O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Disclaimer O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
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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Hello my lovelies! I wish I could say that I made you all wait cause it's Valentine's date but nope…I'm still just very obsessed with Drukkari and lost track of time…my bad, but hey…Happy Valentine's!
Many thanks to: Clamchick (Lol, That's only the tip of the backstory darling ;) She will eventually get a clue…someday :P You'll def see Jubilay and Jonda in this chap! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for your love and support!), Misdirection Smoothie and Guest (She is a beautiful idiot isn't she?).
There's smut in this one you guys! So read at your own risk ;) Hope you guys enjoy it and I'll see you all at the end.
O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Chapter 16 O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
"You know when I said comfortable I actually meant comfortable."
"I know. I am comfortable," Jubilee answered, trying to keep the heat from rising to her cheeks because in reality no, she had thought comfortable meant easily accessible. She could almost imagine what Anna's evil laughter would sound like in her head.
Ray nodded at her answer but his eyes stayed on the black circle skirt she wore before going up to her yellow tube top. She must have been a little cold because her nipples were poking out and he felt himself twitch in his sweats as the realization that she wasn't wearing a bra settled in. He felt himself grow even more when he wondered what she was wearing underneath the skirt.
"Um… I'm going to go grab some snacks. You want to put the stereo on the right station, I'll be right back."
"Alright."
He nodded and opened the door making his way to the concession stand which was a ways away since he had decided to find parking in the back.
While in line his thoughts went to the girl waiting back in the car for him. His original thought in inviting her tonight was to watch the movie, to hang out as roommates now that they were going to share a living space but he should have expected the misunderstanding. After all, it was just a few days ago when his mouth was around the pert little nipple and his fingers were teasing their way inside of her.
His dick twitched again. Thank god for loose sweatpants.
"May I help you?"
His attention went to the concession window where they were waiting for him. "Yeah. I'll take a popcorn, two cokes and…" he looked around at the candy options. While doing so his eyes caught the last product being advertised at a corner.
'Privacy shades! Keep all the light out and enjoy the movie to its fullest!'
"A pack of m&ms, a bag of jawbreakers and... some shades."
The girl nodded, not paying mind to the fact that he had gotten the shades. That just told him it was a hot item on nights like this. He thanked her after the transaction and made his way back.
Once back in the car he found Jubilee tapping away on her phone a smile on her face that set uneasiness in him. She looked up when she heard the door open.
"What movie are we watching?" Her cheeks flushed pink, "I just realized I never asked and Amara wants to know."
"Oh, it's night of the dead, so they're playing Underworld." he answered, putting the drinks and snacks on the dashboard before them. Jubilee nodded before looking back at her phone and tapping away. "How is she doing? Is all her family here yet?"
"They're still waiting for a few. I think by tomorrow night they should all be there and then she'll probably be quieter."
"Hopefully it all goes well for her. I brought snacks," he added, tilting his head forward.
"Cool, jawbreakers! These are my favorite…" she remarked while the movie ads went silent and the announcement that the movie was starting played.
"I know," he answered, "I don't know what's so great about them though…here put this on that window," he gave her one of the shades while he put the other one on his side. She watched him curiously for a moment, taken back at the fact that he knew that without her telling him.
"...they're good, last a long time and come in lots of flavors, what's not to like?" she asked as she did what he asked.
He gave a low hum in acknowledgment of her answer but didn't add anything else to the topic. Once the shades were up his hands went to the bottom of the center divider and pulled upwards. Jubilee watched in awe as it became part of their seat merging it into one long piece.
Seeing her expression he shrugged, "I had it specially customized," after the words he pulled the level at his side making his seat and the center divider go back so he was half laying.
"Fancy."
"You think so?"
Jubilee pulled on her own handle having her seat match his, "Definitely."
They got comfortable. Jubilee just slouched in the seat with her feet together and in front of her. Ray locked the car before leaning into his door, sitting at an angle and stretched his feet in front of him.
They watched the previews and a good twenty minutes of the movie before one of them spoke again. It was Jubilee, but whatever she had uttered was inaudible due to the volume of the stereo making him move towards her. He ended up shoulder to shoulder with her and during his shift he had grabbed the bag of peanut butter m&m's.
"What?" He asked.
"I always think this part is so corny."
"It's an older movie, of course it's corny," he responded while pouring a few m&ms into his mouth, one missed and went tumbling down their shoulders in the crack between their bodies.
Jubilee watched it go and on instinct her hand went after it. She sat up and twisted looking down in the crack between the seats. To keep herself balanced one of her hands found itself on his thigh while the other went into the dark crevasse feeling for the small candy.
He watched her struggle for a few seconds, "Leave it, it's lost now…"
"If you leave it, it'll melt and get gross in between your seats! Plus…ten seconds rule! It's still good," she remarked, pulling her hand out and opening her palm.
"Pretty sure the saying is five seconds," he stared at the open palm with the blue m&m at its center.
"Ten, five, It's not really a huge difference in seconds is it?"
He shrugged and surprised her and himself as his face moved forward and his lips pressed against the skin. His lips parted, opening for the m&m to go onto his mouth and his tongue lick the center of her hand in the process.
It was odd that such a small action caused such a change in atmosphere but it did just that. The air became charged and when their eyes connected it became apparent that the movie was not going to be watched anymore.
The only thought going through Ray's mind being, 'Fuck it. The other two could do the welcoming roommate shit with her,' before leaning forward. His nose bumped into hers as his lips pressed against hers, the cold metal piercings causing a shiver down her spine. The kiss became messy as both their mouths parted making their tongues and teeth clash.
His hand found itself on her knee and slowly made its way under the circle skirt, making its way up the side of her thigh waiting to make contact with the lining of her panties. His curiosity of the type she was wearing was an ultimate high.
It never came. His hand slid across the plump curve of her ass back and forth a few times to double check and when the realization sunk in he moaned into her mouth before trying to move away from her. A hard feat since she decided to bite down on his bottom lip, piercing and all.
"Are you seriously comando right now? How in the world is that comfortable?"
"Sorry, I thought you meant convenient, which I think I hit spot on."
"I'm not going to argue with that," was the response before his lips found themselves on her collarbone. "And here I thought we should go slow…" he mumbled into her skin as his hands went to her waist pulling her closer into him.
"We were going slow for a few days, now we're not," she responded and let him guide her hips closer to him. She let him press kisses on her shoulder, on the top of her cleavage and soon felt his hands at her inner thighs. The thumbs did small circles on her skin and she found herself giggling, much like the first time they were in a similar position.
"Again?" He asked and bit into her shoulder.
"It's not my fault you go for my tickle spots," she answered, trying not to giggle as he repeated the action. "Maybe try not to…uuuhhgh."
"Guess this isn't a tickle spot."
Jubilee didn't know whether she wanted to close her legs over the digit inside of her or spread them wider so that he could add another. He made the decision for her as the palm of his free hand went to her thigh and pressed against it widening her. When he was satisfied, his hand went to her skirt, folding it upwards so he could get a good look.
She felt her face go hot as she watched the steel blue eyes watch her most private area carefully. It didn't last long though, she felt her eyes close again when he withdrew his middle finger and thrust it back in slowly.
"You're so wet already, was that kiss that good?"
She took a deep breath forcing herself not to let her hips move on their own against him. "It was good…"
"But?"
"But what?" she asked, forcing herself to focus on his words.
"That's not the reason you're so wet…what is?"
Her eyes slightly opened to watch him again and besides her better judgment said, "I'd been anticipating this."
"Getting fingered at the drive in? Are you a fortune teller or something?"
It took her longer to answer as he added another finger, "No…not at the drive in, but I've dreamt about this in other places…"
"Like?"
"At the park…back at the beach house…at the shop…"
He swallowed hard. Blood had already rushed to his cock making it hard and uncomfortable as it pressed tightly against the fabric of his sweats. "And what am I doing in these dreams?"
"This...among other things," she paused to take a breath in as his fingers continued their in and out motion.
"Other things?" He questioned but didn't expect or want an answer. His free hand went to the center of her tube top and pulled exposing the light brown nipples. His mouth was on the small mound within seconds and her hand went to wrap themselves around his neck as he smothered her chest with saliva.
Even though the stereo was still loudly playing the movie she was able to zone it and only focus on the wet sounds of his palm hitting her clit as he kept thrusting his fingers into her. Her hips started a circling motion wanting to feel more friction while his fingers curled inside making her whimper and tighten her hold on his neck.
After lavishing both teats with attention he removed his finger making her whine at the loss of his touch.
Her head tilted and with lidded eyes she watched his hand go to the waistband of his sweats pulling them down. His cock sprang out as soon the waistband passed his pelvis bone. She eyed it carefully and couldn't help licking her lips. Her dreams weren't only filled with him using his mouth and fingers, she used her mouth plenty in them as well.
Before she had a chance to mention it his hands went to grab under her thigh and pulled her closer to him.
"Wait, you going right for it?"
"I thought you didn't want to take it slow anymore?"
"I don't but…don't you want me to take care of you a little bit before we get there?" He followed her gaze which led back to his swollen member.
"We can take care of me some other time."
"But…"
"Shh..you know you're not the only one who has been anticipating this…" his eyes went back to hers at the words to see that she was staring back. "Now, let me know if it ends up being too much…" he started moving, positioning his knee on the outside of one of her legs as he lifted the limb positioning it over his shoulder. He anchored his other knee at the center of the car floor before his hand went in between their bodies to position the head at the opening of her nether lips.
His body leaned forward slowly pushing in and stretching her walls. His dilated orbs stayed on the features of her face, watching her lips part into a small 'o' as she took a deep breath in taking him in. He didn't stop moving forwards until his pelvis made contact with the junction where her legs met.
"This ok?" he asked, voice coming out strained as he forced himself to stay still to help her adjust to his size. She nodded and he took it as a sign to continue. One of his hands went to wrap the leg that was not at his shoulder around his waist and he pulled out just as slowly as he had entered before doing it again.
It was a few minutes later when her whimpers started sounding like pleass. She wanted him to go faster. Ray closed his eye tight and leaned in closer making his thrust harder while moving to whisper in her ear so that she could hear him over the stereo, "We can't go too fast here," he answered, "The movements would cause the car to shake and you don't want to be caught like this do you?"
When his eyes opened she was looking at him with wonder, and the leg around his waist tightened. The action caused her inner muscles to squeeze him. "But I want more…" she purred before running her tongue up the center of his lips.
His only answer to that was to have the hold on her hips tighten and he maneuvered himself to go in deeper. His thrusts shortened but went in harder, replacing the speed she wanted with force instead. It must have worked because her eyes shut and her mouth went back into the cute little 'o' causing him to pulsate inside her tight little pocket. She was so warm and tight and the combination of how good his dick felt inside of her with her expressions brought him to his peak. Not wanting to go before her, his hand went in between her legs and found her clit.
One swipe at it made her eyes widened. The second caused her back to arch. The third caused his name to slip out in between her lips and that in turn caused his fingers to circle and slap at it causing her moans to rise in volume.
She unwrapped her hands from him and one hand went to the back of his neck. In a show of strength he wasn't expecting she pulled her chest to his and lower body off the carseat. This caused his cock to hit her at the right spot. A few thrusts later her eyes rolled behind her eyes and a delicious wanton moan made him cum.
Thank god this was an action movie with guns and vampires and werewolves snarling. The sound of his own primal moan would go unnoticed. After a few seconds of catching his breath and carefully unhooking her foot off his shoulder, he twisted his body and grabbed something from the back. Tissues. He extended his hand for her to take some and she did so.
Five minutes later both their clothes were on correctly. One of her legs was over the other and she was running her fingers through her hair trying to get any knots out.
"Crybaby?"
She stopped brushing her hair, "HEY! With what you were doing to me how did you expect me not to…" she stopped talking when she turned to him. He had an eyebrow raised as he watched her, his hand outstretched towards her with the bag of jawbreakers. She felt her face flush, Crybaby was the brand name. "Oh...yeah, I'll take one."
"They're playing the sequel next week. You want to come back?"
She turned to glance at him, he had reached out to grab the popcorn on the dashboard and while he was distracted she eyed his side profile. His bangs were moist from sweat and brushed back against his blond fade as his eyes stayed focused on the movie enjoying what was left of it anyway.
"Sure...I don't think I mind round two...I mean part two," she popped the crybaby in her mouth to stop her from talking.
The comment did make Ray turn back to her and smirked, "Just watch the movie now," he remarked and threw popcorn at her.
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Anna dropped onto her bed feeling exhausted. Her performance was a success but she wouldn't be surprised to hear from Wolverine or Storm in the morning. Scott had been in the crowd with a few of the others and she was sure he wouldn't have approved of her song switch. Having these thoughts in mind stopped her from approaching the rest of her bandmates and instead she found herself going through the hallway towards Scarlet Ink.
She might as well get it over with and ask Wanda directly about whether or not she was going to perform with her at Nocturnal Madness.
Luck was not on her side though because when she arrived next door she only found Roberto and Laura. Roberto was with a client, tattooing what looked like a black jackal, half of its face skelontonized. Laura had finished her client and was manning the front desk.
Once she noticed her they talked for a bit and she informed her that Wanda was at lunch but she was expecting her back any minute. She decided that she didn't want to wait for her and with promises of meeting next door Anna made her way back to the lounge finding herself at a table a few down from the other X-men. That's where Laura found her a few minutes later anyway.
After Laura returned to work from her lunch break Anna found herself bored and not in the mood to talk with anyone. Throughout the hour both goth females had refrained from looking in the direction of the Brotherhood and Acolytes table which as per their usual was cluttered with rabid fangirls. So she got up and left.
She found herself closing her eyes and sinking deep into her mattress. She had probably drifted off for about ten minutes when she felt her phone go off. At first she thought it was a message coming through but when it kept vibrating she managed to feel around her bed for the phone bringing it up to her ear without checking who it was.
"Yeah…"
"Bonsoir."
Her eyes snapped open at the French greeting. "Hey…" she greeted before moving the phone away from her ear to look at the screen. It was early, ten minutes past 11.
"Where did you go? I was looking for you."
"For?"
"You have to ask."
Her lips twitched into a smirk, "I told you not tonight."
"Non, you said you weren't coming over. You didn't say anything about not meeting up."
"Fooling around in places where we can get caught is your new kink isn't it?" His laugh echoed in her ear drum and she tried to ignore the warmth that spread inside her chest at the sound. "You gotta admit it adds spice to it, and
I'm all about the spice."
"I suppose. Not that I'm planning to go back but now I'm curious, where exactly did you have it planned that we would do anything?"
"There's tons of places. Restroom, vip room, outside…."
"You get that people at the Lounge are always watching you right? The only reason we didn't get caught last time was because Laura's performance was really good."
"How would you know that? You weren't even paying attention," he teased.
"Shut up."
"I'm not saying it's not true, I'm just asking how you'd know." She didn't reply as he laughed. When he was done he finally asked, "So what are you doing?"
"I'm in bed and no I'm not planning to leave it."
"I wasn't going to ask you to come back, I'm not even at the Lounge anymore."
"You're not?"
"Non, I'm back at the hotel."
"Oh, how many girls did you get to go back with you?"
"You really think other filles would let me be on the phone with you this long?"
"They could be doing other things while you're on the phone with me."
"See that's why I love you! Your dirty way of thinking!"
Anna felt her face get hot at the words, "Like you haven't done that before."
"I haven't."
"I don't believe you."
"I haven't, but it's on my sex bucket list. You want to help me check it off?"
She snorted, "It sounds stupid so no." He didn't respond to this and the line went dead eventually forcing her to ask, "What else is on it?"
"A few things, the hardest one is going to be having sex in every state."
"How is that hard? Your job is literally to travel."
"We haven't toured all fifty states yet."
"Hmm…no threesome? It feels like all guys wish for a threesome."
"Check."
"Of course you'd have that checked." Her response was sarcastic, masking the irritation she suddenly felt.
"The first few months of touring were wild."
"Hmm…"
"I've also checked off banging a hot chick by the pool…"
"It was a jacuzzi and going in once doesn't really count."
"You want to go back so I can properly check it off?"
"I'm too comfortable for a three hour drive."
"I guess I am too. So what are you wearing?"
"…the same thing I was wearing at the lounge and no I'm not taking anything off. I'm tired and I just plan to lay here so look up porn instead."
"Wow, you were so tired that you're just passing out without changing? I guess it's lucky for me that I have enough of your videos and pictures to get myself off when I'm ready and damn chere you always have to think the worse about me neh? I wasn't even calling for that."
"Then what were you calling for?"
"You were supposed to tell me why that guy pissed you off at work yesterday during breakfast but our breakfast got interrupted."
"Oh yeah! You just reminded me about that jerk!"
Anna found herself sitting up and readjusting her pillows into a position where she could sit against them comfortably before she started going off retelling the way a customer had gone off on her for telling him how to take care of his bike, apparently he didn't think a "girl" knew what she was talking about. During her story she eventually heard the sound of shuffling cards as per usual during their long phone conversations and soon after her rant was over she got comfortable listening to his voice reflect on a similar experience he had had. She didn't know when she had fallen asleep but she did remember the sound of shuffling cards in her dreams.
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Wanda wasn't sure how she got herself set up for her first appointment. Her mind had been busy thinking about the questions she was planning to ask John when he arrived and in true nature to what people say about having a routine and going in auto pilot she did just that and was ready ten minutes before he was due to arrive.
The only thing that seemed to be missing was her numbing gel, which she was planning to use to keep him comfortable due to the fact that she was doing the session so close to his last. She walked into the storage room noticing that she was out at her station and when she returned she froze misstep startled noticing that she was no longer alone.
"Morning, sacred you?"
"More surprised than scared. The door didn't chime."
"It's actually locked. I saw your car and knew you were here so I came through the back."
"Oh."
"Yeah," he responded and took a moment to run his eyes up and down her figure.
Wanda ignored the action and continued the walk to her station, "You can come back. I'm pretty much done setting up for you so we can get started shortly." He nodded though she wasn't watching him to notice. Seconds later he was sitting in her chair watching her as she filled a few ink cups with orange, red and black ink.
"How has your weekend been so far?" He asked, trying to make small talk.
"It's been a weekend," she was short with the answer so he stayed quiet before she added, "How long?"
His eyes stayed on her back since she was facing away from him, "How long what?"
Her next action was quick, catching him off guard. She spun around in a movement that might put Pietro to shame. Her hand was at his neck, a light grip on the smooth tan skin. "Don't be cute, I'm not in the mood," her grip tightened a fraction.
John stared into her sapphire orbs, Fuck, he had always thought Wanda was beautiful but there was a certain appeal to her when she was mad and she seemed pretty pissed off now. She felt his throat muscles move as he swallowed before his lips parted, "You might want to back off."
"Why would I do that?"
"Because luv…you may not be in a mood but you're definitely putting me in one."
Her hand immediately let him go and she moved away from him as if he had burned her. Wide eyes watch him carefully as he avoided looking at her by closing his eyes. After a few seconds later she got impatient and asked again, "Well how long?"
"Give me a fucken minute…" he responded in the same tone she was using before whispering to himself, "Toad in a speedo, Toad in a Speedo…"
Wanda rolled her eyes and looked away from him as the temptation to look at his lap pulled at her. She sighed and after a minute was going to ask again but before she could there was a loud, "Good Morning!" Making both turn to see the four other members of Scarlet Ink enter.
"You're starting the day off early," Ray commented, passing the area to get to his own station and high-fiving John in greeting as he went.
"Like I had a choice," Wanda answered, giving John a glare. He shrugged knowing that she was upset she wouldn't be getting an answer to her question, at least not with the others around.
"I'll help you open the door Jubes if you want to check the message machine." Jubilee nodded and headed to the phone.
"You're all oddly punctual today."
"Seemed easier to carpool since we're all living together for the moment," Roberto answered heading into the storage room to get a pack of instruments.
"Wanda, Your next appointment has been canceled. Seems like they had an emergency and had to leave town at the last minute." Wanda turned to look at Jubilee who was writing on the appointment book. "Did you want to charge the cancellation fee?"
"See if any of my other clients can move up. Ask me again about the cancellation at the end of the day, we'll see how I'm feeling."
"It's not going to go well for that bloke."
Wanda reacted without thinking and smacked the Australian male on the back of the head lightly. Realizing what she had done out of habit she looked away, "Shit...sorry…"
"It's fine…weird to say but I kind of miss it."
"Being smack around?" She asked and perked her brow.
"Yeah, I mean if I miss you I miss everything about you right?" She stayed quiet at the revelation. If any of the others heard they simply pretended not to. The moment was broken a few seconds later though as Roberto yelled "YES!" And even did a small jump in the air making them all turn to him.
"I won. Today it's going to be Dubstep."
Everyone except John and Wanda groaned. The orange haired australian turned to her but she didn't look back, deciding to busy herself by putting gloves on to begin shading him in. She always loved tattooing and found that time flew by when she did it, but there was something about John's stare that seemed to stop time and she found her morning very slow going after that.
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Wanda blew a stand of her hair out of the way. Her face was inches away from John's neck and she found when she leaned in at a certain angle to finish the last spot, her red tips would make contact with his skin. She thought blowing it out of the way was the best solution but every time she did it he would do a light squirm as her warm breath grazed his collarbone.
"Your hair's really grown."
"Hmm…" she mumbled not looking up from the orange and red she was poking into his arm. "I suppose so…"
"It looks good."
"I've thought about cutting it."
"You rock it short too so guess it doesn't really matter…"
Her eyes went to his at the words. When her lips parted though the words were not directed at him, "Jubilee, did any of my next appointments agree to move up?"
"Sorry boss, that's a negative." She answered before going back to looking over the following week's schedule.
Wanda frowned but didn't say anything before bringing John's arm up to inspect her work, "You're all set. Let me just bandage it up. You already know the dos and don'ts."
There was a whistle behind them and Roberto went over to take a look. "It looks good, and connected so well to the other piece…"
"Thanks," both answered at the same time, causing them to share a look.
Roberto looked from one to the other as they held the awkward gaze before slowly backing away from them. After a few seconds Wanda broke the stare and turned her back on him to get things ready for the finishing touches. When she turned back to him she avoided eye contact and kept her focus on his shoulder and neck area. A few minutes later she was done and took off her gloves, "Alright, Jubilee can take your payment."
"Let me take you to breakfast." Her eyes narrowed at the question and moved to meet his amused ones. "You haven't eaten, I can tell, and you don't have a client." Her ruby lips parted but before she could say no he added, "and you have questions and I might have answers."
Fucking A, he had made good points all around but that last one was the winner.
"Fine. I have to clean up this mess first."
John got up, "Alright. I'll meet you at Mojo's." Then without another glance at her he walked past her to go to the front counter so Jubilee could take his payment.
While Jubilee was processing everything Wanda got her instruments ready and headed for the sterilization area. "You're all set. Have a good breakfast," Jubilee remarked somewhat slyly, sliding his recipe to him.
He winked in response before saying bye out loud to the others getting a response from the boys. Laura didn't say anything but looked towards the open door to the sterilization area.
"Well that should be interesting…"
"It's not, get back to work…"
Laura smirked, not embarrassed at all about the fact that she has been heard by her temperamental friend.
"Yes, m'am."
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John drummed his fingers on the table top while his other hand held his phone with the thumb scrolling down the screen.
Remy has finalized the song they would be doing with the Brotherhood for Nocturnal Madness and had sent him the music notes for the guitar along with the lyrics and a small drawing where he wanted everyone to be placed.
He was so busy looking it over that he didn't see Wanda coming until he felt her presence beside him. His eyes widened a fraction and his face turned to the side to face her. She was too busy looking at her own phone to realize that he was staring and he momentarily wondered if she herself had realized what she had just done.
Deciding to call her out on it he asked, "You're...sitting here?"
She looked up from her phone to glance at him before looking across at the empty seat in front of them. Her eyes widened as well as she realized her boo boo. When they were dating it was custom that no matter whether they were with people or not they sat next to each other instead of sitting across. It had been a conversation early on in their relationship that sure it was nice to look at each other but there was something much more intimate and personal about sitting beside each other. Also, in all honesty you could still look at each other when sitting besides each other, it was a win win.
Except for now of course , when she had done it out of habit.
"Yeah, the sun is hitting that seat," she answered.
John looked back to the empty seat across from them. The sun glare was in fact on the seat but it was at the corner closest to the window hardly touching the seat.
"They didn't bring menus?"
"They did, I already ordered for you."
She glared at him, "Why?"
"Because you always get French toast here."
She didn't have a reply to that and she didn't know what annoyed her more; that fact that he ordered for her or that fact that he still knew her order by heart. She crossed a leg over the other and crossed her arms in front of her chest while leaning back into the booth seat they shared.
"Seven months."
This made her disgruntled expression fade and she turned to him surprised, "What?"
"I've known for seven months. How long it's actually been going on for…that I'm not sure about."
"But you think it's been longer than that?"
"I think so…yeah."
"Seven months," she repeated, her voice still holding a surprise tone. It quickly faded though as she uncrossed her legs and turned her knees towards him. Her hand went into the air and smacked his arm, "and you didn't tell me?!"
"Ow! how was I supposed to tell you?" He answered defensively. "You blocked me on everything."
"You…you…could have found a way."
"Maybe, but even at that, where we were…where we are…it wasn't any of my business to tell you. Now that you found out on your own though, now it's ok to talk about."
She crossed her hands again and moved her body to face away from him. The waitress came and left the drink order with them before either could speak again. Wanda busied herself by putting milk and sugar in her coffee while John played with the sugar packets, smacking them across his palm.
"I didn't find out because he told me. Hell we don't talk about it now even though he knows I know. They both do, there's no way they don't anyway…"
"How did you find out if he didn't tell you?"
"I started noticing her at the shows. Actually I was super excited the first time I saw her, I thought you were with her. That's why I remember the day so well. It had been two months since you stopped talking to me."
"…"
"When I noticed you weren't with her I thought maybe she was there to see the opening band, but then I saw her again a month later…and soon I was seeing her every few weeks. Then I started seeing the pattern. On the days I was seeing her, Remy was nowhere to be found. He wouldn't answer my calls or texts."
Wanda let the information sink in. After some silence she asked, "Was she with someone else in the crowd?" She felt him shake his head even though she wasn't watching him.
"I never saw her with anyone."
Wanda nodded and thought back to the multiple concerts Anna had been too in the last few months. A new question she had now was who the fuck was Risty. "That bitch…I can't believe she's been lying to me for that long."
"Is it really considered lying if no one asked?"
"Whose side are you on?"
"No ones. I'm just saying, can you really be mad about it?"
"Yes I fucken can. Just recently I asked her about guys and she didn't mention this to me. Plus it's Remy fucken Lebeau. She couldn't find someone else to be fooling around with?"
John chuckled, "He's not that bad," he remarked, winning him a glare.
"Not that bad? What do you mean? He has a reputation, he's had it since high school. Girls are always fawning on him, he obviously enjoys it and flirts back. He probably has a lot of people he's fucking with… so excuse me if i'm concerned about my sister when she's playing with fire…and it doesn't help that she had that stupid crush on him in school."
John nodded hearing her and understanding where she was coming from, but being around the Cajun he had information that she didn't. "Look like I said, we've never actually talked about it. He knows that I know and we both just leave it at that. Yes he's a flirt by nature because ever since I've known him he is like that, but something I can attest to is that for now…at least in the last seven months…that playboy persona has just been for show at the shows and public appearances."
"…"
"That shit about him taking a new girl home every show, it's a lie."
"How do you know?"
"I room with him half the time."
"He could sneak people in."
"He wouldn't have to, it's not about hiding it from me because if he wants to do it he will, I mean he did for the first few months when we were barely on the road." She gave him a look at the words that made him raise his hands in a defensive manner, "I said he did! You're giving me that look like what were you doing…I was just in my room with earphones on writing. See no evil hear no evil. Anyway back to the main point, I think it's different with Anna because I know her, so of course he's going to hide her but again…if he was bringing girls over I would know."
Wanda looked away from him and focused on her coffee. It had lost some of its heat so she brought it up to her lips to take a sip.
"As far as his texting tendencies, yeah he's on the phone a lot but that I know of it's just with Anna-Marie."
The coffee came flying out of the ruby lips. John looked at the mess on their table before turning to give his ex an 'are you ok' look. "She lets him call her Anna-Marie?"
"I don't know about letting, I just know that's the name that always pops up as the message name."
"She hates when people call her by her full name." She felt his shoulder shrug beside her and sighed but didn't get to comment anything as their food got dropped off at the table. They ate in silence for a few minutes, both distracted by their thoughts.
She finally broke the silence with, "So, you're writing again?"
He gave her a surprised look at the fact that she picked up on the fact. "Yeah, not much to do when you're on the road. It's pretty much perform, make appearances and go back to the hotel, you know?"
Wanda poked at one of the strawberries on her toast, "No one said you couldn't party or hang out with people, Just don't over do it. You can still have a life."
"There's no point in doing it if the people you want to be around aren't with you to do it."
"Stop trying to guilt trip. It doesn't work on me."
"I'm not, I'm just saying what's true. I was always honest with you before, why would I stop now?"
She ignored the question and asked one of her own, "What's the story about?"
He allowed the change of topic and took a bite of his biscuit before answering, "Super powered misunderstood woman. Gets put into an insane asylum by her father, gets out and paints the town red."
"Sounds interesting."
"She reminds me of you."
"You saying I'm crazy?"
"She's strong and determined…and a good kind of crazy," he smiled at her .
"You're dumb…" she answeeed and looked away hoping the heat in her cheeks was not showing.
They remained in silence for the rest of their breakfast and once the check was put on their table he hastily grabbed it. "I got it."
She gave him a shifty look, "Fine, but that doesn't mean this was a date."
"Of course not…you'll owe me and you better believe I'm going to cash out at some point."
"Never mind I'll pay my share," she remarked and leaned towards him, her hands trying to grab the hand that held the receipt.
He moved his body sideways trying to keep his arm long and away from her causing her to press against his back. Chuckling he answered, "No, you already said fine."
"Yeah but I can hear it in your tone that I'm going to regret it."
"Too bad, what was said was said, not takie backsies. This is probably where Luna gets that habit from…"
She pouted, her hands fell dead on the table and he felt the weight of her chin on his shoulder. He glanced at her and was momentarily stunned by her beauty, it had been quite a while since she had willingly put herself this close to him.
"Fine," she murmured and as quick as she had made the gesture she pulled away getting up and heading towards the exit.
John put the receipt, cash and tip on the table before following. Once outside he gave a satisfied sigh before putting both hands in his pocket. "So what now?"
"In regards to?"
"Rogue, knowing you, you haven't talked to her since."
"I just want her to make smart decisions and it feels like what she's doing now isn't a smart decision."
"Why?"
She shrugged, "It just feels like something is off…anyway, thanks I guess for telling me what you know, though you're seven months late."
"Hmm…your welcome I guess," he answered mimicking the tone.
"I'll see you around. Thanks for breakfast" she moved away from him and glanced at his freshly tattooed bandage. "You can message me if you have any problems with the tattoo." He watched her walk away lips parting to remind her that she had blocked all contact with him but before he could say anything she beat him to it,"I unblocked your number when you come back into town."
His lips closed and he watched her until she was gone, the confession making him wonder if he had been expected to message her a lot earlier on.
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Jubilee spun around in her barstool, her tell tale that she was dying of boredom. They were taking turns going to lunch, Laura and Roberto were currently on theres and Wanda was in her office dealing with invoices and inventory lists leaving the petite Asian alone with her beneficial beau.
Ray watched her do another spin, before shaking his head and heading towards her, leaning his butt into the counter beside her to watch her go until she stopped and looked at him curiously.
"Shouldn't you be doing something more productive?" He teased.
"I cleaned the waiting room. Sterilization is caught up, I confirmed the appointments for Tuesday already and you guys are fully stocked." She looked away to go into her drawer and grabbed a jawbreaker from the night before popping it into her mouth.
He watched the candy ball press into her cheek causing the circular outline to protrude out. "You know I thought about it and I'm glad you enjoy those candies after all."
"Really? Why?"
"It lets me know you don't mind big things in your mouth."
She flushed at the comment before looking around and pushing him, making his shoulders sway while his feet stayed planted on the ground.
"Shouldn't you be doing something more productive?" She asked throwing his words back at her.
"No, but I know what we can do to be more productive…"
"You know we're at work right?"
"I do, now get your mind outta the gutter. I actually meant something work related," he remarked and started walking away from her.
She watched him go through the door leading to the waiting room, her mouth opening and closing in quick succession. "I wasn't…you…what…you started it!"
"Come on," he urged. She followed him with her eyes seeing that he was going into the piercing room. When she finally did follow him he was sitting in the chair patiently waiting.
"What are you doing?"
"Waiting."
"For?"
"A piercing."
"Roberto and Laura won't be back for like another half hour."
"I thought Wanda mentioned that you can start doing it?"
"No! I have training next week."
"Oh…you don't just want to try it?"
"No! And can we even? Without paying?"
"Yeah, we do it all the time…oh wait, maybe not so much since you've joined us, our schedules have been pretty busy. Or I guess we haven't been bored enough but half the tattoos we have were made by us in our down time."
"Oh."
"Yeah, as long as it doesn't overlap with our appointments Wanda doesn't really mind. Are you ready?"
"For what?"
"To get your first one. You really think you'll get out of here without having one of us take that virginity from you. I'm surprised the others haven't jumped on you to try and talk you into one."
"I wouldn't know what to get."
"Get a Jawbreaker."
"Shut up…" she remarked and bumped into him purposely making him shake in the chair.
"At least get the temporary paints and draw something on me if you don't want to practice the piercing."
"Oh yeah…" she had forgotten all about those. She went to the counter where the temporary inking materials were. She returned with a fine point pen and a few ink caps filled with ink. "What would you like?"
He shrugged and leaned into the chair and closed his eyes, "surprise me." He heard her dip the pen into the ink but before she could touch him, he opened his eyes to stare at her, "No dicks though…"
She laughed, "What? Why would you even say that? I hadn't thought about it…until now anyways", she added under her breath.
"No dicks," he repeated and fell back into a comfortable posture.
He felt the pen on his shoulder a few seconds later. He thought that she would need all her concentration to focus on the task at hand but was surprised when her soft voice broke the silence.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Hmm…"
"Do you have other tattoos? The one on your arm is the only one I've seen."
"Then you haven't been paying close attention."
"Actually in all fairness I can't say that I've seen a whole lot of you and the times that maybe you have shown a little more it's not a tattoo I'm looking for."
He breathed a chuckle out, "I might have a few more…"
"You do?" she asked, her tone surprised. He nodded as a silent answer. "That's cool! I'd love to see them…"
"Would you?"
Jubilee momentarily stopped to look at him, not sure if the husky tone he used was supposed to be suggestive or not. His lips were curved upwards, yes they definitely were supposed to be. Instead of going along with it, even though her body suddenly tingled with excitement, she continued with the free style drawing.
The rest of the half hour went by quickly and in silence, the only interruption being when she ran across the room to grab another jawbreaker. When the others returned from lunch Jubilee was still working on him. The pen in her hand stopped moving the moment she heard Roberto's voice. Ray slowly opened his eyes, letting them gaze at her before moving to the arm she had been working on.
There were lines drawn down his arm in a neon blue color and she had started to outline them in a black trying to black it out. "I was inspired by the Tron light suit."
"How come?"
She shrugged, "The colors reminded me of you," she answered simply and let her eyes go to his thunderstorm tattoo.
His eyes carefully scanned the defined light blue lines before moving his gaze back to her. His lips parted but before anything could make it past his throat there was a bang in the wall behind them startling her to jump and turn to the doorway.
"They're over here!" Roberto yelled before walking inside the room. He let a whistle out and studied Ray's arm going as far as grabbing it and bringing it up to his face. "These lines are really good…" he remarked, twisting his roommate's arm in the process, winning him a glare from the taller boy.
After a few seconds Ray pulled his arm away, "We were killing time since it's dead. What's up? Were you guys looking for us for a specific reason?"
"Not really, just wondered where you guys ran off too. I think the next rush is going to start soon, did you guys want to take a ten before then?"
Ray looked at his unfinished arm before looking at Jubilee who was also staring at his arm, after a few seconds she shrugged, "I wouldn't mind spending my ten in here if you wanted me to finish this…" she said the words her fingertips ran over the painted skin to make sure her earlier work had dried.
The touch made his skin break into goosebumps. His eyes stayed focused on her face, watching her long lashes kiss her skin when she blinked. Her lips went into a slight pout as her eyes focused on him and he couldn't help the sudden pull he felt towards her.
Roberto would be what would break him out of the stupor, his friend's hands coming together in a loud clap making him realize that he hadn't just felt a pull towards Jubilee, he had actually been moving towards her. "Alright, you guys finish this up and Laura and I can handle the front for now. I suggest speed drawing Jubes cause these are good lines but I doubt you'll be able to do much more in ten minutes…" he commented before walking away towards the lobby.
Jubilee watched him go before nodding and turning to him, "What do you think? He has a point, I probably won't finish in ten minutes."
Ray shrugged and got comfortable again, leaning his hand towards her as he closed his eyes. "You've done that much, might as well do a little more…" he replied nonchalantly ignoring his accelerated heartbeat, ignoring that he enjoyed her touch on him, and ignoring the sudden desire of finding out what flavor jawbreaker she had been sucking on.
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When Wanda came back from being in her office for a few hours she found Roberto with a client and no one at the front desk.
"Jubilee and Ray are at lunch, Laura's in there…" his head tilted to the storage room.
"Thanks." She didn't say anything else and walked into the room. Laura was at the far corner of the room, eyes looking at the wall lost in thought.
"Hey…" She slightly jumped, not having been expecting her. "What's on your mind?"
"Oh…it's nothing. How did it go with all your reports?"
"Eh, They're reports. We've been productive this month, the numbers are up so my dad will be happy."
"Ohhhh! Does that mean I can get a raise?"
"I think we may be able to work something out."
"Oh…I was just teasing but I like that answer." Wanda gave a small smile but didn't answer and leaned into the counter. Laura studied her for a moment before looking away, "How was breakfast?"
"Fine."
Crickets after that and Laura knew not to press, at least that topic. "Have you talked to Anna?"
"No." This answer made her turn to glare. "Don't give me that look, I just didn't get a chance to. I was here late working with you so it wasn't like I was going to wake her up that late and then I woke up early to be here again so…it just didn't happen."
"Are you still annoyed about it?" Silence won as the answer again. "You know…I don't think it's just you."
"Who's mad? Are you annoyed too?!"
"No, that's not what I meant. I meant that, I don't think it's just you she's lying to...because that is one of the reasons you're mad right? Cause she left you in the dark about it…"
"…"
"But I honestly think she really believes it's just fucking so since she doesn't believe it's anything, what's the point in telling you?"
"...Do you think it's more than that?"
"Not sure, but it would explain why she doesn't want to perform with him."
"How?"
"Well would you want to get on stage and perform with John?"
"No, but that's different, we have a history. I lov…" she stopped herself from saying it and after a few seconds decided to finish her sentence with, "it would be a meaningful performance."
"Right. I've been an X-men with Anna for a few years now and sure we both end up doing poppier songs than we'd like to but I think something I learned about her is that she never does a song if she really doesn't want to. Usually when she doesn't it's because either it's way off base or…it hits too close to home."
Nothing was said for a few minutes giving Laura time to finish the sterilization. When the silence was finally broken it was Wanda who spoke. "When did you touch up the tattoo?"
Laura seemed to think about it, "Not too long ago, maybe four months if that."
"Oh, there you are! We're back from lunch…is there anything you need me to do before I take over the front?"
Both girls turned to the door.
"Not it's fine, go ahead and take over. I think the next group of clients is due and we're done sterilizing so we should have enough instruments."
"Cool," Jubilee answered before disappearing.
Laura and Wanda shared a look before the shorter girl gave her a smile, "Come on…let's go cause a little pain to others."
"That is such a sadistic way to say it…I like it!"
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"Thank god! Ten more minutes and we're off!"
"You're so dramatic, it wasn't even that bad a day."
"You would say that, but I saw more people than you today."
"Big whoop, I had longer sessions."
Jubilee looked from Ray to Roberto as they continued. "Can't you guys stop and just be happy that we're almost off…"
"No!" They both answered and continued.
"Don't bother, it'd be a waste of breath and they'll probably continue this argument on the drive and when we're back home," Laura remarked looking annoyed. "You keep babysitting them while I go give Wanda the last report of the day."
"Oh yay…lucky me…" Jubilee answered sarcastically but continued watching the older boys.
Laura shook her head and made her way to the hallway towards Wanda's office. When she got there the door was open and no one was inside. She tapped the folder she was holding on a few times before looking both ways down the hall wondering where she could be.
As she did she noticed that the door to Pietro's office was closed and she briefly wondered if maybe she was in there. Deciding that it was the likeliest option she went to it and knocked.
"Come in."
She cracked the door open and looked around. No Wanda. Pietro sat behind his desk, pen in hand frozen in place surprised to see her there. Not too surprising considering that this was the first time they had seen each other since she jumped his bones.
"Hey…"
"Hi, sorry I was looking for Wanda and thought she might be in here. We are getting ready to go and I have a report for her."
"Oh. We'll if you guys are leaving you can leave it with me and I'll make sure she gets it. "
"Uh…yeah I guess that works," she walked in and quickly put the folder on his desk and made to leave just as quickly but before she could the music playing in the room stopped her.
/Don't even talk about the consequence
'Cause right now you're the only thing that's making any sense to me
And I don't give a damn what they say, or what they think, think
'Cause you're the only one who's on my mind/
"Hey…this is me…" she turned back to him.
"Uh…yeah…" he answered and managed to look bashful at her realization before adding, "and Anna," after the words the next verse started which was in fact sung by Anna. "I'm working on a few things for Nocturnal and listening to the participants is helpful."
"Oh…"
"Yeah, I'm actually listening to this one to figure out what I'm doing with Anna. She hasn't given me anything concrete for her performance but promised me something by the end of the day so I guess we'll see."
"She'll come through."
"Yeah…"
Laura nodded and turned to leave but as she heard herself on the chorus she stopped again.
/I feel so untouched and I want you so much
That I just can't resist you/
Suddenly Luna and Anna's voices found their way into her head.
You're his favorite singer.
I've never seen him put as much effort as he does with you
Instead of going further as their voices kept repeating in her head Laura took a step back and turned back around. A few seconds later she was sitting in the chair, he looked up from his desk and noticing that she was about to say something he put his pen down and waited for her.
"Hey…"
"If this is about the other day, don't worry about it. It's forgotten and won't be mentioned to anyone…"
"Uh, actually I was wondering if you had any plans tomorrow."
"Oh…you want to get together to go over performance details?"
"No, well yeah I guess we can do that too but I was thinking we would just hang out. Maybe grab breakfast or dinner depending on what time you're available."
"Oh…oh…" Pietro repeated understanding. "I'm not sure what time I'll be free tomorrow, I actually have a date…"
"...Oh...well maybe some other time. I…umm…am going to get going…" She abruptly got up and headed for the door.
"It's with Luna. Her mom went out of town so I kept her a few extra days this week. She's going to pick her up but not until sometime in the afternoon. You'd be more than welcome to join us…"
"Oh…" she paused and turned back to face him. At some point when she had started to walk away he had gotten up to try and stop her and was now a few steps beside his table instead of in the chair. "If it's your last day with her I don't think I should interrupt."
"You wouldn't be, she actually hasn't stopped talking about you since you babysat her…"
"If neither of you mind then, sure. That sounds like it'll be fun."
"Great I'll um…message tomorrow with details."
"Ok. I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
He nodded and watched her carefully before lips parted and he hesitantly said, "it's a date."
She nodded, "it is," she reaffirmed and before he could say anything the sounds of multiple footsteps were heard coming their way.
"There you are! We're leaving so if you're coming with us hurry up, the last one to the car is a rotten egg!" Laura turned towards the door looking into the hall and barely missed Roberto's blur as he passed by.
She then turned back to the silver haired male and gave a small nod, "Bye", and went after the dark skinned Brazilian, almost bumping into her other two roommates as she headed into the hallway.
Pietro gave a small wave that went unseen before he leaned unto the edge of his desk. Maybe Wanda wasn't lying when she said he had a better shot than he thought.
/I feel so untouched right now, need you so much somehow
I can't forget you
Goin' crazy from the moment I met you/
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Anna stared at her phone blankly. She had received a message from Pietro an hour ago asking for an update. She had ignored it considering that she didn't have an update for him but she knew she had to tell him something when he got home. By the way things we're looking, it seemed like the possibility of a French Duet had gone up.
A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts and she heard herself mumble a 'come in' as a dread filled her. She was going to be performing with Remy Lebeau after all, which suddenly made her feel stupid since she had told him multiple times that it was not going to happen.
To her surprise though it wasn't Pietro who walked in but instead his female counterpart. What was even more surprising was that Wanda walked over and flopped herself on the bed beside her so that they were both staring at the ceiling.
"Fine."
"What?"
"I'll do it."
The answer made Anna move her head to look at her, "You will?"
Wanda moved her head to look back, "Yeah."
Anna couldn't help the way her expression switched to a suspicious one, "Why?"
"I'm not sure." Wanda answered and looked back up at the celing before asking, "So it's just sex?"
Anna mimicked the movement, "Yeah. I know you think I'm making a stupid descion but I'm not that stupid. It's Remy Lebeau, wanted by all, always on the road, destined for big things. It's just sex…"
There was silence for a few minutes before Wanda broke it with, "This is a weird turn of events isn't it?"
"What?"
"Fucking your high school crush. The teenager in you must be ecstatic."
"I think she's more shocked than anything…"
"Do you remember that you used to beg me and Pietro to take you to the football games?"
"Oh god stop" Anna mumbled and grabbed a pillow to press it over her face.
"You did!"
"I know!" Came the mumbled reply. After a few seconds she lifted the pillow to say, "but that's how you ended up meeting John too."
"…I know…I guess we both would have been better off not going huh?"
Anna took the pillow off her face but didn't reply to the comment and both of them stayed silent as days of the past came flooding in.
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And with that I hopefully left you with the idea that the next chapter is a Flashback one! Well..the next one…and the two after that one. What can I say, I had a lot of ideas about their high school and post high school days ;)
Jubilay- And it is done. They have taken the Friends with benefits to the extreme. I really liked the idea of Jubilee taking Anna's advice about the skirt XD Anna is a bad influence but I think we can say that we like that ;) I like writing the bubbling romantic feelings that Ray is starting to feel. He's fun ;)
Amarto- I really thought they were going to be in this chapter…but they're not so MIA once again and well…they're not going to be in the flashback chapters either… /runs and hides/
Romy- They took a chill on the sexy times ;) but now we know that Remy calls to talk to her just cause he wants to know about her day and things that annoyed her. Aww he's such a nice…frenmy with benefits? ;) I like Laura's talk with Wanda too just cause I think it does gives us an insight into Anna's hesitance to perform with Remy.
Xietro- She asked him on a date! She finally gave in and went for it. I'm a jerk for making him say that he already had a date but I always make Pietro suffer in the ship in other stories, it was time to turn the tables a little ;) LOL. But anyhoo…a date in the near future!
Jonda- I loved loved writing the Jonda in this chapter. I really like the idea that when they end up alone in a spot that used to be their own it's really easy to go back into the habits that they had as a couple because the reality of it is that their feelings are still there for both of them. I also love John giving her the tea that he had on Romy and that little moment with the choking…ahem…in John's defense he likes when Wanda touches him in any way ;) I also loved throwing the fact that she had unblocked him soon after her arrived in Bayville cause it hints that she was expecting him to reach out to her ;)
And that's that you guys! The song used in the chapter was The Veronicas "Untouched". I hope you guys are still enjoying this story and thanks so much for your love, support and patience! I hope you all have a lovely Valentine's and I'll see you sometime next month!
-UHW