Chapter 3: Wanda's Two Cents

Wanda came out of the kitchen just as her twin walked out of their father's study.

"How'd it go? I didn't hear any yelling?" she said trying to make him smile as she saw his disappointing face. "At least your still alive."

Pietro didn't even look at her as he headed up to his room. "I'm fine," he mumbled in response.

She gave him a worried look. "Pietro are you okay?" Her brother was usually the kind of person that was always energetic and was never…well upset about anything.

He paused for a second, still not looking at her. "Yeah, I'll be okay." Then continued up the stairs.

Wanda stared at her brother until he was out of her view. She then walked over to her father's study and knocked softly on the door. She entered when she heard a quiet reply from Erik to come in.

"Dad, is Pietro okay?" Wanda asked in a concerned tone. "He wasn't really himself, he looked kind of upset."

Erik looked at his daughter with a sad expression. "I…well…," he trailed off.

"Dad, what's going on?" she asked as she sat down in the chair that Pietro previously occupied.

"Pietro feels a little cooped up here and wants to take a vacation…to Brazil to live with some…tribe he knows in the rainforest."

Wanda just stared at her father. "And?" She eventually said.

"Wanda, he wants to go off to stay at some savage place for who knows how long." He said in a voice that was mixed with shock from his daughter's tone and fear at the separation from his son.

"Dad I understand that your worried about him, but this is Pietro." She said in a understanding tone. "He…he can take care of himself, he has the knowledge of well everything, like all survival skills of everything. He would be fine and if anything happened he would be here in a heartbeat."

"Yes, but Wanda-"

"Dad, he will be fine," she said. "You gotta let go. And I've noticed lately that Pietro seems a little worn down I guess. Like something's missing with him."

Magneto was always a man of strength, he was brave and never showed weakness, since having been raised by him she knew this, but Wanda knew her father's unemotionally composure was coming undone at the fact of his son's need to leave.

"I know," he replied with reluctance. "I've noticed too."

Knowing her father needed to be alone with his thoughts, she quietly got up and left.

Pietro was laying on his bed with his arms behind his head, and staring at the ceiling when he heard a knock at his door. Probably Wanda wanting to know what's wrong, Pietro thought.

"Come in," he called. He was surprised when the visitor actually turned out to be his father. "Hey."

"Alright Pietro," Erik said in a defeated voice. "If it really means that much to you, then you can go."

"No dad, it's okay."

"Pietro I want you to be happy. And if this is what you need to do to find yourself, then its fine with me."

"Are you serious?" He asked in an unsure tone.

"Yeah, I'll survive without you for a while."

"Wow. Thanks dad," Pietro smiled. "This really means a lot."

"So how long did you plan on leaving?"

Pietro was reluctant to respond, knowing his father wouldn't be to thrilled with his answer. "Well since school ends in a couple of weeks, I was thinking of leaving then and maybe….stay the whole summer."

The whole summer, his father thought.

"I'll write to you guys all the time," Pietro added quickly.

Magneto was quiet for a minute, which seemed like an eternity to Pietro. "O-okay."

"Dad I'll be fine."

"I know you will, you're my son," Erik smiled, causing his son to smile too. He then reached over and pulled Pietro into a hug.

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