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Bobby Drake (nomoremriceguy) wrote in academy_x,
@ 2010-06-27 15:52:00

Entry tags:

elixir, iceman, jubilee

who: Bobby, Josh, and Jubilee!
when: Sunday afternoon
where: The Mall
what: Bobby and Josh have picked up a hitchhiker at the school and brought her with them to buy Josh a new skateboard.

Now that Josh Foley was a businessman who had healed Regan in return for money, he'd be able to buy a brand new skateboard! It was about time, too, if you asked Bobby Drake. Not that he would think any board was better than his, but he knew his buddy needed a sturdier one that wasn't threatening to split in half every time they went out to practice tricks. They could unscrew the wheels and everything from his old one that he invested into so Josh could probably get a pretty good board. It was to be a man date until Jubilee found out and invited herself along, but Bobby didn't mind the company. They fed off each other's off-the-wall actions and sarcasm. After making an overdramatic fuss about waiting for her on the front drive, the trio were off on the bus to the mall. Within no time at all, they were dropped off and making their way inside the bustling building. Bobby led the way, always loving to be first, right up to the entrance of the skate shop. Then he stopped.

"They're going to think I'm crazy. I was just here like four hours ago," Bobby Drake commented, squinting into the store trying to figure out if the same workers were even there. He sighed when he realized they were. This better not kill his chances at getting hired if they think he's an impatient crazy wanting to know if he had a job. He already looked weird from his phone vibrating every few seconds. Now everyone was texting and messaging him back now that he wasn't sitting around bored at the pool anymore. That was always how it went. "You two! Don't embarrass me, or I'll be full of, like ... hate!"

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firecrackerjubi
2010-06-28 01:11 am UTC (link)

Jubilee didn't fight when being pulled away, just giving a friendly wave to the girl. "Byyyeeee!" As soon as she finished her goodbye, Josh finished hissing his intentions at her. She glanced innocently at him and muttered, "I think I most definitely helped! He's guaranteed to get the job now, no worries! Maaaaad discount!"

Once they were well enough away, she gently got her arm back and listened to Bobby's rant. "Zoo?! There's a zoo in the mall?!" she mumbled, a bit stupidly, until she realised what he meant. As he continued, though, she picked up up on his last statement. "Ohhhh man, I want to learn how to skateboard!! You're buyin', though!! I promise I'll be good if you buy me a skateboard!"

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_goldenboy
2010-06-28 02:50 am UTC (link)

Josh turned his attention back to the matter at hand once it seemed like Jubilee was actually going to stay put for the time being. "Yeah, the cheapest one here," he said in reference to getting Jubilee a board as well as he eyed one of the decks. She'd probably be enthralled with the skateboard for a week before she moved onto a new hobby.

The employees of the skate shop were still watching the trio rather curiously, but fortunately they were now seeing Bobby assist Josh and Jubilee with picking out decks as opposed to more mutant!shenanigans. Maybe this would actually turn out to be beneficial for Drake after all!

"Ha. Here you go," he said, pointing over at a colorful deck that pretty much screamed Jubilee.

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nomoremriceguy
2010-06-28 02:59 am UTC (link)

Bobby tried stifling his laugh but even he finally relaxed enough to let out a: "Bwahaha! Oh man, Jubes. Why do you think I applied for a job here? I don't have money to give you! Ask pimpmaster Foley here real nice." Bobby thumbed towards Josh, taking notice of the boards the golden boy was going through now. The skateboard would likely hold Jubilee's interest a day or two, but maybe she'd fall in love with it.

The board Josh picked out surprised Bobby. "...wow, that actually really, really, really looks like a Jubilee board." He was impressed, tilting his head to consider it. "How about it, Jubes? You like that one?" Bobby maintained that he didn't have any money to help spend, but even he had to admit that was a rad board for her. He might pitch in what few dollars he had with Josh's money to help her buy it if the price was right.

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firecrackerjubi
2010-06-28 03:59 am UTC (link)

It's as if a light was switched on from within. Jubilee caught sight of the gorgeous board and her eyes went wide, her body tensed, and her wicked grin turned into a very surprised O-shape. It was so gorgeous!! She cared little that it was a skateboard and that it was attached to a sport she knew nothing about, but she absolutely needed to have it!! This became a matter of character, and defining who she was through ... uh ... art!!

She fell in love.

Jubes turned around to face the two of them, the board at her back, still tense. She wrung her hands together nervously in front of her. She gave the biggest, saddest, most innocent, loving eyes she could possibly give. She silently bit her bottom lip and tried to make her eyes sparkle; she kind of really could. She slowly looked between them and said cautiously, with a strong hint of barely-hidden enthusiasm: "I ...," she breathed, "will be on my bestest behaviour ever ever ever ever ... if I can have that!!" Like a little kid, she pointed backward at the skateboard without moving any of the rest of her body. Her big, watery eyes stayed on the boys. "It's ... so ... preeeeeettyyyy. I'lllearnandI'llbegoodIwillIwill!!"

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_goldenboy
2010-06-28 02:23 pm UTC (link)

Josh rolled his eyes at "pimpmaster Foley." Great, so Bobby had gotten Jubilee all excited about getting a skateboard and now he was the one who would have to buy it. "Don't make that face!" he told Jubilee as she promptly started to pout and beg. He dared a glance at the price of the board, relieved to find that it was actually pretty decent since it wasn't one of the big brand names. But then of course he'd have to buy her wheels and everything as well. Ugh.

"Okay, okay. Let me pick one for myself first and if I have enough for both you can have it," he eventually relented. After some more meticulous browsing, Josh finally decided on an Element deck. He could always rock gold, so he figured he might as well stick with it after all. Glancing at the price it looked like he was going to have just enough for both, and maybe even some food afterward. He grabbed the Jubilee board along the one he'd chosen for himself and headed up to the counter to pay. "You better skateboard like crazy, Jubilee. I'm gonna be pissed if you never use this."

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nomoremriceguy
2010-06-29 10:44 am UTC (link)

Bobby would be willing to pitch in to help get Jubilee's board, but that was only if Josh would cover most of the cost or actually ask him to help. It looked like Foley was going to take the burden all on his own and selfishly Bobby wasn't volunteering if the other boy thought he had it. Bobby didn't have a healing touch so he didn't have much money to go around spending on other people. As they approached the counter again, Bobby warned to Jubilee, "And be on your best behavior! At least until we can get out of the store. Then you can squeal and scream all you want."

Considering the repercussions of this, Bobby looked to Josh. Wait. Which of them would be teaching her how to skateboard? They also hadn't bought her the proper wheels or anything yet, but Bobby figured he had some old ones lying around in his closet easily that they could start her with. Enough to at least roll, which was all she should really be worried about the first day.

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firecrackerjubi
2010-06-29 09:05 pm UTC (link)

Jubilee let out a happy shriek, and awkwardly hugged Josh around the middle. It wasn't a successful hug, considering all the gear he was carrying in his arms, but she gripped him as much as she could, trapping the items and his arms in her small, but fierce, embrace. Her face was lit up and she had on the biggest smile ... and was definitely not letting him go, even as he walked up toward the counter. As they struggled forward, her feet stumbled a bit as she tried to not trip him up with her overenthusiastic attackhug.

With her face firmly pressed up against one of Josh's sleeves and her voice partially muffled, she mumbled, "Youguysarethebeeeest!!" However, even in her euphoria, her mind subconsciously took note of Bobby's "At least until we can get out of the store" line ....

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_goldenboy
2010-07-01 09:21 pm UTC (link)

Josh had also assumed that he could pass his old wheels off onto Jubilee or that Bobby would have an extra set. He wasn't going to go all out on skateboard gear for her when he wasn't even sure if she'd keep up with it or not. Before he could say anything to that effect however, Jubilee had attached herself to him in an uncomfortably tight hug as he struggled to keep a hold of the two boards in his arms.

"Ah! Okay, okay, okay!" he said quickly as she clung to him, causing him to stumble backward a step or two. He looked over her head at Bobby and mouthed a silent help me at him.

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nomoremriceguy
2010-07-02 03:27 am UTC (link)

Bobby's eyebrows both shot up and he took a step back from Jubilee and Josh. His hands went up in defiance, not wanting any part even as Josh non-verbally communicated that he needed to help. Foley was on his own with Lee. After all, he was being the sugar daddy here and deserved all the appreciation. Far be it for Bobby to steal that away.

"C'mon, P Diddy-J Foley, let's front your money bags and get out of here," Bobby encouraged. Things were turning out better since they had stepped into the store, but Bobby still felt overly paranoid that he was getting weird looks from some of the employees. People who could make or break his chances to land a job here if the right or wrong words were said when his application crossed the manager's desk.

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firecrackerjubi
2010-07-04 10:08 pm UTC (link)

Once the trio was finished with their purchases, Jubilee let go of Josh and began to make her way out of the store. She waved excitedly and loudly shouted a "Bye-bye!" at the employees that seemed utterly bemused by the antics going on in their relatively quiet store. She practically skipped through the entranceway and back out into the bustle of the mall.

Being a Sunday afternoon, there wasn't an enormous crowd or anything, but there were enough people around to make your usual mall lobby chatterbox-ish environment. Old couple shuffled around boredly, families with their bouncing kids went by, typical mall rats near the entrances of the most popular stores. Jubilee looked around and took in the sights, grinning ear-to-ear at all the possibilities.

She quickly turned back to the boys, who may or may not have been purposely keeping a slight distance from her. "Wouldn't it be cool if there was a rollercoaster in the mall?!" Random is as random does.

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