A/N: Once again thank you all for reading this and feel free to review ;).
Molly Grace 16: Thank you and I hope you'll enjoy this tiny interlude just as much :D.
Arla Logan: Yeah, they sure are ;)! There'll be much more interactions between Jamie and Violette in Part II, so that's going to be interesting :D.
Interlude II: That Insignificant Summer That Meant Everything
Crystal Amaquelin was a nice, pretty, kind, maybe a bit naïve, strawberry blonde girl that Pietro did not deserve in any way.
Most of the time, Lance would stay out of his love life completely, but Pietro usually kept around girls who knew why he kept them around. Crystal, on the other hand, was a romantic at heart and you could see it in the honest, open, lovesick smiles she kept sending Pietro. It was awful to look at.
And okay, Lance in no way was a saint – he played with Kitty's emotions and insecurities way back when he first met her, but it was never to this extent.
He wanted to say something, but Violette just kept stopping him with her hand on his chest, saying that Pietro, for once in his life, honestly liked a girl. And he'd foolishly listen, knowing he was the one who least got Pietro out of all of them, his thoughts going elsewhere.
He'd lie if he'd say he never thought about what could happen between him and Violette. It was just the kind of thought that would run through a guy's mind when he's living with a bunch of other guys and one, somewhat attractive, girl. But he'd always stop after a minute or two, not because he'd never have a chance, but because he did. He could make a move and she'd probably go with it. They'd be together and over time, he'd probably fall in love with her.
And then what?
What if they'd fight? Between the two of them, the house would turn into a smoking rumble and he'd end up with third degree burns from all her blows, cause that was what Lance managed to always bring out of people, the worst. And of course they'd inevitably break up, but what would they do afterwards? How could they stay in this house, facing each other everyday, when he knows they'd already say the worst they could? When there was no way they could take it back, cause that's how Lance hurt people, with words you couldn't pretend weren't said? Would she move out and leave them for the X-geeks? He'd have to stay on his best behavior and then marry the girl, just to keep the guys' hearts intact.
And Lance wasn't really the best choice when it came to potential husbands.
So instead, he'd focus on Pietro, trying to work out how Violette came to the conclusion that he even remotely cared about Crystal.
It was rather interesting, the way Pietro would not give a single fuck about all of them while simultaneously caring way too much. He'd say he never knew Lance was so into him with a smug grin, while his eyes showed his worry and panic.
And after a while, Lance had to admit, Pietro did like her. He would bring her stuff she didn't even ask for, talk with her and even cuddle without it turning into a make out session. And when Crystal told him that her family was leaving for Norway at the end of August, he looked authentically crushed.