Run, Rabbit, Run

Rose lets herself get pulled, laughing as she realizes she’s on the dance floor. Her eyes widen with a laugh when she realizes who pulled her, “Laney, you’re drunk!” She takes the girls hand and spins her. She too has had more than her fair share of punch.

Before Caleb even knew what was happening, he was being grabbed. All he was trying to do was pass through the dance floor and escape the crowd for a few minutes, but his plan had been thwarted. “Uh, hey Delaney,” he greeted, over the music not really wanting to dance. “How’s it going?” He was practically yelling due to the noise.

Gen giggled. She decided to let loose tonight, have a little fun. She hated always being so uptight - a little wild streak in her would do her good and that’s exactly what she talked herself into when she had started drinking the punch and realized it was spiked. Gen followed Delaney onto the dance floor and began dancing with her and singing along to the music. “This is fun! Are you having fun?” She shouted over the music.

He yanks nervously on the inhibitor under his shirt’s collar. He had never, of all his years in the mansion, come out of his room without masks and gloves and three layers of cover up. Sometimes he’d sunbathe at quiet places but most times, he wouldn’t dare risk anyone’s safety, as annoying as they were. But the Headmaster had provided him that inhibitor - and it was pretty convincing in a way. It was the first time he wore nice clothes, it was a lot of firsts. 

But his anxiety was peaking - JD chewed on xanax like tic tacs as he pressed his back against the wall and folded his arms. He wasn’t even sure most people there knew who he was or what his face looked like, so it didn’t matter right? He stared at his own sweaty hands, no color, no sulfur reek. The moment someone walked in nearby he scratched the side of his nose and eyed them shyly, awkwardly. “You. Uh.” The stutter, the southern accent he could never get rid of. “Lookin’ nice.” JD groaned at himself. “ ‘m not good at small talk.”

Delaney grinned brightly at the small guy who was leant against the wall. She didn’t think she’d ever seen him before. She’d remember if she had, since it was rare for her to meet someone shorter than she was. Was he an underclassmen? Or was he just short? She furrowed her brows a little, sipping on her glass of punch. 

“Thanks!” She said brightly when he complimented her. “So do you! I’m Delaney, by the way. White Rabbit. I do the whole disappearing act thing.” She explained, fading out of view for a second. “What about you? How come I haven’t seen you around? Isn’t this fun? I love dances!”

“I’m pretty sure that punch is spiked! Just a heads up…I mean i’ve had a couple of glasses so…” 

Finally, someone else who seemed as excited as she was. “Guess this will be a first for you then. But why didn’t you go to prom or anything?” Though Letty assumed the story probably wasn’t overly interesting, it wouldn’t hurt to know what she was dealing with. She raised her eyebrows at the mention of a princess dress, but held off her judgement until the other blonde had finished her statement. “Sounds like you know exactly what you want already. It’ll be easy to find that.” She flashed a smile before answer. “Makes two of us, but trust me, going stag is much better.” Letty thought back to her own senior prom and frowned; that had been the day she’d found out her boyfriend was a complete cliche. “Yeah, it’s better to go alone and have fun with everyone.”

Rose grins, “Have you seen her cheek bones? They could cut glass. Plus the ears are probably the most bad ass on a headband which makes things fun. The Disney villains were always my favorites.”

ROSE: We just have to prove our stuff, so we both turn invisible and the phase through the floor and choose the pacifist route

ROSE: who knows, maybe the twins won't want to attack us either. i hope.

DELANEY: That sounds like a perfect plan. Let's do it.

Logan scowled a little and adjusted himself awkwardly in his seat. “What if those rumors are true? Maybe that’s why people don’t sit with me.” Granted he wasn’t a devil worshiper, but he was a philosophical nut and a usually unpleasant person to be around. Weird is the word he hears people use around him and he can’t say they’re wrong.

“What? No, not at all. I’m perfectly normal. Nothin wrong with me.” Serenity gave her a dramatic nod and a bright smile before glancing at the wound again. “Static Shock. He shot electricity at me.” She explained, watching as a soft light blue traveled through her veins and towards the burn. “I am sure everything will be fine. We’ll learn better for next time.” Ren nodded softer this time before shaking her head. “You wouldnt have been. I know nothing about fighting or hurting people, but it turned out okay. Don’t ever doubt yourself. Thats when the bad guys win.”

“Um well kinda I don’t really have anything to wear for it.” She sighed lightly. “But I do like to dance so I’m sure it will be fun. You sound like you’re really excited for it though. What are you going to wear for it?” She asked. Gen laughed lightly. “Like boys on one side of the wall girls on the other?” She chuckled. “Why don’t you ask someone to go with you!” 

Nari couldn’t understand why people were getting so excited about some stupid dance. They weren’t in high school anymore. A dance was just some way to distract them from what was going on in the world, but it seemed to work on most of the people in the mansion. “Don’t know. Don’t care,” she said when Delaney wondered about pairing up. “Is it really that important that someone want to go with you to this dance?” 

Caleb blinked slowly, watching the small blond literally bubble with excitement. It was typical for people to head outside toward the lake after training, as if they were getting away from the guardians and doing some relaxing. Truthfully, Caleb usually was going over the day’s training in his mind and trying to decide what he could have done better - but it seemed that was not going to happen today. Everyone was a buzz about this dance. It seemed like the whole mansion was excited. Caleb, however, was more nervous than excited. “I don’t think excited is the right word,” Caleb said with a shrug. “They probably will, at least some. Why don’t you ask someone if you’re worried about that?”

“Hi.” Serenity giggled lightly as her hand slid away from the bat. “I’m very quiet when I sleep. Almost like a ninja.” She nodded with a big smile as she turned to look at her. “Yeah, of course. Just a little tired, but I’ll be okay.” Ren told Delaney with a sure tone. It wasn’t the first time she had used a little too much energy to heal people. If someone didn’t stop her to tell her to take a break, she never would have stopped. Her question caused her to look down at her arm. “Yeah. It was just a little burn. By tomorrow I’ll be all healed up. It just takes a bit when my powers dont have enough energy, but its nothing a little sleep cant fix.”

    “So I’m going to need a shopping buddy,” the blonde said, not bothering to hide her grin. “Interested?” Letty couldn’t deny her excitement over the upcoming dance. This was exactly her element, parties and entertainment. She’d always loved the dances she’d gone to in high school, had even been queen at her upperclassmen proms. This was a great opportunity to forget all of the stress that had been surrounding mutants lately and just have a good time. “So, what are you wearing? Or better yet, who are you going with?” she asked, unable to resist the possibility of a bit of gossip. If there was going to be something new and juicy going on, then Letty just had to know.