Dressed in tight black leather pants, black boots, and no shirt, Bobby made his way down to the auditorium, where he and a few other students had set everything up for the party. Music was playing loudly, and drinks and food were set up on various tables, with a large space cleared for a dance floor.
"Let's get retarded in here," he sang, wandering over to a few of the students who were milling in.
Bree sauntered in, wearing a short pink dress that barely covered anything. It was backless and halter necked, cut low in the front, so that it was basically just two pieces of material covering her breasts. The dress was strategically taped into place. Her hair was straightened, and had been let to fall into half dreadlocks, around her bare shoulders, with newly added black streaks at the bottom, and her pink high heels clicked delicately on the wooden floors.
"Yeah, Breezy!" Bobby whistled, moving over to talk to the new arrival.
"What are ya?"
"Xtina. What are you?" Bree replied, playing with her lip ring slightly.
"I pretty much just came as me. Hot," Bobby said, grinning.
"I see. Julie here yet?"
"My lady love will be around somewhere."
Rachel and Dawn
Rachel was psyched for the party. She had finally gotten her figure back, after a lot of excessive working out and weight training, and was able to wear her Xena costume again.
"Hey Girl, you look great!" Rachel said to Dawn, who was dressed as Princess Buttercup. Clark, of course, was Westley.
"Not as great as you. You rock, Chica."
"I feel like dancing," Rachel said, as she did a silly little spaz dance, spinning around with her hand in the air.
Julie, Rogue and Shannon
Julie arrived in a somewhat skimpy outfit, showing off her rather pregnant belly and lots of shiny, jingly jangly things hanging off her clothes.
"Okay, Ah'll bite," Rogue said. "What are you?"
"A belly dancer," Julie grinned.
"Ahh, of course."
"And you?"
"Anna Paquin."
"Aha! I knew something was different! You dyed your streak!"
"Sorta... Ah messed around with the atoms of some black dye so that it'll actually come off when Ah next wash muh hair."
"Ahh, real temporary hair dye."
"Somethin' like that."
Shannon chose that moment to enter the auditorium. She was wearing a light coloured dress with a long skirt that possible would have dragged on the ground, if Shannon weren't so light on her feet. She held a wand with a little star on it at the end.
"You should have come as a belly dancer too," Julie said to her. "No offence or anything, Shannon, but you look a little -"
"Shush you," Rogue said. "Ah'm guessin' you've come as a fairy?"
"Fairy godmother," Shannon confirmed.
"Hence why she looks mothery. Like a southern wife on some prairre somewhere, who should be cooking over a hot stove."
"Shannon doesn't look a thing like muh mother," Rogue said pointedly, raising an eyebrow.
"Oops, sorry."
Bobby
"Darling Julie!"
Bobby ran over and hugged his girlfriend tightly.
"Hi!"
Julie
Julie hugged Bobby back.
"Hi, hotstuff," Julie replied.
She kissed him passionately.
Bobby and Bree
Bobby kissed her back and grinned.
Bree came tottering over.
"Hey Julie."
Julie and Rogue
Julie just waved a hand at her, too preoccupied with Bobby to actually say anything. Rogue rolled her eyes.
"Hi Bree," Rogue said.
Rachel
"Julie rocks," Rachel declared, "Which, is now technically true," she stuck her tongue out cheekily.
"No, we all rock," Kitty said, bouncing over in black spandex with cat ears and a tail, and wiskers drawn on. Theresa spun around sillily, in her Guenivere costume, from the new King Arthur movie. She'd even painted her skin blue.
Julie, Rogue, Shannon and Aranince
"Yes, yes I know," Julie preened.
"Egotist," Rogue accused.
"Am I late for the party?" asked Aranince entering.
"Ara?" Shannon asked in surprise. "What are you doing here?"
"That's right, don't sound happy to meet me."
"Well, my power is opposites."
Rogue leaned over to Julie.
"Did Shannon just make a joke?"
"I see you still have that wand of yours."
"I like it. And it does suit my costume."
"Children can makes those wands. There's more magic in your little finger than that wand."
"I never said I still used it."
"Point."
There was something about her sister that was making Shannon feel a little edgy. Something to do with magic, but that was all she could figure out.
Bree and Bobby
"Hey guys," Bree said cheerfully.
"Ooh, wait here!" Bobby said, jumping around like a kid, before darting outside.
He came back, moments later, shivering, and with his hands behind his back.
"Julie, my darling, these are for you."
And on that note, he pulled a long stemmed rose out from behind his back, and a small white box, with a necklace inside, a small heart shaped charm dangling delicately from the white gold chain.
Julie and Rogue
"Oh my gosh," Julie gasped. "Oh Bobby! You're so sweet! Thank you."
"Aww," Rogue teased.
"Oh, you're just jealous because Gambit doesn't spoil you."
"That's what you think."
Orlando
"Bobby, that's so cute!" Kitty said.
"KItty's a kitty? That interestingly lame," Orlando teased. He was dressed as Zorro. KItty sztuck her tongue out at him.
Bobby and Bree
"I have to keep giving Julie reasons to stay with me," Bobby joked.
He fastened the necklace around Julie's neck, then put his arms around her pregnant belly.
"Anyway, wanna grab some food, lady love? I'm kinda hungry."
"Aren't you always hungry?" Bree asked.
"Well... yes."
Julie and Rogue
"Well, we make a good couple then," Julie giggled. "I'm always hungry too. Onto the food!"
"Okay, you eat," said Rogue. "Ah think Ah'll... umm... sit down and watch everyone. Like some kind of dereanged stalker. Okay, maybe not. Ah'm just havin' a Calvin moment."
"Aren't you done with him yet?"
"Well, he's still there... but he's a bit quieter these days. Or maybe Ah've just gotten used to him. Which is a scary thought."
Bobby
"You could absorb me, Roguey. And my peni... yeah food!"
Bobby giggled.
He grabbed Julie and started leading her to the food.
"Hey, later, when we're dancing, I'll put ice down Rogue's shirt."
Julie and Rogue
Julie giggled.
"Yay, pick on Rogue night!" she grinned.
Rogue looked at Shannon and rolled her eyes.
"People like Bobby should be shot," she said solomnly.
Kitty and Theresa
"No, Dance with us, Rogue!" Kitty and Theresa each grabbed one of Rogue's hands, pulling her out onto the dancefloor.
Bobby
"Hmmm, fooooood," Bobby mused, looking at the food.
He grabbed a plate and handed it to Julie, before taking one for himself.
"I feel like chicken, me thinks."
Julie and Rogue
Julie looked Bobby up and down.
"Really? You don't look like one," she joked.
"Hey! Let me go!" Rogue objected.
Kitty, Miguel and Mikey
"Nope," Kitty said. "You're gonna dance with us."
Miguel & Michael, despite having already graduated, were dancing together. Miguel was dressed as a Smurf, and Mikey, being insanely weird, had dressed as himself. Well, actually, as Tommy Gnosis, the character he played in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
Rogue and Aranince
"Oooh, if you don't let me go I'll... I'll... I'll absorb you," Rogue threatened.
"Hey that's so cool," said Aranince. "You're a smurf!"
Kitty and Miguel
"Pues, people are always calling me one, so I thought 'why not?'" Miguel answered.
"IF you absorb me, you'll have better dancing skills," Kitty teased.
Rogue and Aranince
"Turd," Rogue said.
"Indeed," Aranince grinned. "And what a cute smurf you make too."
Bobby
Bobby laughed and grabbed some food.
"Oi, tonight, after this, wanna get heaps and heaps of junk food, some DVD's, then actually spend a night in our place? It's got enough furniture for us to be able to do that. We can invite Rogue and others too, if ya want."
Julie
Julie smiled, filling up her own plate to mountainous proportions.
"Sure, that would be awesome," she said. "Man, I can wait to move in and get my game up on the air."
Kitty, Miguel and Mikey
"Turd? Oh, that's mature. Fine, be a wallflower," Kitty said.
"I'm a cute smurf?" Miguel asked. "Muchas Gracias."
"You know what I find amusing?" Mikey said. "I think it's funny that we're having a party tonight, when we're just going to have a big 4th of July party tomorrow."
Bobby
"I thought it might be cool, seeing as we're completely getting out of there soon. Maybe the middle of the month."
Bobby nodded.
"Fun times. I say we have parties."
Julie, Rogue and Aranince
"Parties are very cool things," Julie agreed, as she sat down with her food.
"Okay, I will then," Rogue said, relieved to be finally free of the dance police.
"Very, very cute," Aranince affirmed with a wink.
Mikey
"Well, you see, parties are an excellent excuse to get raving drunk and fall down the stairs. Therefore we should have a party every weekend.* Mikey declared.
Mikey and Kitty
"Mine," Mikey declared to Aranince, getting defensive over his boyfriend being called 'cute' by a girl.
"Defensive much?" Kitty joked. SHe suddenly decided to be very weird, and licked Mikey's cheek.
"Ew! Girl germs!" the 23-year-old shrieked.
Aranince and Shannon
"I was just flirting with a gay guy, wasn't I?" Aranince said to Shannon.
Shannon nodded.
"You're not being opposite again, are you Shazza?"
Shannon smiled.
Mansion Students - as written by Joy
Micah, who because of his "bat" mutation had grown wings and had sonar, was dressed, quite appropriately as Batman. The 17-year-old mutant was cruising the mansion, looking for a girl to hit on.
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Constantine, otherwise known as "EMPster" because of his electromagnetism power had finally built up the courage to ask Ophelia to dance. The mermaid was dressed as 'Ariel', in her ball gown, and not with her tail at the moment.
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Arthur Robinson, fittingly nicknamed "PEndragon" since his mutation caused him to grow green scales was dressed as King Arthur. The 14-year-old was quite proud of his costume.
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Avalanche, otherwise known as Lance Alvers, decided asked Kitty to dance.
"Sure," she said, smiling at her ex They were still on good terms, and Lance was hoping he might be able to rekindle the romance.
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Kitty Pryde was not the only mansion resident punning on her name. Bonnie Rabbit had donned a leotard, with a little cotton tail and some bunny ears, and was hopping around. She went over to Arthur.
"Care to dance?"
"Sure." The two began to boogie as only a rabbit and a dragon could.
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Tina was, not surprisingly dressed as Jane Eyre. Her kinda-sometimes boyfriend, Dave, had been pestered into dressing as Mr. Rochester.
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Martha was enjoying her very non-Amish life, and showing it by dressing up as Madonna fron the 80s. After she had learned how to use a computer, she had learned absolutely everything she could about popular culture and the modern world, and decided she loved it all. She was never going back.
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Geraldine Foster was hanging back by the wall. The 'horse' mutant wans't very graceful with her cloven feet and tail, and felt very self conscious, even with them hidden by a long dress. So she sat in a chair and sipped punch that she did not realize was spiked.
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Haymish Baykon decided NOT to capitalise on his name and dress up as a pig. Instead, he dressed up as Will Turner from "Pirates of the Carribean." He wanted to ask Gerry to dance, but he couldn't raise the courage.
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Keith Bacca was definitely enjoying the party. The 16-year-old size manipulator was dressed as a stereotypical vampire, and dancing with Queenie Stevenson, a 15-year-old atmosphere manipulator who was definitely into him. She was, of course, dressed as a queen, her tiara sparkling beautifully..
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As a slower song came on, Michael Pitt laid his head on his boyfriend's shoulder, and they danced very close to each other, just enjoying each other's company.
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Becky and Rosalind spotted the 'other gay couple' dancing, and decided to follow their lead, stepping into the slow dance together, toghtly holding onto each other.
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Dawn Summers laid her head on her boyfriend's chest, as the couple levitated a few feet off the ground, slowly turning as they floated.
Bobby
Bobby munched happily on a piece of chicken.
"But tonight is a semi party. It's like a wind down from this party. If that makes sense."
Julie
"Winding down is good," Julie nodded.
She finished her piece of garlic bread and started on another.
"Yes, I know garlic is bad for the breath.... but I don't care."
Bobby
"You're pregnant, you can eat whatever."
Bobby nodded and forked a bit of chicken into his mouth.
"Good chicken."
Julie
"Thank you for your support," Julie grinned.
She then squeezed her orange slices onto her piece of chicken and ate it.
Ducky
Ducky flitted over, dressed as Claire Danes, since everybody says that sho she looked like.
"Mmmmm, is that garlic? It smells sooooo goood," Ducky said, dipping her corn chips in her diet soda.
Bobby
"That orange would be better off my penis," Bobby said automatically.
"Wait... I said that out loud, didn't I? Ha, let's pretend I didn't."
He then ate some more chicken.
"Hey J, I love you."
Julie and Rogue
"I'm sure it would be, but we are in company in the moment," Julie grinned.
"That never stopped you before," Rogue commented.
"Well, in that case -"
"It was an observation, not permission."
Julie's grin broadened.
"I love you too, B," she said.
Dawn and Ducky
Dawn decided to grab some chips and came over to where the food was.
"That is just, disgusting," as she watched Ducky dip BBQ potato chip intoher chocolate pudding. The she looked at Julie with her orange & chicken. "Pregnant women are weird," Dawn decided.
"Tis yummy," Ducky said.
Julie
"Hey, I thought I'd experiment. You can get Apricot Chicken. Why not Orange Chicken?" then Julie paused. "Of course, Apricot Chicken usually gets cooked in apricot necter..."
She look down at her chicken, shrugged, and continued eating it.
Dawn and Rachel
"Dawn, aren't you the one who eats mac & cheese with peanut butter in it?" Rachel teased.
"Um, I plead the fifth." Dawn said, trying to look innocent.
Bobby and Rebekah
"There is such a thing as orange chicken," Bobby said.
Rebekah entered the hall, dressed in a short grey skirt, black off the shoulder shirt and black knee high boots. A black cabbie hat sat on her head, and her hair was braided into zig zags up the top.
"Hey, Bek's here!" Bobby exclaimed.
He hopped up and went over to greet her.
"Where's Jono?"
"He'll be around soon," Rebekah replied, walking with him over to the table.
"Hi guys."
Julie and Rogue
"Hey Bek," Julie smiled. "Have some Orange Chicken."
"Or... don't," Rogue commented.
Julie poked her pierced tongue out at her.
Bobby and Rebekah
"Ha, it's a pregnant convention," Bobby commented.
Rebekah sat down and smapled some of Julie's chicken.
"That's not too bad, actually."
Julie
"See? I told ya," Julie said smugly.
"Each to their own," Rogue responded.
Aranince
Aranince wandered around, wondering briefly why she bothered to come to the party.
She paused, considering what mischeif she could get up to. Maybe liven the party a bit. What could she do?
She sat up, a smile crossing her face. There was the matter of the magic she was learning from Medea. Of course, most of that involved shape changing and fertility, but...
Hmm... who could she victimise?
Aranince looked over the students carefully. At a loss, she muttered a couple of words under her breath. Neat trick of Medea's - it seemed to harness her Elven gift of foresight with an ability to gauge whatever particular aspects. In this case, fertility.
How interesting... from the looks of things, if Julie got pregnant third time, would probably have twins again.
Her friend and 'Mini-Julie', Rachel, was not so favoured. Standard fertility by the looks of things. Well, why should Julie have all the fun? She'd need a couple of things, but she bet should could make Rachel's future pregnancies interesting.
She slipped out quickly, to get the things she needed. Fortunately, they were already prepared. Aranince was firm int he opinion of having her ingrediants always ready for whenever she might need them. After all, you never know when you might want to pull a little prank on someone, and some ingrediants took a few days to get ready.
She made her little mixture, chanted a few phrases, and then popped back down the the party, and looked around for Rachel.
Rachel
Rachel looked at Aranince in her stereotypical witch costume, complete with a wart on the end of her nose.
"Cute costume," she said.
Aranince
"Thanks," Ara replied.
She then 'accidently' spilled her drink (really the concoction she had just made up) on Rachel.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry!" Aranince said. "Here, let me clean it up. I know a good spell for that kind of thing."
Aranince then proceeded to say the spell for her little concoction to do it's work (as opposed to the 'clean up' spell she knew). The spell cause the mixture to seemingly disappear, when it really seeped into Rachel's body.
Rachel
Rachel felt strange for a moment, but shook it off. Weird. Well, at least her Xena costume wasn't stained. She grabbed the nearest guy and just started dancing.
Aranince and Shannon
Aranince smiled to herself. This should make things interesting.
Then she felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around to see Shannon giving her a piercing gaze.
"What did you do?" she demanded in that soft voice of hers. "That was not the clean up spell, and don't try to convince me it was."
"You heard?" Aranince asked.
"My hearing is just as good as yours."
Aranince shrugged nonchalantly.
"Just having a little fun, Shazza, as always."
"I would appreciate you not playing games with my friends. Not the kinds of games you like to play with magic," Shannon paused, and sniffed the air a little. An alarmed look crossed her face. "Oh... Ara... you did not..."
"Didn't what?"
"You are not... You have not... Ara... Is it..." Shannon had trouble forming the words, what she was trying to say was so terrible in her mind.
"I've been learning more of the magical arts," Aranince nodded. "From Medea."
Shannon stepped back in horror.
"But she... but you... but -"
"What are you so upset about? You of all people should realise just how backwards the little community of elves we come from are. Heck, I'm surprised that they didn't shun mother-dear for marrying father, except that he did them a great favour that rendered him a hero in their eyes - even if he was a human. I have the ability, and the drive to because truly powerful in the ways of magic, Shazza. I've just been denied the teachings all my life."
"But... but Medea..."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"Our people are not your enemies."
"Wrong! Wrong, Shannon! They shun you. They deny me. And they drove our brother away. Who knows where he is now, and it's all their fault. How can you say their not our enemies? How can you possibly defend them?"
"They are my family, Ara. Just as you are."
"They don't deserve you, Shazza. They don't deserve any of us."
She turned her back, and wandered off to the otherside of the audiotorium, so that she could watch Rachel and gloat to herself.