Emily's last week had been an experience, she'd hardly been able to focus in her classes, she'd been way too busy thinking of her... Well, her girlfriend. She'd met the girl a week or so ago, late at night when neither of them could sleep and it'd started as a casual greeting and then some getting to know each other, exploring each other's powers a little bit... And had then gotten a lot more intense very rapidly. 

They'd gone out, eaten pizza and kissed and cuddled. Then spent the evening cuddling in bed until they both slept. It'd been pretty awesome. She'd been talking to Kendra fairly constantly since then, through texting and little meet ups in the evenings. Texts earlier during that day had revealed that Kendra was fairly inexperienced when it came to movies... And she'd not seen Star Wars. Emily took some issue with this and made it her personal duty to educate her girlfriend.

She'd made sure there were plenty of snacks and some drinks, and invited Kendra over around 9. She was already all set up wearing pajama bottoms and a short sleeved star wars related top. She sat and hummed, her T.V set up and the end of her bed ready to go, listening to music and feeling little butterflies flutter about her stomach at the thought of holding Kendra some more. 

Living in the mansion was starting to feel like normal. She even had a girlfriend now! Kendra thought that all the pieces of her life were starting to fall into place. She had managed to go into the city and get some clothes too. Now her closet wasn't an empty embarrassment. Only problem now was she didn't know what to wear. She took her time picking out something appropriate for movie night. Star wars.... Kendra had a feeling she was going to not really be into it, but Emily seemed excited so she was willing to give it a shot.


This will do nicely. She thought as she picked out a shirt that had a kitten on it and said "Meow's it going." It was cute and stupid and it fit her personality. Kendra slipped it on and decided to stay in her pajama bottoms. It was already almost nine. She was hoping to sleep over, but she had never spent the night in Emily's room. They had that one night in her room, but hadn't had another night like that where that happened.

Well time to get this road on the show. Another 'Kendra-ism' She was silly and corny sometimes and she had really come out of her shell around Emily. She hadn't made it a focus to meet many others in the mansion. There was Leo, he was a little intense, and there was Rebecca Grey, and Ghost.... Mostly she just hung around Emily. She had met a few others in her time in the mansion, but every time Emily wasn't in class or busy she was with her. Kendra closed the door to her room and slipped down the hall. 

Moving quickly and anxiously she arrived at Emily's door. She knocked before entering and found Emily sitting at the end of the bed.  Kendra smiled brightly at her as she closed the door behind her.  "Ahhh." She groaned. " I forgot the snacks."  She frowned.  What'sa movie without snacks?  Kendra saw the DVD menu playing already in the background.  She resisted the urge to roll her eyes.  It already looked pretty corny.  The high volume orchestra in full blast.  This..... Is gonna be painful.  She thought.  The worst part is if she fell asleep during the movie.  She'd just start dream walking and she'd be forced to sit through it anyways.  Oh the irony, the cruel, cruel irony.

Emily smiled to the other girl and her feelings of apprehension, she looked around and claimed that she'd forgotten snacks. Her smile widened. The Brunette stepped forwards and gripped her fingers, and squeezed the other girl's hands. "Hey, come here." She tugged her a little closer, dragging her back towards the bed slowly, her T.V was luckily muted along the way so it wasn't bothering either of them.

"Don't worry about snacks, I thought ahead on that front~" She had a bunch of snacks, and some drinks set up in one corner of the room. "This was my idea, so of course I thought I'd make sure." Emily's room was a little messy, there were clothes and underwear strewn about various areas seemingly at random, with a small corner of the room set up in what appeared to be a shrine of her music equipment, and some small canvas.

She smiled more at Kendra, and tugged them both down onto the bed, the redhead on top of her, their hair spilling around each other, smiling quite close to her lips. "You don't need to watch it, or do anything you don't want to, I just want to spend time with you." She ended that sentence with kissing the other girl deeply. 

Kendra smiled as she flopped on the bed. The surprise of it negated by the fact that her lips found Emily's. The evening's off to a good star. Somewhere in a galaxy far far away  Luke and his rebels were waiting to blow up a death moon or something like that. Kendra had heard what tonight's entertainment was going to be so she did a wiki search. She didn't read to much of it before it quickly descended into gibberish.

Emily told her she didn't have to watch the movie. Kendra thought she could hear a little disappointment in her voice, though she quickly followed it up by saying she just wanted to spend time together. "No. I'm ready we can watch it. I've been brushin up on'ma strek strek." Kendra kissed her again.  Who needs snacks?  She thought as she tasted Emily's lips again.    Sitting up Kendra sat on the edge of the bed. 

Kendra had a few delicious thoughts, but mostly she was just excited to be spending time with Emily.  It didn't matter what they were doing.  Oh.  Star Wars, not Star Trek.  She thought when her eyes caught a glimpse of the DVD menu.  Kendra shrugged.  Honest mistake.  Reaching over she grabbed the remote.  She wasn't even really sure how to work it.  This thang has more buttons than my car did.  She thought trying to find the play button. 

"You promised me thrillin space adventure, and I intend on makin ya deliever."  Kendra laughed as she scooted a little farther back on the bed.  It was a bit chilly and she wanted to slip under the covers and get comfy before the movie started.  She had a feeling that they weren't going to finish watching the whole thing.  Already knowing in the back of her mind that she wouldn't be able to hide what she was feeling from Emily she looked at her girlfriend.  "Come on I'm ready to see what all the fuss is bout."

Since their first meeting and the beginning of dating, Emily was beginning to understand better the feelings that Kendra had been trying to shelter during their first meeting. She wanted to tug the other girl under the covers and kiss and cling to her all night, but she also wanted to get to know her a little better. God. It was so frustrating, hormones had never seemed like a big problem to her before she met the belle. 

Emily twitched a little bit at the mix up between Star Wars and Star Trek. One was a corny, intentionally ridiculous Sci-Fi, And Star Wars as a space opera about good vs evil and a group of friends struggling to pursue a balance between the two of them. Emily wouldn't admit this to many people but she had lurked and spent a little too much time on Star wars Role play forums in the past.

She made a soft sound when the girl went forwards on the edge of the bed. She grabbed some snacks and put them within reach of her girlfriend, clicked play on the T.V remote and slink back to the back of the bed where Kendra was, looping her arm though her lovely girlfriends, and leaning in and giving her a lingering kiss on the neck. 

The credits began to roll, with the typical orchestral theme and explained the beginning of the plot, that the evil Galactic Empire was chasing members of the Rebellion, housing plans to their super weapon. 

Well at least the music's kinda catchy. Kendra couldn't help but laugh at the presentation though. It just seemed so hokey. She snuggled closer to Emily wondering the last time she just sat and watched a movie like this. She had plenty of time to channel surf in her dream state. That was always a good time waster as she waited for morning. Though, she couldn't remember the last time she had picked out a movie and intentionally sat down to watch it. Been awhile. She thought as she laid her head on Emily's shoulder.

The concusional  assault on Emily's speakers finally subsided and the movie started with the orchestra fading away. Kendra watched intently. Every so often she would look over to Emily and see her watching the movie. She really digs this stuff. Kendra let out a soft sigh and allowed herself to comfortably sink further into the soft pillow top.

"Who's that guy?" She asked pointing out the main character. Oh yes, this viewing was going to be riddled with ridiculous questions and confused reactions. Kendra had never really delved into the genera that was sci-fi. When she wasn't watching romantic comedies, she would binge on the occasional horror flick. She liked to give her heart a good race now and again. She had to remember to show Emily some of her favorite horror flicks sometime.

Kendra watched the movie a bit more. It seemed to be getting somewhat more interesting as things started happening. The guy was doing ..... Something. He had a goofy looking robot talking to him. Kendra laughed. "How come that robot can talk, n the other just beeps?" She asked confused. She was referring to C3P-O and R2D2. Kendra didn't mind that Emily was a bit nerdy. She actually found it kind of cute that she had a nerdy girlfriend. She tried her darndest to follow along with the plot and every time the music began to swell Kendra got a little excited. The music was actually her favorite part so far.

Kendra reached across Emily to where the snacks were, she leaned her body over Emily and grabbed a pack of Twizlers. She had never had much of a sweet tooth, but she did every once in awhile. She turned her eyes back to the movie. She wouldn't want to admit it out loud, but it was actually starting to get kind of interesting.

Emily smiled as the movie started, she always had this kind of relaxed excitement going on when she was watching Star wars. She loved the opening, she loved the voice acting and she loved the first scene in the first movie. She chuckled at her girlfriend and smiled. "Oh, he's the main villain of the films, one of them anyway." She whispered back as James Earl Jones' proceeded to threaten the rebels and search for the death star plans. 

R2-D2 had this effect of just inducing the most adorable thoughts in Emily, it was like coming across a playful kitten. She just adored the little guy. She used to have an R2-D2 costume and pajamas when she was a little girl. She giggled in response to the question. "I think it's because one of them is meant to come across as a whiney character, and the other one is meant to come across as cute." She murmured and nuzzled her Girlfriend's cheek.

When Kendra leaned across her to grab some sweets Emily saw a flash of her beautiful skin and hair and kissed her cheek as she went past with another giggle, resuming watching the movie, whilst attacking a couple of strawberry laces. 

Kendra quietly laid there watching the movie.  She glanced at the clock and couldn't believe the movie was still playing. This thang ever gone end? She wondered.  Not, that she wasn't enjoying herself. She was. She found though, that it was because of Emily that she was having such a good time. Every time Emily's eyes lit up at one of her favorite parts it brought a smile to Kendra's face. Kendra could take it or leave it. If it was Lord of the Rings she could have gotten down with that. She had a nerd flag that she secretly saluted as well. Though, Star Wars was not it. It was ok, she supposed but she found herself distracted.

The soft glow of the room sent their shadows dancing along the walls. The sound of the bombarding orchestra in the background made even smaller things seem grand in scope. Kendra's mind began to wander a bit.  She rested her head on Emily's shoulder.  Her eyes were staring at the television, but she wasn't really watching at this point.  Her mind was off in other places.  Kendra kissed Emily's neck.  The song playing in the background seemed out of place.  It seemed ominous, and Kendra had to restrain herself from actually laughing at the absurdity of it.

The song on the movie made it sound like the flurry of kisses she was laying on Emily's neck was some sort of conquest she was undertaking.  She was claiming her territory or trying to win some epic battle.  Really she was just feeling restless, and wanted a little of her girlfriend's attention.  Kendra said ok, lets watch the movie and Emily seemed so wrapped up in it.  She loved it, and Kendra was having fun, but she wasn't as into it.  She playfully tried to distract her from the movie by seeing if she could divert her attention. 

Kisses along the neck turned to soft smooches long the line of her chin.  Her hand moved over Emily's stomach, but she said nothing.  She didn't want to declare what she was doing, she wanted Emily to figure it out.  She wanted to see how long that silly movie could hold her attention when she was trying her hardest to steal it away.   

Emily very much enjoyed the movie experience... But she was a little distracted by the presence of the girlfriend, wanting to grab her attention away from the movie they were watching and wrap her arms around her tight, look into her eyes and just sit snuggling her until they fell asleep. Buuut she'd wanted to show Kendra the movie, and so far both of them seemed to be enjoying it a reasonable amount.

She felt Kendra's shift in attention with her power before she felt something physical. She started to turn when Kendra kissed her neck. She let out a little shiver, and then another. Escalating, she slowly turned her head to her girlfriend, running fingers through her beautiful hair and smiling at her lips. "You lasted longer than I thought you would." She purred.

She leaned into the other girl's embrace gently and kissed the girl very gently on the lips, with a smile. 

Fades to black.....

The morning sun crept through the window and gently kissed Kendra awake.  She was lying in Emily's bed. 

Last night was pretty nice. That was until she found herself asleep. She had slipped out of the room and found herself out in the city.... On her own. Kendra had a secret. One that she hadn't shared with Emily, and hadn't been discovered until now. For the last couple of nights Kendra had been sneaking out.  She didn't tell anyone about her nightly hunts for justice.  And honestly until last night she hadn't found any trouble.  Last night she stopped a woman from being attacked.  Though now, while she was awake she had some  explaining to do.  Like why there were hand prints around her throat, or why her ribs were suddenly covered in bruises when they weren't the night before. 

Kendra's eyes opened to the soft glow of the tv still on pause.  They had fell asleep and forgotten to turn it off.  Kendra tried to sit up, but her body ached so bad.  She grunted in pain.  Sitting up she slid on some clothes as quickly as she could and turned to see Emily still sleeping.  She covered her up and brushed the hair from her eyes before quietly slipping out of the room. 

Kendra moved through the halls of the mansion in a sea of students.  All of them heading to different classes.  She knew Emily probably had class, but she didn't want to wake her.  She didn't want to face any difficult questions.  Besides she deserved the rest after last night she must be tired.  Kendra headed downstairs and found the kitchen.  Reaching up to a higher cupboard she winced in pain.  Stretching out like that put a strain on her ribs that caused the dull throb to return.  Kendra's lip was cut open too and there was a light bruise at the line of her jaw.  She hadn't noticed these things yet.  She was just worried about broken ribs.  They weren't broken, just in pain.  Kendra puled down a box of cereal from the high shelf and found a bowl.

Moving gingerly around the kitchen she sat down to the table with her cereal after pouring some milk.  Kendra slowly pulled the chair out and had to gently lower herself down.  Emily's going to be pissed I bet.  She hadn't planned for this.  She had heard about the X-Men and how they tried to keep people safe, some part of her wanted to be part of that.  So she was going on nightly walks about the city to find crimes in progress.  Up until last night they were just walks.... But when she saw what was about to happen she couldn't just not help.  Kendra ate her cereal.  Her eyes were staring off blankly at the box.  She was to far in the recesses of her own thoughts to realize she was staring at anything.  She was trying to figure out what she was going to say to Emily.

Emily stirred slowly and gently as she felt a familiar presence of emotions leave the area. She mumbled and rolled over a little, the light coming from her screen still on. She sleepily glanced down the length of her bed to see her T.V paused on the scene of the millennium falcon cockpit and mumbled a little, wiping at her mouth near the pillow. Oh, she'd been drooling a little her sleep. How attractive.

She blinked into awareness and looked around her room. The covers were a little messy and her shirt was on the floor against the other wall... And she wasn't wearing the same shirt she'd put on last night, it smelled like Kendra.

It took her another few minutes to fully awaken and the first thing she did when she'd finished that was to jump into the shower. After another few minutes in shower under the hot water she slipped back out, putting on some comfortable skinny jeans and a long sleeved T-shirt, tying up her slightly wet hair. And glancing around her bedroom. She sighed and contemplated the night beforehand. It had gotten a lot more interesting than originally intended, not that she minded.

  

Kendra finished her ceral and cleaned the dish. She wasn't even paying attention to what she was doing. She was staring out the window in the kitchen and watching the tall walls of the hedge maze outside.  Stuck inside her own neurotic head she had a mental debate about what to say when she saw Emily again. I could tell her.... No that's stupid. What am I gone say? I walked into a door and broke ma ribs busting my lips and almost choked ma'self? Kendra sighed as she put the dish away and moved through the halls.

Along the way she pasted a few teachers and students who gave her odd looks. Everyone was curious about the girl who had the obvious marks of being in a fight. She wasn't one of the X-men. Why would she have been in a fight. It wasn't like this place as a safe haven for beaten and battered woman. She had no reasonable explanation for the marks other than her doing something she shouldn't have.

Kendra headed up stairs. Ascending each step was torturous work. As she finally made it to the top, there were two paths she could take. One led back to Emily's room, and the other to her own. She stared longingly at Emily's door, feeling like somehow she had disappointed her, by sneaking out to serve up her own vigilante justice. It was stupid and reckless. She wasn't sure how Emily would feel about it, but she was jumping to conclusions. 

Kendra headed off in direction of her own room. Slipping through the door she closed it behind her and leaned against it. Kendra was conflicted. She felt great that she was able save woman last night, but she felt bad about the thought of trying to lie to Emily. Like I could even hide it from her. She thought. Kendra gingerly peeled the shirt from her body and stepped inside the bathroom.

Turning on the hot water she took a moment to stare at herself in the mirror. She hadn't noticed the blackness beneath her eye. She didn't remember getting punched last night, must've happened in the fall. She shook her head and stepped into the shower. Trying to wash away her guilt along with the thoughts of last night. She thought about a lot of things as the warm water rushed over her, most of which involved finding a way to explain her appearance, but she couldn't come up with any viable solutions.

Emily took a little more time to gather herself, and take a drink of cold water before she stepped out of her door quietly. She wondered where Kendra had gone, she assumed for breakfast or Coffee, she hoped that the other girl had been able to get at least half the restful sleep she had the previous night. She doubled back to quickly switch off her T.V and dvd player, not even a little disappointed they hadn't finished A new hope. 

She felt Kendra's emotions going one way and frowned. Why was she not coming back up to her room? She'd gone to the kitchen beforehand obviously, and she'd not been up all that long. Had Emily done something wrong? Had she... Hm.

She followed the other girl, picking up some slightly confusing and mixed emotions from the other girl. There was some kind of apprehension... And shame? Was that shame? She resolved to actually follow her all the way and slipped into the other girl's room quietly. The shower was on, there were clothes discarded. She smirked and debated for a few moments whether or not she should walk in on her, or wait in here. She decided to wait. 

Perching on the bed gently she sat for a few moments. 

Kendra turned off the water and stood there a moment. Not only was she restless and tired from last night. But she never felt rested when she woke up from a night of dream walking. On top of that she was so sore that it hurt to move. She felt like she was 80 years old and she had to be careful not to break a hip. Kendra stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel. She wrapped it around herself and stood in front of the mirror.

The bathroom door was closed and there was a good steam to the room.  She reached up a hand and wiped off the mirror just to get another look at herself. There was a black eye, a cut lip and hand marks around her throat.  Peeking out of the top of the towel was the hint of a large purple bruise along her ribs. 

Kendra sighed and her shoulders slumped.  She supposed she could just avoid Emily until she healed up, but she'd miss her.  She didn't want to avoid her.  Kendra really didn't know what to do.  She didn't realize that Emily had slipped into her room.  Grabbing another towel she began to dry her hair as she opened the door.

She was startled to see Emily sitting there.  So startled in fact, she let out a tiny scream and dropped the towel that was on her head.   A whirlwind of thoughts ran through her mind. Confusion panick, shame and finally defeat.  She looked at Emily and didn't say anything.  She only blinked a few times.  She noticed a pain in her black eye as she did. It even hurts to blink? Jeez! 

"Hey....I"  She started, but them quickly closed her mouth. 

She didn't have a follow up, she wasn't sure what to say.  She just kind of stood there waiting for Emily to say something first.  Finally to break the silence she awkwardly smiled and let out a light hearted.  "Hey...you."

It was pretty much dead on arrival.  She was still smiling nervously.  Say something, anything.  She wanted to scream.  She couldn't take the silence it was making her anxious.