Pizza with Chopper

[Stoney]

Making a detour to retrieve the young boy's bag from the foyer, Stoney walked into the kitchen right behind Chopper. The little guy held his pizza box flat and true, just like the girl without cooties had shown him to do and excitedly the two boys settled in for some private screenings on the Alpha Squad member's DVD player. Chester had picked the boy up, pizza and all and set him down on the counter to set up the movie player.

Flipping open the pizza box he grabbed a slice and stuck it in his mouth. Leaving it to dangle only a second while he went and pulled up a stool to sit there next to Chopper. Their heads at the same level, Chesty crouching down a little to get just the same angle on the screen as his little companion. "Mmm" he said as he munched on his pizza and grabbed two more slices out of the box handing one to Chopper and starting on the other as he had finished his first slice in just three bites.

[Chopper]

Chopper set up the movie player and looked through his case full of DVDs. "You gotta see Transformers Stoney, I mean I gots the extended version now so its even more cool stuff. And my dad said the DVD player is high def, which means it'll look really cool!" he said and pressed play on the player, grabbing his slice of pizza and watching the movie with his best friend. "Ew that girl has cooties, Sam shouldn't touch her," Chopper pointed out and waited excitedly for the part where Optimus Prime to come on. "Oh oh look! This is the part where the car turns into a cooler car!" he said excitedly pointing to the screen as he munched on his pizza.

They ignored the noise going on in the rec room and they stuck to the movies, engrossing themselves in a world with Robots transforming into cars. "Hey that kinda looks like Cyclops' car. You think his car is an autobot?" Chopper asked Stoney as he munched on his pizza and watched the movie with wide eyes.

[Stoney]

Shrugging his shoulders as if he was not discounting the idea at all Stoney wiped the pizza sauce off of his face with the back of his hand. He turned back to watch more of the movie. Chopper was really into it and Stoney hadn't been able to see it up till now so his eyes were glued to the little screen.

He liked it and it was relaxing to hang out with someone who never judged him. Chopper was cool like that, Chester didn't care what his team might say about his friendship with the little boy. Decibel liked him too, but she liked kids. The other Hellions though, they teased him about his mischievous girl hating shadow.

They had watched almost all of it and were a good ways into the pizza when the feeling of eyes were on them. Turning sheepishly Chesty looked behind him to see Wolverine and Ember standing there watching the two of them. He wasn't sure how long they'd been standing there, and if he hadn't been having so much fun with Chopper he would have been more on his guard. He hoped Ms. Frost didn't catch wind of this or he would seriously be in some hot water.

Frowning a little in his way of saying he was busted for letting his guard down and getting snuck up on he turned back to see the end of the movie. It was sad that Jazz had died, he was Stoney's favorite. He always liked him on the old cartoon and he liked the new version of him because he loved the Pontiac Solstice. He would never have one, but he liked that car and even had a torn out picture of a green one with silver stripes, from a magazine, tacked to his bedroom wall.

[Ember]

The comfortably silent walk to the kitchen is when Aideen was having an internal battle with herself. Her body automatically leaned into his touch, her mind was at a battle with parts of her that she never brought to light before now. This is all odd, too odd. I was never that comfortable being so close before, and I shouldn't have been. Uncle spent years teaching me to keep my guard up, and it just ceases existence in his presence, oh screw it that position. I didn't bolt though or want to, I just wanted to stay in his arms. It's probably still the Limbo thing, remember psychology class. I formed an attachment and level of comfort with him for holding me when I cried for the first time. That has to be it. She swallowed hard and sneaked a glance at him.I'm a bigger fool than I should be. Aideen had a lot of thinking to do later, but no matter what the battle that raged between her heart and her mind, she didn't feel any less comfortable or relaxed with him. If anything is was simply a new feeling of relishing the time spent together. Before they approached the kitchen, she turned to look at him with her large dark eyes, studying him in the manner that she adapted around him; without wariness or judgment.

"Lesson number two is next, I presume," Aideen said quietly taking in features and reaction to the next words that left her mouth. "They're a really good way to... get warm," she said with studious dark eyes and her heart started beating a little faster again at the thought of the way she got warmer. Part of her wanted to learn more, the bred warrior yearning to quench it's thirst for all forms of fighting, the other part of her liked spending time with him for reasons she knew and kept back.

She walked into the kitchen with her dark eyes noticibly brighter and her skin at a healthy tan shade to see Stoney with Chopper watching a movie on a mini DVD player. Aideen gave Chopper a half smile, nodding at Stoney before passing them and sliding on a stool on the other side of the counter. Aideen placed her bag on the chair, crossing her legs and reaching over to pluck a little lime from the fruit bowl along with a knife from a nearby drawer, cutting it carefully and quickly. She tucked a piece of stray that found its way out of her neat braid after the training session and turned her dark eyes back to look at Logan, still relaxed, but now that she was around other people her guard was up more and she wasn't as much at ease as she was when it was just the two of them

[Wolverine]

Walking in to the kitchen he had seen the pair sitting watching their movie and smiled at the scene. He liked both of the boys, and thought they made a great team. Somehow the two of them had a simple connection and they never questioned it. He saw them both now as brave for following their hearts, and in a way he envied them. Yeah, but if you follow your heart things are not gonna be innocent any more...you know you can't get too close to this girl...just get the beers...just the beers he thought and reached over to open the fridge as Ember went to cut up a lime.

Grabbing two Coronas he noticed that his stash of beer had been dipped into. Hmmm Scott musta had a rough time- he knows better than to touch my brews...unless it was one of the kids. Damn, when the cat's away looks like the mice will play... turning he shut the refrigerator and popped the tops off the two beers with his thumbs. He knew a little lady in Thailand who used to open his beers for him with her teeth and every once in a while he thought of her when he cracked open a bottle of beer. Now was one of those times.

There had been so many women in his life, so many, and they all had been so frail. Something in them needy, something that drew him to rescue them. Ember was different and yet like that in a way, or maybe it was he who needed her. Logan was trying to sort through it all, his mind and his spirit were at odds on this one and he knew which way he was going to go....the way he always went...

"Hey, save any pizza?" he asked as he leaned up against the counter next to Aideen. He took a pull on one of the beers to make a bit of space for the lime and because he wanted to quench his thirst. He was a man who gave in to his desires, and never apologized for it. Placing the other beer down in front of Ember he picked up a slice of lime and squeezed it through the just too small mouth of his bottle. The juice of the fruit fizzing up his beer and making his fingers wet he licked them off tasting her sweet sweat on his finger tips. His breath caught in his lungs for only just a moment as his fingers loitered on his lips and thoughts swirled in his mind.

[Chopper]

Chopper's eyes lit up completely when he saw Aideen and Mr. Logan. He always liked Mr. Logan and his eyes practically had stars in them when he saw Aideen, the only girl he ever deemed that didn't have cooties. "Hi Aideen! Hi Mr. Logan! You guys totally missed it we watched the coolest movie didn't we Stoney? We saw Transformers! It was so cool! There were Autobots that disguised themselves as cars! I bet Mr. Summers car is an Autobot, it looks just like one!" He said excitedly and smiled at them both, a bit more shyly at Aideen. The fact that she saved his pizza like some kind of a ninja and then was really nice about it just made Chopper star struck.

"Bleh, how could you like that stuff? I had some by accident at my dad's once, and it's gross. Grosser than liver and onions. I'll stick with my Pepsi," Chopper said and took a sip pointedly of his can of Pepsi. "And we still gots pizza left. Three whole slices," he said and reached over and pushed the box toward Mr. Logan. "Sorry Aideen we don't have any of that vegetable pizza you likes. We got MAN pizza, but um you can still have," Chopper said with an uncharacteristically shy grin.

"Hey what's wrong with you Mr. Logan? It's that stuff your drinking isn't it? I told you it wasn't good. And then you make it sour with lime? Yuck. You want some Pepsi?" He asked looking around for another can. A yawn escaped him and he smiled sheepishly at Stoney. "Hey Stoney you think we got time for one more movie before Karma makes me go to bed?" Chopper asked with a hopeful grin. "Hey do you guys wanna watch too? My screen is a little small but if we all sit close we can see it," he said getting excited again.

[Ember]

Aideen smiled slightly listening to Chopper go on and on. He was a cute kid, though she still felt odd talking to him. It was a new experience for her to interact with kids. I seem to be experiencing a lot of new things lately. She glanced at Logan when he set the beer in front of her. An amused smile played on her lips when she took a neat sip of the cold beer, drinking it slowly and feeling go almost instantly warm when it swirled in her mouth. Aideen took the lime carefully between two finger and twisted it carefully into the bottle, the lime juice leaving a neat trail down her fingers.

"Thank you Chopper, but I'm quite happy with the 'gross' stuff," she said with a slight smile, taking a napkin and neatly wiping the juice from her fingers. Listening to Chopper prattle on, Aideen raised the opening of the bottle to her lips and took a long slow drink. She put the bottle back down on the table and lightly licked her lips before dabbing them with a napkin. She made no move to go toward the box, allowing Logan to eat his fill. She was alright, but plucked an apple from the fruit bowl to keep up with her meals.

"Tell me about your movies, what kind do you have?" Aideen asked Chopper, carefully choosing her words. She didn't want to seem cold or scary to the kid, so innocent and full of life, one she knew would thankfully be nothing like hers. The prospect of a movie piqued her interest, which was odd enough. Maybe she need a break from everything and just enjoy a movie, or maybe she liked the idea of everyone having to sit closer. She glanced at Logan, startling herself at the flutter in her stomach. What is going on with me? I knew I was comfortable with him, and now it's like those feelings of comfort are taking a turn. I was conditioned never to feel certain things, I'm not allowed to. Never have I felt this before. Perhaps I should consult my psychology book. What do I until then? Sit here and replay the training session in my head while look for an excuse to be nearby and figure this out? This is so... odd. Aideen shook her head a little and took a small neat bite of her apple, licking the juice from her lips while she chewed slowly and carefully, tucking the hair that kept falling in her face.

[RUMBLE]

Brock walked towards the kitchen with the three six packs in his hand. "Looks like Burns got here before I did," he said seeing the whole in the wall with bits of chocolate with his sled under it. He walked into the kitchen set the three six packs on the counter. "Stoney! I was told you were in here! Aw did the little girl hating shadow of your drag you away from all the creatures with soft skin and lovely bumps on their chests? How sad," he mocked the little annoying brat and his buddy while clapping a hand on his massive shoulder. "But hey look progress, hes with a girl right- WHOA!" Brock for the first time looked full on at the girl sitting next to Wolverine. He had only seen her from the corner of his eyes until just then when he got a full on good look at her.

"Holy SHIT you are hot!" he said his mouth falling half open, not giving a damn that he cursed right in front of the kid. "Why don't I know you?!" Brock said and moved over to sit next to sit by her, smirking devilishly at her and looking her up and down as shamelessly as he did Dazzler and Emma. Talk about hot. Long perfect muscled legs, nice rack, and damn those lips. Why can't I find more birds at bars like her? Oh I'm having a piece of that, Brock thought watching her bite into the apple with that hot seductive mouth. "You know, we should get to know each other. I bet you know, we'd have a fun time with that. I could even give you a tour, I'm really good at giving a thorough tour," he said suggestively looking up and down at her form languidly, taking his time to study the tapered slim waist that flared out a small bit to slim toned hips.

Brock didn't glance at anyone else in the room, never being one that got along with Wolverine since he rarely listened in class and that little shadow of Stoney's annoyed the crap out of him. This gorgeous, hot who had a definite edge to her looks was his main focus now, and he always got what he wanted.

[Ember]

So much for a nice beer. Aideen sighed when the loud obnoxious guy walked in, ignoring him the entire time and focusing her attention on people more worthwhile, like Chopper and Logan, especially that she moved her arm just a tiny bit, it brushed up against his whenever she reached for her beer. When the guy that Stoney knew noticed her, her entire being straightened up, stiff and on guard, not at all in a comfortable and relaxed pose that she was in only moments ago. Aideen didn't grace him with a look, just looking straight ahead past Chopper and Stoney and eating her apple, carefully and slowly like a lady should.

"Interesting," she said in a crisp and casual voice, not once looking at the guy who was too close to her for her liking and really in her space when she didn't want him to be. "The few times that I did go into the countryside, Pigs were not allowed inside the house. Have customs changed or does this school make an exception?" Aideen asked in a casual voice, reaching over and taking a demure sip of her beer and then another dainty bite of her apple. And this is why I can never be comfortable in a group of people. There always these jackasses that ruin it for me.

Her fingers clenched the apple, her mask of cold indifference slowly slipped back. She scooted a tiny bit away from the guy, keeping a shudder down when she felt his eyes roam her body. She didn't like it, not one bit. Still refusing to grace him with a glance, Aideen spoke in the same tone she used with most people she didn't care for; the direct tone that spoke at them rather then to them. Up until now she hadn't used it once since Limbo. "You're wasting your time. Go use your sad little lines and pathetic display somewhere that suits your class more. There are plenty of donkey corrals and pig farms just a bit further from here," Aideen said in a the same indifferent voice, but laced with disdain. She did not need this right now.

[Wolverine]

Feeling her brushing up against him made him smile inwardly. Did she want the touch, just as he did? Logan could only wonder and enjoy the contact as the two of them sat behind the boys. A scent in the air let him know of Brock's approach. Now things are gettin' a little too crowded in here for this, and who does this Hellion think he is? This girl is gonna burn him down. Can't get too involved, can't blow my cover...'sides my girl can handle herself. It's one of the things i lov- uh, like about her. he thought.

"Watch yer mouth around the kid, will ya?" Wolverine said after Ember had exchanged pleasantries with Rumble. He gave the Hellion a stern look, one that was different from times when he would slack off in gym class. Logan didn't want to make it obvious why, but he made it plain and clear that he wanted the young guy to go. "Need help findin' the door?"

[Stoney]

As the credits rolled up the little screen Chester looked over to Chopper and then nodded his head to say 'yes another one'. He looked to see what other movies Chopper had brought with him just as Brock came in and slapped him on the shoulder. His words didn't hurt, he didn't care to be in the other room watching Gina and the Corsair she was into. He didn't care about any other girl really, his heart was breaking over it, but it was a pain he carried with him all the time. Sometimes it was worse, but he never said he hurt, never let on.

He looked back at Brock, nodding and smiling at his little joke. Brock was a funny son of a bitch and he loved hanging around with him, but the simple pleasure of not having to be anyone but himself was what drew him to befriending Chopper. The little guy liked Chester for who he was, and that was cool. His Hellion brothers and sisters liked him too, but more for what he could do, at least that was how he felt about it.

Hearing the banter between his team mate and the young lady made him chuckle. He thought she'd given as good as she'd gotten. She was a smart cookie with a quick tongue. Chester had to agree though that the curse word was not cool so when Logan pointed it out he looked to Chopper to nod agreement with the 'old man'. He was wondering what Brock would say now, he had kind of intruded and the feeling in the room was tense now. He didn't want any bad feelings with his team mate, but he did want to just relax and enjoy the last night before classes and training was to start again. Now, thanks to Brock coming back late he knew they were going to have a really rough start, but what else was new.

[Chopper]

Chopper glared at Brock crossing his arms. That guy was mean to him and he teased him sometimes a lot. Plus he liked girls way too much and always had cooties cause he was just with some girl that had them. He watched with narrowed eyes when he went to talk to Aideen. Chopper's face fell a bit. "Hey Brock don't get to close to her! She DOESN'T have cooties and you were probably with some girl with cooties!" he accused, smiling a bit when he heard her response. "Ha! You're a pig! Just like she said! And you got a potty mouth! Right?" he said looking to Stoney when he nodded his confirmation with Mr. Logan's comment.

"We're watching a movie on MY DVD player. And your not invited cause you probably got cooties and only me, Stoney, Mr. Logan and Aideen are invited," Chopper said sticking his tongue out and grabbing his album. He looked at Stoney with a big grin. "See I told you she doesn't have cooties. She saved the pizza and she called Brock a pig. I like her!" he said with a giggle and looked over at Aideen with a big grin and then pointedly at Brock for him to leave.

[RUMBLE]

Brock smirk only deepened at the girl's sharp tongue and quick wit. "Raarrrarr Feisty! I like 'em like that. It's cool I like it when birds play hard to get. Makes the end of the game all worth it," he said his eyes moving down to her perky breasts that her hoodie hugged nicely. Thank God Mason got Tracy, I'm free to move in on this fine, fine piece of ass, he thought and leaned back to slide his six packs over. Brock's smirk only widened at Wolverine's protective glare at him and he gave that glare the same respect he gave the ones from class: none at all. Getting with this hot bird and pissing off that hairy grouch at the same time, that's like too perfect.

He took three beers off one of the packs and moved to put the rest in the fridge behind them, taking his time to look down to see a firm toned backside. "Damn, you are one fine bird I'll say that," Brock said opening the fridge and tossing the beers inside. He then turned back and leaned down to speak in her ear. "Me and you are gonna have fun together, huh Aideen? Hot name for a hot little bird. You smell pretty nice too," he said with a smirk, taking the opportunity to study her breasts from a different angle.

Boldly, his hand went to her hip, running lightly up her torso. A classic move, and it almost always worked when the girl was flustered enough. "You're just the whole package deal. We are definitely going to have fun," Brock said with a smirk, not really caring if the kid or anyone else saw. When Brock wanted something he got it.

[Ember]

Aideen really didn't like this guy. She didn't like his cocky demeanor anymore than she liked the way he spoke to her. Remember, you're a lady. Don't do anything in front of the kid. The idolizing thing on his part is a little cute and he doesn't need me to set a bad example. She looked straight ahead when he went behind her, keeping a very calm outlook for the boy's benefit. She reached forward, moving her arm just enough to keep in contact with Logan's. The contact was enough not to make her move away the other guy and to just sit and keep a cool head.

Her dark eyes stayed focused ahead, looking straight ahead and taking a dainty sip of her beer while he leaned down by her ear. Aideen's entire body went rigid at the feel of his hand and her quick reflexes kicked in. Her hand shot out and grabbed his thumb, moving the hand off her. She twisted his thumb and bent it back, the maneuver to sprain it, but not break it. For the first time she did look at him, her dark eyes cold and angry. "Don't touch me. You don't have the privilege to say my name, let alone touch me," Aideen said in a calm voice with a noticeable sting to it. "When I let go of your thumb, it's going to hurt. And you are going feel that pain for the next week or so to remember why you don't put your hands on a lady. Then you're going to leave here, since it seems to be invitation only and you're not invited. The door is right over there, use it," she said and let go of his thumb, almost hearing the muscle spring back, stretched and raw.

Aideen looked over at both Chopper and Stoney apologetically, not feeling too hot to use any sort of violence in front of the little guy. Innocents should be kept away from that sort of stuff, and she wouldn't have done it if the guy hadn't touched her. She hated being touched by most people, though there were exceptions. Aideen let out a small sigh and reached for her beer again, feeling instantly better when her arm brushed against Logan's, instantly calming her just a little bit. "I'm sorry Chopper, tell me about your movies," she asked looking at the kid with softer eyes and talking in a calm voice, her way of apologizing for having to do that in front of him.

[RUMBLE]

"AAAaaaHhhh SHIT!" Brock cried as the sharp pain through his own body when Aideen let go of his finger. A stream of curses left his mouth, not really giving a damn about the kid and the warning from Wolverine. "Ah so you wanna play it rough huh? We can do that too," he said through gritted teeth, his smirk a little more menacing then before. He wasn't one of Emma's chosen for nothing, though he slacked off in classes and did for the most part whatever he wanted not caring about the consequences. Brock, like the rest of his team were trained to be a weapon, a killer and it came out as often as his temper. "Yea I bet you like it rough huh? Don't worry Beautiful, you'll get it just the way you like it, and your little ninja shit will only get you so far," Brock said in a low voice looking down at her lecherously, that perfect compact body making images flash through his head that he took notes of for later. "I always get what I want Beautiful, I'll definitely see you soon," Brock said with a his signature dangerous smirk.

He grabbed his beers with his good hand and then used his uninjured fingers to swipe Aideen's beer right on the floor, making it fall to the floor and smash into a bunch of pieces. "Oops. My bad. Gonna bend that hot ass over and pick it up now, where you belong," Brock said with a smirk before he took his beers and left the room with his throbbing thumb and beers, a deep menacing smirk still on his face. No women showed him up, and this one wasn't gonna be an exception.