A/N: Here's the moment we've all been waiting for! {Drum roll sounds} Pietro finally gets Mina to agree to go out with him! This chappie is dedicated to one of the smexiest bands alive! I LOVE YOU GUYS!ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men Evolution or any song used in this story, so don't sue me!
() =Telepathic conversations
""=Speaking
''=Thoughts
It's About Time!
Me and the rest of the X-Men were walking down the hallway when I saw the poster that made my morning. It read:
Anarbor!
One Night Only!
the Washington Avenue Armory
Concert starts 8:00 P.M
Tickets on sale now!
"Oh my god!" I yelled as I ripped the poster off the wall and jumped up and down. "No way! No way! No way! I need to be at this concert!"
"Mina loves Anarbor," LaToya told the X-Men as they watched me practically bounce off the walls.
"Ve can see zhat," Kurt said.
"Uh-oh, short stuff," Anthony said.
"What do you mean 'uh-oh'?" I asked as I stopped jumping.
"Look at the date," Anthony said. "The concerts tonight."
"So?" I asked. "I can find tickets."
"And it's all the way in Albany," Anthony said.
"I'll find a way to get there," I said.
"You don't know where anything is in New York," Anthony said. "And you have zero sense of direction."
"Nu-huh!" I countered.
"Yes huh," Anthony said. "Remember what happened in middle school?"
"You can't hold that against me!" I said.
"What happened in middle school?" Scott asked.
"Well after we, er um, 'moved' out of our house into a new one, we had to walk home from school and I made the dumb mistake of letting Mina lead the way home," LaToya said.
"We got home didn't we?" I asked.
"Yeah," LaToya said. "After we ended up calling dad from eight blocks away!"
"Okay," I said. "Not my best moment but-"
"But nothing," Anthony said. "Sorry, sis but you're not going to that concert."
"Just watch me," I said. "Like I said before: I'll find a way to get there."
Just then the bell rang and I said "See y'all in lunch! Can't be late for my favorite class!"
Me, LaToya, Rogue and Kurt were all juniors now while Anthony, Scott and Jean were seniors and Kitty and Evan were sophomores. I didn't have every class with Pietro just a few but hey I wasn't complaining. This year I had auto shop, English III, Trigonometry, and AP Chemistry with him. My other two classes were home-ec and music appreciation. I was headed to music appreciation which was probably my favorite class because it was so easy. All we had to do was sit around and sing all day and I'm a pretty great singer. I'm not the best in the class, but I definitely aint the worst. Throughout the whole class I sat around thinking how to get tickets and a ride to Albany but it as hard but it was easier said than done. Class ended and my next class was auto shop so hopefully seeing Pietro would lift my spirits.
"'Morning, Mr. Hackney," I greeted as walked into the shop garage.
"'Morning," he replied.
I walked toward my auto shop station and immediately got to work. The assignment was to fix up one of the teachers old cars and see if we could get it running again. I decided to work with the Brotherhood because even though they were huge selfish jerks they're still kinda likeable. And I use likeable in the loosest term possible.
'Except when it comes to Pietro,' a voice in my head said. 'You more than just like him.' That voice in my head has been bugging me ever since my first day last semester but I've learned to almost completely ignore it now. Which was hard because it sounds exactly like me.
I tried to open the hood of the car but it was heavy so Fred came over and easily flipped it open and pulled out the engine we're supposed to working on.
"Thanks," I said. I reached for the engine but someone caught my hand.
"What're you doing?" Pietro asked.
"Trying to take the busted spark plugs out," I replied as I reached in again. Once again Pietro caught my hand.
"Why do you keep doing that?" I asked exasperatedly. He pointed to my hands and I understand what he meant when I saw my hands were bare.
"You forgot your gloves," Pietro said. "And your goggles. I wouldn't want your beautiful hands and big brown eyes to get damaged, know would I?" He brought my hand close to his mouth and kissed it.
"You're such a womanizer," I said rolling my eyes and snatching my hand away. I started to walk away to get my gloves and goggles but Pietro stopped me again. "What now?"
"You didn't hit me," Pietro said.
"What?" I asked as I gave him a weird look.
"Every time I do something like that, you hit me," Pietro said. "How come you didn't do it this time? Wait! Don't tell me, I already know."
"Know what?" I asked.
"I'm wearing you down," Pietro smirked. "I knew the Maximoff charm would start working sooner than later. I told you no girl can resist."
I sighed and said "You're an ass," before getting my gloves and goggles. After putting them on, I walked back to the car and got back to work in silence. I was trying my hardest to think of a way to get to the concert but I had zero ideas. Fifteen minutes later, I was still thinking and working on changing those pesky spark plugs. I groaned in frustration as I tried and failed to find a suitable idea.
"What's wrong?" Pietro asked. "You seem kinda off today."
"Huh," I said zoned out. "Oh, uh nothing."
"There's something wrong because your quieter than your usual self," Pietro said. "By now you would've yelled at us for doing something stupid."
"I'm just thinking," I said.
"About me, no doubt," Pietro said arrogantly. "Only I can make a girl zone out like that."
"No not about you, Pietro," I weakly smiled. "I'm just a little bummed that Anarbor, one of my favorite bands, is playing a concert tonight and I don't have tickets or a ride to go."
"Where is it?" Pietro asked.
"Albany," I replied.
"That's so close!" Pietro said.
"Yeah, for you. I don't have super speed, quicky. Let's just forget about it, 'kay," I said sadly. Quickly brightening up, I changed the subject. "Hey, Lance, how're things with you and Kitty? She told me about the first date."
Lance blushed, pulled me to the side and said "It was nice. We met up for some pizza and talked a little. Thanks for telling her to give me a chance."
"Don't mention it," I dismissed. "I didn't really do anything. That was all you guys. Y'all are really cute together."
"You and Pietro seem to like each other," Lance said as I blushed and looked at the ground. "Why don't you two go out on a date?"
"Trust me, I actually want to, " I said in a low whisper as I looked at Pietro.
"So why don't you?" Lance asked.
"Every time he asks me out, he does it in a narcissistic and arrogant way!" I said. "If it wasn't for that, yeah I'd go out on a date with him. So I want you to tell him if he wants me to go out with him to ask me in the sweetest way he possibly can. If he can't, then he can just move on the next chick at Bayville. But he'll be missing out on a good thing."
Just then, the bell rang signaling the end of class. I pulled my gloves off and put them back in my workstation drawers and hung my goggles up. I yelled "Bye guys."
"So what did she say?" Pietro asked speeding up to Lance. After Lance retold our conversation, Pietro exclaimed "What!"
"Yeah," Lance said. "Just stop being an arrogant jackass when you ask her out and she'll go out with you."
"Well she'll just have to take it or leave it," Pietro said defiantly. "Because there is plenty of other-"
"Pietro, swallow your damn pride for once!" Lance angrily interrupted. "And see if this girls actually worth it! For one reason or another, she's actually giving you a chance and Mina's unlike any other girl at this dump of a school so passing her up would be the dumbest idea you've ever had. "
Pietro looked taken aback before a serious look flashed across his face and he sped out of the auto-shop garage. Lance sighed and rolled his eyes. He had a feeling Pietro was gonna find a way to mess this up. Lance left the garage to meet up with Kitty before class started.
Trigonometry went on as it usually did but I took full notice of Pietro's absence. He'd usually be bothering the crap out of me before the bell even rang and there was this empty kind of feeling with him tugging on my hair from the seat behind me. The bell rang and I went to my locker to see if Pietro was there. He wasn't. I headed to the lunch room and spotted Lance, Toad and Fred but no Pietro sitting at their usual spot.
"Hey Lance? Have you seen Pietro? I haven't seen him since auto shop and he wasn't in trig so I was just wondering if you knew where he was?" I asked. I quickly added "Not that I'm worried about him or anything! I'm just asking because he's my lab partner in chem."
Lance, who gave an unconvinced smirk, said "I don't where he is. If I see him, I'll make sure to tell him your close to pulling out your hair because you're worried about him."
"Who said I was worried about him?" I asked.
"Your face just told me all I needed to know," Lance aid.
"Tell him anything about this and I'll torture you in ways that aren't even possible," I threatened as I put on my best intimidating face. "Or I could just tell Kitty some embarrassing secrets about you."
"You wouldn't," Lance said as he narrowed his eyes.
"Just try me," I said. We stared each other down until he looked him away.
"Fine!" Lance said. "I won't tell him anything."
"The same goes for you two," I said as I looked at Toad and Fred who both quickly nodded. "Glad y'all could see it my way. Enjoy your lunch boys."
I sauntered away and Toad said "That girl's devious, yo! She's perfect for Pietro!"
I got my lunch and sat down down with Anthony, LaToya and Talisa because I already knew that Scott, Jean and Evan were getting to get on my case about talking to the Brotherhood.
"Hey, sis," LaToya said. "Why were you talking to Lance and 'em?"
"Oh, no reason," I said. "Just talking 'bout stuff."
"What kind of stuff?" Anthony asked.
"Just stuff. Nothing important." I dismissed.
Trying to focus on Mr. McCoy's lesson plan for chemistry was hard especially because I had other things on my mind. Like the concert, my brother dating my best friend, why I don't have a boyfriend and more importantly where the hell Pietro was.
'I hope he's okay,' I thought as Mr. McCoy called my name.
"Ms. Wilson, will you reminding the class what's the value of Avogadro's Number?" Mr. McCoy said.
"Oh um it's 6.02 x 10²³," I replied.
"That's correct," Mr. McCoy said. "Glad to see you're paying attention."
'Damn,' I thought. 'That was a close one. I think I really do need to pay attention unless something like that happens again.'
The bell rang shortly after Mr. McCoy's lesson ended and the day went as usual. I went to English still no Pietro, then to home-ec with Kitty then the school day ended. And unfortunately I had thought of no idea to get to that Anarbor concert and with Pietro being gone the whole day he was clouding my mind so it's not like I would've thought of an idea anyway. I sighed heavily as Anthony drove me, LaToya and Rogue home.
"Still bummed?" Rogue asked.
"Yeah," I replied. "I mean how many other times will I get to see Anarbor?"
"I'm sure they'll be other chances," Rogue reassured.
"I sure hope so," I said as we pulled into the mansion. We got out of the car and walked into the mansion to be greeted with everyone crowded around something.
"What're y'all looking at?" LaToya asked. We made our through the crowd and saw a giant white and red teddy bear holding a red rose and a card.
"Aww," I said "It's so cute and furry!"
"Hey!" Kurt exclaimed. "I'm cute and furry, too!"
"Oh hush," I said playfully hitting him in the arm.
"Who's it for?" LaToya asked Ororo.
"It's for Semina," Ororo said looking at me. "It came while you were at school. It seems that you have a secret admirer."
"Really?" I blushed as everybody around me said 'ooh'. "Do you know who's it from?"
"It doesn't say," Ororo replied. "Here take a look."
" 'Meet me at the park around the corner at 8:00 P.M. I'll be waiting for you by the gazebo. Dress casual. Hope to see you and your gorgeous face there,' " I read aloud.
All the girls in the room, except Rogue, said 'Aww'.
"Looks like Mina's got a blind date," Anthony said rustling my hair before I swatted his hand away and smoothed my hair.
"That is like so romantic, " Kitty said. "Are you gonna go?"
"I don't know," I replied. "I'm a little skeptical about blind dates."
"You need to go," LaToya urged. "You haven't had a boyfriend since-"
"Don't. Say. His. Name," I said slowly. "I don't want to be reminded of him. And give me one reason why I should go."
"For all you know he could be the boy of your dreams!" Jean exclaimed.
"What if it's some creepy perv who's been stalking me through my bedroom window," I said.
"You watch too many horror movies," LaToya said. "Just go!"
"Fine! Fine! I'll go!" I said picking up the teddy bear and the rose and walking upstairs to my room. "If I'm not back by midnight, I'm probably dead. But when I'm a ghost, I'ma haunt all y'all asses. Just remember that."
"LaToya, vhy doesn't Mina vant to talk about her ex-boyfriend?" Kurt asked.
"Uh, excuse us," LaToya said pulling Kurt into the hallway away from everyone else. "I'm not really supposed to tell anyone what happened but you are her best friend. Darnell, Mina's ex-boyfriend, was the best boyfriend Mina's ever had. He was charming, sweet, smart and our parents actually liked him."
"So vhat happened?" Kurt said.
"He ended up cheating on her," LaToya said sadly. "She walked in on him and the other girl, you know, and it just broke her heart."
"How long ago vas zhat?" Kurt asked.
"A year and a half ago," LaToya replied. "She really hasn't been the same since. Hopefully, this blind date guy will be able to make Mina happy again."
"But Mina alvays looks happy," Kurt said.
"She's putting on a cover," LaToya said. "Trust me, you'll know when Mina's genuinely happy."
I put the teddy bear on a chair and walked over to my closet to choose an outfit. I had just started to sift through my closet when I heard a knock at the door.
"Come in!" I yelled. Without turning around I said " Hey Scott, hey Jean, hey Evan. Is this about what happened in lunch?"
"Yeah," Scott said. "What were you talking about with the Brotherhood?"
"Just some auto shop stuff," I lied. "Spark plugs and all that jazz. What else would we be talking about?"
"Just making sure," Scott said. "We're here to help in case they give you trouble."
"Thanks for the concern," I said pulling out a long-sleeved red top that I quickly threw on my bed. "They're not really that bad, though."
"Are you kidding?" Evan asked in disbelief. "Not that bad? Blob kidnapped Jean, Lance almost killed Kitty and you already know what Maximoff did to me and you."
"What did he do to Mina?" Jean asked.
"Nothing," I said, wanting to drop the subject. "It was no big deal."
"He pinned her to a set of lockers after detention on her first day of school," Evan said.
"And that's not a big deal to you?" Jean asked incredulously.
"Nope," I said plainly. "I had the situation under control."
"It didn't look like it, man," Evan said.
"Well it was," I said starting to get irritated. "Can we just drop it? I do have a date to get ready for."
"Fine," Evan said. "Just don't let Maximoff get to you. He's a pretty good liar."
"Noted," I said as they walked out of my room. 'God, can a girl get any privacy around here?' But that part about Pietro being a liar was stuck in my head.
After throwing around clothes for an hour I had finally found a suitable outfit. A pair of silverish skinny jeans, a cut up black Anarbor 'Free Your Mind' album shirt and all black Nikes. Shortly after selecting my outfit, I showered and got dressed. I put on Aunt Viv's bracelet, a spiked collar bracelet and big silver hoops with skulls in them. I started to style my hair but couldn't find a suitable style, so I visited the resident hair expert: LaToya.
"Hey, Toya," I said as I got to her room. "Could you style my hair? I can't think of how I should put it."
"Come 'ere," she said as she gestured for me to come into her room.
LaToya walked to her drawer and pulled out a straightening iron. She plugged in it and told me to sit in the chair next to the outlet. She ran it through my hair a couple of times until my hair was completely straight. She pulled out a curling iron and curled the bottom of my hair toward my neck. She parted a part of my hair on the far right of my head and flipped a bang to the left side of my head.
"And voila," LaToya said as she stepped back to look at her masterpiece. "All done."
I walked to the mirror behind her door and looked in amazement. "Wow," I said. "You did a really good job. Good looking out, Toya."
"Anything for your first blind date," LaToya said. "It's thirty minutes to eight now. Tell me how it goes."
"I will," I said. "Wish me luck!" I walked back to my room to grab my phone and headed downstairs where I found Scott, Jean and Kurt walking past the stairs.
"See y'all later," I said as I got to the bottom of the stairs.
"Bye Mina," Kurt said.
"Be careful," Scott said.
"And have fun on your date," Jean said.
"Hopefully," I said disappearing out of the door. I decided to walk to the park because what's the point of driving if the park is so close. I got to the mansion gates and put my thumb on the scanner to open it.
'Identity confirmed. Goodbye Semina Wilson,' the computerized voice said.
I stepped out of the gate and activated the mansion's security system with the code before I started down the street. The cool air felt nice on my face as I walked. I looked around and saw a couple of stores like flower shops and ice cream parlors.
'Why haven't I noticed those before? I've been here for months now,' I thought. 'Now let's see if I can guess my blind date. I can already rule out Pietro. He's too proud and too much of a pompous arrogant ass to think up something this sweet and romantic. Maybe it's that cute guy in my chem class. He always sneaks me little looks when he thinks I'm not looking. I guess I'll find out when I get there.'
I walked into the park and saw people with their families, couples on a romantic stroll and old people feeding the birds. I looked around and spotted the gazebo and cautiously walked toward it. When I stepped in, I saw there was no one in it. I looked down and saw a white sheet of paper. I picked it up and it read the three simple words: 'Hang on tight.'
"What's going on?" I thought aloud. "'Hang on tight?' The hell does that mean?"
I stepped out of the gazebo, felt my self being picked up and from there on it was a blur. I felt wind hitting my face and saw everything move past me at a fast pace. About a minute later, I was put down and looked around to try to see my surroundings. My vision was a little blurry and my head was spinning so it was difficult. I heard a lot of hysterical screaming and the sound of a guitar wailing. I closed my eyes and waited for everything in my body to settle. When I opened them, the first thing I saw was Pietro smirking at me.
"Pietro, what-?" I began until he whirled me around. I yelped in shock when I saw I was front row at the Anarbor concert watching the band play 'Always Dirty, Never Clean'.
"Holy shit!" I yelled."How did-? Why did-?"
"Just enjoy the concert, Mina," Pietro said wrapping his arm around my shoulders. I smiled and wrapped my arm around his shoulders too. Anarbor played almost every song off of the 'Free Your Mind' album except my absolute favorite and the songs off of 'The Words You Don't Swallow' album. Right now, they were backstage for an intermission, so I took this time to talk to Pietro.
"Why'd you do all this?" I asked.
"You really wanted to go so I made it happen," Pietro said. "You can thank me incessantly now."
I ignored his audacious comment and asked "So that whole blind date thing was just a plot to get me out of the mansion?"
"Yep," Pietro said. "So this is kinda our first unofficial date."
"Unofficially, yeah," I asked. "So when are you actually gonna ask me out and not just kidnap me?"
Pietro smirked a knowing smirk and replied "Wait and you'll see."
The band played a few more songs before their lead singer Slade Echeverria, came to the mic and said "Okay folks. This is our last song of the night before we hop on our plane back to Arizona!"
I, along with every other person in the crowd, grimly groaned.
"And as a favor to a friend of mine," Slade began. "Can we get a spotlight on the front row?"
The spotlight came down and pointed themselves directly at us. Our faces came on the jumbo-tron and my eyes widened.
"Semina Wilson, will you go to the school carnival with Pietro Maximoff?" Slade asked.
Pietro had to steady myself because I was close to fainting. "You didn't?" I yelled in shock and disbelief.
"Yes I did," Pietro said. "So will you?"
"Oh my god! Yes!" I exclaimed as I hugged him tightly.
"She said yes!" Slade yelled into the mic. Everyone in the crowd loudly cheered. "This song is for you guys!" Anarbor started playing the intro to my favorite song of all time, 'You and I', and I nearly cried.
Without you, there's no reason for my story
And when I'm with you I can always act the same
Forever yeah if we're together
We can make it better
"You and I"
We never get to sleep we're up all day
We're overworked and under paid
You and I
We're always stuck in repeat day by day
Watching time drift away as we burn away
Without you, there's no reason for my story (oh oh)
And when I'm with you I can always act the same
Forever yeah if we're together
We can make it better
"You and I"
We've never felt so right
That just might be just what I need
(To get me through the night)
You and I
We're the perfect fit you've got me hooked
So then I could never quit, I just burn away
Without you, there's no reason for my story (oh oh)
And when I'm with you I can always act the same
Forever, yeah if we're together
We can make it better
Oh-oh ooooh oh-oh oooh
Oh-oh ooooh oh-oh oooh
Without you, there's no reason for my story
And when I'm with you I can always act the same
Forever yeah if we're together
We can make it, We can make it
Without you, there's no reason for my story
And when I'm with you I can always act the same
Forever yeah if we're together
We can make it, We can make it
Without you, there's no reason for my story
And when I'm with you I can always act the same
Forever, yeah if we're together
We can make it better
Oh-oh ooooh oh-oh oooh
Oh-oh ooooh oh-oh oooh
By the last guitar note I was a raging blizzard of emotions. I couldn't believe, of all people, that Pietro went to all this trouble just to ask me out. Nobody has ever gone to all this trouble for me so I was actually at a loss for words. Sure he didn't technically ask me himself but how could I say no? It was the most sweetest thing he's possibly ever done in his entire life.
"Good night, Albany!" Slade yelled into the mic as he and the rest of the band ran off the stage.
"Oh my god!" I yelled happily. I was on a concert high and I felt like I was walking on air. "That was incredible!"
"Ready to head back to Bayville?" Pietro asked as we walked outside the stadium.
"Hmm-hmm," I answered as he picked me up and sped us back to the park. 'That's gonna take some getting used to,' I thought as my head settled. He tried to put me down but I wouldn't budge.
"What's wrong?" Pietro asked.
"Nothing," I replied as I tightened my grip around him and rested my head on his chest. "Just enjoying my position here."
"I can show you some other positions if you want," Pietro said with a lecherous twinkle in his eyes.
"Okay, you can put me down now," I quickly said hopping out of his arms. I hit him in the arm and said "You're such a perv."
"Oh, so that's how you wanna be," Pietro said rubbing his arm. "And I was just about to buy you some ice cream, but now you can forget it."
"I don't need any ice cream," I insolently said turning my back toward him.
We were at a stalemate before Pietro sighed and asked "Wanna get some ice cream?"
"Yes!" I instantly replied. We walked out of the park and headed toward the ice cream parlor. Pietro held the door open like a gentlemen and I blushed and giggled at how sweet he was acting. The first thing I smelled as I entered the shop was the cold and sickly sweet smell of the ice cream. I looked at the menu and picked my favorite flavor. "Can I have one small cone of chocolate-vanilla swirl? Oh and with sprinkles."
"Make that two," Pietro said pulling out his wallet.
"That'll be $4.05," the old clerk said. She wistfully sighed and asked "First date?"
"Sorta," I smiled as I looked at Pietro. "But it will be the first of many."
"I remember when I was young," the woman said as she passed us our cones. "Have fun you two!"
"Thank you!" I said as we left the shop. We walked along in silence until I said "So how'd you do it?"
"Do what?" Pietro asked as he licked at his ice cream cone.
"All of it," I said. "The teddy bear, the concert, convincing Slade to do you a favor?" How did you do it? Why did you do it?"
"Can't tell you that," Pietro said. "Just be happy I did it."
I huffed and said "Fine, don't tell me. If it was illegal, I wouldn't want to know anyway."
"I wasn't planning on telling you in the first place," Pietro said.
I rolled my eyes at his defiant smirk and tried to contain the smile that was tugging at the corners of my mouth. 'He's so cute when he smirks.'
"So you went to all this trouble just to ask me out?" I asked.
"Yeah," Pietro said. "Lance told me what you said and I figured I could swallow my enormous pride. But just this one time, though. Don't expect me to always do something this elaborate on every date."
"Wow, I feel so special," I said sarcastically as I saw we had arrived at the mansion. I put an arm in front of Pietro and stopped him from walking any further. "You should stop here. We got camera's almost everywhere."
"Oh," Pietro said.
"Thanks for the best unofficial first date I've ever been on," I said. "You seem like you've put a lot of practice into making your dates memorable."
"Well I'm known for being the best at everything I do," Pietro said. "Especially kissing."
I chuckled and said "If you manage to get a kiss out of me on our official date, I'll be looking forward to it."
"Well," Pietro began. "I'm looking forward to it, too."
"Can I see your phone for a second?" I asked.
"Why?" Pietro asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Just let me see it," I said. "I'm not gonna go through your phone. You can trust me."
"Umm, sure," Pietro said unsurely. I looked at his wallpaper which a picture of himself sexily smirking. I giggled as I put in my number and called my phone with it. Pietro picked up my phone and saved his number.
"There now we have each others numbers. Text me sometime," I said giving him a long and lingering hug which he gladly returned. We clung to each other for a moment before releasing from our embrace. We both kinda blushed a slight shade of pink because we both realized that we'd been hugging for a while. "I'll, um, see you at the carnival."
"Does this mean I don't get a kiss now?" Pietro asked.
"Good night, Pietro," I chuckled as I walked toward the mansions gate.
"'Night, Mina," Pietro said before speeding toward the Brotherhood house.
I put my thumb on the scanner and the computerized voice said 'Welcome back, Semina Wilson,' before opening the gate and closing it behind me. I pulled my phone out and looked at the time that read '11:42'.
'Awesome,' I thought. 'I made it home before midnight.'
I licked at my ice cream cone as I opened the door to the mansion and found LaToya, Jean and Kurt standing around waiting for me.
"How vas it?" Kurt asked.
"Was he cute?" LaToya asked.
"Is there going to be a second date?" Jean asked.
"The date was amazing, he was beyond cute and yes there's definitely going to be a second date," I replied. "And here. Just take it." I shoved my half finished at LaToya who let out a 'yay!' She's been eyeing it ever since I came in the door.
"He must really be something," Jean said.
"He is," I grinned before I yawned. "Ooh, wow. I guess I'm a little worn out. I'm gonna head up to bed."
"Wait!" LaToya yelled."Who was he?"
"That, I can't tell you," I said. "Not yet."
"Vhy not?" Kurt asked.
"I have to see if he's right for me or not," I said walking up the stairs. "And I really hope he is."
As I walked toward my room, I recounted what happened at the concert and found myself in a daze while thinking about Pietro.
"Hey!" I exclaimed as I suddenly I felt someone grab my hand and yanked me through a door. "What was that about?"
"So, Mina," Rogue began with a sly smile. "How was your date with Pietro?"
A blush crept onto my cheeks as I asked "What do mean? Who said anything about Pietro?"
"Like just admit it," Kitty said. "We know it was Pietro who sent the stuff."
"And how would you know that?" I asked. "It could've been anybody."
"Lance told me," Kitty said.
"And we know you have a thing for Pietro," Rogue said.
"No I don't!" I lied.
"Yes ya do," Rogue said. "I've absorbed your mind before, remember?
"On top of that, Lance told me you make ga-ga eyes at him during auto-shop," Kitty snickered. I made a mental note to personally torture Lance at school on Monday.
"That proves nothing," I said.
"And I absorbed Pietro's mind," Rogue said. "And he really likes you too."
"He does!" I semi-yelled. I took note of their smug faces and coolly said "You know, not that I care."
"Mina, you don't have to cover it up," Kitty said. "Even though he's totally a super mega arrogant jerk faced smart alack, it looks like he could make you happy. You haven't stopped smiling or blushing since I pulled you in here!"
"And ya can't hide tha fact that ya smell just like his favorite cologne," Rogue added.
"Okay fine," I said defeated. I blushed and said "I like him alright and he took me out. Big deal. You guys won't tell anyone will you?"
"Of course not," Rogue said. "Pietro may be a pain but he's actually pretty sweet. Somewhere deep, deep, deep down under all that arrogance."
"And why would we ruin it for you?" Kitty asked. "Now we can double date!"
"Thanks, guys," I said. "I'm trusting you guys with this secret."
"Got it," they said.
"Now tell us about the date," Kitty eagerly said. "And don't skimp on the deets!"
"Okay, okay," I said as I began to tell the story about my 'blind date'.
Outside the door
'I knew it!' Evan thought as he heard our conversation through the door. 'I have to stop Mina from going out with that jerk before it's too late.'
A/N: Aw, come on Evan! Stop trying to cock block! So how'd you like it? Click the little review button and tell me! In the next chappie, we see Mina and Pietro's carnival date.
