Galatea

Galatea Chapter Fifteen (NC-17)
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A/N Goddess Foxfeather, Queen of Mad Plotbunnies, BUSIEST WOMAN ALIVE (tm), Prophetic Muse, Hamster Witch and Uberbeta...*twirly pre-Imbolc dance of surprise stuff * InterNutter, TC, Maxwell Pink, and Dracena make me giddy with joy for archiving/hosting. :) ProPhile is a delayed smutmuse. And Morgan is Remy's keeper. :) Readers/Reviewers: Is it a bad thing when ducks quack the theme to "Inspector Gadget"?

Todd found Rogue early Saturday morning, _ Underdog _ and eating cornflakes in the rec room. "Hey."
She glanced up and frowned. "Hello."
He sat next to her carefully. "So, Lance an' I were thinkin' about goin' to the drive in tonight."
"Have a lovely time..."
"With you and Amara," he added, sighing. "Whatcha think?"
She dropped her spoon in her bowl and frowned. The thought of going to a drive in theatre in dead winter, where they would have to leave the engine running the whole time for even a modicum of heat made her want to snort in disdain. Instead, she schooled her features to a mask of bland innocence. "Oh, it's up to you."
Todd blinked. "Uh...okay." He peered at her closely. "You feelin' okay?"
"Fine and dandy." She slurped at the milk in her bowl, glancing up at him frequently. "Something wrong?"
"Uh...you're really calm."
"Why shouldn't I be?"
"Well, yesterday...you know."
"Mmmm."
"You're not even a little mad?"
"Do you want me to be?"
"No..."
"Okay then." She set her bowl down on the coffee table and smiled slightly. "Anything else?"
"Uh...well, what movie do you want to see tonight?"
"You decide."
"Want to go for pizza or Chinese before?"
"You decide." 1
Todd sighed. "You went on the piercing trip then?"
"Yeah..."
"What'd you think of Amara's tongue stud, yo? Lance is gonna flip..."
It crossed her mind to ask him how he knew but she remembered the incident in the hallway the day before and Amara's muffled speech. "I don't think anything about it. It's none of my business."
"Huh." He laid his hand on her pajama-clad thigh. "Um, last I checked, today's a safe day."
"Yep."
"So...you, uh..."
"Up to you."
"Marie," he hissed through clenched teeth, "what the Hell are you doing?"
"I'm takin' my bowl to the kitchen," she smiled, standing.
Todd sighed painfully and rose as well, following her into the kitchen, devoid of people at that hour of the morning. "Marie, you're actin' squirrelly."
"Am I?" she asked innocently, rinsing the cereal bowl. "I don't feel squirrelly..."
He crossed to her and slid his arms around her waist, testing a theory that just popped into his mind. Kissing her cloth-covered shoulder blade, he murmured, "We got an hour before anyone really gets goin' around here...want to go to your room?"
"Up to you."
"Well...then yeah."
"Okay." She turned and leaned against the counter, looking down at him. "Whatever you want."
"I don't want it to be what _ I _ want," he sighed. "It's no fun if you're not along for it."
"I'll be there."
He let go and stepped back. "Marie, what's goin' on? You're bein' too...wussy."
"No," she said lightly. "I'm just being less pushy. It was wrong of me to be so nosy and I'm sorry. So, want to have sex or not?"
For the first time in his life, Todd was not sure he wanted to accept an offer of sex from a beautiful girl. "Are you gonna be this way in bed?"
"Well..."
"Marie, look, I don't wanna talk about my mother, okay? Don't go all tripped out on me just cause of that!"
Rogue frowned and crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm tryin' to be a better person here, damn it. Now, want to have sex or not?" He did not answer in the brief pause she left. "Fine. I'm goin' to my room. Meet me there in ten minutes or I'm takin' it as a no."
Todd sighed and leaned against the sink. He had a feeling this was going to be the longest ten minutes of his life. On one hand, he definitely wanted to be with Rogue in the Biblical sense, but on the other, he did not want her to pull an attitude in bed... He hemmed and hawed and stared at the clock. "I'm weak!" he shouted to no one, stomping towards the stairs.

Lance awakened to Amara standing over him. "Gah!"
"I didn't think I looked that bad," she said a little thickly. Her tongue was not as swollen anymore, but she was still adjusting to the jewelry in her mouth.
"Just...surprised me..." He rubbed at his eyes sleepily. "What time is it?"
"Seven a.m. I finished my morning rites and came straight over."
"Uh...why?" He was mentally calculating how long he had been asleep and came up with a dismally low number.
"Because," she smiled, crawling into bed beside him and snuggling close. "We're going to spend all day together."
"Again, why?" He was slowly coming more awake but had the feeling he had missed an important part of the conversation.
"Because," she said again, kissing his cheek and chin, wincing at the stubble. "We love each other."
"Yeah, but can't I sleep a bit longer?"
"But then we won't have the whole day together!"
"We'll live," he groaned.
Amara sighed. She had taken the advice to heart-let people closer, stop being so bossy... "Okay. Take your time, sweetie. I'll wait for you."
"Um, thanks?" He was befuddled to say the least. "So..."
"I'll be back around noon!" She slid from the bed and gave him a peck on the forehead.
"Princess," he said as she headed towards the door. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Just fine!" Remembering the advice to let people closer, to share more about herself, she added, "Though I think I'm going to start my period this week, which is strange since I'm on that pill. But I feel bloated and my uterus feels crampy."
"Amara..."
"And I'm having thick discharge2 which Kitty said is normal but..."
"AMARA!"
"Yes?"
"TMI."3
"Okay. Later, sweetie."
"Sweetie?" he said to the room in general as the door shut behind her. "What the fuck...?"
Amara thought she was going to be ill from the self imposed sweetness by the time she got back to her room. "Sharing my eye!" she grumbled, glaring at her statuette of Mars. "Some help you are...my patron of discord and war, and I need to be...closer...to people." She sighed and flung herself backwards onto her bed. _Open up more... Hellfire, what more can I tell him? He knows everything about me... _ She rolled onto her stomach and stuck out her tongue, crossing her eyes to see the silver stud. _His birthday is in a week... Maybe I should give him something else. A blowjob is not easy to gift 4wrap... _ Amara swallowed against the discomfort in her tongue and frowned anew. _Open up more... Well, I guess it's time for the deep stuff... _

A/N Jubilee/Remy, Kurtty next.

1 Liberated from an episode of Third Rock from the Sun where Sally tries to be more feminine for her boyfriend and decides she's been too aggressive. She wants him to make all the decisions in the relationship.
2 TMI for some of you... vaginal discharge thickens during the days before menstruation. If you're on the pill, you're not ovulating so the thickening is unneeded. But if you ARE ovulating, the mucous helps keep sperm in the vaginal canal to help ensure fertilization. There's more, but I'll spare you.
3 Too Much Information
4 Oral sex performed by someone with a tongue piercing is supposed to be really good...