Eliza had snuck in early this morning to pick at the sandwiches left over from the party. She looked around, wondering if anyone else was up.
The room had been cleaned up from the cupcake massacre the night before.
Junior entered the room looking particularly tired. He was carrying a garbage bag and some clening supplies. It was aparent he'd stayed up all ngiht to clean up the mess.
"Go sleep, you look wasted"
Eliza mumbled through a wonderful turkey and stuffing sandwich "If you needed help you should have come look for me."
"Nah."
Junior told his cousin. He grabbed all the sandwiches that had been made with mayo and dumped them in the bag. They where no longer safe to eat. "THats the troubel with being everyone's best friend." He said "You do stuff without asking for help." He did however help himself to and egg salad sandwich before he tossed them. He had a stomach like an inferno, he didn't have to worry about eating slightly ruine food.
"Is that why the twins have to be told to do something fifty times before they stop staring at your chest"
Eliza said, blowing a strand of long hair out of her eyes.
"Liz, we're cousins."
Junior sid stuffing nother sndwich in his fce "No boob talk."
"Oh, of course"
Eliza rolled her eyes "I mean, it's uncomfortable for cousins to even TALK about it. Remind me, who's babies are the two idiots?"
"Oh yeah..."
Junior said "They shouldn't be looking at anything other than your head." HE filled the bag a little fuller, leaving the sandwiches that where still good. "LEt me ask you soemthing?... Do you think there is anything off about Jeremy?"
"Apart from the green? And the hair? And the nails?"
Eliza asked, raising an eyebrow. "He seems nice enough, never stared at my chest."
"Well I'm beginning to think he might be gay."
Junior said "Not tht there is anything wrong with it. BUt have you noticed the way he looks at me?"
Eliza blinked, then suddenly snapped her fingers at Junior. "Dont start rumours Junior" she said firmly "It'd be bad if he wasn't and it would be worse if he is. I mean, if he is gay then he should come out in his own time."
"I'm not trying to start rumors,"
Junior said "I'm just asking your opinion. Have you seen the way he looks at me?"
"I noticed that he does look at you a lot, but you're practically his closest friend here. The others havent exactly been openly happy to see him. Or not see him in Antimony's case..."
Eliza said.
"Still..."
Junior said "Keep an eye on him. Don;t tell anyone though. Like you said I don;t want rumors flying around if its not true. Even if it is I don;t want rumors flying ound."
"Scouts honour"
Eliza said, raising a hand as if swearing not to tell "You know, you could ask him..."
"Naaahh..."
Junior sid "It'd be wierd. And if I'm wrong how are we supposed to talk after that?"
"Appologise, wonder why you thought he was gay in the first place and try to keep talking."
Eliza shrugged.
"Once it's out there it's out there and you can't change tht."
Junior said
"Then dont ask him. Forget about it and move on. If he is gay he'll tell us."
Eliza sighed.
"I wasn't gonna ask him."
Junior told her
Eliza was about to answer when a sandwich floated up from beside her and whizzed across the room. It hit Junior softly in the face. there was no one else visable in the room. It must have been
Jeremy
Junior instantly thought he was screwed. Jeremy could have heard everything. "Jeremy?"
Jeremy couldn't talk while he was ghosty, but he suddenly appeared as a white glowing figure hovering beside the table. He nodded slowly at Junior.
"Look I wasn't trying to start rumors or anything."
Junior said "I just... Look man I'm dumb. We're friends. I shouldn't be thinking thing like that."
Jeremy slowly floated over to Junior. He cocked his head, wondering what he was going to do himself. Slowly, he leant forward and hugged Junior tight.
Junior froze "Your not mad?"
Jeremy blushed gently, his cheeks turning even paler. He nodded slowly and leant forward. He kissed Junior softly on the cheek.
Junior blushed a deeper shadeo of red. "Ok mn this is wigging me out, can you become coporial again and we can actualy talk?"
Jeremy nodded and looked backwards at the door. He dissapeared.
"Ohhhh... you got in trouble"
Eliza said, staring at Junior with raised eyebrows.
"I'm not so sure..."
Junior said rubbing his cheek where jeremy kissed him
"There's different types of trouble"
Eliza said, crossing her arms and looking at Junior meeningfuly.
Jeremy walked in shyly, pushing his long green hair out of his eyes. "Y-yes Junior?" he asked shakily, not daring to look up.
"I idnt hurt your feelings did I?"
Junior said
"N-no"
Jeremy whispered, still staring at the floor "I... I'm a bit relieved. I didn't know how to tell you."
"Hey brah's!"
Kale said, sliding down the railing of the stairs. "Good mornin'. What's for breakfast?"
Jeremy blushed brighter at Kale's appearence. Great, more people. He reeeeaaaly hadn't want it out this soon.
"Left over sandwiches.
Junior said. He made a mental not to talk to jeremy lter.
"Hey man, what's wrong?"
Kale asked Jeremy, seeing his cheeks, "You got a fever?"
"I feel a bit dizzy.."
Jeremy said, his hair hanging over his face so he looked like the girl from the ring but green.
"Then I'll pass on those sandwiches."
Kale noted to himself. "So what's the plan for today? Rescuing helpless damsels? Saving the world from total destruction? Perhaps stopping an evil man's diabolical plan from occurring?"
"Cleaning!"
Eliza said, nodding firmly "This place is a tip. Half of the people left here within seconds of the x-men dissapearing. Cleaning, and just to make it training you can use your powers. Unless Waya has another idea."
"Umm...you know I can clean with my power, right? Hell, that's almost all it's good for. This place is spotless cause of me, babe."
Kale replied.
"That's why you're cleaning"
Eliza sighed "But you're gonna have to use it a lot so that'll put a lot of pressure on you."
Kale exhaled and wrapped an arm around Eliza, "What do you say about hte lot of us going bowling or something instead?"
"I'd love to"
Eliza said, rubbing her eyes and flicking hair out her face "But you gotta find a mutant friendly one first, then find the money, then find a way of getting there that isn't the jet and then learn that I can poke the pins down with my finger without crossing the line."
"Maybe we should just play it safe?"
Junior said "There isn't many mutant friendly places around anymore. I persionaly don't want to get stoned. I think I speak for Jeremy and Moe also."
"Im bright green, have red eyes and I can possess things. Im a ghoul to everyone but you guys. I dont fancy bowling with everyone staring at us"
Jeremy sighed.
"I was meaning image inducers."
Junior said "so we all look normal.
Kale nodded, "Alright! Positive thinking!" he punched Jr. in the shoulder in a friendly way.
Junior smiled and gave Kale a quick one two as his tail tied his shoelaces together.
"No one try that on me"
Jeremy said, staring as they began to punch at each other "I'll tear like a wet tissue."
"Pfft..."
Kale smirked, "I'm up for a surfing simulation in the danger room."
'Your always up for a surfing simulation in the danger room."
Junior said
"Im up for a horror simulation, where we've all got to stay quiet or run. Sort of like a test to say if we can keep quiet enough if someone's after us"
Jeremy suggested. He was really creepy at times.
"Surfing with killer sharks and ghosts of dead sailors it is then!"
Kale announced.
"Yeah, cause we're really gonna face ghost pirates"
Jeremy muttered, rolling his eyes invisibly under his hair.
"we are X-Men."
Junior said it's a possibility. "If we're going lets go. As early as it is Waya's probably already using it.
"Should we go then?"
Eliza asked, eyeing up everyone in the room. She really didn't want to stand here for weeks on end just after Jeremy had come out to her and Junior.
Veronica strolled in, wearing a silky black night gown that was more like lingerie. "Good morning all!" She spied Kale and waved to him daintily
Kale blinked, "Whoa...sheesh
." he smacked his forehead, "Hubba hubba..." he whispered."
Veronica waltzed over to Kale and ran her finger along his cheek. "Good morning, surfer boy."
One of his feelers twitched a little, "Mornin' We were just gonna go surfing in the danger room." Kale explained.
"Ooooo!!!!!!!" Veronica said excitedly. She jumped up and down and grasped a hold of Kale's arm. "Can I come? Can I? Can I?"
"Course babe." Kale said, looking down at her.
Veronica smiled and rubbed her nose against his neck
Kale moved away from her nose...it was weird.
Veronica looked at him and pouted. She shrugged and stuck her tongue out at him. "So when are we going to go surfing?"
"We? You can surf?" Kale asked before answering, "Whenever the others post we can head down there."
"Well I'm not really all that good at it, but I'm good at laying on the beach and catching some rays." Veronica told him with a smirk, striking a pose for him
"I'm going to try and surf... probably bail before I'm in five feet of water" Jeremy huffed, blowing some long hair out of his eyes.
Stumble!