Title: It's Just a Little Bet… Authors: Melissa and Cassie Date: January 27, 2000 Rating: PG Catagorys:H, ML Disclamer (by Cassie) : We don't own the shirts on our backs, we definitely don't own the Quests. The only thing we own is this story idea, and our insanity. AN (by Melissa): In this fic, Cassie is staying with the Quests (cuz she's Race's daughters and all!) and Melissa is abroad at a private school….Hogwarts!! HA Cassie! I do go there! It's Just a Little Bet... "See, Cassie," Melissa said innocently into the phone. "That's all you have to do. It's just a little bet." "Ok, but what do I get?" Cassie replied cooly. "My Sailor Jupiter tiara that you want." Melissa rolled her eyes in the mirror, then smiled. "And if I win you send me Jonny's boxers." "Okay, but you're not going to get them." Cassie made a face at the phone. "Don't count on it!" came the response from across the Atlantic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "WHERE ARE ALL MY CLOTHES!" Jessie screamed when she got out of her shower. "Jessie, shut up, I still have five minuets before I have to get up!" Jonny yelled from across the hall. Jessie stormed into the room across the hall and ripped Jonny's blanket off his bed. "Come on, Quest, I KNOW you have them somewhere!" "Jessie, stop it, it's too early for this! Turn off the light!" Jonny had squeezed his eyes and was flailing his arms around wildly when he hit Jessie and her towel dropped to the floor. "YOU PERVERT!" Cassie ran into Jonny's room. "Jess, what's wr.... OH MY GOD!!!" Jonny was about to open his eyes to see what was going on, but Cassie jumped on top of him and screamed in his ear. "Do NOT open your eyes yet, Quest!" Jonny, afraid for his life, did as he was told. Jessie picked up her towel and looked at her half-sister. "SOMEONE took all my clothes," she said, glaring at Jonny. "But at least we're the same size, Cassie. I'll borrow some of your stuff. That's what sisters are for, right?" Jessie hopped out of the room and Cassie smacked her head. There was no way Melissa would have accepted that incident as winning the bet. "Stupid." she said. Then she looked down at Jonny, who had begun to snore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the second day, Jessie still hadn't found her clothes. "Cassie, can I borrow your clothes again? I still haven't found them and Jonny denies everything." "Oh, I'm sorry Jess, all my stuff is in the wash except for what I'm wearing." Cassie had a very sympathetic face, almost too sympathetic. "Jeez, maybe Hadji has some things I can borrow." She bolted down the stairs in her towel. "Hadj!" Cassie held up a clenched fist. "I swear I'll kill her!" Just then, she heard Jessie yell out, "Oh, my towel!" Cassie leaped down the stairs and landed on Jessie, who cried out in pain. Hadji and Dr. Quest, who were eating breakfast in the other room, looked through the open door and gave the two girls a strange look. Cassie smiled weakly. There was no way she wanted her Hadji to see Jessie naked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the third day, Jessie still hadn't found her clothes. Cassie's were still mysteriously in the wash, Hadji only had two outfits-the one he wore yesterday and the one she borrowed and got stains all over- and Jonny, Dr. Quest, and Race each had only a single outfit to begin with. Just as Jessie was about to give up ever finding her clothes, Race called out from his bathroom. "Hey, Jessie, I found your clothes in my shower- they're kinda wet, but you can use 'em anyway." Jessie immediately bounded downstairs to her father's room. Just as she reached the door to his bedroom, she tripped on her towel, again revealing herself. But she immediately sunk into the pile of dirty clothes on the floor Race's room. Race walked out of his bathroom, and looked at Jessie strangely. "Ponchita, what are you doing lying on the floor?" Not waiting for an answer, he left his room to go eat breakfast. "Sheesh," Cassie commented as she watched from outside of the room, "even I wouldn't wish that on my sister." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the fourth day, Thursday, nothing interesting happened before school. On Jessie's way to Math class, however, Cassie strangely knocked into her, spilling the large can of paint she was carrying all over them. Jessie stared at her paint covered clothes in horror. "What did you do? This is my favorite outfit!" She screamed. "I didn't see you!" Cassie exclaimed innocently. "I was the only one in the hallway! How could you not see me?" By now, a crowd had gathered to stare at the two arguing sisters. "When I get my hands on you-" "Give it up, Jess," one of her friends said. "I've got some clothes in my locker you can wear." Jessie gave her sister a look of daggers, then followed her friend through the crowd. "Damn it," Cassie said as the crowd dispersed. Then she dropped her head, and more paint fell on her shoes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday, the entire school day went by without anything happening to Jessie. The last period of the day she had gym, and was the last person back to the locker room. Jessie pushed open the door to the empty room, and her eyes widened. Her clothes were missing yet again! She sighed, and tried to think of where her clothes could've gone. The intelligent redhead has absolutely no idea. She decided that no one would notice if she wore her jacket-which was open except for one button- and her Adidas wind pants entirely closed by snaps for the last five minutes of the day. She grabbed her purse and left the locker room, oblivious to a long strand of fishline attached to the back of her jacket and the back of her pants. Jessie began to push open the double doors leading out of the gym hallway. The lines became taunt, then jerked off her cloths so hard that Jessie was sent sprawling into the corridor, which was filled with students leaving the building. Everyone stared at her, lying in the hall, wearing only her black lacy bra and thong underwear. She was so embarrassed, she nearly broke into tears. Then Cassie appeared in front of Jessie. "Jess, who tore off your clothes?" she asked innocently. Jessie stared at her sister with a look of enlightenment. "How did you... It was you! The whole time! And after I yelled at Jonny all week! YOU B-!" Jessie was cut off by the crowd as she lunged for Cassie. Cassie tried to dodge, but the fiery redhead was too fast, and landed on top her. Jessie was about to hit Cassie's face, but Cassie flung her off with her legs. Jessie hit a row of lockers, but she immediately got up and went for Cassie, successfully punching her right eye. Cassie defensively tried hit back, but Jessie deflected it and went for her sister's throat. By the time the Assistant Principal Mrs. Morrison found them, Cassie had done the same and they were strangling each other. A ring of students (who had missed their busses) surrounded them. Mrs. Morrison separated Cassie and Jessie, and looked at them with an unforgiving gaze. "ISS* for you both!" Jessie groaned. Dad would kill her! Mrs. Morrison let go of the girls. Cassie quickly whipped out her camera and took a picture of Jessie, who then proceeded to jump the brunette. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Did you get it?" Melissa asked Cassie over the phone. "Yeah. And a week of ISS, to boot." Cassie said dryly. "Oh," Melissa turned to her computer and looked at her inbox. "I just found the pic you sent to my e-mail, so I'll send the tiara to-" "Wait a minute, Melis- for a week's worth of ISS, I want something more." "Yeah? Like what?" Melissa inquired with an amused tone. "You remember that video you stole from Jessie? The one where Hadji is dancing, and singing about his turban?" Cassie asked, examining her right eye in the mirror. "You mean the 'I'm Too Sexy For My Turban' thing?" "Yeah. I want that too." "What!? But I had to steal the keys to her desk drawer, wear a corset to sneak through the security lasers on Jessie's window, hack through her hard drive to find the computer copy-" "I have a black eye and a broken arm! I'm in ISS which means I can't go on that field trip to see 'The Phantom of the Opera', and Dad grounded me for a month!" Cassie was yelling so loud Melissa had to move the phone away from her ear. "Ok, I'll send you the tape." Melissa replied grimly, and hung up the phone. "Jeez. I was so sure she wouldn't be able to get a picture of Jessie embarrassed in front of a bunch of people. And I wanted to sleep in Jonny's boxers next week, now I'll have to wait till the next time I go there to-" She paused. "Unless..." Her mouth curved up in a smile. "Now what do I have that Cassie would do anything for?" FIN