Hey you guys, sorry for the delay. I've been busy plus the newest episode of AHS completely blew my mind the other day and made me totally useless. Plus, I haven't had a moment alone to write or figure things out. But here you go anyway!
They sat down in the theater with the stolen popcorn and a soda to share that Peter had grabbed for them, right as the movie was about to start. Neither spoke as their eyes were glued to the screen, but Lilith didn't miss the cliché yawn and stretch move that he pulled when he put his arm on her chair. Without moving her eyes from the screen she grabbed his arm and pulled it around her shoulder, and snuggled into his side.
Peter had thought he was being slick, however she was smarter than he thought. He decided he definitely liked this girl, especially when the girl in the movie spider-walked down the stairs and Lilith burrowed her face in his chest.
After the movie was over, she was back on his back and he raced them home and dumped her unceremoniously on his couch.
"Hey!" She laughed.
"Sorry," he smiled. "Stay put I'll be right back okay?"
"Sure." She said this to empty air, however, because he was gone.
When he appeared next to her a few moments later, he was carrying a bag with the Mcdonalds logo on it and a bottle of Coke. "I hope you like cheeseburgers."
"You are a god."
"Oh please, don't, my ego is big enough already." He laughed, shrugging off his jacket and removing his goggles.
So they settled on the couch and ate quietly for a little while, passing the bottle of soda back and forth. "So, when did you realize you had powers?" Lilith asked him.
He shrugged. "I dunno. For as long as I can remember I've been fast."
"I feel bad for your mom." She joked.
"Me too. She got 3 of us, and 2 of us have powers."
"You mentioned a sister. How old is she?"
"Wanda? 17. We're twins. She can manipulate probability and warp reality. It's pretty weird." He finished his final burger and shoved the wrapper in the bag. "And my other sister is Lorna, she's 8."
Lilith nodded. "I'm an only child."
"How'd you know you had powers?"
"Well, one day I woke up, and I was in the living room. I thought it was sleepwalking for awhile. But it kept happening. Living room, basement, under the bed." She shoved the rest of the wrappers in the bag. "So my parents decided to try tying me to the bed. And that's when they realized what I was. I phased through the ties in my sleep and woke up in the basement."
"Whoa. What did they do?"
"Freaked." She shrugged. "I learned to control it after that, hoped maybe they'd forget. But one day Professor Xavier came. They wouldn't let me meet him, but he told them what I was, offered to help me. They refused him. And then about a year later Trask's people came and they let them take me."
Peter was quiet for awhile, letting it sink in. "They gave you to Trask?"
"Yep, I overheard the whole thing. My mom was scared but my dad, he was angry. Said he wouldn't be my father, could not be the father of something like me. That I was unnatural, all mutants are, and we need to be stopped. Trask's people put it in their heads, that we need to be studied and exterminated." She was crying now, silent tears running down her face. "My mother had packed a bag for me, like I was going on a vacation. They wouldn't let me take it. I don't think she realized what she had done until it was too late."
He frowned and put his arms around her in a hug. "I'm sorry that happened to you. It's going to be okay now, alright?" He mumbled into her hair.
She nodded and leaned into his embrace, and continued with her story. "They knocked me out in the car and when I came to I was in that room you found me in. They had the cuffs on me, and tied me down to the bed. They took blood samples and electrocuted me. They poked at me and put me through x-rays and MRI's." She sniffled. "I was there for weeks. And then, you saved me." She pulled back and smiled at him.
He grinned back. "I'm glad I did."
"Me too." She yawned. "So are we going to talk about that Pentagon hat?"
"Ha! Can't let it go, can you?"
"Nope. One doesn't just come by that at the store or something. I'm figuring it's a pretty good story." She grinned, grabbing the bottle of soda.
Smirking, he said "Well, I may or may not have helped Charles Xavier break into the Pentagon and bust out a convicted murderer."
"What!?" She sputtered, nearly choking on her drink.
Grinning he launched into the story, the glass cell, his fun run in the kitchen, and his joy ride in the rental car. "They were headed to that peace summit in Paris, and then a few days later all that shit went down at the White House."
"You broke out Magneto?"
"Yeah. In my defense I didn't know what I had done until it was too late. But from the conversation I overheard from Charles and Logan, it seems like it was the only choice to save the future or something. Apparently, if we hadn't done it, it was going to start a huge Mutant/Human war that would basically end all existence." He shrugged.
She nodded and yawned again. "Sorry, guess I'm tired."
"Don't be, today was full of fun and excitement." He stood up, pulling her along. "Come on, to bed with you."
She didn't protest, and followed him to the other side of the basement, where his mattress was pushed up against the walls, covered in a bright blue blanket and about 15 pillows. She flopped on the bed and re-arranged the mass of pillows, and kicked off her shoes.
Peter watched her getting comfy on his bed, which made his insides feel warm. What was this girl doing to him? When she turned and looked at him he smiled at her.
"Are you coming?" She asked, patting the spot next to her.
He grinned and kicked off his own shoes, took off his belt and his socks and crawled next to her. She snuggled up to him the same way they had before and they both fell asleep with peaceful smiles on their faces.
