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You guys! We're more than half way through the year! Where does time go? Anyhoo, hope you guys had an awesome July!
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O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Chapter 21 O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O
Jubilee was cleaning the cue poles when the sound of the door chime rang in the waiting room. On instinct she stopped what she was doing to look towards the door hallway expecting a potential client.
Her fake smile turned into a genuine one when she made out the reconizible white bangs. It somewhat faltered when she realized she hadn't seen Anna since the night she had seen her attached to Cajun lips.
"Hi," She greeted.
"Hey Liar."
"Liar?"
"I was told to expect you last night. Tabitha had a song picked out for you and everything."
"I didn't…"
"Yeah yeah yeah, I don't care. It was a fun night so I hope whatever you had planned instead was worth missing it…"
Jubilee's mind went to the prior night. Her fingers digging into solid muscle as wet sounds echoed in the otherwise quiet room. Her eyes drifted to the counter area. Ray was at her spot looking through the appointment book. Feeling the gaze, he looked up to glance at her and as if her body was reliving the moment saliva pooled in her mouth.
His steel orbs looked away from her and turned to Anna before she could give a response, "This is a surprise, aren't you working?"
If Anna noticed the interaction between the younger individuals she didn't show it, "On lunch, I came to steal your boss. Pietro wants to meet with us."
He nodded and moved away as Wanda came up to the counter. "I'll be back in a bit but I'm just next door if you guys need anything."
Jubilee and Ray nodded and watched them leave. When they were gone they shared a look but before either could say anything the bell of the door opening chimed and Ray turned to go to his station to get ready for his appointment.
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"How's work been?"
Anna shrugged and stretched her arm out so she could see the black stains on her arms, "Busy and dirty, just how I like it."
"Gross."
"It makes the day go by faster," Anna remarked looking at her stains.
"Did he mention anyone else being here?"
Anna looked towards her stepsister and realized why she asked the question, there were multiple voices that were becoming more audible as they got closer. "He didn't mention it to me…"
Wanda didn't say anything else as they made their way around. Pietro's voice was the first thing they heard and it was soon followed by a Cajun accent. Anna's brow perked as she heard it, Wanda caught the gesture and remarked, "Double gross."
When they arrived into the large room they didn't just see the Acolytes on the stage but the Brotherhood members too. Pietro was dead center with Remy and they both were looking at the other band members who were scattered around in deliberate positions.
From where they were they heard Remy say, "He'll be on a wireless so that he can travel from here to there…" as he said the words John walked across the stage to the spot. "Boom, circle of flame…we just need to space everything right so that up here we still have space for you to run…"
Pietro nodded and looked at the ground he was standing on eyeing the distance between himself and John.
"And while that's happening I'm going to be on a raising platform?" Lance asked, making Remy turn to him and nod. "Fuck, that's a lot happening."
"Yo, it's going to be wild for sure…" Todd Tolansy remarked and proceeded to go into a deep squat before jumping high up like a frog.
"It's going to be badass that's what it's going to be," Fred Dukes remarked while waving at the girls catching sight of them.
"You guys wanted to be put on the map, that's exactly what I'm doing," Remy stated and turned to look at who had caught the big man's attention. His eyes widened a fraction, lips twitching to curl upwards but as if realizing they were surrounded he blinked putting in an indifferent expression and looked away as if uninterested.
Wanda frowned, annoyed for her sister to be treated in such a way but when she turned to look at Anna she looked just as indifferent as him, if anything she looked annoyed just by looking at him which made her think, 'damn, they're really are good actors' and then for a moment she wondered if that was the appeal. To ignore each other to the point that the sex was amazing from the sexual frustration.
And then she hated herself for thinking that line and she grimaced, "Triple gross." The comment made Anna turn to her with a 'wth are you talking about' look making her shake her head at the unasked question.
"Looks like time's up, at least for us," Remy remarked, making Pietro turn to his sisters.
He nodded, "I don't think this is going to take long if you want to hang around." Remy nodded while Pietro's head tilted motioning for the girls to get on the stage.
Before they could move Remy jumped down the stage landing in front of the southern beauty. His eyes roamed her before his husky cajun accent mumbled, "Excusez-moi".
Wanda watched Anna's eyes roll before she moved to the side to start walking towards the stage but not without letting her shoulder bump his in an aggressive manner.
"Do you guys get off on this behavior?" Wanda asked while they walked around the back towards the backstage stairs, not being able to help the curiosity. As she asked the question it just so happened that John was heading towards them. He turned sideways to pass them, and as he did he added his two cents, "Certainly looks like it…" he stated, answering Wanda's question before pausing and looking straight at the sapphire orbs, "Hi…"
Before Wanda could respond, Anna gave her a nudge, hurrying her along but made sure to throw a glare at the Aussie as she passed him. Moments later they were at the center of the stage next to Pietro facing the rest of the Brotherhood members who were smiling at them.
"Well well well, look who's come back," Lance remarked with a smirk.
"Don't get too excited, it's a one night thing," Anna responded with a nonchalant expression.
Pietro ignored the interaction, "So I called you guys over so we can go over the minor details. Placing and whatever. I already gave the guys the music sheets you sent to me. Were you guys ok with going first in the line up?"
"First?" Wanda asked, eyes going wide. "Shouldn't you be starting with something energetic and upbeat."
"I was thinking that too but I think your performance would be a good candidate because even though it starts slow and your voices are soft, the beat gets really strong."
"I think it would be better to put us after a few fast songs. A low after a high, maybe fourth would be better," Anna interrupted.
Pietro pursed his lips, "The Marauders have that spot, you know how hard they are to deal with. I don't think..."
"Change it. It'll be fine, just tell them I'm wanting to make the change and they shouldn't give you shit. If they do have Essex take it up with me."
Pietro turned to look off the stage. Remy had his arms crossed in front of him, his eyes on his step sister. "Really? You'll do that? But it'll put you back to back with your performance with the Horseman."
"Nothing I can't handle."
Pietro's expression turned from surprise to acceptance, "Alright then. I guess the spot is yours. Are you going to need me on guitar for this?"
"Yes, if you study the music sheets we need two guitars and a bass. Unless you have too much going on and you want me to ask one of the X-men…"
"If you need an extra guitar I could step in."
Pietro took another glance off stage, this time to stare at his Aussie friend. He then turned to his twin before nodding, "I should be able to do it, but I'll keep that in mind. Let's go through a quick run through the idea you emailed me and oh…aren't you girls going to say thank you?" He asked, making both his sisters narrow their eyes at him. "Both of them just offered their help to you," he remarked, tilting his head towards the males off the stage. Remy smirked at this while John leaned into the rail behind them.
Wanda rolled her eyes, "You know what, on second thought I don't care when we go so if you want us to go…"
Anna interrupted her as she turned to the Cajun, her voice nonchalant and expression irritate, "Je te remercierai plus tard." (I'll thank you later)
"J'attends cela avec impatience." (I look forward to it)
Pietro looked from one to the other before looking at some of the others and whispering, "Was that a thank you?" All
the Brotherhood members shrugged.
Remy, still grinning, answered, "It was."
Wanda and John shared a look, thoughts similar in fashion. Everything had been better when they didn't know they were fucking.
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Jubilee's eyes were glued to the paper she was drawing on. The shop was quiet except for the slow gothic music playing on the speakers. Wanda had won the station that day and though every other song seemed melancholy, Jubilee found herself at ease. The others must have felt similar because they were both quietly working on their clients, the only sound other than the music being the scratches of her pencil on the paper and a small whimper ever so often from Roberto's patient.
As she made the lines to her fireworks her mind traveled to the night before. Even though the initial moment outside the building had been sexually charged it somewhat dissipated on the car ride home and instead of finding out if he tasted of jaw breakers, Ray had busied himself by making them dinner once they reached the apartment.
Something that was becoming quite apparent the more time she spent with him was that Ray was in fact an amazing cook. The chicken and veggies he had made were delicious and surprisingly light. Taking a page out of Roberto's joke book she had made a pun that the chicken was in fact nice and crisp. He had rolled his eyes at it but she just smiled and kept eating.
Most of the conversation during was about tattooing and how he had gotten started. When she asked how he had the courage to start tattooing on a person he had amazed her but laughing and informed her that they don't just start off on people, they actually start out on pig skin. This had amazed her and then she went into multiple other inquiries about the profession. The conversation carried on until he started doing the dishes and suddenly Jubilee found herself feeling like a lazy slob so as he started soaking she got up to help.
It was crazy to think about it now, that it had been that innocent act that caused her to be convulsing and moaning by the end of the night.
While they had been doing the dishes together she had simply asked how he ended up being a good cook. She wasn't sure why he answered, better yet he might have been unconsciously not paying attention because he did in fact answer, and it wasn't what she was expecting.
"I learned from my mom. It was something she enjoyed and we did it together before…she couldn't take care of me anymore."
The answer had been deeper than what she expected and somehow had taken the light atmosphere out of the dimly lit kitchen. Not being sure of how to respond to it, she chose to remain quiet. Realizing the shift in atmosphere Ray decided to quickly dissipate the tension by sprinkling water at her. Not being a pushover she quickly responded by doing the same and things eventually got ugly as one of them grabbed the sprayer. Water dripped from multiple surfaces in their surroundings and knowing that he was fighting a losing battle as Jubilee pointed the sprayer at him he grabbed a towel and started twisting it ready to snap it at her.
"Don't…"
"You don't," Ray answered back, still twisting. They eyed each other carefully and as he watched her finger twitch inward Ray flung the towel at her. After a few missed attempts, and being sprayed down a good amount Ray threw the towel down and rushed at her. His hands closed on hers, trying to maneuver her own fingers so that she would not be able to press down on the nozzle. They danced around in circles, her giggle echoing in the small space as they fought for dominance of the small hose. Eventually Ray found himself pinned against the kitchen counter, her own body pressed up against his and the sprayer bottle gone from both their hands.
The air seemed to be sucked out of the room as they realized the position they had put themselves in. The sexual tension from earlier when he had breathed his jawbreaker juice into her face came back ten fold and she wasn't sure whether she got on her tiptoes or he leaned down to her but their lips and tongues were against each other in a frantic game of domination.
When they broke apart his head moved back letting his lungs open to intake more air. Jubilee eyed the alabaster skin for a few seconds, watching his Adam's apple quiver and without much thought she arched up on her tiptoes so that her lips were pressed against his pulse point.
His eyes closed as her lips closed on his skin and he could feel the soft pressure of it being pulled. When she released his skin she started a trail of wet kisses down stopping at his collar bone where she repeated the soft sucking motion.
He let out a satisfied sigh as she released him with a soft 'plop'. She then pulled away and took a step back to put distance in between them but was stopped as one of his hands wrapped around her waist keeping her close. She looked up, lips parting to question him but before any words made it out, his lips descended onto hers, tongue bursting through to wrap around her own.
She returned the heated kiss in earnest and somewhere along the makeout session her hands found themselves on his shoulders. They slid up and down the muscles eventually moving away from them to slide down his chest and abs stopping at the hem of his pants.
The button was easy to unfasten. The sound of the zipper was almost inaudible as the sounds of their lips meeting for wet pecks echoed in their enclosed space.
Ray let a small hiss escape in between his teeth as her hand reached in and gripped at his semi erect cock through his boxers. She gave it a light squeeze before pulling it out of the confine of his pants. The head peeked through the small window of his dark blue boxers and her fingers went to touch the flesh.
Jubilee found herself grinning to herself as she felt his body tense against the counter, his hands going to grip its edges as she worked him. She instinctively looked down, her cheeks flushing at the sight at the pink head, the blood rushing at it giving it a rouge color compared to the rest of its length.
Her top teeth dig into her bottom lip as she studied the now fully erect member. Much like when he had exposed his back to her a few days before, this was the first time she was taking a good look at him.
His length seemed average but the girth was wider than any of her previous boyfriends. Suddenly the reason why she had gotten that slight shock when he thrusted into her that first night was very apparent.
She licked her lips and stroked him three more times as she gave herself a pep talk about going forward with what she wanted to do next. Before taking action she glanced at him, his eyes were closed with his head slightly tilted back. She swallowed hard and then proceeded to squat down until her face was at the level of circular pink head. Without any warning to him her lips pursed into a kiss and she placed a delicate peck on his tip.
The smack of her lips on his skin made his eyes open wide and his head tilted down to look upon the top of her raven locks. His lips parted, whatever he wanted to say staying stuck in his throat as he watched her tilt the head of his dick up so that his third eye was watching him. He couldn't help the loud groan that escaped him as her tongue came out of her mouth and licked upwards on his length.
The action caused her head to tilt upwards while she licked him like a lollipop and his grayish blue eyes made contact with the dilated chocolate iris making him again let out a low murmur. She repeated the action multiple times, her hand moving the direction his penis was facing until a thin line of saliva coated all of him.
When she was satisfied she moved her attention back to the head. She let her hand fist the long length while her mouth pursed again giving the tip kisses, the saltiness of his precum staining her lips.
He watched her intently, as she stared at the glossy tip and within seconds his finger tips dug into the countertop turning white at the pressure. His head moved back and he closed his eyes as his loud, "Fuck" exploded within the room.
Her mouth was hot and wet and it took all his willpower not to grab on to the back of her neck and have her take all of him into her mouth. He tried to control his breathing as he felt her mouth go back and forth on his member. It wasn't until he felt her hands grab on to his sides to steady herself that he looked back down to watch her.
She was on her knees now, her hair swept to one side so that he still had a good view of her face as she bobbed back and forth. Soon his hips started moving towards her, helping her movements and torturessly teasing himself as she started to take him in deeper.
Jubilee has her eyes closed. As she moved back and forth her body was starting a rocking movement which only worked to tease her as friction started to build up with her jeans rubbing against her wet slit. She opened her eyes when she heard her a throaty whimper followed by his hips thrusting towards her.
In her line of sight she could just see the long length and his blue boxers. At this point the window exposing him was soaked with her saliva. She pulled her head back so that the tip of his cock was barely in her mouth and let her tongue smooth over the head. Her hands then tightened on his thighs, this action caused his boxers to crunch in and that's when she saw it. A back line at the tip of his pelvis bone. As she took him in she kept her eye on the spot and soon found an identical line on the other side of his waist.
The wet blop of releasing him echoed in the room. His lips parted to question if she was ok but before he could say anything she surprised him as her hands went to the hem of his boxers and pants and pulled downward until both items of clothing were down his hips.
His cock sprang out of its confines and Jubilee was able to see how above average it actually was. She eyed the length before turning her attention to the blonde pubic hair at his base, it was trim and neat and for a moment she wondered if that was coincidence or if he was eventually hoping their beneficial friendship would lead to this.
She was also able to see the twin lighting bolt tattoos at his hip bone. She eyed them carefully, her fingers going to trace over the black lines. After caressing the tattoos for a moment her thumbs went to their open center and pressed while the rest of her fingers dug into his sides. Her next movement had him choking on his own saliva as she moved forward and took him in completely.
The tip of his cock made contact with the back of her throat and she paused for a few seconds as if letting her mouth get accustomed to his size before she moved back and repeated the action multiple times.
His eyes stayed on her as she moved back and forth. He couldn't help the moans escaping his throat. She stayed focused on his cock, her saliva getting thicker as she continued and eventually when she did look up at him he felt his dick pulsate in her mouth as he looked at the water collecting in them, the proof that she was choking herself on him.
His head moved back and he let a loud wail over take him. He knew it wasn't long before he came undone.
"I'm cuming," his voice was low and rasped. His hand went to her shoulder to try and move her away from him but she surprised him again as her hand slapped him away. Her hold on his thigh got tighter as she thrusted her face into him harder and deeper than before.
The "Fuck" he yelled out was loud enough that any of the neighbors could have heard but at the moment he didn't really care.
He looked down at her, her wide brown eyes were on him as his load slid down her throat. When he was empty she pulled away letting the loud blop echo accompany his ragged mumbles of 'Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck'.
She smirked as she got up off her knees to stand up straight, "I guess it's good to know that I still know how to do that well."
He took a deep inhale and blinked, his eyes getting heavy as the euphoria still ran through his body, "It's been a while?" He found himself asking, trying to break himself out of the spell . She nodded in answer, making him prompt, "How long?"
Her shoulders shrugged up, "Eleven months or so."
"Really?" He asked surprised.
"Give or take."
His eyebrow shrugged up impressed, "You definitely don't seem out of practice," as he finished the comment, his hand wrapped around her waist bringing her close again. His lips pressed against her in a soft kiss. In between pecks she managed to mumble a thanks and after a sloppy makeout session her eyes traveled down south. He was still erect, the head of his cock poking at her abdomen.
"It's still there...," she remarked, "I don't know if I should start to feel offended, were you just saying it was good?"
"Believe me, the fact that It's still like that is a compliment, but If you really want to make it go away… I can think of another activity…"
Jubilee licked her lips and grinned, "Oh yeah?"
The removal of her clothes had been a large blur but the next thing she knew was that her head was pressed against the kitchen cabinet with her body arching to meet Ray's powerful thrusts. As she neared her own climax his soft voice whispering her name was overpowering her own whimpers of enjoyment and she felt her nipples perk as she brought the memory to mind.
His voice ragged and breathy…Jubilee.
Tone low and husky…Jubilee.
So seductively and sensual…
"Jubilee…earth to Jubilee."
She blinked, her eyes going back to focus on her drawing. She could see the shadow of the customer at the counter on the paper and her body tensed as a body made contact with her shoulder.
"Thanks for joining us," Ray whispered, leaning forward so that his face was beside her own as he opened the appointment book on top of her drawing. He flipped a few pages and after finding what he was looking for moved even more towards her pressing his shoulder deeper into her.
"Yeah, I can see you on that day to finish the shading. Jubilee will call to remind you. You're all paid up so far so you're good to go and I'll see you then," as he spoke he wrote down the client's information fitting him into his schedule.
The young man gave a prideful look at the dragon tattoo on his shoulder before nodding in their direction and heading out. Jubilee watched him disappear before she slightly turned to the side. The action made her silky locks brush against Ray's cheek but if it bothered him it didn't show, he just kept scribbling into the appointment book. When he was finally done though he didn't acknowledge that she was watching him and instead closed the book and moved it off her notepad to admire the drawing.
"Fireworks in a thunderstorm…that's an odd combination."
She looked down at her art work, "Maybe, but It's a beautiful idea…"
Before he had a chance to answer they both heard footsteps approaching from the hall making him straighten up. Seconds later Laura walked through the door yawning.
"Hey," she greeted.
Ray nodded in greeting, "Tired?"
"Fuck yeah, tired and hungry."
"You didn't nap or eat before coming over after your shift at Logan's?" She shook her head and headed for her station.
"Maybe you'd sleep better if you'd stop having movie dates so late," Roberto joked as he wiped the back of the client he was working on.
Laura glared at him, "11pm is not even late."
"It is when you have to be at the training room at 5."
Jubilee looked away from them ignoring the back and forth banter from the pair. Her eyes found Ray looking at her sketch again, a smile on his face as he did pay attention to their friends. Eventually her attention did go back to the shortest member of their staff.
"By the way, which one of you fuckers decided to deep clean the fuck out of the kitchen last night?"
Jubilee tensed at the question but next to her Ray didn't even blink, "that would be me."
"Why did you use so much cleaner? I swear I could taste the pinesol in my milk."
Ray shrugged, "I dropped tomato sauce on the counter and that shit stains," he answered simply.
"Aww that's so thoughtful," Roberto remarked in a teasing tone. "Thinking about keeping our home nice and tidy."
"Whatever," Laura answered, rolling her eyes.
"Moody."
"You would be moody too if you didn't get to eat 'cause everything tastes like a chemical."
"Oh, I get it, you're hangry," Roberto remarked. "This is an easy fix, just message your boyfriend and have him get you some food, I mean he's just next door..."
The comment made Laura turn red and start spluttering, "He's not my boyfriend!"
"Fine whatever, your movie 'friend' then."
"You know what? I think I rather liked the quiet broody you from last week. What do I need to do to make that happen again?"
Jubilee turned to Roberto who was preparing to answer, she then went back and forth. Though she wasn't too happy that they were doing this in front of a client she was happy that the attention had gone to a different topic. She did not want any more questions as to why Ray had to wipe that counter clean. At the thought she turned to him. Feeling the gaze he glanced at her and threw her a small wink before walking away.
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"Hey, thanks for going with me. You really didn't have to," Laura remarked walking inside the apartment.
Ray shrugged even though she wasn't looking at him, "I'm the one that suggested a PI, might as well tag along. How do you think it will go?"
It was Laura's turn to shrug, "I don't know. I gave her all the information I had which as you saw, wasn't much. Hopefully by tracing my mom's background she'll be able to find some type of hint…"
Ray nodded and just stared at his friend studying her carefully. "How do you feel knowing that she might not find anything?"
Laura stayed quiet for a few seconds before turning to her best friend, "I know this is a long shot…the chances that she won't find anything are high. So I want to say that knowing that I won't feel anything at all…that at the end of it I can just say that I tried."
Ray nodded slowly, noticing the lower tone she used to answer that question and knowing that that meant she wouldn't feel nothing if that in fact was the outcome. After a few beats of silence he cleared his throat, "Do you want to grab a snack and watch something?"
"No, that's ok. I need to get ready, Pietro's coming over in a bit."
"Again? Wow, that's like the fifth time in a row."
Laura ignored the lifted eyebrow from her friend and shoved him playfully out of the way, "Shut up. It's his last day coming over. He has his daughter this weekend"
"Oh I see, got to squeeze it in one last time before a break."
Laura rolled her eyes, "It's not even like that…"
"Yet?" He added with a grin.
The question made her shove again this time harder, "Will you just shut up!"
He laughed but didn't add anything else as he passed her to make his way into the living room. Once he got to the door frame his laughter quickly died down as he froze in place. Noticing the sudden change Laura walked faster to see what he had found and once her eyes landed on the couch that now held his attention her lips curled into a soft smile.
"Well she certainly looks comfortable."
Ray nodded, his steel blue eyes staying on Jubilee. She was laying on the long couch, a leg dangling off the side while the other was outstretched straight. One of her hands was at her side while the other was at her chest holding a ball that was flashing multiple colors. The fact that she was still wearing the outfit she had worn at work led him to the conclusion that this nap hadn't been intentional.
"Come on," Laura broke him out of his stare with a low whisper. She walked past him tiptoeing towards the hallway but not before turning to grin at him and pointing at the tv. The netflix screen was on, the words 'Are you still watching?' popped up at the center. He shook his head and started to follow her.
When they reached the hallways she turned to go towards the bedrooms. "I'm going to change. I was going to suggest that you guys join me and Pietro for our next movie so I could play it in the living room but I feel like it'd be mean to wake her up. She's said it herself, sometimes she only gets like four hours of sleep and even if she seems fine that shit eventually catches up to you."
Ray took another peek at Jubilee over his shoulder, feeling a tad bit guilty that he was a reason for her lack of sleep. He nodded, "Yeah, that's fine. I'm just going to grab something from the kitchen and I'll just hang out in my room."
With those words they nodded in agreement and split up going their own ways. When Ray reached the kitchen he was surprised to find that it wasn't empty. He was expecting Roberto to have been in his own room but the Brazilian male was sitting at the kitchen table, his eyes downcast as the pen he was holding moved at a rapid pace on the notepad in front of him.
"Hey…" The greeting went ignored and it took Ray a few seconds to realize that he had earphones in. He took a few steps closer to him and took a peek at what he was working on. He had drawn multiple lines. The boxes at the top had the different days of the week written in and under that he had drawn more boxes with different meal times of the day. To the side of him there was another piece of paper, multiple food options and how they help the body written in neat cursive.
After studying the paper for another minute Ray made his presence known by tapping the dark skinned boy's shoulder making him give a slight jump before turning to him. "Fuck, give me a heart attak why don't you," he mumbled taking an earphone out.
Ray grinned, "I said hey, it's not my fault that you have your music on full blast. You were asking for it." Roberto gave a disagreeable, 'Hmm' to the statement but didn't add anything else as he looked back down at the papers before him. "Are you going on a diet?"
"Hmm? Uhhh…no…I'm actually just helping one of my class clients. They just wanted some pointers."
"She must be cute if you're going out of your way like this."
Roberto's mouth opened but not finding anything to counteract that with and definitely not wanting to give away who it was he decided to change the topic, "Is sleeping beauty still knocked out?"
"Yeah."
Roberto nodded, "I put on a food documentary miniseries on and she must have not liked it." Ray grinned at this news as Roberto continued, "She kept her attention up by throwing that light ball up into the air but eventually that wasn't enough and I guess she's too polite to tell me. When I turned to ask her something she was knocked out so I let the episodes play until it stopped on its own and came in here to work on this. I thought you guys would wake her up when you got back. Where did you guys disappear to anyway?"
"Laura needed help with an errand. She also thought Jubilee looked too comfy to wake so we just tiptoed our way around her."
"Guess she's sleeping on the couch…talking about sleep I've been working on this long enough for tonight. I'm going to head to bed, I open tomorrow."
Ray nodded and moved away from him to go towards a cabinet where he proceeded to take a bag of cookies out. "Me too. I just came for a snack."
A minute later they were both walking side by side past the living room. Roberto glanced at the sleeping girl on the couch while shaking his head in amusement. As they passed Laura's door he froze hearing the mumbles of someone else making him turn to glance at Ray who shook his head and mumbled, 'I don't think we want to know'. With those final words they whispered good nights to each other and disappeared into their own rooms.
Ray opened his bag of cookies and popped one into his mouth. His eyes went to his bed to find that it was ready to be slept in considering that he hadn't bothered making it in the morning. He stared at the dark blue blanket at the top before the image of their Asian roommate came to mind. Two minutes of an internal debate later he found himself back in the living room. The blanket hanging over his shoulder.
He placed it on another couch before going towards her, squatting to be at the same level she was in. The light ball in her hand was still flashing, the vibrant colors and sporadic way it flashed reminded him of fireworks and in turn reminded him of the sketch Jubilee had made days earlier that included a thunderstorm that looked very much like the one on his arm.
He shook the thought away and as carefully as he cool removed her grasp from the circular object. Though the change didn't wake her it did stir her as she moved to stretch letting the hand that had been holding the toy come up above her head causing the pink tank top she wore to rise. He eyed the newly exposed skin and found that his fingers twitched at the thought of feeling the smooth surface. He shook those thoughts out as well and went back to grab his blanket, draping it over her hiding her body and the temptation it aroused from view.
He was going to walk away and call it a night but before he could his eyes spotted the fuschia glasses she seemed to adore on top of her head so he found himself squatting to her level again. He managed to pull them off slowly but the action also caused her face to move sideways towards him and he found himself face to face with her and unable to pull his gaze away.
There was a softness in her expression as she slept that was very different from what she reflected when she was awake. His body moved before his mind could register what he was doing and one of his hands moved towards her, taking a hold of a loose strand of hair and placing it behind her ear. Her lips perked at the movement. His lips ticked into a small smile, he sighed to himself and whispered a "Good Night Jubilee" letting his lips find a spot on her temple before he disappeared for the night leaving her alone.
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Anna didn't know how the week had passed by so fast but with work, figuring out stuff for Nocturnal and doing her own X-Doll rehearsals, Saturday came in a blink of an eye.
She had forgotten all about her promise to Luna to go to the zoo until that morning while she ate breakfast. Pietro walked in to catch her in her pj's eating toast and drinking her coffee looking as if she didn't have a care in the world. He looked at her, then at his phone and then back to her.
"Why don't you look ready?"
The question made her look at him in surprise, "Ready for what?"
"The zoo, I'm going to go pick Luna up right now but to save time we might as well all go together and leave from there."
"…"
"You forgot…" Pietro concluded when she just blinked at him.
Before Anna could answer another voice cut in, "It looks like she did. Maybe you shouldn't have too many late nights out." Wanda was adjusting her scarlet cap as she walked into the kitchen. It matched her red tank top and went well with her black mid thigh shorts. She gave her a pointed look after the words.
Anna rolled eyes, unfortunately her step sister's implications were wrong. If she was busy with her performances, Remy's workload was doubled with the multiple performances he was doing. He had been pretty inaccessible like herself the last few days but surprisingly enough he somehow still found time to message her in the morning, call her at some point during the day and either call or text before bed.
"Give me five," she remarked before taking her cup of coffee and making a dash for the stairs.
Both pairs of sapphire eyes followed her out. Wanda shook her head while Pietro shrugged and looked at his watch.
An hour and a half later the three adults found themselves walking down into the Tiger Den Exhibit. It hadn't been exactly five minutes but Anna had gotten herself ready in ten and was now wearing tight black pants with slits under her knees, a black crop top, with a green plaid over shirt that was open at its center and tightened around her waist. She had copied Wanda and finished the ensemble with a black hat, the X-men's logo in green at its center but unlike her sister her shoulder length hair was tied up in a small ponytail.
So far the trip to the zoo had been quiet and uneventful. Luna was taking turns grabbing one of their hands and pulling them to certain enclosures or animals. Currently she was taking a hold of Pietro's hand dragging him deeper into the tiger den to see the cubs who seemed to be taking a nap and sunbathing on a patch of grass. Wanda was walking behind them looking into the enclosure, making Anna turn to look too to see that there were multiple big cats in the large scenic exhibit.
One was watching her in particular. Its large yellow eyes stayed glued to her as she stopped to stare back at it. She felt goosebumps bubble on her skin and warm air pass by her ear.
"He thinks you're a snack. I can't say I disagree…"
Her eyes closed before she tilted her head to the side to meet red on black, "Gambit."
"Rogue…"
Anna looked over his shoulder to see spiky orange hair. Pyro nodded at her in greeting and passed them up making a beeline towards Wanda and Pietro.
"He wants to tear you apart."
The comment made her turn to look back at the striped exotic cat. In the small time she looked away the massive feline had dashed towards her and was now scratching at the glass in front of her. She watched the thick glass in between herself and the beast but did move, not even when she felt the warm hand at her waist.
"Maybe I'll have the honor of doing that myself tonight…" he whispered, his hand sliding horizontally as he passed her to follow John's footsteps.
After a few seconds to slow her heart rate she followed and reached them just in time to see Luna jump in John's arms while loudly shouting his name.
"What's this? You guys are returning to your natural habitats?"
John laughed hysterically while Remy perked a brow, "That the best you got?"
"No, but there's a child present," Wanda answered.
"Looks like there's more than one to me," Pietro muttered to himself before loudly saying, "You guys are early."
"My kid wanted to come earlier to see the animals, especially the one that reminds him of fire," Remy responded, rolling his eyes before glancing at John who had his face pressed up against the glass with Luna mimicking the movement.
Barely noticing the act Pietro frowned, "Luna stop doing that, you don't know what's been on that, John…do whatever you want but stop encouraging my kid."
Both moved away from the glass with a small "Aww". Wanda shook her head but couldn't help the small smile tugging at her lips.
"Wow, so we really just met up here as a coincidence?" Anna asked with a perked brow.
"Kismet," John turned his attention to the raven haired female in the group.
"We'll just because we bumped into each other doesn't mean we're going to stay together…"
"What? Uncle John is leaving? Why?"
"You are so nosy, why are you listening to people's conversations," Wanda remarked and lightly pinched Luna's nose moving it back and forth making her giggle.
"Cause you're having this conversation right in front of her," Pietro commented as he watched his daughter try and pinch her aunt's face in a similar way. "But hey if you want to make this little girl sad…"
Hearing her fathers words and knowing when to play her part Luna stopped trying to reach out for Wanda and pouted. A very rehearsed pout. "Please aunty Wand Wand, can we all stay together?"
Wanda's mouth opened a bit in disbelief that she was using the tactic on her. She glanced at Anna who returned the glance and shrugged. Well of course she didn't have a problem with it, she was sleeping with one of them.
"Doesn't look like I have a choice…" she muttered more to herself than anyone else.
Luna looked at her dad who nodded, "That's a yes."
"Yay!" Luna wrapped her arms around John's neck, "Let's go see the hyenas next!"
"Why hyenas?"
"Cause they laugh just like you silly…"
Anna and Wanda smirked and shared a look while John just laughed hysterically and Pietro shook his head.
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Anna eyed her surroundings half amused and half annoyed. They were at the center stage plaza at the zoo. Luna was seated in between Wanda and herself, her little arm would come up every so often to wave when one of the adult males looked in their general direction.
"Is it just me or do half the women here not have any kids with them?"
"You noticed too?" Anna asked.
"I mean I guess it makes sense. It's not like kids are going to Nocturnal Madness."
"Deciding to do PR at the zoo was just a weird move from the beginning to be honest."
"I think it's 50-50, I mean parents are people, they would probably enjoy a good show. Plus I think he really wanted to be promoted with the radio station that is here."
Anna's emerald orbs went to the banner hanging near the guys, the lettering in yellow and green standing out due to the bright color scheme. Banshee 104.9.
"So are we expecting anything spectacular?" Anna turned back to the stage to see a blond male older than them looking at Pietro.
"Oh course, our lineup is made up of amazing local talent. Alongside with the Brotherhood you'll be seeing some members of the X-dolls, Apocalypse Horseman and of course the band that's on top of the world and formed here in Bayville New York, The Acolytes!" Many of the women in the crowd went wild as Gambit and Pyro waved. "And many many more!" Pietro finished smirking at the crowd.
"And I believe it was said that the proceeds are going to charity, can you tell us more about that?"
Gambit nodded and took the microphone from Quicksilver, "Yes we're actually dividing the proceeds between a few charities that we strongly believe in…" as he continued going over those organizations Anna kept her eyes on him even after she heard Wanda curse. After a few seconds though she did manage to throw her a glance as Luna "oohed'' when she cursed again, "What is it?"
"I need to head back to the shop."
"Right now? I thought you were closing today."
"I am but someone stating they're doing an inspection showed up and I have to go take care of it. They managed to stall for time by telling them that the shop closes for lunch and to come back after so it gives me time to get there…"
Anna nodded and turned back to the stage. It seemed that the small interview was pretty much at its end. "We have to wait for Pietro, he drove…"
Wanda nodded and started getting up. "Let's go wait at the side."
"If they even let us through," Anna answered, noticing fangirls already making a line.
"It can't be that bad..."
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"I can't believe my fucken luck today," Wanda murmured and let her head tilt to the side so that her temple hit the glass of the car window.
"It'll be fine…we have plenty of time."
Wanda's eyes stayed forward looking at the road as they zig zagged through cars. "If we don't die first," she mumbled.
Hysterical laughter filled the car but John didn't slow down the least. As she looked at the blur of cars she asked herself how she got stuck in the predicament.
Oh that's right. She ended up having to wait twenty minutes to break through a crowd of crazed fans before she even reached Pietro and once she had and told him that they had to leave, Luna started to cry stating that she had yet to watch the dolphin or seal shows.
Pietro understood the situation and had knelt before the crying girl to explain but before he could John spoke up that he could take her back. It seemed that Remy had driven himself on his bike either way so this new development wouldn't be inconveniencing anyone.
Wanda had thrown her step sister a look that pretty much read, "come with me…" but Anna had quickly shut her down stating that she wanted to see the dolphins as well. Traitor.
Therefore she was now in a car with her ex boyfriend. It wasn't necessarily a bad drive, John had taken into account that she was there and played a music station that she enjoyed and he hadn't told her any lame jokes. He was also being pretty helpful in the fact that he was speeding to get her where she needed to be in time.
Deciding to fill the silence that had enveloped she found her lips parting, "Why were you and Gambit not carpooling?
"He loves driving that bike anytime he can. He had a feeling we'd be going our separate ways by the end too, so if I decided to stay long and he wanted to leave early he had the option."
"Why would he have thought that?"
"I don't think he knew Rogue was coming, so if anything he was planning to leave after the PR event. He probably figured I would stay…"
"Why would you? You wanted to reunite with your hyena cousins that bad?" He turned to face her with a pointed look answering the question without saying anything. She looked away back towards the cars. After a few beats of silence she added on, "I can't believe Luna is still so attached to you. You're stuck letting her call you uncle…"
He made a sound that sounded like an arrogant hiss, "Why wouldn't I let her? She grew up with me around. Even if I wasn't technically around this last year I would still talk to her when I called Pietro."
"Oh…I didn't know that."
"There's a lot you don't know about last year. Your choice remember…" the words made her turn to him, eyes narrowed. Before she could open her mouth to retort he interrupted her, "I get it though…at that moment in time I was asking you to put up with some bullshit while you had other things going on too…"
Her eyes soften at the words. That's when he turned to look at her, sharing the gaze, "I'd be happy to fill you in, if you let me."
Every fiber in her being told her that he didn't mean that to be double entendre and she hated that her mind went there. Remembering a time when his body was pressed against her own, sweat drizzling down their bodies as pleasure coursed through her.
"Eyes on the road," was her response. His lips curled up in a grin but he did as he was told.
It wasn't long before they were outside of Scarlet Ink, with him stopping at the front door instead of the back. "Thanks for the ride, sorry you missed out on the rest of the Zoo."
He shrugged, "We both know the reason I would have stayed even if this hadn't happened…" she didn't say anything but humored him with a nod, "About my offer earlier..."
She looked conflicted as she got out the car, when she was completely out she glanced at him, "I'll think about it. Thanks again."
And with that his eyes stayed on the shade of red until she was gone.
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Emerald eyes followed the silver haired male. She didn't know what was being said on the phone but she could tell he wasn't happy about it by how fast his mouth was moving.
"Que fait cette langue d'autre?" (What else does that tongue do)
Anna pulled away mid lick from her ice cream cone and narrowed her eyes at the Cajun who was watching her closely. "Vous le savez déjà… mais arrêtez nous avons de la compagnie." (You already know…but stop we have company) Her head tilted to the side where Luna was eating ice cream out of a cup with a spoon. Even though they were speaking in another language she paid the adults no attention, her eyes instead staying on the small
Holographic card that had been given out during the dolphin show.
"Are you having fun moon moon?"
That caught her attention, making her ice cream stained lips pout to turn at her aunt. "Aunty Anna! Don't call me that…" she remarked and glanced at Remy before whispering, "I'm a big girl."
"Oh, ok big girl, do you know what you want to do next?" Anna asked and unfolded the park map. "I think we've hit all the big spots, except the reptile habitat."
"Eww no, it's going to be filled with creepy crawlies."
"That's a good thing, Remy will fit right in!"
The Cajun male opened his lips to retort but before he could say anything Pietro reappeared looking annoyed. "What's up?" he asked.
Pietro didn't answer him, instead he squatted down to Luna's height. "How are you feeling twinkle?"
"Good."
"That's good. So...that was mom on the phone and I know you're supposed to hang out with me this week but grandma and grandpa came down to visit! They're staying a few days and want to spend time with you…I think anything else we have planned this weeks is going to have to wait…" the little blond girl pouted and opened her mouth but before she could say anything Pietro said, "I know…I know you don't want to but they only come a few times a year. I think we can both make this small sacrifice right?"
Her pout didn't go away but she nodded. "Ok ," he stood up and extended his hand to her. "Let's go see a few more things before we take you back home." Remy and Anna watched the exchange and then watched her put her hand in his. "Where to?"
"Aunty Anna says Remy wants to visit the creepy crawlies."
"He does?!" Pietro in a faux surprised tone, "Well I have heard him get called a snake charmer before so I guess that checks out."
"You can charm snakes!" Luna excitedly asked, catching Remy off guard as she put all her attention on him.
"Uh…" he looked at Pietro who wiggled his eyebrows at him. Well that didn't help, he thought to himself and turned to Anna who was gloating and waiting for his response. "I can...I just...didn't bring my flute…"
Pietro snorted at the answer and pulled Luna along towards the direction of the reptile house, as they went all three just listened to the little girl excitedly ask about the flute and its trick.
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Pietro looked at his phone annoyed at the time. He had wasted an hour with Crystal. Thirty minutes of that making small talk with her parents and the other half going over with how their deal worked and that he appreciated it if she didn't cut into his time with their daughter.
The argument didn't go anywhere really but he couldn't just let her do what she did without giving her a piece of his mind. He sighed to himself as he walked towards his car, the cold fresh air caressing his pale skin.
Well at least his decision for Anna to get a ride back with Remy had been right. He would have hated to have her sit around for nothing while his ex in laws talked his ear off, not to mention that she would have been pissed enough to let him have it all the way home too. Though taking a ride with Remy probably wasn't on her to do list it was definitely a better choice than what he had just gone through right?
He shrugged the question off and went into the contacts of his phone looking for a specific name. After finding it he pressed it and waited to see if he'd be getting an answer.
She picked up after the fourth ring. An explosion of noise escaped through the speaker on his end making him move his phone from his ear and as the music became familiar he rolled his eyes at not remembering that it was an X-Doll performance night.
"Hello?" He finally heard after the music started to fade giving him the idea that she had walked somewhere secluded.
"Hey…"
"Hi, how was the zoo?"
"Good, lots of animals."
"I would expect that yeah, you guys are already done for the night?"
"Kind of, some stuff went down and I ended up having to take Luna back to her mom's so I'm kind of on my own. I was calling because I had the night off from the club since I wanted to spend time with Luna but yeah…my bad, I got distracted and forgot one of you was performing tonight."
One thing about the X-men he had learned early on was that their loyalty to each other was a concrete bond. That's why he didn't even bother asking her to hang out.
"Tabitha, Kitty, Rahne and Danielle are doing a group thing today…"
"The dream cover right?"
"Yeah…want to come watch with me?"
"…yeah, I think I do."
"I guess I'll see you here."
"Alright, see you soon," Pietro heard the click of her phone and put his own phone away in his pocket getting into the car, a big smile on his face as he turned the key in the ignition.
It was going to be a good night after all.
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Anna gave a satisfied sigh as she laid flat on the bed. "I needed that." Her head tilted to the side to watch Remy get comfortable, angling himself to face her. Sweat was evident on his neck and shoulders and it had managed to matte his long locks to his face.
"It was definitely a long week," he answered, "Even longer without this huh?"
Anna rolled his eyes, "Cocky."
"You're telling me this doesn't make it any better?" He asked and his hand outstretched to give her breast a squeeze.
She smiled but ignored the question, deciding not to lie. Her eyes closed as he kept palming at her, his touch causing her nipples to pebble. After a few minutes of alternating between her mounds, his hand slid down the middle of her body stopping to palm the intersection between her legs. She gave a whimper as two fingers entered the wet opening.
"Hey…"
"Hmm…"
"Now that you're here...let's talk about the fact that you ditched me at Nocturnal Madness. You've been avoiding my texts about it all week."
Her eyes snapped open, "There's nothing to say, we had this conversation weeks ago." Her hand went to stop his actions but she stopped and bit her lip as even more pleasure coursed through her with the addition of a third digit.
"Blah blah blah, too much workload. Why doesn't anyone take into consideration that I'm on stage for a living, almost every night for like two hours at a time. One more song that night wouldn't haven't done anything to me."
He watched as her lips semi parted to let small whimpers out as his fingers rapidly went in and out of her. She wished she could push him away but her body craved so much more of the action. If anything, at this point if she did have the willpower to stop him it would only be to have him enter her in a whole different way.
Seeing that she was much too distracted to answer his body leaned in closer towards her so his chest was pressed into her side.
"I had the perfect song picked out for us too…" his face leaned closer into her until his lips touched the curve of her ear. The contact made a small whimper escape her throat and he felt the small shiver go through her body as he whispered, "I was trapped in my mind then you freed me from my shame...Ooh...I love the way you say my name…"
She whimpered again, her eyes opening and head tilting to seek out his face. "Say my name…" he encouraged.
Even though euphoria was coursing through her body Anna managed an eye roll. Her lips parted and because everything was quiet with the exception of their breathing the low "Conceited…" was loud enough for him to hear and make him smirk. In response to the insult he slowed down his pace but he replaced his speed with power, letting his thumb flick at her clit every time he pushed into her.
The action caused her breathing to evaluate in volume and her body to shake and shiver against him as the built up pressure in her body tried to explode. He put his lips against her ear yet again, and sang into her ear, "I love the way you say my name…"
It wouldn't be long before he heard her southern drawl, hot and breathy against his chin making his boner ache and his heartbeat race.
Remy...
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And just like that this chapter is over! Hope you guys enjoyed it :)
Jubilay- Well…Ray was definitely a lucky boy in this one cause he got his XD I love how Jubilee always freaks out when someone might catch on to their strange behavior and Ray is so cool and nonchalant about it XD We got two see a few more tattoos on him, and he kind of sort of let something slip which is that he learned to cook from his mom. Awwww… he put a blanket on her and kissed her forehead, say it with me "AWWWWW" anyway…ya we're definitely heading somewhere ;)
Amarto- MIA but the mention that he's working on her eating plan was there so he definitely has her on the brain ;)
Romy- She's never going to give him a straight answer as to why she doesn't want to perform with him is she? Anyhoo, sexy trying to be jerks to each other when others are around, sexy french talk, sexy fuck time…romy is just full of the sexy sexy.
Xietro- Pretty MIA but it did get hinted that they keep Netflicking with no Chill ;) We also got that phone call at the end and now we know that she can definitely make his mood better 3
Jonda- I love the idea of having Luna and John still be so close even after he is not so involved in her everyday life. The tension is definitely getting lighter between them now that they are sharing a secret. Little looks, little comments and even some time alone in the car. I guess we'll see if she takes him up on his offer ;)
And that is that. Song used by Remy at the end of the chapter is "I love the way you say my name" by Scarlet Dorn. And with that I'll leave you till next time. I see a break coming in the nearby future, I don't think it'll be September but just thought I'd give you guys a heads up. As always, thanks for your time and support! Take care and enjoy the rest of the summer!
-UHW