Inked

by untouchable hexing witch

Jubilee needs a summer job before starting her college life. As an aspiring artists to be the idea of a tattoo shop isn't so bad. With the perk of having good looking co workers with interesting tattoo's that maybe have interesting stories to go with them, why not? [Jubilay][Amarto][Romy][Xietro][Jonda] [AU No Powers] In shorter Words: The X-men Evo Tattoo AU no one asked for.

25. SOS

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Disclaimer O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

X-Men Evolution and its 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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I'm Back! For now anyways, hope you're all having an amazing year so far!

Thanks to Clamchick for reviewing the last chapter! Hope you enjoy this one as well :)

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Chapter 25 O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

Ray rolled his eyes as he heard Roberto chucking in the backseat. His steel blue orbs went to the rearview mirror and found the dark skinned boy. His head was tilted downwards connecting to the girl beside him as she showed him the video. He could barely hear the sound of Venus over the sound of the music playing on his stereo.

"I can't believe I missed this," Roberto yelled out to them.

He didn't answer and was surprised that she didn't say anything either so he turned to glance at the girl seated in the passenger seat beside him. Her lips were curled up in a content smile and her hair was now up in a messy updo. Some of it wasn't even in the hair tie causing it to curtain down in front of her face as her eyes stayed forward looking at the road ahead of them.

He had an overwhelming feeling to reach for it and tuck it behind her ear but as his fingers twitched to move the image of a certain blond female came to mind and he stopped himself in his tracks.

Instead he cleared his throat, "You doing ok over there? You're too quiet…"

Her head tilted to turn to him and her smile widened. "I'm good, just tired now."

"Those shots finally caught up to you?"

Her tongue came out of her mouth and directed itself at him before going back into her mouth, "That was a lot more fun than I thought it would be."

He stayed quiet as he stared before answering, "I'm glad you had a good time."

She nodded but before she could say anything else to him Roberto's voice drifted over to them. "I'm guessing that one of the others sent this over to Jean and Scott who would have shown the professor."

Jubilee moved her gaze to glance at the back seat. Though they weren't looking at the phone anymore Amara and Roberto were still sitting pretty close together, the sides of their bodies touching.

"Yeah they did."

"And?"

"And I reminded them that I was leaving in four weeks. It's really sweet of them to offer but what's the point. Not only that but do you know how much alcohol it took to make me be ok with this?"

Roberto smirked, "Well you looked like a pro, those batsuis were on point, I mean you even got Ray moving."

"I was nodding from the start," Ray remarked.

"Not the same as putting in some footwork."

"Whatever," was the response to that and Ray zoned out the rest of the conversation as they came to Amara's familiar neighborhood. His Grayish blue orbs going to the park and the word leaving repaying in his head.

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Ray tossed and turned in bed. His eyes felt heavy and droopy and he tried to refrain from turning to his bedside table to look at the time.

The last time he had looked at it it had been 2:30. The time before that it was 1:45 and it had been about 1am when they had all made their way to their own rooms.

While his eyes were closed and he tried to fall asleep he had expected to feel the pressure of an extra body on his bed. He had expected the feel of smooth, soft skin gliding against his own rousing him from deep slumber. His semi hard erection twitched at the thought.

But those sensations hadn't come. His body turned again.

4am.

If she hadn't made her way to him yet then it was safe to assume she wasn't coming.

He tried to ignore the ache he suddenly felt in his chest and he definitely tried to ignore Tabitha's voice in his head. Whenever he did that though he just ended up thinking about the brown eyed Asian girl which in turn didn't help his growing erection.

He gave an annoyed sigh and turned on his stomach, trying to ignore the desire for release. He really needed some fucken sleep.

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"You look like shit."

Jubilee looked up from her sketch pad to see who Roberto was talking to. Ray gave a grunt in answer as he walked through the door. He gave Jubilee a small nod in greeting and trudged along silently to his station.

Her eyes followed him.

"You didn't sleep well?" The Brazilian native inquired.

"You can say that. I kept waking up every so often."

"I hate nights like those," Roberto answered and went back to breaking up the setup for the client who had just left. "Jubilee do you want to go on break? I'll cover you and go when you come back."

"Alright," she responded and started making her way around the desk. "I'll be back."

"Kay," Roberto called back to her at the same time that Ray asked where Laura and Wanda were.

Ten minutes went awfully fast. Especially when you decided to go out instead of sitting in the break room and just scrolling through your phone. Jubilee decided to stop thinking about that as she walked back through the door and towards Ray's cubby. He didn't acknowledge her return until she placed a cup on top of the window wall that separated his station from Wanda's.

He eyed the frozen drink before looking at her, his lips opened but before he could speak there was a, "Hey, why don't I get one?"

Jubilee turned to Roberto, "Cause you don't look like shit."

Roberto smirked at the answer before letting out a loud laugh. Jubilee grinned and turned back to the taller boy who had a hint of a smile on his lips.

"I'm never living that one down, thanks for that…" he remarked tilting his head towards Roberto. "…and this I guess," he added before letting his head go forward and taking the straw in between his lips.

"You're welcome."

"Well since you're back I'll take my break, was the line busy when you left the coffee shop Jubes?"

"Not too bad," she answered and watched him head toward the door.

"I'll be back."

Jubilee nodded even though he was no longer in the vicinity to see. She then turned to Ray who was watching her. Her eyes widened a bit, not having expected it and smiled, "Was it too warm last night?"

"Hmm?"

"The reason you couldn't sleep," she clarified.

"Oh…" he took a sip of the drink, letting the minty taste overcome his taste buds. "No, not really, I just couldn't get comfortable."

"Ah, hey…want to hear something sad?"

"Hmm…" he perked a brow and moved his head back a bit to look at her face fully. She didn't seem sad, if anything she looked sheepish.

"Last night…" her head looked over her shoulder making sure there was no one around to hear her.

He hated how he could feel his heart speed up, the beat of it thundering in his ears, "Yeah…"

She turned back to him and instead of answering right away leaned forward. He almost thought she was going to kiss him and he felt himself moving forward as well. Instead of pursing her lips to make contact with his though her lips went over the straw of his drink and she took a long slow sip.

When she was done she licked her lips giving the lower one a small nip, "I was planning to go see you." She finally admitted. "I turned off my lights and laid in bed waiting to make sure Roberto and Laura fell asleep and I ended up falling asleep instead. Isn't that pathetic? I guess those four shots really ended up getting the best of me…" she laughed and when she stopped she tipped her head forward and took another sip.

He licked his own lips and watched as her eyes followed the movements. The brown iris were dilated. He found himself moving closer to her and in a quick movement swiped the drink from her causing a wet plop as the straw came out of her mouth.

"I guess It's a good thing that tonight is a new night…" his lips went over the straw after the words and she smiled mischievously at him.

Before she could respond they both turned towards the hallway as new voices approached.

"Yeah that's fine. I'll cover."

"I'm sorry about the short notice."

"It's fine Laura, it's not like you do it often. So do I dare ask what you're going to do?"

"Why do you say it like that?"

"Cause…I heard Pietro buy two airplane tickets this morning and he doesn't have Luna this weekend."

"Stop giving me that look, it's not like that." Wanda gave her a skeptical look, "…I mean fine that's probably going to happen too but that's not all we're doing this weekend…" after the words she gave her a slight push.

That's when they noticed that they had an audience. Jubilee perked a brow in curiosity but it was Ray who voiced the question, "Where are you going?"

Laura nibbled her bottom lip hesitant to answer her best friend's question but after a few silent beats she finally answered with, "Just out of town."

"Out of town?" Was the simultaneous question from the three.

"Where exactly?" Ray inquired as she walked past him to her own station.

"I'll tell you later," she answered, giving him a pointed glare.

Ray scrunched his eyebrows in and watched her carefully before turning back to his coffee and sipping on it. As his lips stayed closed on it he could feel that the top was now crushed inwards making his lips move away from the cylinder item. The top of the straw was indeed bitten closed. He turned to look at Jubilee who had moved back to the reception area.

He wished he could feel some annoyance about the habit, but the only word that came to mind as he watched her make conversation with Wanda was 'adorable" and then he ended up getting more annoyed at himself than at her.

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Amara moved her body forward as one of her arms arched over her body trying to get as close to her body as possible. She stayed in that position for thirty seconds before she switched to the other hand and foot, repeating the same action.

It wasn't until she was done that she took a look at her phone and realized that she had an unread text. Her lips twitched upwards noticing Roberto's name before opening the message.

'How are you feeling?'

She eyed the message curiously for a few seconds, 'Good, why? Should I be feeling bad?'

The response was almost immediate. 'Lol, I don't think so. I just mean cause the pangenet is next weekend. I wasn't sure how ready you were feeling.'

'Oh…yeah that.'

'Lol, sorry, bad time to remind you?'

'Not really. I'm actually getting ready to rehearse right now.'

'Oh you're at the Training Room?'

'No, I didn't get a chance to leave today so I'm practicing at home.'

'What about your mom?'

'Hehe, she's not home. What about you? Are you working?'

'No I'm off but I'm at the lounge. The X-dolls have rehearsal. I'm so bored though cause we're waiting for one of the bands to finish up.'

'Oh yeah, that show is getting closer too. How are you feeling?'

'I'm not worried about it. If anything everyone is lucky that this didn't end up being a competition ;)'

'Aren't we feeling smug? :p'

'I only state facts. Looks like they're calling us up so I'll leave to practice! Message you after?'

'Sure :)'

Amara gave a small satisfied sigh as she got up from the floor. She then went to readjust the body mirror that she had placed in the living room to make sure it would allow her to look at herself when she was at the center of the room. She went to start the music and seconds later she was at the center moving her hips how she had practiced many times before.

After the first run through she had to admit to herself that she looked pretty good! Thanks to Roberto's advice her skinny little arms had small lines where the muscle definition was starting to pop through. Thankfully the change had been subtle enough that her mom hadn't noticed yet.

Deciding that she was feeling confident and daring she went towards where the mirror was leaning against the fireplace. She placed her phone on the ledge and set it up to record pressing the red button and dashing to the middle before she chickened out.

The energetic beat started immediately after and her arms flared out across her body before coming back in towards her body in semi circles. Her feet took big steps forward, one foot in front of the other stepping diagonally. Once she was exactly where she wanted to be her hands went into the air before sliding down her body stopping at her sides and doing another circle motion as her hips moved along with them.

She then started stepping back, her hips swaying with her hand movements. When at the center of the room again her hand come out across in front of her as she stepped side to side before her body turned in a circle, her turn concluding with a leg spreading out and sliding on the floor to rejoin her other foot at the center. Her arms spread eagled before going behind her as her chest dipped forward and down. When she stood up straight she twisted in place before a leg stepped forward. After a few steps, one of her feet kicked back before her feet moved in a quick step side to side. The smile on her face was glowing with happiness and confidence…

Until…

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?"

Amara froze in place, the smile on her lips going into a straight line as she turned to see her mom watching her, eyes wide and mouth curled in a snarl.

"Mom! Hi…I was uh…just warming up my muscles before I practiced the ballet routine," Amara found herself lying as she rushed to turn the music down.

She had been told before that she was not a good liar. She would have proven that person wrong because the sentence was flawless, her face staying neutral and no stutter to her words. Unfortunately for her though, she always took her pageant worksheets out when she practiced and her mother was now looking at them, her eyes narrowing at the crossed out words of Ballet that were replaced with Samba.

"I'll ask you again, what is going on here?" The tone was cold and the glare that was being thrown at the sheets of paper turned to her.

"I…" Amara hesitated for a moment. She had seen her mother angry many times but this look was a new one. "...I thought we could try something different this year," she whispered.

"Are you stupid." It wasn't a question so Amara didn't open her mouth to answer, "You're going to ruin years of our perfect wins and for what? This idiotic notion to do something new? Who is putting these new ideas into your head? Is it those new friends you and Jubilation are always hanging around with because if it is I'll just have to stop…"

"It's not them!" Amara answered quickly and angrily mimicking her mothers glare. "I watched a documentary on Brazilian culture and found their traditional dances fascinating. I thought why not get closer to my roots…"

"And why didn't you tell me?"

"I wanted it to be a surprise," she answered and again mentally patted herself on the back at her new found lying skills.

Her mother eyed her carefully and after a moment gave a small nod. At first Amara thought she had done it, she had won this argument and she was going to allow her to continue with this new plan but dread started to seep into her as she watched her mother bend down and grab her worksheets.

The sound of paper being ripped apart was the only sound in the room for a minute that stretched out to an eternity. When the act was done her mom walked to her with a smile.

"That was a very sweet idea, my love," she remarked, bringing up a hand and touching her cheek in a loving way, "But…" the soft caress turned into a grab as her mom cupped her face, her slender fingers digging into her cheeks. "Why change something when it's been working beautifully for years. Right?"

Amara slowly nodded, "Yes, mother."

"Great!" she let her go and turned away from her, "We'll leave to go get you a new packet after you finish your ballet routine. Go ahead and get started, I'm just going to grab something to drink…"

Amara watched her until she was gone, then she turned in the direction of her phone before slowly walking to it, hollow eyes looking back at her as she pressed the little red circle.

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The steel colored orbs rolled to the back of his head. His lips were parted letting small breaths out that warmed the skin of her cheek as he breathed into her.

This hadn't been what he had intended when he asked her if she wanted to go to the training room with him. He had legit wanted to go workout, do some bench pressing here, power cleans there, maybe a mile or two on the treadmill for cardio.

Even when she had walked out of her room wearing short yellow shorts with a black line at the sides and a black crop top sweater, he had kept himself composed. Did she look hot? Of course! But he had told himself that they were on a mission and they were going to workout.

Well they were definitely working out…in a way anyway. He rolled his eyes back as Jubilee hummed his name, she was getting so close to finishing.

He closed his eyes tight as two of his fingers curled inside of her while his thumb skimmed at her sensitive little button.

When she had originally moved forward in the car seat to put her hair up he hadn't thought much about it. They were about to go workout, of course she'd want to have her hair up.

He had watched her hands while they did multiple ties and momentarily got distracted by the baby hairs that weren't long enough and kissed her neck. He had then eyed her newly exposed collar bone before realizing that he was in fact staring and turned back to the road.

Everything was still fairly innocent. Until one of her hands was at his knee. It slid upwards to his upper thighs and back downwards a few times before she went to the center where his excitement was definitely growing.

He glanced at her to see her lips curled upward. "Keep driving…"

Well duh, why they hell would he stop?

His question was answered when she hastily gripped his dick, the action causing him to give a small jump. She gave a low giggle at the reaction, making him throw a glare her way, a look that didn't last as he turned back to the road in front of him and she started to stroke him.

He could hear his breath start to deepen as she continued and willed himself to keep his eyes in front of him. Eventually he did look down though as he felt the drawstrings of his shorts get pulled causing the article to loosen around his waist. He then held his breath waiting to watch her hand dive inside to really take a hold of him.

That's not what happened. No, instead her hand went to the waistband of his shorts and dragged downwards releasing him out into the open. He let the breath he was holding out through his mouth along with a stifled moan as he glanced at her taking a hold of the hardened member.

Her strokes were slow and deliberate, an obvious tease as her eyes went from his dick to his face. She then moved to sit closer to him and took a look out the window. The neighborhood they were driving through was dimly lit and it was late enough that there really weren't any cars on the road.

"Don't kill us ok?"

Before he had a chance to even try to reply, her body moved forward onto his and all he could do was tighten his grip on the steering wheel as her hot mouth enveloped him.

Even though she wanted him to keep focus on the road ahead there was no way he wasn't going to take sneak peeks of her giving him head.

He swallowed hard and looked down to watch her head bob up and down, her hand staying at the base of his cock to keep it straight as he drove. He moved his gaze away from the dark locks to look at her ass. It was positioned high in the air to help angle her upper body just right as she bent over him.

In this new position her yellow shorts had scrunched in allowing more of her tawn skin to show and before he knew what he was doing his fingers went and skimmed the flesh above her waistband. He watched as her hips moved side to side at the contact.

His eyes went back to the road and it wasn't until he drove past a green light that he realized that he had missed the turn that led to the gym. Deciding that they weren't going to the gym after all he kept driving forward and as he did his hand had made its way past the lining of her shorts and underwear and the digits were now caressing her ass cheek, squeezing when they found the edge where her ass and thigh connected.

This caused a hmm from her, the sound vibrating in her mouth causing his dick to pulse inside her mouth. As she continued to work him, his hands kept skimming back and forth between her cheeks, deciding that he wanted to give her more; his middle finger followed the crack that led to the juncture in between her legs.

His dick twitched again as his fingertips made contact with the moisture already pooling at her lips. Fuck. She was already so wet and he had hardly touched her. Without saying anything his middle finger made its way through the wet slit and that's what would finally have her pull him out of her mouth.

He could feel her breath on him as the whimpered Fuck overpowered the song neither of them were listening too. He felt her body scoot closer to him needing to feel him deeper.

As he slowly thrusted in and out of her, her mouth found him again and mimicked the motion, when he would pull the single digit out her mouth would pop him out, her tongue giving the swollen head a teasing lick as he teased her too by swirling a circle motion at her wet slit, and then back in they both would go.

People always talked about how amazing it was that our bodies always went into auto pilot, as our minds went to different places. Ray found himself feeling lucky that was the case for them both. He wasn't sure how he had arrived at the park, but he was thankful they had arrived in one piece. Better yet now that they had stopped he could appreciate the view a lot better.

His eyes went to the hand lost underneath her shorts and in between her legs. Her ass was swaying side to side, wanting more fricación, wanting something else other than his fingers to fill the ache.

His gaze cut back to her face and he found his head moving back and hitting the seat. She looked so good taking him in like that, those baby hairs sticking to her neck thanks to the sweat that was now mingling with her saliva.

He wasn't going to last much longer. The hand that was fucking her left her making her whimpere, her head moving up to whine about the loss but before any words could be said his fingers found themselves in her silky locks and pressed her back into him.

She let him guide her, allowing the thrusts to deepen as his hips arched to meet her and he came close to the end.

When he came, he was throat deep, he could feel the walls of her throat as he pulsed and she swallowed. She let him go with a wet plop, her head tilting sideways and upwards with a smile on her face.

He twitched again at the sight of her. "Get in the back."

"What?" She asked slowly getting up.

"Back, now," he answered, lifting his hips to put his pants on before opening the door and getting out.

As he made his way to the back she took a look at their surroundings, "Hey…we're at the park!"

And that's how they had ended up where they were at the current moment.

With him sitting back against the center seat, her back pressed against his chest, one of her hands grabbing at the back of his head like a lifeline. Her sports bra was now up and scrunched up at her collar bone, from his seat he could see a perfect perky nipple through the rear view mirror. The other was hidden underneath his palm as he squeezed at her breast making her hips roll against him causing more friction against the fingers that were deep inside her.

As he heard her breaths become more shallow he allowed his fingers to quicken, the wet sound of his palm making contact with her skin and her small whimpers echoed all over the small space and he felt himself feeling light headed at the intoxication of it all. His dick was hard again and twitching against her ass aching to replace his fingers but she had made him cum without much of a response and he was going to repay the favor.

When she came undone it was beautiful. her muscles tighten around his fingers, her head rolled back resting on his shoulder and he felt her pussy pulse, the same beat as the heart rate pressed against his neck.

He slowly pulled his fingers out of her causing a small sound to slip out her throat and brought the hand up to inspect the glistening fingers. Feeling the action Jubilee moved slightly to look too.

"Have you ever tasted yourself?"

He felt her body tense up a bit and turned his eyes to her to see that a new reddish tint had appeared on her cheeks, the new glow having nothing to do with the actions he had just done to her. It was cute to be honest, ever since they had started this development he hadn't seen much shyness from her at least in regards to these activities.

"What kind of question is that? Have you tasted yourself?" She threw the question back at him.

He thought about it for a few seconds before saying, "Yeah."

"WHAT? You have?" Her surprised tone caused his lips to twitch upwards.

"Well I've kissed you after you've swallowed so i'm pretty sure I've gotten some residue…"

"I don't think that counts."

"I think it does."

"I guess we can agree to disagree…" She remarked with a grin as her breath started evening out.

They were quiet for a few seconds before he broke it with, "Can I taste you?"

There had been a few times that he had tried doing the act as they fooled around but she would always deter the action and go straight for the fuck. He wasn't sure if she was shy about the action itself or she was just eager to get railed. Either way he had been curious about it, at this point he knew she felt amazing, he wondered if she tasted the same.

"…OK…"

With no hesitation at all he brought his fingers to his mouth, licking each digit clean. She watched him and shifted her position on him. His hard on was still pressing into her and she felt her pussy start aching again as she watched him devour her fluids.

When he was done her eyes stayed focused on his lips, "Well?"

His tongue licked his upper lip before his teeth dug into his bottom making contact with his piercing. He didn't get a chance to answer as her head moved forward and closed the gap between them.

She could taste a hint of tanginess along with the taste of him. She liked it. When they pulled apart she mimicked his move and licked her lips. After she let the corners lip upwards, "Will you fuck me now?"

He smirked at her and and both immediately started moving to twist her around so she could straddle him. When she was in place he reached inside his shorts to pull himself out but that's when they both froze and heard it.

The tone was low but thanks to the addition of the vibration it was clear to make out. Jubilee looked over her shoulder and felt Ray's hands on her legs pushing her forward into him.

"Let it ring."

"It's ten pm…no one really calls me that late. Let me check," she answered and proceeded to move her upper body back in between the two front seats, hands outstretched trying to reach her bag.

Ray watched her, impressed at the sudden flexibility. "Why haven't we fucked like this before?" He questioned as his hands went to her exposed waist and slowly slithered up until he reached the base of her mounds. He cupped then gently letting his thumbs feather at the hardened peaks.

The action caused a small sound from her but she continued on her mission, "Cause we haven't done it in the car since the first time. You prefer pounding me against walls or into your bed…"

He nodded agreeing though she couldn't see him in her new position.

"I just need a little more…" she added and he saw her body arch up trying to give herself a few more inches of length.

Wanting to help, he pressed his hips forward. The move made his exposed cock press into her clothed slit and he heard the deep inhale from her as her tits jiggled in his hands. Liking the reaction he repeated the action.

The small thrusts must have helped because seconds later the ring tone became louder. He glanced at her to see her looking at the screen of her phone, a picture of her and Amara making silly faces at its center.

"Let it ring," he repeated and grabbed at the material of her shorts pulling upwards so it pressed against her hot opening.

She gave a small satisfied hum at that but answered with, "It's late…it'll be quick…Hi Amara!"

Ray shook his head amused but kept his eyes on her soft skin as his finger tips drew patterns on it, allowing them to skim the nipples loving the way her hips twitched at the action.

This didn't last long though. As he tried tracing a new pattern her upper body quickly lifted facing him with her phone at her ear, a face of concern on her features.

"Yeah sure, no it's no problem at all. I'll see you soon."

His brow raised at the last part and he watched her hang up. "Everything ok?"

"I don't know, she sounded down and just said…I don't want to be home right now. Do you mind?"

He shook his head, "No, not at all," and started to help roll down her sports bra to cover her up.

"Thanks, I'll make it up to you later," she answered and proceeded to get off his lap to reach towards the passenger seat and grab her bag. He watched her rummage through it and eventually pulled out a small packet of wipes.

"You were prepared," he remarked, taking some from her.

"I have been."

"What do you mean?"

She shrugged, in the afterglow of her recent orgasam she was brimming with confidence, "Sometimes when I watch you for too long my mind wanders and I get messy."

"What? When?" He asked surprised.

She shrugged, "I don't know, all the time…"

"You day dream of fucking me everywhere? At work? In my chair? At your desk? On the couch? On the patio?"

Jubilee wrapped up her used wipes into a clean one and turned to hand them to him, "Maybe…anyway will you be the best and throw these in the trash so we can go pick up Amara?"

He took the ball while giving her a look. She smiled in return and patted him sideways before opening the door to get out.

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The three arrived back at the apartment thirty minutes later. Ray exchanged a look with Jubilee, both had felt it, Amara's energy was heavy.

"Should we go talk in my room?"

Amara shook her head, "Can we just watch tv and hang out here for a while?" She asked and took a seat in front of the tv.

"Yeah. Just let me go get changed," and with that she started making her way towards the bedrooms, not realizing that Ray wasn't very far behind her as they neared the rooms.

"Do you need me to go grab you guys anything? Snacks? Ice cream? Supposedly ice cream helps everything."

She smiled over her shoulder and stopped walking when they arrived at his room. "No that's ok, it looks like it might take a little bit to even get her to open up about whatever is bothering her. But I think we have cookies so I should be ready for when it does happen."

"Alright, I'll probably just head to bed then."

"Ok, I um…would really like to finish what we were trying to start in the car but not sure…"

/Hold on tight/

"It's cool, there's always tomorrow right?" She nodded and before she could say anything else he surprised both of them as he dipped his head forward and placed his lips on hers. The kiss was soft and chaste and it tingled on her lips long after he parted from her and whispered, "Go talk to your friend" before closing the door to his bedroom behind him.

/Don't let go of me/

She wasn't sure how she had gotten changed out of her sports wear, her body working in auto pilot as her brain stayed focused on that kiss. It had felt different, it had tasted so sweet, and it was having the unfortunate effect of making her heartbeat speed.

/Love is all there is

Love is all we need/

The effect died down though when she made it back to the living room. She had expected to find Amara alone, maybe flipping through channels but what she found instead stopped her in her tracks and made her feel like she was interrupting something important.

/Darling don't be scared/

Roberto was squatting in front of Amara, his hands holding on to hers on her lap and her face tilted down towards him. Silent tears rolled down her cheeks as she whispered to him.

/I can feel your pain/

When he heard her he glanced over to her and then she was able to hear him say, "I think it's time you tell her what's going on…"

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Jubilee felt like shit. She was Amara's so-called friend-best friend at that and she had missed all the signs. There had been an internal war going on inside her friend and she hadn't helped, she hadn't even known.

Roberto, who they had known for roughly three months now had seen it, he had been there and he had been able to alíviate it a bit. He had helped with the eating habits but what could he really do about her mom?

/Even heroes fall/

Nothing. What could she do? Nothing. And that's where last night's conversation had led to. With a heavy heart Amara told them both that she was keeping the ballet routine she had perfected weeks ago, and with that they all stayed silent and still in the small living room eventually sautéing off to bed at the same time.

/Even heroes fail/

Amara was currently laying next to her on her side. Her face pressed up against her arm. Overall it seemed that she had found some comfort in her and Roberto but it left her feeling guilty and she wished that she could feel some of that comfort herself.

Jubilee groaned to herself and forced her eyes shut trying to ignore the feeling she had that the only thing that might make her feel less miserable would be in the arms of the male in the bedroom next to hers. Eventually sleep took her and she dropped into darkness along with Amara.

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O Next Morning O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

Roberto tried his hardest to keep the yawn in but it slowly seeped out as he kept his eyes out in the darkness in front of him. He had an early shift at the Training Room therefore he had been the perfect candidate to drive Amara home so that she could sneak back in.

/You're always running/

He let his eyes turn to glance at her, but like most of the drive her eyes were looking out at the passing houses. Since he had knocked on Jubilee's door to wake them up she hadn't so much as looked at him and for a brief moment he wondered why she might be mad at him. At first he had thought that it had been because he had pretty much suggested that it was time to come clean and tell Jubilee the truth but it couldn't have been that right? I mean they had both hugged and cried it out afterwards and had gone to bed with arms hinged around each other. From where he had been standing they had been good.

/Like the world is on fire/

So what else could it have been?

As they neared her neighborhood he decided that he had had enough of the silence and his lips parted, "Hey…I promise I brushed my teeth this morning. In case you're avoiding me cause of morning breath or something…"

/But can you see me coming?/

Upon hearing his voice her body straightened up and she let her eyes glance at him briefly before looking through the long window ahead of him, "What do you mean? I'm not avoiding you."

"You sure? Cause it kinda feels like you are, which puts me in a weird position cause I might just have to start talking to myself and then you're going to think I'm a big weirdo," he teased.

She gave a soft laugh at that and glanced at him again before quickly looking away and looking down at her lap. "I'm not avoiding you," she repeated and then added, "At least not intentionally or out of malice." He turned to look at her to watch her hands fumble with each other. "I'm just…really embarrassed about how I behaved last night."

"Embarrassed about what?" he asked genuinely surprised.

/When it's down to the wire/

"About being a crybaby! I'm sorry you witnessed all th…" Amara didn't get to finish her thought as a warm hand grabbed onto hers.

/I will be your shooting star

When you look up in the night/

"Stop," she eyed his hand before looking over to him to see that his eyes were on her, "You're going through some deep shit. It's only natural to react that way and I'm really sorry you're going through it. I might sound like a broken record but you shouldn't have to feel like you need to be validated by anyone, especially not a parent. So don't worry about what it looks like to anyone, if you feel like crying, cry…It'll make you feel better. You have people that care about you that wouldn't mind being there for you, so don't hesitate to reach out to them."

/Burning through the atmosphere

Brighter than the city lights/

As he spoke his thumb grazed the top of her fingers back and forth in a soothing motion and Amara couldn't help the way her heartbeat accelerated as his gaze lingered on her before turning back to the road ahead of them.

/I will be a satellite/

The rest of the drive was in silence. Amara didn't know what to say to the kind words and apparently he didn't feel the need to add anything else. All she did know was that her heart rate did not slow down as he kept a firm grip on it until the car came to a stop a few houses away from her own.

"Guess this is you," he remarked, giving her a small squeeze before letting her fingers slip out of his grip.

/You don't have to say goodbye/

Amara nodded and turned to find him staring at her, his expression a replica of the intense gaze he had given her at Scarlet Ink the night Jubilee had done karaoke. The night he had spoken about love and suddenly she felt her heart beat even faster, which seemed impossible because it already felt like it was going to beat out of her chest.

/I can hear your SOS/

Without much warning to him, or even herself because it seemed as her body had decided to have a mind of its own her body leaned towards him. She closed her eyes as she let her lips make contact with the smooth skin before she quickly moved back and out of the vehicle.

/I can see you from the sky/

"Thanks for the ride. I'll talk to you later."

She didn't give him a chance to answer as the door shut and she ran off towards her house. Roberto watched her go, lips slightly parted in surprise as the imprint of her lips seemed to burn into his cheek.

/I can hear your SOS/

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

He felt his bed shift and the added weight made it an easy indicator that he was no longer alone. He somewhat expected to feel a soft hand sneak underneath his shirt and start caressing his chest but it didn't come. So he tilted his head to the side where she was laying, letting his bluish gray orbs open to stare.

She wasn't looking at him. Her eyes were on the ceiling and a deep frown was etched on her face.

/SOS/

"Hey…is everything ok? Did Amara need a ride back home?"

"Roberto already took care of it."

"Why is he up so late? I thought he had an early shift at the gym."

"He did, it's 5 in the morning. She spent the night and he's dropping her off before work."

"Hmm…ok." He waited a moment to see if she was going to speak and when she didn't he asked, "So what's going on?"

She gave a small sigh and finally turned to him. Small particles of light from outside shone through the small openings in the curtains and he could see the light glaze in her brown eyes.

/SOS/

"I Just feel so stupid…and useless…"

The next five minutes we're filled with her voice catching him up in the situation. He didn't make any comments even after a minute from when she stopped talking.

This caused her to slightly lift her head up to look at his face wondering if he had fallen asleep. In response his hand went up into the air and he gave her nose a light poke.

/I'm coming, coming/

"You're not stupid…when someone wants to keep a secret they're going to keep it. Take us for example, no one knows we're fooling around because we're watching our tracks. Amara was doing the same…at the beach house she grabbed food when I prepared it. Roberto would be the one to notice that she wasn't actually eating because he was watching her. From what you've told me she says that this only happens during the summer for her pageant right? How were you supposed to know when you're always at work? Now you don't even live with her…there would have been no way for you to know."

She didn't respond to the words but they made sense.

"As far as being useless, that's wrong too, because yesterday she called for you and you were there for her…it doesn't seem useless to me."

She nodded and dropped back down pressing her face into his shoulder. He let her and they stayed quiet for a few minutes.

"Sometimes…it's things like this that make me wonder if I lucked out…'' The softness in his voice made Jubilee peek her eyes out at him. His eyes were on the ceiling and she felt her lips part to say something but all it did was cause some of the material of his shirt to go into her mouth.

"How do you scale that? What's better, having your mom around but her not having a care about your individuality or just being abandoned on a stormy day…"

The words made her freeze in place and her eyes went back to the arm she was leaning into. The dim lighting from outside gave the blue thunderstorm on his arm an eerie glow.

Her head moved back to speak, "There's no point in trying to argue which one is better or worse…it's all shitty."

His eyes widened at the response and his head turned to her, he hadn't meant to say the last part out loud and now the realization that he said too much hung in the air around him.

Jubilee did not return the look. Her eyes were focused on his arm and her hand lifted to it. Her fingertips were soft as she traced the lightning bolts and he could feel the waves of sadness coming off her.

He hadn't meant to make her sadder.

"Hey…" her eyes, glazed over with unreleased moisture, looked up to stare into his gaze. "It's alright…"

Her head gave a small shake sideways, "No it's not," her response was low and the sadness of it was palpable. So much so that all he wanted to do was eat it up and make it go away.

/I'm coming, coming/

His lips were on her seconds later. Unlike their usual ravenous nature he took the kiss slow and easy. His lips took her lower lip in between his own pulling gently causing a low sigh from her as she laid flat on her back and he moved to tower above her.

Their mouths continued the slow dance. Nothing but brief pecks as they got into more comfortable positions before his tongue pressed in between the swollen flesh asking permission to enter. She eagerly complied and allowed her tongue to entangle itself with his.

Her hands went to wrap around his neck to pull him closer as his hands slid up the side of her body. One of his hands sneaked under her shirt, the fingertips drawing circles on her side before making a trek upwards, thumbs ghosting over her nipples.

/I will be your shooting star/

They pulled away for air, chest heaving as adrenaline raced through them. When he was ready to continue he placed a quick kiss to her lips before running his lips down her body. Starting at her chin, going into her neck where she pressed him closer making his teeth scrape at her pulse point.

He pulled away to continue his trek downwards, reaching her collarbone and then going further down kissing her chest through her clothes and allowing his nose to bump against a pebbled mound elevating a small whimper from her.

Down and down he went. Kissing her skin above her navel, then the area below it, stopping when he reached the waistband of the pants she wore.

She became completely still in his bed. Heart hammering in her chest as she waited to see where he was planning to go next. She felt his finger tips grab at cloth and slowly pulled downwards. Her hips rose to help take the garments off and seconds later her lower half was bare to him.

He didn't waste any time as his body moved forward so that his lips were back on her. They started at the side of her calf before slowing moving upwards.

Her breath hitched in her throat and she could hear his question from the day before ringing in her head…

Can I taste you?

Her eyes shut tight and her mouth opened wide as her hand grabbed the pillow he had been previously using. Even though her scream was silent she kept the pillow pressed at her face so that it could drown out any whimper that would escape.

She inhaled deeply into the fluffy cloud. The aquatic scent engulfed her, drowned her in euphoric bliss as his tongue lapped at her like a kitten who had just found a saucer of milk.

Ray watched her and smirked to himself as she lost herself in his pillow. He had thought the teasing taste of her the day before was good but it didn't compare to the full taste and smell that was overpowering him now. She was particularly dripping into his mouth.

Soon he felt her hands on his head and the pressure of her push bringing him deeper. Her fingertips ran through his hair sensually as he slowly moved his face side to side letting his nose brush against her.

He was so lost in her…her smell, her taste, her breaths that he didn't notice when one of her hands went to his shoulder and pressed against it. She finally got his attention by tapping on the same shoulder making him slightly pull away to look at her.

/When you look up in the night/

Her brown orbs were blown out, twice their size as she stared at him. Her lower lip was tucked under a row of teeth. Her hand went up and sideways, grabbing onto the knob of his bedside table and opening it. Her hand then disappeared inside as she blindly searched for what she was looking for. When she found it she brought the square packet and flapped it back and forth.

"Wow, is this your way of saying it's not good?" He asked with a teasing smile before his tongue went out and licked the area underneath his lip where remnants of her juices remained.

"No, it's my way of telling you that I want more," was the smart reply.

He let an amused breath out and pulled away from her. Her eyes stayed trained on him as he stood straight in front of the bed.

It was getting later in the day and the sun was starting to rise. The small rays of light streaming through shone on him nicely, causing shadows on his hard edges and making the tent in his shorts easy to see.

Something felt different today. There was something heavy in the atmosphere but not a bad heavy. Jubilee wasn't sure how to explain it but all she knew is that she liked it.

His hands went to the bottom of his shirt and pulled upward and she was reminded of the day he had let her borrow his shirt for Wicked Wednesday. Her lips gave a slight twitch at the memory breaking out of the thought to watch his shirts come off.

He moved back to the bed letting his knees rest on the top as a hand reached out to her. She handed the condom over and as he cut the package with his teeth she let her own hands go to her shirt and pulled it above her leaving her bare.

By the time she laid back down flat he was already towering over her. His lips found hers, they were pursued, littering her face with pecks that made her lips curled upwards until he reached the crook of her neck and got lost there. His teeth dug into her skin as one of his hands snaked upwards and grabbed at a soft mound.

Her lips opened to let a breathy moan out and he took it as a sign to continue with his onslaught of kisses. It wasn't long before his mouth closed over a sensitive nubbin. While he worked his teeth into it his other hand pulled and pinched at the other eventually switching to give it the same affection.

While he focused on her breast Jubilee found her legs tightening around his waist. He hadn't positioned himself at her opening but she was in desperate need of him so her hips would rise and grind into him, the hard muscle of his abdominal satisfying some of the desire but not fulfilling the ache.

He released her tit with a wet plop as he heard her small whispers of please as her hips started thrusting into him more aggressively.

One of his hands went in between their bodies to position his tip at her lips and when his hips moved forward her mouth opened and his tongue found hers as their bodies pressed flush against each other. His fingertips dug into her thighs while his mouth devoured any air in her lungs and his pelvis snapped against hers repeatedly.

/Burning through the atmosphere/

It wasn't long before she had to pull away for air, her eyes shutting closed as her arms went up to wrap around his neck anchor herself so that her hips would rise and meet him thrust for thrust.

Fuck, he was making her feel so good. He always made her feel so good but there was something different this time. She couldn't pinpoint it but the bliss coursing through her veins as her legs tightened around, the hold on her thigh that gripped her like a lifeline and the kisses he kept smothering her with…all felt different.

She gave a small groan as she felt the coils in her stomach tightened. She was so close.

/Brighter than the city lights/

"Look at me…"

His voice, needy and soft, sounded so loud that her eyes snapped open to see the haunting steel gaze on her. The tip of his nose touched hers and she felt the iron grip pull her even closer, as if it were even possible.

She kept waiting for him to blink, to look away but he stayed and she drowned in the garish blue gaze, full of desire and need…and it must have been the hottest fucken thing she'd ever experienced because she felt her insides warm and soon all the tension in her body left her as she let go.

Her lips parted letting a breathy whisper make it past her throat. In response his lips crushed into her, his eyes shutting closed as he pushed into her one last time making Jubilee wonder what it was about hearing your name moaned that pushed men over the edge.

/I will be a satellite/

She didn't have much time to ponder over it as he moved to roll over her to lay flat on his back with His shoulder pressed against hers. Once their breaths regulated his voice broke the silence, "Feeling better?"

She let a satisfied sigh out, "Yeah, I do."

"Good, go to sleep."

At the words she shifted and started to get up but her actions were paused when she felt fingers around her arm. Her eyes went to him, lips parting to speak but before she could say anything she was being pulled back towards the mattress.

"Laura…"

/You don't have to say goodby/

"Will be the first one up and will be rushing to Scarlet Ink since she opens. She won't bother either of us knowing that we close."

She paused for a few seconds before allowing herself to sink back down and press her face into his arm. "Alright," she whispered and then proceeded in reaching his storm tattoo, tracing it again much like she had before he attacked her.

/I can hear your SOS/

His eyes closed even though he was wide awake and on high alert due to her actions, but he couldn't look at her. Not after his involuntary clue to his childhood and the tattoo she was so fascinated with.

After a few minutes he slowly opened his eyes and turned to her. Her fingers had stopped their motion and her breathing had become shallow. She had fallen asleep. Her fingers curled under his arm and her face pressed into him with her lips pressed at a lightning bolt.

/I can see you from the sky/

His face tilted towards her and his lips brushed against her hairline. When he realized what he had done his eyes widened and his face moved away but he controlled his body to stay still to not wake her.

/I can hear your SOS/

His heart started to accelerate almost reaching the speed it had been beating at as he fucked Jubilee into his mattress. This time around it wasn't for the same reason though.

There was no pleasure coursing through him at the moment. The only thoughts in his mind were reflecting on how he had felt the need to make the girl beside him feel good, mentally and physically…

/SOS/

This wasn't good…

/SOS/

He closed his eyes and tried to calm down, but all he managed to conjure was Tabitha's voice repeating the words "she's leaving" over and over again. He didn't know how long it went on for, but one of the last things he made out over his ex 's voice was the door closing as Laura left for work.

/SOS/

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

Anna took a sip of her water, her green eyes staying on the stage and refraining from rolling as Vertigo shimmied her shoulders towards Gambit. It was when he smiled charmingly back at her that the emerald orbs looked down at her water bottle to watch her pale fingers peel off the label.

"Why the hell did he call us over if he wasn't ready for us? I could have been working right now, there's a beautiful Triumph calling my name."

Wanda turned to her but it wasn't her that responded. Instead the answer came from the person on her left whose voice was as bored as hers. "They had to restart a few times cause vertigo keeps missing her marks."

Anna spared Lance a glance before looking past him to see the other hood members watching the stage. They were ready to go too and as if hearing their complaints Pietro appeared before the band on the stage.

"Alright let's leave that at that for now, I need the next band up. Vertigo get it together, there's only two weeks left. I need you guys in top condition."

"Looks like we're up. You guys might as well chill here while we get the instruments ready."

Anna nodded and Wanda and herself watched the group of boys make their way towards the stage bumping and intermingling with the Nasty boys and Marauders.

The seat beside her didn't stay empty for long though. Considering that he was not an official member of the team Remy had gotten off the stage without a second glance to the platinum blonde who was trying to capture his attention.

He let his back press against the chair and his legs open wide, causing the one closer to her to extend to the point that there was barely any space between them. Anna didn't bother turning to him but crossed her arms together and leaned back in her seat as well.

"Ne pensez-vous pas que vous êtes un peu trop près?", she asked without looking at him. (Don't you think you're a little too close?)

Playing the part his own eyes stayed forward, "Drôle, je ne pensais pas être assez proche. Avez-vous aimé la vue?" (Funny, I didn't think I was close enough. Did you like the view?)

The emerald gaze went back to the blond on the stage who was now talking, or more like arguing with Lance as he tried taking the microphone away from her to put it at Anna's height. "Je ne pense pas que ce sera ta meilleure performance ce soir-là…" (I Don't think it'll be your best performance that night…)

He smirked at the answer before his lips went back into a straight line. "I have news…" the fact that he said it in English caught Wanda's attention and she side eyed the two southerners. "I have a date."

Wanda's eyes widened at the declaration and she felt as if the air suddenly tensed around them.

"Oh, that's cool. Anyone I know?" Anna asked quietly and lifted the foot that was closest to him up and crossed it over her other leg putting space between them as she leaned towards Wanda.

"What?" He asked, this time not being able to help the urge to turn and look at her.

Her eyes stayed focused on the chaos before them though, people walking back and forth with instruments too busy in their own bustle to notice the interaction between them. "Never mind, I guess it doesn't really matter."

Remy let out a sound that sounded like a mixture between a laugh and a scoff. He then sat up and moved closer to the rail in front of the seats they were in, allowing his arms to grab on to it and putting his head in between them face down so that he was looking at the ground. "I meant I have a departure date. You asked the other night when we were heading out since it's getting towards the end of summer. Magneto sent out the memo this morning."

"Oh…" Anna let her foot uncross and placed it closer to his again and straightened up to sit in the middle of her seat.

Wanda didn't have a chance to pay attention to her sister's posture as she focused on the Cajun male, "You're leaving?" Wanda had thought the words but the fact that both of the Southerns turned to her told her she had spoken out loud.

"This was never supposed to be long term. Technically this was our vacation time, Nocturnal Madness was a plus for him because we decided to stay here."

"When?" Anna asked, looking ahead at the stage and noticing that the Brotherhood was almost done setting up.

Remy let go of the rails and leaned back into his seat letting one of his legs move side to side letting it repeatedly collide into hers, "Two weeks after Nocturnal."

"Hmm," was the low answer from the Southern Beauty. On the other side of her, Wanda looked around the room, there was no hint of the orange color she was looking for.

After a few seconds her expression turned stoic and she stood up and mumbled, "Good riddance."

Anna watched her walk away not failing to notice the lack of bite to the words. She let her leg swing sideways letting it crash in a harsher manner into the male next to him. Her own way of saying goodbye as she stood up and followed.

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

"Have you checked in with Amara?" Jubilee was broken out of her calculations by the question. She looked up to see Roberto leaning beside her desk, how long he had been there staring she had no idea.

"She hasn't messaged me since the morning when she messaged that she was home. Thanks for that by the way."

He sighed at the answer and then shook his head, "No problem. I just wish there was something I could do but it seems like her mom has a tight rope on her."

Jubilee nodded, "She's very serious and uptight, but honestly they didn't seem so bad while I was with them."

"Well you're not their kid. There's a different type of pressure, that and plus, Amara makes it seem like her mom is really obsessed with winning those pageants. The pressure is high on her right now."

Jubilee nodded, "Thank god it's almost over."

Roberto nodded agreeing, "Next weekend right?"

"Mhmm."

Roberto sighed again and after a moment seemed to realize that that wasn't the reason he came up to her, "Oh hey, after work Ray and I have to go over to the lounge for practice. I don't know if you just want to take an Uber home or if you want to hang out with us until we leave."

"I can catch a ride with Laura."

"She mentioned having a date. Something about getting things ready for the weekend, that's why she asked me to ask you what you wanted to do."

"Ah, I see." Jubilee answered and then did a spin in her chair. When she stopped her line of sight went to the two toned haired boy who seemed completely lost in the arm of his current client.

"I'll hang out with you guys next door. It's not like there is much to do at the apartment."

"Alright, cool…" the sound of the door bell made him pull away from her table to start heading to his area knowing the next client was his, before going too far he turned back around and said, "If you hear from Amara you'll let me know?"

The Asian girl nodded and turned towards the lobby waiting for the next client to appear while thinking that chances were Roberto would hear from Amara before her.

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

Ray looked intently at the stage, his Blue gray eyes staying on the skinny Asian girl who was smiling nervously.

"Tabitha is such a jerk. I love her, but she can be such a bully."

Ray didn't bother turning to Bobby, keeping his focus on the girls on the stage. "She does come off aggressively at times," he responded and willed his mind to not bring up her words from a few days ago. "But honestly I don't think Jubilee is the type to let herself be pushed if she doesn't want to be pushed."

"It's too bad we won't get a chance to know her better. Tabitha told me that she declined Jean's offer to join the X-dolls, something about there not being a point since she's out in a few more weeks. It looks like she gets along well with the others…"

Ray ignored the feeling of dread that suddenly overcame him at the words 'she's out'. Thankfully he didn't have to focus on them long as Roberto shifted next to him deciding to add his two cents.

"She does and she's fucken killing it considering the fact that she's not up there constantly practicing it."

"Well you guys have brought her enough times in the last few rehearsals. She's watched it so much that she's got the dance memorized. I'm surprised she looks so at ease considering how many drinks it took her to get up and do karaoke."

"It's the bigger crowd that makes her nervous. There's not a lot of people here and I think she's grown comfortable enough with the ones who are here not to let her be bothered by it."

Bobby nodded and glanced at the older boy who's eyes stayed trained on his newest roommate. There was something different in him lately and he couldn't quite place it. Instead of bringing it up knowing that Ray would sideline the inquiry he looked around the lounge, empty except for a few selected X-Dolls and X-men .

"So why wasn't Kitty able to join us tonight?"

"She said she has an appointment tomorrow morning and couldn't stay late."

"We did start our practice late. I'm surprised Pietro agreed," Roberto responded and looked around to find that the lounge was still a mess from the patrons from before closing time.

"He wants to fine tune everything. It's just a few weeks away now so he needs everyone in here practicing whenever they can," Ray responded and watched as Jubilee arms swayed side to side before going into the air bumping the space above her in the spot Kitty would have originally stood in.

The boys didn't say much more for a few minutes and just watched as the girls on the stage moved without music, their moves in complete sync. After a bit they stopped and looked at them, Tabitha put a hand on her waist and tilted her head to the side, "Alright we're ready for the music now…"

The three males nodded and started walking up towards the stage and meeting Sam and Kurt halfways and eventually starting their long night.

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

"I'm fucken beat," Roberto whined as the three made it into the apartment. "I'm going to bed and pass the fuck out."

"At least you're off tomorrow," Jubilee remarked, trying to look on the bright side.

"Yeah and he gets to wake up early to do it all over again," Ray butted in with a smirk as he looked over the rehearsal schedule Pietro had passed out before they left.

Roberto made an unintelligible sound before walking away towards the bedroom, letting a hand go into the air, his way of saying goodnight without actually saying it.

Jubilee watched him go before turning to glance at Ray and almost as if an invisible switch had been pulled the air became tense with a sexual energy.

She subconsciously licked her lips before her eyebrows perked upwards, "So…your bed? Or the kitchen or the bathroom or are we feeling daring enough to try somewhere new?" She looked away to look at the couch in the room.

His lips gave the smallest twitch upwards before shaking his head, "I think we should sleep tonight. It was a long day. Actually, if you don't mind, maybe we should chill for a few days…"

Jubilee felt her lips part into a small O making him quickly added "I just feel like this scheduled is going to fuck me up in all kinda of ways and Bobby's stupid ass mentioned that he's AC is messing up again and I should really focus on…"

"Oh no It's cool, it's totally fine," Jubilee interrupted him, her hands going into the air in front of her and waving sideways, "Yeah, I was looking at Roberto's copy on our way here and it looks like a lot, I get it."

"...Yeah…"

The room got silent as they stared at one another and after a minute Jubilee couldn't handle the staring contest anymore and shifted her weight from foot to foot. "Alright well i'm going to head to bed, I'll see you in the morning."

"Good night," was the answer along with a nod. Jubilee gave a small smile and followed Roberto's earlier footsteps. It wasn't until Ray heard the small click of her door that he moved.

His eyes went to the couch and he groaned to himself letting a hand go through his hair in a frustrated manner.

She would have looked amazing sprawled against the cushions. Cheeks flushed, hair sticking to her sweaty forehead, eyes going to the back of her head with her bottom lip caught under her teeth as she forced herself not to make a sound while he pounded into her.

He felt the blood rush to his nether region as he vividly visualized it. Fuck he wanted it, he wanted her…but the stirrings in his chest weren't a good sign. He could feel the attachment starting, but the fact was like she was leaving was not going to change. He needed to nip this in the ass and he needed to do it now.

He bit his bottom lip letting the pressure on his piercing get to a painful level before making his way to his room. He tried ignoring the door right next to his but his body was a treacherous thing and his eyes roamed the closed door before walking into his own room and locking himself in.

O-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-O

Laura's leg was shaking up and down. Her head was tilted to the side as her eyes peered out the window at the nearing building.

Her attention was pulled away as a hand went to her knee, the fingertips gently pressing into the fabric of her jeans.

She turned to see sapphire eyes focused on her. He tilted his head to the front making her turn to see that the light for the seatbelts had been turned on. She had been so deep in her thoughts that she hadn't heard the announcement. Her hands went to her midsection to put the seatbelt in while a ding echoed around them.

"Please remain seated as we are about to land. The attendants will go over instructions when we have come to a stop. We hope you have enjoyed your flight. Enjoy your stay and we hope to see you again. Once again, we welcome you to Canada."

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Jubilay- It's happened! Ray is in trouble and he sees it! So what does he decide to do? Pull away of course! We will see a lot more of that behavior and how they both handle the distance in the next chapter. I'm not gonna lie, the action in the car was very sexy -smirk- the stuff in bed was suppose to be more emotional and hopefully it showed and was good because I am a very strong believe that my romantical smut isn't as good as my naughty smut but oh well, what can I do? I love ending that scene with SOS because Ray is in distress now. That was fun :P I enjoyed writing Jubilee's reaction to the Amara situation, it was interesting considering we almost always see her so happy and upbeat.

Amarto- The part with Amara looking at the camera after her mom finds her broke my heart. Like, ouch. Roberto is the sweetest! I really love their moment in the car and the song was just an amazing choice for them specifically. We are getting a lot closer to her performance.

Romy- Bwhaha, the tension at the date line made me cackle as I wrote. Jealous, "not jealous" Rogue is fun. Very minimal action but they were there and we also found out that their time together is now limited.

Xietro- We didn't meet Victor in this chapter but it's coming. Stay tuned ;)

Jonda- Barely a mention but what a mention. Wanda is still over here lying to herself XD Guess we'll see what happens ;)

The song used in this chapter was SOS by Elizaveta.

Announcement: Haha, so my Wavier obsession has passed for the moment but I don't see myself updating next month, not because I will not be writing but because I have my brain filled with another plot bunny at this time so you will be seeing me soon but it will be for a Jubilay fic called Misery Business. I've had an idea for a Jubilay fic with Tabitha drama for over a decade and it finally took root in my head over the past month or so and when the muse is a calling you have to listen. So hope to see you there!

As always thanks for the continued love and support! See you soon :)

-UHW