Summary: A misunderstanding could split up Pyro and Kaylee. Is their love solid enough to pull through?
Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men Evolution, and I'm not making money, but if I had my choice, I'd claim Pyro, because he's so much fun to write about.
Flaming Anger
CHAPTER 4
Monday afternoon, Kaylee drug herself from her crying and got dressed for work. She looked a wreck, and made sure she took a shower and applied some makeup to cover the dark circles under her eyes. She grabbed her messenger bag and checked her watch knowing she had time to take it easy on the way in. As she was darting out the door, her mother called from the kitchen. "Kaylee? Can you come here a moment?" Wincing Kaylee headed abck towards the kitchen and saw her mother baking some type of bread. "Hey, are you alright?" "Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Her mother gave her a look and pointed to the trashcan where the tissues and empty box from the weekend were. "You went through all of our tissues while I was away. What happened?" Kaylee twisted one of her curls and looked down before speaking softly. "John broke up with me." "What?! When?" her mother set down the bowl and walked over to sit Kaylee down. "He did it Friday night, and no one from the Institute would talk to me. I don't know what I did mom, everything was great." Her mother nodded and gave her a hug. "I know sweety, Professor Xavier called me this morning to confirm you were still going with him on your trip." Kaylee shook her head no. "I can't now, he doesn't want to see me ever again." Trying to keep her from crying, Mrs. McKenzie grabbed a paper towel and offered it to her daughter. "Sweety I'm sure it's just a space issue he's going through, all men get it, they want to be left alone and they push away the ones they love."
Thinking about this Kaylee wiped her eyes and nodded taking her mother's words into account. "Maybe I should give him time and his own space." Her mother nodded and tilted her chin upright tapping her nose. "I'll be here when you get home, and I'll make dinner for you and we'll talk more. Ok? I don't want you to be late for work, so try not to think too much on it. Leave it here at home ok?" Kaylee nodded and hugged her mother giving her a kiss on the cheek before heading out to her bike.
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John was flicking his lighter open and shut in an agitated manner as he sat in a recliner in the institute. He had cried all day Saturday, and then spent all day Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in the danger room doing extra excercises with Logan. It helped him to let off some steam, but nothing Logan asked would get him to talk about it. Remy was sitting at a table in the same room playing solitare and would glance over at John every so often. "What you thinkin hombre?" John glanced at him and then back at his lighter. "I'm thinking maybe I want to go melt Bobby's face off for stealing mah Sheila." Remy shook his head and glanced outside where Bobby was walking around the fountain with Ray. Bobby had a bunch of flowers and was tieing them off to make a bouqet, Ray handing him an occasional flower here and there. "Maybe you should just relax and get some fresh think that it would do you some good." John snapped the lighter shut, rather hard and jumped up. "Good idea mate. Let's go fer a drive." "Now wait a minute Johnny, where you thinkin of going?" John glanced back with a smirk and shook his keys to signal he'd drive. "I feel like a coffee." Remy collected his cards and stuck them in his pocket as he followed John out to his car. Climbing in the passenger seat, they both noticed Bobby hopping on his own bike and heading off the property. "You sure this all you planning to do? Remy not lookin for no trouble." John nodded and took off for The Bean making sure to leave plenty of distance behind them. "Yeah, I'm sure."
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"Ok so that's one frozen caramel mocha and one strawberry blizzard. Anything else?" The people at her table shook their heads and Kaylee smiled heading inside to put the order in and make the mocha. It was a fairly warm day and the frozen drink orders were piling up. She wiped her brow with her arm and smiled listening to the music playing in the store as she blended the mocha. It seemed to be cheering her up and making her want to dance. "Girl this is the happiest I've seen you all day!" Renee put an arm around her shoulder and grinned before doing a spin and grabbing a tray of drinks. "Kaylee couldn't help but laugh and glanced outside spotting a familiar figure with bright orange hair leaning on a car across the parking lot. Her good mood stopped and she watched, with a yearning, hoping he would come inside. A bang on the counter braught her back to reality as Renee glanced outside. "Oooo, lover boy is out there. You should take a break, I'll go deliver your drinks for you." Kaylee shook her head quickly. "No, no that's alright I'll do it. I can go on break later." "Not happening girl." Renee snatched the tray from her and pointed at the clock. "You have 10 minutes!" She sighed and undid her apron setting it aside before making a quick caramel macchiato and stepped outside into the mild heat squinting as she headed towards John and his car.
John watched Kaylee dancing to some music inside and felt his heart aching all over again. Remy was inside the car with his feet hanging out watching John. It reminded him of a kid watching a puppy in a pet store, until he saw Kaylee walking towards the car. "Hi John." John looked away with disinterest. "Um, I braught you a coffee, because I figured you were here for one." "No thank you." John's voice was hard and accusing and Kaylee had to take a step back. "Well, ok, I'll just leave it on the hood." She set it on the hood of the car watching him and looked down twisting one of her curls. "Look I don't know what I did wrong, but can we at least be friends?" John look at her as if she were bug eyes, or had told him she was a guy. "You don't know what you did wrong? How can you not know what you did wrong?!" Kaylee took another step back as John slid off the car. "You cheated on me, with one of me own room mates!" Now it was kaylee's turn to stare at him. "I don't know what you're talking about! I never cheated on you, I would never do that to you!" "Oh and getting all cuddly with Bobby was just being friends roight?" She frowned and started to get angry. "Bobby was asking me for advice."
"Nice try, I bet that's what you wanted me to believe."
"No really, he wanted my help with Renee."
"Who the bloody hell is Renee? Someone you just made up?"
"No! She's the daytime waitress. Is that what this about? You think because I was helping Bobby I was cheating on you?"
"I don't care what your excuses are. I told you we were done, Kaylee, and I ment it."
"Well then maybe you shouldn't have come here John!"
Remy got out of the car to intervene. They weren't attracting attention, but he could see John's temper rising and he didn't want an accident here.
"I can go where I like, and you can't stop me, just like you can screw whoever you want and I can't stop you."
The loudest SLAP that had been heard by either John or Remy was heard and felt as Kaylee struck him across the cheek with her hand. Tears were welling up in her eyes as she glared at him. "Go to hell." She barely whispered as she turned running down the street away from The Bean, away from John and away from the customers now noticing what was going on. Gregory came outside and saw Kaylee running off, John holding a hand on his cheek and a couple young kids from the bording house down the way snickering at what happened and started forward. "Kaylee! Come back!"
She ignored everyone as she ran, crying tears of anger and pain as she turned into the park and still kept running. She heard Gregory calling for her, but she ignored it. She didn't care if she lost her job or respect from all of her friends. She wanted to die right now. She wanted to throw herself from the tallest building and die.
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John rubbed the side of his face in shock from being slapped and looked at Remy for what to do. Gregory had come out of the store calling after her and she didn't answer continuing to run. He stormed over to the two of them and put his hands on his hips. "What did you do to my waitress?" Remy put himself between Gregory and John. "Lover's quarrel missuire, nothing more. We'll be leaving now." Gregory moved to stop them from leaving. "What happened?" John looked at Gregory as if he were in shock. "Sheila slapped me." Gregory huffed and crossed his arms as Bobby came running up with Renee and Kurt. "God john, what did you say?" Bobby inquired looking past them confused. John looked at Bobby with anger starting to well up in his eyes and noticed a flower from the institute in Renee's hair. Kaylee's words came crashing down on him and he too bolted down the street. "Crikey, what have I done." Remy sighed and seemed to smile looking at Bobby and Renee and then Gregory. "Seems they gonna be trying to make up fer this on their own. Sorry for the scene."