Jubilee blew a strand of hair off her face with an irritated pfft and wrung out the mop again

It Was Worth It!! a Jubilee fic by Jo the Phoenix

DISCLAIMER: They ain't mine. I guess I'll have to get used to that fact.

Jubilee blew a strand of hair off her face with an irritated pfft and wrung out the mop again. "It was worth it, though." She reassured herself. Being forced to clean the entire main floor of the mansion was totally worth the look of rage on Scott Summers' face after his being the victim of five straight pranks. Jubilee grinned mischievously as she remembered setting all of them up.

She had begged Logan for a ride into town for some shopping for supplies, and after threatening him with the old "I'll tell you-know-who about the you know what..." (she really didn't have any dirt on him, she just said that phrase in a really knowledgeable voice and with a sweet smile), she was on her way, her pocket full of cash and a list of items.

First stop: the grocery store for cereal and whipping cream, balloons and rice.

On to the magazine store for porn. Jubilee flashed the magazine salesman the sweetest smile she could muster as she asked for a few titles. He didn't ask, he just shook his head.

Then to the mall, where she (to Wolvie's dismay) sampled perfume. When she found the most disgusting of them all, she bought it.

When they returned home, Jubilee ran for Scott's office. She had studied his schedule for weeks and knew that he would be in the Danger Room right then. "Damn, those lessons from Storm are comin' in handy!" she reflected as she picked the lock on his door and then on his desk. Then she used the computer on his desk to e-mail a manipulated picture of him to all of the people on the address list. She cackled evilly as she pressed "Send".

Later that day, the Rice Krispies went into Scott's shoes. The balloons were blown up, the rice put into some of them, water into others. They got piled on Scott's office floor. The "Playboy" went under his pillow and the "Hustler" into his desk drawers. Jubilee plugged her nose, opened the bottle of raunchy perfume and replaced Scott's aftershave with it.

All of the students, even Bobby, were in awe of her today, mop and all.

Jubilee just couldn't believe that Jean, Jean, ratted her out!! Not that Jubes had any hope of not getting caught (she wasn't stupid, she knew that, living in a house with psychics, it was only a matter of time before she was found out, but...Jean!) She thought she had at least a day, but when Scott stormed into Ororo's classroom (no pun intended), his face as red as his visor, his hands clenching and unclenching, his jaw tight as he very quietly said "Jubilation, could you come to my office please." Jubes knew that she was in for it. She took a very long time packing up her books, never so sad to be released from math class. She gulped as the class around her tittered.

She stared down at her clasped hands for the ten minutes that he yelled at her and extolled her punishment. Finally she was released. She ran to her room and giggled all of the laughter that she had held back in his office. There were still balloon skins on the floor, and she couldn't help wondering if he had found the porn in his desk yet. After she was though giggling, Jubilee went in search of a mop.