it up..."
"Yes! I'd love to!"
"Great, then I'll leave these with you. If you want you can organize the piercing pipes room whatever way you want. By the way, if we're technically making that your room I think I'm going to set you up to get your piercing license."
Her eyes went wide at that news but before she could comment on it Wanda was already walking away from her. Before she could escape into the small storage room she called out to her though, making the sapphire eyed beauty turn to her.
"Who asked you to do this?"
"No one asked me to do anything, like I said it was just brought to my attention that you really can draw, might as well put that skill to use," when she finished her eyes darted to a certain part of the room but she didn't add anything else and walked into the storage room leaving Jubilee alone to look at the wall with the pictures of black out tattoos.
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When Roberto got back he was happy to see that he hadn't been missed. There weren't any clients waiting and everyone was busy so he busied himself by helping in the sterilization area. This is how most of their morning went.
When they were all caught up he had expected Wanda to ask him what was up with him earlier but as if understanding that it was a personal issue she left it alone.
"My next client is the one who's paying double for me to see them during my lunch right?" She asked while setting up a new batch of instruments.
"Yup."
"Did they happen to ask what they were interested in?"
"He said that he would like to add on to the one he has."
"Oh, that might actually be pretty easy depending on the style. No one else has anything on the schedule right now?"
"No, the next appointment is in an hour and a half."
"Alright, you guys start wrapping it up and take your hour lunches." There were multiple oks and instruments started being put away.
"Did you want me to stay to handle the phones?" Jubilee found herself asking.
"I considered it but no it's ok. If we did that one of the others would have to cover when you go to lunch. We'll just let the machine get it and you can check for messages when you guys get back," She took a look at the clock, about ten minutes to go.
People usually arrived early so it would be any minute now. As if reading her mind the door chime went off. Her hand reached for her sketch pad and she sat down putting the date and other tedious details at the top.
"Hi and welcome..." Jubilee didn't finish her greeting, which she found odd.
She looked up to see what had stopped the younger girl and her sapphire eyes widened a fraction as the orange haired Aussie of the Acolytes walked up to the counter.
"We're closing for lunch," she remarked and looked over her shoulder to see Laura looking just as surprised to see him as herself. Ray and Roberto didn't look up at all.
"I know, but I called and made special arrangements, paying double."
Wanda turned back to him, ruby lips parting to speak but before she could say anything Jubilee beat her to it. "No no no no...the twelve a clock appointment was for Sinjin."
John's blue eyes glinted with amusement, "That's me."
"Wha..."
"It's how you pronounce his name," it was Wanda who spoke. She then sighed and turned to Ray.
He was watching now and shook his head, "It'll be easier for you as the original artists." Her lips parted but before she could say anything Roberto added, "You can't deny him because you had already agreed to be paid double. Come on double pay."
Wanda frowned and glared at both but sighed and looked back to the front crossing her arms and legs at the same time. "Well hurry up, I don't have all day..."
John went past the door and made his way to her station, glancing at the picture of his arm which was at the center of her wall.
"So which one are you adding to?" she asked when he took a seat in the tattoo chair beside her.
"The arm, I want to expand it over my shoulder towards the neck," his hand went to the where his tattoo ended mid shoulder and he dragged his hand up to the side of his neck.
Wanda eyed his skin carefully before her pencil started moving on the white paper in her hands. Jubilee watched in awe from her spot by the front counter. She couldn't get the best view of it but she could instantly tell that the flames matched.
Jubilee perked a brow and glanced at the others who were perched on the back wall watching the duo as well. Ray was holding the iPod that controlled the music and after a few seconds the music changed. Wanda was too focused on drawing her sketch to notice but the orange haired boy did and threw a smile at the dual haired male.
The song started with a soft piano and followed up with a heavy guitar. John slowly started to hum as the instrumental played and his attention got pulled back to raven haired beauty when she offered the notepad to him.
/She's gone...Out of my life/
"What do you think?" she asked. John studied the lines and nodded his approval, the soft hum still emitting from.
/I was wrong. I'm to blame/
"Alright, take off your shirt so I can get things ready."
/I was so untrue/
Jubilee had expected John to smirk and take advantage of the setup but to her surprise he was being very serious and did as he was told. One of his hands went to the inside of the back of his shirt and with an easy pull ,the garment came off exposing his chest and shoulders.
/I can't live without her love/
Jubilee then watched Wanda get up, put her sketch through the stencil machine and a neat print soon came out.
/In my life there's just an empty space/
After inspecting it she walked back over to him and her ungloved arm ran over the area. His arm was warm, soft and most importantly smooth.
/All my dreams are lost/
"You shaved."
"Thought I'd make it easier for you." She hummed in approval before wiping the area with an alcohol soaked paper towel. After she made sure it was dry, she took the stencil and applied it to his shoulder, her eyes focusing closely making sure that the lines were lined up exactly how she needed them.
After that she turned away to get her ink caps ready, filling two up with black ink. It was at this time that she recognized the change in music as the Australian accent joined in with the song, "I'm wasting away...Forgive me, girl…" Her attention left the instruments on her work area to face him through the mirror in front of his chair, directing an unamused eye roll at him.
That didn't stop him, "Lady, won't you save me? My heart belongs to you. Lady, can you forgive me? For all I've done to you."
"If you keep going, I'm not going to promise that it's not going to hurt," she muttered, making sure to avoid eye contact. He sighed at the words and stopped singing, his legs swinging back and forth, his nervous tick.
/She's gone...I find it so hard to go on...I really miss that girl, my love
Come back, into my arms/
Thankful that he had actually stopped she got herself comfortable in the chair besides him and after making sure that her gloves were on tight she ran fingers on the area of the stencil making sure it was dry, "I'm going to start, I'll just do the lining today and do the shady another time. Let me know at any point if you'd like me to stop."
/I'm so alone...I'm begging you...I'm down on my knees...Forgive me, girl/
He nodded and the buzzing of the machine helped drown out some of the words of the song, something she appreciated because she wasn't sure this was the kind of song she wanted to be listening to at that moment, unfortunately for her, her co-workers were assholes and decided to prove it as the chorus of the song started.
"Lady, won't you save me? My heart belongs to you…" Wanda stopped her gun and removed it from making contact on his flesh to stare at the trio by the wall. Roberto was in a very dramatic pose with one hand fisted at his chest and the other outstretching towards her as he sang. Ray watched him while shaking his head and sang along as well. Laura just stood in place, hands crossed over her arms but her lips were moving too and when her hazel gaze met with sapphire her shoulders shrugged up."Lady, can you forgive me?For all I've done to you?"
Jubilee watched slacked jawed from across the way as they sang the song to her. She then turned to the duo in the tattoo chair. John was now looking towards them, smiling at them triumphantly. When he turned back to look at Wanda, she was facing him with a glare which made his lips turn into a straight line. His hands went up mimicking the shrug emoji.
"Don't move your shoulder," she commanded, "And YOU," her attention went back to the others making them stop, "Didn't I send you to lunch?"
The boys smirked and Laura put her hands up, palms up in a giving up posture before they started making their way past her station towards the door. On their way Ray grabbed on to Jubilee's sleeve and dragged her along, "Come on."
"Is it really ok to leave them alone?" She whispered. "She won't kill him or anything right?"
"Well if she does she'll be in luck because she doesn't have cameras in any of the rooms. Just the doors, but no, they'll be fine," he answered the question.
Before getting completely out of hearing range, Jubilee suddenly heard Wanda's voice, 'Well, aren't you going to sing this falsetto part?' A horrible unrecognizable sound was heard after and she found herself giving a small smile believing that Ray was right, they'd be fine.
/Lady, won't you save me?
My heart belongs to you/
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Wanda's sapphire orbs admired the black lines her hand made, wiping the excess off. They had been at it for almost thirty minutes and other than his annoying humming or a few winces John hadn't said much, much to her surprise.
Maybe the talk at the beach had really gotten through to him. She wasn't sure if she was happy about that or not.
"So why now?"
His eyes had been closed but at hearing her sweet voice they opened and turned to her, surprise shining in them.
"What?"
"Why did you feel the urge to expand the flames?"
His blue eyes went to his shoulder where she had already set dark lines in. "Do you want a lie or the truth?"
The question made her ink gun stop moving and her eyes moved up to look into his own. Her mind told her that she should respond with 'lie' but her mouth had a different idea, "The truth," she answered, removing her gaze from him, looking back at the muscular flesh in front of her.
"Do you remember why I chose this design?"
"Cause you're insane." His maniacal laugh echoed so close to her that she felt her heart skip a beat. It had been a while since she heard his genuine laugh. "True but seriously..."
Her eyes lowered from his shoulder to look at the skulls and flames already etched into his skin. "The first face is you, the second is your mania…"
"And the flames?"
"Fire can mean many things like heat, destruction…"
"It can mean that, but you know that's not what mine means. What are mine for?"
She let her breath out of her nose before answering, "...desire."
"For who?" he asked and his blue eyes studied her facial features carefully. He smiled as her cheeks went inwards as if she ate something sour and her eyes stayed on the fresh ink she had started for him. Deciding that he didn't want to torture her by forcing an anser he simply added, "If you want me to stop expressing it emotionly there's nothing i can do about it but I can show it off pyhsicaly."
Her head tilted up at an angle so that her sapphire orbs met his. His head angled as well and his nose bumped into her own in the process. The contact made it painfully clear to both of them how close they were and his eyes dazed over as they moved down to her ruby lips. He swallowed hard and moved in to meet her but she moved back, opening up the gap between them.
After a few seconds in which she could swear her heartbeat was echoing in the quiet space she cleared her throat, "This next part is closer to your neck so it might get more uncomfortable than you're used to. Let me know if you need a break."
He nodded and his head straightened to look at himself in the mirror, "Don't worry about it and just go for it. There's more painful things than that…"
Her mouth parted to comment but instead she held her tongue and a few seconds later the only sound heard was the buzzing of her pen on his skin.
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Jubilee looked at the time. Ten more minutes until they had to go back from lunch and see how John fared alone with Wanda. They hadn't heard any painful screaming so it shouldn't have been that bad.
She skimmed the break room. It was an odd day, not only because the boys were working on their usual day off but surprisingly they were all still there, no one had gone out for lunch . Ray was on his phone on the far couch, Laura was sitting beside her watching the tv which was playing a comedy show and Roberto sat across from them, head in his hands looking dead.
Deciding that they had let him nap long enough, Jubilee broke that silence among them and asked, "So what happened with Amara?"
Roberto shifted in the seat and his head moved up so that only his eyes were visible. "What makes you think anything happened with her?"
"Are we all supposed to pretend we didn't see you run off after I told you she was at the gym?"
"Touché," he answered and sat up so that his face was fully visible. He then turned in his seat and looked up at the tv.
Jubilee pouted, he had ignored her question. "Fine, keep your secrets but at least tell me if she's going to be in a better mood?"
Roberto shifted his attention to her, "She's been in a bad mood?"
"I wouldn't say a bad mood, but she's been weird lately."
"Sounds like you."
Jubilee turned to look at Ray who was now looking at his dark skinned friend.
"I have not been weird," Roberto retorted.
"You have a little," Laura commented, eyes staying on the tv.
"Have not, just tired."
The answer was followed up with an, "Ok" and a "Sure."
Roberto rolled his eyes, "I have, I'm feeling pretty tired now so you know what? I'm walking next door and stealing an energy drink from Pietro."
Laura found herself getting up at the words, "I'll go with, an energy drink does sound good. You guys want one?" She asked the other two who shook their heads.
Soon they were gone and as if a switch had been flipped the air in the room got electric and Jubilee tried to ignore the way the little hairs in the back of her neck stood at attention. She turned to Ray only to find that his eyes were already on her.
"Do you have any plans tonight?"
"No."
"You should stick around after your shift and go next door. I'm helping Remy out for a bit but...we can hang out after if you want."
"Oh, yeah alright..."
His eyes looked away from hers and lowered, eyeing her outfit, "It's Wednesday. Do you need to borrow my shirt again?"
Her eyes scanned the lining of his broad shoulders through his black shirt, lips quivering into a smile, "That would be nice...but I learned from the last time and have a change of clothes in my locker."
"Hmm...pity."
Her mouth opened to respond but before he could say anything Laura and Roberto made their way back into the room.
"That was fast! How did your thieving go?"
"Bad," Roberto answered before taking a drink of the energy in his hand.
"We got caught. Pietro was there and instead of giving it to us for free he charged us double," Laura responded with a pout.
"He said that was the price of trying to pull a fast one on him," Roberto added and seconds later the alarm on his phone went off. "Well, looks like it's time for us to get back to work..."
They all stilled and looked from one to the other.
"You go first Laura, Wanda loves you."
"I don't want to go first, you go first Ray."
"Why me?"
"You're the tallest, it can be intimidating."
"Berto you go first, you're supposed to be hot shit. Give her a smolder."
"It doesn't work on her," Roberto answered and the three argued among themselves for a few seconds until Roberto suddenly stopped and turned to her.
Jubilee shook her head frantically reading the expression, "If you guys don't want to go first , what makes you think I'd want to go first?"
"No one wants to go first but obviously one of us has too."
"Ok, but why me?"
"You're so cute and innocent! She won't snap at you!"
Laura nodded, "You know, he's right."
"But..." she turned to Ray for help.
"Who am I to argue with cute and innocent," he remarked, perking both his brows.
Her eyes narrowed but before she could say anything she was guided out the door to the hallway. When they got to the intersection between the hall and the lobby they pushed her forward, staying behind the wall.
At the sound of the footsteps Wanda looked up and locked eyes with her. She didn't hold the gaze long returning back to look at John's arms wiping excess ink and blood off. Her sapphire eyes focused on the fire lines she was creating. Jubilee then turned to John, he hadn't bothered to look at her, his eyes staying on the beauty before him as she pricked him with a hundred little needles.
"Where are the other cowards?" Wanda asked after a bit. At the question the other three came out from behind the wall exploding with noise. Wanda turned to glance at them, rolled her eyes and went back to work.
After they all settled down most of them took turns taking a look at the tattoo progress but eventually they all went back to their stations. Within the next hour they all busied themselves. Jubilee with the phones, Ray and Roberto with a client and Laura being free took over sterilization duties.
Jubilee would look between them all periodically making sure they didn't need anything and sure enough thirty minutes later Wanda asked if she could get her a jar of hexing cream.
When she returned with it Wanda was smothering a goop of the hexing cream from her station on John's arm. It was red from all the punctures but the ink lines were neat and extended his flames up the shoulder almost touching his neck. After that she finished she grabbed one of her adhesive bandages and put it over the area.
"Alright, you should know the drill by now." She handed him the small container.
"When do you want me back for the shading?"
"Usually I'd recommend a week because people get sore but you have a high pain tolerance. If you want I can shade in a few days," Wanda threw a glance at Jubilee who took it as her hint to check the book and after a few seconds nodded and said, "your free Sunday morning, 8am. ."
John nodded, "I'll be here."
Wanda nodded in return, "I guess I'll see you then..." she turned away to start collecting her dirty instruments but stopped when his footsteps never came.
"Let me take you to lunch..." she turned to him, "You know, as a thank you."
"You're already paying double, that's thank you enough..."
"But..."
"Anyway, you shouldn't be thanking me yet. Who knows I might fuck up the shading and you might hate it."
"You won't. Everything you do is magic..."
"Uh, Wanda, sorry to interrupt but we just got a walk in and..."
"I'll take it," Wanda answered, not letting Jubilee finish her sentence. "Duty calls, I'll see you later."
John watched her walk away with her instrumental in the tray. He then turned to Ray and forced a smile, "I'll see you tonight."
Ray nodded and John walked over Jubilee so that she could take his payment. He slid his card to her and waited.
When she slid it back with the receipt she shrugged, "My opinion doesn't matter but if it's any consolation, I think she took the walk in because she wanted to say yes."
John gave a small chuckle, "I don't know shelia, from my experience with her she doesn't shy away from rejecting things she doesn't want to do."
Jubilee nodded agreeing, "Well you definitely know her better than me," she answered back as Wanda came back from the back room.
Her eyes met his before he turned back to Jubilee, "Thanks anyway, see you around."
She nodded and watched him leave. When he was gone she turned back to look at Wanda. She was looking blankly at her dirty area, her fingers on her wrapped forearm.
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"Alright, let's warm up a little and then get started on some brainstorming! We're the only groups that haven't submitted an idea. Kinda of embarrassing you guys considering we're supposed to be pros."
Anna rolled her eyes at the words. Her eyes went and skimmed the boys opposing her. They were in a straight line, starting with Brotherhood members and going into the two Acolytes. She locked gazes with cocky brown eyes before turning to Laura who felt the gaze and turned to look at her.
She made an expression that clearly read 'Really?' Making the younger girl smirk in return and give a slight shrug.
"So let's start," after the words Pietro straightened his hand out handing her the microphone.
"I'm starting?" She asked, surprised.
"Why not?"
"Your funeral."
Pietro rolled his eyes, "It's not a competition, we're just warming..."
She stayed in place as her voice echoed in the speakers on the stage. Her voice was strong and loud as she started, "Challenge me...to the death with my feet stuck to the ground. How can we cherish our inner demons…" with a pointed finger she pointed at her chest before going up near her mouth and opening her hand and closing it repeatedly, "Without shouting it, letting it, fighting it out…"
She then walked over to the beginning of the line staring down Fred Dukes her hand raised up to her side in a fist , "Challenge me 'til the early dawn," she took a small step sideways of him to stand in front of Todd Tolansky and moved that same hand behind her, "With my hands tied at the back I know I'll bring you down," he looked away as she tried staring him down as well making her take another side step to stop in front of the tall brown haired male of the group. Unlike the shorter member of the group, Lance did not look away as Anna directed the next lyrics at him, "To your knees at last crying mercy, mercy, have mercy…"
She took another side step and when she was no longer in front of him he muttered, "Alright, who invited her and thought it was a good idea?"
Anna's next stop was in front of her step brother, "I can't deny you're hollow…" he lips parted and he worded the word 'ouch' "and I can't wait to bring you down…" she shook her head at him, a smirk on her violet lips before turning to the man besides him. His blue eyes were already on her waiting, "Delights my eyes Your sorrow…" her eyes went to his bandaged shoulder as she took the step that would put her in front of him, "And feeds my old ever so vengeful heart."
She didn't stay there long though and took yet another step, this one putting her at the end of the line. Her next step was not sideways but forward, putting her closer to the last individual. "This is the sound, this is the sound…" her finger went to her throat tapping the pale skin multiple times, "this is the sound of you hitting the ground…" she poked Remy at the chest before pointing that same finger down to the floor. He smiled cockily at her, making her shake her head and turning away from him to look into amused hazel green orbs.
Laura shook her head at her good naturally before her own lips opened, "This is the sound, shout it out loud, shout it, shout it, shout it out loud.."
Even though she didn't have a microphone her voice echoed nicely in the large space making it blend in beautifully with Anna's, "How can we cherish our inner demons Without shouting it, letting it, fighting it out!"
"You guys really have your plates full don't you?" Lance asked Remy and Pietro as both girls sang passionately.
"I sure do…" John turned to Remy who had answered.
"I think you mean we all do, there's a reason we're here isn't there? Let's get the instruments set up while they keep warming up and verbally abusing us. A few of them laughed but at the words they all did start moving and getting things together.
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"Alright, so I know the X-men don't let you dive into that darker part of your vocals much, you know, having to put the appearance of the good guys on. How do you feel about a growling piece?"
"But you don't growl," Laura answered.
"No, you'd be growling. I'll keep my usual vocal style, or better yet I can just do guitar."
"But the point is a vocal collaboration."
"Not necessarily, John is going to be with a few bands on his own without Remy and they're still counting it as an Acolyte collaboration."
"..."
"Or did you specifically want us to duet together?" As he asked the question his eyes went from hers to her lips.
Laura could feel herself getting warm and hoped that the blush was not visible. To her defense it wasn't her fault that the way he said "duet" sounded like "do it". Damn it, why did her mind choose this specific moment to be in the damn gutter.
"I think once the announcement goes out who's combining with who, the audience will expect us to sing together," she responded and looked away from him to the Brotherhood Members that were now on their instruments a few feet away playing random cords and beats.
"Alright, so we just need to find the tone? We're obviously very rock and the way Xavier has you perform is a rock pop so we can meet somewhere in the middle, or you know go full force metal. Like I said I don't mind your growling and I know you don't get to do much of it..."
Laura kept watching the hood, her mind deep in thought as she pictured herself on the stage with them. She had a process when tattooing. She listened to what the customer wanted, her mind would automatically zone into their view and her mind came up with the perfect sketch. It worked in a similar fashion with music and so she listened to Pietro but when she looked at the stage she couldn't picture herself with them. Weirdly enough she only saw herself with him.
"Hello? Hello? Laura? Earth to Laura? X-23!"
At the final call she snapped out her daze and turned to the inquiring sapphire eyes. "You ok there?"
"Yeah, I'm alright."
"So what do you think?"
"Yeah we can give that a try," she responded even though she wasn't sure what it was he had been saying before.
He looked like he didn't believe her affirmation but let it go, "Ok, well, growling is your forte, do you have anything in mind? Once we pick a song I can just get the music notes for the guys..."
Laura zoned him out as her eyes went back to the stage and again saw nothing but herself and the silver haired male on it.
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"I say we do a ballad, everyone eats up romance."
"I told you not to hold your breath, it ain't happening."
"Oui you said that, mais we're still here now talking about it non?"
Anna looked away from Laura and Pietro at the other side of the stage to look at the auburn haired young man in front of her. John sat beside him, his guitar in between his legs while his attention was on his phone.
Her eyes went to his bandaged arm, "She actually did it?" she asked, ignoring the Cajun.
John's clear blue eyes went to her at the question, "What?"
"Wanda, she did another tattoo for you."
His eyes went to his shoulder, "How do you know it was her?"
"I know what her bandaging looks like. What'd you get?"
"Extension."
She looked at the flames on his arm and the memory of when he was getting the work down came to mind. Along with the significance of it. "Just up to your collarbone?"
"For now."
She perked her brow, "How big are you wanting it to go?"
He shrugged, "I want it to consume all of me."
Anna smirked, "I don't think she'll go for that."
"Doesn't matter. She can't control what I want."
"No, I suppose not...I guess some people just like to suffer."
While they had been talking, Remy had started humming and as they stopped his voice low and melodic voice started singing in French.
"Toi mon amour, mon ami...Quand je rêve c'est de toi...Mon amour, mon ami...Quand je chante c'est pour toi...Mon amour, mon ami...Je ne peux vivre sans toi...Mon amour, mon ami...Et je ne sais pas pourquoi…" ***
"What's he saying?" John asked and nudged his head towards his friend.
Anna had been trying to ignore the mumbles but at John's question she looked away from the Aussie to the Cajun. She shrugged, "Who knows..."
"You know," John remarked.
Anna ignored him, "Alright, let's entertain the idea that I do have to collaborate with y'all. No French," she finalized, making the french singing come to an abrupt stop.
"Too bad, people love that gothic romance shit," Remy answered.
"Who's even making up the rest of the band?"
"Who says we need more?"
Anna looked from one to the other, "Yeah no this isn't going to work," she got up and headed towards Pietro and Laura.
Remy smirked and watched her go, eyes staying on her swaying hips.
"Do you get off on annoying her? Cause you do it frequently." John questioned, making his friend chuckle in reply. John shook his head, "Some people do like to suffer," he mumbled repeating Rogue's words. He got up from his seat, "Come on, we're not going to get anything done right now, we might as well prep for the performance later."
Remy nodded and got up even though his eyes stayed on the fiery southern beauty who had gone to interrupt Quicksilver and X-23. He wasn't sure what was being said but could only assume it was about him as Pietro turned to give him a blank look while shaking his head. Remy smirked and brought his hands up in a shrug, Nocturnal Madness was going to be so much fun.
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Anna took a sip of her drink while eyeing the multiple bodies swaying around on the dance floor. She was tired of being there and was just waiting for the next band performance to make her great escape. She had gotten off from work at 5, picked up Laura from Scarlet Ink and together they made their way over to the lounge where they had spent two hours not getting anything done. That's right, in those two hours no one had decided on a song, a tone, a beat. They had zilch, nada. Not that it mattered much for her though, like she had told Gambit multiple times now, she wasn't planning to perform with the Acolytes. She just had to find a way to get Wanda to agree to help her. At first she had thought it would be an impossible mission but she had also thought that Wanda would never do work on John again, but there he was, on stage with one of her bandages around his arm.
There was still some hope.
"Hi."
Anna got pulled out of her thoughts, "Hey, you look cute. I see you added a splash of color to your outfit."
"Last time I was here on a Wednesday I noticed that people had color in their hair or long socks so I thought this wouldn't be so bad," Jubilee responded as she looked down at her yellow belt. It was loose, wrapped around her hips more than her waist, more of a fashion statement than actually being used to keep her tight black pants in place. Her top was a black square neck, button up halter top showing a good amount of midriff but keeping her cleavage modest.
"I like it."
"Thanks! you look good too."
"It's not too hard for me to look good on Wednesday's, my wardrobe was made for this day," Anna joked.
Jubilee gave a small chuckle and sat beside her, "Where is everyone else?"
"Laura is supposed to be joining me and Wanda usually does too but, it seems like she might have had an exhausting day."
Jubilee nodded and looked over to the stage where John was trying out his guitar. "Can he do that after getting work done?"
"He should be fine as long as he doesn't move around too crazy or get too sweaty. How did it go?"
"Not sure, we were on lunch for most of it."
"Hmm, maybe that was for the best. So, what are you doing here?" Jubilee got flustered at the question and started rambling but before she could say anything comprehensible the sound of piano keys started playing and Anna turned to the stage. "Oh, I see."
"No! It's not..."
"Damn Jubilee, what are you going crazy about over here? All I saw on the walk over here was your arms flying all over the place."
"Uh..." Jubilee stopped her movements for a moment while Laura took a seat next to them, her expression taking that of a deer caught in headlights.
"I asked if she was ready to work the piercing gun. Doesn't seem like she's ready."
"Wow, good news travels fast."
"I live with Wanda, I know what you guys are always up to," Anna answered with a grin.
Laura scrunched her nose at the comment but changed the subject by asking, "You want a piercing?"
"Yeah, add a little excitement to my life."
"Where?"
"Ray's snake bites look pretty cool, maybe something like that," Anna answered and turned to Jubilee who flushed.
"It wouldn't look bad honestly, but I think a tragus piercing would look better on you."
"I guess I could do that for now."
"Let's do it after the show! I'll teach Jubilee how to do it!"
"Uh..."
"Yeah that's fine with me."
"I actually have plans after here."
Both girls stopped talking and turned to her. "What are you doing?" Laura asked. Jubilee's mouth opened but nothing came out of it. Anna perked a brow before her expression read, 'Say something…' and her eyes got really big adding on, 'ANYTHING'.
"I'm...hanging out with Amara!"
"That sounds nice. What are you guys doing?"
"Late night movie," she answered quickly. Anna smiled, impressed by the quick recovery.
"Oh, alright. I guess we can do it another day, or did you want me to do it tonight?" Laura turned back to Anna who put on a nonchalant expression.
"No, there's no rush. We can do it whenever."
Before any of them could say anything else they turned to the stage as the synthetic goth music around them started to fade.
"Is Wanda coming?" Anna turned to Laura who shook her head.
"I think she had enough excitement for the day."
Anna nodded but before she could say anything an electric beat started followed by a shout, "With a fistful of Fuck You!"
The three girls turned to the stage to see Gambit at the center, microphone in hand, head nodding back and forth while the beat kept going before he screamed, "Annihilate…"
Jubilee smiled and she felt her head bouncing along with the beat as her eyes went from boy to boy on the stage. Like their usual performance style they were full of chaotic energy, heads banging and bodies bouncing as their hands went to work on their instruments. By now she has been used to seeing Pietro and Remy share the stage with their vocals when they were on the stage at the same time but surprisingly there was only one microphone on the stage tonight.
After a few more beats of the instruments behind him Remy went to the stand, the voice in which his growl came out seconds earlier softened as he started the first verse of his song.
/This is a celebration of ourselves
This is our own creation, belongs to no one else
A strong anticipation - and it will give you chills
This is another mindfuck - and you can not fight back
Discover what you're made of
ANNIHILATE/
As the song continued Pietro walked back and forth in the background, his fingers quickly strumming the strings of his guitars causing ruckus from the crowd anytime he stepped towards the edge of the stage. Jubilee eventually stopped following him to eye the tall figure bending over the keyboard. His chest was swaying back and forth as his fingers worked their magic on the keys.
She kept her eyes on him until she felt the shift. The atmosphere around them changed as all the boys on the stage with the expedition of Ray and Pietro stopped playing their instruments and became motionless. Even though they were the only two making noise, the electronic beat they were making was memorizing and it showed as the crowd started to slowly sway almost as if they were hypnotized.
The lights dimmed at the back and a spot light went to Gambita at the center. His lips closed into the round head of the microphone and to Jubilee's surprise his voice went softer than she had ever heard it before. Almost a seductive tone if she was going to be honest. "And I roll along my way…" his hand raised up into a fist, the middle digit erect and moving in a circular motion. "...With a fistful of Fuck You..."
His red on black eyes, now emphasised by the lighting, slowly roamed the room. His lips curled up in a charming smile as he eyed as many people as possible. "And I tell you you can't stay...With a fistful of Fuck You..."
The spotlight on him started changing color and his shoulders started rocking back and forth as the Blob joined back into the song with a low drum beat putting more emphasis in his movement, "I keep fighting everyday...With a fistful of Fuck You..."
The red in black eyes finally found their table and Remy tilted the microphone stand at an angle as his own head moved sideways. "The game of life is played...With a fistful of Fuck You..."
The middle finger that had been up during his last few verses curled back and forth as he egged the audience to follow suit and soon multiple middle fingers littered the air as his scream echoed in the circular room and the audience came back to life. The rest of the brotherhood members went back to jamming out as the crowd went wil.
"How the hell does he do that?" Jubilee asked.
"What?"
Jubilee turned to Anna, her emerald orbs at center stage watching the tall man. "Command the room like that, It's like he knows how to…I don't know, hypnotize everyone."
"He's a snake charmer, some people are just born with it I suppose."
Jubilee nodded and her focus went back to the stage to watch Ray's body rock back and forth repeatedly, his orange bangs swaying in the air.
The performance finished soon after, the song itself seemed shorter than what they usually played but the reaction and energy that was left over from the crowd was the same. Everyone was hyped and when the electronic body music started up the bodies in the dance floor moved with it.
The three girls watched random people for a bit but after the high of the performance wore off they exhaled and started conversation up again. It mostly revolved around piercings, both older girls telling Jubilee of their past experiences and tips on what she could do when she finally worked the piercing gun. A few minutes into it Ray walked over to them and greeted Anna who he had yet to see that day.
He looked her over, "You look like you're in one piece so I guess it went ok last night."
"What happened last night?"
Before the southern girl could respond Ray beat her to it, "She was sparring with Gambit in the danger room."
Laura eyebrows went up in question, turning to her friend with a curious expression, "Did you win?"
"Yeah, I got him this time."
"That's good, I'm surprised you didn't gloat about it earlier when we were together..."
Anna's eyebrows scrunched inwards, a face she made when she was about to get defensive but before she could say anything Ray interrupted, "Jubilee you needed a ride home today right?"
"Hmm...oh yeah."
"I think I'm heading out, I can take you..."
"That would be great...I'll see you guys tomorrow. You know, can't keep Amara waiting, movie night and all..." Jubilee rambled as she got up.
Laura didn't pay it any mind and nodded, while taking a sip out of her drink. Anna on the other hand said her farewells with a coy smile, "Enjoy the movie."
Jubilee mumbled a "I'm sure I will" and was very thankful that the lights were so dimmed. Seconds later both individuals made their way away from them Ray mumbling a bye to Anna and a see you later to Laura.
When they were long gone Laura turned to Anna, "You staying much longer?"
"I wasn't planning on it. The performances are over and honestly I feel like I've been here long enough."
Before Laura could agree an explosion of noise was heard at one corner of the room promoting both females to turn. From their seats they could see the lower dance floor area. The noise was coming from a pack of fangirls, The Brotherhood and Acolytes had just come out from the backstage area and a wave of females had been waiting for them. As they started walking forward the crowd parted like the Red Sea letting the bands through. While passing through a girl stepped right in front of them making them pause and before anyone knew what was happening her hands went down to the bottom of her shirt and lifted.
Laura's eyes widened, "Did she just..."
"Looks like it."
"For...which one?"
The question was answered when the girl brought out a sharpie marker. Pietro's eyes widened in surprise as she thrusted the pen towards his face. After the initial shock wore off he went ahead and signed his name and afterwards she passed the pen on to Remy. His reaction was much more at ease as he autographed her body.
"I think I'm ready to get out here," Laura answered as the sea of girls disbursed with many of them looking as if they were ready to do the same.
"Let's go, " Anna agreed and got up. They walked towards the back exit discussing what they should do with their night, never noticing the pair of eyes following them out.
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"That was a lot of fuck you's," Jubilee remarked as Ray drove.
"They like to be loud and in your face. What better way to do it than by yelling profanities."
"True, so...where are we going? Your place?"
"Ha, not unless you want everyone to know about this. You know who my roommates are right?"
"Oh yeah...then where?"
"The place you chose."
At the words Jubilee paid close attention to the fact that they were heading towards Amara's neighborhood and a few minutes later they found themselves parked in the same hidden parking lot as before. When the car was parked she undid her seatbelt and started positioning herself where it would be easier for her to go over the car center console between them.
"Don't get too comfortable," he suddenly remarked as his eyes surveyed the park outside. "I think we're going out..."
"Out? Like out there? In public!"
Ray smirked, "Is it technically public if there's no one out there?" He didn't wait for a response as he opened the car door to get out.
"But what if we get caught?" She whispered feverishly following his lead despite her internal struggle.
"Relax, you said they hardly check here right? Plus the car's in a good spot and it's not like we're just going to do it right here on the grass."
'Relax?' Her mind thought. How the hell was she supposed to relax!? If they got caught it was game over before the game even started.
He waited for her to catch up to him and when she did he took her hand leading her to where their destination would be. She let him but looked around as if expecting people to suddenly pop out of dark corners. No one did but she was so concerned about it that he scared the hell out of her when he pulled harshly on her hand. Her back went against a hard surface that scrunched at the contact.
When she finally got over the shock she found herself pinned to a tree. He had moved faster than she would have anticipated and somehow when he had turned her to press her against the tree his other hand had taken a hold of hers and now both her arms were raised up over her head. His head was arched down looking at her, steel orbs dilated as he studied her from above.
She found her insides turning to jelly and liquid heat pool in between her legs, and that was just with the look. The thought of how worse it would be once he was actually touching her excited her and made the ache she was suddenly feeling worsen.
Relaxing wasn't as big of a problem as she had initially thought it would have been. The moment his mouth found hers she found the tension in her body melt away making it easier for him to press himself into her.
After a few minutes of his tongue rubbing against hers and his teeth digging into her lip, his mouth moved away to her chin and kept going lower into the crook of her neck. At the initial contact she found herself stifling a soft giggle, her arms trying to fight the hold he had on her to try and get away.
"Ticklish?" His breath was strained and warm against her earlobe.
"It feels good but yeah, a little," she managed to answer back.
"Hmm...it won't be when I'm done."
Her lips parted to question what he meant by that but before she could form any words his mouth moved back into the crook of her neck. There was a sloppy wet kiss that once again had her squirming to giggle but soon enough that urge went away as he dug his teeth into her soft flesh, his cold piercings pressing into her skin.
He was right. The ticklish feelings went away, replaced with a more primal urge. Something that showed as she let an unexpected moan out.
Ray took this as an invitation to start going a little farther in their game. He finally released her arms, letting his fingers softly slide down her skin causing her to shiver into him. They quickly passed by her shoulders and stopped at her front starting to work on undoing the buttons of her crop top.
The cool air felt good on her chest at the rate that they were moving. She found her arms wrapping around his shoulders as his lips started descending lower on her body leaving wet spots on her collar bone to the top of her cleavage.
She gave a low annoyed groan when he pulled away, "Maybe we should..."
"No we should not, fucking keep going."
Ray smirked at the curse, "as you command," he muttered before pressing his lips back on the top part of her cleavage. One of his hands wiggled its way in between their bodies, grabbed on to her bra and pulled downwards.
Her nipples perked at the cold air and he once again stopped kissing her as his eyes went to admire the small pebbles. She watched him watch her for a few seconds before his face dipped inwards and his tongue stretched out of his mouth and flicked at it. Her back arched making the bark make a cracking noise behind her, something they both ignored as his mouth closed around the pert nubbin.
While his mouth worked on one side his hand worked on making sure the other didn't feel neglected. His hand was bigger than her mound but that didn't stop it from squeezing it before the palm ran circles around it. Jubilee in the meantime found her arms enclosing around him tighter keeping him near. Her fingers busied themselves in his dual colored hair, giving slight pulls whenever a certain nip was too much to take.
When he went to move his mouth to her other breast he took a moment to reposition them by lifting her up so that his legs were in between hers instead of just pressed against her. He brought one of her legs and wrapped it around his waist. The new position made his excitement evident, though if she was being honest she had already felt it pressing against her for quite some time. The added friction made her moan yet again and she felt him push into her enjoying the reaction he was getting from the action.
As he continued grinding into her, his mouth kept lavishing her breast. His free hand slid away from her thigh and went further back to cup her cheek, squeezing it and then pushing it against him for more friction.
It was during this time that she realized that the one enjoying most of these benefits was herself. Deciding that that was not ok, her hand went in between their bodies and started messing with the front button of his pants. Getting the hint of what she was planning to do Ray pulled his hips away from her for easier access. The sound of his zipper going down echoed in their quiet space and Ray felt himself shiver in anticipation.
Her hand wriggled itself inside his pants, the warmth of his boner emitting through his boxers. She managed to find the opening at their center and soon she found the warm engorged organ itself. He hissed and moved his head away from her bosom as she gave a squeeze at the base. Her hand then slid upwards before returning back to the base and repeated the action over and over again.
As she did Ray found his head in the crook of her neck. His teeth sank into her shoulder as she jerked him off. His hands no longer occupied themselves with her breast but instead found themselves on her waist undoing the buttons of her jeans.
For a brief moment he had trouble shimming them down thanks to the small yellow belt hugging her hips. When they were finally at her hips his hand went in between her thighs and groaned at the obvious wetness dripping through her panties.
At feeling him cup her sweet spot Jubilee's pumps became faster as fireworks went off in her head. She groaned in frustration when he didn't make any other moves and her back pushed into the bark of the tree as her hips started moving in a circular manner. He pulled back from her shoulder, and she heard his rasped breath at her ear...
"Jubilee..." her answer was an unintelligible hum, "I know you're worried about us potentially getting caught but...it sounds like the Fourth of July is coming from your ass."
So that's where the fireworks were coming from.
"Fuck...it's my phone," Jubilee answered breaking herself from her lustful trance.
"Did you want me to silence it?"
"No, let me get it. If it's my parents they'll be persistent and call again..." she gave his chest a few light smacks making him back away. He moved but not very far, instead helping her out by taking the phone in the back pocket of the ass cheek he had not been grabbing and handling it to her.
She stared at the screen. It was Amara, "Oh my god I'm the worst friend ever! Damn it!"
"What?" Ray asked, looking concerned.
"I promised her we would go for a run after work," she responded before answering the call, "Hello? Amara I am so sorry! Time got away from me and..."
"Hello? Jubes, sorry about what?"
"Our run after work! I completely..."
"Oh, that's right! I forgot about that!"
"You did?"
"Yeah, I would have messaged you a long time if it was about that. No, I'm calling because my mom noticed you weren't home yet and was wondering if you could grab some milk on the way home."
"Oh, yeah sure..."
"Did you need the driver to go get you or...do you have a ride?" Jubilee looked at Ray who could hear the conversation. He shrugged before nodding and pointing at himself. "I have a ride."
"Alright then, I'll see you when you get home."
"Kay, I'll see you then."
As she hung up, Jubilee moved her head back until it hit the tree and allowed her heartbeat to regulate. Ray also took this time to regulate his breathing and after a minute he pulled away from her. Jubilee looked down as he went, catching a glimpse of the round head poking out of his boxers.
Her mouth went dry and she looked up at his face to see that his own gaze was still on her exposed chest. "Think we have time to keep going?"
"I don't think so...sounds like they might want that milk pretty soon and I have no idea where any of the stores are around here," he answered and proceeded to put the goods away.
"I suppose," she answered and pouted.
He smirked at the reaction and surprised her by grabbing both her hands and pinning her to the tree putting them in the position they had started in. The only difference being that her tits we're still out of her shirt.
Something he took advantage of as his face moved in towards her modest breast. His tongue licked upwards at one and then moved to the other, enveloping her nipple and giving it a small nip. Her moan echoed in the quiet night. Fuck. He felt his cock twitch ini ts refined and he could feel his heartbeat accelerate but he knew they shouldn't continue. As annoyed as he was, he knew that one of them had to be the voice of reason and sadly it looked like it was him.
He let her go again and helped bring her bra over her breast hiding the delicious treats from view. "Come on, we'll find another time to continue this," and with that he started walking away back towards the car.
Jubilee sighed again and pulled her pants up before following him. She kept the top open, deciding to fix it up once they got to their destination. There was something exciting about the idea of keeping it open and having him take peeks, she decided that she enjoyed the idea of leaving him wanting more.
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
When Jubilee arrived home about thirty minutes later it looked like it was a ghost town which made her frown. Maybe getting the milk hadn't been that important and she could have finished what they started. She put the milk away and made her way upstairs stopping at Amaras' door.
After one knock she heard her friend telling her to enter and when she did she found her looking up at the ceiling with her legs alternating up and down in a controlled manner.
"Still working out?"
"The pageant is only getting closer," Amara answered but stopped to sit up on her bed and look at her.
"Sorry about skipping out on our run today. Maybe tomorrow?"
"Maybe and don't worry about it. Something took over my brain and I had forgotten anyway."
"Would that something have something to do with Roberto?"
Amara's mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water, "How did you..."
"He saw that text you sent me while you were at the gym and ran out of the shop. Did he go to you?"
"...yeah we bumped into each other."
"What happened?"
Amara opened her mouth to speak but she heard his voice telling her his story in her head and she knew she couldn't repeat the words. They were too personal and not hers to tell. "We talked."
Jubilee could feel that that was all she was going to get out of that conversation so instead of asking for details asked, "Did he make things better?
"Yeah, I think he did."
"Are you going to maybe start hanging out with him again."
"I don't know about that just yet but...I think I'll definitely try making time to be in his class on Tuesday though," she answered. "What about you? What kept you out? Did you get some milk of your own."
"Oh my god Amara, that's gross! Where did you hear that kind of filth form?"
Amara giggled, "On a show, is it inaccurate?"
"I guess not but it sounds sick."
"Well, was it Ray that dropped you off? Your voice was kind of staggered when you answered the phone."
"It was."
"Did you do it?"
"Wow Amara, I had no idea you were such a closet pervert."
Amara managed a blush, "Shut up I'm not asking for you to be graphic but I can't say I'm not curious."
"Alright, I guess I share all the gritty details."
"I said you don't have to be graphic!"
"I know I know. I was just kidding. You know what let me tell you about my day as a whole though cause I have to say it was an interesting one."
"Alright," Amara answered and made space so that they could both lay on the bed. She then fluffed the pillows and got comfortable as Jubilee started the recollection of her day.
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Jubilee left Amara's room an hour later. It was safe to say that she had satisfied her curiosity. The only problem now was that with the retelling of what they had done she felt herself with that ache in between her legs. Instead of going to bed she decided to take a shower. Ray hadn't gotten a chance to finish what they started but there was no reason she couldn't do it herself. The warm water splattered on her, soothing the goosebumps from the cold but soon they returned for a different reason altogether as one of her hands went in between her legs. Her eyes closed, and her lips parted to let a small sigh out as her thoughts went back to dilated steel blue orbs and soon saw nothing but fireworks.
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Alrighty then. The M rating has arrived, it's not as graphic as my usual but I mean it's only the beginning ;) and yeah, I think we got a lot of interesting information and moments in this one. I choose the title of this chapter on the basis that so many are/were hiding something. I guess everyone has a secret ;)
Jubilay- Ohh you know, some flirations, some making out, some hand holding and being pinned to a tree while being felt up ;) Nothing new. I actually enjoyed writing all of their interactions in this one, my favorite parts being when he asked if she had plans (I just seemed so sexy in my head XD) and when he stopped her ticklish attack ;) But yup, we're here...rated M here we go.
Amarto- They spoke! And what Roberto had to say was actually really sad but I actually really loved how the interaction went. We will of course see more interaction from them now that the cold shoulder moment is over.
Romy- Rogue won! I guess it may be debatable if their moment was an actual shippy moment, but I'm going to go ahead and say it was. And um...yeah. Stay tuned.
***You my love, my friend ... When I dream it's about you ... My love, my friend ... When I sing it's for you ... My love, my friend ... I can't live without you ... My love, my friend ... And I don't know why ...
Xietro- The plans for their duet are underway and it looks like she wants him all to herself ;)
Jonda- And we finally got a good amount of this ship! Some romantic music asking for forgiveness, Some close proximity, she actually initiates talking...I think we're heading in the right direction. I guess we'll see how it goes when she does the shading of his tat expansion. I loved writing the others sing along, in a way showing that they are rooting for it and Anna's awareness of the tat and what it means.
There's more commissions of these beautiful ships on my tumblr: xietroqueen. Go see them and show them love!
Songs in this chapter were Steelheart's 'She's gone', Cellar Darling 'Challenge', Therion 'Mon Amour, Mon Ami' and Faderhead 'Fistful of Fuck you'.
And that's it. I really enjoyed this chapter and I'm super excited for the next so I hope you all join me then. We'll seeing a lot of ships and a moment that I think a lot of you have been waiting for so...I'll see you then. Take care!
-UHW