Log: Alison and Jubilee

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People involved: Jubilee, Alison
Date: Backdated all the way to Saturday 9th October 2004
What Happens Alison decides to take Jubilee for four hours of meditation after Jubilee's confrontation with Scott.
Song: 'Breaking the Habit' by Linkin Park (Jubilee's theme song.)




Jubilee was feeling somewhat battered and brain dead as she walked around the corner. The confrontation with Scott had been not at all what she was expecting and had left her feeling like the world didn't particularly make sense. Scott had yelled at her. Scott... Mr 'always in control'. It was distressing...it was...It was damn distressing. She popped her gum a few times in order to calm herself down, taking great care in putting one foot in front of the other as she coaxed her mind back from the happy dark place of no thinking that it had run screaming into.

Leaning against the wall unnoticed, Alison reflected that it was probably mean to do this in such a way, but really, felt no guilt at all. Overhearing some of the shouting had been enlightening to say the least and certainly hadn't changed her resolve - meditation would be good for this in more than one way, even though it might take the girl sometime to appreciate that. And good lord did those clothes not match.

As such, the voice calling out just from behind Jubilee was probably somewhat unexpected, to say the least.

"Jubilation Lee."

Jubilee started violently, twisted and dropped into a defensive crouch before her brain finally caught up with her and she recognised the voice. She looked up at Alison somewhat sheepishly. "Um, Alison. Hi!"

"Hi," was the pleasant reply, Alison offering an equally pleasant smile in return, not commenting at all on the girl's reaction. "Walk with me, why don't you." It was not a question. Moving away from wall she headed down the hallway towards the main entrance. She didn't look back to check on Jubilee, fully expecting her to follow.

Her brain appeared to have found a good bar in the outer darkness and was not going to be returning any time soon. As it was, Jubilee couldn't think of any reason not to follow Alison, although she wasn't sure she was going to like wherever their destination was going to be. Shrugging, she followed, curiosity getting the better of her. "So, um...you heard the shouting?"

"I think the question you want to ask, Jubilation, is who did not hear the shouting." The ton of amusement might have been somewhat off-putting. Or maybe it the harder undercurrents had something to do with that. She opened the door and stepped aside, gesturing for Jubilee to walk outside before her. "After you."

Jubilee walked ahead of her, blinking at the bright sunshine after the cool shadows of artificial light. She walked for always and then turned back to Alison. "Um, and we were headed where, exactly?"

"Mmm." Alison walked to the edge of the front porch and inspected the area carefully. Ah, lovely spot in the shade, just there. "I think that'll do nicely." She gestured towards the general area she'd chosen and headed down the steps, smiling a bit to herself. "C'mon."

She followed, becoming more confused and bewildered by the second. Alison being mysterious was never a good sign and considering she'd just had a screaming match with Scott in the middle of a hallway she wasn't entirely sure what would come next. 'Aliens' she thought. 'Maybe the whole school has been taken over by aliens like in 'Invasion of the body snatchers'.

She amused herself with this thought as she neared the shady spot Alison was making a beeline for. "Um, you're not like going to kill me and replace me with a pod person are you? Cause, Dude, totally uncool."

Jubilee, darling, you are a pod person. Replying that however would ruin the atmosphere she had set up, so Alison kept the thought to herself.

"Remember when you asked me to help with Tai Chi?" she asked instead, since this was what this was all about - only not entirely, but Jubilee hardly needed to know that. For now. Maybe Alison would tell her later, although she hoped the girl would figure it out on her own.

Jubilee nodded, her gaze somewhat suspicious. "Dude, this isn't where we go through some bizarre ritual to the Tai Chi Gods or somethin', is it?"

The Tai Chi Gods or any other Gods were the least of Jubilee's worries, as far as Alison was concerned. "Nooo. This is where you sit down and you learn how to breathe properly." Alison paused, looking down. Front lawn, in sight of the mansion in case of an emergency. This would do. "Here."

Jubilee looked at her somewhat askance. 'Who was this mad woman and what had she done with the real Alison?'

"Um, okay. I can breath...Totally not doing all that Hee Hee Hee, Hah Hah Hah stuff though. Had a drama teacher once that made us do that and I swear I couldn't stop laughin' for at least a good twenty minutes."

"They do that in pregnancy classes too I hear," was the bland response. Alison sat down in the grass, undoing the laces to her running shoes before taking them off. And smiled up at Jubilee. "You do realize learning how to breathe properly involves not talking, mmm?"

A look of horror crossed Jubilee's face. "Like, no talking? For four hours? Dude, that's just downright cruel."