No lie! I thought I finished this story ages ago but when I reread it I realized I never posted the last chapters. So I'm going to revamp them and finish this story. R&R if your still reading it, regardless I'm going to finish it.

Chapter 10

Butterflies

Todd sighed in his sleep, he'd had a fantastic dream and he sure as hell didn't want to wake up, hoping it would continue. He smirked into his pillow not daring to open his eyes, last night he dreamt he and Candy had…. He felt someone snuggle up to him and his eyes shot open. It took him a moment for all his senses to gather as he took it all in. He was in his semi-messy room, in his bed, the morning sun peeking through the curtains…. Just enough to illuminate the red head who was nuzzled up to him, and that they were both very much naked. It all rushed back to him and he grinned from ear to ear, it hadn't been a dream. He looked at Candy as she slept, he didn't know what he'd been thinking before, she wasn't just cute, she was damn right gorgeous. Perhaps it was last night, or maybe it was her fiery hair in wild tangles, or maybe it was the bit of drool on the side of her face… but Todd was certain he'd never seen a more beautiful creature, she let out a light snore and he chuckled.

"What?" she mumbled as her hazel eyes blearily opened and she smiled with a yawn, "What's so funny?"

"Nothin," he smiled and played with her hair.

"Mmm, good," she smiled and sleepily began to drift off.

"Hey Toad! I need too… OW! Why is your dressed against your door?" Todd shot bolt upright as he saw Pietro partially open the door.

"Pietro! Uh, can you come back later, yo!" said Todd quickly, "I uh… have to clean."

"….. That's rich, now let me in, I need my green shirt back you jacked last week," said Pietro as he began to push against the door.

"I'm naked!" yelled Todd, Pietro just snorted and pushed against the door, "Hold on I'm coming, don't kill yourself."

"It's about time…." Todd shoved the green shirt through the crack, "Are you serious, this isn't even mine…"

"Go away Pietro," said Todd as he closed the door only for it to push back open before he could lock it.

"What are you hiding?" asked Pietro quickly, "You only do something like this when your hiding something…. I'm getting Blob."

"Pietro don't…." Todd was cut off as Candy leaned a little passed him, a shirt pulled over her.

"Morning Pietro," she said calmly, and Pietro went silent, at first Todd thought he'd run off.

"Uh Pietro?" asked Todd hesitantly.

"Uhmhmm," there was a shaky reply from eh other side of the door.

"Can you not run around the house and broadcast please," said Todd hopefully, "Wing man?"

"… For the simple reason you have been mine… I will wait… at least until your dressed…. I will be down stairs," he heard Pietro zip off and sighed.

"So…my parents won't be back until tomorrow evening…. Want to come over?" asked Candy as she leaned against his shoulder.

"… We should probably get dressed," said Todd quickly.

Todd looked up at the vibrantly purple ceiling as he and Candy lay cuddled up on her bed, music playing on her iPod from the dresser. This was nice… no wonderful, this was must it felt like to be normal. He let his mind take it over, let it sink in. He'd never been able to just… live… just without regard of his powers and being a mutant. It was nice to just be able to have a girlfriend, have a job, and just be. As he mused over this a sudden panic overtook him. Sinclair.

"Your father's going to kill me… he's going to fire me and then kill me," said Todd with a sigh, and Candy giggled.

"He won't kill you or fire you. My dad loves you, and I'm pretty sure he thinks we were already doing it," she laughed, "Not that he condones promiscuous behavior or anything, but he knows how I feel about you."

"How you feel about me?" he asked with a curious smile.

"I love you," she smiled and leaned on her pillow, no blush on her face, "I know we've only been together for six months but… I love you."

"You love me?" he asked in shock as he looked into her deep hazel eyes in awe.

He couldn't remember a time ever hearing anyone saying it, save for his mother once…. His head rushed and his chest beat like a drum. He thought about how she made him feel….. how happy he was when he was with her…. He thought about her charming smile and her jokes… he looked at her slightly freckled nose and fiery hair, her slim pink frame against his lean green hued one. His heart skipped a beat as he looked at her.

"I love you too," he breathed and he was certain of it.

"You're not just saying that to seduce me are you?" asked Candy with a slight blush as he hand slid down his chest.

"I feel like you're more the seductress in all this, babe," he laughed and moved his hand down her side, she squirmed, "Ticklish are we?"

"A little… AHH! DON'T! HAHA!" the tickle fight had begun.

"Good evening Brotherhood," beamed Todd as he hoped into the living room the next day.

"What's up with you?" asked Lance.

"Where have you been?" asked Fred with a smirk.

"Enjoying the sunshine and the fresh air," he beamed, "Watched butterflies in the park today… didn't even eat them."

"Was this before or after you and Candy di the Vertigo tango?" beamed Tabitha as she snickered next to Pietro.

"Whoa! What?" asked Lance, and he looked at the two smirking on the couch to Todd, "You and Candy?... What?"

"Oh yeah," said Pietro, "By the way, tell you lover that I want my shirt back, I saw her wearing it when you left."

"Left?" asked Fred, "Wait… you two… here?"

"Yup," said Tabitha, "The other night our little Toddles got his freak on, BowChicka-WowWow…"

"Well on that note, good night guys," said Todd as he hoped up the stairs as Pietro and Tabitha made obscene noises."

"Our little Toddles is a man Pietro," sniffed Tabitha dramatically.

"They grow up so fast, soon they'll be making tadpoles of their own and swimming to a new pond," sniffed Pietro.

"You two are idiots," said Wanda as she got up from the couch as grumbled as she went into the kitchen.

"What's bugging her?" asked Lance with a raised brow, he sighed, "Well at least they didn't wake us up like either of you do."

"I have never had sex in this house," said Tabitha defensively, Pietro raised an eyebrow, "The garden doesn't count it wasn't in the house."

"Well on that note, looks like were not eating any vegetables from there this year," said Lance with a sigh.

Todd laid in bed happily texting Candy who was currently spending time with her parents, he sighed. What where his plans now, now that he could make plans. He never actually had given a life outside the house a concern… but now he had a job, a girlfriend, people outside the Brotherhood… he could get his own place… leave the Brotherhood. He shook his head, he was moving this way too fast in his head, he was going to ruin things if he did this. As he drifted off to sleep he dreamed a nice dream, at first it was just he and Candy… but then it was Candy's parents' house but different and he imagined little kids running and hopping around the garden. He let his mind wonder in his happiness, it wasn't rushing if it was just a dream, was it?

TBC